The Irish standard., 1897-07-03

completion their new church edifice after
1t had been completely destroyed by ire
some months ago is matter of praise
to all concerned. And good Father
Hendricks is correspondlngly happy.
The roster would be a long one If we
were to give complete list of the First
citizens" of Grand Forks. Amongst
them are j. b. Mooney and NJ. II. Nc
Gowan
Herbert Mason and Walter Matson
were run down" at jamestown, N. d.,
where they have been residing for some
time. 1t had been over twenty years
since we met Herb and Walt, when we
were boys and at school together in Wis
consin.
The man who, the nigh, before. puts
his grip away in Judge Campbel's office
at Mandan, with the expectation of
catching the early morning train. will
get left every time. We feel perfectly
safe in intimating that the Judge is not
an early riser. We would be doing him
| an injustice. however If we asserted
that he failed to report for dinner
Dickinson is one of the bright towns
| In North Dakota. And Glendivc In
| Montana, too. There are large num-
| Der Of gentlemen in both of them who il
| is pleasure to meet
BILLY Nicholson" and William A.
Mickles at Grafton have boen discovered
n NJ hn Hbn a
| but l3ily's kindly nature remains un-
rufflcd. Just the same day in and out.
AT Logan. Mont. where the change is
made for Butte, is o. w. Gilhoolcy, IA
gentlemen with Il kindly heart. There,
too. is Thos. Judge. good and earnest
| man.
Superintendent O'Connor at Red
Lodge is an excellent man to meet So
are the Fleming Bros. Mrssrs. Alcl.ean
Golden. l.arkin and others.
Through the courtesy of John Larson
we went over the Iiald Butte from
| Marysvillc. The latter is over 1000 feet
! above the former aud the wagon road
leading to ii winding and steep. II is a
picturesque spot. particularly delightful
to the stranger. Mr. Larson is one of
the old settlers here and is full of rcml-
niSccnccs concerning it.
Marysvillr has its great mines &C., one
OF the greatest gold mines in the world.
Matt Dorrity. n genial. whole sou.d
gentleman, is In business hero. SO is
Miss Anna Dillon, who has charge of
The Drum I.ummon. and MIR. Dunn,
proprietor of the Marysvillr House. Tho
are the Fleming Bros. Mrsrrs. Mclean,
Messrs. O'Brien. Murray and others
were met here under the most cordial
circumstances
host of good friends were found at
Helena and at Great Falls. We will not
attempt to cn,lmeratc them here. Suffice
ii to say that we remember their kindly
treatment with tn" utmost solicitude
for their wcll-bcing In tho future.
James Greedy is one of the active cit
liens at Great Falls. MIR. Greedy il
we'll known in Minnesota where he re-
sided for many years. He Is doing
well and manages to keep his nand In
politics. And j. II. Donlin. O. M. Lam
bert, p. II. Gallagher In fact every
body in the Falls seems to be inter
rested that way. A pleasant visit Il, the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Myers comes
to memory. The story of james ;. lIilrs
career from the day whon he worked, in
the Mississippl un to the present Is of Il
most Interesting nature. as told by MIR.
Myers and would be- choice rcndng as
the railroad magnatc
If there is II man in Montana who has
lived in the state over five years who
does not know Con Kelly. of Helena, or
at least has not heard of him. why that
man must be Il curiosity almost
freak 1t is fair to say here that MIR.
Kelly has the reputation of being IL very
honorable man one Of that class who
does not seek notoricty. bui II comes to
him nevertheless through his many
kindly acts.
A stngcri'le from Great Falls to Belt
is something to be enjoyed. Twenty
five miles of scenic SplcnIOr The
poetry can be all taken out of IT,. how
ever. by returning from BELT to Great
Falls. Going around something that re-
Scmblcs race course at time $ and over
trcStlcs at pace Of over IS miles an hour
on IL coa-train. is another thing en-
tircly The caboOsc doesn't fly the track
exactly but II acts as If 1t intended to,
and It is this doubt that puzzles ana dis
tracts you.
Officers of the Belt division of the n.
o. IL. are as follows: President, M. Il.
Purcell; vice president, Hugh MrI.ough-
lin; recording secretary, John Sweeney;
financial secretary. James Stafford:
treasurer John May; srrgcant-at arms,
A. Doyle
IIclena's division is differed as fol-
lows: John j. Groean president; NJ.
Lydrn. vice president; ID. IIandlcy, rec
ording secretary; J. J. Clark, financial
secretary: J. p. Mcdonald, treasurer; II.
j. Rogan. county president.
Ladies' Auxiliary of Helena Mrs. EN-
ma Kelly. president; Miss Mattchctt,
vice president Miss Kate Gordon re-
cOr1iutr sprrpt1rv MIRO Mary Crounn