The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-07-20
SOUTH DAKOTA.

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TVS best young people were united in
solemn wedlock at st. Agnes church,
in Sigel, on the morning OF the Goth
ult, viz: Mr.. Conrad Madsen and
Miss Hattie Huber. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Father
Burns, assistant pastor Of the Sacred
Heart church, Yankton, and was wit
messed by several hundred people. Mr..
Charles Prick acted as best man, and
Miss Grace Huber as bridesmaid. The
groom is one of the best farmers in
that section of the state, whilst the
bride Is a most amiable young lady
and the possessor of many noble quail
ties. She is the daughter of Mr..
Frank Huber Of Sdgel, where large
crowd gathered after the ceremony to
extend their congratulations to the
young couple and ITO partake of sump-
tuous banquet. The Tabor bra6s band
furnished delightful music for the &C.
casion.
Rev. Father Nugent, Of Des Moines,
Iowa, lectured at the ChatauQua AS
sembly at Madison one evening last
week. A large crowd was in attend
ance.
Rev. Michael Dermody held an ice
cream sociable on the church lawn at
Flandreau on Saturday evening last,
which was largely patronized. A neat
sum was realized.
There is a probability that a new
church will be built at Madison this
year. The present building is entirely
too small and the congregation now
feel the necessity of much more COM
modious structure The new church
| will be built of brick with stone foun-
dation and will cost in the neighbor-.
hood Of $4,000.
The Altar Society ladies of the
Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel
at Elkton held meeting on Sunday
last and appointed the following off,
GERS: President, Mrs. A. P. Bertelsen;
vice president, Mrs. E. Powderly; Sec
retary, Mrs. Thos. Connolly; treasurer,
Miss Armstrong. The society is in
fourishing condition and has a large
membership.
An ice cream sociable was held a
few weeks since at the home of Mrs.
Weidenkopf, IL miles northwest of Ar
lington, and the sum of $27 was raised
which will go towards the purchase
of vestments. We hear that the foun-
dation of new church is already laid
at Arlington.
The good people of Montrose are
agitating the building of fine new
church in the near future and already
several cords of stone are on the
ground. The structure will be of
pressed brick with stone trimmings,
and when completed will be amongst
the finest in the diocese. The congre-
CATION, which is largely composed Of
Irish farmers, is ranked amongst tile
foremost parishes in the state. The
Very Rev. Dean Collins is it's worthy
pastor. and since his advent into the
parish has accomplished much good.
st. Mary's congregation of Salem
held grand picnic on July i at
Schulfs Grove, near that town, and
nearly the entire parish was present
There were plenty to engage the atten-
hion of all present, including speaking.
music, target shooting, etc. The ladies
served meals and the receipts were
quite Large.
+ Mrs. James Lyons, of Mitchell, is
visiting friends ut Watertown. Wis.
The many friends of the Rev. Chas.
NJ. Browne, formerly priest of the
Sioux Falls diocese, will be panied to
hear of his denth, which sad event oc-
CURED ut AIilpitas, Cal, short time
since. Father Browne was pastor of
st. John. the Baptist's church in the
latter place at the time of his death.
He was a clergyman of many brilliant
attainments, and in his death the Sam
Francisco archdiocese loses one of it's
brightest ecclesiastics.
Mr.. John Jaquemai, of Evansville,
Ind, is at present in Mitchell, visiting
his brother Martin, the popular travel
ing salesman for Hornick, Hess &
Morse's wholesale drug house of Sioux
City, Iowa
Mr. Jerry Murphy, one of the very
early pioneer settlers of Turner county
and resident of Hurley, has disposed
of all his interests there and moved
to Alton, Iowa. Jerry used to keep
store at the little village of Swan
Lake away back in the '7O's, long be-
fore the Northwestern road was grad
ed through that country. He leaves
after him legion of friends who
will wish him all kinds of success in
his new home
Owing to the increase in the mem
beship of st. Stephens parish Mt
Bridgewater, the church at that place
is to be enlarged in the near future.
An indignant farmer returned to
horse dealers about an hour after pur-
chasing a horse Look here, sir" he
exclaimed. II don't want this horse