The Irish standard., 1896-09-26
STANDARD SIGNALS

- Robert Emmett Association will give it,
annual ball on Wednesday evening, Oct
%, at Masonic Temple.
William O'Brien, of the Minneapol.:
Fire Department, and Miss Kate Jordan
of Waseca, will be, married next Monday
morning at 9 O'clock at Waseca.
Father Cleary spoke on Good Citizen.
ship at the Nazareth church fair at Dan
la hall last night and the question was
discussed with the usual ability ant
brill:ancy Of that gentleman.
On Tuesday last the reign of Queer
Victoria became the longest in English
history. 1t really looks as if the Prince
Of Wales would have leisure from state
affairs as a reigning sovereign to con-
ttnue his baccarat playing. y~,,.v.
Laura Joyce Ball, the eminent come
dienne, will, be seen in the role Of The
Spimster Lizzie Croft, her characterize
ticn of which the eminent playwright
Chas. Fl. Hoyt stated, has never before
been approached or equalad in any par
ticular. ....
Mrs. Abigail H. Chase, IS years old
widow OF the late Daniel Chase, died
Tuesday afternoon at the family resi-
dcnce, 2426 Oakland avenue. She had re-
sided in Hennepin county for Al years
The funeral took place from the resi-
cence, Thursday Afternoon. '-''r@"~ -
The Bohemian Catholics of Minnesota
viii hold great festival at New Prague
from Sept. % TO Oct. 5. On Sunday, Oct
4, the Minneapolis & st. Louis will run
q special train from St. Paul and Mime
apolis for some four hundred Bohemians
to spend the day at New Prague. ,u,..,
Alderman Burke O'Brien received a'tel-
egran1 from Lead City, near Deadwood
stating that his brothers. wife had just
died Of typhoid fever, which is epidemic
in that section at present. It is stated
that there are not enough we'll persons
out there to attend to the sick and that
there is much suffering. g "'-;
F. P. Murphy, who has the distinction
Of having made the distance from Min
neapolis to New York awheel in the
shortest time of anyone on record, re-
turned to this city on Monday. Mr.. Muir
phy accomplished the remarkable feat
Of covering 1872 miles between the two
cities In fifteen days, eight hours AND
forty-five minutes 49,. ., -
William Shield, a swftchman on the
Great Northern road, was caught between
two freight cars in the yards, near Ele-
.yator *" last week, and painfully in
jured. The North Side patrol wagon re,
moved him to his home at 80 ,Aldrich
avenue north. 'Fhe outcome of his in-
juries cannot be determined, although Sc
rious.
Thos. Moore and family have returned
to Minneapolis after a few years resi-
dence in St. Lonis. Tom says Minneap-
oils is all right, and that he intends 60
ing into business here without delay.
He is just able to be out. after going
through a collision with street cars in
Chicago few months since, receiving
injuries Of such serious nature that he
was in hospital continually until q, FEW
days since. ..., r.a-
One of the veterans of the Minneapolis
police force in the person. Of Captain
Daniel A. Day died Thursday afternoon
at his residence, 3136 Pleasant avenue, of
pneumonia. The captain has been III for
some time, but not until few days ago
was his ailment thought to be serious
He then was lad low with pneumonia
and heart trouble and he began to sink.
From the first his physicians gave no
hopes to his fam, y and friends and when
the end came it was not unexpected. He
was 70 years Of age.
The specifications for the. structural
Iron work Of the sub-basament floor. of the
new state capitol VIII be ready within
few days for inspection by prospective
Bidders The capitol commission, at its
last meeting, directed that a notice be
published inviting bids for furnishing
this structural iron. The bids" will'be
opened Oct s, when the board will hold
it's next regular meeting. After the floor
has been laid above the sub-basement,
work upon the new building will proba-
bly, cease until next spring. Then will
be begun the erection of the superstruc-
ture.
The Metropolitan barber shop at 248
N:collet avenue Is the finest and largest
shaving emporium in the West. Twen-
ty luxurious chairs presided over. BY as
many skilled artists, are sufficient to sat
isfy the most critical, and you do not
have to wait to secure what you want.
Shaving 10 cents. Large and comfort
able bathrooms in connection. Shop is
open day and night. Baths at all hours
also, and careful and obliging attendants
give any kind of bath desired. Try the
Metropolitan and be convinced. Scott &
OuuACy, pAOpAASsOAo"
Manager Jacob Lift demonstrated his
good Judgment in preferring to pay "a
Midnight Bell" Company a large money
guarantee rather than have them cancel
their time at his playhouses. In Mil
waukee where ga midnight Bell''' opened
recently, the business has been simply
phenomenal, standing room being at "a
premium at each performance, and never
before in the history of the theater We're
such splendid notices received as on this
OCCASION ga Midnight Bell'"opens at
the Bijou next Sunday matinee. i "a. Md
night Bell' is the most legitimate:comedy
Mr.. Hoyt has ever written. 1t iocates-its
story and action in the environs of~NeW
England, and affords true picture of
rural life in that district.
The head lines over the article refer
ring to the presentation made to Rev.
James. O'Reilly in last weeks. Irish
Standard contained ludicrous errer.
The Respected" pastor of st. Anthony
of Padua is. what was written and ere
tected pastor" the printer made It ap-
pear. The Pensioners Of st. Anthony Of
Padua will always respect their be-
loved pastor, but reject him? Never!
On last Monday Peter Devery, an aged
resident of Maple Grove township and a
pioneer Minnesota farmer, died at the
age of IS years. He leaves a widow and
several children. The funeral was held
last Wednesday morning from the Cath
oltc church at Maple Grove, where: re-
uuiem mass was celebrated by Rev.