The Irish standard., 1896-05-02
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| Fres..on. mn. The Catholic church
at Canton was Struck twice by lightning
and. t He sbllilding seriously damaged.
| Lightning struck the barn Of Z. john
son, near 0strander. "a. The building, four
Ihorses.six cows and 400 bushels Of grain
we're consumed Lightning also struck
the -four hoase5o r. II. Baker, at Pros-
per. s. 81 ~
Moorhea1, stfn1l.IThu,1rs az morning
parties arrived from 81: Paul. to make ar
rangenents TO- tear down 44hes.G Grand Pa
ciHc HOtel and Ship away the material.
Ten thou dollars was recently offer
ed fur. the building, BIT the Offer was re-
fused. People here regret to- see the
strnct ,tre torn down and removed, but it
was only suitable for a hotel. and for
that wassso big % TO be unprofitable now
It Is owned ny u: ]. Hill, and originally
cost $780, 0e.s q. 's.5
Helena Mont. The United States
granl Jury he's indicted Shirley c.. Ashby
returning true bill containing seven
counts. Ashby was president of the
Helena National B B i, and. made away
itn s1S q hat he Ma &c Wth the
oA0y.AsVy 70 A0t. hAOWu. MdAy tAAAn Ac
has cachedn it. The indictment found
again St him; Thursday charges elnbezzle-
ment Of $4,000 in the shape Of promis-
sorry note. NJ
Mitchell, S, D.-Later details from the
cyciane wrecked town Of Epiphany are
that oat OF the Is people injured in Mon
days cyclone BY flying debris, at least
five will not recover. Rev. Mr.. Kroe-
ger, the priest OF Epiphany was among
those who sustained probably fatal in
jurass, A relief party from Spencer was
sent to Epiphany Tuesday afternoon to
care for the injured and relieve what
distress was found.
Reports say that the situation there
after the storm was terri BILE. Whole fam.
lilies were left on the bare prairies with
no covering and their first night was a
fearful one. .ss3s$ :.
Fargo, II. ID. The second annual con-
vention OF the North Dakota Catholic
laymeti, which was to be have been held
May n or 20, has ben postponed until
June. Sor 4 by request Of Bishop STANLEY.
The bishop has been at Washington, at
tending the ordination of Bishop 0'Gor-
man., and Will be- detained IN the East
by other church business until June 1.
Buffalo, Minn.-One' the severest
wind storms of the season passed over
this place last Sunday and did much
damage to buildings. At Howard Lake it
is reported to have blown down all the
buildings III the fair grounds and also the
ground fence. Near, here the roof of
John Mullen's house was blown off and
one Of Mullen's daughters was perhaps
fatally injured. IT did not last but a few
minutes but while it lasted the air was
full Of flying debris.
Pierre, s. D. Atty General Crawford
has received notice that in . the suits
against the Taylor bondsmen in Indiana.
the supreme court at Lafayette holds
that the bond is only good up to the stat
utory requirements of $250,000 and void
and unco1lectable as to the additional
500, 1000 voluntarily given by Taylor. An
exception has been taken by the attor-
eys for the state. and an appeal will prob
ably be Issued on a reQuisition from Iowa
for Thomas Teller, who is wanted on
charge pf obtaining m6ney Under false
pretsnses. Teller was one of a gang
which was killing wolves in this state
where the bounty is $3.50, and taking
them to Iowa, where the bounty is SIS.
Anoka, Minn.-A. A. Merrill, member
Of the 6. a. r, a pioneer resident Of
Minnesota, and once prominent In the
political and business circles of Anoka
county, died Monday afternoon, aged 70.
He leaves q wife and several grown chill
dren,8 !. s4 !, !yaess HI 4
New. Richmond, Wis.-Mrs Goggins.
about 70 years DID, mother-in-law of City
Marshal O'Brien, living about 10 miles
east OF here, was burned to death while
burning weeds last week. 1t is supposed
her clothing caught fire. She lived alone.
F.s55 SVafted. From Superior.