The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-08-24
RANDOM REL UlIONs.

RANDOM REFLECTIONS.
A Minneapolis policeman to get a
complimentary ride on any Of Mr..
! IIowry's cars now must be dressed in
full uniform including; belt. club, etc.
Mr.. Lowry proposes to know who he is
carrying for nothing in future.
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Chicago continues to work hard for
the Worlds Fair. The Irish people OF
that city have pledged themselves to as
sist the committee having the matter IN
charge. all they can. 1t will be ''tug
of war; between Chicago and New
York.
The Minneapolis jObbers report I'M
usually large sales at this season or the
year. They say tie sales they are now
making are far ahead of those Of last
year. The big crop all over the North
west is having a very desirable effect
on busin ess already.
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F. F. la adelivered the opening
address at the Exposition and it was
masterpiece of oratcry. Mt. Davis is
fast coming to the front as public
speaker, and will in a few years rank
amoug the best orators of the Union
and second to none of them.
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According to an afternoon paper, the
late Aid. Thompson of the Eighth
ward had scarcely passed away when
several candidates were IN the held
canvassing for the vacancy. AS that Is
a Republican ward it Is safe to say that
most of them were Republicans.
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Gen. Malone of Virginia, who was
raised in q little hut, a little over SIX
feet square, and educated in the doc
tr1nes OF the buck-saw before he Learned
his letters, will possibly be the next
governor of that state. This is All
example for Young America"
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The struggle for the r epublican nomi
nation of Governor Of n orth Dakota at
Fargo last Thursday showed how much
the friends of the grand Old party
thought uf promises and pledges. The
contest was between Allen and Miller
and the tactics resorted to were un~
worthy of the great state OF North
Dakota.
Dakota is in happy state Of Daind
over the prospects of good crop re-
turn, but the condition Of the people of
the territory on the constitution recent
ly adopted. is nothing less than mixed
The Republicans used their numbers
and influence to their own advantage
and the political advancement of their
party, and thus many points were made
against the new states which will be
thorns in the sides OF the Democracy
and all independent voters.
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At a recent gathering of Grand Army
men Of Massachusetts, the Rev. G. I'll.
KimbalI, forgetful of truth and Chris
tan courtesy, made a bitter attack on
the Catholics. 1t excited great slrprise
among his former comrade-ln- arms, to
whom he had heretofore baen known as
a liberal and amlable man, and has
drawn forth a just rebuke from Col.
John C. L,nehan ct New Hampshire:
Some people cannot help bat show their
teeth no matter where they are.
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Kohl & Middleton having engaged
Jacob Hanson the s wede. who imagined
he was bitten by mad cat near Lake
Amelia and SO fooled the doctors that
he got them to raise $500 with which TO
send him to Paris but only got as far as
New Y ork, are now looking for john
Wilkins, the man of many wives TO
take seat on the curiosity platform Ill
the museum. Two men. one Of whom
is able to do up the medical profession
to the extent of $500 aud the other one
half-a ACKNOWLEDGMENT women. are Gu"
rioslties one cannot see every Gay.
They will make great drawlng9cards.
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Thomas Lowry is nothing it not
''real cute" In an interview published
in one of the daily papers on the ques-
ton of experimenting with, electric
motors Mr.. Lowry said: 1.-The expert
ment in st. Paul is in compliance with
wish Of Bishop Ireland. We are
ready to make the experiment. in this
city also as soon as the council is ready
to give us the order. This we have
been willing to do for months. and if
Minneapolis has no electric railway it
is solely because the council does not
authorize their instruction. Mr..
Lowry says the council is to blame and
perhaps he is right.
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Reports from Washington on the
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