The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-02-24

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"A Oenterville, s D. farmer named Ed
ward johnson reported to the police tht
other day that he had been robbed Of 81
|. in money, cap aud an overcoat, in
lodging house at % Bridge square. III
stated that the coat and money wert
taken from his room last Sunday night
while he was asleep. The police have NJ
clue to work on.
Last Thursday j. T. Mannix, the May
or's private secretary, received q Telegram
from Malone, N. Y, conveying the sac
intelligence that his mother had died OF
pneumonia at her home in that city
She was u years Of age and had lived for
30 years at Malone When quite young
she emigrated from Ireland and resided
for many years in Boston, Mass. Mr.
Mannix has the sympathy OF many
friends ia his bereavement.
Doctors FL. H. Kimball, Knute Hoegh
and J. E. Moore, of this city, will sail on
the steamer Columbia, March 10, fol
Naples, to attend the triennial interna
tional medical congress at Rome. The
two gentlemen first named go as repre-
sentatives of the State Medical society,
and DR. Moore as the representative OF
the State University. The congress will
last week and the gathering is one OF
the most important in the history Of the
profession.
Edward Berd, an old soldier, was found
in Bridge Square lodging house by
officer Garvin Wednesday morning, suf-
fering from wounds received at the hands
of footpads Sunday night. He related a
very sad tale to the officer. He was out
taking in the town Sunday night, and in
some way got out in the vicinity of Lake
street, where he was assaulted and
robbed by footpads. He lost conscious
ness, and when he came to found himself
in the lodging house. He was badly
used up. -.
Louis F. Post, of New York, lectured
on single tax at Century hall last Sunday
evening before large audience. His
subject was "God's Two Great Gifts to
Man." These were the gift of the earth
and the gift Of the co operative instinct.
The latter, he said, is what elevates and
ennobles mankind, causes his civilization
anG lifts him above the animals. mo
wonder We have persistence of poverty.
It must always be so while land is owned
as at present" The speaker made free
trade argument. ..
The Junior pupils of Holy Angels Aca-
DENY gave an excellent musicale on
Washipgton's birthday. They acquitted
themselves most creditably and the pro-
fciency displayed by them reflected
great credit on the Sisters. Misses Bss-
sic Case and Mamie O'Keefe furnished
an esthetic gymnastic performance as an
important feature of the program. The
order OF the musicale was in the form of
patriotic souvenir, attached to small
flag. Rishop McGolrick. of Duluth, was
among the Interested guests.
Minneapolis lumbern1en have plated a
new town site under the name OF Hia-
watha on the upper Mississippi, one Of
the new schemes of the north part of the
state which is not connected with the
iron mining country. The site is some
fifty miles up the river from Aitkip, in
the lower end of Itasca county, and is
where the logging road of the Michigan
and Weyerhaeuser concerns, known as
the Duluth, Mississippi River & Northern
railroad, reaches the Mississippi river,
which is at the mouth of Swan river.
Bishop McGolrick lectured Thursday
evening before the Young Mems Sodali'y
of immaculate Conception church OF" The
Ideal Young Man." Among other things
he said that the literature of Washing
toms period and this had to do entirely
with George Washington as president
and George Washington as soldier.
The history of George Washington, the
citizen and man, must yet be written at
least in great part. He said that Wash.
ington was great as man, not by force
OF circumstances, but by the influence of
heart and mind.
In connection with the regular Wash
ington memorial exercises at the central
high school last Thursday prizes were
awarded by the Sons Of the Revolution
for the three best essays on the causes
That Led Up to the Revolution" the
contest for which opened last October.
Those who succeeded in winning a prize
are Miss Ruth Phelps, Minneapolis CEN
trail high school; Miss Mary Wagner,
New Ulm high school; and Sam Packard,
high school, third. The
nrizae consist of medals of Revolution