The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-01-28
CITY IN BRIEF

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Division No. 1, Ladies' Auxiliary A.
D. H., will give Valentine party Mon
day evening, February 10, at A. O. w,
hall, II South Seventh street.
Division No. 2, A. o. H., will give
4 social dance, the first for number
IF years, at Richmond hall, 225 South
Fifth street, next Tuesday evening,
the 31st. The committee in charge
extends cordial invitation to the A.
o, H. and Auxiliary throughout the
city.
The claim of Thomas Currie against
the estate of Matte Mulligan for $3.50
was disallowed by Judge Smith in pro-
bate court. Mr.. Currie, first husband
of Matte Mulligan, boarding house
keeper, lent her 5000 after their sep
aration. Mrs. Mulligan's estate
amounted to $4,000.
A. L. Lennon and daughter, Miss
Mamie, and Miss Agnes Tisdale, left
this city Tuesday for three months
visit to Texas, where they will take
in all the interesting sights in the
"Lone Star State" Mr.. Lennon is
engaged in handling Texas lands and
has many thousands of choice acres
for sale.
A party to be given by Division No.
3, Ladies' Auxiliary A. o. H., will take
place Friday evening, February "a,
at the Third Ward Republican hall,
plymouth and Aldrich avenues north.
Dancing will be the order of the eve
ming. Tickets for admission have
been placed at 25 cents and good mu-
sic and good time is assured to all
who may attend
Negotiations for the purchase Of
the New York Life Insurance Co.'s
building, End av. S. and 5th st.. have
been concluded by interests connect
ed with the First National bank. and
the formal transfer will be made on
March /. The consideration, while
not stated by F. M. Prince, president
of the bank, who arranged the deal,
is thought to be less than $1,000,O0O.
The Hennepin Savings & Loan as
ISOLATION has ordered semi-annual
dividend of 8 per cent paid to all
stockholders, making per cent per
annum. The assets of the association
foot up $4,000, of which amount
$105,00O is invested in first-class real
estate mortgages in Minneapolis The
president is John O'Donnell; secre-
tary, Gus J. Pauly; treasurer, E. G.
Larpenteur The office of the asso-
citation is at 53S Security Bank build
ing.
John P. Kennedy, ST., former edi-
tor of the Labor Review, was indicted
by the grand jury on charge of
grand larceny in the second degree.
The indictment charges that Kennedy
went to the offices of the Purity Brew
ing company and asked payment for
an advertisement amounting to $27.
1t developed that no advertisement
had been published. Kennedy has
not been connected with the paper
since last November, when the paper
was reorganized.
John Thornton has been discharged
from the railway mail service for in
subordination evidenced by his send
ing to Frank H. Hitchcock, postmas-
ter general, a telegram announcing
that he and other clerks would re-
fuse to perform overtime service. A
telegram to this effect was received
from Alexander Grant, superinten--
dent of the railway mail service, On
Wednesday and transmitted to Thorn
ton, who is the publicity man for the
northwestern railway mail CLERKS, by
Norman Perkins, superintendent CT
the tenth division.
G. w. Ringer, fire chief, has chosen
Sandy Hamilton as first assistant
chief and has dropped John Hill, Sec
ond assistant, to the position of as
sistant fire marshal, to take the place
OF Leonard Scharf. E. E. Caldwell,
district chief, is promoted to second
assistant. Captains John Anderson,
Engine Co. No. 10, and Ed. Thielen,
Engine Co. No. 2, are made first and
second district chiefs respectively.
Arthur Price, captain No. 4, is ap-
pointed fire marshal Geo. Hahn is
reappointed veterinary surgeon. The
Office force is left intact with Walter
Scott at the head.
Soon after Walter Curran arrived
at his lodging place, 40S Tenth ave-
nue. north, Friday night of last week.
the landlady, Mrs. Anna Flemming,