The Irish standard., 1904-08-27

which opened in Missoula last Thurs
day. All the division officers are en-
titled to a seat, and in addition eacn
division is entitled to delegate for
every so members. AS there are over
l,2OO members of the order in the
state there are quite number Of
delegates in addition to the officers of
the divisions. The present state off,
GERS of the A. o. II. are: D. j. Hen
messy of Butte, president; William
Keliher, Anaconda, vice president; ].
j. Clark, secretary; J. j. O'Mahoney,
Great Falls, treasurer; Rev. Father
Mccormick, chaplain.
Belle Plaine. Minn.-Father Colbert,
chaplain in the U. s. army, who spent
Il few months furlough with his peo-
pie ut Assumption, left Il short time
ago to Join the ranks again. receiving
orders to report at Fort Slocum, n. Y.
Hudson. Wis.-Miss Mary Dorgan.
aged 2S years, daughter of james Dor
gan. residing near Ten Mile Creek.
died on Saturday afternoon. August
IL, and was buried in the Catholic
cemetery south of this city OH tlla fol-
lowing Monday.
Credit River, Minn.-NIiss Helen
DevereuX of Minneapolis has been en-.
gagged to teach our school, She holds
Il first grade certificate.
G,aceville. Minn.-The fall term of
ST. AIary's academy will open in about
two weeks. The brick work on tile
new addition is being rapidly pushed
with a prospect of completion before
the rush of students begins. The adj
ditiOn will contain four large rooms
besides cloak rooms. and is provided
with Il basement. The academy will
be provided with separate heating
plant from the convent.
st. Cloud, NIinn.-The retreat of the
secular priests Of the diocese of ST.
Cloud commenced last Monday and
ended yesterday at ST. Johns abbey
\ Rcdemptorist father of ST. Louis
conducted the retreat. The retreat Oe
the Benedictine fathers begins August
30, also at the abbey, with the same
conductor.
Slayton, Minn.-Thomas Hearn, llv-
ing five miles northeast of Currie, died
August IL after very short illness.
Deceased was 45 years old and leaves
wife and seven children, Of which
the eldest is but IA years. The funer-
al took place from the Catholic church
at Currie the following Sunday.
Butte, Mont.-John McKiernan,
who was employed as a shoveler in the
Neversweat mine, met instant death
by falling through an ore chute from
the ninth floor of the 1,1OO-foot level
to the bottom. The funeral took place
from his late residence, 1O5 East Cen
ter street at 2 o'clock Monday, August
| Is. Services were held at st. Law
renee church.
Mandan, N. Don last Sunday Fa-
ther Griffin, Of the St. Thomas Catho-
lie college of st. Paul, preached in
Mandan in the interests of the institu-
tion which he represents. This is one
of the institutions in which all Catho-
lies in the Northwest are interested.
Missoula, Mont.-The local socict:
Ancient Order of Hibernians, together
with their wives, sweethearts and a
large number Of friends, enjoyed
themselves thoroughly Saturday after
noon and evening, August 13, in Green
ough park with picnic and dance.
The day was just right for an event
Of this kind, and no pains were spared
by the Irish brethren to make it a
pleasant time for all. There were
plenty of amusements, and the vast
crowd INDUCED in them to q late
hour. At o'clock a bountiful dinner
was served, for which charge of 25
cents was made, the proceeds being
devoted to the entertainment Of the
state convention.
Wabasha, Minn.-Miss Alice Maher,
oldest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Maher, of Oakwood, died Mt kellogg
on Wednesday morning of last week,
aged about 20 years. This death, ow-
ing to it's suddenness, is an especially
sad one. Apparently filled with youth
full strength, deceased came to Kel-
logg to attend the picnic held in that
village on Monday. She was taken ill
at the grounds and passed away in less
than 36 hours thereafter. Death was
probably due to peritonitis which de-
veloped suddenly from some unknown
cause. The remains were removed
home the day she died and the funeral
took place the following Friday from
the Plainview Catholic church.