The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-04-06
CITY BRIEFS
The telephone call of HE IRIsE

It. W. Brosnan, one Of the best known
labor leaders in Minneapolis, wilt go
into the boot and shoe business in Mon
tana soon.
Burglars visited A. j. Dollars resi-
dence at 424 Eighth avenue northeast,
Sunday night and secured large guam.
tity OF valuable jewelry, some money
and MIR. Dolan's $40 watch.
| The new branch postofice in New
Boston was opened Monday under the
direction of j. FL. Moody. 1t IS located
at Harrison street and Twenty fifth
avenue northeast, and is called station
s.E."
Supt. West, of the city workhouse,
has prepared report for the 5hree
months just closed, which shows that
during that time 457 prisoners have
been received and 1853 discharged. OF
| those received "a were women.
Martin McHale has been returned to
the position he formerly occupied as
one Of the c1ty's assistant building in
spectors, from which he Was removed
by the rejected Inspector Orff. This
is all act of Justice to MI. McHale.
James Mcqueen, an emp1oye Of the
Soc road, was brought to Minneapolis
Tuesday eveding, suffering from a
crushed foot, and taken to st. Mary's
hospital. He fell from box car at
Cardigan station. some ten or twelve
miles out.
Inspector Phillips, Of this postofice
department. is in the city conferzang
with Postmaster AnkenY and Deputy
Hughes with reference to the furnish
ing Of the new government building.
About $50 OcO has been appropriated for
this purpose.
N. W. King, who has been before The
municipal court for several days on a
charge of assaulting Z. FL. ]ones,of the
Journal. has written a very abject apol-
ogy for his acts, which was published
i'll the journal Saturday night. The
case has been dismissed in court.
M. G. White. an CID resident of Min
neapolis. and a member OF the firm OF
Talbert & White, died very suddenly
Saturday morning at bis home, 1919
Fifth street southeast, OF heart disease.
He was SIS years old, and had lived in
Minneapolis for twenty years. Mr.
White leaves four children.
Pa Callahan last Saturday afternoon
was at the store OF l.. A. Segelbaum, at
80 Washington avenue south, when he
accidentally stepped into all open hatch
way and was precipitated to tn cellar
below. a distance of fifteen feet. He
had leg badly cut and was quite seri-
ously bruised by the fall.
Maurice Hays, while driving wagon
down Second ayen ue south last Friday,
was run into by man on horseback.
The horse the man was riding jumped
into Hays wagon, broke it down and
injured Hays severely in the neck. The
man made good his escape before he
could be identified by any one.
James Fleck. tailor SO years Of age,
committed suicide at his home, sos
Eighteenth avenue north, some time
between II o'clock Thursday night and
s o'clock Friday morning OF last week
by stabbing himself through the heart
with the sharp pointed blade of the big
shears with which he had learned his
living for years.
Miss Fannie Kellett, aged 20 years,
daughter of Mrs. B. Kellett of 1902
Laurel avenue. died last Friday of men,.
nights. Miss Kellett was particular
| " bright young lady and avery success
full student. Hers is the tenth death
which has occurred IN the family. their
father being buried with nine
Of his children in the East Side Catho-
lie cemetery.
| Samuel r. Lowry, father Of Thomas
Lowry, died Sunday at his home, 1914
Vine place. He was 81 years old, and
came to this CITY some fifteen years ago.
During the past ten years Mr.. Lowry
has led very quiet life and has been
known to but few Of his most intimate
| friends. Mr.. Lowry was born Jan. 90,
1908. in Londonderry Ireland, and came
to;this country at the age of eight years.
! William Gaffney, who came down
from the pineries where he had been
employed, to Minneapolis last Saturday,
died suddenly at the home of his parents
in Golden Valley the Sunday evening
following from pneumonia and heart
disease. He was the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Gaffney, highly respected
people, and was a steady, Industrious
young man of about thirty years of age.
While in the pineries he had been en-
ployed by Messrs. Powers & Dwyer.
His funeral took place from the Church
! Of the Immaculate Conception last