The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1905-09-23
CITY IN BRIEF.

The Rosary Society ladies of st.
Anthony parish will give the first of
series of card parties at ST. Anthony
hall next Wednesday evening.
Prayer Books, Rosaries, Scapulars
and choice line of religious articles
at the Standard Catholic Book Store,
81 Fourth street south, second floor
Miss Josephine Kelly, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Kelly, and Will
liam Fletcher Woodruff were married
Wednesday morning in the Church of
the Immaculate Conception.
The attention of Irish Standard
readers is called to the advertisement
elsewhere of j. c. O'Keefe, the popu-
lar merchant tailor, now located at
500 Hennepin avenue. Since moving
into the West Hotel building Mr.. o.
Keefe has added a special department
for cleaning and pressing garments,
and is now better prepared than ever
to meet every requirement pertaining
to the merchant tailoring trade.
Rev. G. J.. Morrill,, with new ideas
and enlarged plans, it is stated, is
back in Minneapolis again after a
three months trip to England, ireland,
Scotland, Norway, Sweden and other
lands. Mr.. Morrill, visited the beauti-
full lakes of Killarney while in Ireland
and didn't overlook the opportunity of
a lifetime. He kissed the Barney
stone and will now proceed to write a
book, giving in detail his experience
while away.
DR.. H. NJ. Bracken, secretary of the
state board of health, went to Vir-
ginia Monday to investigate water
conditions. The present water supply
of the village is not good, and the vii
lage authorities contemplate establish
ing a new water system. The doctor
was accompanied by chemist, and
they will take samples of the different
sources of water supply and make rec
concentrations for the future use of
the village council.
Trolley cars for carrying fire appa-
ratus between the twin cities is the
old idea now revived by Chief ]. R.
Canterbury. Plans and bids have al
ready been handed in, and next Mon
day the council committee of the fire
department will award the contract.
The cars will cost about 5000 each,
and each city will keep the cars in a
condition of readiness for instant use.
Experience has taught the need Of
such an arrangement, and the addition
CT these cars will do much for the mu.
tual protection of both cities.
A westbound freight train on the st.
Louis road, rushing through an open
switch, crashed into an unoccupied
passenger train at Excelsior early
Monday morning, and as a result two
passenger coaches were wrecked and
burned, and both engines badly dam
aged. The collision was a rear-end one,
but the violence of the shock turned
the freight engine around on the track
and the flames spread rapidly to the
coaches. Hard work was required to
keep the fire from spreading into the
village. The crew of the freight train
jumped before the shock and no one
was injured. (:
Little 5.yearSld Helen Bs1nice,
daughter of w. F. McLane, had three
ribs broken and her back injured,
while Mr. McLane, her father, and a
friend, T. w. Stevenson, were pain
fully injured, as the result of runa-
way on Minnehaha boulevard, Sunday
afternoon. Two other occupants Of
the buggy, Mrs. Stevenson and Mrs.
McLane, were thrown from the car.
riage, but we're not seriously injured.
The two families were in double
seated rig, when one of the horses
stumbled and fell. The tongue of the
wagon at the same time struck some
obstruction in the road and plunged
the party into the street. The little
girl was thrown more heavily than the
rest of the party and, when picked
up, was unconscious. The two men
stopped the frightened horses, after
having been dragged several blocks.
Lightning set fire to the barn of M
c. Zipoy G. Co., POOL Washington ave.
nue. S., Monday morning, burning it
to the ground and cremating one Of
the five horses sheltered within. The
flames spread over the entire build
Tag as soon as the bolt struck the
place and had soon extended to other
buildings adjoining. The prompt ar.
rival of the fire department prevented
the spread of the fire, but the barn
could not be saved. Lightning also
struck the cupola of Asbury hospital
and shattered it completely. The pa.
tients became very much alarmed and
considerable work had to be done by
the nurses and attendants before they
could be quieted. The fremont hotel,
the building of the Minneapolis Milk
company, 900 Sixth street S., and a
few small buildings were struck by
lightning during the progress of the
storm, but in no case was serious
damage reported.