The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-25
CITY and VICINITY.
rERsELY TOLD.

3. The illustrated lecture on The Pas
sion Play by Rev. J.. NJ. Cleary at St.
Charles Church ON Palm Sunday even
ing will be grand treat for those in
attendance.
City Engineer Sublette has gone to
Des Moines, Iowa, for the purpose of
testing paving brick, considerable of
which will be used in this city the COM
ing season.
Street cars will be running betw cen
the twin cities and Saltwater some three
months hence. Vice President Good
rich, of the Twin City Rapid Transit
company, is authority for this statement
Judge ]. R. Corrigan, for two years
corporation counsel OF Chicago, will on
Monday night lecture at the Lyceum on
"Chicago Politics and Politicians, and
How They Distribute the Spoi!s."
Judge Corrigan is all cd resident of
Minneapolis, and at one time was Judge
OF probate for Hennepin county.
The Minneapolis flour production last
week was 246,34o barrels, according to
the figures of the Northwestern Miller,
all increase of 1900 barrels over the
figures of the previous week. The pres
ent week is likely to show production
OF 10000 barrels.
C. M. Foote is dangerously ill in JEFF
ferson, Wis. A letter received from
James w. Lawrence, who is with Mr.
Foote, expresses grave fears for his re-
covery. In the letter Mr.. Lawrence
states that Mr. Foote has been confined
to his bed for several weeks. The trou-
BILE is the old one from which Mr.. Foote
has never been entirely free for the past
three years or more.
Lieutenant David Mckinney, exam
lining surgeon of the recruiting station
which has recently been discontinued in
this city, has resigned his commission in
the regular army, and received orders
to report at his home, New Brighton,
Pa, at an early date. Later he will re-
ceive an honorable discharge from the
service.
w. J. Casey, of Great Falls, Mont,
passed through Minneapolis few days
since en- route to Oshkosh, Wis, in an
swer to telegram announcing the death
of his mother at that place. Mr.. Casey
says that Great Falls is prosperous and
reports all former Minneapolitans in
good health and doing well.
An effort will be made to have COM
muted the sentence of George A. Dur
nam, the Minneapolis alderman now
serving six-andone-half-year sentence.
Separate petitions are now circulating
among the employees about the court
house, the city hall employees and the
Hennepin delegation in the legislature.
The jurors who sat in the case will be
asked to sign, as we'll as the business
men of the city.
The death OF Mrs. Sarah Sullivan,
wife OF Daniel Sullivan, the we'll known
.dairyman of St. Louis Park, occurred at
the family residence on March IS. The
deceased was over 20 years Of age and
with her husband was among the very
early settlers of this county. The fu-
neral occurred on Saturday last. Re-
QUEEN mass was celebrated at 9 o'clock
at the Immaculate Conception church,
after which the remains were inferred at
St. Mary's cemetery.
Manager Gray, of the West Hotel
says: There will be no immediate
change in the management or policy OIL
the hotel. 1t is in the hands of the
executors of Col. Vests will and in &C
cordance with his expressed wishes will
be run exactly as it has in the past
His daughters wishes will be complied
with in the detailed management OF the
property, but there will be no change
as to management, prices or service
Neither will there be any transfer OF the
title to the property.
The funeral services of the late Johr
T. West were held at the hotel and no
at the Church OF the Redeemer, as an
nounced last week. Dr. Shutter ane
Father Keane officiated. The following
employees of the hotel, at the conclusion
of the services, carried the casket to tn
hearse as active pallbearers: Thoma
Hanlon, Ed Bevans, James Ennis, Emf
Scalgia, Charles Dills, Rich Stairway
William Hicks and Joe Featherstone.
St. Bridgets Court, Foresters No
1884, was instituted on the 10th inst. a
Ascension hall, North Minneapolis, b.
High Chief Ranger Elizabeth Rogers
of Chicago. The following are the off
GERS of the new court: Chief Ranger
Mrs. w. M. Boardman; vice chief ran
ger, Mrs. Mary Walsh; deputy chic
ranger, Mrs. A. Cummings; recordin,
secretary, Miss Mary McGrath; fnancia
secretary, Miss Josie Founck; treasurer
Mrs. Connolly; trustees, Mrs. Mat
Jones, Mrs. Vim. Hennessy, Mrs. Nicl
Smith; senior conductor, Miss B. Dew
cry; junior conductor, Miss L. Lars
cheid; inside sentinel, Mrs. M. B. Mo
Ian; outside sentinel, Miss H. Heuard
Regular meetings will be held the sec
ond and fourth Wednesday evenings o
each month at G. A. R. hall, Twentieth
and Washington avenues N. Mrs. Rog
ers also instituted court in Green ISL