The Irish standard., 1906-08-11
and had fallen, his foot catching in the

and had fallen, his foot catching in the
trip"
New Richmond Wis--rhe Geu,h ri
Peter Gavin, occurred Wednesday of
last week after Il painful illness "t
some years standing. Mr.. Gavin was
one of the best known farmers uf
Erin. and his death is mourned by
many friends. The funeral was held
the following Friday morning. with
services at ST. Patrick's church. Erin
Rev. p. 4. Walsh officiating. II was
attended by large number of friends
and relatives from this and other cities
those from outside points were: Mrs
Wears of Menomonie, Il sister of Mr.
Gavin's widow and Mr.. and Mrs. Gross
of st. Paul. The music for the OBJ
sequics was rendered ny the Misses
Mary and Agnes Meade and James c.
Meade. Peter Gavin, son of MIR. and
Mrs. John Gavin, was born in Erin
about 40 years ago. He was married
on Thanksgiving Day. 1899 to Miss
ELLA Cahill. who with four children
and Mr.. Gavin's father, survives
Anaconda Mont.-Thomas Kelly has
returned from Saratoga. N. V. wher.
II" went as delegate to the natiunn,
convention of the Ancient Order OF
Hibernians. Ten sisters from st.
James hospital last Monday drove
over To Anaconda from Butte in a big
carryall. and spent Il pleasant day
visiting With the sisters of ST. Anns
hospital. The occasion happened to be
the holy day of the feast of ST. AIMS
patron saint of the local house
Butte, Mont.-Att"rney Jerry j
Lynch returned recently from a trip
to- Saratoga Springs. n. T.. where, as
state president of Montana he was in
attendance upon the national cUnven-
tion of the Ancient Order of Hibcrn-
ians. MIR. Lynch and John X. o.
Rnurke, as president of the divisions
of the order in Silver Bow county,
We're delegates to the convention b>
virtue of their offices. NATIONAL -,
rector ID. j. HennesSy and nine other
delegates. representing various sec
ti"nS of Montana. were present at the
convention. MIR. Lynch stated tina, the
press dispatches were entirely correct
in reporting that ID. J. HrnneSSy could
have had the office of national pr.si-
&" before the convention as 81 can,i-
date. He positively refused to he a
candidate for amy office. and the high
est honor in the gift of the convention
went I" Matthew r. Cummings of BoS-
ton. !, was stated that Il very graft
| flying increase i'm the membership of
four years. The membership in the
country Jan. |, last was 126.0O0 an
increase of 10000 over the report OF
1902. The ladies' auxiliary to- tn. Hi
bcrnians has had an increase of II 900
In It's membership in the past two
years. the present membership being
$4,000. Delegate Lynch stated the
delegates had most enjoyable time.
the famous pleasure resort being an
ideal place for II convention. No less
| than 1900 persons sat down at the big
banquet. ANA 1t was a grand event.
New Richmond. Wis.-T'le death of
| Miss Milan occurred recently ut her
| home in Erin. Annie Milan was born
In Erin about thirty years ago, where.
| she lived with her mother TIL her
| death. THE funeral took place from
st. Patrick's church in Erin. Rev. Faith
err DuSuay. of Stanton. officiating. Sine
leaves I" mourn 81 widowed mother
an only brother and five sisters to-
gcther with a host of friends, Her sis
| tiers are Mrs. John ana Michael Mean
! chan. Of PipestOne. Mimi; Mrs. An
! thony Kelly. Of Emerald; Mrs. Anthony
Padden and Mrs. Michael Mcnamara,
| Of CylOn. Her brother Domnick, lives
in Erin. All were present at the
funeral
AnOka. Minn.-Miss Josephine Dris-
| coll and Thomas r. Grant. of Harmony,
MIMI. were married In this city by
Rev. o. Dolphin, on Tuesday last.