The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-12-07
gbe Irish STANDARD
Office: Us Second Ave. So.
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CITY IN BRIEF.

The Sim Fein Society will meet at
Columbus hail tomorrow Sunday
afternoon at o'clock
Charles S. Pillsbury will build a
summer home at Lake Minnetonka
next spring, which will cost in the
neighborhood of $4,000. Architect E.
H. Hewitt is drawing the plans.
The Minneapolis Threshing Machine
Co. and other business interests at
Hopkins have fled petition with the
railroad and warehouse commission
asking for "Y" connecting the Mil
waukee & st. Louis roads at the point.
Patrick Sherlock was given a YER
dict in Judge Simpsons court in the
Islander case brought against him for
$4,000 by Florence Bauzenberger who
alleged that she had been injured to
the extent Of that sum.
The current report Of the local naval
recruiting bureau shows that out of 993
men examined during the past year,
663 were accepted and that they ranked
higher in the physical examination
than any other recruits secured
throughout the country
Miss Blanche M. Fitzgerald, youngest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James Fitz-
gerald of Alexandra, was married to
James M. Nelson of this city Thursday
morning Of last week. Mr.. and Mrs.
Nelson will make their home in Min
neapolis.
The statement from the Office of City
Treasurer c. S. Hubert Indicates that
the city has quite a bundle of cash in
its strong box, the total balance being
S1,465,619.1s. The balance on hand Nov.
/ was $1,113,256.36 and the receipts dur
ing the month were $763,4O5.96. The
receipts for November, 1906, were $6O7,-
s22.57, as against s763,4o5.s6 for the
same period this year.
A rear-end collision on the 500 line
was the result of mistaken signals at
Columbia Heights early Thursday. A
regular freight train was standing on
a single track near the Columbia
Heights station when an extra, not
needing the fagman's signals, backed
into. it. No one was injured, though
several box cars were badly smashed
up. The debris was Immediately
cleared off and service was not de-
layed.
Moneys collected as duties on i'm
ports during the month past aggregate
a larger amount than ever taken in at
the Minneapolis customs office in No
vember. The total was s52,453, while
last year. in the same month it was $685.
434. November of 1906 was the big
gest month for business at the customs
Office previous to this year. Duty on
burlap to supply the milling compan-
les furnishes the largest income to the
customs Office.
Frank Kelly, aged % years, who was
sent to the workhouse Oct. 80 to serve
75-day sentence on the charge Of
vagrancy, died suddenly last Saturday
evening Of Bright's disease. Kelly was
taken sick about $3.50 and Superintend-
ent Mcdonald called at once for a doc
tor. When one arrived the patient was
beyond help. Little is known of the
man. When he entered the workhouse
he said that his home was in New
Hampton, Iowa, and that he was single
Miss Bessie Conat and Charles e
Freeman, both quite we'll known in
Minneapolis, were quietly married on
Thanksgiving day. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. T. E. Cullen of the
Church of the Immaculate Conception,
only the immediate relatives being
present. Miss Nellie Freeman. sister
of the bridegroom, was bridesmaid, and
Albert Conat, brother Of the bride, was
best man. Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman will
reside at 3019 Aldrich avenue south
this city.
When the state pardon board con
venes at its next meeting, a petition
will be presented asking for the pardon
Of DR.. Jacob F. Force, the former Min
neapolis insurance commissioner, whc
is serving term of three and a hall
years at the saltwater prison. DR.
Force is the only one of the indicted in
surance men who has been convicted
and is serving a sentence and this fact
together with his advanced age will be
offered as grounds for the granting Of
the petition.
DR.. H. NJ. Bracken, secretary and
executive officer of the State Board Of
Health. has prepared a tabulation OF
smallpox cases in the state of Mime
sofa since Aug. 20. During this period
there have been 4OS cases in all =, ma.