Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-13
A BREWTIES.

Eight female prisoners were
hacked into the city cell at the jail
Mondayevening like a lot OF sar lines
They kept up a lively sociable all
night long.
Canada Bill, the king of monte
men, was In town last evening. He
reports his Texas cattle as flourish
ing, and that the crop prospect is
good.
Patrick Dillon, one Of Omaha's
oldest settlers, was before the police
court yesterday for drunkenness.
Az he took a drop too much for the
sake of his stomach ache, and being
the first time i'm six months, he was
discharged.
The "Slonte Christie" the spe-
cial Pullman Palace Car, in which
the "round-th the world" tourists ar
rived at Omaha yesterday is a
magnificent coach. 1t was built for
exhibition at the Vienna exposition.
The Wyoming Hotel Office has
been entirely renovated, and now
presents an attractive appearance.
The whole house is now in splendid
trim, and no more comfortable stop
ping place could be desired by the
travelling public.
The wholesale grocery house of
Whitney, Bauserman d Co., re-
ceived yesterday from SanFrancisco a
car load of California syrup, the first
ever shipped to Omaha from the
Golden State. 1t compares favora-
bly, in every respect with syrups
manufactured elsewhere.
Col. Watson b. Smith, clerk of
the United States Courts, yester-
day purchased two autograph al
buns, and obtaining the autographs
of the members of the Omaha bar,
in each, presented one of the vol
umes to Judge Dillon and the other
to Judge Dundy.
Jack Sheppard was brought be-
fore the police court yesterday
to answer to the charge of running
q disorderly house, and of main
tanning q bar IN connection there.
with without a license. He was
fined $40 and costs. Dutch Minnie
was fined % and costs, and a Mis-
Taylor, s. and costs, for being in
mates of his place.
Annie Wilson, about three
weeks ago, lost a $500 diamond
ring, which she supposed some one
had stolen from her dressing table.
Yesterday a man named Callahan
came into Shaw's jewelry store, to
have a ring weighed: Nj. Shaw,
who had been informed of the loss
Of the ring, at once saw that he had
the lost article, and telling a gentle
man present to go for Marshal Snow
den, he detained Callahan, until the
Marshal came and arrested him.
Callahan explained his possession
of the ring by stating that he had
found il while cleaning up Annie
Wilson's back yard, and upon Miss
Wilson corroborating this fact, he
was discharged.
Prank Range, the merchant
tailor, yesterday afternoon, sent his
nsphew to collect a bill Of long
sanding from a young man named
Bodley, employed as a book-keeper
by q Fsrnham street house. Bod
ley refused to pay the bill then, and
sent back an insulting message to
Range, who went over to e him
about it, and thereby got himself
into q little unpleasantness. Bodley
repeated his message, and some
words ensued between the two, when
Bodley struck Range once or twice.
The timid tailor, instead of striking
back at the head of his assailant,
struck at his pocket book, by having
him arrested and brought before the
police court, where he was fined S.
and costs. The morning papers took
great are to suppress his name, but
his unwarrantable conduct does not
deserve any such leniency. Any
body that will strike Frank Range,
xn,a,x-o unt as,r ans,son If