The Irish standard., 1904-01-30
CITY IN BRIEF.

NJ Candles for Candlemas day at the
ssStandard Catholic Book Store, 81
81 Fourth street S., ed floor.
n Div No. Z, ladies' auxiliary A. o. H.
will have IL card party and social next
Thursday evening at the home of Mrs.
J. L. Horne, 2546 Fillmore street NE.
/. Miss Susie Collins was elected presi-
dent of Div. No. =, l.. \. A. o. H., on
the second ballot last Thursday even
| ing. The vote was: Miss Susie Collins,
IS; Mrs. z. L. Collins, G6.
Former Police Captain Charles II.
Hill appeared before Judge Brooks
Monday, with his attorney, Freeman
p. Lane, and had his case continued
over the term
st. Bridgid's court No. 334, w. G.. Q.
Il. will have it's installation of officers
tomorrow evening at G. A. r. hall,
corner Washington and Twentieth
avenue n. The newly elected officers
will he installed by Mrs. Elizabeth
Rodgers high chief ranger of the Or
der, Chicago.
"A dancing party and drawing is to
be given by the Sheridan club at a. o.
U. w. hall, 229 Central avenue, Friday
evening. Feb. 5. The club is made
up of members of Sheridan court, c. o.
Il. Tickets will be sold at % cents
each and each purchaser will have Il
chance to win either So gold piece
Of 9S pound sack of best flour.
Two changes have been made in
the Dayton Dry Goods company. Rob.
ert Esterly, who was formerly in
charge of the Office, has been made a
member of the firm. He will now be
in complete charge Of the credit de-
partment Miss Florence e. Mitchell
was appointed to the position of CASH
Ter.
Charles and Henry Nelson the Owa-
tonna boys who were convicted of the
murder of Henry H. Krier, April IA.
1908, have escaped death on the gall
lows through the clemency of the
state pardon board. The board has is
sued an order committing the death
sentence of the boys to Imprisonment
for life.
Although the city council passed a
resolution at it's last meeting increas-
ing the salaries of mayor and alder
men, in accordance with an act of the
last legislatu re, the checks issued by
City Comptroller Rogers to-day will
be for the old amount The comptrol-
Ter refuses to comply with the regula.
ton, holding that the act of the legis-
lature is illegal.
The social by the ladies of st. An
thony church. Leld last Wednesday
evening at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. Blakely, 1884 Jefferson street NE,
was most successful from every point
of view and a handsome sum was
realized for the church. The next one
will be held at the residence of Martin
Ring, POI broadway, Wednesday
evening, Feb. 10.
DR.. Knut Hoegh who is attending
George p. Douglas, private secretary
to the mayor, who is seriously i'll from
erysipelas, reports that the patient is
improving and in all likelihood will re-
cover. While Mr.. Douglas has been a
very sick man Dr. Hoegh does not
consider that his condition has at any
time been so serious as to warrant
apprehensions that he would not re-
cover.
Henry Swanson, farmer living at
Waverly, Mimi, lost $5G3, the savings
of ten years. in Minneapolis Wednes-
day. According to the mans story,
the money, which was in his pocket
book, dropped from his pocket as he
was walking along Central avenue
between Fifth and Main streets, and,
although he discovered his loss before
he reached the east end of the steel
arch bridge and retraced his steps, the
pocket book was nowhere to be found.
After once making her escape from
her house, which was on fire, Mrs.
Jacob Gardner, of Victoria, seven
miles west of Excelsior, rushed back
into the building to save $3.50 that had
been left behind, and persisted in the
flames. Mrs. Gardner and her hus-
band awoke about midnight Monday
night to find the house in flames, and
were barely able to get out of the
house in their night clothes. Mrs.
Gardner happened to think of the
money, and Immediately went back
into the house for it. She was thirty
five years old.
The Minneapolis Retail Liquor Deal
ers' association held an open meeting
Wednesday at which the suggestion
that the free lunch saloons be dis
pensed with was discussed. The gen.
eral sentiment was that competition
has led saloon-keepers to provide
lunches that are too expensive. One
Nicollet avenue saloon sets lunch
that costs it's proprietor $40 day,
with the help included, and there are a