The Irish standard., 1900-03-10
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neapolis Press club is los, the largest in
the history OF the organization.
Archbishop Ireland will administer
confirmation to a class of about $50 at
St. Charles church, Sunday afternoon.
Anthony Kelly & Co., one of the
leading wholesale grocery houses in the
Northwest, have adopted the civil SER
vice plan of making promotions among
their employees.
Rev. ]. M. Cleary left Wednesday
evening for Dubuque, Iowa, to attend
the funeral obsequies of Archbishop
Hennessy, whom he had known and adj
mired for thirty years. He will be back
for Sunday.
Mayor Gray has announced the ap-
pointment of John Bow and Edward E.
Helm as guards at the city workhouse.
Two of the guards now on duty there
are to be promoted to the police force
in the near future.
The state board of pardons last Sat-
urday revoked the sentence imposed
upon H. H. Hahn, Minneapolis sa-
loon keeper, who was fined $50 and SEN
fenced to thirty days in Jail for selling
liquor without license.
At special meeting OF the county
commissioners, held last Thursday fore
noon, David G. Gorham was elected
register of deeds to fill the unexpired
term of Frank C. Metcalf, who was re-
moved by Gen. Lind for malfeasance in
Office.
Superintendent C. M. Jordan, Miss
Bonnie Snow, superintendent of draw
ing, and Mrs. Alice L. Cooley, superin-
tendent of primary work, have returned
from Chicago, where they attended the
annual meeting of the National Asso-
citation of School Superintendent. STU
perintendent Jordan offciated as secre-
tary of the meeting.
The county board of the A. o. H.
Ladies Auxiliary, Hennepin county,
met last Monday evening with Div. No.
S, at their hall, 2o11 Washington ave-
nue. N. Although the evening was
stormy, the attendance was large, ow-
ing to the lively interest in Auxiliary
affairs. The combined membership OF
the various divisions in the county on
Dec. 81, 1899, was 735, the figures pre-
senting an amazing growth during the
past year.
The police department will hold an
auction Monday, April 2, at the central
police station, upon which occasion ali
the unclaimed property which has fall
len into the hands of the police will be
disposed of. This property includes
some twenty bicycles in various stages
of wear, also razors, revolvers, pocket
knives, clothing and other property.
Detectives Conner and Scallen will
probably act as auctioneers and the
general public will be invited to attend
and purchase.
rgnatius Donnelly lectured at Cen
fury hall, the other evening, to an in
terested audience on Atlantis, the An
tedeluvian World" In conclusion, Mr..
Donnelly dwell upon the similarity be-
tween the Maya alphabet discovered by
the Spaniards in Central America, and
the present alphabet of the civilized
world. Yet so far as is known, the
present alphabet was taken from the
Romans who got theirs from the
Greeks, who, in turn, obtained their let
tiers from the Phoenicians. But where
did the Phoenicians get their alphabet?
Nobody could answer that question.
John Grady committed suicide in a
somewhat peculiar manner at his lodg-
ing on the second floor at 1920 Wash
;aStez aavteHae Tuesday night night He
took his valise straps and, attaching
them to the top of bedpost, fastened
the other end about his neck while
standing on the bed, and then, stepping
on, strangled himself to death. The
body was hanging near the window and
was first seen by pedestrians. Grady
was about thirty-fve years of age. He
lost leg in railway accident some
years ago. He is said to have relatives
in Chicago. The man had been de-
spondent for some time.
The Minneapolis Times, in its report
of the pro-British meeting in this city,
says: "E. H. Morphy proved to be an
exceedingly humorous talker and when
his hearers were not cheering they were
doubled up with laughter. The Irish
Germans and pro-Boers received much
of his attention and his sarcastic wit
would have made the Boer sympathiz-
ers fighting mad had they heard his
remarks. Lind, he said, was rampant
politician who was prostituting the
governors chair for the sake of votes.
Incidentally he mentioned the name of
Mayor Gray and the next second time
there was nothing bit Kisses and
hoots." The Irish Standard has, some
thing to say editorially of Vice-Consul
Morphy.
The Social Calendar.
A number of gentlemen of North