The Irish standard., 1901-05-11
Mrs. Thomas Foley, Summit avenue,
will return this week from Pough-
keepSie. N Y

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Mrs. Thomas Foley, Summit avenue,
will return this week from Pough-
keepsie, N. Y.
Two new postoffice substations will
be established in st. Paul July 1 at
Front and Chatsworth, and ut Rondo
and Grotto streets. They will do
money, registry and stamp sale bust
hess.
The mission at the Cathedral opened
Sunday with very large attendances
at both morning and evening services.
The mission is being conducted by
Rev. Fathers Kearney and Thuente, of
the Dominican order, two of the ablest
pulpit speakers and mission workers
IN the Catholic church. The services
are for the women every evening this
week. Next week the evening serv-
ices will he for men exclusively. The
mission morning services for both men
and women are ut and o'clock, and
consist Of the mass, the recitation of
the rosary and short instruction.
The marriage of Miss May Shannon,
of Dubuque, to Harry Shearer occur
red May 6, at st. Joseph's Catholic
church. The bride and groom were
unattended. Mr.. and Mrs. Shearer
will make their home in Dubuque,
Iowa.
The Diamond 10 packet Dubuque
arrived Sunday morning from St.
Louis with Il handful of passengers
and considerable freight for this city.
The big river boat has been repaintcd
and the saloon appointments have
been greatly improved for the coming
season. The officers report that the
stage of water is unusually high. and
they expect that no trouble will be
experienced this season on account of
low water. A large crowd of specta-
tors gathered at the wharf in the
afternoon and watched the negro
roustabouts unload the cargo and load
up for the down river trip. Most of
the dusky workers were typical
Southern negroes, and member of
the crew volunteered the remark that
most of them were complete strangers
to the art of reading and writing. They
are expert workers. however, and all
of them showed considerable skill in
the handling of the heavy bags of
-four of which the return cargo will
be largely composed. The Dubuque
will be the only packet on the route
for two trips, after which. as bust
ness improves, two boats will be put
on.
The Butler-Ryan company. of this
city, has been awarded the contract
for the terminal building for the Wis
consin Central line in Minneapolis.
The resolution ordering the removal
Of the piers Of the Broadway bridge
from the river has been pigeonholed
by the assembly committee on streets.
The village of West st. Paul held It's
election Tuesday. James e. Calvin
was elected mayor, Noah s. Croft city
justice. The following aldermen were
elected. First ward, II. G. Marthcr-
Ter and George Schmidt; Second ward,
John Picha and Joseph Gibbs; Third
ward, John Spiel and Jacob Harberl.
The police commission accepted the
'snatinns of Patrolmen Barney
Smith, John Petraschels and p. II.
Murnane. There will be no appoint
ments made to fill these vacancies.
Ignatius Parnell Donnclly, son Of
the late Professor John Donnclly, and
Miss Marie Chan Of Alexandria, MIMI,
were married Wednesday morning at
the Cathedral. Rev. j. J. Lawler per-
formed the ceremony. The attendants
were Mrs. Laura O'Connell and ]. r.
Smith. Mr.. Donnelly first met his
bride two years ago Mt tho Kittson,
where she came as the companion of
Mrs. J. r. Gordon, wife of the former
postoffice inspector Miss Chan has
been living recently with her family
at Alexandria. After an Eastern we'd
ding trip Mr.. and Mrs. Donnelly will
eide at 274 Dayton avenue.