The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-02-06
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AT the monthly nesting 81 the county
commissioners Monday 1oaunty Audito1
i Ledgerwood presented his fnancia
statement for 1891. The statement
showed the county,s assets to be $1389,
030.46, Liabilities 1913 ,O92 II; the excess
Of assets over liabilities, SITS, 1855. The
total receipts including taxes, we're 1904,
I96O61, and the Disbursements 282,204,
I42, leaving q balance on hand Of $22, 49,
4 49, The petition for the Pemberton road
In Eden Prairie was denied and the ex-
tension OF the Minneapolis & Delano
road allowed. 6.
A small but prominent sectson of local
democracy was jubilant last Monday
night. The occasion was the election OF
Mr.. Clay as attorney for the park board.
a meeting was held and there we're pres
lent Mayor Winston, G. M. Foote, Otto
w. Miller, Judge Lars NJ. Rand, p. B.
johnson, John z. Byrnes, Harry Burke,
Attorney Meagher, Representative Nc
|Allister, Ed Conroy, ex-Police Commits
sioner w. r. Guile and a good many
lothers. Tt was q very pleasant affair
and Mr.. Clay was congratulated On all
sides.
Tuesday was civil service day at the gov
eminent building and the United States
| court room was filed with crowd OF
about 80 persons, who were under
going the examination for positions in
| Uncle Sans various departments. The
applicants are for carriers positions,
postofice clerks and clerks in the de-
partment at Washington. The papers
will be examined at the leisure of the ex-
aminers and the results mailed the APP
plicants by postal card, so that it will be
unnecessary for them to apply at the
postoffice to learn whether they have
passed the examination or not.
Agent Tatro, OF the Humane society,
makes the following report for January:
Reproved and warned for cruelty to chill
dren, 1; cases OF poverty referred to city
poor department, 2; cases Of poverty re-
ferred to Associated Charities, 9; horses
unfit for service, shot, g. sick horses
moved and conditions relieved, /; starv-
ing horses taken in charge, 4; over-check-
ed horses relieved, 3; instruments of tor
ture taken from cruel drivers, B; reproved
and warned for cruel treatment Of horses,
S; reproved and warned for leaving clip
ped horse unprotected from cold, l.;
calves tied in cruel manner while being
taken to market, relieved, 3; sick dogs
humane]y killed, 2; reproved and warned
for cruelty to dog, 1; reproved and
warned for permitting dog fights, 2.
Division No. 2, A. O. H., of this city
had fine entertainment last Monday
evening at their hall. Visiting members
from divisions 1, and were in attend
ance an contributed largely to the splen-
did program. Addresses were delivered
by President ). J. Fitzgerald, of Divis-
ion No. /, President O'Reilly Of Division
No. 3, County Delegate John Mahoney
and M. W. Mogan. Messrs. J. G. Scallen,
John Swift, Daniel Brophy. J. T. Walsh,
I. p Dwyer, A. l.. Lennon and j. u.
O'Brien entertained tine meeting with
song, while Aid. John r. MCGOWAN and
John Swift delivered splendid recita-
tions. Short addresses were also delig-
cred by Messrs. M. F. McHale and A. j..
Dolan Division No. 2 intends to make
these entertainments feature Of their
meetings in the future.
The fremen's monuments are now a
certainty, the contracts having been
awarded to Jones Bros. to build two naon-
uments in Lakewood and st. Mary's GEM
eteries respectively for 1886. The
height of the monuments over all will be
% feet inches, the statues on top being
7 feet 6 inches in height. The figure Will
be that OF a chief in full uniform with
trumpet in his right hand. The shaft is
to be of Barre granite and the statues of
Freeport. On the base below the die
four scroll braces will be worked, the
piece to show four polished tablets and
the octagon die to show eight polished
tablets neatly margined. On the front,
the fourth piece, will be in polished.
raised letters, on panel, the letters IN
F. d. and Immediately under the words
ssRelief Association" in raised letters. On
the ootagon die will be cut such inscrip-
tions as the committee may offer.
At the meeting of the press committee
Saturday afternoon Secretary Mind re-
ported that Messrs. Springstoon & Snow,
proprietors OF the Brunswick hotel, were
willing to give the Brunswick over to