The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-01-21
CITY IN BRIEF

A joint meeting of the A. O, Fl.
county board and of the Ladies' Aux
iliary has been called for Monday eve
ming, January %, at A. o. U. w. hall,
II Seventh street south.
The marriage of Miss Mary Spell
man and William O'NIeara took place
Wednesday at the Church of the I'm.
maculate Conception, when Rev. B. Il.
Audus solemnized the service. Miss
Agnes Prendergast played the bridal
marches and Miss Mary Mailman sang
before the ceremony. They will re-
side in st. Charles, this state.
Nearly 800 homeless wanderers
have been accommodated in the mu-
nicipal lodging house in lookup al
ley' since it opened Jan. 10. The
place, which has room for SO persons,
has been filled every night, and on
one occasion the old tramp room in
the basement was called into service
for the overflow.
Thomas Dorman Campbell, 80, died
Wednesday morning at the home OF
his daughter, Mrs. A. M. Goodrich,
1880 Vincent avenue south. He was
a member of Co. d, LIST Minnesota, in
the Civil war, and a resident of Min
nesota for SO years. Three daughters,
Mrs. M. E. Libby, Mrs. Goodrich, and
Mrs. E. L. Winters. survive him.
Nine. Rosa d'Erina, the distin-
guished Irish Catholic vocalist and
entertainer, and her husband, Mr.. G.
R. Vontom, tenor and monologist, who
are at present residents of Minneap-
oils, had arranged a series of twenty
recitals in Montana, but the recent
severe storms and snow blockades
have caused them to postpone the
series until later in the spring.
Invitations are out for social par
ty to be given by Division No. /, L.
A. to A. o. FL, Monday evening, Feb
ruary 13, at A. o. U. w. hall, II
South Seventh street. Dancing will
be the order of the evening and Daly's
orchestra will furnish the music for
the occasion. Tickets have been
placed at Is cents and an excellent
time is assured all who may attend.
A party to be given under the aus
pices of the Aquilas club will take
place Monday evening, January 80, at
Maccabee hall, corner Bloomington
and Franklin avenues. Invitations
have been issued for the same and
the excellent reputation of the club
named insures it a large patronage.
Tickets for the occasion have been
placed at so cents. Cafarella's or
chestra will furnish the music.
Judge John H. Steele signed an or
der Wednesday submitting to a jury
the question as to the sanity of Gus
tave Pfeifer, whose will leaving $751;
900 to the Grant Tent, knights of the
Maccabees, was broken in probate
court by relatives, who succeeded in
proving to the satisfaction of George
r. Smith, judge of probate, that PEI
fer was insane when he made his
will.
"a man who can accomplish what
Frank Mcdonald has at the work
house is worthy of better than $1,000
a year, his present salary" said May
or Haynes. eff man is fit to place
in charge Of the workhouse of as big
city as this he is worthy of bet
ter salary. might say the same
about DR.. Collins, our city physician.
His salary is only $4,000 year and he
is not allowed private practice as is
the health commissioner who receives
$4,000 from the city,
While On their way to work from
Hopkins to the MoQitor Seeder works
in st. Louis Park, early Monday
morning, James Havel and Rudolph
Kroc were struck by the Minneapolis
and st. Louis Watertown train No. 20
and instantly killed. Their mutilated
bodies were later found by some lab
orers who were passing, but it was
IL hours before the victims We're posi-
lively identified. Kroc was married
and leaves a widow and three chill
dren. Havel lived with him. He was
single and is not known to have any
relatives in this country.
A new branch of the Catholic
knights of America was organized last
week under the name of the Prot Cath
edral branch, No. 237 at the home OF
tho Kni0hfo ne III, Il,