The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-04-14


his inaugural. and given to his thought
the effect of prophecy? Said he: Even
if insuperable obstacles and opposition
prevent the consunmation of our task,
we shall hardly be excused; and if fail
ure can be traced to our fault or neglect,
we may be sure the people will hold us
to swift and exacting responsibility.
Who are these men who have interposed
masquerade obstacles and opposition,"
and made "a failure due to our fault and
neglect?" These are the men-names TT
to stand alongside that OF Benedict Ar
mold in the annals Of cur country: Sena~
tors Calvin s. Brice, of Ohio; David B.
Hill and Edward Murphy, Jr., OF New
York; John B. Mcpherson and James
Smith, Jr., of New Jersey; Arthur p.
German and Charles s. Gibson, of Mary
land; johnson N. Camden. of West Vir-
gipia; Donelson Caffrey and Edward D.
White, of Louisiana; John T. Morgan
and james L. Pugh. of Alabama"
WISCONSIN,.
Bishop Schwebach has left for tbs
Holy Land and is accompanied by Father
Wins. After spending some time there
they will proceed to Rome.
A joint debate on the A. P. A. question
has been arranged at Merrill, to take
place soon, between selected local dis
putants, three or four on each side.
The Rev. NJ. FL. Clifford, who has been
at Oshkosh for some time, has been
transferred to Appleton, where hs will
assist the Rev. w. j. Fitzmaurice.
Timothy Heating, of Erin Prairie, and
Miss Kate Gavin, of New Richmond, wera
united in marriage at the latter place by.
Father Degnan on April 2. After the
ceremony wedding feast was served at
the home of the brides mother. A large
number Of handsome presents were given
the bride as souvenirs of the happy occa-
sion. The young couple went direct to
their farm in the town of Hammond
where they will reside in future, accom-
panied by the best wishes of host of
friends.
On resent occasion Father Oleary, Of
Minneapolis, delivered an address to
large audience at Marinette. While
speaking he was interrupted by Baptist
preacher who que STONED the accuracy Of
his statements on Catholic doctrine. The
audience got excited and called on the
disciple of Roger Williams to sit down.
Father Cleary threw oil on tho troubled
waters and invited him to take the plat
form. The Baptist minister did so, but
before be got through he was sorry he
had spoken word, for Father Cleary
showed to the delight Of the audience
that he did not know the elementary
principles of the Catholic creed. Father
Cleary examined him and made him ack-
nowledge, much against his grain, that
he was simply social and religious
anarchist.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
The following dispatch from Pierre ap-
pears in the New York World: A strange
story of conviction by clrcumstantial
evidence has teen uncovered here. John
A. Shea, OF this town, was seven years
ago bound boy to Charles M. Clayton,
at Dear Lodge, Mon. Clayton was hard
taskmaster, and frequently beat Shea,
who finally ran away. None of the neigh
bors saw him, and when Clayton said the
boy had fled in the night his story was
not believed. It was believed that in an
outburst Of passion he had Inadvertently
killed Shea, and, fearing the conss-
quences, had trumped up the story of his
flight. He was arrested, convicted and
sentenced to fourteen years at hard labor.
Shea has since been q wanderer. and
until Friday night knew nothing of Clay
toms terrible plight, when, through con-
versation with a chance acquaintance, be
learned the truth. He at once started for
Montana to set his old master free.
NORTH DAKOTA.
Judge James F. O'Brien, of Devils
Lake, was nominated last Monday by
President Cleveland for United States
district attorney for North Dakota.
In the election at Jamestown A. NJ.
Halstead, q prominent young busiUess
man, was elected mayor by good ma
jority. He was candidate of the non-
partisan citizens convention.
Bids for the completion OF the state
capitol we're opened last Monday at Bis
msrck. George 81. Checkley & Co. OF St.
Paul were the lowest bidders at $23, $50.
The contract has not been awarded yet,
as there are some other matters to be de-
termined before the contract can be let.
The new q. 8. marshal, J. E. Cronan,