The Irish standard., 1908-10-10
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CITY IN BRIEF.

street. M. ]. Mallon, Mgr.
Last Sunday afternoon the annual
Rosary procession took place in Holy
Rosary parish, and was participated
j" by thousands. The day was bright
and warm and the impressive ceremo
nies were witnessed with great inter-
est and fervor.
Two hundred and forty three per-
sons died In Minneapolis in September,
according to the death record for tae
month just completed by the CITY
health department. OF the deaths, "a
were males and 1os females. In Sep
tember, 1907, there were 211 deaths.
The Biennial County Convention II
the Ancient Order of Hibernians of
Hennepin county, will be held at the
Knights Of Columbus hall, at O'clock
tomorrow afternoon. Interest centers
i'll the election Of county president. 2.
j. .O'Donnell and I. +. Rice are the
leading candidates.
Alderman Perry Starkweather and
Lars Rand returned last Saturday
from Omaha, where they went to at
tend the convention Of the League of
American Municipalities, as delegates
from the Minneapolis city council.
The convention was III session from
Sept. 80 to Oct. 2.
An interesting game of association
football between the Hibernians and
the Scotch Thistles Will be played to-
morrow afternoon on the Minneapolis
Steel Machinery grounds, 29th av. S.
and Minnehaha. The Minneapolis and
st. Paul A. o. H. teams will meet on
Oct. "a.
Fire of an unknown origin, destroy
Ell about $500 worth Of clothes in a
closet at the home of John Conery,
1906 Dupont avenue, Monday after
noon, and rubbish in the basement of
113 East Fifteenth street caused a
small blaze. Both fires were extin-
guished by the department with the
use Of chemicals.
A few of the friends and neighbors
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Flemming, 1876
Jefferson street N. E., called on then.
last Saturday evening to remind then,
Of the fact that it was their Goth we'd
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Haviland china was presented with tn ,
best wishes from all present. Dancing
cards and luncheon followed and a
: most delightful time was had. 49,
Fire caused about $4,000 damage tn
the anatomy building of the University
of Minnesota. early Tuesday, when it
was completely gutted, the flames
starting on the first floor, presumably
from spontaneous combustion. There
were about 80 bodies in the place,
used for dissecting purposes by the
medical students. and a complete an
atomical museum of skeletons and 9TH
er specimens, which were entirely de-
stroyed. The loss on the contents is
about $4,000. fully covered by insur-
ance.
The production and shipment of
pine. hemlock lumber and lath for the
states Of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Mich
igan and Iowa for August, compiled
by the Northern Pine Manufacturers
association, and mailed last Tuesday
night by j. e. Rhodes, secretary, to
the various members of the association
shows a decrease of 20 per cent over
the production and shipment of the
same material for August last year.
The month shows gradual increase in
the demand for lumber over previous
months Of the year, which is consid-
cred below the average by lumber
mon.
So many people pass through the
Lobby of the postoffice daily that in
two years they have worn out mar
BILE floor put in at a cost Of consider
ably more than $1,000, and the custo.
dian Of the building has been com.
PEELED to state the case to Uncle San.
at Washington and obtain permission
t. put in new floor. The marble
floor was so expensive that mendin;
it would cost more than an entirely
new one of some other material and a
new terazzo floor will be laid at once,
the contract having been given to tn.
Drake Marble and Tile company. Il
will cost 1915.
Thomas Canty, we'll known local
baseball player, formerly member Of
the st. Thomas College team and la
ter one Of the crack tossers Of the
Austin westerns, left st. Paul Tues.
day night for st. Louis, where he will
enter the law school at st. Louis uni
versity. Canty has been popular
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