The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-09-13
CITY IN BRIEF.

Sept. 25th on q tour through the
Northwest.
The members of st. Stephens
church are making preparations for a
fair to be held in the parochial hall in
the near future.
Miss Mabel Gill. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. M. ]. Gill, is visiting in Chicago
and will be absent for two weeks.
Miss Gill is the guest of DIR. Nc
Mahon.
Chief J. r. Canterbury, of the fire
department, accompanied by his wife,
leaves this evening to attend the ma
tional annual convention of fire chiefs
in New York.
Mayor A. A. Ames says he will
resist any attempt at extradition on
account of ill health to come to Min
neapolis to stand his trial. His bonds
are forfeited.
The Court of Honor will give q
card party next Wednesday evening
at their hall, 3O5 Nicollet avenue. All
members are invited to attend and
bring their friends.
The Nicollet House property was
sold last Wednesday for $35O,0O0. 1t
runs ISL feet on Washington avenue,
from Nicollet to Hennepin, III feet
on Hennepin avenue and 1G5 feet on
Nicollet avenue.
The Republicans of Ohio have in
vited Loren Fletcher to speak in that
state during the campaign. Loren
will need all the oratory he possesses
for the campaign in his own district
if he is nominated on Tuesday.
Supt. G.. M. Jordan says there is a
scarcity of teachers in the city
schools, the vacancies numbering
thirty. A plutocratic paper assigns
prosperity as the cause, but the teach
ers say it is low salaries, and they are
right.
James A. Peterson, Republican can
didate for Congress, has published
his speech on Loren Fletcher in
pamphlet form. 1t contains some i'll
teresting information for the constitu-
ents of "Uncle Loren' about his do
ings in Washington.
The State University, which is now
thirty four years old, opened last
Tuesday with a registration of 1,2OO
undergraduates. The total enroll
ment in all the departments will prob
ably exceed 1000 this year. Last year
there were $500 students.
John H. Nightingale and wife have
gone to Buffalo, N. ", for Il week
Mr.. Nightingale and George ID. Flynn
assistant chief clerk, both of the
Railway Mail service, are delegates
to the National convention at Buffalo
which meets next Tuesday.
Timothy Ahcrn. superintendent of
the 1. & NJ. division Of the milwaukee,
road, was welcome visitor to thl
Irish Standard office during the past
week. Mr.. Allern has resided at Cal
mar, Iowa, fer the past 25 years, and is
one of the leading Irishmen of that
section.
The county board of the Ancient Or
der of Hibernians will meet tomorrow
afternoon at Labor Temple at 2:30
o'clock Matters pertaining to the re-
cent state convention will be disposed
of and the biennial election of coun'
ty president and other officers will be
held.
The 23rd annual ball by the Robert
Emmett Literary Society Of Minneap,
Oils will be held at Masonic Temple
on Thursday evening, Oct. Both. The
committee of arrangements are J. G.
O'Keefe, A. l.. Lennon, NJ. J. Gill, NJ
Lehman, J. ]. Daley, J. J. Fitzgerald
VIM. Archer, J. J. Doran.
Among the articles sold by chance
at the recent outing of the parishioners
of the Immaculate Conception Church
which was held at Tonka Bay, was a
beautiful picture of Rev. Father
Keane; the picture was won by Father
duffy, assistant pastor of the 1mmac
ulate Conception Church.
In sermon last Sunday at the
Church of the Redeemer, Rev. NJ. d
Shutter said that in few years uni
yersalism will have dropped the ism,
because it will have become uni
versal." The fact is that so far al
membership goes the Universaiis
church is among the weakest of TIN
sects. In the United States the mum
her of communicates is about 10000
The young ladies Of st. Anthony o.
Padua Church have arranged to give
. high class concert ut St. Anthem!
hall on the evening of October IND a
which Mr.. John Ravenscroft. the pop
Mar baritone artist, will sing. Furth
or particulars of this concert will b'
given in a future issue of THE lrlsl
Standard. Tickets are Oh sale at Met
ropolitan Music Co.'S store and at tn
Irish Standard Office
Hennepm Council of the knights o
Columbus will confer the first desre
on a class of fifteen candidates at til
meeting of next Wednesday evening
The local council will enjoy man
,>loocont o,-on+c tlis fall among Wllc