The Irish standard., 1907-07-06
CITY IN BRIEF.

T. ]. Ryan, s2o Summer street, is
enjoying a visit with relatives at his
old home, Potsdam, N. Y, after an
absence of is years. He will he away
for two weeks or more.
Cadet H. H. MCGEE, U. S. A. is home
from West Point and is spending
we'll earned vacation with his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. MCGEE, 2712 Pills
bury avenue.
A wheel meeting under the auspices of
Division No. 2. Ladies' Auxiliary A. o.
H., will be held Monday evening. July
18th, at A. o. U. w. hall, 80 Central
avenue.
The board Of charities and correc-
tions, at a meeting held Wednesday.
elected the following new officials:
Richard Tattersf1eld, superintendent
poor department; DR.. o. e. LINER, city
physician; Frank Mcdonald, superin-
tendent Of workhouse.
The marriage Of Miss Barbara Eloise
Kehrer and Burton Eugene Warren
took place Thursday morning. June 27,
at 9 o'clock, Rev. Father Lee of st.
Anthony Of Padua church performing
the ceremony. Miss Mayme Kehrer,
sister Of the bride, assisted as brides
maid, and Patrick j. Culhane was
groomsr11an.
A. r., Renhke and Miss Nellie Early
were quietly married by Rev. James
O'Reilly on Wednesday. June 26. Miss
Early was attended by her cousin Miss
Rose DAILY Of ST. Paul, and F. J. o'Bri-
en- was best man. A reception followed
at the home Of the brides sister, Mrs.
A. ]. River, 41e Sixth avenue north
east.
]. r. Corrigan, secretary, and H. C..
Hanke, treasurer Of the Chewelah Mar
bic Co.. have just retu: ned from a visit
to the company properties north Of
Spokane, Wash. They ara more en-
thusiastic than ever as to their future
prospects in the west. A second rail-
road line IS now IN process Of con-
struct;on which will greatly increase
the 1acili'!es for the handling of the
products Of these hne quarries.
Building figures for the first half Of
the year reached the total amount Of
s5,oso,365 for 2,54s permits issued.
against s4,ooo.15s for 2.4s4 permits
The figures for the past month totaled
over $1,ooo,ooo. Four hundred and
eighty seven permits were issued for
a total Of s1,oo1.ss5. This is against
a figure Of $ess,s15 for June Of last
year. and indicated clearly the strides
taken during the first half of this year
of similar period Of last year.
William Mulligan. Twentyfourth
avenue and Twenty-second street
south, was drowned I'm Chanhassen
lake, near Excelsior. early last satur-
day evening after he had fallen out
Of a row boat. Efforts of companions
who put out from shore when they
saw him fall into the water were in
vain. BY the time they reached the
place where Mulligan went down he
had gone down for the third time. Mr..
Mulligan went to the lake Saturday
noon from this city to spend the even
ing with his brother John and several
others who were camping there. He
rowed across the lake once, and went
out again for a little ride, padding
with an ear from the rear seat. In
some manner when he was about 300
feet from shore he lost his balance
and fell over backwards into the water.
Mrs. B. Tenney. - Eleventh street
north aud her baby whom she was
wheeling IL a carriage. narrowly es-
capped instant death Tuesday afternoon
at Seventh street and Nicullet. avenue
when they were run into by an au.o-
mobile driven by Mrs. William Carl
ner, 24S) Girard avenue south. Mrs.
1d1 NdS OlJRIhS all ootOi11cOiiSs
and in some manner it became unn,an-
ageable and ran onto the sidewalk.
Mrs. Tenney was passing and did MT
notire the mach:nn until 1t had struck
the baby carriage, tipping it over AMI
throwing the baby out onto the side
walk. There was considerable con-
fusion for a few moments, but the
automobile was finally stopped and
the baby, when licked up, was found
to be uninjured. Asid: from the shock
the Two wcme:, We're not injured in
any way.
For the second time within two
years the hardware store of w. X.
Morrison & Co., 247-249 Nicollet ave-
nue. was gutted by fire Tuesday morn
ing. The loss suffered by w. K. Mori-
son & Co. will amount to between
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