The Irish standard., 1908-03-14
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| When did the big wind take place
in Ireland?" asks an Irish Standard
subscriber The date Of that very im-
portant event was January. s, 1889.
Giuseppe Ala, the assassin of Rev.
Father Francis Leo Heinrichs, was
found guilty of murder in the first de-
gree at Denver, Thursday, the jury
only being out a few hours. He will
be hanged some time in May.
| Hon. Albert L. Cole. Republican
candidate for Governor from this state
in 1906, died at st. Benito, Texas. ON
the 9Th inst. He had been i'll for some
time and sought the warmer climate
of the south with the hope of regaining
his health and strength, but without
success. His remains were brought to
! Fergus Falls, the home of his brother.
DR.. A. B. Cole. where interlncnt took
place on Thursday last
What is a strap harger?' queries
IL. B. c." in the Cleveland Leader. Is
it a person who has no seat in a car?
Or what? And then that paper pro-
ceeds to answer. o blissful ignor-
ance! o wondrous privilege of country
life! What is a strap -hanger!" Would
that we did not know! A strap hanger.
Il. b. CO. is a man who has a seat
and no place to put it. Write AGAIN.
You are refreshing.
James M. Lynch, president of the In
| ternational Typographical Union, and
L. e.. Parsons conferred with Presi-
dent Roosevelt at the White House,
Tuesday, regarding the appointment
of public printer. No one was rec
commended in particular. but 2. nrac.
tical printer was urged for the place,
The Irish Standard would suggest the
namc of Thos. A. Clark of Minneapo polls
for the position.
Race suicide doesn't exist to anv
extent in the furnishing village of Els
worth. down in the southwestern part
OF the state. With population any,
where from five hundred to a thousand
people Its excellent newspaper, the
News, thinks they have all records,
comparatively speaking, put in the
shade when the birth rate question is
being considered. Seven were record
ed there last week and there was doubt
at the time of going to press whether
all the returns had been made at that
Reports Of other towns in the same
class put Ellsworth easily to the fore,
with all claims conceded.
Thomas H. Girling. chairman Of the
Republican County Committee, recent
~ visitor to Chicago, declared while
IN that city that he would soon retire
from active politics and give more time
to his own business affairs, of much
more profit to him. The only bad
outlook he is able to discern for his
party is in Minneapolis, where he is
inclined to the belief that the Repub-
licans are to lose control of the council
at the next election. MI. Girling was
recently married to Miss Mary Epan.
whose father was at one time actively
engaged with Martin Ring in the quar-
rying business,
Graceville, this state. will celebrate
Its thlrtieth anniversary next June.
Ihls was decided at meeting of the
Commercial Club of that city on the
9TH inst. Frank Valesh, p. H. Caulev
Il. A. Costello and R. T. Grove were
appointed a committee to act with a
similar body from the council to ar.
range for the same Archbishop Ire
land, it is expected, will be present
and deliver the principal address. Az
Graceville isn't in the habit Of doing.
anything by halves it is safe to pre-
dlct that the event will prove a. grand
interests
OIL That splendid section OF the state.
The Louisville, KY. Daily Post, con-
SACRED one of the leading dailies of the
south. was recently asked by a reader
to what religious sedt did Robert
Emmett the Irish parrot, belong? Was
| he a Roman Catholic or was he . Dot
es'ant?' The Post gave this intelli-
gent answer: He was an Irish Prot
estant. In the old country he was in
jail, and got liberty on condition that
ne take his departure from that conn.
try and never appear in it again. Thu.
he became a lawyer, and :; noted GRO
IN view YORK. That's the worst ever.
DISASTER certainly came to the person