The Irish standard., 1897-06-26

No s; and the address Of the evening by
Hon. c. D. O'Brien, who ELECTED hearty
plaudits. The other participants in the
exercises We're Miss Pottgeiser, Mrs
Hoffman Miss Nellie Burke, Miss Agnes
NJ McFay, Miss Gertie Drake. Miss Mag
gle Kenny, and Messrs. F. II. Grant, j.
j, Regan and Bro. Lennon. The A. o. II
band discoursed sweet airs, and a most
pleasant evening was enjoyed by all.
grand sacred concert was given last
Sunday evening at ST. Johns church by
the choir with chorus of thirty voices,
under the direction OF Prof. Rihi. The
selections were fine. among them being
jubilee hymn in honor of Leo XIII: a
number of ofrertories; the "Veni Creator"
with soprano solo by Mrs. Mcmahon; a
Latin solo by Miss Simmer. of Ascenson
Church. with a violin obligato by Mr..
RAIDER. The soloists were: Misses Lizzie
and Lima Stmser. Miss Angie Mullaly,
Miss Nora Clinton, Mrs. Mcmahon. Miss
Mahan and Messrs.John H. Bayer, Peter
Heck and John Wander May.
Miss Jessie O'Brien, OF Summit Avenue.
a graduate of the ST. Paul high school,
left for Europe, Wednesday, accompanied
by her sister. Miss Minnie O'Brien.
The closing exercises Of the Cathedral
schools. and Cretin high school. and the
girls school, were hold in the Grand
Opera House Wednesday evening. An
interesting program was presented and
the little actors and actresses were
greeted by as large audience as the house
could hold
James Dillon one of the oldest citizens
OF st. Paul. is lying dangerously i'll al his
home on Commercial street Mr.. Dillon
was formerly blacksmith and by rea-
son OF number of fortunate real estate
transactions was reputed to be we'll off.
tie was one of the original Father
Mathew men, and has always taken the
deepest interest In the subject of tempe-
rance.
John kerwin was on Tuesday last elect
ed by the Judges of the district Court to
succeed himself as member of the Board
OF Control for term of three years This
is Mr.. Kerwin's third term, he having
been appointed first in the summer of
! 1891. There were several other candi-
dates in the field for this office some
months ago: but discovering that the ap-
pontment was practically settled at that
time, they made no further efforts to Sc
cure the plum. John can pull wire or
| two when necessary
Joseph Weber, of the auditing depart
ment of the Great Northern, was mar
ried to Miss Eleanor Murphy Wednesday
evening at st. Patricks Church, Father
Dolphin officiating. After the ceremony
a wedding supper was served at the resi-
dence of the brides mother. 204 Granite
street. Mr. and Mrs. Weber left the same
evening for a wedding trip to niagara
Falls and the East.
John A. Hogan, county superintendent
OF schools, may not be allowed to enjoy
that office In peace. H. G. Blake who
was ousted by order of the court, is not
satisfied to let matters rest. and it is said
that he will attempt to instigate pro-
ceedings charging Mr.. Hogan with fail
ing to properly visit the schools in the
country. Blake will have to move
through the governor calling for a COM
missioner to investigate the charge.
Miss Lucy Dowd and Mr.. Hugh RYAN
were married at 8 o'clock Wednesday
morning at ST. Johns Church on Francis
| street. The ceremony was performed by
| Father Lee. Miss Alice Stinson, OF Still
water. the brides niece was maid of ho-
nor, and Miss Nellie Ryan, Of lie Sueur,
| the bridesmaid. The groom was atten-
dcd by Mr.. M Ryan and Thomas Garri-
gan. breakfast was served at II
O'Clock, and reception in the evening.
A meeting ives held Monday evening
at ST. Michaels school for the purpose of
making arrangements for Il lawn social
to be held on the school grounds on the
evening Of June 30. The following CELL
eral committe was appointed: Mesdames
| Manifold, Tracy, Kinds, Mahoney. Nor
! an, Phillips, Lamb. Westerhagen and o.
| Rourke; Misses M. Tracy, X. lCgan, s.
| Carol. a. Sweeney. M. King. H. DAILY, M,
Hurley, A. Furlong, r. Casey, X. Calvin.
and NJ. O'Brien; Messrs. Peter DAILY, ,Jobn
McGrath, James King Joe Egan, George
O'Brcn, James Slnvin. John Naglc, John
Sweeney, G. w. Ney. John Lynch Joe
Hurley, Joe Maggie, r. Sumers, Eugene
Mclady. J. Furlong. and !. Blanchard,
Father Simon and II. r. Maggie were an
pointed committee on music and with
such a commttc all who attend can he
assured of good time.
Miss Harriet GrathwoI and Mrpatricb
Egan were married at o'clock Wndnes-
day morning at ST. Vincent's Church by
Rev. Father CosgrOve. Miss Minnie
Grathwol was maid OF honor, and Miss
Catherine GrathwoI the bridesmaid, Mr.
r. Egan, brother OF the groom. was best
man. The bride wore organdic over
white silk. trimmed with lace and rib
bons The maids wore dotted swiss over
pink silk. wedding breakfast follow
pink silk. A wedding breakfast follow