The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-02-25

ing the financial condition OF the com
| mittee to be excellent. 1t was reported
that the committee would be well repre-.
sented at the inauguration OF the presi.
dent ON March 4.
Next Sunday evening Father ClsarJ
will deliver an interesting discourse OF
..Pope Leo and His Golden Jubilee. :
Two years ago Father Cleary enjoyed
the distinction Of q private audience with
the Pope and will give his impressions
OF Leo XIII. DANA hall is crowded
every Sunday evening by all classes Of
people deeply Interested in Father Clea.
rvs popular discourses.
Last Tuesday evening, Charles W., SOB
son of Captain Doyle OF the Hibernlan
Rifles, was surprishd by party OF bis
young friends at the home OF his parents
25O8 Fourteenth avenue south. The
evening was pleasantly spent IN dancing
singing and general amusement, and the
young folks departed for their homes at
late hour we'll pleased with the enter
tainment.
Daniel Buxton, brother OF County
Treasurer T. j. Buxton, died last Satur-
day night al $40 Fifteenth avenue south,
after short illness. He was 6o years
old and resident OF Pennsylvania until
year ago, when he came to Minneapo'
lis. Mr.. Buxton had been engaged Ia
business in Marysville, O. BE leaves
two sons and daughter. The remains
were taken to Ohio for interment.
Col. Hans Mattson, ex-secretary OF
stat, is lying dangerously Ill from an
asthmatic attack at his residence, 1875
Park avenue. Col. Mattson is Que OF the
early settlers of Minnesota end repre-
sentative Scandinavian who is highly re-
spected by all who know him. He Is al
present the president of the Security
Savings and Loan Association and is the
editor. in chief of The North newspaper
Between shortage of cars and an H.
ability to get barrels, the mills we're pre-
vented from running as heavily last Nees
AS they otherwise would have done, anc
tha output showed decrease Of ove1
Loo barrels, says the Northwestern
Miller. The production was l6a,79o bar
rejs--averaging 27,2so barrels daily
| against 5,165 barrels the week before
! III $50 barrels for the corresponding
time in 1892 and 600 barrels In 1891
| The d rect export shipment by the MILL
last week we're 40,460 barr Is against az,
445 barrels the preceding week.
Mr.. Peter Lawrence, who attended th'
recent annual convention at Baltimore
| Of the Bricklayers' and Masons' Inter
national Union, az d delegate from the
| unions in this city, says in his report
Two-thircs OF the unions now at1illatinl
| with the in ternational are now WORKING
eight hours Sixteen OF tho largas
unions gained the eight hour system dur
ing the year of 1892 At the rate thu
eight hour day has been adopted by the
subordinate unions in the last two years
in two years hence every union Will bav'
adopted the eight hour day.
Col William McCrory died on Feb. II
at the residence of his father"in-law, Gen.
Brinkenhof, in Mansfield, Ohio. Las
October he received severe INJURY %.
falling from his horse in the Republican
parade in this city. He leaves oa'
daughter, Harriet l.. McCrory, to mourn
his demise At meeting of the Raw
Inns Post, Ct. A. r., of which he was
member. appropriate resolutions on nj
death were offered last Wednesday even
ing by Judge Eli Torrance, and loving
tributes to his memory were paid by
Judge Fish, Capt. Moore, Maj. Norton
Capt. Gilmore and other old comrades o
the deceased.
Washington birthday was very hap
ply spent by Miss Maggie Nash, young
est daughter of M. w. Nash, and severa
of her little friends whom she entertained
by giving sleighing party through the
city. Retur. ing to the home OF the'1
hostess about 5 o'clock, they partook OF
bountlful repast spread by the mother
Of the little Miss. Those participating
in the days pleasures were: Bernadetta
Mersen, May Pratt, Ruby dublin, Clara
Rue, Clara Hansen, Mamie Rue, Martha
Harris, Helen Cushing, Willie Breslauer
John Mersen, George Francis, Fay Cub
lin, Warren Helen, Bud Nash, john
Nash, Edward Nash.
Thomas S. King, an old citizen and
veteran newspaper man, died last Mon
day night at his home. The deceased
was brother of Col. William S. King
and came to this city about thirty years
ago at the solicitation Of his brother
who was editor and publisher OF the State
Atlas, OF which the deceased became
local editor. For some eighteen years