The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-01-04
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STANDARD Is 1854. s51 'fs5
| The Minneapolis water system 10
valued at s., 269 $40 is.
There were Ills real estate deeds
fled during 1889, aggregating S35. ~ 9 !, !
875.
| There were 4,455 building permits ls-
sued last year, representing an OUTLAY
OF SIS, 1888, 2sI.
The expenses of the poor department
for the past year amounted to $27 ,74S 50,
as against $50, 45O,96 for the preceding
year.
The criminal and civil branches Of
the municipal court turned $39.68O.02
into the city treasury during the past
year.
John Swan Antwerp, a local reporter
| on the journal, has been promoted to
the responsible position of Washington
correspondent for that paper. and will
! leave for the national capital next
week.
I John LOTUS, sou Of Stephen LOTUS,
aged 80 years, died of quick consump.
ton at his fathers home, 23l1 Washing
Ton avenue north at 10 a. m. Sunday.
The funeral took place from the lmma-
culate Conception church on Tuesday.
and was largely attended by Borrowing
friends and relatives.
Fully 225 couples were in attendance
at Labor Temple hall New Years eve.
and an enjoyable party it proved to be
in all it's details. It was a benefit dance,
and all those who lent their financial
aid and assistance on chat occasion may
we'll feel proud of such, for it has been
most worthily bestowed.
The news of the marriage Of Hal
Reid, the notorious ex. convict. to Miss
Westbro0k, the St. Louis amateur act
ress, created great deal of talk in
Minnea polls. Young Reds father, DR..
Reid, said he had no personal notitica-
tion of his sons marriage. and did not
know what to say or think about it.
The Wheeler Reflector and GLOBE
Gas Light companies are at war over
the contract for street lighting. The
former claims that the latter's bid does
not specify the candle power to be fur
nished, and that they are willing to fur
nlsh lights equally as good as the Globe
company for $1.4O per lamp less than
last year.
Isador Monasch. secretary of the
Tribune Buildlng and Loan Associa-
ton, is in trouble, and if reports are
true. be is $2O,OOu or more short in bis
accounts. He is said to have put the
money into his lithographing plant in
hopes of being able to tide over some
financial difficulties he wss in, but his
business did not pay as we'll as he ex-
pected it would, and he was forced to
surrender. 1t is thought that the asso-
citation will not suffer any loss. as Mr..
Monasch's printing and lithographing
outfit are worth the deficiency ilistte as
soclatlon.
Superintendent Brackett is preparing
his annual report, which will be sub
mitted in about two weeks. He will
make some important recommendations
to the commission, among them being
the enactment Of an ordinance against
the indiscriminate carrying Of concealed
weapons. The evil Of private detec-
tives will be pointed out, and a plan
proposed to keep the number down by
requiring them to take out licenses. A
department. gymnasium, it is said, will
also be proposed in addition to the new
NORTH side station and impr0yemen ts
in the other stations.
John T. Blaisdell has been sued again
by Davis & Farnham. In their com.
plant they allege that they performed
profession al services for Blaisdell which
are reasonably worth $4,000, aud that
the retainers were reasonably worth
SIS, 900. Of this amount only $678.N
have been paid. They claim that they
expended $6l6.23, of which $79.47 re-
mains unpaid. They ask Judgment on
the whole for $lO.391.59. These big
charges are what caused Blaisdell to
sever his connection with the complaint
ants. The services to secure pay for
which the action is brought extend over
a period of five months.
Michael Schieber. the Bayarlan muir
derer, who was arraigned before United
States Commissioner Odell Tuesday for
a further hearing, was discharged, but
he was Immediately re-arrested by
United States Deputy Marshal Hoy on
complaint sworn to by Esgene G.. Hay,
acting as counsel for the German con-
sui at Chicago. The new complaint
alleges that Schjeber is a fugitive from
justice In Gernanv on the charge of
murder, and sets forth that there now
exists an extradition treaty between
the United States and Germany, ana
that murder is one of the extraditable
crimes. Schieber was remanded to the
county jail for an examination.