The Irish standard., 1905-01-21

Word was received Saturday of last
week that Mrs. O'Reilly. mother of
George 4. O'Reilly, first assistant cor
pcration attorney, died Friday at
kignston. Ont Mrs. O'Reilly was
seventy-nine years old
Il. A. Waters, for some years chief
clerk in the legal department of the
Chicago Great Western railway offices
in st. Paul, has been named to Il clerk
ship in the office of r. d. O'Brien, state
insurance commissioner
The employees of the capitol COM
mission are having a merry time of it
i'll protecting the handsome new build
ing and it's contents Already, it is
said, visitors have carried off trophies
in the shape of brass doorknobs and
one man is reported to have stolen a
chair. Workmcn have been carrying
furniture in and out of the building
so much lately that he was not noticed.
Mrs. Elizabeth Devlin of Inver
Grove, died last Saturday at the resi-
dence of her daughter, Mrs. d. McGin-
ley, at the age of eighty-seven. She
was the mother of Chief John Devlin,
cf the South st. Paul fire department
The funeral was held Monday, Jan. 49,
from the residence at Inver Grove,
with services at st. Patrick's church,
The assignments were given to the
members of the new dairy and food
commission Monday by Il. X. Slater,
the chief commissioner. NJ. ]. Nor
iarty of st. Paul, Harris Bennett of
Duluth, William Graham of Long
Prairie, John AIcCabe of st. Peter and
T.. b. Heiberg of Montevideo are to be
the food inspectors. On the creamery
and dairy inspection board will be J. G.
Josln of Winsted, j. G. Winkler
of st. Hilare, Frank Shrewsbury
and II. Il. Sondergald of Litch-
field. The cheese expert is Frank
Graham Of Rochester. Another inspec-
tor for dairy barns is yet to be appoint
ed. w. w. 2. Mcconnell, the former
commissioner, has gone to North Da-
kota, where he will conduct some farm
crs institutes.
Branch % of the National Associa-
tion of Letter Carriers held regular
meeting ut Federation hall last Satur-
day night, at which the following Of
ficers were installed by Past President
II. J. Clarke, of the organization: J. p.
Maley, president; II. Il. Il. Longfield,
vice president; Sterling Russell, record
ing secretary; A. w. Stegner, financial
secretary; ]. a. Hogan, treasurer; II.
\. Taylor, collector; J. e. Iaclley,
sergeant-at-arms; II. II. BoXell, o. ].
Spangler, trustees, and ]. O'Bricn, cor
respondent. The following were named
on the grievance committee: r. ].
Clarke, ]. O'Bricn, G. jacobson, S.
TruaX and III. J. Goctte; entcrta inment
committee, ]. ]. Rockford, A. S. Dilly,
Thomas Phillips; finance committee,
M. S. Lawless, J. B. Sinclair and Geo.
Goethier; legislative committee, r. ].
Doyle, A. II. Roche and B. ii. Maher.
NJ. T.. Kahn, secretary of the Demo-
cratic state central committee, was
Tuesday appointed deputy public eX-
aminer, and entered on his new duties.
Mr.. Kain left Wednesday morning for
Madelia, where he will spend some
time for the department to which he
has been named.
The state fair board met Tuesday at
til Merchants hotel and organized for
the work of preparing for the coming
fair. r. w. Randall, who has held the
Office of secretary of the board for ten
terms, was reelected to the post and
Treasurer J. f. Wilcox was also re-
elected.
w. G. Winter, who was superintend-
ent of the Omaha system until the first
of the month, was in the city Monday
and was very pleasantly surprised by
Omaha employees. He was presented
with fine gold watch and chain with
diamond locket, and solid silverplat-
ter. Mr.. Winter was asked to pay
visit to the Omaha headquarters at
noon, and responding found present
number of employees of the company.
From the locomotive engineers he was
presented with a handsome Swiss
watch, with suitable chain and fob
Other employees of the company pre-
scnted the silver platter. The watch
and platter were suitably engraved.
Although taken by surprise, Mr.. Win
ter made suitable response to the
speeches of presentation, in which the
employees told of their high regard for
the former superintendent, and of their
wishes for his future success. Some
time was spent recalling former days
of pleasant associations.
William Logan, All Fairview ave-
nue. made daring stop Of runaway
team on University avenue Sunday
afternoon, endangering his own life to
save several women and children from
being trampled on by the frightened
horses. The team was standing in