The Irish standard., 1898-12-17

| ue'easeu lazy was 81 years of age. Thu
remains were taken to Saltwater for in
terment.
:. The United Pleasure Club will hold ;
clnch party at their hall, Lyndale ant
Sixth avenues north, next Thursda,
evening. All friends of the club are in
| Vlted. The admission will be Is cent,
each' the proceeds to be devoted tt
| charity.
Division No. 4, A. o. H. will give pro
gressive cinch party next Tuesday even,
ing at their hall, Washington. and Tenth
avenues north. All cinch players are cor.
daily invited. Fifteen cents for the
evening.
Thomas Sullivan, residing at 7O7 Mic
ollet avenue, was thrown from his cutter
on West Sixth street, st. Paul, last We'd
nesday, and badly injured about the
mead, sustaining also a fracture of the
ribs. While driving along Sixth street
near Washington his horse became
frightened and started to run away
throwing Mr.. Sullivan from the cutter
He was carried to a drug store, and after
his injuries were dressed he was remov-
ed to st. Josephs hospital. The horse
was caught on Martin street. Mr.. Sulli-
van is rapidly recovering from his injur-
ies
The board of education will meet Mon
day and audit the December pay roll of
the teachers in the public schools that
they may receive their December salaries
before the holidays. The amount now
reaches nearly 100000 per month. In
this connection it may not be out of
place to call attention to the fact that for
the past 81 years there has never been a
time when teachers in the public schools
did not receive their pay promptly and
dollar for dollar, record not equalled
by any other city in the West.
The Young People of Immaculate Con-
ception parish gave grand entertain
ment in Catholic Association hall last
Wednesday evening.
The ladies of St. Stephens Church en-
tertained at cards last Thursday night
at the parochial hall and served refresh
ments to their guests.
William L. Mortimer, son of E. W,
Mortimer, department commander of the
e. A. r. and city passenger agent of the
Minneapolis and St. Louis road, was IA
tally injured last Saturday evening in the
yards at Fifth street and Fourth avenue
north. and died in the afternoon, He
was struck by an engine and badly in
jured about the head and back. Though
taken at once to his home, $40 Sixth ave-
nue. north, where physicians were sum-
moned, it was plain from the first that
he could not recover The young man
was 20 years old and was employed by
the road as clerk.
Promoter Mcintyre, of New York. ar
rived in Minneapolis last Monday, fresh
from his commission with the direc-
torate of the Pillsbury- Washburn syndi-
cate in London, and at once began a h1s-
tie among the local milling magnates to
bring them into line with his ambitious
scheme of consolidation. 1t is said that
he is prepared to camp down in Mime
apolis for an indefinite stay.
The particular council of the st. Vim
cent de Paul Society held it's annual
meeting in st. Paul last Sunday evening.
NJ ]. O'Connor previded. Fifteen confer
ences reported on the work accomplish
ed during the year. The trend of these
reports was to show marked activity
in members in relieving the poor. An
increase in membership was generally
reported. The financial report showed
the councils treasury to be in better
condition than at any previous time A
number of short but interesting adj
dresses were given. Among the speakers
were Father Lawler, of the Cathedral:
Father Gibbons, of St. Mary's; Father
O'Neil, Of st. Michael's, and Father
Ogulin, of st. Bernards Church. A. w.
Gutridge, secretary of the Associated
Charities, drew attention to the need of
greater activity in the care of neglected
children. Mr.. Foote and John Kerwin
spoke briefly on the work of the society.