The Irish standard., 1905-06-10

| He came to this country in 1S49 and
settled in St. Paul Mr.. O'Donnell
! during his long residence in this city
engaged in wagon making and in the
livery business. He made the first
wagon ever manufactured in st. Paul
Mr.. ODonnell leaves son, James
oDonnell, and two daughters, Annie
O,Donnell and Mrs. Mary Northcotte.
all employed by the West Publishing
company. His wife died eighteen
years ago. Mr. O'Donnell was a mem.
Der of the A. o. H. and the Territorial
Pioneers. The funeral took place
Monday morning at 8 o'clock from ST.
Joseph's church.
Negotiations have been recently in
progress for the sale of the Windsor
hotel. or the prospective purchasers,
the most active has been Charles Bon.
nell. proprietor of the National hotel
| III Winnipeg. y Chicago Donface
was also in the field. The hotel is
| owned by the estate of John Summers
who erected the building a score of
Years ago on the site of the old Wins
low house. The property is now held
/ at $l25,o0o, although that is consid
| cred modest valuation. But the
4, purchaser would assume, in par, pay
ment, mortgage for about $4,000;
and would also reimburse the holders
OF the stock issued by the Windsor
,, Hotel company, which conducts the
house. The amount of this stock is
: said to be $lS,5OO
! Local census cnumerators had
,, turned in preliminary lists covering
; 1920 names up TO last Saturday night.
This represented three days work,
, and Supervisor f. G. Warner consid
ers it exceptionally good. With the
possible exception of two onumerators
the work of the men has averaged 500
day each. Preliminary lists were
received today that will probably dou-
Bile this number. The first district
to give complete returns is South Still
water. The census cnumerator there
reported Saturday and announced that
his count was finished. A close sec
| ond was an enumeration in Pope co,n-
ty. No figures OF any kind will be
given out by the state census depart
ment until the count is through. All
the men are sworn to secrecy, and
any leakage will subject the party
committing it to a severe penalty.
The third annual reunion of alumni
| OF st. Thomas college was held late
Tuesday. Several states OF the Union
| were represented, while letters and
kilograms were received from those
| unable to attend. The alumni sat at
the festive board in the seniors din
ing hall and J. G. Robinson, of ST.
Cloud, acted as toastmaster. The
business meeting followed in which
| several addresses were made. The
| secretarys report showed the associa-
ton had membership Of two hundred
graduates. Officers of the associa-
ton were elected as follows: Presi-
dent, E. A. Prendagast; first vice pres
ident, Rev. A. j. Rinke; second vice
| president, II. Connolly; secretary, Rev.
H. Moynahan; treasurer, Il. Dougher-
ty. A prize of $50 was offered for the
encouragement of the study of oratory
Sheriff Miesen has filed with the
clerk of the district court his report
Of the sale in the case of George Mey-
er against Watson p Davidson, Sa-
! rah M. Davidson, Casper Ernst, Mary
Ernst, John d. O'Brien, trustee, and
r. l.. Ware, trustee of Casper Ernst.
The sale was made on a judgment
obtained by Rev. Father Meyer New
Jersey clergyman, and plaintiff in this
suit, against Casper Ernst. Ernst
mortgaged the Ernst building and Ex-
change building, on Wabasha street, to
w. H. Egan and Meyer bought the
mortgage. The judgment, with the
costs, amounted to $27,201.22 George
Meyer was the only bidder at the sale,
and the property was knocked down
to him for $25,038.20. Meyer now
owns the two buildings, subject to a
prior mortgage. The Pennsylvania
Mutual Life Insurance company holds
the first mortgage for $4,000. The
two properties are valued at about
100000.
South St. Paul's new mayor is A.
S. Francis, depot agent for the Chica-
go Great Western at that place. The
election took place Tuesday Other
results were: James Reid, peoples
party, alderman at large by major
ity of Ga. J. J. O'Brien, independent
citizens candidate, city recorder by
majority of 212 P. P. Veins peoples
party, treasurer, by plurality of 1919.
| e. G. Doss, city justice, by a plurality
/ of 159 Fred Schult was reelected
constable. He had no opposition. P.
J. McConnOn and Herman Grunau
were elected aldermen of the First
ward; James Forsyth and Andrew
Kennedy, aldermen of the Second
ward, and Herman Friedman and Mar
tin Lewandowski, aldermen of the
Third ward. W. G. Bowers, Wallace
Gehhart and George r Kramer were