The Irish standard., 1900-05-26
CITY AND VICINITY.
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Judge John 2. Rea is dangerously i'll
at his home on Nicollet island.
A. J. Blethen, editor of the Seattle
Times, spent last Sunday among old
friends in this city.
Prayer books and rosaries for IS cents
at Catholic Book Store, IL Kasota
block, Hennepin and Fourth.
Members of Div. No. q A. o. H. will
: receive holy communion in body to-
morrow at 7:3o o'clock mass at the AS
cension church.
Last Sunday evening at the Church
of the Immaculate Conception Rev. J.
F. Harrison, of St. Paul, delivered an
eloquent address on "Intemperance."
The name OF J. A. Schlener is men
toned as Republican candidate for
mayor. He is an excellent citizen to
be sacrificed on the altar of plutocracy.
The sawmills of Minneapolis are run
ming short of logs on account of low
water in the river, and unless heavy rain
soon comes they will be likely to close.
The Evening Journal of last Saturday
gave an interesting sketch of Mrs. Effie
Merriman, the talented editor of the
Housekeeper, one of the best maya
zines in the United States.
Henry 'Garrity, 70 years OF age, whose
home was at Col Seventeenth avenue
N. E., was drowned in the river near
the C. A. Smith sawmill at Camden
Place last Wednesday in an unknown
manner.
Frank L. Stetson, former chief OF the
fire department has left Seattle for the
gold country OF Cape Nome, Alaska.
His many friends hope he will bring
back a large quantity OF the yellow
metal
Archbishop ireland will confirm a
class of 215 children and ten adults on
Sunday morning at the 1o:45 mass at
Holy Rosary church. The archbishop
will preach and there will be special
music Tor the OCCASION.
Street Commissioner Matthew Walsh,
/, of the Sixth ward, has taken the initia
tive in securing an abatement of the
sprinkling nuisance and has ordered the
men under him to be more moderate in
the distribution of water about the
streets.
Under the proposed city charter the
salaries of the elective officers of the
city will be as follows: Mayor, 5000;
aldermen, $1,000; city treasurer, $500:
city attorney, $4,000; city comptroller,
$500; city clerk, $4,000; city assessor,
$1,000.
Abbott Blunt, the pungent paragraph
list OF the Times, went fishing last Sum
day instead of going to church, and
caught 81 black bass and nine pickerel
in two hours at Long Lake. He is an
enthusiastic disciple of Isaac Walton
and dexterous manipulation Of the rod
and line.
The Sunday school children of St.
Charles church will march in a body to
St. Mary's cemetery Decoration Day,
May 80, to place flowers on the soldiers
graves. Rev. Father Arctander, assist
ant pastor of St. Charles church, will
conduct the children on their patriotic
mission.
Minneapolis Knights of Columbus
will entertain number of knights from
Chicago, Dubuque, Duluth and St.
Paul at banquet on Wednesday, May
80. At meeting which will precede
the banquet class of so local knights
will receive the third degree of the
order.
Elaborate preparations are being
made for the celebration OF Decoration
Day on May 80. Adjutant- General
Lambert has issued an order to all the
national guard companies, giving them
permission to parade under arms, and
advising them to participate in the exer-
cises Of the day.
Superintendent OF Schools c. M. Jor-
dan is being overrun with applications
for positions upon the Minneapolis
teaching force. This is the season of
the year when these applications come
in, and Mr. Jordan states that he has at
least 1000 on file If he has he can
make good selections.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Edwards, whose
home at SCI Seventh avenue N. was de-
stroyed last week by fire, wish to thank
:, the friends and neighbors who assisted
them at the time. The house was COM
pletely destroyed. Of the furniture
only piano was saved. Mr.. and Mrs.
Edwards are now living at 564 Seventh
avenue N.
DR.. E. S. Kelley, former health COM
missioner, says in lengthy interview
that the public health is in danger from
the water which is pumped at the falls.
Officials in the waterworks department
deny what he says, but admit that the
= pumps at the falls are in operation for
four hours per day to supply the BUSH
ness section of the city. Contaminated
water should not be used in Minneap-