The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-12-25
CITY IN BRIEF.

SloiCls says IIldI
will be sold at cost by his department
to all those unable to pay the full re-
tail price.
Three policemen have been lately
dismissed from the service. Patrolman
A. A. Buck, a member of the force
for the past ten years is the latest, E.
G. Hanson and John A. Duncan being
the other two.
Fully $1,000 net profit was realized
for the building fund Of the Church of
the Incarnation at the carnival given
in the pavilion at Lake street and First
avenue south. The parish club met
Tuesday night in Royal Arcanum hall,
Lake street and Nicollet avenue, and
heard a detailed financial report.
In their first game Of the season
the Ascensions Monday night over
whelmed the Apex quintet of Y. M. c.
A. league by the score of 101 to Is.
The Apex team was no match for the
big Ascensions, and at times the City
leaguers would shoot baskets almost at
will.
Mrs. Eliza Reese died Tuesday at
the residence Of her daughter, Mrs.
Helen Chapman, e32 East Fourteenth
street. The funeral took place from,
the Chapman residence Thursday after
noon at $3.50. The remains of Mrs.
Reese were taken to Prescott, Wis, for
internent
d. P. Hayes, wife and daughter of
Butte, Mont, have returned to their
Montana home after visit Of two
weeks or more in Mankato, Duluth and
other points in this state. Mr.. Hayes
was for many years a resident of
Mankato and at one time was state
treasurer of the A. o. H. of Mime
sofa,
knights of Columbus, Hennepin
Council, will serve turkey dinner on
Christmas Day to about $50 members
and guests at their new home. After
uIAAASA d 1AIO1dIS duO 1luS1Nd1 PTOSIdul
will be given by good singers and
speakers. For New Years day, large
dinner and musical program will be
given for the members of the organ
ization.
The Little Sisters of the Poor will
serve a turkey dinner to the inmates
of their institution on Broadway
northeast on Christmas Day. At break
fast Christmas morning, there will be
present at the plate of each ward.
The sisters have been visiting Cath
Ollie families in all parishes in Mime
apolis and collecting food and clothing
for their charges. All the donations
will be turned over to the deserving
poor to whom they administer.
ST. Margarets academy, Thirteenth
street and Hawthorn avenue, will be
open Jan. 3. Miss Frances Bailey will
continue to have charge of the express
sion class, while the musical depart
ment will be conducted by Professor
Cross and Prof. Heinrich Hoeval. AL
though the school. is only in its third
year, the enrolment exceeds 200, and
the Sisters of st. Joseph, who conduct
the academy. are planning to extend
the present buildings.
David l. Knapp, the aged and para
lytic proprietor of confectionery
store at 112 Twelfth street south, Min
neapolis, sat helplessly by at 9 o'clock
last Saturday night while two armed
and masked bandits held up his wife
and sister -in-law at the point Of re-
volvers and robbed the store. Before
leaving the highwaymen forced the
paralytic to stand on his withered legs,
while one of them went through his
pockets and removed a purse contain
ing forty eight Lincoln pennies.
I'm the city workhouse use drink
cure that has the desired effect in rs
per cent of the cases that come unde,
my attention" said Frank Mcdonald
superintendent of the workhouse in an
address before the Searchlight club
recently. This work is something that
! have taken up Of my own accord, u
said Mr.. Mcdonald. 1.-THE cure Is COM
pounded of 10 drugs and have avoid
ed asking the city for money for it by
buying the ingredients out Of my own
salary. The best part of the whole cure
system is that 1t works.
Alderman D. c. Bow and Martin Nc
Hale were last Monday night instruct
ed by citizens of the Twelfth ward
who met at 2400 East Twenty fifth
street, to insist that the Twin City
Rapid Transit company indemnify the
city against pecuniary loss through
damage suits, if it builds its proposed
shops at Twenty second avenue south
and Lake street The citizens want the
shons to locate there and ask the