The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-05-26
OVER THE NORTHWEST.

Waveriy. Minn.-John Casey ,n old
re<idcn, of Wright county died at his
home i'm W;'vcrly Sunday May Is. He
Was b"rn in Limerick. Ireland in the
year 1880 and w;,S 80 years of age"
He rmigrated t. America in 1856 and
utter spending about four wears in the
where he has since resided. In 1879
II. married Miss Ellen Donovan. OF ST,
Paul and they moved to the farm in
Woodland. In 1890 Mrs. Casey died
and soon after Mr. Casey took Up his
residence in this city where lie had
resided up To the time of his death
| War and was Il member of the 4th
minnesota regiment. Five children
, ure lett to mourn their loss: James.
of Chicago. ILL.,. John NJ. Thomas. Mrs.
g. Mueller and Mrs. l.. Hr;,hcr. nf
W,vrrly Tuesday lie funer;, ser
vices We're held from st. Mury's
church. iuterment being made in Saint
Mn,y'S cemetery. The q. \. K. post.
of Mun,rnSe of which the deceased was
Il member. attended the funeral in Il
body To pay their last respects To the
memory of their deceased friend and
colnrade.
Grand Rapids, Minn.-W7hiIe i'm st.
Paul on Wednesday of last week Hon.
II. NJ. Gum of Grand Rapids filed his
| llaine with the secretary of state us a
Republican candidate for the SEN
nturiul nomination in the Fifty second
district. For some time past MIR. Gum
has been urged to enter the race by
prominent Republicans from every
county in tn" district. He is one of
the prominent business men ut this
city and his selection as nominee for
state senator would be creditable to
the Republicans of this district.
Kellogg. MINI. The meeting of the
day. evening May Is. proved itself Il
very successful one. 1t was attended
by Il large number from Red Wing
Lake City. Wabnshn. Kellogg and
MinneiSk;,. They all went down N train
No. 8. leaving here at 10: I. in the
morning and arrived here on a special
ing. The following members and their
friends from here went down Sunday
with the knights: Hugh Leonard.
John Costello. c. c. McDonough. j. &.
Schierts and wife, +. n. OFlaherty.
Tim Murphy. John Murphy. Maggie
Murphy. Stephen Appel ST.. Stephen
Appel. .Jr.. Frank Appel, Wan. Appel.
Ed. Fitzgerald. owen Brady. VIM.
Heating and Wife. and Fred \. Wolfe.
train OF eighteen ears was shipped
from here Saturday night of last week
to the Chicago markets. Those maxi
ing the shipment were: Ed. t:gan. :
cars; T. IT, RaSing. ) cars: John n.
l.rnZ. . cars: John p. DcutSch. car
and Mike Rciter. car. The other
We're shipped by John whitney. John
Dcutsch. VIII Newell led. l,:gan
+. II. Rasing. ,Ir.. Mike Reitcr and
VIM. AthoH accompanied the ship
n,ent. Burke Bros. shipped eight car
loads of fat stock to the Chicag" mar
llets. and Ed. i:gan three ears. on
rnmpanied the shipment. This makes
u total of ~ carloads shipped from
this point since Saturday night.
\ meeting of the managers OF st.
Mary's parish was held in Society
Hall. above the First National bank.
Sunday afternoon May 13 at o'clock,
for the purpose of selecting Il building
committee for the Parochial school.
Father Griffin was made chairman of
lleutenants selected to aid him: Henry
Roll, Matt Gerardy. VIM. Bofenhamp.
John ~ LEM. Tom Pagan ana VIM.
Althoff. The committee are all good
men and their connection with the
project is in itself a guarantee of it's
success.
Graceville Minn.--Mrs. Z. AtcLoone
presented the Library with 26 bound
volumes Bancrofts history of the
United States. Gibbons Rise and Fall
of the Roman Empire and the Life of
Napoleon the Great are amongst other
valuable books. 1t is a valuable gift
and is greatly appreciated by all in
terested in the Public Library.
New Richmond. Wis.-Mayor Haw-
kinS states that the Old Settlers AS
sociation. through its President. Hon,
Merton Herrick of Hudson. contem-
plates having it's annual gathering in
this city during the present season.
Our citizens will remember that ali
of those who have lived in the st.
Croix valley for forty years. or up
wards. are entitled to membership in
this association. The first annual
gathering was held in this city five
meeting in Hudson. River Falls, Ellis
worth. and last year in Prescott. and
now they claim that 1t is New Rich
monds turn to invite them again. The