The Irish standard., 1905-06-03
DULUTH NEWS.

next Wednesday evening III Cathedral
| hall. a full attendance is desired as
important business is to come up be-
fore the division.
Mrs. Mary Hurley, aged 20 years,
the wife of Thomas Hurley, of Su,
perior died last week at ST. Francis
hospital in Superior Mrs. Hurley has
lived in Duluth for over 20 years. Dur
ing the last ii months she has been
an invalid, confined in ST. Francis hos
pital The funeral was held from the
Cathedral Friday of last week at $50
o'clock, and interment was made at
Calvary cemetery.
Miss Nora Egan left last week over
the Northern Pacific for an extended
visit at Spokane and other Western
coast cities.
Contractor p. Mcdonnell returned
last week from Calumet, where he Sc
cured a large paving contract for work
which will aggregate over $S0,000.
Bids We're opened by the board Of
public works last week for the resur-
facing of London road from Thirty
ninth avenue east to Fifty-tirst avenue
east, where the improvement under,
taken last year left off. P. Mcdonnell
was the lowest bidder, his being 81
. cents a yard for the macadam that
will be laid. The bid of George R.
King was SO cents and that of Sang
& Preston SO cents. According to the
estimate of the city engineer in re-
gard to the quantity OF macadam to be
laid, the cost if the work under the
Mcdonnell bid will be $1O,G49.GO.
Page Cashin, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Cashin, is recovering from an attack
Of pleurisy.
Mrs. w. j. Sheridan left last week
for Sioux Falls, S. D., for visit with
friends.
Deputy Sheriff Michael Horgan left
last Monday evening for Eveleth to
Join Deputy Sheriff Owen Gately and
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search that is being made for Mike
Capen, alleged murderer of Frank Pol
car.
Wednesday evening at s o'clock the
closing May exercises We're held at ST.
James Catholic church. The following
young women were enrolled in the B.
v NJ. sodality: Blanche PheliX, Mary
Harvey. Anna Campbell Della Fou-
cault, Florence Cashen, Julia Doyle,
Laura Mccormick, Sadie Haver, Nellie
Doyle, Lillian Foster, Mary McCor-
mick, Eva Baker, Lena Dougherty and
Mamie Keller.
Members of the Duluth knights of
Columbus left Monday for Minneapolis
to the number of about so, to attend
what was the largest meeting ever
held in the Northwest. 1t was held
in Ellls' hall and the lodges in st. Paul
and Minneapolis joined in the big gath
ering The third degree was conferred
on a class of $50 men. Afterwards
there was banquet at the West hotel.
A large delegation from Iowa was
present.
Dan Kavanaugh, employed at John
sons livery barn, suffered a peculiar
and painful accident last week while
at work in the barn. 1t resulted in
the loss of the top part of the fore
finger of the left hand and the lacerat-
ing of the next finger. He was hitch
ing horse and while in the act Of
tying knot in a rope on the rig, the
horse started up and the top of the
forefinger became tangled in the knot
and was pulled off just above the first
joint kavanaugh, of course, shrieked
with pain, and others about the barn
fastened to his assistance. The rope
when the knot was released the flesh
Of the finger above the joint dropped
off. The wounded man was attended
by DR.. Payette, who sewed the flesh
on again. 1t is believed that it will
heal so that the top of the finger may
be preserved. Mr. Kavanaugh is suf-
fering a good deal but is attending to
his duties the best he can.
Interesting ceremonies took place
last Sunday evening at the Church of
St. John the Baptist, the French Cath
olic church OF the West End. Ninety
young women were received into the
Young Ladies' sodality in the presence
of a large congregation and with many
pretty features. The hour was 1880
O'clock The young women marched
from the hall to the church, walking in
pairs, and they We're preceded by four
little maidens with baskets of flowers
and 16 girls somewhat older. In the
church there was singing by quar-
tet and a fine sermon by Rev. Father
Hartman. Following this there was
procession about the church, the
younger girls strewing flowers in the
path of those who were to be received,
and then the formal reception of the
new members took place. Afterward
there was more singing the benedic-
ton of the sacrament took place and
a collection was taken up by Miss So
phie Daoust and Miss Delcine Lemay.
The quartet was composed of Misses