The Irish standard., 1899-01-07

| entirely successful. and the following
| general rules have been adopted by the
department authorities. The instructions
| as briefly outlinedtare as follows: They
provide that green timber cut for road
way and boomsticks shall be paid for at
the rate Of 50 per thousand, the proceeds
to be accredited to the Indian funds. The
commissioner recommends that crew
of markers be appointed at salaries of
$50 per month, and that one marker be
assigned to each camp. The accounts Of
the loggers and contractors shall be SUI
pervised by the superintendent and In
dian agent, and the commissioner ex-
pressly forbids the approval of any con-
tract in which an officer of the land or
Indian office is directly or indirectly in
terested. Authority is given the SUPER
intendent to scale waste timber. All
contracts now made are required to con.
form with the regulations and will be
approved on acceptance. The new rules
are especially stringent with reference to
the protection of green timber and in
structions are given to prevent persons
other than Indians from logging.
Belle PLANE, Minn.-Rev. FIR. Sullivan.
of Jessenland celebrated mass at the
church of the Sacred Heart on Christ
mas day and will probably continue to
do so each Sunday until Rev. FIR. Ken
nedy is completely recovered from his
recent attack of illness.
Fairbault, Mimi. ]. O'Mahoney, of
Great Falls, Mont, spent Christmas with
his cousins, j. H. O'Connell, of this city,
and Prof. VIM O'Connell, of Shieldsyille.
Mr.. O'Mahoney formerly resided here,
but went to Great Falls in 1891, where he
entered the service of the Great Northern
railway. He was steadily promoted I'M
TIL he reached the position of passenger
ticket agent. He has recently been APP
pointed, under the civil service law, as
clerk in the custom house at Great
Falls.
Madelia. Minn.-James S. McIndoo, the
giant, died last week at the age of 10
years. He measured feet 2 inches high,
feet inches around the chest, 4 feet
1 inch around the waist, feet 6 inches
around the hips and feet inches
around the points of the shoulder. He
weighed 3OS pounds. wore No. "a shoe
and No. 9 hat, measured feet inches
around the head. He spanned 1872 inches
with his hand. and his feet were ~
inches broad and 16 inches long. He had
not shed his baby teeth and had no more
indications of beard than woman.
His aspirations, thoughts and actions
were those Of a 10-year-old child. His
appetite and capacity were enormous;
he could eat peck of apples or a basket
of grapes without intermisson. He con-
sumed on an average as much as two
laboring men. His brothers and sisters,
eight in number, and his parents, are all
of medium size.
RosemoInt, Minn.-Div No. 2 A. o. H.
gave it's third annual ball at the opera
hall last evening. The entertainment
was grand affair. Pepin's orchestra
furnished lne music.
Hastings, Minn.-David 7. Quealy, the
new county treasurer, gave bonds in the
sum Of 100000, his sureties being the
following: G. L. Neimeyer, J. A. Mel
meyer, James Scott, Julius Schwanz,
James Slater, J. F. Geraghty, Michael
Mullery, John Mullery, Daniel Delaney,
Owen Hyland, Edward Hyland, Thomas
Hyland, Patrick Glynn, John LOTUS, Pat
rick Hyland, P. e. Gilmore, M. j. Leni-
han, J.. J. Sullivan and Patrick Hynes.
Graceville, Minn.--A meeting of the in
fuential citizens of this city and sur
rounding district was held at the town
hall last Tuesday week for the purpose of
organizing a branch of the League of
American Independence, the object of
which is to strenuously oppose an al
lance Of this country with any Eu-
ropean power, but more particularly with
England. p. D. Phalen was called, to the
chair and Judge Mcdonnell acted as
secretary. On motion it was decided to
organize branch Of the league, and the
dent, P. d. Phalen; corresponding secre-
rotary, ]. M. Seaman; treasurer, Peter
Friend. The names of the executive
committee will appear later. The pa
triotic chairman read an interesting
communication from the president of the
national organization at Washington, D.
c., which infused into the meeting a
warmth of discussion that was eloquent
ly participated in by the president, M.
j. Mcdonnell, M. P. Moran, M. F.
Noonan, j. X. Grove, M. r. Canty, NJ. D.
Hartnett and J. NJ. Seaman
Mortified, Minn.-Upon application of
Patrick Hcffernan, Judge Buckham has
ordered a recount Of the votes cast for
| county commissioner in this district. Mr..
Heffernan has selected Hon. A. B. Kelly
| as his referee and H. B. Martin has been
| appointed by Mr. Law as his referee and
| these two gentlemen have named ]. G..