The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-07-06

Paul, and a nephew of Secretary of
State Blaine.
About 500 children of the Immacu.
late Conception parochial school and
Catholic orphans home picnicked at
Lake Park Wednesday. The little
folks were in charge of Father McGol.
rick and the sisters. Their dav of
pleasure included ride on the lake
and the usual picnic festivities.
A coroner's jury investigated the ac-
cident at Frank Cooks quarry by which
Herman Isaacson was killed Friday,
but could not find anybody to blame
There were half dozen witnesses, and
all testified that the cable guy which
broke was an inch in diameter and fully
as large as is usually used in such work
The Immaculate Conception Cru
sades have elected officers for the next
six months as follows: President, 3.
Mousse; vice president, Maggie Shell;
recording secretary, Francis Connors;
financial secretary, A. e. Page; treas
urer, j. j. Farrell; marshal, Thomas
Jordan; board of managers, 7. w. Cas-
sidaY. Thos. Jordan, A. B. Page.
| The stockholders of the Minneapolis
Street Railway Company have elected
Thomas Lowry, president; G. G. Good
rich, vice president and general man
ager; M. r. Koon, treasurer and G. HI,
Center, secretary. Thos. Lowry, w.
D. Washburn, M. r. Koon, j. S. Pills
bury. c. &. Goodrich, Clinton Morrison
and r. H. Peavey were elected di.
rectors.
| Tom Donovan, who has carried the
mail from the Minneapolis postofice to
the depot for the past three years, re-
tired Monday and was succeeded by c.
3. Dickens, who put in the lowest bid
and secured the contract. Postmaster
Ankeny says that Donovan has been a
very faithful messenger, not having
missed train during his three years.
service.
William Ball, alias T. S. Wright, was
taken before United States Commits
sionec McCafferty at st. Paul Monday,
on the charge of using the mails with
an intent to commit fraud. He was
held to the October grand jury in 81, 900
bail. He was again arrested on the
charge of impostering as a United
States postofiice inspector and was held
under $500 bail.
Postmaster Ankeny received a letter
Monday morning from Col. Bates, gem
eral superintendent OF the free mail do
livery at Washington, authorizing the
use of four additional mail carriers in
this city. In his letter he states that
the demand for additional carriers
throughout the country is so great that
more cannot be granted this city at
present. Additional men will be al
lowed during the fall. The four addi
tional men will not be placed on duty
until the end OF the summer
The mills rau little stronger last
week, and added somewhat to their
product. says tbe Northwestern Miller
of Thursday. The average output was
1l5,Oe0 Understanding 17,l67 bar.
rels against l09.S00 barrels the previ-
Gus week, and l52 500 barrels for the
corresponding time in 1883 Two less
mills are running to-day than week
ago, but those in the operativelist are
being called on for all they can make,
and the output approximate $4,000
barrels daily. The water in the canals
is falling, Yesterday going down Eve
feet, and some of the mills have be-
gun to feel the effect of the decline.
The first half of the year ended with
Monday and it is interesting to review
work in several OF the municipal de-
partments. There were ia deaths dur
ing the time. This is the lowest rate
for the same period in many wears. The
fire department responded to 222S alarms.
The total loss was $3.50. 600, total insur
ance. $537, 574. The police made 1858
arrests, and the detectives recovered
$51,2A worth of property. The receipts
in the municipal court were $l2.9lO.
The poor department cared for 678 per-
sons, expanding $l7 500. The bank
clearings were 500, 163. 1853, OF about So
00O, 600 more than for the first half of
1888.
A very sad fatality occurred Wednes-
day afternoon at Hopkins Station, in
which Carrie, the ls-year-old daughter
Of Hiram Frost, was burned to death.
The Young lady had arrived home that