The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-08-05
STATE CAPITAL NOTES.

E. J. Donahue has gone to the Fair
Judge Kerr and wife are in Chicago.
John Green has gone to Graceville on
q vocation.
Miss Franklin is again at home after
Al Eastern trip.
:. Miss Julia Fischer has returned from
the East and the Fair.
William Roach, at Pennington, paid
the city visit on Monday.
Vice-president Stevenson was in the
city Tuesday and Wednesday.
G.. D. Finn, of Winona, is attending
the convention of the U. s. postal clerks.
Ed. s. Bean entertained Company d
at his White Bear cottage on Tuesday
evening.
Miss Nellie Murphy, OF Winona, is Wis
iting with her aunt, Mrs. Donnelly, of
Dale street.
MID. Ragan, of the st. Paul National
Bank, is spending his vacation among
the attractions of the great Fair.
A burglar entered the Plymouth
Clothing House Tuesday evening, but
was nabbed before he had full oppor-
tunity.
The supreme court has upheld the ex'
eaption law, whereby man is entitled
to the SUM of $25 free from any and all
claims from each months salary.
Prof. W. W, Prendergast. Of the state
department of education, reports that
the applications for the agricultural
course at the State University are com:
ing in fast. The promise is that there
will be large class at the next session.
The funeral of Mrs. F. e. Murphy oc-
CURED on Monday morning at 10 o'clock
from St. Joseph's church, corner Vir-
xinia avenue aud Carroll street. Mrs.
Murphy was the wife of Patrick Z. Muir:
ply, the ll-knowu travelling salesman
for Kuhl & Cumming
James A. Billiards. express barn was
destroyed by fire Tuesday night, and in
the ruins are the ashes OF twenty three
horses and one COW. The poor beasts
had no means of escape and their human
like cries Of agony were pitiful to hear.
Total loss SIS, 900, covered by insurance
to the amount Of $4,000.
On Wednesday evening at nine o'clock
fire broke out in the store Of Mccarthy
i Donnelly, undertakers and church
goods dealers, on Wabasha street The
loss from fire and water is in the neigh
borhood of $4,000 covered by $4,000
insurance policy. This firm has been
unfortunate by fire, the latest being the
third since their organization.
The young people of st. Mary's parish
gave lawn social on The spacious
grounds surrounding Gen. Slbley's man
sion on Woodward avenue Tuesday and
Wednesday evening, The naturally beal.-
tifu} place was rendered strikipgiy az
tractive by the aid OF engine headlights
and Chinese lanterns skillfully arranged
among the trees. The proceeds Of the
evening were turned over to the church
trustees.
The Hibernians ave making elaborate
preparations for their coming picnic to
be held in the Fort Smelling picnic grove.
The games promise to be stubbornly con
tested. The prizes offered are we'll worth
competing for aud 5i,e contests will be 80
arranged as to give every one q fair
chance. Besides tbs athletic contests
amusements of all sorts have been pro.
vided for, and it is expected to make this
tho event of the summer.
Next Sunday night Jacob Lifts Play
ers begun the final week Of their stay in
this city, aud viii! bring to close
series of performances Shat will be mem
orable in the history OF s. Paul theat-
ricals for their perfect and finished work
aud careful staging. Mr., Lift has Sc
lected for presentation the strong heart
story, Lied Astrav," which will have a
cast that will certainly give such an in
OF this exec lent play a. will
bring to fitting close grand series of
performances by a company without a
peer.
The second annual convention of the
N 4tional Railway Postal Clerks Associa-
ton, sitting during the past week in this
city, was a pronounced success. The
d ,legates, rep ~esenting the entire union,
arrived Wednesday morning and after a
bcief informal reception at Windsor
Hotel, assembled in the senate chamber
of the state house where they were ten
dared the freedom of the city by acting
Mayor Hickman. In the afternoon the
delegates were treated toa carriage drive
and permitted to feast their eyes upon
the uuriyaled beauty Of this peerless city.
In the evening speech making session
VAS held In the state capitol. Thursday