The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-06
SOUTH DAKOTA.

will pay an official visit to the Water
town parish on May and next fore
noon will administer the Sacrament of
Confirmation in the Church of the I'm
maculate Conception, of which tho
Rev. Peter Lauer is pastor and Rev.
Father Flynn assistant
Died.-AIany of our Yankton county
readers will be panied to hear of the
death of Mr.. Denis Desmond, n pioneer
and respected citizen of Ackley. Iowa.
which sad event took place in that
city on the oath ult. He is survived
by his wife, three sons-D. ]. and
Penis Desmond Of Ackley and DIR. Il.
T.. Desmond of Webster City. Iowa.
and three NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ursulinp
and Ephrem of the Presentation Order
and Mrs. Matt Walsh of Yankton. S.
ID. Deceased was born in county Cork.
Ireland, in 1923.
The Sioux City Journal of the 29tll
ult. states that the contract has been
let to Bcrcsford parties for the build
ing of Il parochial residence ut ELK
Point to cost $500. The building will
he modern in design and will he heated
10y a furnace.
Rev. Mother Joseph. OF Aberdeen.
supcriorcss of the Presentation Nuns
i'll this diocese, was over ut Rochester
Mimi, last week looking over ST.
Mary's hospital. Mother Joseph has
plans drafted for a new hospital at
Aberdeen, which will be the finest
building of the kind in tho state. Al
ready the rock is being hauled on the
ground for the foundation and base
ment.
The Rev. J. n. Rohlngrr. pastor of
st. Michael's church. Madison. Mimi.
was visiting friends ut Aberdeen ana
Watcrtown last week.
Tho beautiful new church of Our
Lady of the Rosary ut Kranzburg. Rev.
Hugo Victor, pastor, will be solcnnly
dedicated in the rear future by the
Right Rev. Bishop O'Gorman of Sioux
Falls. This church is one of the finest
in the Sioux Falls diocese and is n
credit To Father Victor and his spcn-
did German parisloncrs. Kranzbury
is on the G. Il N. w. Ry.. WATERFOWL
\ Tracy division, and is situated in
Codington county.
Dicd.-Danicl Carr, one of tho old
est and best known settlers of Lake
county, died quite suddenly on the 23d
ult. Willie Oh route from Madison
to his home in the north part
of the county with his son-r-law
John Burke. Deceased was nearly
ninety years old and was born
in Ireland. The funeral was held on
Monday from st. Thomas church,
Madison. where Requiem Mass was
celebrated by the Very Rev. Vicar
General Flynn.
The Dominican Fathers of Minnie
apolis will open weeks mission at
the Holy Family church, Mitchell,
Very Rev. Dean Shea, T.. H., pastor,
on Sunday, June 8.
Bishop O'Gorman, of Sioux Falls,
will deliver lecture Mt Aberdeen in
the near future for the benefit of ST.
Lukc's hospital, which is in charge of
the Presentation Nuns. The bishop is
considered one of the abloet and most
brilliant OF speakers amongst the
American hierarchy ana lie will find a
large and appreciativc audience to
greet him at Aberdeen.
nied.-Mr. Anthony O'EIara, whose
serious illness we reported in our last
issue, died at his home in Nations
township, Kingsbury county. on Sun
day evening. Deceased was n native
of Ireland. The funeral occurred from
st. Thomas church, Dc Smet, on
Wednesday forenoon and was con-
Quoted by the Rev. Pastor, Father
Hogan, assisted by Fathers Desmond,
Sheehan and Sullivan. Rev. John
OHara, of Aberdeen. son of the de-
ceased, was present in the sanctuary.
Rev. Peter Lauer, pastor of the I'm
maculate Conception church, Water.
town, realized $40 on his st. Patrick's
night entertainment.
Very Rev. Father Higgins, O. p,
who conducted a mission at Arlington
last week for the Rev. John Hogan,
left for Centralin, Iowa, where he will
open n weeks mission on Easter Sun
day. Clergymen desiring Father IIig-
gins services for missions in their re-
spective parishes will write to him at
Ccntralia.
Your representative paid n pleasant
visit to Watertown last week, and was
fortunate in making the acquaintance
Of several prominent Irishmcn, the
Murphy brothers and others, who
are now engaged in public business
and prospecting alike with other clti-
zens. There are two priests stationed
here, the Rev. Fathers IMucr and
Flynn. The former assumed charge
Of the Watcrtown parish about six
years ago, just after his ordination,
and since that time has been eminent
ly successful in parish affairs. Not
only has Father Lauer succeeded in
building up nice congregation, but
he has also paid off considerable debt
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