Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-13
MINOR ME- NTIONS

The Baptist chapel class In elocutlon
will meet on Tuesday evenings as hereto
fore.
Among the drunks disposed Ct yester.
day were w. Miller, Lewis Myers and
Andrew Pace. The usual adjustment.
"A man name Michael Hellenger, from
Carroll, was lodged in Jail yesterday to
await the action Of the grand jury in q
case Of fighting and raising q row.
In the circuit court yesterday the case
Of Mary Clayton vs.. the Powell est ate,
was under consideration and reached the
arguments late in the afternoon.
WIN. r. Litkens was tried before JUS
tice Vaughan yesterday on q charge Of
jumping q board bill. He was found guilty
and sent to Jail for three days.
The COW war is quiet pow, no bovines
being run in. The marshal Is waiting very
wisely for q decent pound in which to lock
them up before making any more raids.
The proceedings in the circuit court
are not dry by any means, the roof leak.
ing badly, and coal hods being set around
to catch the drippings.
Peter johnson, who recently bad Mrs.
johnson and q man named Straub arrest
Cd for adultery. was Yesterday GRANTED q
divorce from his wife and the case will not
be presented further. It is predicted that
Straub will now marry Mrs. johnson.
The famous restaurant proprietor and
caterer, Mr.. w. T. Braun, had his name
changed yesterday. The types added him
to the large family Of Browns but to-day
he appears o. ain In the same article with
his original and we'll known cognomen.
C. II. Nichols spoken of in yesterdays
BEE, as being arrested 1t the instance Of
DIR. Patton for obtaining q livery rig from
his stable under an assumed name and
false pretenses, had q hearing yesterday
before Judge Aylesworth and was dis
charged. The young man produced re.
commendatory letters from conductors on
the Missouri Pacific railroad who knew
him. Attorney Upton appeared in his
defense.
Lew Thompson, arrested for breaking
into Jansen's saloon on lower broadway,
was before Justice Schurz on two cherges,
one Of larceny, the other Of burglary. On
that Of larceny he was fined $25. and in
default Of payment was sent to jail. On
the other charge he waived examination,
and In default of the $3.50 bail required be
will have to await In jail until the meet.
Ing Of the grand jury.
-Leave to wed has been given G. Il.
Barr. Of Grove township, and Nellie Peck,
of Woveland; s. @. Alexander and Eliza
beth Jane Miller. both Of Silver Greek;
Jacob Crsgler and Mary Mcfarland, both
Of Council Bluffs; James Neblock and
Mary Ellen OLsary, both Of this city;
Jens Peter Heiberg and Christine Knud.
sen, both Of Living Springs, Pottawattamie
county; Lodwig Teztlaf. of Oakland, and
Lena Barr, of Minden.
In response to IN invitation from
Missouri Valley, Abe Lincoln post G. A.
R, Of this place expect to 60 in o body to
that place next Thursday to Join in the
merry.making Of q campfire there, which
will last oil day with q ball In the even.
ing. All old soldiers and sailors, with
their cousins, sisters, aunts, etc., are In.
vited, and arrangements have been made
for railway fare ct ninety cents for the
round trip.
"A man named j. 8. Williams has
been for . time living upon James Coyls's
farm near this city. The latter, feeling
dissatisfied, has been trying to get him to
leave. and som feeling has arisen In con.
sequence. Yesterday they met ct Alex
Obert's saloon, and fur few. 1t 10 said
that Williams not only used very abusive
language, but that be threatened to send
Coyle where the Thermometer never gets
down to zero, promised to carve him, etc.,
and chased him down Broadway at q
lively speed. Williams was arrested for
malicious threats, and his case set for this
morning before Justice Vaughan, he Civ.
ing $500 bail.
In the case Of JermAn Va. Riley the
motion for q new trial was yesterday over.
ruled by Judge Aylesworth, and the YER.
dict for the plaintiff for s77 therefore
stands. In this case 1t was claimed by
the plaintiff that he had bought an 40.
count Of Cruickshsnk AGO. against the de.
PENDANT for goods purchased by the latter
wife and daughters. The defendant re-
fused payment on the ground that he wa,
not liable for the debts thus made by tn,
family, the articles purchased not beins
Necessities, but fnery and needless cloth
ing. The jury seems to have determined
otherwise In regard to a portion Of tn,
Roods.