Omaha daily bee., 1873-03-19

Mrs. ID. z. Bowers will play here
next week, and the sale of reserved
seats has already been begun by Wy
man & Ebcrhart.
One postal, one express, and two
baggage cars, three first-class coaches,
and four sleepers composed the Union
Pacific express train west this morn
ing.
The poem, entitled "St. Patrick's
Day" which appeared in our last
evenings issue, was written on the
spur of the moment-while the pro-
cession moved up Farnham street.
by John O'keefc, Esq.
The North Star Society recently
formed a debating club, which held
its first meeting last evening at the
Society's hall. The question, Gre
solved, That nature is more beautiful
than art" was decided in favor of old
nature.
"A dispatch was received to-day
from Hon. John Taffe, saying that no
decision has yet been rendered on the
terminus question. Council Bluffs
will please keep its powder dry, and
mour over that which has already
been wasted.
After the Grafton at Redick's
Opera House, a lady in coming out,
fell down the stairs head foremost,
and was stunned for a moment or
two, by the shock. Those who wit
messed the accident, wondered that
she did not break her neck.
This evening the first masquerade
ball of the Omaha Mennerchor will
take place, at Turner Hall. Every
thing possible has been done to make
this the finest affair of the eason
The programme, as published in an
other column, is an attractive one
and speaks for itself. The ball begin.
promptly at s o'clock, with a "polon
aisc' by the Omaha City Band.
D.. Tile ball of the Emmett Monu
ment Association, at Shoals Hal
last evening, was very largely attend
. ed. The floor was ut all time
crowded with dancers, who wer,
! viewed with n great deal of interes
by the hundreds of spectators. Tn
ball continued till an early hour thi
morning, when all went home tire,
out, and sleepy, too, and put them
selves in their little beds.
= A gentleman, who usually know
Q what he is about, made n bet q
Papillion, yesterday, of $25 a side
= that the city circulation of the BE,
! was equal to, if not more than, tn
combined city circulation of the othe
q. two Omaha dailies. He won his be,
with some to spare. If any dOub
the statement concerning our cit,
circulation, we'll double the abov
amount on a similar wager. Put up
) or shut up!
A double team attached to
bran new wagon, ran away on How
ard street yesterday afternoon. The,
were only stopped by wedging them
selves in between a fence and dwell
ing house between Twelfth and Thir
tenth streets, after demolishing tn,
whole wagon except the forwar,
part of the rum ing gear. A lad,
sitting on the porch of the house
was thrown into Mysteries by til,
sight of the accident.
i, Mr.. McMeans, a t~elegrapher, an,
a young nan named Drake, were til,
victims of a runaway this afternoon
on Twelfth street, between Dougla
and Farnham. Their horse, becom
ing frightened at a hideou.-lookin,
corn doctor, started OH a run, an,
the occupants of the buggy, in thei
endeavors to stop the animal, wer,
both tumbled out upon the street
Drake had his nose badlysbruised IN
but otherwise was not injured, Will
McMeans escaped without n scratch
The horse ran up Douglas, and theme
r north on Fifteenth, and it was doubt
full, ut our last observation, whethe,
the buggy would hold together TO
onnthor tr,n