The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-12-03
CITY IN BRIEF.

n. W., Main 200 J E; T. O., 3415.
Miss Carrie York will exhibit her
decorated china all day on Wednes-
day and Thursday next at Zesbaugh's
art store, II Fifth street S.
The new G. o. f. hall in Corcoran
town will be formally opened to the
public Oh New Years eve, December
81. A grand ball will be given at
$1.00 per couple, including supper.
Music by Cafarelli.
The parishioners of st. Charles
church will give a card party next
Friday evening at the church parlors,
Fourth street and Thirteenth avenue
S. Refreshments will be served and
prizes given to winners.
Henry Rude, a transient of Vela, N.
D., blew out the gas at Hotel Beau
mont, q Washington avenue n, Tues
day night. He was found Wednes-
day afternoon and his remains are at
the morgue. He had large sum of
money on his person.
Forged checks, purporting to have
been issued by the H. N. Leighton
company, are in circulation and al
ready about $3.50 worth of bogus paper
has been discovered. The checks were
Autographed, but We're drawn on the
wrong bank. 1t is believed the forg-
ers had some knowledge of the bust
ness methods of the firm, for the
checks were circulated on pay day.
The ladies of the church of the I'M
macuiate Conception are to conduct Il
Christmas sale of fancy articles, one
week, beginning Monday, December
-, at the hall in Dayton store build
ing, Nicollet avenue and Seventh
street. Dinner will be served from
11:30 to 2 O'Clock and supper from
$50 to o'clock each day, at 25 cents
per meal.
DR.. G. D'A. Wright, the we'll known
oculist, 415 Guaranty building, re-
turned from Europe with his family
early in the week. The doctor was alb
sent from the city some months and
during the time visited the clinics in
Berlin, Vienna and Paris. He reports
a very pleasant trip and his many
friends here and elsewhere will be glad
to learn of his safe return.
The Central Market company pro-
poses to erect a farmers hotel on Sew
enth street, opposite the market The
and will have no rooms. The COM
mission men have been asking the
management Of the market to erect
a hotel in order that the shippers of
produce may have proper accommo7
dations near the place where they dis
pose of their products.
Wilhelm Middelschulte, who will
dedicate the new pipe organ in the
Augustana church on Wednesday
evening, December IA, is an organist
Of considerable note, and his coming
to Minneapolis is awaited with much
interest. Mr.. Middelschulte gave two
organ recitals at the Worlds Fair, st.
Louis, June 20 ana 80, and his play.
ing won the admiration of all who
heard him. Mr.. Aiiddelschulte will be
assisted Oh the program by Miss
Clara Williams, popular Minneapolis
soprano.
e. ]. Hodgson, Of Minneapolis has
invented speed Indicator for auto
mobiles which is a novelty. The de-
vice, which is about the size of Il two
quart pail, can be fitted to any auto
mobile, and the exact speed at which
the machine is going is registered be-
fore the chauffeurs eyes every mo-
ment. The driver is thus enabled to
regulate the speed of his machine as
the indicator is directly before him
and glance at it's face shows him
the number of miles per hour he is
travelling.
Wages for woodsmen have been re-
duced by Wisconsin lumber COM
panies. Hitherto, the wages have
ranged from $26 to $50, but the orders
now being received at the local en-
ployment agencies offer the men from
$50 to SIG. Companies operating in
northern Minnesota are still paying
the old scale. While the weather
since last Saturday may seem cold to
those who intend to spend the winter
in Minneapolis, it is too mild for work
in the woods. Until the ground in
the lowlands is thoroughly frozen, it
will be too swampy and damp for
general work.
The friends Of Fred Rooney, who
was shot and killed some time ago in
Osseo by a saloonkeeper, Mic Eckes,
are not satisfied with some Of the re-
cent developments ind will make an
attempt to do something toward the
punishment of Eckes, who was exon
Grated by the grand jury. Detective
McNulty has been called by the
friends Of the dead man and the claim
is made that new evidence has been
secured. The friends of Rooney OBJ
ject to the desperate character which
has been given him, and allege that
he was peaceable person, instead Of