The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-03-05
CITY IN BRIEF.

ner ot Dupont and Twentieth avenue
north, on Thursday evening, April IA.
James Mnlvuney Of Graceville, this
state. one Of the many successful farm
ers of Big Stouc county. was visitor
to the cities during the fore part of
the week.
J. J. Fitzgerald is years foreman of
the boiler shop in the Minneapolis &
st. Louis railroad shops, has been pro-
NOTED to be general foreman of the
entire shops.
In the distribution of the state bridge
and road fund by the state highway
commissions, Hennepin county was
given $1,;CA TUESDAY Fourteen other
counties. including Ramsey, received a
similar anonrnt. About $4,000 was di
vided among the counties of the state.
The Ascension Cubs practically
Monday night ut the Unity gymnasium
by defeating the quint of that institu-
ton by 81 to II score. Cheslock did
the best work for Unity, while Barry
and Donohur were easily the stars for
the winners
O. II. Olson, Saltwater, Wednesday
got the eorcral contract to build the
new state prison, on a bid of $1,932,947.
The Han!ey-Case company, Chicago,
gets the mechanical equipment con-
tract at s5!3,Oo0 The building is to
be completed by Aug. /, 1912. The
farm machinery building and the fur
nishings arc not included.
The highest price ever paid in the
Twin Cities live stock market for hogs
was reached Monday when H. o. Skar-
beck of Sacred Heart, Mimi, received
1855 per hundred for a carload of
hogs ut the stockyards in South st.
Paul. Tho hogs were purchased for
Chicago concern Prior to Mondays
SALE the highest mark reached was on
Friday of last week, when hogs brought
$3.50 per hundred in the local market.
Chi"f of Poli:e Corriston will be
given an opportunity to rid the Sixth
ward OF resorts. According to H. F.
Burt of Pillsbury house, the chief
promised to do this if given the OPP
portnnity, hut in his own way, and at
his own pleasure. At a meeting last
Monday night at the home of J. A.
Peterson, counse! for the Sixth ward
ers. it was decided to wait 30 days and
see what. action the chief would take
The Holcomb team of the City Bas
kctball league. Friday night of last
week. gave the Ascensions their hard
est gan,.. of the season and the north
siders were able to win only in the last
few minutes Of the game by the score
OF Fl to %. A large crowd attended
the game which was replete with SEN
sational plays. A return game was
played on The Cooke Institute floor last
Wednesday. nigi.t and resulted in favor
of the Asrcnsions by score of 35 to
%.
One of the four large ventilating
chimneys IN Willard hail. at the state
university, where q wall toppled over
on Friday Of last week injuring DR.. J.
E. Moore end several Students was
removed NY the contractors Monday.
The workers reported that it would
take them some days to remove the re-
manning three c!imneys Neither the
lecture room, where the accident oc-
cured, nor the junior infirmary I'M
derneath will he used until the repairs
have been completed.
Supervisor Of Census Cairns Mon
day forwarded to Washington the final
list of applicants for the position Of
trict These will be approved by the
director ne ccnsus between March 10
and Is and the names of the success
full candidates will then be announced.
There will be 2o0 enumerators in this
district. Following the appointments
campaign will! be conducted by the
supervisor to educate the appointees
on tho correct methods of taking the
census.
If there's anything in the theory that
the averac. temperature of a place is
about the same from year to year, Min
neapolis is due to have an early spring
this year. Averages of temperature
kept for many years establish normal
for each dav and a running account is
kept of the excess or deficiency with
regard to this normal. From Jan. to
March / there was total accumulated
deficiency Of just IS degrees under nor
NAL. Monthly averages show normal
of Is degrees for February temperature.
The month just closed was 5.4 degrees