The Irish standard., 1906-12-29
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Telephone Twin City 27S.
CITY IN BRIEF.

Wanted--A reliable girl for general
housework in family of two. Duplex
Hat. al Il. Twcnty-fourth street.
J. J. Callahan, resident manager Of
the Singer Sewing Machine company,
spent Christmas with 1.-The old folks
ut their home in Duluth.
Next Wednesday evening the new
officers of Hennepin council, Knights
of Columbus, will be installed at the
council chamber, 1922 Nicollct.
The members of Division No. e., A:
y. H., will give a dancing party We'd
nesday evening, Jan. ., at Easthagen
hall, to which their friends through
out the city are invited.
The Shamrock Social club will hold
it's next dance at Macabeo hall, Bloom
ington and Franklin, next Monday
evening. Patrons Of the club will be
out in large numbers to bid farewell
to the old year and welcome the new.
Thomas +. Coleman, the Minneapo-
lis detective who was found guilty OF
extortion and sentenced to five years
in the state prison by Judge Brown
i'll the Hennepin county court, must
serve the time, according to a decision
of the supreme court rendered last
Saturday. The detective surrendered
to Sheriff Dreger upon receipt of the
decision, and is already serving his
sentence at saltwater.
The state canvassing board has COM
pleted it's work and the result shows
that the road and bridge amendment
is lost by 313 votes. Tho wide open
tax amendment carried by 1858 votes
and the third amendment allowing
farmers to sell their products without
a license carried by 4s,714 votes. Other
results of the official count shows that
Gov. John A. johnson was elected by
a majority of 72,31s over A. L. Cole.
Charles L. Campbell, 402 Southeast
Sixth street, for many years clerk
of the National Bank Of Commerce,
has been elected assistant cashier of
the East Side State bank, and will
enter on his new duties the first of
the year. Mr. Campbell is one Of the
most popular young men Of the East
Side, and for years has been promi-
nently connected with affairs on the
st. Anthony side. He has had charge
of the ladies' department Of the Ma
tional Bank of Commerce since it's in
stitution three years ago.
The Smelling avenue streetcar line
in st. Paul has been put on the same
basis as the Lake street line in Min
neapolis, and transfers will be issued
on transfers. This will be a great
particularly students, who have been
paying double fares from points on
that line into Minneapolis. Tho con-
cession was given by the company in
return for an extension of time for the
completion of the Dale street cross
town line granted by the ST. Paul
council.
A fve-story modern dry goods build
ing for the exclusive use of John w.
Thomas & Co. will, within the next
year, be erected on the present site
Of the Plymouth Congregational church
at Nicollet avenue and Eighth street.
The Plymouth church property, which
was recently purchased by l.. s. GIL
lette for $234,000, was leased Saturday
on a 99-year lease to ]. w. Thomas,
president of the local dry goods con-
Germ OF the same name, and before
the ink on the instrument was dry,
Mr.. Thomas made public announce
ment Of his intention to erect a store
building to accommodate the rapidly
increasing business that his company
is called upon to handle.
H. Alden Smith, member OF the firm
of Smith & Wyman, OF this city, and
one Of the best known business men
Of Minneapolis, died at 4 a. m. Friday
of last week from heart failure. Mr..
Smiths death came with great sud-
denness, as he had been in good
health. He attended to business duties
the day before his death, and left his
office in the afternoon apparently in
the best of health. There are very
few men in Minneapolis at the pres
ent time who have been in business
longer than Mr.. Smith. He has there
fore seen the growth Of the city. Mr..
Smith was born in Connecticut Dec.
rs, 1s49. In 1856, a. mere boy, he
moved Will, his parents to Monticello.
Mimi, and from that place to Minne-
apolis in 1860. Since that time he has
resided hero continuously.
One hundred and ten children at the
Catholic Orphan ASYLUM at Chicago