Omaha daily bee., 1883-12-29
MIN0R MENTION.

Additional local on seventh page.
Cheap Railroad Tickets at Bushnel's.
The Royal Arcanum had a social last
evening.
Work on the Masonic temple continues
as weather permits.
The Catholic fair opened at Dohany's
last evening, and will continue until JAN
uary ..
The stockholders of the driving park
association are to meet January 9Th to
elect officers.
Leave to wed was granted yesterday to
Fritz Berg and Margaretha Jergen, both
of York township.
Frank Good, wanted for a brutal as
sault on young Phillips, has not been
found yet by the officers.
The bail has been declared forfeited in
the confidence cases of Kelly and Doc
Baggs, neither of the twain appearing for
trial in the district court.
Second Sriritualist society meets every
Sunday at $50 and 1880 p. m. in Devole
& Wrights block, 10 Main street, up
stairs. Mrs. 4. Eggleston, medium.
At the Broadway Methodist church to.
morrow the music will be furnished by a
quartet consisting Of Miss Blanche Oil
yer, Miss Anna Merkel, L. W.. Tulleys
and Mr.. Thompson.
A reception is to be rendered Judge
Reed and wife this evening at the resi-
dence of N. M. Pussy. 1t is given by
the members of the bar as an expression
of regard for Judge and Mrs. Reed.
Douglass McCarty, who was tried for
stealing a horse at Oakland, has been
acquitted. He claimed hat he found
the horse wandering in the street and
had just caught him when he was him.
self caught by the officers.
The new city building has one great
lack, that of a vault. The safes are net
nearly large enough to hold the papers,
and a vault is absolutely a necessity and
il will be felt when the old building,
which has a vault, is sold.
Now that there is water, water every
where, there will probably be a better
distribution of the fire apparatus. There
ought to be several hose carts stationed
in different parts of the city, but first Of
all some new hose is badly needed.
''There is moro in Heaven and Earth
than is dreamed of in philosophy"
Spiritual circle tomorrow Sunday after.
loon and evening, at 2 and 1880 o'clock,
in Spiritual hall, on Main and Pearl
streets, two doors south of postofice.
The grand jury failed to find any in.
dictment against Sheppard, the Walnut
scribe, arrested for libeling Mueller,
Wells, and other Council Bluffs mer.
chants. he seems to have let up on
them now, and probably that is all they
wanted to make him do.
1t is stated that one business man in
forty-eight hours, lately, squandered
$500 in q ''high time" in a house of pros.
t~itution in this city. Council Bluff
needs a little showing OF official back,
bone in handling the morals or rather
the minerals of the city.
The Catholic fair, now in progress Al
Dohany's, is for the purpose Of helping
along the big building enterprise noy
started. The new church is to be /,
great addition to the city, and an i'm
provement in which all should feel an
interest, and to which all should give aid
The d 3ication Of the new Presbyte.
rian church at Marine is to be on Sunday
the 9th of January. The installation Ct
the new pastor, Rev. r. E. Flickinger,
is to take place Thuriday evening, Janu.
airy 3rd. Among those who are to par
ticipate are Rev. John Herren, of Allan
tic; Rev. d. A. Blose, of Audubon, and
Rev. Alfred X. Bates, of this city.
Constable Skinner went out to Ores.
cent yesterday to arrest one Cliff Huff
man, who was wanted to answer q charge
of stealing a suit of clothes from q room
mate at Kate Hurlburt's boarding house
BE found his man, but found that he wal
being tried there on some charge, and &c
did not get him.
The case of the state Va. Barnard re
suited in an acquittal of the defendant
1t was charged that Barnard kicked up
row at . Danish house and assaulted tn,
proprietor. Olson, The witnesses To-
p prosecution we're kept in the ante
ON and called in one at a time. On.
rof them on being placed ON the witness
4 stand and asked to look about the room
and see If he could point out the MAJ
who struck Olson, gased about and finall,
pointed out Deputy Sheriff Edgar, in
stead OF the defendant. II cost Edgs,
several cigars ct recess time, but CLEARED
the defendant.
Tomorrow evening at the Baptis
church, Rev. j. G. Lemen will deliye
another of his lectures on the ..Absurdi
ties of Science" He will specially trea
the subject of ''The Formation Of Man,
and this promises to be one of the mos
interesting and entertaining lectures o
the series, and will doubtless draw a larg
audience, As have the previous lectures
There are many who have no time O
facilities for studying. up the variou
scientific theories, and these lectures ar