The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-05-18

City during the early part OF Cne week
He returned home Tuesday.
CITY BRIEFS
| The telephone call of The IRIsB
| STANDARD is 1854.
George B. Bucklin was divorced from
Annie E. Bucklin last Saturday, and
Minnie Will from VIM. Will.
Work will soon be begun or the On
tario street bridge. It will be $50 feet
long and will cost some $50, 1000.
Miss Alice McFarlane, sister of Mrs
Judge Torrance, of this city,. died sud-
denly at Pittsburgh Wednesday morn.
ing.
The many friends of Mother St. John,
Of the Academy of the Holy Angels,
will regret to learn of her serious i'll
ness.
The board of health will ask the
council to appropriate $500 for the
purpose OF investigating the garbage
question.
The labor people have secured the use
OF the state fair grounds On July 4, for
the great state eight hour demonstra-
tion now berg planned.
a dispatch from Chicago says that
Oscar Marcott, of Minneapolis, was
robbed of his money and watch in a
saloon in that city Tuesday night.
Frank A. McCloskey has furnished
$500 bail to appear before the Anoka
grand jury on the charge OF uttering
forged checks with e. A. Bassett,
The Jury in the case of Margaret
Moore against VIM. Chandler, to recov-
or damages for falling from a porch:
rendered verdict for the defendant.
William Fultz and Charles Thonp-
son have been appointed 1iremen in
the new pumping station at 81 Is Il day,
aud John Collins coal heayer at SITS.
Nearly one hundred couples OF young
folks attended the last Of the parties by
the Irish~American Social Club,
Wednesday evening, at Window Hall
Mrs. Mary Ryan died at her resi-
dence, 81 Oak Grove street, Friday:
May 10th, aged 81 years. The funeral
was held on Sunday last from St.
Stephens church.
ALL civic and military bodies who
will participate in the Memorial Day
parade are requested to notify j. I'll.
Bradish, in the Bank of Minneapolis
building, at once.
"Tale Of the Twin Cities,'' a history
of the recent street railway strike, is i'll
the hands of the printer and will soon
be issued in pamphlet form. lis writ
ten by Eva Gay, a fact in itself which
will insure it a Large sale.
The district court, IN the case Of w.
A. Anderson against the street railway
company to recover $1,000 damages for
the death of Child who was killed by
a Cedar avenue car last fall, directed q
verdict for Che defendent.
Mrs. Mary Eastman, residing at 327
Washington avenue S., attempted sui
eide Saturday night. by taking NOR
phine. DR.. Sweitzer was called and
saved her life. Domestic troubles are
said to be the cause of the woman's
rash act.
William Head. yard foreman at the
motor junction, met with serious and
perhaps fatal accident Thursday morn
ing. lie was coupling some cars in the
yard when in some way he stood be-
tween the bumpers and was crushed
about the hips.
The insurance secretary, together
with one other member to be chosen
from each division, A. 0. II. through
out the state, will meet in general SEES
sion at Window hall, this city, Sunday
afternoon, June q to consider insur-
ance matters within the Order.
John B. Lamont, an inmate OF the
soldiers home, says that some misstate-
ments have got abroad about the pen
sions Of the inmates. He says there
are but 80 of them who draw pensions
and they average from So to SIS each,
and the pensioners get only their board
and lodging.
In the Immaculate Conception
church diocese the children are pre-
pairing for first communion, meeting
each Tuesday and Friday for instruc-
ton. Parents who desire to have their
children prepare are requested to
have their names enrolled at the par.
Ochial residence.
Edgar Gale, a boy living at 32l6 Chi
cago avenue, was seriously injured on
the motor line at Fourteenth street
Tuesday evening. The boy sat on the