The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-07-27
CITY NEWS.
BRIEF MENTION.

The Church Store, full line Catholic
articles. 500 Hennepin avenue.
The new city directory shows a pop
ulation of 233, O43, a gain of 5,251 dur
ing the past year.
The Elks, to the number of 200, left
for Milwaukee last Monday evening
to attend the convention of the order.
The old Theater Comique building
was burned last Tuesday afternoon,
and an old landmark of the city is
gone.
There will be no Catholic chapel
built at Minnetonka this year, as err
rOneously stated in this column last
week.
Rev. J. ]. Keane, pastor Of the I'M
maculate Conception, will be back
from his European trip about the mid
die of August.
Judge Simpson has decided to allow
the Taxpayers league to proceed in
the matter of trying to get back the
money which the city appropriated to
the police relief association fund.
Miss Ida Riley, a resident Of st. Paul,
and all employee Of Janney, Semple,
Hill & Co., was Frustrated while at
work last Tuesday. She was taken to
st. Barnabas hospita, where she is
gradually improving.
The l.. A. of A. o. H., Div. No. 4,
will give an ice cream social and
dance Monday evening, July 20, at the
home of Mrs. Foley, Sixteenth avenue
s. and Twenty-second street. A pleas
ant time is anticipated.
j. George Knoblauch, the wellknown
boot and shoe dealer, died at st. Ma
RVS hospital last Tuesday evening,
after an operation for appendicitis.
He was 80 years old and leaves wife
with several children.
The carriage makers Of Minneapolis
will probably form local union. A
meeting was held last Monday night at
Alexander's hall, which was addressed
by an organizer from the East. An
other meeting will be held next Mon
day night.
The members of the Church of the
Immaculate Conception will have their
annual outing next month. They will
take an excursion down the MISSISSIPPI
nj about the middle of August. Fur
ther particulars will appear later in
these columns.
Lincoln and st. Stephens courts G.
o. F. will give joint entertainment
and ice cream social Thursday evening,
Aug. /, on the lawn, corner of Lake
street and Pleasant avenue. Tickets,
including ice cream and cake, 10 cents.
All are invited.
The highest temperature recorded by
the weather observer in this city was
1O2 last Saturday. Tuesday it was
1O1 and Wednesday 1917. Thursday
the mercury dropped to IS. Several
were overcome by the excessive heat
during the week.
A letter has been received from Cap
tain Melville J. Shaw, United States
marine corps, who has charge Of mil
itary prison in Guam. He is enjoying
good health, but is anxious for home
orders. He is the son of Major Geo.
X. Shaw, of the Tribune.
Consul Goodnow, of Shanghai, is
heard from. He laughs at the idea
of his refusing the Pekin mission and
says it was not offered to him. He
makes $4,000 a year where he is and is
spending it all. He does not make
$4,000, as reported. If he saves moth
ing he ought to come home.
John Lynch, hailing from Montana,
is temporarily sojourning at the city
hospital. Some time ago he suffered
the amputation Of leg and an arm.
His gait was unsteady, and he fell
down at Washington and Second ave-
nues s. His limbs were injured, and
he was removed to the hospital for
treatment.
William Cheney, the local weather
prophet and one of the earliest pioneers,
died in Chicago last Sunday night at
the age Of 60 years. His remains
were brought to this city and inferred
at Lakewood cemetey on Tuesday aft
ernoon under the auspices Of the Odd
Fellows. He was a worthy citizen
and highly respected in the community.
Charles E. Rogers, city ticket agent
for the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railroad, is lying seriously i'll of
Bright's disease at his home, 917 Chi
cago avenue. Mr.. Rogers has been all
ing for some time, but kept his desk
until last week. Then he Joined his
family at camp in the country, but
few days ago his condition became so
serious that he was compelled to return
home. .s A.
Charles Purchase, switchman en-
ployed in the Chicago-Great Western
yards, met sudden and horrible death
Monday morning He was uncoupling
freight cars which were running. His
foot caught between the rails near
switch and he fell across the tracks.
An oil tonly COR M ccod ovor him cn,n.