The Irish standard., 1909-11-27
CITY IN BRIEF.


northeast, died at the family home ON
Tuesday last and was buried on the
following day.
Senator Clapp, in an address ut
Simpson NJ. E. church in this city last
Monday evening, said that divorce is
not the great evil that foreign critics
paint it to be.
Edward Casey of Sleepy Eye, this
state, died on Monday, November g.
at the home Of his son, William Casey,
205 Grant street east. The funeral
was held from the Catholic church at
New Ulm last Wednesday morning.
DIR. and Mrs. G. D'A. Wright, of 221
Groveland Terrace gave dancing par
ty for their daughter, Miss Muriel
Catherine, in Mrs. Mobiles academy
Friday evening. The guests, fifty in
number, were of the younger set.
At the next regular meeting of Di-
vison No. 3, A. o. H., to be held Sun
day afternoon, December 5, at their
hall on Central avenue, officers will
be elected for the ensuing year. AS i!
is to be very important meeting a
large attendance is looked for.
The carnival for the building fund OF
the new parish of the Incarnation
opens on Monday evening. An enter
tainment of musical and miscellaneous
features will be given on every even
ing of the week. See full particulars
in another column.
Edward S. Cornell, secretary of the
National Highway Protective society
requested DIR. C. NJ. Jordan, superin-
tendent of schools, to warn the school
children Of the dangers of playing in
the streets and in stealing rides on
wagons and other vehicles.
H. Goldberg, 624 Hennepin avenue,
has reported to the police that he is
another intended victim of the Spanish
swindlers, who are flooding the coun-
try with their letters promising large
fortunes to the recipients if they would
send a certain sum of money for the
forwarding of certain papers to this
country.
Run down by switch engine as he
was crossing the railroad tracks CT,
grade at 2sth ave. and 10Th st. s., Mon-
day evening, John H. Hanson, so, 1890
14th ave. s., was hurled to his death
He was on his way home from the
Milwaukee shops, where he was en-
ploysd. Hanson is survived by q
widow and four children.
Thomas Hood, porter on Great
Northern train, stole a railroad ticket
from a passenger last week and was
sentenced to 80 days in the work.
house, in police court Monday. Hood
was collecting checks from traveller
hats and when the stranger handed
him his ticket, he kept it. Others lost
their tickets in the same way.
To escape from a burning house
Eugene DISCARD, university student
rooming at the home of Mrs. Isabelle
Cole, 1910 4th st. 8. O., wrapped Il
blanket around himself early Sunday
morning and leaped from the second
story window. He was uninjured. The
house was damaged to the extent u
$1,000.
With his wife and IL year old sor
in Asbury hospital recovering fron
operations, w. B. Lee, travelling sales
to that institution Saturday night t.:
have his left arm amputated below thu
elbow. Leo was injured while alight.
ing from a moving train on the Mil.
waukee road at 18th st. and Nicolle
av.
The council fire committee Monday
afternoon refused to recommend fo1
payment bills for carfare for the fir'
department plumber and carpenter, T
c. Britain and Hugh O'Donnell, whose
bills from Jan. 1 to Nov. were $21 ant
1885, respectively. The city attorne,
ruled that by making such payments i
would be q device for increasing sala-
les, which is illegal.
Miss Mary Rand, daughter Of Rufu
r. Rand of the Gas Light company
was formally introduced last Tues
cay afternoon at a reception given b,
her mother at the family residence
1926 Harmon place. Among the decor
ations on the walls were big sheat
of Killarney roses. The Afternoon
guests numbered 500 and in the even
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Rand entertained
200 at dancing party.
Rev. DR.. Montgomery lectured a
Fowler Methodist church Thanksgivinl
Day on 1.-THE City of the Vatican" D,