The Irish standard., 1892-01-23

came here with the family from Madi-
con, Wisconsin about years ago. The
funeral was held yesterday morning from
the church of St. Anthony Of Padua.
A meeting of the Catholic Truth So
ciety will be held in St. A lthony Of Pa
Qua hall, corner of Se;oad street and
Eighth avenue northeast, to morrow
Sunday evening, at which William F.
Markoe, the society's delegate, will make
a full report of the proceedings of the
Catholic convention held in New York.
The Chilian difficulty does not have
any appreciable effect on the number OF
applications at the local recruiting sta
tions Every day brings its usual quota
of inquiries and the enlistment roll grows
constantly longer. The orders reported
to have been issued to the general super
intendent of recruiting at New York to
accept every available man have not yet
been received here.
Martin Z. O'Laughlin died Friday Of
last week at Anandale from the result of
an accident on an electric car New Years
night. O'Laughlin, who was conductor,
was trying to adjust the trolley when the
little wheel fell ard cut Il bad cash over
his right eye. OLaughlin recovered
sufficiently and went to visit friends at
Annandale, where blood poisoning set
in and caused death. He was about Is
and unmarried. ...
Annie Slussen, one of the shoplifters
who was sentenced to Saltwater for nine
months, last week, by Judge Lochren,
has been pardoned by Gov. Merriam.
She will soon give birth to child. Jen-
ME Rosenthal, who was Armies pal,
testified on the stand that Mrs. Slussen
was innocent of stealing the cloth from
Roses tailoring shop and this has since
been proven true. Saturday the par
doned woman LETT for Chicago to join
her husband, who lives there.
James Tenny, whom the police give a
very bad record as p1ckpocket and all
around thief, and who was sentenced to
ninety days for vagrancy, broke through
the guard line of officers Thursday morn
ing while being transferred from the lock-
up to the black maria, and made des-
perate effort to escape. He ran toward
,, Second street, but bstore he had gone a
block Court Officer Pierce and Driver
Puchier, of the maria, succeeded In
catching him. Although only IL years
of age, Tenny has already served several
sentences at the workhouse.
The Brownson Catholic club gave a
smoking concert at it's rooms to its men,
bers and friends last Thursday evening,
which was we'll attended and a good
time enjoyed by all. Ihe following pro-
gram was presented: Sleight-of hand by
J. e. Weeks; whistling solo by Prof. FL.
s. Woodward; baritone solo by A. J.
Bacon; Basso solo, P. FL. Mullen; address
by VIM. H. Eustis which was enthusiasts
tically received; basso solo by L. j.
Heating; Scandinavian dialect recitation
by Philip Fay; basso solo, j. M. Lennon;
short address by Rev, B. A. Ennis, also
by the President of the club, DIR. RI. +.
Sweetser.
Judge Hicks. Monday morning filed
his decision in the case of the appeal OF
Foley Bros. from an order of the probate
court, denying their application for an
extension of time within which to file
their claim against the estate OF Pitt M
Matthew'S deceased. The court held
that it was not within the Jurisdiction OF
the probate court to permit the claim of
appellants to be fled after the expiration
of 18 months from and after the giving
of the notice of such order on Jan. 70,
1890. Judge Corrigan's ruling was sus-
tanned, result which has always been
reached whenever an appeal has been
made from any of his decisions.
The park commissioners took 81 ballots
fer attorney on Saturday. and failing to
agree, the election of this officer was
postponed until the February meeting.
The other officers were elected without
opposition, and after the president and
vice president, ". G. Nye was reelected
secretary and w. M. Berry superinten-
dant without opposition. The engineer
will make survey Of the Stinson boule-
ward. Lyndale ave. between Chestnut
and Hennepin aves., was designated as
boulevard, and reso] ution adopted ask
ing the council to vest in the board the
control of the land. The board will unite
with petitioners in requesting the council
to compel the street railway company to
extend it's line on Bryant ave-, from 38th
st. to 49th st.
The sword Of Damocles still hangs
over the head of W. D. Hall, secretary OF
the board of trade. for at the meeting
a6o~a.x n,orninp T1Hpa Atwafer chair