The Irish standard., 1911-02-25
CITY IN BRIEF

AHe l.1Sn SutnQdru moved this week
into its new and pleasant quarters in
the Dean block, near the Court House.
Call or address us hereafter at 226
Fourth street south.
Miss Margaret Morrssey, aged 21
years, died at Faribault, this state,
Friday, February II, of tuberculosis.
Deceased was a. daughter of Detective
John Morcissey of this city. The
funeral was held from the chapel of
the Orphan home last Monday morn
ing and interment was in st. Mary's
cemetery.
The board of county commissioners,
at Its meeting Monday, granted the
petition of the property holders along
the banks of Bassett's creek to
straighten it. Property holders asked
that the creek be Strengthened from
Medicine lake to within two miles of
the city limits. Arguments were al.
vanced that It would make it possible
to cultivate large tracts of land that
cannot be used now on account of the
winding course of the stream.
Beaten into insensibility and appar-
emily robbed, man was found uncon-
scious in an alley on Nicollet island,
near East Island avenue, late Wednes-
day night, by Patrolman Eastman,
who had him removed to the City hos
pital, where he lies in comatose
condition. He had a deep scalp wound
and his skull was fractured. Accord
ing to the City hospital the man was
later identified as w. Burns, I'll East
Island avenue, by friends who started
inquiries when he failed to appear at
his home.
Hennepin county's list of incorpor-
ated villages was augmented last Sat.
1'rdey by Crystal Lake and Brooklyn
Center with total area of 20 square
miles. Both villages adjoin the North
Minneapolis city limits and are made
up principally of farming districts, but
are thickly settled. The documents of
incorporation filed with Secretary of
State Schmahl were the result of a
petition for simpler public business
methods and extra police protection.
The first village elections will be held
March "A, when the village elections
are held all over the state.
A number of the officers and men,
bers of Hennepin council, Knights Of
Columbus, of Minneapolis, went to St.
Paul Wednesday to confer the third
degree on 60 members of the st. Paul
council, the largest number ever re-
ceived into the order in that city at
one time. District Deputy Cronin of
Hennepin council, assisted by his in
itiation staff, conferred the degree. At
the social session which followed,
members and visitors from the follow
ing towns were entertained: Duluth,
saltwater, st. Cloud, Mankato, Aus
tin, Belle Plaine, Crookston, Green
Isle, Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls and
La Crosse, Wis.
The board Of directors of the Min
neapolis Musicians association, rep
resenting 400 musicians in Mime
apolis, has passed resolution uphold
ing Mayor Haynes and the business
men who have asked the legislature to
repeal the IL o'clock closing law. The
resolution declares it is "an unwar-
ranted interference with the just
rights and liberties of the great mass
of business and professional men and
wage earners Of the city" The right
OF the city to settle this question for
itself was declared and the resolution
concluded as follows: "If We must
have our diet and bedtime regulated,
at least let it be done by those who
are somewhat familiar with our con-
situations and habits of life''
Burglars held a small revel in Min
neapolis early Sunday morning and
Sunday night. Shaw Brothers candy
and cigar store, 2O6 Third street
north, was robbed of 200 cigars and
$1.50 in pennies. The grocery store
of K. o. Strand, 1881 Fourth avenue
south, was entered, apparently from
Two directions, as both front and back
windows were forced open. Change
amounting to about S. and a few CT
gars were taken. Just what a burglar
would do with camera and lenses is
somewhat of mystery, az they are
almost impossible to sell without Gre
ating suspicion, say the police, yet
thieves entered the store of O. H.
Peck & Co., 112 Fifth stSeet south,
and stole lenses and cameras valued
at close to $4,000.
The Ascensions won from the Fort
Smelling Crescents in hard and
scrappy basketball game, As to "a, last
Monday night, in st. Paul. The first