The Irish standard., 1907-04-06
CITY IN BRIEF.

avenue south. The funeral was held
Monday at a. m. from st. Stephens
church. Interment took place at St.
Mary's cemetery.
Miss Della A. Sweeney, aged 81,
daughter of James Sweeney of Golden
Valley, Mimi, died at st. Luke's hos
pital, st. Paul, Minn., March 80, 1907,
at 6 o'clock a. m. Funeral services
were held Monday at 9 o'clock a. m.
at Ascension church, this city. Inter-
ment followed at st. Mary's ceme-
terry.
G. A. Byrne, formerly connected with
the Minneapolis Street Railway COM
pany as engineer, has been appointed
city smoke inspector by the commit
tee on health and hospitals, to sue
ceed John w. Allan, who resigned the
post. Mr.. Byrne assumed his duties
April i. The position pays $1,000 a
year.
Long distance justice has been met
Cd out to Frank Christianson, who es-
capped from the Minneapolis workhouse
last June. Through the aid of John
O'Donnell, former superintendent of
the workhouse, and now superinten-
dent of the county poor farm, Chris
tianson was apprehended last week in
Iowa, and after a lively running fight
was captured and brought back by
Secretary c. w. Bonge of the work.
house.
The prize card party and dance
given by Division No. s, L. A. A. o.
H., at G. A. r. hall, Twentieth avenue
north and Washington, last Monday
night, was a gratifying success. The
dancing party and banquet on the
same evening, given by No. of the
auxiliary, at 80 Central avenue, also
proved a very enjoyable affair and
was largely patronized. On Tuesday
evening No. of the Ladies Auxiliary
gave social dance at Columbus hall
and, like the others mentioned, proved
a magnificent success.
Beginning April list, members Of the
police force who walk beats out Of the
Central station are now required to
hold down their respective corners for
10 hours a day. Heretofore the prac
tice has been for patrolman to stand
koh 10 OF q
time. and then change off with his
partner on the beat. This system of
alternating the men reduced the
tedium of holding down a corner and
gave certain amount of recreation.
The merit. of the new system, however,
is that it will be possible to have pa
trolmen on twice as many corners and
also to have them there during the
entire day.
The Christian Brothers School at
West Island avenue and Grove street,
this city, is to be doubled in capacity
in order to keep pace with the rapid
growth in attendance at this important
institution of learning. The addition
and remodeling Of the present build
ing will involve an outlay of $4,000.
This amount, with the expenditures
made since the inception of the school,
will represent a total investment of
about $4,000. The improvements will
allow the Christian Brothers to ac-
commodate not only the scholars now
knocking at their doors, but it is be-
lieved will nicely anticipate the de-
several years to come.
The Hibernian baseball club will
Nineteenth avenue aid Twenty fourth
street south tomorrow afternoon.
There are a few good places to give
out yet on the A. o. H. team, and
Manager Williams wants to hear from
those who can and will play the game.
Division No. 3, A. o. H., will meet
hall, 310 Central avenue. The degree
team will be present, and is practicing
up in anticipation of the coming of
National President Matthew Cum
mings in May, when an elaborate
A. o. H. demonstration will be given.
The regular meeting Of the Wom-
ems Temperance society Of st. An
thony parish will be held tomorrow
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock in st. An
thony hall.
The Northland Pine company, Thir-
ty-second avenue north and the river.
has begun saving logs, and within
four weeks all Of the mills will be
running. Never in the history Of the
city has saw mill begun operations
thus early, and it was by mere good
fortune that the Northland Pine COM
pany could start the ball rolling. 1t
had a large supply of logs in a pocket