The Irish standard., 1898-06-11
resident Of St. Paul and in 1867 with his
family he moved to Lake Prairie. He

had always been hard working man
and made many friends among those he
met. His death was entirely unexpect-
ed as when he left for Montana short
time ago he enjoyed his usual good
health. but upon arriving there was as
fectcd by the light condition of the at
mosphere and became a victim of pneu-
monia The funeral was one of the
largest ever held from the church here,
friends Of the family coming from far
and near to sympathize with them in
the moments of their sadness.
Graceville, Minn.-Father NJ. O'Brien
has decided to take a vacation this sum-
mer. He intends to go to Ireland and
very probably will travel over large
portion OF the continent. He says that
he hopes to leave here about the 18th
Of June. and sail from New York on the
18th Of June. He will return in August.
Lanesboro. Minn.-Mrs. Garret Quinn
died at her home in Carrolton township
on Thursday, May 26. Deceased had suf-
fered for the past two months, and DUR
ing her long illness she was always pa
tient and accomplishing. She was born
in Ireland and came to America many
brated the holy sacrifice of the mass for
the repose of her soul. The interment
took place at the new Catholic cemetery
in Lanesboro where loving hands laid
her away to rest She leaves a husband,
| four children and three brothers and a
large circle of friends to mourn her loss
Faribault Pilot: Mr.. Michael McMa-
hon, Of Shiedsvillc, who some time ago
invented flying machine, was in the
city last Tuesday with description Of
submarine boat which he has Just in
vented. He made a model Of his boat
which he will place on exhibition in a
few days in this city. The boat will
be propelled by fnshaped oars which
can be operated by storage battery,
gasoline engine, or connected with an
electric cable Mr.. Mcmahon hopes to
be able to place good working model
of his boat before the naval board at
Annapolis.
Grand Forks Courier: Rev. Edward
]. Geraghty Of Reynolds, was guest Of
Father Conaty today, and in making
the rounds favored The Courier with a
call. Though coming but recently from
the metropolitan and greatly favored
city Of st. Paul, Father Geraghty ex-
presses himself as delighted with his
field Of labor in the breezy and busting
state Of North Dakota.
West Duluth, Minn.-Rev. T. j. Mack
ey was one of the speakers here on Dec
Grafton day, and War" was the subject
assigned him by tho committee on pro-
gram. He was surprised, he said,
| when he was told the subject he was ex-
pected to discuss. He protested ignor-
anco Of the science of war and claimed
but limited knowledge of it's theories;
yet he might with propriety talk upon
the subject assigned to him for he had
the honor of serving as chaplain of the
| gallant Goth New York. 1t was good to
do honor to the memory Of our great
leaders for it was an incentive to keep
alive the patriotism Of young men. He
predicted q proud record for the Duluth
boys now at the front. When they
come home again, and he hoped they
would all return alive, we will receive
them with open arms, and will show
them our appreciation Of their sacri-
fees by reception no less enthusiastic
and heartfelt than the farewell greeting
| accorded them. In closing he sang
when the Boys Come Marching Home"
the Flag"
Le Sueur, Minn.-The death of John
H. Hessian at the home of his mother,
occurred here last Thursday week from
consumption. Mr. Hessian was resi-.
dent Of lie Sueur for many years up to
about II years ago, when he went west
ward to make a new home for himself.
A few years ago he began to show signs
of consumption and this spring grew
rapidly worse. April II last he arrived
here, and from that time his friends and
relatives knew the end was rapidly APP
preaching but hardly expected it to
como as soon as it did His death was
calm and peaceful and occurred almost
without anyone knowing it, as he SEEM
ingly only went to sleep. He was about
SO years old The funeral occurred from
tho Catholic church and was largely at
tended.
Caledonia, Minn.-The orator at the
Memorial day celebration in this city
was Rev. L. j. O'Connell, pastor of St
Johns Catholic church. He paid grand
tribute to the dead heroes of the civil
war, and his Grafton was full of patriot.
ic enthusiasm which touched tho hearts
Of tho veterans of the G.. A. r.
Washburn, Wis.-James Fitzgerald
fell from logging train on Bigelow's
road last Saturday. -Four cars ran ovel
him, killing him instantly.
st, Cloud, Minn.-Foley Brothers, thu
noted railroad contractors of this city
in connection with Peter Larson, O.
; Helena, Mont. have entered into a So,
100000 contract with the Canadian Pac
ific railroad for a new limo in the Yves
KOOtenay country British Columbia