The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-08-24
BRIEF MENTION.

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The Church Store, full line Catholic
articles. 500 Hennepin avenue.
Miss Agnes Kelly, of Minnetonka
Beach, was removed to the city on
Tuesday, as she is suffering with
serious attack of typhoid fever.
]. F. Mccarthy, of this city, has
been awarded the contract for sinking
three artesian wells at Mason City,
Iowa, which will supply that city with
pure water.
P. L. Bannan, for many years man.
ager of the Metropolitan opera house
and for the past year manager of the
Valentine Stock company, is in Mime
apolis for a short visit.
A fine program has been arranged
for the grand midsummer festival to
be given next Tuesday evening by the
ladies of Holy Rosary parish in the
church hall. All are invited.
Mayor Ames fired Lieutenant Ole
NJ Shelley and Sergeant Hans Burli of
!. the south side station last Wednesday.
They We're found guilty of drunkenness
and of using vulgar language toward
the patrolmen.
1t is amusing to have Mayor Ames
in an official communication thank his
brother, Colonel Fred w. Ames, Of
/, Manila fame, for 'Sthe excellent serv-
ice rendered the city by the police de-
partment as a whole
Vice President Roosevelt has ac-
\ cepted an invitation to make the open
ing address at the Minnesota state fair
on Monday, Sept. 2. Many prominent
guests are also invited, including the
governors of adjacent states.
? Winn NJ. Bracket is in the city for
a few days visit, after an absence of
about year. He is now in the inter-
nal revenue service, with headquarters
at Albany, N. Y. He was formerly
superintendent of police and chief of
the fire department in this city.
Fort Smelling, dormant all summer,
will become beehive of activity to-
day, when the Fourteenth United
States infantry arrives. Colonel Quin-
ton. in command of the regiment, his
staff, the regimental band, and four
companies. aggregating 600 men, will
be stationed at the fort
DR.. Charles NJ. Jordan, superintend-
ent of the public schools, returned
last Saturday evening from Las We
gas, N. NJ, where he was called to
attend his brother, Arthur N. Jordan,
who was taken suddenly ill. Mr.. Jor-
dams condition is now greatly i'm
proved. and he will soon recover.
Fred Osborne, an ironworker en-
ployed on the new electric steel grain
elevator i'll Southeast Minneapolis, fell
from the staging Tuesday noon, falling
IS feet and receiving injuries which
caused his death six hours later He
was about thirty years of age and
brother of his resides at Lake City.
County Auditor Scott wants an addi-
tional appropriation for his deputies.
In communication read before the
board of county commissioners last
Monday he requested that the men,
bers make an investigation of condi-
lions at his Office The result, he
thought, will be general advance in
salaries,
w. J. Kneeshaw, who was the pre-
siding judge in the Barry murder trial,
which recently terminated at Lang
don, N. D., is in Minneapolis on a
short business trip. He will return to
Langdon next Tuesday, when he will
impose upon Barry the penalty of life
Imprisonment fixed by the jury. After
that he will return to the Twin Cities
to visit the state fair.
Miss B. Flaherty, president, and
Miss Mary Byrne, insurance secretary
of Div. No. 6, L. A., A. o. H., were
, pleasantly surprised last Thursday
evening at the home of the former
when Mrs. Cummings, county presi-
dent, presented them with opal rings
y in behalf of the division. Cake and
cream were served on the lawn. A
musical program completed the enjoy
ment of the evening.
Philip Carlin, grand marshal of the
Labor Day parade, has announced the
unions which are to participate in the
affair. 1t is expected to be the great
est demonstration ever made by or
ganized labor in Minneapolis. Mr..
Carlin calculates that with favorable
weather there will be $4,000 men in
line The manufacturers and proprie-
tors of department stores have been
requested to arrange matters so that
their employees may participate in the
parade.
Mrs. Eva Mcdonald Valesh, former
~ Of Minneapolis, we'll known jour-
nalist, will arrive in Minneapolis Aug.
&c, and remain in the Twin Cities until
!. Sept. 5. Mrs. Valesh, while actively