The Irish standard., 1893-07-29
BY THE WAYSIDE.

Mrs. James Langan, Henry j. Langan
aud Miss 3. Langan have returned home
after visiting tho Worlds Fair during
The past week.
The young ladies of the Sodality of St.
Anthony of Padua church will have q
lawn festival on the grounds adjoining
The church next Wednesday evening. A
cordial invitation is extended to all who
wish to come and enjoy the refreshments.
4 fine concert of instrumental music by
one of the leading bands of the city will
also be an attraction. Admission to
grounds 10 cents.
The Peoples bank will open it's doo:s
20 the public for business August l, say
The directors of that institution. Over
one half the depositors have already been
settled with, and of the balance large
proportion have agreed to an extension
Of their deposits to fixed time, when
5he bank will pay them in full. In adj
tlition to this, the bank has cash on hand
10 pay every claim on the date of suspen.
sion. In this situation the managers Of
The bank think that they are 10 first
class shape.
Charles Mccoy, Is years of age and
residing at $500 Aldrich avenue, was
killed Monday evening by shock from
live wire at the residence OF T. r.
Daniels, 221S Colfax Nv. The wiring had
been reported as unsafe and young Nc
Coy, in company with two other en-
yloyee of the Brush Electric Light Com
pany, was engaged in remedying the de-
sect. He picked up one of the ground
wires, and with it in his hands it is
thought he took hold of water pipe,
which completed the circuit. Death
was instantaneous.
There have been 252 applications for
saloon licenses before the city council,
and nearly all of them have been granted.
This nun Der, added to the twelve or
thirteen saloon men whose licenses OK
pired along in February and March and
Who, therefore, do not appear on the
July list, will bring the number up to
about 263. There are still pending
bout eight or ten more, the money not
having been advanced. which brings the
total to about 272 or 274, number
which is ten short Of the number of
licenses issued last year. The falling off
If ten is not explained in any way save
by the hard times.
A street car accident happened on the
Bloomington line late Sunday afternoon
by which young woman lost her life.
Il occurred on Eighth avenue south,
near the court house, between and 6
O'clock. The young woman was Annie
e. Strom, domestic in the employ of G.
A. Wenzel, about Is years old. The
story current regarding the accident wac
that the victims hat blew off and she
thoughtlessly stepped off the car, while
in rapid motion, to recover the article.
as her feet touched the earth she was
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tsered insensible. The South Side patrol
wagon was called and she was taken to
she City Hospital, where she died IN
Isw minutes. At the coroners inquest
the jury rendered verdict generating
the company, and saying she was alone
responsible for the accident resulting in
her death
The new city directory is out. The
lumber of names in the book is ALL
snore than appeared in the directory Of
sst year, making total in this issue of
a9,483 names. This. nuYber, multiplied
by 21166, the lowest multiplier used by any
city in the United States to estimate
population, gives as the population Of
Minneapolis 223,7N. Some idea Of the
city's rapid growth may be realized
when one stops to consider that (; ~ 1850 6
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