The Irish standard., 1912-01-27

tended by relatives, friends and neigh.
bors despite the disa agreeable weather
which prevailed. a very impressive
sermon was preached by Rev. Levings
and Mrs. G. A. Galley, accompanied by
Mrs. t. j. Kaliher as organist, rem
: oeFed inspiring vocal solos. The in
terment was in the Princeton CATH
Ole cemetery and the casa. vas lit
orally covered with beautiful floral Of
ferings.
Benson. Minn.-Joseph Moore, the
honorcd and faithful clerk of the dis
trlct court of Swift county, died on
Tuesday evening, January 16, after
ten days illness of Bright's disease.
He was born in County Cavan, Ireland,
on March IL. 1882, and came with his
parents to america when he vas two
years OF age. His early yeacs were
spent in Canada, where he received
his schooling. II. the year 1858 he
came to Minneapolis and engaged in
farming near Minneapolis till 1870 or
| 1871 when he came to Benson and re-
sided here until his death. In 1874 he
| was elected to the office of clerk of
the district court of Swift county and
; has held that Office continuously since
that time. He was married in 1884 to
Catherine Mccarthy who survives him.
He is also survived by five step-chil.
dren, two nephews and one niece.
! Benson, Minn.-Word was received
here on Tuesday of last week that
Bernard Cronin, nephew of Mr.. and
! Mrs. M. Hoban. had died on that day
at Winona. Mr.. Cronin had visited in
Benson on several occasions at the
| home of his uncle and the news CT his
| friends. The cause of his death was
not stated in the message and the rela-
| tlves here were not aware that he had
been ill. He was a comparatively
\ young man and has for some time been
Il conductor on a railroad run between
. Minneapolis and Winona. He is sur
/ vivcd by wife and five children be-
sides his parents and a brother and
| two sisters. Mr.. and Mrs. M. Hoban
and Miss Mary, and Mrs. Jas. O'Con-
nor went down to Winona that night
to attend the funeral.
Luverne, Minn.-Miss Agnes Murphy
and Thomas Brennan, two highly es-
teemed young people of Springwater
! township, were united in marriage
Wednesday of last week at Jasper.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
Father Joseph Mangan, pastor of the
| Catholic church of Pipestone. The
ride was attended by her sister, Miss
Loretta Murphy, and the groom by
| his brother, Martin Brennan. The
j bride is daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. E.
T. Murphy, and the groom a son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Brennan, of
Springwatcr !; township. Immediately
after the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs.
Brennan left on a wedding trip to
Cakes, N. D.. and upon their return
will be at home to their friends on the
yroom's farm three miles cast of Gar
retson.
st. Peter, MINI. After an illness
which had extended over a period of
several months, Mrs. John Sheehan
died at the family home on Washing
ton avenue Tuesday, Jan. Is. In her
death there passed a thoroughly good
woman, one whose departure from this
life will be widely mourned and deeply
deplored. Ellen Powers Sllcehan was
the daughter of John and Kathryn
| Powers. She was born at Mankato
Sept. 26, 1861. In 1866 her parents
RE, and there she spent the early part
of her life On Feb. Is, 1890, she was
united in marriage to John Sheehan,
and since that time she had resided in
st. Peter. Mrs. Sheehan was taken ill
on June 18th of last year and since
that time her decline had been gradual.
or late she had failed rapidly, and for
several days before her death it was
known that her recovery was out of
the question.
Faribault, MINI. - The remains Of
Patrick J. Morris who died Sunday,
January Z, 1912, on his farm near
Blackwater, North Dakota, arrived
here the following Thursday and were
taken to the home of his wife's par
/
of the town of Wells. The funeral took
place the next morning at st. Pat
rick's church, Shieldsville, where Rev.
Father j. ]. Malloy celebrated a high
mass of requiem during which he
preached very feeling sermon con-
soling the bercaved wife and children
and the brothers and sisters of the de-