The Irish standard., 1894-09-22
THE NORTHWEST,
Important Happenings in Various
Sections, as Cleaned from
Our Exchanges.
OUT OF A RECEIVERS HANDS,
The Winona end Southwestern
Railroad Sold to a Trio Of
Capitalists.
MINNESOTA.

Capitalists.
+! MINNESOTA.
Fire broke out early Tuesday morning
in Neil Currie's farm machinery ware
house at Rushford, and before it could
be controlled destroyed Redum's furni-
ture store, Kierland's pop factory and C.L
Coleman's place. The loss will aggre-
gate nearly $4,000, partly covered by
Insurance.
! Mr.. Luke Rowan and Miss Mamie
Haas of Hastings, were married at the
Church of the Guardian Angels, that city,
ON Tuesday morning OF last week by the
Rev J. A. Fitzgerald. Miss Mamie
Rowan sister of the groom, was brides
maid, and Peter .Haas brother of the
bride, was best man. The many friends
of the contracting parties extend con-
gratulations and wish them long life of
prosperity.
Mayor Timothy A. Sullivan of East
Grand Forks,and Miss Mary A. Schilling,
OF Hastings, were married at St. Boni-
face Church, in the latter city. on Mon
day of last week, the Rev. Othmar Erren
officiating. Miss Annie ID. Schilling was
bridesmaid and Mr.. Edward Sullivan,
brother of the groom, was best man.
The bride is a daughter of Aid. Casper
Schilling. Her many friends extend
hearty congratulations.
With sorrowful hearts tho old settlers
OF Scott county and especially of Cedar
Lake township learn of the sudden death
of Thos. Lawler, at his home at North
Y kima, Washington. He resided in
Cedar Lake township for a quarter of a
century and removed to the Pacific
region only few years since. From
meagre reports at hand he died quite
suddenly Of heart failure. He was al
ways highly respected by his neighbors
and acquaintance.
T. J. Cummings, while bottling pop at
Austin recently was very, seriously in
jured by the explosion of bottle. A
piece of glass struck him in the eye, cut
| ting the eye ball wide open from the
pupil clear to the bone. DR.. A. w. Allen
was Immediately called and sewed the
wound up, and under his care the patient
is doing rs we'll as possibly could be ex-
pected. Mr.. Cummings will be confined
in dark room for couple or three
weeks anyway, and may likely lose the
use of that eye.
| Another little bud OF promise has been
blighted by the frost of death, says the
Adrian Democrat Of the 14th. This time
the angels came for the little baby boy
of DIR. and Mrs. NJ. Sullivan, aged six
months The innocent little creature
has gone TO him who hath said, "Such is
the Kingdom of Heaven With almost
breaking hearts the fond parents laid
him to sleep in the Catholic cemetery
last Sabbath in the presence of sympa-
thizing friends whose hearts went out to
the stricken parents as they wended their
way homeward.
Jackson Taylor, Lewis Guthrie and a
small boy, with team, left Buffalo
about a month ago for hunt somewhere
on Ground House river. Since then
nothing was heard from them until Tues
day, when word came that Guthrie and
the boy were burned to death in the late
fire, and MI. Taylor 80 seriously that he
couldn't live. Mr.. Taylor was more
than seventy-fve years old, and the first
settler in Buffalo, having pre- empted
and plated the town site nearly forty
years ago, and lived there ever since, and
was therefore one of the best known as
we'll as oldest citizens Of that county.
The Winona q Southwestern road was
sold lest Saturday to Messrs. Fl. w.
Lamberton, V. Simpson and M. G.. Nor
ton for 100000. The road has been in
the hands Of a receiver, Tilden r. Selmes,
for about a year, and was sold by him
Saturday by order of the court. Many
OF the bondholders, including Donald
Grant, T. Foley and H. O. Trueedale, of
the Farmers Loan and Trust Company
of New York, were present, but took no
active part in the bidding. Before the
road was struck off, H. G. Truesdale
made an objection to the sale Of the road
at that price, and asked for q postpone
ment of the sale for two weeks. The
receiver, however, did no feel authorized
to make the postponement.
j Philip Smith, father Of the Smith
brothers, died at his homo four miles
south Of town Monday, September -
having attained the ripe old age OF U