The Irish standard., 1889-06-29

LIE IRISH STANDARD
| A special meeting of Division No.
A. o. H., of this city, will be held tc
morrow at 2:30 p. m. at their hall OF
the East Side.
The Cadets of the Immaculate Con
ception parish will give an literary en-
tertalnment and ice cream festival a
Catholic Association hall, Tuesda'
evening, July 2.
A child's plush cape was lost at O
near Holy Rosary church, South Min
neapolis, Sunday June 9. The fiader o
same will confer a favor and be suitabl!
rewarded by returning 1t to 5l4 Twen-
tleth avenue south.
The lawn festival by the young ladies
of the Church of St. Anthony of Padua
which was to have been held on last
Tuesday evening, was postponed to the
following night on account of the rain
The festival was held on Wednesday
evening aud was very successful, over
500 being realized. The grounds were
nicely fitted up and Illuminated with
Chinese lanterns. Plates band added
pleasure to the the programme of the
evening with their lively selections.
Last night a large number of the
friends of Mrs. John E. Corbett tend
cred her a pleasant surprise at her resi-
dence, 24l6 Bloomington avenue. The
discovery was soon made that it was
Mrs. Corbett's birthday, and her many
friends desired to make it known that
they remembered this fact as was Illus
trated by the many handsome presents
they had brought with them. The party
cons sting of about thirty couples ad-
journed to Easthagens hall on Bloom
ington avenue, where programme Of
entertainment consisting of dancing,
songs and refreshments was in order
All present enjoyed themselves to tho
fullest extent.
w. w. Erwin, the criminal LAWYER of
St. Paul, was arraigned In the district
court Wednesday by proxy, his partner,
Cyrus wellington. appearing for him.
The charge is criminal libel, preferred
by the last grand jury on charges by
Judge William WEIGH. Mr.. WEIGH &C.
cuses Mr.. Erwin of libel in publishing
a charge of intimacy with young girl
in Madison. Wis. several years ago.
The St. Paul Globe printed the article,
which Mr.. Erwin is said to have writ
ten, during the trial Of MIR. Welch for
libel in 1887 at the insta ace of ex os.~
master General Villas. Mr.. Edwin
pleaded not guilty through his law
partner, and hail was fixed at 5000.
Judge Emery recently rendered a
decision discharging the defendant in
the case Of the state VS.. James Nolan,
which he has been holding under ad-
visement for several days. Nolan was
arrested under the express ordinance
providing that all vehicles kept for hire
to be used on the streets for conveying
merchandise and other material from
place to place within the city shall pay
a license Of $40 annually for each wagon
used. Nolan hauls for but one firm
that of Anthony Kelly Il Co., and a:
there are a large number of truckmen
in the city who are doing only special
contract y. ork. the decision affects them
all. Steele s. Rees. who represented
the defendant, commended that the or.
dinance applied to persons engaged in a
general express business, and not to
those working under special contract;
and Judge Emery seems to hold this to
be the law.
A young man named William DOYLE.
who has been employed on the drives
and at odd jobs about the mills for two
or three years, was drowned early
Wednesday evening in the river in the
east channel, near the foot OF Nicollet
Island. No one was near him at the
time, and the exact circumstances Of
his drowning are not known, but he
was seen by some workiDgmen near the
lower end of the island, and short
time afterwards his body was seen in
the river. 1t was recovered and Cor
oner Towers. who 1as Immediately
notified had the remains removed to
Connollv's morgue. Doyle has no rela-
tives here, but, from papers found in
his pocket, it was learned that he has
brother in Cloquett, MINI. Some men
who called at the morgue Wednesday
night, and who have worked with him
on the log drives, say that three wears
ago he rescued child from drowning
at the very point where he himself met
his death.
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