The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-08-07
CITY IN BRIEF.

VI i I LIN oEkAGE.
The thermometer last Monday stood
90 in the shade. making Aug. 2 in
this city the hottest day of the year.
Rev. ]. M. Cbeary returned home last
Monday after filling his lecture en-
gagements in various parts of the
country. 49,. &c.,.
The last letter received from Judge
Steele was written in Glasgow. He
says that the weather in the British
islands is quite chilly.
The county commissioners figure it
will take nearly $726ooo to run the af-
fairs of Inc county of Hennepin dur
Ing 1910.
Levi NJ. Stewart, better known as
Elder Stewart, is away on a vacation
for the first time in many years. He
is almost entirely recovered from his
recent illness.
President Taft will visit the city on
his western trip on Sept 10. "A ban
quet. is planned for him, not by the
lumber barons, but by the Commercial
club.
AL j. Smith, county attorney for three
terms, will be a candidate for Judge
of the district court on the Republican
ticket, at the September, 1910, pri-
maries.
Last Monday 80 applicants for teach
ers' certificates in the Hennepin county
rural districts, took examinations in
the various subjects required. The
most Of them were young ladies'.
Mayor D. w. LAWYER, of st. Paul, il
working to get the next convention Of
the International Typographical Union
for Minneapolis. That is very kind of
Mayor Lawler and his many friends in
Minneapolis thank him for his efforts.
Philip B. Cramer, aged Al, died last
Sunday at the residence of Mrs. Chris
tian Cramer of Robbinsdale. The fu-
neral services were held at the Assem-
sion church, interment following in st.
Marys cemetery
Bernard ]. Mullaney, private secre-
tary to Mayor Busse, of Chicago, has
been offered the position of Superin-
tendent Of Police in that city. Mr..
Mullaney is we'll known here, being
formerly a reporter on the daily papers.
He is a man of splendid ability.
The federal government will loss.
$4,000 a year as a result of the anti
cigaret law in Minnesota, which went
into effect Aug. 1. It is estimated that
4s,500.o 900 cigarets are smoked each year
in the state, and the revenue tax on this
amounts to the figure named.
Ambrose j. Dunn fell down an eleva-
tor shaft at Pillsbury "A" mill last
Saturday and died on Sunday at the
Asbury hospital He is survived by
wife and three children. He was a
millwright and resided at 1890 Mary
Place.
]. H. Nightingale. state deputy;
James Hickey, assistant state deputy,
of Mankato. and DR.. e. w. Buckley,
national physician, Of st. Paul, at
tended the national convention of the
Knights of Columbus, held in Mobile,
Ala, this week.
F.. ]. Johnson, an expressman, was
given 20 days for losing trunk which
had been committed to his care in
transit from the. Union station to the
Milwaukee depot. It is poor satisfac-
ton for the owner Of the trunk If 1t
contained any valuables.
The funeral of David Knight, 1884
Fourth street north, who was killed in
Idaho Thursday of last week, was held
at Ascension church, Eighteenth and
Bryant avenues north at o'clock
Tuesday morning. 1nterment took
place in st. Anthony cemetery.
Miss Kathleen Hart, stenographer for
the Blickcnsderfer Manufacturing COM
pany, sos Sykes building, was slightly
injured in train wreck near Duplain-
Vile, Wis, Thursday afternoon ot last
week. She was taken to tho Trinity
hospital. Milwaukee. Miss Hart was
on her summer vacation.
An ice cream and cake festival will
be given on the Potter Lawn, 1915
Sheridan avenue SOUTH Friday evening,
August 18TH It is for the benefit of
st. Thomas church and the price of
admission has been placed at Is cents.
The object is good one and the at
tendance should be large.
While Patrolman T. j. Rooney and
wife were entertaining Detective and
Mrs. Louis Hanson at their home, 7os
7th st. s., a thief entered the house