The Irish standard., 1906-01-06
CITY IN BRIEF.

deposits from the Hennepin Savings &
Loan Association, 225 Railway build
ing, corner Nicollet avenue and Third
street.
The next of the winter series of So
cial dances under the auspices Of
Branch 1856, c. K. and L. of A. will be
given Tuesday evening, Jan. %, ar
Maccabee hall. corner Franklin ana
Bloomington.
Handsome invitations are out for the
annual dance by the social club Of
Division No. 4, A. o. H., which is ID
be given Thursday evening, Feb. Sta,
at Third Ward Republican hall, Eighth
street and Plymouth avenue.
Mrs. NJ. w. Flanagan will give ona
of a series of card parties next Tues
day afternoon at her home 500 Bryant
avenue north, for the benefit of the
Little Sisters of the Poor, funds being
needed to furnish the new rooms in
the annex. The games will begin at
2 o'clock.
The building inspectors office did a
phenomenal business all day Tuesday.
The record for the second day Of Jan
uary has been broken with a total of
nineteen permits issued with value
of s7O6,S During the entire month
of January last year only 1SS permits
were issued with total valuation of
s763,51O. Tuesdays business alone
comes within less than 100000 Of that
amount.
Charles E. Brooks, uge SO, died at
his home in this city, 27OS Lynlale
avenue south, Friday evening, Dec. 90
of pneumonia. The deceased was a
veteran of the civil war, having fought
with distinction as member of Com
pany H, Seventeenth Wisconsin in
fantry. He was "a member of Dudley
p. Chase Post, G. A. r. The funeral
was held from his late residence yes
terday at o'clock. Chase Post and
the woman's Relief Corps attended in
a body.
A lecture-recital, STORIES and Songs
of Ireland" will be given at the Uni
tartan church, Eighth street and Mary
Place, this city, next Tuesday evening,
Jan. 9, by Miss Sara Cone Bryant of
Boston. Miss Bryant comes highly
recommended by both press and pub
lie. She has charming personality,
is an interesting speaker, handles her
subject we'll and no doubt will be
greeted by large audience. Tickets
for the lecture can be secured at the
Metropolitan Music Store. The price
If admission is Is cents.
The attention of an officer Of the HUI i.
lane society was called to the case Of
Mrs. M. Talmage and her 17-year-o!d
son, found living on the banks of Min
nehaha creek in a tent. The two have
lived in this manner since early in Oc-
tober. They were without means. The
boy has been i'll for a long time with
q chronic ailment, and the woman her.
self is a fit subject for the hospital.
The tent was found to contain an ola
bedstead, gasoline stove, a home
made ice chest and two wooden chairs
The food supply consisted of half q
loaf of frozen bread and little salt.
Mayor D. P. Jones, Wednesday, re-
volked the license of o. J. Hawkins
covering his saloon at 1T Washing
ton avenue north. Hawkins was ar
rested last Sunday for selling liquor
without a license in the village Of Ex-
celsior, the arrest being made by
Sheriff Dreger. Three charges were
preferred against Hawkins. He was
charged with running blind pig at
Second and Water streets in Excelsior,
with selling liquor in this city without
q license and with selling liquor on
Sunday. The last two charges were
preferred against him by License In
spector Longfellow, who discovered that
Hawkins was selling liquor in rooms
above his regular place Of business
last Sunday.
The Hennepin County Territorial Pho
neer Association met in annual session
Tuesday evening. A delegation Of st
Paul members Of the Territorial Pion
GERS attended. The feature Of the even.
ing was an address by A. L. Larpentur
Of st. Paul, the oldest living Mime.
sofa pioneer. Mr.. Larpenteur, referring
to the changed conditions, said tina
when he came to Minnesota, in 1886,
he was obliged to secure foodstuffs
from st. Louis. Now Minnesota sup
piled the world with grain and flour
st. Paul members were: George Benz
E. F. Berrisford, G. H. Hazard.
w. p. Murray, Daniel Kelly, Tim
othy Reardon, Thomas Manning, John
Sloan, w. P. Murray, E. L. Clough,
Patrick Keigher and H. F. Vessel.
Public Examiner Kerst has sent to
County Attorney Al J. Smith copies Of
the report made to him by one of his
subordinates who has been examining
the accounts Of the clerks Of the courts
in Hennepin county. The report makes
charges that Clerk of Court Dickey,
who preceded the present clerk, is in
debted to the county for money that
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