The Irish standard., 1896-01-04

NOR THWEST I NEWS
Fargo, IN. D.-Peterson, the murderer
Of DR.. Young, has been adjudged insane
and takento the asylum at Jamestown.
fWaterville, Minn.-At a meeting OF the
county commissioners Of LIE Sueur county
held Wednesday, the contract: for building
the new court house at LIE Sueur Center
was awarded to Gartner & Dolan at $685.
900.
lie Sueur, Minn.-The people of this city
are greatly pleased at the immense flow OF
water from their new artesian well. A ten
Inch hole was drilled to depth Of 600 feet
and so great is the pressure that the water
shoots upward fully Is feet above tbs
ground. Photographers have been busily
at work taking views of the spouter. Th5
we'll was sunk by J. F. McCarthy, the ar
tesian we'll contractor, of Minneapolis.
Dubuque, lathe funeral of Mss Mary
Hennessey, sister OF Archbishop Hen.
nessey, occurred Friday morning at the
cathedral, with all the SOLEMN ceremonie:
Of the church. Nearly all the priests o
the diocese were present. The cathedia
was eiraped in black, while the mourning
coiors and song services were rendered by
the best talent in the city. Father
Toomy said the grand requiem mass, ant
wear general Very Rev. Father Ryan wa:
master OF ceremonies.
Fargo, N. D.-The Fargo Sun, the lead
ing Democratic paper In North Dakota
has been sold to the Record and will here.
after be published as a. Saturday evening
paper, With Col. Lo1InsbelTy editor. II
will be independent in politics, though ne
Populist. Col. Lounsberry established
the first newspaper in North Dakota .:
years ago and has been II editorial work
since 1858 The Monthly Record, now be-
ing published will be strengthened by
the Sun.
Deadwood, S. Dan underground SIR
vey of the ore bodies Of the Two Beai
Mining Company claim in Oro-Fino can.
yon has been made and the estimate
which is said to be- conservative, places
the essay value of the ore at 1$15. .00O,000
The mines are located two miles east d
DeadWoOd, and are owned by the Dead
wood and Delawarye Sme1ting Company
which is operating large srnelter at th.e
place, and the ore will be brought hers
for 4reatment The ore is Of the highes
grade Of amy large body yet discovered
in the Black Hills.
Sioux Falls, S. D.-PauI Tupper Wilkes
the actor who has been in hiding since
his duel with Warren Ralcliff McVe. 81
in New Jersey, Nov 12, arrived here this
morning to visit his father, Judge Will:
A. Wilkes. He says lie does not dare tt
return to New York, fearing arrest ant
a penltentiary sentence. 81 was foolisi
to fight the duel,' he said. 1T keeps ms
from the stage for year and is a mos
unfortunate affair for all concerned witt
it. Ii ! had had true courage would
have refused to fight. Wilkes has receiv-
ed an offer Of $3.50 week for himself anG
wife to star in melo-drana, based Oh theil
own romances, but have refused it.
Red Wing, Minn.-The Minnesota
State Farming school was honored OF
Sunday, the 10Th, by visit from Rt. Rev
Bishop Cctter, of Winona. who preached
an able sermon in the chapel-the whole
Sunday school and an unusually large
congregation of citizens being present
The bishop was accompanied by Rev. FIR
Gaughan, OF the Red Wing parish, who Of
ficiates regularly at fhts. school as q
Driest TO the Catholic inmates, in A family
school room.
On Monday morning the bishop came
out to the school again, and, assisted by
Revs. Frs. Gaughan, Fitzgerald and Con-
dron held confirmation services, WheHeat
firnled.
Butte, Mont.-For year or more the
trains on the Butte, Anaconda & Pacific,
running between the Anaconda mines in
Butte ad the smeEters at Anaconda, have
been Systematically robbed OF large
quantity of rich ore, but all efforts to To-
cate the thieves have been unsuccessful
until recently. when several Of the compa-
NY detectives caught Frank Smith and
John Kenny. miners, in the act Of haul.
ing off about two tons OF ore. which they
had taken from the train, while it was
standing on a side track at a small sta
ton west of Butte. Three other nle1i
with the robbers escaped, and there is Il
suspicion that some Of the train men have
been implicated in the stealing. Ii is
claimed by the company that ever S5O, 600
worth OF ore has been stolen n the last
six months.
st. Cloud, Minn.-A big lumber deal Is
about to be closed between Foley Bros.
and Guthrie and Bean &c Mcclure, OF Silt
water, by which the members OF these
two firms have organized d new company
with $1,000 900 paid up capital, for the
purpose of cutting 900 900 900 feet OF pine
at Milaca within the next eight years.
Foley Bros. & Guthrie already own a
large mill at Milaca, where the pine will
be sawed. Through this deal the compa-
nv will become owners Of what is known
as the Wilder e. Sabin tract Of pine on
Mile Lacs. said to be the finest body Of
standing pine in the state. 1t has been
owned by Dean & Mcclure. but the new
has bought it for $8Oo,0oO.
The ombination OF these two firms
makes one Of the wealtfiest concerns en-
gagged in the lumber business in the state
The deal is also sad to include the new
railroad from Milaca to Mile I.acs LAKE.
HER AUGUSTUS.
They walked together under the stately