The Irish standard., 1901-03-09
CITY. AND VICINITY.
The telephone call Of the Irish Standard
Is 273, Mississippi Valley Co.
TERSELY TOLD.

At the next meeting Of Div. No. Z
A. o. H., on the evening of March IA,
Brother John Halpin of st. Paul will
deliver an address on parliamentary
law.
Theodore White of Anoka, dealer
in granite and marble monuments,
tombstones, etc., has located ut 423
Washington avenue n, in this city, a
branch store
frank Hamilton is still in the Hen
nepin county Jail, though his ten days
stay has expired He will probably
be removed to Saltwater penitentiary
next Monday by Sheriff Megaarden.
The play to be presented at st.
Stephens church hall on Saturday
evening, March IL, is being rehearsed
by the Juvenile actors. A musical pro-
gram will be Il feature of the enter
tainment.
Goosman's livery stable was burned
OH Monday morning and many valu-
able horses were lost. The "buckskin'
mare that figured prominently in the
Hayward murder case narrowly es-
capped with it's life. The total loss is
about $4,000.
s Mayor Ames has returned from West
& Baden, Ind, in improved health. A
prize fight took place in his absence
at Columbia Heights, within the city
limits, and Governor Van SAINT did not
learn OF the event until he read about
it in the papers.
Applications to the city poor depart
ment have increased materially since
the cold snap. Not for several years
have there been so many men out Of
employment nor so many women in
need Of work. This is strange in the
midst of Mckinley prosperity.
A meeting of all Irishmen not men,
bers of the A. o. H., but who desire
to take part in the Hibernian parade at
st. Paul OH March Ii. will be held at
21t Temple Court tomorrow Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Everyone in
terested is invited to attend.
Drug clerks are advocating early
. closing and fewer hours in this city.
They want the stores closed at 8
O'Clock instead of II: 10 OH Monday and
Saturday nights and 1915 on the other
n Of hn nj nc
desire long lives for their clerks they
will acccde to their demands.
Sunday evening, March II, at the
Church of the Immaculate Concep-
ton, there will be a lecture delivered
by the Very Rev.<J. j. Lawler on ''The
Apostolate OF Ireland's PATRON A
choice program of sacred Irish music
with orchestra accompaniment will be
rendered. The admission is placed at
a5 cents.
Undertaken John M. Gleason has
formed a partnership with Matt H.
Witch, druggist, corner Franklin and
bloomington avenues. The new firm
OF Witch & Gleason arc now ready
for business with a fresh and choice
stock of drugs and medicines Mr.
Gleason will continue in the undertake
ing business as usual at 81 Seventh
street S.
The parishioners of Father Keane,
Of the immaculate Conception, pre-
scented him last Sunday evening with
purse Of about $1,000, as token of
their appreciation, love and esteem.
He left for Europe on Monday, to be
away for several months. Not only
his own flock but the members of other
parishes, and citizens generally, wish
him pleasant journey and a safe re-
turn.
The committee Of Company l having
in charge the arrangements for the re-
ception to Sergeant Mcdonald, Pri-
Yates Garrett and Creighton, who will
soon arrive in Minneapolis, have prac-
tically decided upon Wednesday even
ing, March 10, as the time for the
gathering. The returning soldiers are
Minneapolis boys who served with the
Thirteenth regiment in the Philippines
and afterward re-enlisted.
S. E. Olson and wife left last Tues
day evening for Europe. They will
sail from New York on the 9th inst,
going direct to Naples, Italy. After a
brief stay at Naples and Rome, Mr..
ana Mrs. Olson will go to Egypt, Pales,
tine, Syria, Greece and Turkey and
return to Italy the latter part Of May.
Mr.. Olson expects to make quite a
stay in his native Norway, which he
has not seen for forty three years. He
and Mrs. Olson will travel extensively
in Norway, not neglecting the many
delightful places in the other Scandi.
navian countries
M. ]. Bowling, speaker of the house
Of representatives in st. Paul, spoke
to the students of the university last
Tuesday on schools in the Philippines
He said in part: "Outside of Manila
there has never been an attempt made
to create a school year, military and
climatic conditions necessarily inter.
fering with repularitv IT is intended