The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-01-11
employees. ."rhe holiday trade was
enormous We received thousands of

l.emp1oyes. ..The holiday trade Yves
enormous. We received thousands Of
orders when in former years we only re-
| ceived hundreds; we We're working the
entire crew night and day and would
have filed all orders promptly had not
some of our oldest and best employees
been taken down with the typhoid fever
Thus errors and delays occurred that
| would not have been made" The T. M
Roberts supply houses are now in shape
to fill orders promptly in any quantities
and any errors made by them they will
make right.
The death of Miss Annie Cashin at her
home, 2407 Bloomington avenue, last
Wednesday night brought intense sor-
row to her manay friends in this city
and to her relatives and parents vino
live at St. Peter, this state. The de-
ceased lady was 25 years of age and had
been i'll but short time, death being
| caused by pneumonia She was mem
Der of Division No. 4. OF the Daughters
OF Erin, and of the Young Ladies' So
dolity of Holy Rosary church. Her
death is sincerely mourned by her late
| associates in these organizations. The
| remains were taken to St. Peter for in
terment under the charge OF J. NJ Giea-
son. undertaken. Requiem mass was eel
ebrated at Holy Rosary church on Fri
day morning.
One of the most popular in the long
line of comic operas which are known
as t'favorites" with the public, will be
seen at the metropolitan next Thursday
and for the remainder of the week with
a souvenir matinee Saturday; this it is
needless to say Wang that glorious
| combination of bright music, handsome
scenery, clever comedians and pretty
girls, which has already played three
enormously successful engagements in
this city On the approaching visit it
will be presented by the same clever COM
pany as last season and will be mounted
with all Of its former grandeur. There
will be souvenir matinee Saturday,
when all the children who purchase
seats on the lower floor will be given an
elegant doll, with o. veritable Worth
wardrobe.
On last Monday night j. T. Connors
and his we'll selected company presented
in an admirable manner at Turner hall
Washington avenue north, the amusing
comedy of Drawing the World" Mr..
Connors, as usual, showed his versatility
as comedian in such q way s,s to keep
the house in ripples of laughter when it
was not in roars. Miss Belle Montrose
as 'Sprightly," was chic, pretty and cap
tiyating and elected admiration in her
change of characters. AS the widow.
Miss nellie Gaughn was to the life the
veritable woman in weeds and played
the character so we'll as to lose her
personal identity and gain the sympathy
usually accorded to forlorn femininity.
Miss May Potner took the part of the old
bag in such a way as to be utterly de-
tested. Higher praise could not be ac
corded her. The other characters We're
acceptably sustained Master Clement
Murphy, his first appearance, was SO
manly in his youthfulness and SO per-
feet In all that was assigned to him as TO
stamp him as q coming Joe Jefferson.
Next Tuesday evening the second of
this seasons series Of parties by the
South Side Relief Club will be held at
Labor Temple The music WILL as usual,
be furnished by Daly's orchestra: Dane
ing will commence at 9 o'clock The
following gentlemen will have the affair
in charge: Master Of ceremonies, Thorn
as Dunn; arrangements, John Swift, ?.
j. Kenny, j. F. Fitzsimmons and M. ].
Gill: reception, P. J. Kinnane, r. O'Con-
nell, Ed Bevans, J. w. Doyle James
Kelly, NJ =. Murphy, John Wall and
John O'Grady; floor, James Allen, J. j.
Regain, John O'Grady. P. J. Kinnane and
James Kelly. rg
AS the result OF injuries to her hip,
sustained by a fall of eight months ago,
Mrs. Esther G. Stillman, a pioneer resi-
dent of Minneapolis, died Wednesday
morning at the home Of her son, George
G. Stillman, 101 East Fifteenth street.
The funeral was held Thursday after
noon from the residence, and the re-
mains were shipped to Chester, O., for
interment. Mrs. Stillman came to this
city in 1845, and resided here continuous
ly until her husbands death in 1876.
Since then she has divided her time be-
tween Minneapolis and her former home
in Ohio. The deceased leaves two sons
R. l.. and George c. Stillman and a
daughter, Mrs. Nellie Drane, of Califor-
mia, who is at present in this city.