The Irish standard., 1891-06-06

II tuaAAAON OOUglO WISH OsAChAA AAALSA 1dp'
|piness. Mr.. Linqulst is a convert te
1.-The Catholic faith.
At q meeting Of the County B)ard, G.
IT. a. u. Of Hennepln county. held al
Catholic Association hall last Sunday
action was taken instructing the dele
gates to the State convention frOm this
4 city and county TO use their best en-.
deav0rs towards placing the total absti
nence cause more fully under the charge
Of the clergy Of the state. believing that
greater and more lasting success will
be che outcome of such course.
The corner stone Of the new school
building in Holy Rosary parish will be
laid Sunday afternoon, June 81, at 4
lO'clock. The ceremonies will bo Of the
most impressive character, and Arch.
bishop ireland will deliver tho address.
Allthe Catholic societies Of the city have
been invited to participate In the cere-
monv. and the occasion promises to be
one Of the greatest Importance IN the
history Of the parish.
Thursday morning Mayor Winston
was waited upon by the secretary of the
ministerial committee of the city who
wished his honor to name the time and
place when the ministers could meet
with the mayor, and discuss SUNDAY
observance. The mayor agreed to meet
the ministers at 11:3O o'clock this morn
ing, and according to appointment the
meeting was held. The full particulars
of this meeting will appear In the next
issue of this paper.
The people of Cahiltown are about to
give q great literary and dramatic
entertainment on June Itch. Father
Cosgrove of St. Paul will lecture and
an amateur company will render an in
teresting play. There will be first
class orchestra present. During the
last six months this parish has done
/ wonders. A fine organ has been pur-
chased choir organized, the church
grounds have been neatly fenced in and
free library opened. Such a people
deserve help, and we are glad to learn
that parties are being formed to 20 out
there on the evening of June II.
The SPIRIT Island dam is to be built.
and work on the preliminary survey
will begin wlthin few days under the
direction Of w. l.. DeLaBarre. Of the
Minneapolis Mill Co. Just before CA.
Pillsbury left for the West few days
ago, in company with Sydney T. Kline,
the representative of the English syndi-
cate in London. and others, he said
that Mr.. Kline was In Minneapolis for
the special purpose of reporting on the
feasibility of building the Spirit Island
dam, and that a favorable report would
undoubtedly be made. Mr.. Pillsbury
said that, under Mr.. Kl1ne's report
there seemed to be no obstacle in the
way of beginning the work. Mr..
Kline said that he should report favor
ably on the scheme to the London di
rectors The building of this dam will
cost 81 100000.
The entertainment given under the
auspices of the st. Anthony Crusaders
last Saturday evening at st. Anthony
hall, was attended by upwards Of 900
people and was q fitting observance Of
memorial day. A male quartette from
the st. Anthony Choir sang the ''Star
Spangled Banner and received
hearty encore. Johnny Llnehan played
9 violin solo and received rapturous ap
plause for his splendid work. Miss
Kate DIVER pleased the audience with
her vocal selections, the piano accom-
paniment being render ed by Miss Ellie
McNamee. A. w. Gutridge, Of st.
Paul, State Secretary Of the G. T. "A.
Union Of Minnesota, delivered good
address on total abstinence. and during
the twenty minutes kept his audience
deeply interested. The crowning event
Of the evenings entertainment, how
ever, was the closing address by Rrv
James u Reilly on the catholic Soldier
on American Battle Fields,o which we
hope to be able to give to our readers in
full IN our next issue. The reverend
father spoke for forty minutes on this
interesting theme. Refreshments were
served ia the hall during the evening by
the young ladies Of the s ldaiity. s
. Miss Mary Evalyn Mcdonald, known