The Irish standard., 1901-05-04
BRIEF MENTION.


Fathers at Ascension church closed
last Sunday night
Ten young men, for military service
in the Philippines left the recruiting
} office in this city for San Francisco
last Saturday.
Judge MCGEE issued an order en-
Guiding witnesses both for the defense
and prosecution, from the court room
~ during tine trial OF Bertha Schilling
who is accused of killing all actress
at the Columbia theater.
Ambrose N. Merrick. one of the old
est attorneys in the city, died last Sun
day evening at the age of "a years.
He was prominent member of the
bar and was the first city attorney of
: minneapolis for three consecutive
81 terms.
The latest news of Father Mcintyre
y is that he is improving in health. A
Minneapolis tourist visited him at the
infirmary in San Antonio, Texas, on
April %. and found him convalescing.
A May party will be given by mem
bers of Div. No. A. o. H., assisted
by the ladies Of Div. No. Ladies'
Auxiliary, at the new hall of both or
CARNATIONS, 1922 Nicollet avenue,
Thursday evening, May 16. Music for
dancing will be furnished by Days
x orchestra. Admission will be 25 cents
B each.
4 Myron r. johnson, member of the
& police force, has rendered his resigna-
ton, because he is Thoroughly dis
gusted with the way things are going
under the Ames administration"
There will be- an important meeting
on Sunday afternoon, the 9TH inst, at
2:3O sharp, at the basement of Notre
Dame de Lourdes church, on Prince
street. near Central avenue, East Side,
in. the interest of the Catholic Order
of Foresters' convention, which will
be held in this city on June 18th to
18th. All courts are requested to have
as big a representation as possible
present.
r. s. Goodfellow has recently pur-
a. chased $4,000 acres Of pine lands near
y the source of the Rouge river in Ore
| gon, and also large amount of land in
Washington. AS a result of the up
ward tendency of the market he de-
clares that he will hold onto the land
at present and wait in the hope of be-
ing able to make handsome profit off
it without going to the trouble of clear
ing it himself.
Michael D.. Donovan has become
sole proprietor of the Salesman" a
bright, clean and newsy paper pub
lishedin the interest of the retail sales
men of the Twin Cities. Mr.. Donovan
is well known and we'll liked in Mime
apolis. He recently returned to the
Flour City after several years resi-
dence in the state Of Washington,
where he published the "News" at
Ballard. Success to the. salesman"
William r. Harmon has returned to
| Minneapolis after a residence Of eight
years in San Francisco, and intends to
remain here, having accepted tenn
porary position with the American EX-
press company, but in the near future
he will enter the employ Of the Philip
B. Hunt company of this city. Mr..
Harmon speaks highly Of Frisco, but
says there is no place like Minneapolis.
His many old time friends here are
glad to welcome him home.
The partnership composed of +. R.
Yerxa, T. II. Yerxa and the estate of
Eva I. Yerxa has been dissolved and
the big business of Yerxa Bros. & Co.,
grocers. in this city will in the future be
conducted under q new management.
The store will be operated by W. A.
Yerxa, T. E. Yerxa and estate of Eva
I. YerXa, under the same name as
heretofore. A more decided change
will be made in st. Paul and r. R.
1erxa will conduct the business all
himself under the name of f. R. Yerxa
& Co.
= Major Geo. X. Shaw, the veteran
editor of the Tribune, appeared before
the board of education last Tuesday
and complained of the unfavorable re-
port made by Principal Greer, of Cen
trail High School, regarding his sister,
the late Miss Marion Shaw, who had
taught successfully for nearly thirty
years i'll the city schools. He blamed
Greer for causing his sisters sudden
death and exclaimed: IL believe my
beloved sister was murdered. 1t was
murder as much as if her life went out
because of an assassin's blow" Greer
had recommended her retirement, say
ing the discipline in her room was not
up to the standard and her work was
not satisfactory.
The "wheer' meeting by the ladies
of Div. No. 2, T.. A., A. o. H., at their
hall, 229 Central avenue, Thursday
evening Of last week was a splendid
entertainment. 1t was the second
event of this kind, the first one having
been held by Div. No. few weeks
ago The ladies' furnished the entire