Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-07
OMAHA BREWTIES.

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Twelfth and Thirteenth. feb24tf
OMAHA BREWTIES.
There were over $50 hotel ar
rivals in Omaha yesterday.
Sixty tons of ice for sale. In
at this office. IL
Judge Dudley, who isinteresting
himself i'm getting subscriptions for
the subsidy TO the street railway
extension, has already raised 5000,
which is half the required amount.
The extension now Is a sure thing.
The funeral of Jacob Schmidt,
an old settler of Omaha who died
Yesterday morning, will take place
Tomorrow morning At s O'Clock
from his late residence in south
Omaha. He leaves a family and a
large circle Of friends to mourn his
death.
The High School Debating So
ciety elected the following officers
last evening: President, A. {.
Wakeley; Vice President, George
w. Shields; Recording Secretary,
p. A. Gushurst; Corresponding Sec
retary, f. r. Mcconnell; Treasurer,
w. II. Potter.
A party of railroad magnates,
among whom are Robert Harris and
other C. 3. & Q. officials, arrived
here from the East last night. It's
their turn TO have a shot in that
pool game that is going on. That
is the business that brings them
here.
Councilman Jas. Stephenson,
thinking he had "got the DROP on
the proprietors of the new Herald
building, now going up between the
Grand Central Hotela Goodrich's
store, was about to commence pro-
ceedings against them for violation
of the fire limit ordinance. He,
however, was prevailed upon not to
worry them, as he learned after
wards that they We're keeping with
i'm the provisions of the ordinance.
An institution that has long
been wanted between here and
Florence, has at last been started,
namely, a road house. The dwell
ing formerly occupied by Major
Croft, beyond the Barracks has been
elegantly furnished, and has been
supplied with a well stocked side
board. Last evening over twenty
teams stopped there, while the oc-
cupants INDUCED i'm liquid refresh
ments or a fragrant smoke.
At the Grand Central Theatre
to-nieht, Billy, the Black Diamond,
will sparkle with his. witty eccen-
tricities before the foot-lights. His
many friends will be glad to see
linn back there, as he is a talented
minstrel. Mademoiselle Frank Eos
ter, Mademoiselle Jeanette Enc
line, and also the only Johnny Ri
lev will appear for the first time be-
fore an Omaha audience.
AT the annual meeting of Pho
neer Hook and Ladder Company,
held las. evening, the following OIL
cers were e,'.-cted for the ensuing
YEAR: President, ". }. Kennedy;
Foreman, James S. France; lst As
sistant, Frank Kleffner; I'd Asst
ant, w. p. WEIGH; Secretary, Lewis
S. Reed; Assistant Secretary, VIM.
France; Treasurer, VIM. p. Wilcox.
The President appointed the follow
ing members rs a finance commit
tee: A. j. Simpson, ]. L. Shelley
and Harry Damon.
Gen. John O'Neill Tuesday
left this city with forty Irish colon
lists, on the Omaha and Northwest /,
ern railway, for Holt County, there
to locate. They have founded a
and called it OlNeill City. :
One hundred and fifty additional ,
will arrive for this colony !.
two or three weeks. Gen. .
is doing good work for Ne :
.raska. Anybody wishing to join .
he colony, or gain any further in :
can, i'm the absence of :
Zen. O'Neill, inquire of Col. Note ;.
ware, State Superintend, mt of I'M '
migration.
-EX-Sheriff Grebe and Charles
larbach are now full of business.
heir two-story brick building, 81
let wide by IS feet long, OH Fiji
zenith street, was recently compile III
I'd, and they have begun the work IN
{ turning out wagons, carriages, II
lows, and agricultural implements, co
nd are doing a general repairing, W
.rse-shoeing and blacksmithing ~
asiness. They employ about a m
oxen men, and have ali the work Jo
hey IA possibly attend to. Char A
Karbach is winding up his ~
Iuscle so that he can attend an ma
her picnic this summer, and pro- ha
ct that nose of his better than he on
Il last season. Success is wished n,
lie new firm, the members of fol
hich are full of enterprise. ua