The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-01-13
THE NORTHWEST
Important Happenings In Various
ii. Sections, as Cleaned from
n. Our Exchanges.
AN ISH-AMERICAN GOPHER.

An Interesting Sketch Of Hon. j. K
Cullen, one of the Foremost
| Citizens of Waverly.
| MINNESOTA.
Owen Gallagher. OF Bird Island, Rem
vile county, died last Monday morning
at his home at the age OF IS years.
Mrs. j Hinckley. the oldest white
| woman settler OF Mankato, died in that
city on January at the age Of rs years
Mary O'Connor, eldest daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs John O'Connor, of West
Prairie, Rice county, died last week of
diphtheria at the early age of Is years.
John A. Leonard, editor of the Lake
City Republican, died last Saturday at
the age OF 45 years, leaving wife ard
family to mourn his death. He was we'll
known in Minneapolis where he was q
printer for several years. His brother
now lives in that city.
Sunday, December 81, Rev. Father
Danehy of st. Thomas Seminary
lectured at the Immaculate Conception
church, Faribault, ON his travels in the
Holy Lland. A large number of Protes-
tants were present and went away highly
pIa aco1 uyitt, +ha a11roan
j seph Slais, living near Montgomery,
LeSeuer county, was driving sleigh
containing Rev. Father Windish, DIR.
McKeon and Joseph Dedina when they
were struck at a railway crossing by the
Chicago express, killing. Mr.. Dedina and
the horses and fracturing the skull OF
Mr.. Slais. The priest ,snd doctor were
going to visit Mrs Slais who was i'll, and
had narrow escape from death. They
were seriously Injured when jumping
from the sleigh, bat they will speedily
recover. Mr.. Dedina was the father-in-
law OF Mr.. Slais, and the fatal accident
| is deplored by the entire community,
which held them in the highest esteem.
Ell J. Miller, the clever editor of our
Republican contemporary at Luverne,
the Rock County Heral1, he's received q
threatening letter from the political bazi-
bazouks called the A. p. AS in which
these words are used: Unless you and
your foreman, G J. Ronald, talk less
with your months, your wives will won-
der some night why you did not come
home" The gentlemen threatened by
these rutfians are non Catholics who des-
pise the methods of the lurking enemies
OF civil and religious liberty. The leader
Of them in Luverne is said to be Meth
odist. The first move of the conppirators
in the town was to demand that the
sheriff OF the county should discharge all
his deputies of the Catholic faith, which
he refused to do. The ex-mayor Of the
city, Jay A Dennicott, denounced them
and they now say he is 'ta marked man.
It will not be long until every true Amer
can condemns the bigots. s
In the splendid boom edition recently
issued by the Wayerly Tribune We lind
the following particulars Of the career Of
one of the leading Irish American citi-
zsns OF Wright county: Hon. j. Il.
Cullen was born on the western shore Of
Lough Erns, in the valley Of Glenfarne,
on November %, 1924. He completed
his mathematical and classical education
| in l848, came to this country ii March,
1849, went to Pittsburg and from thence
to Brownsville, Pa, where he entered the
wholesale and retail ablishment Of
Henry J. Rigdon as clerk and in 1851
married his daughter, Maria Louisa. In
1853 4 he officiated as chief clerk on the
waters Of the Monongahela and Ohio in
connection with the steamers Globe,
Venture, Monongahela, Belle, and after
wards on the steamer Arizona from Pitts
burg to ST. Louis. He was for short
time in company with j. b. Gummert, ct
Brownsville, Pa, in the boot and shoe
business, but sold out on account Of i'll
health, went West and was employed IN
Wisconsin and Iowa as conductor, road
master and superintendent of railroads
during those latter years. He owned 9
| farm in Wisconsin and his family lived
thereon. He sold out 10 1856 and moved
| to Watertown, MINI, where be Embarked
}inthe mercantile b,lsin He held the
position of chairmanof the town board,
school examiner q Carver county for
1.-TWO years, and ~ slected TO the Ieeisla-
tire in 1861, fullen dllsting guiished
himself il the Hoilss 81 his lnde ependsnoe
and the fairness hich hesdiacussee1
the burning q,aestt iions Iof the day there
being an ainentl men IS the United States
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