The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1905-04-08

Mitchell congregation held meeting
last week, and it was decided to put
up new church this spring, the cost
of which will be about $4,000. A COM
mittee was appointed to canvass SUBJ
scriptions and with what is already
on hand the congregation feel that the
indebtedness will be only small when
the building is completed. A majority
of the people think that it should be
built of brick.
There was an enthusiastic meeting
of the men of the Catholic church
at Mitchell Sunday afternoon
for the purpose of listening to
the report of the committee of
nine men who have been devils
ing ways and means to make a start
on the new church building. This
committee has looked the ground over
thoroughly and they recommended to
the meeting that at least $4,000 be
expended in the construction of the
building, this to be outside of the
furnishing of the church and euuipping
1t with pipe organ. Concerning this
instrument the Very Reverend Dean
Shea informed one of the members
that he would donate $1,000 toward
getting a good one.
A committee of eight men, two from
each ward in the city, was selected
to get down to business on the finan-
cial part OF the church building. This
committee consists OF VIM. Koch and
Henry Swindler, John Michels and D.
w. Collins, James Lyons and T. c.
Burns, j. l.. Hannett and M. M. Doyle.
These gentlemen will visit all the
parishioners in the city to obtain
pledges of money for the buildings,
and other citizens will also be called
upon to assist in the enterprise.
Another committee consisting of
Jos. Koch and P. H. Kelley, will CO.
operate with three gentlemen in the
country, Benjamin Schaub, John
Gaetz, and Nicholas Schneider, and
they will secure pledges from parish
toner's in the country.
At the expiration of two weeks this
will meet the members of
the church at another session and
from the report they will make at that
time of the financial responses that
they have secured will determine
whether the new church will be
erected
There is more or less of a fund on
hand for the starting of the work,
but it is the desire to have the mon.
ey pledged before starting.
1t is figured that with the church
and ready for dedication
that it will cost between $4,000 and
$4,000. The members of the church
are very enthusiastic over the project
and there seems to be no doubt in
the minds of the leaders of the So
ciety but what the project will be
started in the early summer. The
prominence of the church in this
section is such that the Catholics are
entitled to better edifice than the |
present one and local pride will have
it's effect in squirting the members on
until the achievement is accom-
Dlished.
The Rev. William Nolan is holding
The Forty Hours devotions at St.
Michaels Pro-cathedral, Sioux Falls,
his week, He was assisted by the |
Rev. VIM. Shean of Brookings, Rev. |
NJ. A. Sack of Hartford and a few
more clergymen.
Funeral.-The funeral of Mr.. Patrick |
Reilly, a former resident of Sioux
Falls, who was killed in a railroad |
collision in N. Dakota, some days
since, was held from st. MicheaPs |
Church in the former city on Tuesday |!
last and was very largely attended. |
Deceased was a native of Buchanan
Co., Iowa, where he was born in ~. !
He came to Minnehaha Co., So. Oak, |
when a mere child and lived on a
farm with his father until about 16 |
years ago, when he decided to take
up his residence in Sioux Falls. He
was a truly honest man and was
known as "Big-Hearted Pat Reilly"
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gleason, of Los
Angeles, Cal, are at present visiting
their many old friends in Mitchell,
where they will remain several
This good couple formerly
made their home in the latter city
and are numbered amongst it's early
pioneer settlers, having come there in
1879, the year that the G. M. & st.
P. built their road to that town. About
years ago they moved to Portland,
Oregon, and the past fourteen months
they have spent in Los Angeles. Mr.
Gleason has noted very many sub
stantial changes and improvements
since he moved from Mitchell and like
many others he believes that the burg
is destined in time to become the lead
ing commercial center of eastern
So,ith Dakota.
DULUTH NEWS.
Miss Fitzpatrick has returned after