The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-02-18

tricts The Wyman bill repeats the act,
but does not legislate any Of the present
commissioners out of office.
DR.. Weston, the new city physician,
qualified Thursday. It is eaid that Com
missioner Martin. and his predecessor,
DR.. Chase, used every means in their
power to prevent it, claiming that it
showed dlsloyalty on his part. Doctors
Hail and Gibson viii probably remain
assistants during his term of Office The
third assistant will be named in day or
two.
| At the meeting Of the directors of the
Associated Charities last Wednesday, the
report was made that 493 articles of
clothing were received during January.
The distribution amounted to 648. The
association has opened rooms in the
Rochester block for the repairing and
storing Of clothing received. A shoe
maker and dressmaker are kept at work
repairing the contributed articles.
Miss Louise T. Wall, formerly the
organist of the Immaculate Conception
church, was recently married in Atlanta,
Ca, to Thomas n Taylor, the ceremony
beng performed in that city IN the pres
ence Of a party of friends. The bride
groom ie prominent in the grain business
of this city, aud after the honey moon
the happy c uple will be at home to
friends at their residence, 3343 Ninth
avenue south.
The trial of Cbas. Bloom for the MUIR
dar OF Thomas Gavin, ct Livingston,
Mont, few months since, terminated
last week. Bloom was foupd guilty of
murder in the second degree and SON.
fenced to life imprisonment. Mr.. Gavin.
the murdered man, was nephew Of
Thomas Gavin, OF this city, the we'll
known liveryman. Full particulars of
Blooms cowardly act appeared in The
IRISH STANDARD ct the time.
Michael Callaghan, resident of thi r.
county for moro than forty years, died
last Tuesday at tho home OF his daugh-
ter, Mrs. W. L. Hutchins, 83l Fifteenth
avenue southeast, aged IS years. The
funeral was held from St. Lawrence
church Thursday morning at 9 o'clock.
Solemn Requiem Mass was celebrated
by Rev Father GEMS. Rev. A. Christie
of Ascension church preached a very
=; touching sermon over the remains. In
torment took place at St. Anthony ceme-
tory.
J! Wallace Bruce, United States consul
at Edinburgh, writes DC Bell, of this
city, that he has secured from the town
council of that city site for burial
ground for Scottish American soldiers
and sailors. A statue of Abraham Lin
coin reading tho emancipation proclama-
ton will be erected there at cost Of
$4,000. Mr.. Bell has been invited to re-
present Minnesota at the unwilling in
July, but he thinks the governor should
be chosen.
! One of the most enjoyable five o'clock
| teas of the season was given last Mon
day afternoon to the young ladies OF Holy
Rosary choir by Mrs. NJ. s. Baker, of
1927 Sixteenth avenue south. Mrs.
Baker was assisted by Mrs. DR.. Dunn, of
Shakopee. The finding Of a valentine
in the form of an appropriate poetical
quotation, under the plate of each young
lady present, added greatly to the enjoy
ment of the tea Among those present
we're: Miss Sarah Corbett. Miss Alice
Corbett, Miss Anna Nay Leary, Miss
Emily Leary, the Misses Sullivan, Bay
ley, Hughes, McDermott, Howard, Fal-
lon and Fleming
A mass meeting was held on Wednes-
day evening in the Swedish Tabernacle
to discuss the free text book bill now be-
fore the legislature. Mayor Eustis pre-
sided and among the speakers we're Prof.
Kiehle, state superintendent of schools,
A. T. Ankeny, president of the city school
board, Judge Pierce, Ex-Mayor Winston,
Rows. Wayland Hoyt and M. Falk Gjert-
son. All the speakers favored the pas
sage of the bill and resolutions were
adopted urgently asking the legislature
to pass suitable bill at this session pro-
vidiug that free text books be furnished
to pupils attending the public schools OF
the state, free of cost to the pupils or
their parents.
The examination of:;candidates for the
position of teachers in the Hennepin
county schools will take place March q,
Is, 10, IL, IA, and Is, They will take
place in three distinct portions OF the
county-st Osseo or Robblnsdale in the
northern part, at Maple Plain or Long
Lake in the western, and at the Central
High School in this city. The dates
will be decided upon when it is learned
at what time the spring vacations will
occur in the different por ions of the