The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-10-22

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world every day. She was conscien-
tious member of the Catholic church,
and was buried from st. Anne's at
1870 Saturday. Her son, Thomas Hes
sian, is the only surviving child of
family of nine born to her.
LIE Sueur, Minn.-The marriage Of
Miss Marie Cormea and Mr.. John P.
Shea of this city was solemnized at st.
Anne's Catholic church at $50 o'clock
Tuesday morning, October II. Miss
Shea, sister Of the groom, was brides
maid, and Mr.. Cormea,. of New Rich
land, Wis, brother of the bride, off,
ciated as groomsman. A wedding
breakfast was served to the immediate
relatives at the home Of Mr.. Arthur
Cormea, following the ceremony. The
young people departed on the 8 o'clock
a. m. train for short tour, and upon
returning will settle down to house
keeping in this city.
Morris, Minn.-While Pat Cannon is
in North Dakota searching for his lost
son, the boy is located on a farm near
Barry, Minn., where he has been work
ing during the harvest season with
threshing crew. This news was tele-
phoned a couple Of days ago to Tim
othy Murphy by ]. Ready, the man for
whom young Cannon is working. His
father has been much worried over
the absence of his son and even went
so far as to disinter the remains of a
tramp who was recently killed on the
Great Northern near here. thinking
that it might be his son. The father
will be notified as soon as pnssihle.
Bemidji, Minn.-County Attorney S.
J. Loud on October II made a motion
of nolle prosequi before Judge NJ. A.
Spooner in the case of Paul Fournicr,
charged by the grand jury with the
killing of N. O Dahl and daughter
Aagot last April. The motion was
granted and Fournier was released.
Messrs Bailey and Macdonald, attor-
neys for Mr.. Fournier, demanded the
immediate trial Of Fournier, and Mr..
Loud did not think that the evidence
in his possession was strong enough to
convict, and this action was taken so
that should any new evidence be added
against Fournier he could be rearrested
and tried.
Anoka, Minn.-The death Of Mrs.
John Stack Of Ramsey occurred Fri
day, October :, at her home. She had
been a sufferer from cancer for the
past three years and her demise was
in line with the inevitable. Funeral
'ervices were held Sunday at st. Steph-
ems church and the interment at the
Calvary cemetery. Mrs. Stack was
born in Illinois about 1S43, coming to
Minnesota when a child, and has been
a resident of this county Cor nearly
half a century. She leaves husband
and four children to mourn her loss.
Rochester, Minn.-The marriage of
Miss Cecilia Purcell, daughter of Mrs.
Anna Purcell, to MI. James T.. Kelly
was sOlemniZed at st. Johns church
at 8 O'clock Tuesday morning, October
IL. Rev. William Riortlan, the pastor,
conducted the services, the wedding
ring being used. The Sisters of st.
Francis furnished the music for the
marriage and the mass which imme-
diately followed. The brida aud groom
were attended respectively by Miss
Annie Carr and Mr.. George Kelly. The
bridal dress was a pretty creation of
champagne voile over silk. The brides
maid wore pale green mousseline dc
sole. The ladies carried roses and each
gentleman wore Il rosebud on tho lapel
Of his coat. There were number of
friends and relatives in the church to
witness the nuptials. Following the
ceremony a reception was held at the
home of the BRIDE 725 South Oakwood
street. Here company OF GO people
gathered to greet the bridal couple and
partake of the bounteous dinner set
forth in the spacious Purcell home.
The young ladies who served included
Misses Agnes Dee, Mary Lawler, Mary
Griffin and Margaret O'Connor. In
the parlor were displayed the wedding
presents among them being various
pieces Of cut glass, silver, china and
furniture.
Rochester, Minn.-A marriage cele-
bratiOn is an unusual event TO be en-
acted in 4 convent of the Franciscan
Sisters, but combination Of circum-
stances brought this about Monday,
October 10. And the strangeness Of
the situation was entirely forgotten
when the wedding march pcalcd for TIL
and the priest in the rich robes of his
office came forward to unite the couple
in the bonds Of matrimony. Seldom
has a wedding occurred under happier
auspices. Owing to the extensive i'm
provements now in progress at st.
Johns church it was decided not to
hold the services there, and the beauti-
full chapel of the Sisters of ST. Francis
was rendered as substitute. Before
the magnificent altar of the convent,
| with its costly decorations and elabo-
rate appointments, Miss Mary Dono-
van and Mr.. John Kelly plighted their