The Irish standard., 1905-10-28
CITY IN BRIEF.
Prayer Books, Rosaries, Scapulars
and a choice line of religious articles
1T the Standard Catholic Book Store,
81 Fourth street south, second floor.

1t the Standard Catholic Book Store,
81 Fourth street south, second floor.
Father McDevitt, chaplain at the
Orphan Asylum announces that on All
Souls day requiem mass will be cele-
brated at St. Ma,y's cemetery at 10
o'clock.
Division No. Ladies Auxiliary \. ..
H. will give the first OF the series of
dances for the season at their hall, Is
Seventh street south, Friday evening
next.
Mrs. William O'Brien Of Ills Adams
street northeast, returned home We'd
nesday after q three weeks visit vita
relatives and fr:en!s in Mics City,
Montana.
Judge Andrew Holt has appointed
Elijah Barton receiver for the S. & II.
Laundry company on application of ten
employers, who swore they were UNI
able TO collect about $3.50 due in wages
Mrs. Joan Walsh, 5ll University
avenue northeast, accompanied by her
daughter Asnes, lcf: recently for Mis-
SCUBA, Mont, and Republic. Wash, on
a visi. TO members of tae family WAC
reside in the cities mentioned.
Division No. 8, y. O. H, most de-
lightfully entertained the ladies of
Division No. 8 Auxiliary Thursday
evening of last week. y most enjoy
able time was had by all. May the
good work be kept going.
P. ]. Connolly, a sw:tchman on the
Minneapolis & St. Louis road, is suf-
fering with a crushed foot He was
working in the ST. Louis yards Tues
day when he slipped and mis- foot went
under the engine. The member was
badly crushed. He was taken to st.
Mary's hospital. His home is at 901
Ninth street southeast.
An inventory of the estate of the
late Albert Johnson filed in the probate
court Monday shows property valued
-, 1.
vested in real estate and the remainder
is distributed among stocks, bonds,
mortgages, tax certificates, etc. Miss
Edna Dickerson of Chicago is the sole
legatee
Elder H. Moulton Of the Moulton-
Jordan Automobile Co, was given a
severe reprimand by Judge c. L. Smith
of the police court for allowing his pro-
fessional drivers to drive cars without
having license tags attached to their
machines. Moulton said he couldn't be
responsible for what his employees did
Judge Smith could not see it in the
same light. He fined Geo. Madden, a
driver for the Moulton- Jordan Co., $40
for failing to display tag. Moulton
paid the fine.
Flour shipments Tuesday, again
broke all records, running to the i'm
mense total of 106,S41 barrels. This
represents in part the Sunday grind
This is the fourth day this season that
the daily shipments have been 100000
barrels, and on ten different days the
figures ran between $4,000 and $4,000
barrels. Nothing like this continuous
heavy movement was ever before
known. The flour loading Tuesday, on
the conservative estimate of AZ bushels
of wheat per barrel, represents over
100000 bushels of wheat. This enor-
nous consumption by the mills explains
why with big crop, and larger move
stocks have not increased and are now
no larger than year ago.
Sixteen mineral contracts have been
Cancelled by the state auditor on &C
count Of failure to pay the 500 mini
mum royalty due Aug. 1. Sixty days
are allowed to pay, and twenty days
notice after that time, which has now
expired. The tracts covered by the
contracts are now subject to lease, and
fifteen applications are now in, covering
most Of them. Five applications are in
for one tract, the northwest quarter
of the northeast quarter of section 15-
1919. The auction sale of these leases
will probably be held Nov. 4. One
lease was sold Monday to P. H. Raht.
ly of Lake City, who got the northwes
quarter of the northwest quarter OF
section 1856 for $50. L. F. Flynn
and F. B. Snyder were the other bid
ders. Last year at this time fifty nine
contracts were Cancelled.
The death of Mrs. Ellen c. Musgrave
has put temporary stop to the suit
instituted by her against the Mime
apolis Street railway company in which
she asks for s46,50o,. this being the
sum which she claims her fiat build
ings on Nicollet avenue and Seven
teenth street have been damaged by
the Earring from street cars passing on
that street. The heirs, however, prom
Use to prosecute the case at the next
term of court. Mrs. Musgrave died
October 19 and her will disposing OF
some $4,000 property was filed last
Monday with the clerk of the probate
court. A life interest in the estate she
bequeathes to her husband, Samuel
Musgrave, and provides that her sons
Samuel, Jr., and John H., shall come