The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-06-04


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Mrs L. E. Travis sues the Minneapolis
Street Railway Company for $4,000
I damages in the district court. She says
) that on March "a last she tried to board
!, a Fourth avenue car at the corner of
Nicollet avenue and Third street, but the
metal work of the car was charged with
electricity and she was so seriously
shocked that she is a physical wreck,
with her nervous system positively
shattered. She is 20 years old, and had
been but five months married. She is
informed by physicians that she can bear
no children. She has already spent
$500 on doctors and she wants it back
and $500 0 damages. Lee A. Travis, her
for $4,000 for loss of his wife's services.
For the last nine months or SO, says
the North, a young man, barely of age,
by the name of Edward Peterson, has
been employed as messenger in the
Swedish American bank, being at the
same time entrusted with the collections
for internal Revenue Collector N. 0.
Werner. During ali this while he has
been faithful and honest. Last Wednes-
day, however, in all evil hour, he yielded
to what seems to have been moment
temptation, and changing the letters
and figures on check from thirty to
thirty six thousand dollars, tried to OBJ
tain the extra six thousand in cash from
the First National Bank. The scheme
niscarried, thanks to the bank official
with whom he was dealing, and Peterson
is now a fugitive, he having left his
lodgings, Immediately after.
A very neat little romance in real life
was developed at the marriage license
department. of the county clerks office
Thursday morning. The dramatis per-
sone we're Nautilus Krumholz, 81 years
old, and Johanna Krumholz, 81 years
old. These aged people were made man
and wife in early life and lived happily
together for a mum Der Of years, but after
they had entered upon the down-hill of
life's journey, trouble was made between
them by others and divorce was the
result few years ago. The effects of
long years of loving and tender care of
each other could not be wiped out by a
court decree. The yearnings of their
hearts drew them together irresistibly
and they decided to remarry and to side
by side resume the journey down the
stream of time.
A woman's scream for help startled
Patrolman West Monday night as he
was standing on his beat on Lake street.
It came from carriage in. which, were
seated a young man and rather pretty
girl. The officer stopped the carriage, !
and the girl accused her companion of
attempting criminal assault. She gave
her name as Clara Fridell and that of
her companion as Martin Edwards. AS
the officer did not see the occurrence he |
advised the girl to swear out g. warrant
against her assailant, and Tuesday |
morning she did so. Edwards was ar
rested and arraigned in the municipal
court, but was discharged, as the testi-
mony showed that the whole affair was
nothing but lovers quarrel. Edwards
and his sweetheart had a quarrel over
another fellow, and she, in huff, at
tempted to get out of the buggy. He
held her, and she screamed.
At the East Side Catholic cemetery.
last Monday forenoon, the Memorial day
address was delivered by Father E. @.
Casey of the Church OF st. Anthony of
Padua. Closing beautiful and eloquent
tribute, he said: "Flowers will fade and
monuments crumble, but the work of
these brave ones can never be forgotten
as long as the spirit of Christian civiliza-
ton causes the heart to pulsate. And
as you scatter flowers over their graves
to-day, so strew life's pathway with the
rehearsal of their deeds. hand down the
story to your children and your children's
children, that they may prize the peace
and prosperity which these heroes have
left them. Let us learn from the flowers
the lesson that life is short. Like them
we bloom, fade and decay, and let our
lives be SO directed that when deaths
bugle call summons us, we will go pre-
pared to meet Him like brave soldiers.
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