The Irish standard., 1907-05-18
l Gbe Irish STANDARD
Office: rs Second Ave. So.
TELEPHONE: TWIN CITY 273
CITY IN BRIEF.

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lantic City and other eastern points.
The numerous friends Of the veteran
man, Joseph T. Mannix, will be pleased
to learn of his appointment as state
expert printer by the printing commits
sion at ST. Paul. The position carries
with it a salary of $1,000 per year.
Joe worked for many years at the case
and his record in early days as COM
petent printer was a good one.
Upwards of 400 persons received the
Sacrament of Confirmation from Arch
bishop Ireland last Sunday at Assem-
sion church. The impressive cere-
monies, beginning with the high mass
at 1890 a. M, continued until late in
the afternoon. The archbishop deliv-
cred an eloquent sermon in which he
paid a deserved tribute to the pastor
and people of the parish.
At the meeting Of Div. No. 3, A. O..
H., to be held Monday evening at A.
o. U. w. hail. 80 Central Ave, it is
hoped that every member will be pres
ent, as arrangements will be announced
regarding the grand procession in ST.
Paul on June 2. Rev. James O'Reilly
and Rev. J. Harrington will be present
and address the meeting. Badges for
Div. No. 3 members for the coming
event may be had at D. O'Connelrs
store, 729 University Ave.
The Sodality of the Church of the
Immaculate Conception will give it's
second annual May party Monday eve,
May Goth, at the Auditorium Annex.
The best talent has been secured for
the occasion. An admission fee of
twenty-five cents will be charged at
the door. At the conclusion of the
regular program social session will
follow at which refreshments will be
served. The ladies extend a. cordial
invitation to all their friends to at
tend.
e. H. Mcdowell and G. w. Deacon,
two Of the members of the local Typo
graphical union, were Wednesday
night elected delegates to the annual
convention of the International Typo
graphical union, which will convene
next August at Hot Springs, Arkansas.
The two fortunate candidates defeated
a. B. Raffensparger and A. F.. Leroy,
who received 1S1 and 1872 votes respec-
lively. Deacon received 221 votes,
while Mcdowell came in close second
with POS votes to his credit. Over 300
votes in all were cast at this election
of the union. the largest vote ever cast
in the history of the local union. N. C.
O'Connor was reelected secretary at
a salary of $50 per week, and Jerry"
Kennedy, president.
The marriage of Frank Ollinger and
Margaret Flanagan took place at AS
cension church, wednesday morning of
last week, and the services were read
by Rev. Father J. Harrington. The
notes of the "Lohengrin' wedding
march. played by Mrs. M. G. Hoban,
announced the entrance of the bridal
party, and the "Mendelssohn" was
used as the occasional music. The
bride was attended by her sister, Miss
Mamie Flanagan, as maid of honor,
and Charles Wolfe was the best man.
The bride wore a very dainty gown
of white French organdie. fashioned
with Valenciennes lace. and carried
a boquet of brides roses. Miss Maude
Flanagan, the maid, wore a gown Of
white figured organdie over silk. and
carried an armful of white carnations
Martin Long and John Peterson, both
from Duluth, narrowly escaped death
by asphyxiation in a rooming house at
217 Nicollet avenue yesterday morn
ing. Patrolman Mclaughlin found the
two men unconscious in room full of
gas. The physicians at the City hos
pital worked over them for several
hours before pronouncing them en-
tirely out of danger. Long and his
companion reached Minneapolis Sat.
urday night and after several hours
spent in visiting friends about town
they went to their room for the night
1t is supposed that in turning off the
gas they made a mistake and turned
the jet on again, for when they were
found the jet was partly open. At
midnight the men were reported to be
completely out Of danger. They will
probably be able to leave the hospital
this morning.
BY unanimous vote the city council
passed the Dwyer municipal ownership
ordinance Friday night of last week,
thereby empowering the council
should it deem it wise at any stage of
the negotiations. to go into the electric
lighting business. to do so without the