The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-11-19
IN AND AROUND the CITY

The people of st. Charles church have
made special preparations for the annual
Thanksgiving festival. The ladies will
feed the hungry from until p. m. A
splendid orchestra has been engaged and
a literary and musical program will be
presented during the evening. The ladies'
cordially invite all their friends and the
friends of their pastor, Father Cleary,
ITO enjoy their feast of good things
Thanksgiving evening. Father Cleary
will celebrate high mass on Thanksgiv-
ing morning at 8 o'clock, and deliver a
discourse appropriate to the day. Tickets
for the evening, including warm din
ner, only 25 cents.
Two years ago it cost Minneapolis over
$4,000 to vote. This year with two
more election districts and score more
!. or judges and clerks, the expense will he
less than $4,000.
Anthony McManus was crushed to
death last Tuesday by the falling of
shed at Rogers, small station in Hen
!. nepin county. He was q years old and
mad llVed there all his life.
George Bidwell. who in 1873 secured a
worldwide notoriety by his colossal for
gerry on the Bank of England, from
which institution he succeeded in ex-
tracing $5,00O,0OO through a system of
bond forgeries. related the circumstances
of the steal at the Lyceum Theater last
Thursday night.
The wedding of Miss Catherine McMa-
hon, daughter of Mrs. Margaret McMa-
!. hon, and John Henry Fleming, was cele-
brated Wednesday in St. Charles church,
Rev. J. M. Cleary officiating. The cere-
mony was witnessed by a large company.
The bride was attired in white lans-
downe with satin girdle and stock. She
carried white chrysanthemums Miss
Nellie Wilson was maid of honor. She
wore white null and yellow chrysanthe-
NUNS. Peter Kavanagh acted as best
man. After the ceremony friends were
BRIDES mother, SIT Eighth avenue south.
IA wedding breakfast was served to rs
guests. Mr.. and Mrs. James Hinckley,
parents of the bridegroom, were present.
After short trip Mr.. and Mrs John
Henry Fleming will make their home in
st. Paul.
d. The Minneapolis Press club gave re-
ceptiOn at their rooms last Thursday
evening with Mayor-Elect Gray and Gov
ernor-Elect Lind as the honored guests.
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music was furnished and refreshments
were served.
A telegram from Seattle states that
, yong women by the name of Crossop,
supposed TO be from Minneapolis, and
a man named Tankerson, were drowned
in Controller bay, Alaska, Oct. S. The
body of the woman was found, and on it
was the sum of $114,000. No such names
have appeared in the city directory for
years back.
Joseph Harmon, member of the fire
department and brother of Mounted Of
dicer John Harmon, met with an accident
last Sunday while out hunting by which
; he may lose the sight Of his left eye. He
is a married man with two children.
William S. O'Brien. brother of Frank
G. and Burke f. O'Brien, this city, las
= been elected to represent the Black Hills
district in the state senate of South Da-
kota. &c.,.
Louis A. Reed, the newly-elected coun-
ty attorney will recognize tile nationali-
ties in the appointment of his assistants
Better if he selected them regardless of
nationality and only on the ground of eff
ticiency for the positions to be filled by
them. 1t is about time to ignore cam
fidates on the claim of race and appoint
them on their merits.
The funeral of Michael J. Morley, who
died of injuries received in a railroad
accident on Wednesday of last week, was
held on Saturday morning last from the
residence of his brotherin-law. John
Collins. of the Minneapolis postoffice.
THE deceased was 81 years of age. RE-
QUEEN mass celebrated at st. An
thony of Padua church, after which the
remains were inferred at St. Anthony
cemetery.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Langan,
wife of Henry j. Langan, 31S Nineteenth
avenue south. occurred on Wednesday
from St. Charles church. The remains
were inferred in ST. Anthony cemetery.
81 Deceased was in feeble health for some
time and the best medical skill failed TO
benefit her. She leaves to mourn her de-
mise young husband who was devoted
~ attached to her, and who is the son
of the late James Langan, one Of the
early settlers.
Mr.. Stiles P. Jones. of the Pioneer
Press, leaves this evening for the East
where he will be married on Nov. 20. to
Miss Helen L. Mackinlay, Of Manchester
:, Bridge. Duchess county, New York. Mr..
Y Jones is one of the best newspaper men
in the Twin Cities and has been on the
staff of the Pioneer Press for several
years both in this city and st. Paul. He
is graduate of Harvard and quite an
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