The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-09-05

pected. Prior to this illness he was
Il strong and rugged man and perhaps
had never known Il days illness. His
strong constitution had given promise
of an extremely ripe old age. De-
ceased was Il native of Ireland, born
i'll the year 1922. He came to this
country in 1916 and located in Boston.
After removing to several other places
he came to st. Paul in 1851 and two
years later to Belle plainc. He To-
Gated on the farm in FaXon where he
resided ever since. In the affairs of
the community he always took an
active part and was Il leader in many
enterprises. His wife preceded him
seventeen years ago. and three sons
have also gone before him. -Four
Children survive him, Michael and
john who reside in FaNon; Martin, of
Cape Nome. Alaska; and Thomas. of
British Columbia. The funeral tool,
place the following Friday mornin.
from st. Johns Catholic church. Mass
was celebrated ut 8 o'clock.
Rochester. Minn.-Mrs. John Griffin.
OF Judge. who WAS very seriously i'll
Jured i'll Il runaway accident on Mon
day afternoon. August 9th. died ut
-four o'clock Wednesday afternoon mt
her home here. Her death comes
as !; sad shock to her friends i'm this
vicinity. Mrs Griffin was related by
marriage to Mr.. and Mrs. James
Kelly and Il. j. Griffin of the city,
all of whom were at Judge to-day
assisting the bcrcaved family. Mr.,
John Griffin is quite incapacitatcd
from injuries he received in the run.
away. Mrs. Griilin's maiden namc
was Elizabeth Shane and she WAS
born in Canada thirty-siX years ago
she came to Olmsted county and was
married to John Griffin sixteen ycors
ago last May. They have been blessed
with the following children who s,1r.
vlve to comfort the heart broken f;,-
tler: Grace, Susan. Katie and Charles
MIS-. Griffin was woman of unusual
~ strong character and noble attri-
butes and her sudden death has
brought sorrow to many hearts. The
funeral of Mrs. Griffin took place
from st. Bridget's church Friday
morning.
Faribault, AIinn.-Coroner D. W.
Ray Of this city was called Saturday
morning. Aug. %, to the eastern mart
of the town of Richlarm to view thc
remains of one james Cody. who had
been found dead that morning on the
Observation-Disclosures division of thc
milwaukee,. Coroner Ray was promnt-
~ on tile ground, and from him we
learn the following regarding the dead
man. Deceased hired out i'm AIinno-
apolis to Work with the crew of man
WHO are laying the steel on the now
road. He arrived here Wednesday
evening and began work Thursday.
Friday he complained of the heat
lie frequently bathcd his feet and
head in small stream near where he
worked. Friday evening he became
dellrious and some timr in the night
escaped from the tent in which tho
hllldS were sleeping. AS soon MS hc
was missed members of the crew he
gan Il search and found his remains.
saturday morning. a mile east of the
tent. Thc man had given his name AS
james Burns. Coroner Ray brought
the remains to this city. While ex-
amlning them he found the name of
james Cody on one of his garments.
MI. Ray communicated with the ST.
ialll authorities who identified tho
man as James Cody, of Douglas street
that city. Edward Sweeney, of this
city, recognized the remains MS those
OF Cody. whom he knew in st. Paul as
Il stone mason. The deceased was
81 years of age and unmarried. His
father came Saturday evening and
TOOK the remains to st Paul, Sunday
morning. Coroner Ray says the de-
ceased cnmc to his death from intinm-
nation of the bowels and from being
ovcrhcatcd.