The Irish standard., 1897-08-14
IN and AROUND THE CITY.


national convention of the Total Alb
stinence Union of America OF which
he is president, at Scranton Pa, and
will not be home for ten days.
The Misses Anna f. and Esther G.
Hoy, of 7O3 Main street northeast, left
last Tuesday evening for New York to
spend a months vacation with rela-
tives in that city.
The members of the St. Anthony T.
A. and B. Society and their wives and
families, will enjoy pleasant days
outing tomorrow at beautiful Como
park, if fair weather permits
The first dancing party of the season
by the Prosperity club, will be given at
Schulers hall, Fourth street and Twen-
tieth avenue north, next Wednesday
evening.
Anthony Kelly who has been con-.
fined to his home for the past three
months with inflammatory rheumatism,
left last Tuesday for Mt. Clement, Mich,
He was accompanied by his daughter,
Miss Agnes Kelly. His many friends
hope for a benefit from his taking a
treatment at the springs in Southern
Michigan.
Miss May Flaherty, of S17 Penn av-
enue north. is having most delightful
time visiting her relatives at Staples,
Fargo and Grand Forks, N. D. She
will return home about the LIST of Sep
tember
A laborer named Arthur Talbot, an
employe in the sawnill of j. w. Day
& Co., was seriously injured on Tues
day afternoon, by getting his left arm
lacerated by saw. He was removed
to his home at 1928 Fifth street south
dent.
The lawn festival given ON Thursday
evening on Lyndale avenue north, by
the young ladies of Immaculate Con-
ception parish, was a social and finan-
c1al success. The evening was fine and
large gathering attended to enjoy the
music and partake of the delicious re-
freshments.
At the last regular meeting of the
Father Mathew society of Immaculate
Conception parish, the following ,,fn-
GERS, all veterans in the cause of total
abstinence, were elected for the ensuing
year: P. Churchill, president; P. Do
herty, vice-president; Il. CorbeJtt, treas
urer; NJ Gertin. secretary and M. Shee-
han, sergeant-at-arms.
On Labor day, Sept. g. grand steam
boat excursion on the Henrietta" will
be given under the auspices Of st.
Charles church. The boat, which is
doubled-decked, will start from Mime
haha to St. Paul and thence on the
Mississippi to Lake st. Croix. The
fare for the round trip is so cents for
adults and Is cents for children. Furth-
er particulars will be given hereafter
in this column.
John Gunderson, a boy aged II years,
was drowned in the Mississippi last
Monday evening while bathing. The
body was recovered on Tuesday.
Tessie McGinnis, aged II, committed
suicide last Wednesday afternoon by
taking carbolic acid, at 1900 Forty
sixth street south. Her parents reside
at Faribault, Mimi, they they were no.
tilted of the girls DEATH Francis F.
McGinnis, brother of hers, living in
this city. on learning of the sad affair,
called and made arrangements for the
funeral. The remains wern embalmed
by Undertaken Prendergast and shipped
to Faribault on Thursday.
Matt Ryan and Fred Greayes are on
the still hunt for County Surveyor Alb
bolt. These two men have bills for
surveying of the Minnetonka dam. The
men insist that Abbott has drawn their
work as assistants and rodmen in The
pay from the county and has not paid
them, although the work was done in
May. The records of the commissions
ers show that Abbott put in bill,
which was allowed, for $3.50 for
Ryan's services and S19.25 for the work
done by Greaves. A warrant WAS
drawn for the payment Of the money
July S.
1t Is very probable that Minnesota
stone will be selected for the construc-
tion OF the new capitol, and it is likely
to be either st. Cloud granite or Ket-
tie River sandstone. The lowest bid
on the former is $4,000, by VIM C.
Baxter, of Minneapolis; while on the
latter the lowest bid is s5Oe,OOO, by
Macarthur Bros, of Chicago.
# The report comes from New York
that l.. S. Burlington, of this city, has
sold the English rights for his acetylene
lamp patents for 100000. The story
goes that Mr.. Burlington has been dick
ering for some time with an English
syndicate. and has at last made the
sale.
Charles +. Haney, the ex-city clerk,
is welcomed by the Onarga Leader, of
Iroquois county, Illinois, with open
arms, in an article which states that
he has purchased farm in that place
and will settle down there near the
home of his boyhood, with his wife,
Joseph Sullivan, who has worked in
the Northwestern and Wisconsin Cen