The Irish standard., 1894-10-06
THE NORTHWEST,
Important Happenings in Various
Sections, as Cleaned from
Our Exchanges.
'ANHEUR FOR BANK EXAMINER
A More Than Ordinarily Bright Sea-
son Ahead for Loggers and
Timbermen.
MINNESOTA.

MINNESOTA.
James Finnin, OF Graceville and Miss
B. Conaughton, of Coils, were recently
married at the Catholic church in the
latter village.
Miss Deasy, youngest daughter of
Postmaster Deasy, of Bird Island, this
state, died Sunday morning of consump-
tion, aged rs years.
The board of county commissioners of
Renville county met at Olivia Monday
and secured Windhorst's hall for place
for holding district court this fall, also
the Julin building Tor the grand and
petit jurors to deliberate in.
Richard Mcdonald, employed at the
Biwabik mine near Tower was instantly
killed Friday night of last week by fall
ing from the rear end of train OF ore
cars. Mcdonald Was about 25 years of
age and his parents reside at Malone, N.
Y, The body was buried at Biwabik.
The Democratic county convention OF
Aitkin Monday nominated the following
ticket: Auditor, Allison Wilbur; sheriff,
John A. Cameron; register Of deeds, G. G..
Kelly; surveyor, G. A. Maddy; judge of
probate, John A. Banewick; coroner,
William Barlow; superintendent of
schools, Susie Maody; county commits
eioner, Moses Vachon.
Rev. Edward Lee, late assistant pastor
of the Immaculate Conception church,
in Faribault, hos been transferred to St.
Dominic's church, Northfeld. During
his residence in that city Father Lee has
made host of friends who will regret
his departure End alRo wish him the
highest measure of success in his new
field of labor. His place at the [mmacu-
late Conception is filed by Rev. Father
Med who has lately arrived from
Ireland.
The death OF Joseph P. Murray, which
occurred Monday afternoon OF last week
from TYPHOID fever, was q shock and sur
prise to his many friends in this locality,
says the Morris Sun. Deceased was an
old settler in this county, having come
here with DR.. r. E. Heenan about II
years ago, and has for several years con-
Quoted the Wlntermute farm north OF
Morris. He leaves wife and seven small
children, for whom much sympathy ia
expressed.
Now that the sale of the Southwestern
road to Y. Simpson, III. W. Lamberton
and M. 6. Norton, Of Winona has been
confirmed, those gentlemen are taking
steps to organize new company to oper-
ate the road, in which all Winonans in
terested in the old Organization will be
included. The Democrats in county
convention Monday nominated P. Fitz.
patrick for state senator and j. B. Nc
Gaughey, Andrew II. Hall, Frank Mono
han for representatives.
Last Saturday night, Louis Scharf,
living near Shskopee, drove off the ferry
at that place and his wife, fve children
and Miss Rueke, his wife'e sister, we're
drowned in the Minnesota river. Scharf
clung to the wagon box and was saved.
| The bodies of Mrs. Scharf and one child
have been recovered. but the others have
not been found. Scharf, who ls said to
have been intoxicated, drove down the
! river bank at such speed that when the
team reached the ferry it broke the
apron and threw the whole family into
the river. The party had been attend
ing the county fair at Chaska and was
returning home.
In an item copied into these columns
last week from the jamestown, N. D.,
Alert, it was stated that liquor was the
cause of quarrel between Frank Sulli-
van and John Keegan, at La Moure,
whereby the former lost his life. Mrs.
Annie A. Keenan,, st. Paul, sister of the
deceased, has written to THE IRISH
STANDARD denying the statement made
by the Alert. To use her own words:
II wrote for particulars and learned that
Frank ]. Sullivan lost his life in defend
ing boy whom Keegan was abusing,
and was not drunk OF drinking as stated.
And ! as his sister wish you would cor
rect that statement as don't wish to
have that calumny resi- on him"
A bad wreck occurred on the Chicago
Milwaukee & st. Paul road one mile east
Of Algona, Iowa, Saturday of last week. A
hurricane drove car from the Algona
side track down on the main line and it