The Irish standard., 1905-02-11
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PITH AND POINT

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Choate will soon return from dear
old Lunnon", and his knee-breeches
and shoe buckles will then be trans
ferred to Whitelaw Reid.
| Having undertaken to adjust the
tariff, trusts, strikes, currency, rail-
roads, navy and the size of the family,
will Roosevelt finally go down and out
on the divorce question?
/
Renyille and Chippewa counties will
lave a new deputy oil inspector in
the person of James R. Landy. Mr..
Landy is one Of "the newspaper gang"
and his appointment will prove most
popular one.
| The members of the newspaper
| fraternity throughout the state will
extend their sincere sympathy to that
veteran in the service, Mr.. II. P. Hall,
whose respected wife died in st. Paul
on the 4th inst. Mrs. Hall was &C
years of age and came to Minnesota
with her husband in 1852.
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/ The WillmaT Republican-Gaz
one of the brightest and best weekly
papers in the state, entered on it's 35th
year last week. 1t is we'll patron
lied and in every way deserves the
support and encouragement it is re-
ceiving. Here's to the future of the
Republican Gazette.
John +. Coughlin. editor of the
Perham Enterprise, has been appoint
ed by Governor Johnson to the posi-
ton OF oil inspector for Ottertail Co.
Mr.. Coushlin we'll deserves this kindly
recognition on the part of the Cover
nor. The Irish Standard extends it's
, congratulations to all concerned.
The state, defense-and everybody
in the state-seem satisfied with the
announcement made from Mankato
Tuesday, that the second trial of DR..
George r. Koch for the alleged murder
! of DR.. Louis A. Gebhardt will take
place in that city. The date of trial
! has been set for April 10.
;ho1
ing son of General Garibaldi, is still
endeavoring to induce the Italian gov
i, crnmcnt to have the last wish of his
father, who died some years ago,
granted. If the remains of the elder
Ca1i''aldt are not soon dug up there
will he little chance for cremation of
the same
The outgoing oil inspector in Steele
county may have given pretty good
service but he isn't as good Demo-
GRAFT as his successor. In fact it would
be a pretty hard matter to find a better
Democrat than w. J. Kitty. Thorough
ly competent and painstakin% he will
give splendid satisfaction in the posi-
ton. His appointment will meet With
NEST hearty endorsement.
IIennepin county, accordin@ to the
report Of State Auditor Iverson, pays
about twenty per cent. or one-fifth of
the entire taxes of the state While
this goes to show in no uncertain man.
ner what rich and populous county
Hcnnepin really is. still there are
plenty of people in the outlying dis
tricts who wouldn't care if Hennepin
paid them all. Pride in the growth of
a community is sometimes shattered
by the tax collector.
J. r. McGovern, Mayor of Wabasha,
and one of the publishers of the
Herald of that city, diel at his home
last Sunday at the age of Al years.
Mr.. McGovern had lived in Wabasha
for a quarter of century or more,
served both his city and state in var
ious positions of trust and was held
in high esteem by all those who bore
his acquaintance. He was an able
lawyer, bright, conscientious news
paper man, an honor to the profession
he had adopted.
ADVICE TO BOYS.