The Irish standard., 1899-12-02
CITY AND VICINITY.
The telephone call of The Irish STANDARD
ls 273, Mississippi Valley Co.
TERSELY TOLD.

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| o. H., are requested to attend the meet
ing to be held Monday evening, as I'M
a portant matters will be brought up for
a discussion.
q David Luby, pioneer resident OF
Hemepin county, is seriously i'll at his
home in Golden Valley. Mr.. Luby is
in his o2d year and until recently en-
!. joyed good health.
The mandamus proceedings brought
by Fred A. Briggs against Mayor Gray
were dismissed by Judge Pond last
|. Saturday. The court held them irregu-
, lar and strongly intimated that they
were not begun in good faith by the re-
lator.
Fathers Dunn and DAILY, of the Holy
B Rosary church, are conducting mis-
n sion at St. Vincent de Pauls church,
A Logansport, Ind. On Dec. 10 they will
u open mission at Lafayette, Ind, at
the close of which they will return to
Minneapolis.
The symposium on the Philippine
question, now appearing in the Times
OF this city, makes interesting reading,
as arguments for and against the reten-
ton or disposition OF the islands by the
United States are presented by intelli-
gent citizens who have various views on
y the subject.
\ William and Daniel Davies, Holstein,
Ia, stopped in Minneapolis Tuesday on
their way to Africa. They intend TO
+ enlist in the cause OF the Beers, and
both feel confident that the latter will
win in the present war. Daniel Dawes,
their father, is farmer near West Bark
.eley, Cape Colony.
Ex-Ald. Burke O'Brien, who has been
studying the muskrat colony near the
reservoir, says that all the indications
are for mild winter. The muskrats
A have in no way prepared for cold
weather, but on the other hand are
spending their spare moments enjoying
q the present Indian summer.
A grand banquet will be given at the
West by the local democracy on Jan.
4 10, 1000. Mayor Gray will act as toast
y master and among the speakers will be
William ]. Bryan, Governor Lind and
Timothy Ryan, late democratic candi-
date for senator in Wisconsin. William
Baldwin is the banquet promoter and
the feast will cost the participants one
cad a half silver dollars a plate.
Secretary Jackson OF the state board
OF charities and corrections, who, in
company with Mayor Gray and DR.. w.
w. Folwell visited the county poor
farm at Hopkins Monday, says that he
is we'll pleased with the way the county
wards are cared for. Mr.. Jackson
found the home in better condition than
he had expected. The place was clean
q and healthful, and the food was in good
" ly variety and very we'll cooked
4 The Philippine collection owned by
the Minneapolis Academy OF Natural
Sciences arrived from Omaha last Tues
eSday, where it had been on exhibition.
and is now being put in place in the
Public Library building, where it will
be exhibited. Henry w. Howling, a
Minneapolis taxidernlist, who has been
in charge of the exhibition since it was
sent to Omaha, is enthusiastic over the
articles, and says better collection was
never seen in the United States.
A final report was submitted to the
full bench last Saturday by Judge Ma
fony as assignee OF the Irish-American
bank, and he explained to the court that
I he had made a satisfactory settlement
with the City bank, so that the objec-
ton to the allowance OF his account was
no longer in the way. Since March
1893, he has collected $4,000, and the
creditors have been paid IS per cent on
their claims. There remained a balance
OF $1,000, and he asked that he be al
lowed that amount for his services as
assignee and attorney. The request was
granted.
Col. Fred w. Ames will not be rein
stated in the position OF cashier in the
postofice, which he left when the Thir-
teenth Minnesota regiment was mus
A tered into service in 1893. The belief
y has been quite general that Col. Ames
would be. given his former position
under the law passed by congress April
20. 1893, which provided that all post
office department employees who ell
listed for the war should be restored to
their positions upon their return. 1t
was thought by many that Congress
man Fletcher had interested himself in
Col. Ames' behalf, and if that was the
case the colonel would certainly be re-
stored to the postal service. But Col
24Ames is a Democrat, and the Rcpub-
J.. lican postmaster, on techncality, will
not take him back. A Republican now
holds the job, and the brave soldier boy
is left out in the cold.