The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-06-22
company has now seven teams in its
barns and is getting ready to do BUSH

DafnS ana Is getting ready TO do Dusl
ness.
Dennis Garrison, after an extende
illness of two years, died last Sunda
at his residence, 1872 10Th street south
aged SO years. Mr.. Garrison cam
to Minneapolis in 1859, and was one q
the first settlers In the town of St
Anthony.
The Irish American club filed article
of incorpora ion Thursday. The officers
are j. T. HARRISON, president; Georg,
0. Sullivan, first vice president; M.
Fitzgerald, secretary; VIM. Linehan
treasurer; John S. Ryan, Dennis Trai
nor and Frank Daily, directors.
First Communion Wreaths, Prayer
books, Rosaries and Scapulars. Catholic
-Four Cent Library: ''Positivism. The
Popas and the English Church, "'' Faitt
and Reason, ""The Bible and the Refor
nation Catholic Book Store, Second
street and Second avenue south.
The charges of drunkenness preferred
against Patrolman Peter Mclaughlin
were promptly dismissed Monday. by
the police commission, as tile eviden CT
showed that the officer had been at
tending his wife, who is very ill, and
had had no sleep for several nights. Elk.
Park Policeman SheI pard was an
pointed patrolman.
Frank Thornton and Fred Douglass,
the two young men who made the bold
attempt to rob the State bank in broad
daylight will spend Is years of the best
part of their lives in the state pel,i-
Tertiary. They were brought before
Judge Hicks Wednesday morning and
acknowledged their guilt. Sentence
was then passed upon them as above,
At their session late Tuesday after
noon the trustees of the Soldiers Home
opened the bids for the construction of
the new hospital building. There were
10 bids, and Kilroe Bros, of this city,
were awarded the contract, their bid
beng placed at $31,6A. The site
chosen for the new hospital building is
on the point of land between Mime
haha creek and the river.
Col. G.. D. Rogers, editor of the
Market Record, has invented and pat
ented recently an improved type-setting
machine. 1t is in form not unlike a
type writer, containing a printers
stick into which the type can be thrown
by the pressure of a key in the board.
When the stick is filled another motion
slides it along the galley. The speed
attainable is claimed to be considerably
more than by hand. The machines will
cost about 500 each.
The council committee on WAYS and
means Thursday afternoon opened bids
for 100000 4 per cent bonds. Bids
were received from nine firms. The
bid of Brewster, Cobb & Esterbrook,
Boston, $102, $3.50, was the highest, and
the committee decided that they be
given the bonds. The money will go
to the permanent Improvement revolv-
ing fund. The successful bid was SIP :
AZ per ST 900 better than any eyer be-
fore received by the CITY.
Mrs. Merrill, lady sixty-dve years
of age, was run over at st. Anthony
Park by Minneapolis & st. Louis
engine OH the Manitoba tracks Wednes
day night and fatally injured. The
accident occurred about 6:3O, and death
resulted from the injuries shortly after
8 O'Clock. Coroner Quinn visited the
scene Of the accident and decided to
hold the inquest at 1880 Thursday after
noon. Mrs. Merrill lived with her three
SONS at st. Anthony Park.
A letter from Henry Crosson, ST.,
from Los Angeles, California, to MIR.
John McWey of this city describes the
accident which resulted in the death of
James CrOss0n some weeks since,
Jim lived for 81 hours after the acct
dent occurred and received the last
sacraments of the church. the priest
having come q distance of more than
eighty miles, walking large part of
the journey. The remains were inferred
in the Ca tholic cemetery at Los Angeles.
Friday being tire feast of Corpus
Christi, special services were held at St.
Thomas seminary at Merriam Park in
the morning. A number of priests
from different parts Of the diocese were
present besides Archbishop Ireland and
Bishop Grace. High mass was cele
brated by Father O'Gorman and after
mass a procession was formed and
marched to the grove near the college
building where benedlction of the holy
sacrament was given by Bishop Grace,
In the afternoon the visiting clergy
d;ned with Father Keane at the semi
nary.