The Irish standard., 1905-11-25
CITY In BRIEF.


will be master of ceremonies.
Local No. 8, Commercial Telegraph
ers of Minneapolis, will dance next
Tuesday night at the New Richmond
hall, Third avenue and Fifth street S.
Music by Cafarelli.
The ladies of st. Charles parish an
nounce a card social for Tuesday
evening next at the church parlors.
Handsome prizes for winners and re-
freshments for all. Tickets rs cents.
Proceeds for benefit of church.
Fred ]. Potvin, 1913 Third street
north, Minneapolis a fireman for the
Northern Pacific was instantly killed
by the overturning of his engine at
Little Falls Monday afternoon, and
Engineer Martin, of Sixth street, Min
neapolis, had his leg broken. The en-
CINE ran off the ID" rail, causing it
to overturn. Potvin was 20 years old
His body was taken to Osseo, Mimi,
brought to Minneapolis.
Beginning Jan. 1, 1906, Minneapolis
will have a decided improvement in
the way of collecting mail from the
business districts of the city. From
that date on two specially constructed
mail wagons, manned by driver and
a collector, will whiz through the
street gathering the great quantities
of rapidly accommodating mail matter
from the big buildings and letter boxes,
hurrying their valuable load to the
main office, where in turn the proper
assortment for the fast trains will be
made.
Minneapolis sportsmen are talking
about the large amount of spearing
that is going on i'll the nearby lakes.
1t is said that hundreds of fish are
fish protected by law. The lakes are
not frozen over, and it is an easy mat
ter for poachers to walk along the
edge Of the shore ice or to work from
a boat with torch. Hunters return
ing from all directions say there is a
great deal Of spearing and that heavy
loads Of fish are being taken.
The large number of suicides in
Minneapolis recently has stirred up the
city council and the police department
to invent some means Of checking
them. Those who have looked it up
assert that little in the way of ordi-
nance will avail because the city char
eter does not grant sufficient powers.
\ There is broad state law covering
the sale of poison, but its enforcement
has been neglected. The agitators are
talking about following the example
of st. Paul to require a physicians
certificate for the sale Of carbolic acid,
the most commonly used poison in
suicide.
An effort ds being made to get all
the civil war veterans throughout the
state enrolled in the G. A. r. posts
in their respective localities. In order
that the campaign may be thorough,
the records in the state census bureau
are gone over and all old veterans
enumerated are checked up. This is
done to have Minnesota we'll repre-
sented at the national G.. A. r. meet
ing in Minneapolis next year. A num-
Der of big campfire celebrations are to
be held. Among the first is one sched-
uled at D. F. Markham post at Mar
shall, JAM 10. Department Com
mander Mcdonald and Adjutant Cen
eral Clark will be present.
An attempt to burn the barn of J. H.
Asplund, 1900 Fifth street south, and
ten horses that were within, was made
at an early hour Sunday morning.
Only the prompt work of the fire de-
partment prevented disastrous fire
and the death of the ten animals. The
fire was discovered by passersby. It
had gained considerable Roadway.
When the firemen arrived they found
the entire loft ablaze. Several streams
were turned into the building, while
four or five firemen entered the barn
for the purpose of rescuing the horses.
Blankets were thrown over the heads
of the animals and one by one they
were led to places of safety.
The barn was considerably damaged
by fire, but can easily be repaired.
Steps have been taken to institute
an active campaign for securing the
convention for this city, in 1907, of the
National Association of Cement Users.
At meeting, Monday evening, of the
directors and some of the members of
the Northwest Cement Producers AS
ISOLATION it was decided to invite the
national association to join with the
latter, one year from next January,
and committee was appointed to at
tend the meeting in Milwaukee, in
January, and extend the invitation.
The committee consists of John Wun-
der, c. A. P. Turner, H. B. Smith and
o. U. Miracle. The Commercial club
has been asked to cooperate with the
and there is no doubt but that COM