The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-11-04
CITY IN BRIEF

and the Twin Cities have caused
signed to the work of catching a band
Of card "sharoers" said to be operat-
ing on the trains.
\ care; party will be given by the
ladies of the Altar Society of Ascon-
sion parish on the evening of Novem-
Der IA. Tickets have been placed at
Il nominal figure. Light refreshments
will be served and prizes will also be
given out. Under excellent manage
nenr it should, and no doubt will be,
we'll patroniZed.
Joseph Persch, Walden, Mimi, was
instantly killed Sunday morning when
the Great Western passenger train No.
1 from Kansas City collided with four
freight cars on a caboose on the main
track at Randolph, Mimi. The pas
sengers and train crews escaped in
Jury, Persch was the only man in the
caboose at the time of the accident
1t is thought he was asleep.
While returning home from work
last Monday night, Ralph Warner, IL
Years old, who lives on Twenty eighth
street and Twenty seventh avenue
north, was attacked by a thug on
Forty fifth street and the Milwaukee
tracks, slugged and robbed of SIS, all
1,n had warner
was found staggering around in the
rear of the fire station No. "a and tax
en- into the engine house. He finally
regained consciousness and was re-
moved to his home by firemen, who
reported the hold-up to the police. Inc
victim was able to give only meagre
description of his assailant.
G, jackson Holland. brother to the
mayor of Dallas. 1cxas and an eN-
tensive land owner of that state, last
Sunday night reported to Clark Buck
her of the Rogers hotel that he had
lost two diamond rings in his ROOM
\ thorough search was made for the
missing JtWSlly dllo IL "eeo 'iAAoAAS
found in a dust bin in the cellar Of
the hotel. The rings had made trip
through the long hose of the vacuum
cleaner Sunday morning and later
were deposited in the dust heap, where
the engineer located them.
James P. Dygart, whom the police
10 ,,t,Gn of
Amelia Bolton and her cousin. Frank
Edward Rhodes, at the Bolton farm
near Wyoming, Minn.,- and John Hef-
stedt, near Popular, Wis, was taken
to Anoka Wednesday,. The Anoka
county grand jury convened Wednes-
day, called especially to consider the
Bolton murders. Dygart his attorn-
cys intimate, will plead insanity.
At meeting of the council COM
mittees on claims and ways and means
Tuesday the bill of the Empire Vot-
ing Machine company for $4,000 with
interest at 4 per cent for II months
was allowed. The company asked for
the principal and interest at the rate
CT 6 per cent for IA months. The Of
fer to pay per cent interest for a
period of IL months was made as a
compromise.
After having been with the Security
National bank for 20 years, during
seven of which he was receiving teller
Frank D. Ralph resigned Tuesday and
Wednesday entered the service of the
Emporium in st. Paul as business as
sociate of Angus Mcleod, proprietor
Of the store. Mr.. Ralph will be sue
ceeded as receiving teller by Irwin
Shattuck, who has been in the service
of the bank for seven years and al
present is assistant to the paying tel
Ter.
The fifth annual stock and grair
show will open in South st. Paul, Nov
IA. 1t is said that a larger exhibit
than ever before will be shown ant
Secretary G. Pierson reports more en-.
tries than in 1910. Workmen are now
placing the exhibits in their proper
places and are making elaborate deco.
rations. The chief exhibit this veal
will be the palace Of King Corn, which
is being constructed under the direc.
ton of C. R. Hill of Chicago. Man.
ager Magivny is preparing the list o
speakers. Cash prizes will be Offered
to children owning and entering ponie:
in the show. The grain exhibit is ex.
pected to be greater than the stool
exhibit.
H. N. Leighton & Co., Minneapolis
contractors, according to dispatches
from Washington, appear as the low
est bidders for the Minneapolis post
office and federal building in a bulge
of bids submitted to the treasury de
partment. The Leighton bid is givel