The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-03
ANTHONY KELLY IS DEAD.
Funeral This Morning from the
Immaculate Conception.

Funeral This Morning from the
Immaculate Conception.
Last Wednesday evening about 8
o'clock, Anthony Kelly, the wholesale
grocer, passed away at the family resi-
dence, us Fourth street N. The i'm
mediate cause OF death is given as heart
failure, but that resulted from paralytic
strokes which he received last winter
and which kept him confined to his
home until the end came.
Mr.. Kelly's real physical troubles be-
gan about eight years ago, when he met
with serious runaway accident in St.
Paul. He was in carriage showing
his friends about the city, when the
horses attached to his carriage took
fright and he was thrown to the pave
ment. He sustained very severe injur-
les, among them a compound fracture
OF the leg. He was also injured inter-
nally. 1t took Mr.. Kelly long time
to recover from the effects of that
accident. He made the most heroic
effort, and being greatly aided by
a usually robust constitution, he
became quite strong again and looked
after his extensive business interests
with that care and fidelity that was thor
oughly characteristic OF the man.
The death Of Anthony Kelly removes
one of the best pioneer citizens of Min
neapolis. He arrived here when the city
was village and contributed largely to
its future growth and development He
gave his best and closest attention to
the betterment of the city and the ad-
vancement Of its material interests. He
was man Of generous impulses. AS a
member of the Catholic communion he
took deep interest in the affairs of his
church and gave freely to the cause of
charity. For many years he was at the
head of the St. Vincent de Paul society
and served as treasurer of the Catholic
Orphan Asylum association, of which
he was one of the charter members. 1t
is reported that in his will he bequeath-
ed life insurance policy OF $4,000 for
the establishment OF Christian Broth
ers' high school in this city Many poor
people were the recipients of his gener-
osity, and in quiet, unostentatious way
he performed many philanthropic acts.
He was certainly one of the best repre-
sentatives of the Catholic church in the
city, and was recognized as such
throughout the country He never for
got his birthplace and contributed liber-
ally to the industrial schools of his ma
tive town in Ireland
He was born in county Mayo, Ireland,
in 1882. When IS years old he accom-
panied his parents to Canada, where he
engaged in farming. Forty-one years
ago he arrived in Minneapolis. His
brother, P. H. Kelly, of St. Paul, had
preceded him to the Northwest. The
two brothers established a grocery store
on Washington avenue. Later the firm
went into pork-packing. P. H. Kelly
withdrew from the firm in 1868 and
identified himself with wholesale gro
Gerry house in St. Paul. Anthony Kelly
associated himself with H. w. Wagner
and the wholesale grocery house of An
thony Kelly & Co. was established. The
business grew to large proportions, and
the formidable stone structure at Second
avenue N. and Washington was erected.
John l. Black, now with George r.
Newell & Co., was associated with Mr..
Kelly for many years. Mr.. Kelly was
the pioneer grocer of Minneapolis. He
had many other business interests. He
was an officer and director in several
different banks during his residence in
Minneapolis. He was regarded by his
business associates as man of strict in
tegrity and excellent Judgment, and he
was frequently consulted in regard to
important business interests. He was
at one time an exposition director He
was regarded as one of the wealthiest
men in Minneapolis.
The real character of the deceased was
shown when P. H. Kelly's affairs were
found to be in bad condition. 1t is said
that in order to assist his brother in that
time of his great financial distress and
worry Anthony Kelly gave him nearly
100000 with which to liquidate his sur-
prisingly large indebtedness. In 1868
Mr.. Kelly married Mrs. Annie Wiley,
widow OF w. S. Wiley, pioneer attor-
ney of the city. Mrs. Kelly survives her
husband with five daughters-Mrs.
James F. Blaine, Mrs James R. Corri-
gan and the Misses Agnes, Bernadetta
and Georgia Kelly, all of whom are in
Minneapolis and all of whom were pres
ent at Mr.. Kelly's bedside when he
passed peacefully away. Mr.. Kelly was
perfectly conscious up to the very mo-
ment of his demise He took an unfa-
vorable turn early Wednesday afternoon
and rapidly grew worse. About 8
o'clock in the evening the patient real