The Irish standard., 1911-12-09
CITY IN BRIEF

ceremonies at the second annual ball
of the Minneapolis Retail Grocers AS
ISOLATION held Thursday evening oH last
week in the Masonic Temple. Fully
500 persons were in attendance.
Richard Crooks, 2400 Jefferson. street
northeast, Minneapolis General Elec-
trio Co. lineman. was instantly killed
at Gath street and Cedar avenue We'd
nesday when a pole fell cm him.
Workmen had drawn up pole to place
it in an excavation when they lost |
control of it and the pole fell on
Crooks.
On the evening Of November 20, the |
post Office clerks gave brilliant BAN
quet in the princess room of the Rad
isson hotel. Isaac Rice acted as
toastmaster and President Vincent, |
Mayor Haynes, Congressman Nye, Ma
tional President F. J. Rogers and Post
master w. D. Hale were the principal
speakers of the evening. Three hum
dred clerks and their ladies attended.
Patrolman Charles Jeffers, dismissed
from the police force two weeks ago
because he failed to obey instructions
given him by his sergeants, has been
given another chance to make good
and Monday began walking beat on
the East side. LETTERS is one Of the
largest men on the local force, being 8
feet, inches in height.
Four men broke into the store of the
Mcmillan Fur & Wool company. Sec
ond street and First avenue north. at
10 o'clock Tuesday night, beat and
overpowered the Waterman, Gus Peter
son, and stole several hundred dollars
worth of furs. Peterson, who was at
tackled by the burglars after having
been attracted by their noise, received
II cuts in the head. He was bound
and gagged and it was nearly midnight
before he was able to work himself
loose and call for the police.
A high record price for Nicollet ave-
nue. property is seen in the sale Tuesday
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avenue and 4th street to julius Schutt
of the Schutt Realty Co. Miss Ida M.
Grabill, the former owner, bought the
property in 1873 for $3.50 and the
price paid Tuesday was $4,000, or
more than 1000 per cent increase. The
Nicollet avenue frontage is % feet, the
t. Ar q
present leases expire the building will
be remodeled and improved. The Mil
waukee railway ticket Office now occu-
pies the ground floor.
DR.. Max P. Wander Horck, a life
long resident of the Twin Cities and
one of the best known dermatologists
in the state, died Of heart failure Tues
day at his home, 52S 14th avenue
southeast. He had been i'll for several
days, but had felt better Tuesday and
had decided to get up, when the at
tack which caused his death seized
him. DR.. Wander Horck was born in
St. Paul Aug. S, 1862, and shortly after
his birth his parents moved to Mime
apolis, where he received his educa-
ton in the public schools and Univer-
sity of Minnesota.
A very beautiful and elaborate home
wedding was that of Tuesday evening
when Miss Eleanor Jerusha Lawler,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund
Pennington, became the bride of John
Sargent Pillsbury. The Pennington
residence, 1884 Colfax avenue south,
was a garden Of green and white and
gold and countless candles helped to
light the bridal procession as it des-
cended the broad stairway. Arch
bishop Ireland, assisted by Rev. T. E.
Cullen of the Church of the In1macu-
late Conception, performed the cere-
mony. Hamlin Hunt played the Lo-
hengrin professional at the organ on
the second floor. A stringed orchestra,
music.
Fred D. Young, 40 years old, for
years one of the most prominent mer-
chants in Minneapolis, died at his
home, 2316 Colfax avenue south, Tues
day afternoon. Mr.. Young, until a
year ago, was connected with the
Young Quinlan Co. OF late years Mr..
Young had not been in the best of
health and he was forced to retire
from active participation in business.
Mr.. Young was born in Freeport, ILL.,
Oct. IL, 1852. He came to Minneapolis
in September, 1881, and for time was
associated in business with r. s..
Goodfellow & Co. Later, he started
in business for himself in the Syndi-
cate block under the firm name of Fred
d. Young & Co. The firm name was
later changed to Young Quinlan Co.
Henry J. Gjertsen, of the firm Of
Giertsen & Lund, attorneys, 1915 New