The Irish standard., 1907-10-12
Gbe Irish STANDARD
Offices rs Second Ave. So
TELEPHONE, TWIN CITY 273
CITY IN BRIEF.

The Ascension Parish Bazaar will be
held for four nights in the parish hall
beginning Wednesday evening, Oct. 20.
The second Of this seasons series of
dances by the Shamrock Social Club
will be given next Wednesday evening
at Easthagen hall, 2413 Bloomington.
The many friends of Sergeant John
Kennedy, the veteran police officer, will
be pleased to learn that he has COM
pletely recovered from his recent ILL
ness and is enjoying the best Of health
Whether or not he will return to his
police duties We have not learned.
DR.. w. S. Laton, one of the best
known physicians in Minneapolis,
dropped dead from apoplexy in the
Judd house. 525 Fifth street south, late
Sunday afternoon. While he had not
been in the best of health for several
days. no one anticipated his sudden
end.
A card party and dance under the
auspices Of Div. No. 3, A. o. H., will be
held Monday evening, Oct 21st. in A.
o. U. w. hall. 80 Central Ave. A
number Of handsome prizes will be CIV
en- to winners in card games Only Csc
will be charged for cards and dancing.
James Gleason. so years Of age, who
died at the home Of his son, Patrick,
in Seattle, on Sept. 80, was buried
from Ascension church, this city, last
Monday morning, interment taking
place at st. Anthony cemetery. Pat
rick Gleason, who accompanied the re-
mains Of his father here, and who has
many acquaintance in the city, will
soon return to his Washington home.
Quick work on the part of the fire
department saved the New York Life
Insurance skyscraper, at Fifth street
and Second avenue south, from serious
damage by fire at an early hour Tues
day. smouldering embers in the coal
bunkers burst into a blaze, filling the
O~SS'@4SAI "1I11 S11iCAC. uc uTGIIlS1
had a stubborn task, but, despite the
dense smoke. succeeded in getting sew
eral streams Of water on the blazing
Goals. The loss is nominal.
About fifty members Of the different
divisions in this city have in view what
may be termed a "FIibernian Get To-
gether Club" The object will be to
give lectures, socials and entertain
ments and in various ways to cultivate
good fellowship within the order in the
Twin Cities. The matter will be placed
before Division No. at it's meeting to
be held Monday evening, October 14th,
at Columbus hall, s22 Nicollet Avenue
All TIibernians are invited
Miss Helen Sullivan, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Daniel Sullivan, s12 Haw.
thorne ave, left early in the week for
Seattle, Wash, where she will visit
brother and sister who reside there.
Miss Sullivan, whose health has become
somewhat impaired, has long been in
the employ Of the Minnesota Retail
Hardware Association, Guaranty build
ing. where her services have received
due appreciation. She has been grant
ed vacation Of three months.
William P. Casey and wife, 253 Ere
mont Ave. NJ, have arrived home after
a delightful visit Of four months dura-
ton in Ireland, and points en- route.
The ocean trip was made on the Etru.
ria and Campania Of the cunard line.
Mr. Casey, who made a tour Of the
Eneral Isle reports many changes for
the better since leaving there in his
boyhood days. The people are as
rule prosperous, he says, but neverthe-
less the rush for America continues
without abatement
The official canvass of the returns
OF the election on the charter propo-
sition made but a slight change in the
totals as figured up on the day after
election. The of1cial count shows that
1926 votes were cast and of this
number there were e,s55 in favor and
e,253 against the charter. The num-
Der Of votes necessary to carry the
charter. figuring on the four-sevenths
basis, would be 1921, so that the char
ter was lost by exactly 2,3o6 votes.
Thomas Gill and wife Of Seattle,
after a fve-month visit to ireland
and other foreign countries, arrived in
this city early in the week. Some time
was spent in Ireland at the home Of
Mr.. ellis mother, who is hale and
hearty at rs. They departed for their
Washington home yesterday. The Gill
brothers. James and Thomas, were for
many years residents of Minneapolis,
but LETT here some IS years ago for
Seattle. where they are successfully
engaged in business.