Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-12

tVti Who htiltu WhiiO OVhB'ht
at Stamburg. He was q single man, and
his home was In st. Joseph, whether the
. remains we're taken.
: Ed Van Welt, # Crawford county.
, who has been In poor health, while suffer
Ing from mental alteration escaped from
his watchers the other night and ran away.
. After an extended and anxious search bis
friends found him in q barn about o mile
and o half from home.
The opera house committee has turned
over to Mr.. Dohany the deeds to the
three lots purchased for the opera house
site, and the work of completing the
building will be pushed rapidly along
now. The city has so long been without
any suitable place for amusements that
the people are waiting imDstiently the
completion OF the opera house.
The Crawford County Bulletin lashes
the supervisors Of that county for passing
an order directing the sheriff to ser 70 no
tice on one James Keller to leave the
county. The young man thus TO no warn.
ed was so unfortunate last winter as to
have both hands and feet frozen by laying
twenty.four hours In o snow bank, n%ecessi.
tAting a%mputation.
Yesterday afternoon the funeral ser.
vices Of Alice, infant daughter of Ed.
mund and Sarah Jeffries, were held at the
family residence on Graham avenue. Mr..
and Mrs Jeffies have besn solely bsreaved
Of late, this being the second child that
has been taken away. This new sorrow
calls forth from many friends still greater
sVmpathy and tenderness.
The Iowa AMI Nebraska insurance com.
panies, having leased for five years the
of ces on the second floor Of the block
on the corner Of Pearl and Broadway, over
the express office, other changes have
taken place. Among them Is that made
by Attorney j. G.. Upton, who has re.
moved his Office to the old board Of trade
rooms, where he Is now comfortably
located and expects to remain perms.
nently. g
The Council Bluffs telegraph Office Is
now Q general repeating Office for all west.
ern Iowa, this buslners heretofore done In
Omaha beng now done here, . change
which will do away with many vexatious
delays and annoy ances. Business men
here have long sought to have this brought
about, and Manager Brown has succeeded
In convincing Superints ndent Dickey that
It Is the best thing to do
Yesterday q girl from Oakland was
brought by an officer to this city, and
turned over to the sheriff. with instructions
to hold her In jail to await the action Of
the grand jury on the charge OF petit lar.
ceny, she having stolen an IS bresstpin.
As the law does not syide for holding
persons to the grand jury for petit larceny,
the sheriff sent back to the justice for 8
different sort OF a mittimus. The girl has
a brother In the other part of the Jail who
Is locked up on = charge of horse stealipg.
The ladies OF the Home o. the Friend.
less will hold q p und sociable at the home
tomorrow evening. All are invited to
attend and to bring any contributions that
can be utilized to advantage at this insti.
tuition. Such worthy charitable enter.
prises should receive cordial n 1T and
generous aid. and Council Bluff citizens
hrve already shown by rast actions that
they need little urging In helping causes
which commend themselves rs having
merit.
III the prisoners at III, Jail keep fool.
ing around much longer some of them viii
find themselves out Of q boar ting plaza.
Sheriff Guitar and JAller Sch 1ntz have
BY their vigilance thus far discovered sew.
eral plots. the slussing one being the last.
II the county had the new jail, which II
needs. 30 much vigilance would not be
needed. One thing is certain that II the
boArders mako any break on the officers
and try my humping or slugsing there
will be need for the ooroner as the sheriff
and bis assistants stand prepared at any
minute to open fire. and In view Of the
several plots already discovered they
naturally keep on the alert.
The city Is bound to grow, and the
spring symptoms are favorable for some.
what 4 . boom this present year. Every
day DEVELOPS some new enter prise.
Among the latest encouraging facts is that
the extensive and we'll known McClurg
Cracker Manufacturing company, of
P.ttsburg, have decided to have q large
factory here also. A. II. McClurg. son
OF the head Of the house. has looked over
Council Bluffs advantages, and has re.
ported so favorably that the decision has
been made In favor Of this city. A plan.
Ing mill 10 also among the new enterprises
mAdc probable by tho visit to this city of
ID N. Strock, of Princeton, Ill, who Ia
very favorable Impressed with the sd.
vantases presented, aud on his return
home will usge hiS partners lo dscid upon
building a large mil.
Tho well known actress Florence Her.
bert. who has always been q iayorite here.
was recently In the city and under new
matrimonial relationships. It will be re-
membered that after being divorced from
Mr.. Herbert, OF theatrical reputation, she
married G.. Fred Sellsck. Rumors Of
troubles between them have been rife, but
last summer they were here and stopped
together at the Ogden apparently as hap.
py as well.mated doves. 1t now appears
that selleck Is cas-. aside and she is united
In marriage to ID. Ii. Miller. IN insurance
agent at st, Joseph, Mo-. and q few days
sinee there appeared on the Pacific house