The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-06-08
BRIEF MENTION.

that he can beat any candidate who
runs for congress.
Last Thursday 400 university stu
dents received their sheepskins from
President Cyrus Northrop.
Rev. Father Rickarby, o. p, of Holy
Rosary church, left last week for the
East and from there he will go to
Memphis, Tenn, to remain.
Patrolman Stewart, who shot Oliver
Hogue one night last winter for refus-
ing to stop when ordered, was acquit-
ted by Minneapolis jury the other
day.
Fathers Moran, Towle, Murray and
Thuente, Of the Dominican order, will
be engaged during the month of June
in missionary work in Iowa and South
Dakota.
Minneapolis is just now infested by
horde of fortune tellers, clairyoy-
ants, palmists and "divine healers,"
and they appear to thrive on super
sitious community.
Ex-Governor John Lind has leased
for term of years the house at 1902
Third avenue S. and will hereafter
make this city his home His law
Office is in the N. Y. Life building.
About 400 children, including the
first communion class Of 96 children,
received Holy Communion on Sunday,
May &c lat Holy Rosary church. In
the afternoon the class was enrolled
in the st. Thomas Sodality.
The Holy Rosary school will close
the years work with an entertainment
of high order of merit next Tuesday
evening at Holy Rosary hall. Follow
ing the conclusion of the program,
diplomas and prizes will be distributed
A local astrologer named A. E. Glow
er predicts that President Mckinley
will be visited by some dire calamity
on July IA. He thinks Mrs. Mckinley
will pass away. 1t is to be hoped that
Glover is out in his astrological calcu-
lations.
At the woman suffrage meeting in
this city Ex-Mayor Eustis made a
funny speech, in which he said that
st. Anthony Falls was named in honor
of Susan r. Anthony. The audience
giggled, but did not applaud the face
tious William Henry's remark.
Among the graduates of the South
Side high school is Miss Mabel Gill,
the talented daughter of NJ. J. Gill, the
well known funeral director. Gradual
ing exercises We're held on Monday
evening at the Swedish Tabernacle in
the presence of large audience.
The report of w. D. Hale, receiver
for the American Savings and Loan
association, has been filed in the dis
d. trict court. The report shows that
three small dividends have been paid
and the receiver has $4,000 on hand
to distribute, as the fourth. Eugene
Hay, the receivers attorney, gets
5000 for nine months services, but
the receiver gets only $3.50.
Cyrus Northrop, of the state univer-
sity, is pessimist. In a recent speech
in Chicago he exclaimed: "What
mass of evil our country contains!
Crime abounds; saloons are every
where; the consumption of liquor is
J enormous; combinations and trusts
threaten to hold the people by the
throat and compel them to give up
their money or their life; city govern
ments are corrupt; legislatures take
brides; money and not merit sometimes
makes United States senator's; laws
are not enforced; the hatchet takes the
place Of officers Of Justice; taxes in
crease; the criminal and the idle hang
as a dead weight on the necks of the
Industrious; the Sabbath is desecrated;
the churches are cold; men leave reli-
gion to the women, and the church
staggers under the blows Of it's own
children"
Professor Winchell, of the state uni
versity, who declares that the iron ore
recently discovered on the farm Of A.
J. Manley, at Coon Creek, is of an in
ferior quality, and not worth the trou-
BILE Of mining, has found an opponent
in the person Of Frank L. Julian, q
mining expert in the employ Of one of
the largest mining corporations in the
country. Mr.. Julian says that he can
not account for the conclusion reached
by Professor Winchell, as assays made
dispute his contentious of bog iron.
The tests he says, show 904 per cent
Of silica, AZ per cent of manganese,
less than per cent of phosphorus, and
about 81 per cent high grade iron. The
absence of phosphorus is phenomenal.
Father Cleary's Church Social.
The people Of Father Cleary's
church will hold lawn picnic on the
grounds opposite their church, Thir-
teenth ave. s. and Fourth street, next
Tuesday evening. They hope to make