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

OVER THE NORTHWEST.
st. Thomas, Minn.-Joseph Cassin
and Miss Julia Griffin We're married
here on Tuesday, Oct. 4, by Rev. L.
Carey, after which, together with
few friends, they drove over to the
residence of the brides mother on
route 2, where sumptuous wedding
dinner was served and very pleasant
afternoon spent by all present Mr..
and Mrs. Cassin will be at home to
friends at the groom's home hereafter
October Is.
Emmetsburg, Iowa.-A knights of
Columbus council will be instituted in
Emmetsburg, November g. The Fort
Dodge council will do the work. The
members will come on special train.
Many other members of the order
from Waterloo, Sioux City, Des Nloines,
Carroll and Sioux Falls will also be in
attendance. DR.. Carroll of Dubuque
will be here for the occasion to preach
after high mass at Assumption church.
The local class will consist of fifty
members. The names of the candi-
dates have already been secured and
recommended by the higher officers.
Belle Plaine, Minn.-James Leo
O'Connor, the 13-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas O'Connor, died on
Wednesday afternoon, October s. The
boy had been sick with bronchitis and
the illness suddenly terminated in
Group pneumonia. The death so unex-
pected was quite shock to the fam
lily and to the many who knew Leo.
About all his classmates at school at
tended the funeral, his teacher dismiss
ing the room for the forenoon, the re-
gard in which he was held by his
schoolmates being the best of tributes.
The funeral was held Friday from the
Church of the Sacred Heart.
Faribault, Minn.-NIichael Finnegan,
an octogenarian, died Wednesday
morning, October 12, at 1890 o'clock
at the home Of his son Peter, corner of
Tenth street and Second avenue, death
resulting from old age. He was ma
tive of the County Armagh, Ireland,
where he was born S6 years ago. He
came to the United States when -
years Of age and grew to manhood
and married in the state of New York.
Thirty-seven years ago he came to
Rice county and since has resided most
of the time in the town of Shieldsville,
where his wife died 12 years ago. Three
years ago he came to this city and
has resided since with his son Peter.
Faribault, Minn.-Dennis Dooley,
another one of the venerable pioneers
of the Shieldsville settlement, passed
to his eternal home Saturday, October
8, at the home Of his daughter-in-law,
Mrs. p. A. Dooley, of the town of Erin,
after an illness Of nine months. The
deceased was born in Queens county,
Ireland, in 1920. He came to Guelf,
Canada, in 1916, where he married
Miss Mary Allen, who died ten years
ago. He came to Minnesota in Septem-
Der, 1885, and purchased farm in sec
tion 80, town of Erin. He is mourned
by two daughters and one son. The
daughters are Sister Angelica of Holy
Angels academy, Minneapolis, and Mrs.
P. Smith Of Spokane, Wish. His son
is Daniel Dooley, engaged in the drug
business in Green Isle, MINI.
Faribault, Minn.-Henry A. Haley,
son of Daniel Haley, committed suicide
Wednesday, October -, about $3.50
o'clock, by taking strychnine at the
home of his sister, Mrs. Martin Lee,
who resides near the corner of Tenth
street and Central avenue. He was
q years of age. Recently he had been
working at the Ernst Fleckenstein
Brewing Co.'s bottling works, but got
into some trouble there and quit work
His mother died two years ago and
his father is working in the country.
The young man had been staying with
Mrs. Lee, who is the mother-in-law of
Mrs. Martin Lee, and who resides at
the corner Of Tenth street and Central
avenue.
LIE Sueur, Minn.-Mrs. Katherine
Hessian died Thursday night, October
6, at the home Of her son in this city.
She was 81 years old, a native Of the
county Of Galway, Ireland, but had
spent more than half her life in Amer
ica, and the most of the time in LIE
Sueur, where she was we'll known, and
until enfeebled the past few months
was a familiar figure as she wended
her way to church or transacted such
little missions as were hers, in going
to or from the store or to visit friends.
Mrs. Hessian was Of robust constitu-
ton, free from all complaint and Of a
naturally sunny disposition. She sought