The Irish standard., 1904-05-21
CITY IN BRIEF.

Mrs. I. H. Hennessy, former resi-
dent OF Minneapolis, died Thursday at
her home in Grand Rapids, this state
Such is the announcement made to the
Irish Standard as it goes to press. The
remains will be brought to this CITY
for interment.
The state board OF control has
awarded contract to J. F. Mccarthy
OF Minneapolis to drive an artesian
well at Fergus Falls for the state hos
pital for the insane. The contract
calls for flow OF 100000 gallons OF
water every twentyfour hours. The
hospital uses $4,000 gallons OF water
a day.
A party and reception to the people
OF Holy Rosary parish will be given at
Maccabee hall, corner Bloomington
and Franklin avenues on Thursday
evening, June 2 Mrs. ]. A. Moore
and Mrs. Charles Bailey will have
charge of affairs and kelsey's orches-
ira will furnish music Tickets, IS
cents each; the proceeds OF which will
be given to the church decoration
fund.
The Democratic primaries for the
election of delegates to the county
convention will be held throughout the
city on Tuesday evening. June :. The
county convention will meet at Nor
mana hall, Saturday, June II, TO elect
delegates to the state convention at
Duluth. June 81, which will be held for
the purpose of electing eighteen dele
gates to the national democratic con-
vention at St. Louis, July 6.
Elijah T. Mixer, foreman of the Mil
waukee shops for the past tl1irty-two
years, died at his home 1900 E. Twcn-
ty-ffth street last Sunday. Born Jam
go, 1924 at Unionville, Ohio, he came
to Minnesota in I84o and was one OF
the early settlers in Minneapolis. He
came to the territory as farm instruc-
tor to the Indians, was afterwards first
dSCill vi lllC W. dll " dSlHC Idil-
road, and from then until two years
before his decease he was employed by
the Milwaukee road.
Father George A. Arctander of Min
neapolis is at present conducting a
series of missionary meetings in
Northfeld His exposition OF the
Catholic doctrine in the Norwegian
language is attracting much attention
in Mortified, and the church in which
he preached last Sunday was filled to
overlooking. Similar services will be
conducted tomorrow. Father Arc
lander has for several months been
engaged in this work throughout the
state, and has met with great success.
The university band may not go to
the St. Louis fair after all. Despite
the plans of the management several
of the members have decided they do
not care to make the trip and this will
force all the boys to remain at home
About eight out of the forty-eigit
members, do not care to return to
the university for two weeks practice
before the trip and then spend week
at the fair. AS the dissatisfied eight
included soloists who can not be dis
pensed with or replaced the entire
band will be thrown out by their ac-
ton. The boys feel that they must
have their full numbers and make a
good impression on the trip or not at.
tempt it.
Five-year-old Oracle Widing fell
sixty feet Tuesday and received i'll
juries from which she may never re-
cover. The little girl is daughter OF
Mrs. Hilda Widing, janitress at the
Sykes building and lives at o23 Wash
ington avenue S. She was playing
with her dolls on the back porch OF her
home in one of the upper flats and
had built dollhouse against the rail-
ing. The corner post was rotten and
broke when she leaned against it, pre-
cipitating her to the ground with one
of her dolls clasped tightly in her
arms. She struck on a wood pile,
breaking her lower jaw in three places
and receiving an ugly wound under her
chin. The services of three physicians
fere required for several hours.
The Des Moines & Fort Dodge rail
way has been purchased by the Min
neapolis & St. Louis, and the transfer
will take place on June 2. This move
means the addition of 135 miles to the
Minneapolis & St. Louis and con-
tinuous direct connection between Des
Moines and Minneapolis. The Des
Moines & Fort Dodge was leased to
the Rock Island in January, 1887, for
a period of eighteen years. This lease
expires next year, and it has been a
matter of speculation just what new
arrangement would be made with the
Rock Island. The purchase of the
road by the Minneapolis & St. Louis,
however, settles the question. AS the