The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-09-04
over THE NORTHWEST,


formerly of Minneapolis and Faribault,
| has decided to locate in this city and
has opened an office for the practice of
law. Judge Quinn Is one of the best
known lawyers in the state and is high
| ly recommended by Chief Justice Start,
Justice Canty and others as lawyer Of
ability and integrity. and those of our
| citizens who knew him personally speak
! of him in the highest terms.
Michigan City, N. D.-The st. Law
renee Catholic choir. consisting of Miss
Mary Lamb. Mrs. r. b. Doherty. L. J.
Schiefert and A. Hentges, drove to Bart
lett Sunday morning, Augg. %, to at
tend divine service and render mass In
! Is fiat. This was the occasion Of the
blessing OF the new stations Of the Cross
for the Bartlett church and consequently
the services were very lengthy and i'm
posing. The church has recently re-
| ceived thorough renovation ana show
ed the skilled work Of the artist9 hand
The Bartlett people are to be congrat
ulated upon their neat church which
would do justice to a much larger town
| than Bartlett. Rev. Father Bonaventure
! accompanied the choir to Michigan City.
| Fort Tottcn, N. D.-Father Jerome
Hunt. o. S. b.. who is one of the oldest
Catholic Indian missionaries in the
state. is about to publish an illustrated
Bible history. written in the Sioux Ian
gllage. The work Is entitled: "Wowapi
Wakan Plecedan Oyakapi Kin" Father
| Hunt had the type set in his own print
Ing establishment at Fort Toltcn, by his
| own Indians, some of whom talk and
write English and Sioux fluently The
book is of 260 pages. and will be issued
! from the fathers press, the binding
alone to be done elsewhere. This is but
one of number Of books he has issued
for the benefit OF his dusky parishioners.
"A monthly paper devoted to the inter-
ests of the Indians on the different res
crvations In the state, is published by
him In the Sioux language with now and
then supplement In English. Father
| HUNT has been in charge of the spiritual
welfare OF the Sioux and Chippewa In
dams for twenty years and has many
an interesting story of the wild north
west in the early days.
Green Isle. Mim.--The tiftecn-year.
Old daughter of MIR. and Mrs. Duhcny is
suffering from a painful wound in the
right shoulder caused by the accidental
discharge OF a revolver, which she was
handling on recent occasion. The ball
was recovered after considerable trouble
and the wound, although painful is not
considered serious
! OWat0nna, Minn.-Stephcn J. Ieahy
or Warsaw. and Miss Catherine Nj. Me
Donald will be married ut st. Joscph's
church IN this city on Tuesday. Sept T.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.. ami
Mrs. Charles Mcdonald of Duluth.
Jordan. Minn.-Rev. FIR. O'Bricn, OF
St.Patricks. has returned from his Euro
pean trip much improved in health and
his parishioners are glad TO see him
back.
Fargo, N. D.-Thcre are over thirty
|
BISHOP Shanley's diocese at the present
time. with several more in view during
the coming fall. The interchangeable pre-
late Is laboring zellously In the cause
of church and country in the large ter
ritory under his spiritual Jurisdiction
Wavcrly. Minn.-ltev Father Nugrnt,
of Watcrtown, preached Il sermon last
week at st. Mary's church for the bcne-
tit of the orphans. About $50 was COL
lected.
Proctor Knott, Minn-Monday morn
Ing. Aug. %. FIR. Mackey. of West Du-
luth. celebrated the first mass over held
III this place at the village hall After
divine service a ladies' altar society was
organized with about fifteen members. A
Sunday school was also organized and
opened last Sunday for the first time.
Graccvile. Minn.--The conservation
of the new bell for Holy Rosary church
took place last week, as already an
nounced in the Irish Standard The SOL
emn ceremony was performed by Fat her
Christie, assisted by Father La,lzun and
Father O'Brien. After blessing the bell
Father Christie preached an eloquent.
sermon which was listened to with rapt
attention by a large audience. Later in
the evening slImptous repast was
served by the ladies of the parish. The
bell itself Is Il ton weight and when
mounted weights 200 pounds. It's tone
is clear and penetrating, and very pleas
Ing to the ear. 1t can be heard dis
lance of ten miles. 1t was made In CHI
cinnatl, o.. and cost $375
Slayton. Mlnn.-Th Thursday. Aug. 81,
Rev. John Commisky, celebrated his first
mass at Currie. He has recently re-
turned from Rome where he was ordain-
ed after six years study in the Eternal
City. He is the son OF Philip Commisky
an esteemed resident OF Murray county.
Nor 81, Minn.--John Riley, e. resident
OF Norfolk township for the past IS
years, died on Aug. % OF consumption.
Ho leaves a wife and five children az
mon nc's. The deceased was 81 years
old and native OF Ireland, from which
| he ;mik rat Cd whom 10 vnn-o ,rn