The Irish standard., 1890-07-05
CITY BRIEFS
The telephone call Of The IKIsH
STANDARD IS 1854. ss III

The receipts of Hennepin county dur
ling the past week are the heaviest ever
recorded in any conn y il the stat.. The
total receipts were $2,5s9,9M IS; the
total disbursements, $50, 4O6. SO. 5
| The matter ot electlng an insurance
secretary OF Division No. 1, a. @. H., Of
this city, will occur Sunday, July Is.
Every insured member of the division
ought to be present and take part IN
such election.
F.B. Norris, now in the county Jail, is
prominent figure in the suit of Sarah
F.. Reaney, who sues Edward r. Web
ster to have a mortgage declared void.
She charges Norris with having forged
her signature to the document.
= Chas. e Fox and Joseph A. O'Brien
have formed partnership as undertak-
ers and funeral directors, and have
opened their store at 2l9 Central avenue
with full line of undertakers' supplies.
The firm name ie Fox & O'Brien.
The Brush Electric Light Company
has taken final steps to put its wires
under ground. It will use the Dorsett
conduit and the Cobb vulcanite cable.
It will cost the Brush Company $50 600
to put it's wires beneath the sod.
The IRISH STANDARD goes to press
one day earlier than usual this week
all on account of Independence Day.
Owing to the change much OF our regu-
lar correspondence, including st. Paul,
failed to reach the Office in time for
publication.
Mrs. j. q. Morgan, living at Fourth
avenue south and seventh street, had a
narrow escape from death Saturday
night by the explosion OF gasoline
stove. Mrs. Morgan was very badly
burned, but it is believed that her in
juries will not prove fatal.
Another billiard ball thief appeared in
the municipal court Monday afternoon.
His name was VIM. Caselle. Caselle
admitted stealing set of billiard balls
from the Brunswick hotel billiard room.
He pleaded poverty as an excuse. Judge
Emery sentenced him to 80 days.
There has been 80 little work for the
fire department during June that false
alarms have been used by Assistant
Chief Runge to stimulate the men to ac-
ton. There have been but about ten
alarms during the month, and the total
loss has been surprisingly low.
The body of the man who was picked
up on First avenue and First street
north Friday evening, and who died
after being removed 10 the city hospital,
hes ben identified as that of Mike Cros-
Ivy, a horseshoer, who has been working
in Joseph Harrison's shop on east Main
street.
A few days ago Flora Vinton and Alice
Lowell, two self-willed girls. about Is
years Of age, left their homes ON Oak
Lake avenue and ran away to St. Paul.
On Saturday they were found and re-
turned to their homes by the police.
They seemed repentant, and promised
not to repeat the experiment.
A report was received from St. Paul
Monday that the body of Mic Hurst, the
boy drowned at the Pillsbury ga" mill
on Saturday, had been recovered there
Monday morning. His father, who lives
at Ali Madison street northeast, was in
formed at once, and set out for st. Paul
and identified the body.
Father Danehy's lecture next Monday
evening at the church of the hmm aculate
Conception will be one of the great events
Of the coming week 1t will be great
pleasure to his many Minneapolis friends
to see and hear the eloquent young priest
who is now engaged in the work of edu-
cation at the Catholic university at
Wash ington.
There were no formal closing exercises
this year at the parochial schools con-
nected with the church OF the Immacu-
late Conception, but Father j. G. Byrne
announces that next year program
of closing exercises will be feature OF
the last week OF the term in each Of the
schools, and medals will be conferred on
class leaders in all the different grades.
The parish Of st. Anthony Of Padua
will soon commence the erection of the
largest and finest Catholic hall in Min
nesota. The people Of the parish will
meet with their pastor, Rev. James
O'Reilley, to morrow Sunday afternoon
in the hall of the st. Anthony of Paaua
school building, at four o'clock, to dis
cuss matters relating to the proposed
new building.
The deal with the English syndicate
for the sale of the Orth brewery is off.
The Englishmen failed to come to time
with the remittances. Now the Orths
propose to spend $500 900 in enlarging
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