The Irish standard., 1900-02-10
CITY AND VICINITY.
The telephone call of The Irish STANDARD
b 40. Mississippi Valley Co.
rHsMY TOLD.

THRSMY rMD.
4 The city schools will be closed next
Monday, it being the anniversary of
Lincoln's birth.
In the Excelsior election last Tues
day high license prevailed by plurality
OF 81 votes out of 100 cast.
Ex-Alderman Geo. A. Durham was
granted parole last Wednesday by the
state board of prison managers.
The county board of Catholic Total
Abstinence societies of Hennepin
Y county meets tomorrow at p. m. in
Immaculate Conception hall. A full
attendance of the members is requested.
Geo. A. Bracket is back from Ska
quay, Alaska, and attended the annual
Emeeting of the court house and city hall
q commission on Tuesday, being mem
Der of that body and still retaining his
residence here.
Robert Pratt has the mayoralty bee
in his bonnet and is willing to sacrifice
himself as the standard-bearer of the
Republican party. He ought to feel
satisfied with two terms and give some
other patriot chance.
Ex-Chaplain D. H. Shields, who for
i. merly occupied Minneapolis pulpit
and who was some time ago dismissed
from the United States army because
of drunkenness, is to be sent to his
home at Detroit from San Francisco.
]. NJ Davis will have to pay $1,So1.7o
interest on money converted to his own
use from the estate of Jacob Skoll, of
which he is assignee. That is the sub
stance of an order signed by the full
bench of the district court, Judge Nc
Gee dissenting.
Charles Buie and Miss Kitty Swec-
ney were married Wednesday evening
at the Dime Museum by F. E. Hobbs,
justice of the peace, in the presence of
an interested audience who were at
tracted out of curiosity. No comment
is necessary.
Holy Rosary Court, No. 6S6, met
Tuesday evening and installed the fol-
lowing officers: E. J. McSherry, chief
ranger; ]. Kelly, past chief ranger; J.
J. Hough, vice chief ranger; M. ].
Lynch, treasurer; John Boylan, finan-
cial treasurer; w. H. O'Neil, recording
treasurer.
Miss Lizzie Derrig, aged IS, died sud
denly on Tuesday at her. home, sos
Tenth street S. Miss Derrig was we'll
known in Catholic circles in the Twin
Cities. For six years she was house
keeper for Archbishop ireland. The
remains were taken to her former
home, Appleton, Wis, for interment
Mr.. K c. Beaton, formerly of the
Times staff, was banqueted by the Press
Club at the West Hotel on Wednesday
: night. He left Thursday morning for
British Columbia to assume charge OF
the Nelson Miner, and carried away
with him the best wishes of the news
paper men. ......-,... -e., -... .
In the fight between the Northwest
ern Telephone Company and the drug
gists the latter will get the best of it
They are supported by the grocers and
business people generally, and will pat
ronize the Mississippi Valley Telephone
Company before they succumb to the
exactions of grasping corporation
which has used them arbitrarily.
A letter from an anonymous writer
"a resident of a country town." appears
in last Mondays Minneapolis Times in
criticism of Father Cleary's speech al
the recent proBoer meeting. It is well
that the writer conceals his name, fol-
his production abounds in misstate.
. ments and Inaccuracies. He is evil
IDENTIFY Britisher or an Anglomaniac
Ed Stevens, the well-known Demo.
cratic politician, lawyer and executor
had an interview respecting DR.. A. A
Ames in last Sundays Tribune, in
which he declared that the doctor had
never been a Democrat since he left
the Republicans in 1876 until he re.
turned to them recently. Mr.. Stevens
thinks Doc Ames "a back number" who