The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1886-08-21
MINNEAPOLIS NEWS.

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carnets. Stoves and Furniture sold
an time. Smiths lnstallment House,
III Nicollet avenue.
CT. Barry, contractor and builder.
Stone and brick a speciality. 725 Uni
varsity avenue northeast.
Mrs. c. II. Button died Monday
morning at 1907 First avenue south.
supt. West calls on philanthropic
.cit,zeps to furnish him with good liter
a4ure for the inmates of the workhouse.
The electric motor will 'slay off" for
q faw DAYS and allow the famous four
horse team to get in its work once
more.
The council committee recommends
shat globe lights, $50 feet apart, be
placed on Grove and Island avs and
Maple Place.
The school board have not decided
whether to open the schools Aug. 30 or
wait until a week later on account Of
the Exposition.
DR.. w. Fl. Mitchell will DO allowed
<;;:3:25 by the council for damage done to
his horse and buggy by being run into
by fire engine.
Take out your fire insurance policies
with n. w. McGrath, room IL, ground
floor Of Temple Court. Lowest rates
in first-class companies.
The Minneapolis delegates to the Chi
cago convention were: Roger Vail, j. J.
MacHale and Edward O'Brien, editor of
The IRISH STANDARD.
Dairy Commissioner Howard says
the butter and cheese product of Min
nesota last year was $l4, 900 900, reckon
ing "a pounds of butter to each COW.
John MCGOWAN is so proud that he
wouldn't call the President OF the
United States his uncle. The cause of
all this is that John is the happy sire
Of l2~pound boy.
john ~. Halling, August G. Kuhl-
field, William R. Hennessy, Edward E.
Brothers, John A. Yarney, Jacob W..
,Oyen and Joseph Warren havebeen APP
pointed substitute letter carriers.
Detective Quinlan, of the city, re-
celyeti word Monday that his brother,
Thomas Quinlan, had been shot dead
by gambler named Charles O'Dell, at
Galveston, Tex. on the 18th instant.
George Joaunie and others have
begun an action against the owners Of
the steamer Minnehaha to recover some
$15o for material furnished for it's con-
struction. They want a lien upon the
boat.
Joseph Hamilton has appealed TO the
district court from this award Of dam
ages by the board of supervisors of the
town of Minneapolis in laying out what
is termed the Minnetonka road in that
township.
Grocers of Minneapolis vigorously
deny charges made by the Farmer Of
st. Paul, to the effect that they are
compelling laborers to pay a 400 per
cent. profit on butter and zoo to 800 on
veget ables.
In the SAC, 900 damage suit brought by
Helen Peck against J. A. McLain and
others, demurrer, to the complaint was
made some time ago and sustained by
the court. The plaintiff appealed to
the supreme court yesterday.
Father James McGolrick says there
will he no steps taken towards the Or
galization Of law and order league in
Minneapolis until ample opportunity
has been had to determine the useful
ness of the organization in St. Paul.
James Burnett, the victim of the SO
rious stabbing affray on North Second
street Saturday afternoon, is somewhat
improved. The final result Of his in
juries cannot yet be predicted. 1t is
not unlikely that the sight of his left
eye will be destroyed.
The old Catholic orphan asylum
corner Sd street and 9Th ave
north has been purchased by Father
and will be converted into
a boys school to be conducted by the
Christian brothers. 1t will be made q |
full graded school, and Will also pre-
vide commercial course.
Friends of W. C. Penheld, who was
drowned at Indian lake, near Ashland,
Wis, last week, think that he may have
been victim of foul play. He was
known to have several hundred dollars,
a valuable diamond pin and q gold
watch upon his person. None of these
articles were found upon his body when
it was recovered.
AT meeting of the Minneapolis re
tail grocers, last Monday night, it was
reported that the petition to the council
10 have the license of the peddlers
raised to the former amount had re-
ceived about three thousand signatures
chiefly among the business men OF the
city. The president of the association,
accompanied by twelve Of the leading
;rocers, will present the petition to the
,onneil at the next meeting.