The Irish standard., 1908-03-07
CITY IN BRIEF.

CITY IN BRlEF.
Minneapolis branch of the Sim Fein
Society will meet tomorrow evening in
Columbus hall at o'clock.
At the next meeting of Division No.
g.. A. o. H., the new prior of Holy
Rosary church, Father Logan, will be
present. 1t is the desire of the officers
that as many Of the members as pos
sible attend in order that hearty
greeting be extended their new pastor.
Fifty pairs of shoes, several watches
and other articles Of jewelry were stol-
en- Monday night by thieves who broke
into M. Fetternnan's general store at
421 Washington avenue N. The rob-
bers removed rear window and
searched the store thoroughly sor valu-
ables, but did not attempt to open the
safe, in which most of the jewelry was
locked.
Chief of Police Corriston has been
asked by Mrs. j. z. Lombard, Mount
Vernon, S. d., to locate her husband,
aged As years, missing since Feb. Is.
when he left Parrish, Wis, where he
had been working in a lumber camp.
to 20 to his home. He was last heard
from in st. Paul, having left his bag
gage in the Union depot.
Mr.. l.. c. Huttner and wife, of 3244
Minnehaha Ave-, were most agreeably
surprised on Wednesday evening,
March 4th by their host of friends, the
occasion being the twenty-fifth ami
versary of Mr.. Huttners' birthday. The
visitors in commemoration of the event
and as a token of their friendship and
good will, presented Mr.. Huttner with
d handsome Morris chair. A pleasant
evening was enjoyed by all, music,
games and luncheon being among the
features.
Frank Hinton, manager of the shoe
department of the Leader department
store, was found dead in his bed early
Wednesday at his home, 807 Third Av
S. He had been out Tuesday evening
and when he retired seemed in the best
of health. He had evidently died in
his sleep. Death was due to lpoplexy
Mr.. Hinton was 81 years old and had
been a resident of Minneapolis about
20 years. He leaves two sisters, Mrs
H. E. Donnelly and Mrs. Mary c. Tay-
lor. both Of this city.
DR.. s. D. Cushman, who died Sun
day at his residence, 91S First avenue
south. claimed to have invented the
first telephone. He contended that his
was the first voice to ever send q mes
sage over the wires. The deceased
celebrated his seth birthday anniver-
sary Feb. 1e. He was born in Virgin
ia in 1919, and was descendant of the
historical family of Cushmans who
came to Virginia in 1910. During his
early years he was a reporter on a vir-
ginia paper.
One hundred members and friends of
the Minneapolis Council knights OF
Columbus, enjoyed complimentary
banquet and social at Donaldsons tea
rooms last Tuesday night. j. l.. Lynch
acted as toastmaster and G. D. O'Brien
of ST Paul as the. speaker of the ev-
ening. Among others who spoke were
Rev. j. M. Cleary, w. H. Donahue, w
P. Devereaux, H. Kelly, j. A. Shanessy
and Professor Francis Cleary. Miss
Hickey sang several excellent solos, and
throughout the evening an orchestra
discoursed music.
A park between Thirty-ninth and
F'orty-third street, from Nicollet east
improvement for greater Minneapolis
At the regular meeting of the South
End Improvement association at Ho-
bart M. E. church, Forty sixth and
Blaisdell avenues, last Tuesday night
a committee composed of Robert Koch
ler, James Leck and J. c. Ranger was
the possibilities Of acquiring :ne land
and to formulate plans to place before
the park board.
C. N. Dickey's administration of the
office of clerk of the district court is
TO be reviewed by the district court in
the April term. A complaint charg-
ing Mr.. Dickey with the misappropria
1ion of $1,022.11 was served on him two
months ago. The complaint was filed
yesterday and the case placed on the
April calendar. It is asserted that in
his administration Mr.. Dickey appro-
priated and failed to account for $5775 81
held by him as deposits for court
work, and that he appropriated to his
own use s444.56 paid to him in court
fees. The county of Hennepin is the
plaintiff.