The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-04-28
TMsMY TOLD,

TERSkLY TOLD.
The Republicans are hard up to find
candidate to defeat James Gray for
mayor.
James A. Kennedy, an old resident
of the East Side, is very i'll at his home,
428 University avenue S.
The. Young Ladies Sodality of the
Immaculate Conception church will
have weeks retreat the last of May.
Next Sunday evening, Father
Cleary will speak on the "Indefecti-
bility of the Church; Or the Church of
the Future"
In the past the employees of Henne-
pin county have enjoyed the privilege
Of drawing part of their salaries
whenever they needed money, but this
system has been changed, and there
will be but one pay day a month.
Judge Thomas CAVITY lectured
Thursday evening at the Lyceum on
the Philippine Islands from which he
has just returned. A synopsis of his
address with appropriate comments
will appear in these columns next
week.
The census man will be around to
see you next month to get your age,
nativity, and other particulars, so be
ready to give correct answers. Super
visor Cairns is busy in drilling his
enumerators these days for the work
before them.
Arthur II. Noyes, a well known Min
neapolis attorney, is candidate for
the position of district judge in one
of the three districts which it is pro-
posed to establish in Alaska. Mr..
Noyes has all the qualifications for Il
seat on the bench.
Rev. Pleasant Hunter, the popular
pastor of Westminster church, is in
line with DR.. Hills, DR.. Parkhurst and
other noted divines on the revision of
the Presbyterian confession of faith.
and the damnation of infants who die
before baptism.
At a meeting of the city charter
commission, of which he is a member.
J. c. O'Keefe opposed the pensioning
Of public school teachers on the ground
that so doing would place premium
on spinsterhood. He believed that
nature intended that lady teachers
should become wives and mothers in
stead of remaining single. Sensible
people will agree with him.
President shaughnessy, of the Ca
madam Pacific, says the Dominion is
loyal to England and will furnish all
the men Lord Roberts needs to con-
Quer the Beers. He says England is
bound to win, and that she ought to
win in the interest of humanity. Bah!
The American Friendly Association,
of this city, a fake endowment affair,
has been closed by Insurance Com
missioner Shaughnessy for the protec-
ton of the public.
The three-year-old son of John Tur-
ner, 100 Lyndale avenue north, fell
thirty feet from the Lyndale avenue
bridge over the Great Northern and st.
Louis railroad tracks, near Western
avenue last Sunday afternoon, AMI
miraculously escaped serious injury.
The child remained in an unconscious
condition for about two hours. A doc
tor was called, and when the little one
became conscious no external evil
dences of injury, other than few
bruises, were found, but internal in
juries may have been sustained.
William J. Crobsy, brother of Mrs.
j.. T. MCGOWAN, of this city, was re-
Gently released from the regular army
at Manila, and will return to the Unit
ed States. Mr.. Crosby owes his re-
lease to the good Offices of Congress
man Loren Fletcher, who presented his
petition to the powers at Washington.
The jury in the case of James Z.
Gray against the Times Newspaper
Company to recover $4,000 damages
for alleged libel brought in a verdict
for the plaintiff in the sum of $500. In
other words, he got one-eightieth Of
what he sued for.
Although Judge Thomas CAVITY did
not travel incog., he was mistaken for
a Russian spy and placed under ar
rest in the city of Modji, Japan, few
months ago. The judge went ashore
from the ship which had borne him
safely into Modji harbor, and while
strolling by fountain in the park he
was seized upon by burly represen-
tative Of the mikado and hustled off to
prison. He pleaded not guilty and de-
manded change Of venue to the
steamer, where he could prove his iden-
tity. Instead, he was walked over the
territory he had traversed, late at
night, and turned loose.
The Social Calendar.
Miss Barbara Mayo, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. G.. D. Mayo, and James H.
O'Reilly were married Monday morn