The Irish standard., 1894-10-06

other, destroys their happiness by cast
J ling suspicion, through intrigue, upo1
the honor OF both. The leading role, O
course, is enacted by Miss Coghlan
. whose physical and facial qualities per
fectly suit her for the part of Countess
Ncka, woman not exactly scorned, but
nevertheless With ptoverbial ''fury.
Diplomacy will be repeated Tuesday
Wednesday and Thursday nights and al
the Wednesday matines. By request
Miss Coghlan will give Forget Ne
Not on Saturday night Miss Coghlan
will wear three gowns in the forthcom.
ing production of Forget Me Not" and
all of them designed by herself and made
in New York: under her personal direc.
ton.
"The Priest and Politics. was the
topic of Rev. Father J. j. Keane's SER
M at Immaculate Conception Church
Sunday night. He opened bv quoting
the declaration that this was a Demo
cratic government nd then compared it
with the democracies of ancient times.
It was degenerate. 1t was worse than
the democracy of 100 years ago in this
same country when George Washington
put in his cabinet his chief political ad-
versary. He loved his party much, but
his country more. In the time of Greece,
Demoethenes was the teacher of the
people in public affairs. The democracy
of this country was unframed in such
affairs, or if trai ned at all, it was likely
to be trained in the school of dema
gogne who cared less for principle than
for spoils. Faith Keane referred also
to the prejudice OF the various kinds
which tended to blind men to real issues
before them, namely, the real worth and
honesty of the candidates. Among these
we're preiudices of race and religion. He
urged his hearers and all Catholics to
look to the honesty of their candidates
above all. If man approached and asked
them to vote for him because he was
Democrat. or even because he was
Catholic, do not do it without looking to
his character; to his past and to his prob
able future This was more important
to the success and triumph of Cathol
icism than Che crying down OF A. 2.
A ism, thing so insignificant as not to
be worth moments thought.
! The Russian thistle has made it's ap-
pearance in abundaut quantities ia Min
neapolis and already the farmers Of Hen
nepin county are beginning TO express
alarm at the prevalence of the obnoxious
weed within the city confines. Down
beyond Toirty eighth street in the south
end of town the vacant lots and acres
are all covered with it and this fall the
dried remnants of the plant have been
carried in every direction by the force OF
the winds, until prominent gardeners
who have wat :hed the growth Of the
plant with alarm say that that portion
of the city is literally covered with the
seed, aud that it has been carried f)r
miles outside of the city limits by the
wind and in refuse carted out to the
farms for fertilizing purposes. Just what
will be done to prevent further contaml
nation and planting of the soil OF the
| county with the seed Of the weed is a
| question that is being seriously consid-
cred by the farmers in Richfield, Bloom
ington, Richfeld, Edna Mills, Cahill
settlement and even as far away as Eden
Prairie and the towns along the north
erly edge of Scott county. Already talk
of pstitioning the co unity commissioners
to take steps to prevent the growth and
spread of the weed is beeing INDUCED in,
but 1t is not known that this: will result
in much good and some other plan OF
countsracting the evil may be devised.
The question is bsing strongly agitated
in the towns mentioned and meetings will
probably bs held during the winter to
| discuss the matter.
The police department. is still energet.
ical]y at work upon the mystery of the
| robbery of the FL. K. Halvorsen residence,
1929 Ninth street. south, which occurred
some days ago and at which time fully
81 500 worth of jewelry was taken from
the house while the family were away
and no one in the house but the hired
girl. No trace of the stolen jewelry can
be found, although it has been accurately
described. Either the thief has it con
cesled or has sent it to some outside city
to be pawned. The stolen property con-
sisted of two very fine diamond SOLITAIRE
rings, pair Of diamond eardrops valued
at $3.50, gentleman's gold watch valued
at in the neighborhood of 800, and also
a silver watch and lady's watch belong
ing to Mrs. Halvorsen. The back of Mrs.
Halvorsen's watch was set with two
small and one large diamond, and cost
$3.50, not including valuable lady's
watch chain, which was also stolen. All
of the stolen jewelry was kept IN q jewelry