The Irish standard., 1904-06-18
CITY IN BRIEF.

rendering Il reception to their friends
next Monday evening.
Clinton n. Howard. of Rochester. y.
Y, president of the Prohibition Union
of Christian Men. will deliver a lee
ture at Wesley NJ. L. church. Grant
street and First avenue S., tomorrow
at $3.50 p. M. The admission will be
free.
The body of Il man, thought to he
that of w. j. hotter, travelling sales
man for the st. Anthony Park Furni-
ture company, was picked out of the
river at st. Paul Tuesday afternoon by
Frank Fidler, employed on the gov
eminent dredge boat, at work at Har-
riet Island. He had been missing since
last October
The bodies of John Otto and An
thony Zojac, who We're drowned Sat
urday, while bathing in the river. were
recovered last Sunday. Otto was
drowned ut Thirteenth avenue Ne.
and Zojac ut Eleventh avenue. The
former lived with his parents at 1916
Second street Me-, and the latter at
1902 Main street.
The greater part of the appropria-
ton for the new auditorium. at Elev-
enth street and Nicollet avenue. has
been secured and eXcavating for the
building will begin in few days. Of
the $2,OOO,O0O insurance i'll the North
western National Life, which is re-
Quired, over $1,5O0,000 has already
been secured, and the committee eX-
poets to have the balance i'll the very
near future.
While opening the covering on Il
bunch of bananas Tuesday morning at
John Rattary's grocery, 7O3 w. Lake
street. Charles Parker, Il clerk, mar
rowly escaped the bite of a tarantula.
The spider was wide awake and at
tempted to reach Parker's hand, but
the man noticed it and caught it in Il
large bottle, preserving it alive. 1t
when the legs are extended, being one
of the largest of the species ever found
here alive.
Deputy Sheriff John p. Wall. presi-
dent of Division No. 2. y. O. H., While
driving toward the country OH Calhoun
boulevard at an early hour Friday
morning Of last week, was run over
by Il party of reckless automobilists
and desperately injured, his buggy be-
ing smashed into bits. He was taken
in an unconscious condition to his
home, 221O Tenth avenue s.. and sew
eral wounds about the head and face
were dressed. He was also injured i'll
ternally. For time it was feared
that he would not survive, but we are
pleased to state that he is now recov-
erng.
The Dufaud Wine company is one Of
the recent additions to the mercantile
business of Minneapolis. The new
establishment is now open for bust
ness at 3l6 Hennepin avenue and will
carry on an extensive wholesale and
retail trade in wines and liquors. The
incorporators are men of experience
and we'll liked. They are J. 3. Du-
faud, president; Ed. p. Tierney, vice
president, and Paul Dufaud, secretary
and treasurer. All of the three men-
wit, N
Napa Valley Wine company for fifteen
years or more.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. P. Larkin, Of Bar
~, MIMI, passed through this city re-
Gently, Ell route to La Crosse, Wis,
where they attended the wedding of
their son, Patrick H. Larkin, to Miss
Evelyn McCabe, of that city. The
ceremony was performed by Rev.
Father White in the Catholic church,
La Crosse, on the 7th inst. A grand
reception was rendered in the evening
to hundreds of friends, at G. A. r.
hall. The newly welded couple will
reside at Barry. Mrs Larlin, mother
of the groom, is visiting friends at
Rochester, MINI.
Five candidates appeared before the
Federation of Labor convention at New
Ulm, Wednesday,, for president. st.
Paul had two candidates-G. r. Thorn
as and G. Il. James. This created a
split in it's delegation, and the vote
showed large majority for H. p. Dix,
who, upon motion of c. T.. James, was
made the unanimous choice Of the con-
vention for president. The first vice
presidency went to G. E. Morrison, of
Mankato, second to r. c. Roots, of
Brainerd, and third was to Augusta G.
Seifridt, of Minneapolis, she being the
first woman to be recognized by the
federation in it's official councils. w.
E. McEwen was the unanimous choice
of the convention for the Office of sec
retary-treasurer.
At great risk of her own life, Miss
Annie Swenson, the 16-year-old daugh-
ter of former Sheriff p. P. Swenson,
rescued fainting companion from a
watery grave in Lake MinnetOnka Sun
day afternoon. The woman who owes
her life to the courage and daring of
the little heroine was a guest at the