Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-07
OMAHA BREWTIES.

The advance guard of the Hay
den expedition went west yesterday.
WIN, H. Frithean and Valencia
E. Rice were made one yesterday
morning at the Probate Court.
Judge Lake has postponed final
action upon the Ketcham appeal,
until July q, when the court re-
cOnvenes.
Several prisoners charged with
minor criminal Offenses, were SEN
fenced by Judge Lake yesterday
afternoon.
Saturday evening quite a dis-
play of fireworks was made by
Max Myer & Co., and the Variety
Bazaar.
"A grocery team ran away yes
terday on 9th street, demoralizing
some groceries and splintering the
wagon tongue.
The &. & n. w. Railroad have
accepted the new Iowa law, and
telegraphed the agent here to charge
three cents per mile to all points in
that State.
The Milos were ignominuOusly
defeated In their match game on the
Fourth, with the Quicksteps, of
Council Bluffs. Score, 80 to IL.
Last Friday Pat Powers had his
nose bitten off in a melee with n
Shields. DIR. Bailey was called and
the parted member was stuck to-
eether. Pat nose how it is himself.
The Fl ends of Rev. j. H. Pres
son propose giving him a donation
1t the Second NJ. f. Church, corner
of Twenty-first and lizard streets,
on Wednesday evening next. A
cordial invitation is extended to the
the public.
John Chinaman complained to
Judge Wilbur, Saturday, of several
urchins putting fire crackers in his
pocket. 1t being Fourth of July
mitigated the Offense, and Mr..
Chop Sticks went unavenged.
AT the Florence picnic on Sat
urday q lively hair-pulling match
took place between a married woman
and q young girl. The married wo-
man came out ahead. A man, as
rs usual, was at the bottom Of the
affair.
Two balloons W ere sent up on
Sixteenth street, Saturday evening,
by Messrs. Lemon, st. Gwyer and
Edwards. The last seen of the
twelve-footer was when it was sail
ing around the moon owe at Coun-
ell Bluffs.
Walter Wilkins met with a Sc
we're accident while attempting to
get on the GlenwOod excursion train
Saturday. He missed his hold and
was thrown heavily to the track.
His hands and face were severely
bruised, and he narrowly escaped
being run over.
The Government transportation
cont act, for transporting 1,0O0,0OQ
pounds of army supplies from the
southern terminus of the Utah
Southern to the Post of Beaver,
Utah, during the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1875, was awarded to Cor
don & Co., at SIPS per hundred
pounds.
On the Sd of July evening at
least one hundred and fifty assem-
bled at the spacious residence of Mr..
and Mrs. Mccain, to attend their
Goth anniyersary-wedding. A splen-
lid set of china was presented by
their Methodist friends. Rev, Mr..
Presson made the presentation
speech, which was responded to by
Mr.. Mccain in eloquent words. AT
IL M. the party dispersed, having
enjoyed an unusually pleasant time.
ID. c. Sutphen had a narrow es-
cane from being killed yesterday af-
ternoon. The large sign of Murphy,
insurance agent, fell and struck Mr..
Sutphen on the head. A stiff
crowned hat parted the blow, and
Nh. Sufphen escaped with q bruised
shoulder and o sore head. But for
the plug hat he would have been
converted into a cooked hat, and
Omaha would have lest a valuable
member of her valuable City Coun-
Gil.
Sunday evening as the family OF
the Rev. Father Hammond were
entering the st. Barnabas Church,
oneof the household dropped deadOn
the threshold. The diseased was
known to q large circle of acqra aim
tances, and it was impossible for
them to conceal the evidences OF
their emotion. He was of unim-
neachable integrity and a full
blooIed Newfoundland.
The Maennerchor Society had
a delightful picnic at the Union
Brewery Grove on the Fourth of
July. Over three hundred persons
were present, and a general gooc !
time was had, the amusements be-
ing games and sports of various
kinds, gymnastics by the Turner's,
dancing, etc, etc. Nodisturbances
of any kind marred the pleasures of
the day, and everything passed of
pleasantly. The ball of the Society
i'm the evening at Shoafs hall, !
though not largely attended, was
thoroughly enjoyed by those who
attended. = 1854