The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-01-08
OVER THE NORTHWEST

OVER THE NORTHWEST
Green Isle, Minn.-The twenty-sec-
ond annual ball of the A. o. H., which
was held at the city hall last Monday
evening, Dec. q, was grand success
in every way, and thoroughly enjoyed
by the large crowd Of dancers present.
One hundred and thirty-six tickets
were sold. The ball was largely attend
ed by people, young and old, from the
rural districts and surrounding towns,
as we'll as from Green Isle. The spa
cious floor of the city hall was filled
to its full capacity and at times 1t
was too crowded to permit dancing
comfortably. The Green Isle harp or
chestra of five pieces discoursed the
musical program. M. ]. WEIGH, Frank
Mcmahon and Frank Goulet acted as
prompters during the quadrilles, and
the floor managers were Mike WEIGH,
Thos. Mangan and George Shaugh-
messy. Dan Myers, Mike Mcdonald
and Thos. Martin took care of the
financial part. The members of the
A. o. H. are to be congratulated on
the success of the affair, which will
go down in the history of the lodge
as one of its most brilliant social
functions.
Belle PLANE, Minn.-Mr. and Mrs.
James Corcoran, ST., the former "a and
! the latter 80 years of age were the
guests of honor at a Christmas din
ner Saturday evening, with all their
children present, four sons and four
daughters. the youngest of whom is
43 years old. No less remarkable than
the age of this couple is the fact that
they have lost none of their children
and at this advanced period of life
are stu given the pleasure of enjoy
Ing complete reunion Of their family.
Olivia, Minn.-Mr. and Mrs. p. H.
Kirwin. of st. Paul, and son, Henry,
of Michigan. N. D., spent Christmas
at the Kirwin home here. remaining
over until Monday, when they re-
tured to the capital city. Mr. Kirwin re-
turned lately from the hot springs in
Montana after a few months spent at
that health resort and other points in
Montana, and is considerably benefited
by his temporary rest from the ardu-
GUS cares of business.
Faribault, Minn.-The Rosary So
ciety of the Immaculate Conception
church entertained at the home of
Mrs. e. T. Kelly on First avenue,
Wednesday, Jan. 5th. Light refresh
ments were served from to o'clock
and from to o'clock turkey din
ner was discussed, after which a mu-
steal program was rendered. Mrs
Kelly was assisted by Mesdames Nc
Carthy, Geiger, Murray, Kasper,
Flynn, Dulac, Carney, O'Connell, I'm
gers. T. Mahoney, A. A. Murphy, FIRE.
dette, LEM, Townsend, Cook and the
Misses Donohue and Mccarthy.
Faribault, Minn.-Tuesday morning,
Dec. %, at 9 o'clock at the residence
of the officiating clergyman, Rev. ]. J..
Slevin, occurred quiet but pretty
wedding. when Miss Emma Beauman.
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Beau-
man. became the wife of Wesley Mil
Ter, also Of this city. Miss Margaret
Beauman, sister of the bride, acted as
bridesmaid and the groom was attend
ed by his cousin, Mr.. Jess Miller, of
Morristown. The bride was gowned
in travelling suit Of tauppe with hat
to match and carried bouquet of
brides roses. The bridesmaid wore
old rose. Following the ceremony 4
wedding breakfast was spread at the
home of the brides parents for the
immediate friends and relatives Of the
contracting parties. Mr.. and Mrs. Mil
Ter left at 1880 for a brief wedding
tour after which they will be at homo
in this city.
Owatonna, Minn.-John w. Quinn.
one Of the early pioneers of Owatonna,
met with most tragic accidental
death on the Northern Pacific rail-
road near Scanlon on Friday, Dec. "a.
in the evening when he and a fellow
workman was run down by transfer
engine, backing from Scanlon toward
Carleton At the time Mr.. Quinn and
Nels Peterson were on their way to
Carleton for dinner. The engine threw
both men and the handcar from the
track. Both the engineer and the fire.
man on the transfer engine were un-
aware at the time of running down
Mr.. Quinn. whose injuries were such
that death must have been instan-
taneous. Mr.. Quinn's remains were
taken to Cloquet and later brought to
OWatOnna by his son. Edward r