The Irish standard., 1909-05-15

lane, Jas. Foley, Thos. Padden and G..
White.
Divisions No. 9 and No 6 played a.
very exciting game last Sunday morn
ing on Griggs and Thomas street. 1t
was nip and tuck from the start and
clever work was done on both sides.
No. 9 came. out victorious with a score
of lilo. The first home drive of the
season was made by Mclaughlin of
No. .. Besides carrying off the honors
at the bat he played an excellent
game behind the bat. The pitching
was split up between Grogan and
O'Keefe for No. ., both doing fine
work. Quinot pitched a sensational
! game for No. 8, and Jack Grady
worked behind the bat No. will
play No. on the same grounds Sun
day morning.
Mrs. Mary D. Gaffney. widow of the
late Martin Gaffney. st. Paul. died in
Chicago last "Wednesday morning at
the homo of her daughter, Mrs. H. G..
Mindrun1, where she had been spend"
ing the winter. Besides Mrs. Mindrum
she is survived by four sons and two
daughters-Frank A. Joseph NJ, Vim.
cent j., John L., Mrs Thomas Nc
CURE and Mrs. j. j. Maloy The fun
eral services We're held at ST. Johns
church Friday morning at $3.50 o'clock.
Mrs. Gaffney was an old resident of
st. Paul, having lived here since 1853
Wednesday evening at Hibernian hall.
The Gold" members entertained the
Green with a Very choice program.
The contest will close at the next
meeting. The entertaining will he
jointly. Sixteen candidates were obi
gated Wednesday evening and rs ap-
plications received,
Divisions No. and IA Q. H played
their first game Of the season Sun
day on the Ice House grounds at 10
a. m. The game was very much one
sided. being in No As favor from the
start, but No. would have made a
better showing if they had their reg
ular lineup in tho field. The only
feature of the game was the batting
rally of No. 4. in the fifth inning in
CIV Young and Maoney split up the
pitching for No. 4, while McNealy and
McAndrews played cleverly for No. 3.
The final score was 13 to in As fa-
vor. Division No. I will play Divi-
sion No. on Palace and Bay street
! Sunday morning at 10 o'clock.
The funeral Of Mrs. Catherine Por-
| ter, 40s Exchange st. who died last
Tuesday took place Thursday morning
from the above residence at $3.50 o.
clock. Services were held at the Ca
thedral at 9 O'Clock. Mrs. Porter was
a pioneer resident of st. Paul. She
had lived at her residence on Elk
change street for over 25 years.
The man., friends of Mrs Henry c.
McNair were very much surprised to
hear of her death at Eureka Springs
Ark, where she had been for a. month.
Her husband. two sons and her daugl1-
ter were with her when she died Mr..
McNair went down to see her in re-
Spouse to kilograms. Mrs. McNars
funeral took place Saturday at her old
home in St Louis.
The Green Gold contest of Division
No. g. l.. A. to A. 0. H. came to a close
at the last regular meeting held Mon
day night at Hibernian hall. The
Green side was victorious having 9
votes more than the Gold. The charit-
able spirit of the organization was
prevalent during the entire period of
the contest and the Green and Gold
sides worked in perfect harmony. On
account of the Cold" being defeated
they will furnish a banquet to the
winning side at the next regular meet =
ing. The ladies have extended cor
.
O. H. to be present and participate
in the banquet. The membership of
Div. No. 8, l.. A. has Increased greatly
since the opening of the contest.
1 The Minnesota Territorial Pioneers
association held their annual meeting
Tuesday to celebrate the States's fifty
first birthday. The meeting was held
at the old capitol building and there
were about sevonty-five pioneers pres
ent. A solemn memorial service was
held for those who have died during
the past year. The Pioneer Womcn's
club also met on Tuesday. The meet
ing was very lively, over 50 women
being present. A new list of officers
was elected and installed. The meet
ing was presided over by Mrs. Emma
Huff, of st. Paul, the retiring presi-
dent.
The first game of the season be-