The Irish standard., 1889-09-28
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IN w. Gutridge has been appointed
teacher il the Mig ut schools which
open next Monday night.
a On w ednesdaY evening, Oct. End, the
Ivy Leaf Dancing Club will open their
fourth season with a social hop at their
new hall in the Lumb erman's Exchange
Building on Seventh and Cedar Streets.
The German Catholic parishes of
this city are holding a fair at Armory
Hall for the benefit of the orphans.
The hall is tastefullY fixed up and
large number of citizens are attending
the fair each night It is sure to be
grand success.
On Thursday evening there was
literary and musical entertainment az
Crotin Hall by the Cretin Literary Club.
There was large attendance and every
body was we'll pleased with the pro-
gramme. Prof. Hannehan is the right
man in the right place.
The headquarters for the Northwest
ern Telephone company will be moved
to ST. Paul from Minneapolis on Dec. l
to the third story of A. Fl. Rogers new
building on Fifth and Cedar streets.
Tine new $4,000 switch board will be
put in there and the company will be in
better shape for business. They have
leased the new quarters for twenty
years.
The board of public works has award
ed contracts as follows: Sewer on
Olive street to William street, to W. J.
Preston, 1867 sewer on Portland avenue,
Grotto to Avon street, to w. j. Preston,
$3.50: grading Minnehaha street, Smell
ing avenue to Prior avenue, to }. y
Million, 4,795; grading Fairview ave-
nue., University to Hewitt avenue, to
j. L. Million, So, GAS; sewer Oh Prescott
street, Oakdale avenue to Woodbury.
street. to Thomas M. Breen. $2.2Oo;
sewer on Jessamine street, Edgerton to
Bradley street, to w. J. Preston, 1888;
grading Avon street. Laurel avenue TO
St. Clair street, to Ed. Carlton, ST. 800.
The new depot sheds are at last about
to become a reality. The pile driver
will begin work on Wednesday or
Thursday of this week, and the work
will be completed before the first OF the
year. The frame work will be entirely
of steel and iron, the roof of glass and
tin. On the sides the arches supporting
the roof will project with a downward
slope sufficient py the and Of curtains 10
entirely exclude the snow and storms
of winter The sheds will be construct
ed so as to entirely cover all the passen-
ger tracks now in use at the union
depot, being 1874 wide and $40 feet long.
With the projecting arch the roof Will
protect the transfer track on the lower
side. The estimated cost of the struc-
ture is $ll5,000.
On Monday evening the Board OF
Education elected E. w. White secret
ary of the board. There were seven
candidates in the field and itrequired
six ballots to choose Its winner. After
the election Mr. White was called III
and made neat speech Of acception
and thanks, saying: ''Those ct you who
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appreciation of all the obligations in
yolved in the appointment is just one.
accept the charge you have placed in
NOV hands, and l pledge you a service
commensurate with your requirements
and expectations. AS your servant, L
shall strive to merit the recognition
which is the invariable remuneration
of duty we'll performed. In this partic-
ular ask and shall expect your hearty
cooperation, and when the time shall
come for me to lay my work down l
hope my official record will justify the
confidence and trust You now repose in
me.7 Mr.. White was born IN Boston SO
years ago, coming to st. Paul s years
"a.
ago. He was employed as book-keeper
and clerk at the United States Army
headquarters for several years, and
Gen Mason speaks of him as an efficient
and polished gentleman, During the
past year Mr.. White has been private
secretary to Mayor Smith. He is mar
ried to the daughter of Judge Graham,
of Red Wing. We have known Mr..
White for the past seven years and
known him as a consistent Catholic and
an upright man. We rejoice with him
on his election.
Hastings.
Special Correspondence of The Irish Standard
Mr.. VIM. Keyes is very sick.
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