The Irish standard., 1890-04-05


bachelor apartments. No locatiol
lhas been decided upon. however. Tn
scheme being still in embrYo.
Department Command James Comp
ton. g. A. B., OF Fergus Falls, has an
nonnced the following staff appoint.
ments, in addition to that OF g. w
Morey, Acknowledgement: Assistan1
quarteImaster general. E. N. Leavens
FaribauIt; inspector, Col. ]. Ham Da.
wilson, st. Paul; judge advocate, y. .
baxter, Fergus Falls; chief mastering
officer, @. G. Goodnow, Pipestone.
| Isaac p. Hill, a miller well-knoWn in
this city. died Of heart trouble at Sheri.
dan. Mont. March 20. Mr.. Fill came
to Minneapolis with his brother. Frank
Hill. Of the Pillsbury a. in 1855. In
early days he had charge Of 9 mill on
Nicollet island. operated by John East
man. For several years he ran the
Palisade mill. but when the Washburn
Mill Company took it, he went into the
country. He resided at Eden Prairie.
The libel suit of Lotto and Williams,
the actors, against Fanny Davenport,
Will undoubtedly come to- trial on the
date set, Nav 20. Fanny has been ad-
vised by her New York attorneys to
settle the case, it is understood, but
Fanny is anxious to have it tried.
Both sides are taking dispositions from
leading members of the old company
who will be unable to attend the trial
on account of other engagements.
Miss Davenport will be present in per-
son and will defend the case vigorously.
An unusually sad case of degradation
and sin was unearthed in the municipal
court Tuesday. One OF the women
found at 221 Washington avenue south
was once a happy Minneapolis girl.
Her parents, old and respectable people
living on Clinton avenue. have long
mourned her as worse than dead.
Three years ago she was arrested,
charged with shop. lifting. Then her
downward course, began until Tues
day, sunken to the lowest level, she
was anxious to hide her face behind
the lattice work of the House Of the
Good Shepherd.
The approaching annual meeting of
the Hennepin Comfy Medical society
promises to be lively one. DR.. Phillips
is at present president of the society,
but his administration, it is said, does
not meet with the full approval of the
doctors. especially Of the younger ele-.
ment. Very few of the latter are
members Of the society, but they pro-
pose to join before the annual meeting
and make grand rally to GUST DR..
Phillips. DR.. Philllpa has host of
friends in the society who will stand up
for him to the end. and the contest
will be hot one.
Tuesday afternoon the regular month
ly meeting of the librarv board was
held. and there were present: T. 5.
Walker. president; E. M. Johnson,
Cyrus Northrop, J. B. Atwater and
A. G. Austin. Absent: Lewis Oftedal,
Thos. Lowry and M. B. Koon. AS a
result of d discussion as to the cost of
incandescent electric lamps it was de-
cided tnat, beginning at once, the
museum and art gallery shall be open
but one evening in each week, Friday,
and that they shall be open each MOI D.
ing, save Sunday, from to II o'clock,
and in the afternoon, as now, from l:SO
to O'Clock.
II A petition is now being circulated
among the property owners of Hennepin
avenue to ask the city council to widen
Hennepin avenue from Tenth streeth
to Groveland avenue. It is proposed to
make the roadway 81 feet, the same as
1t IS in the business portion of the city.
To do this narrow strip is to be taken
from both sides of the avenue aggregat-
ing about % feet. This strip is not of a
uniform width, but tapers with the
curves in the street. About one half Of
the property owners have already slgni
fed their willingness to have the inn
provements made without claiming any
damages. The petition will be presented
at the next meeting.
The sacred scrolls Of the law Of the
"s.Ah HOvath Scholen'' congregation,
which have been the source Of no end Of
litigation among the Hebrews Of this
city, are again in the hands Of an
officer Of the court. john Z. Byrnes,
the attorney Of one Of the factions
which has been carrying on the war.
secured a JUDGMENT against a. Zim-
norman, the president OF the society,
and has levied on the scrolls for attor-
ney's tees The scrolls were taken
possession Of BY Court Officer Megaar-
den. who has held them on previous
occasions and the court will finally de-
termine to which faction the sacred
writings belong. u.