Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21
MINOR MENTIONS.

Conductor Bennett, Of the street car
line, is laid up with sickness.
The school at the building In Hull's
addition has been suspended for a few
weeks.
Cord wood is coming in lively. Evi.
IDENTIFY the axe has not been idle during the
recent cold spell.
Contemporary Clark, Of the Nonpar-
iel, has his hands in The hospital. Both Of
them we're severely lscerated by o fall on
the ice.
An error in the type yesterday made
the county levy $50, eco instead of $780,.
600. The city levy is approximately
$3.50
B. T. Stevenson and Elizabeth Pow.
ell, both of Hancock, have the court
clerks and DAILY BEES permission to
wed.
j. n. Carroll has filed a bill Of inten.
Zion at the county clerks office to wed
Mary ID. Thompson. Both are from
Whipp.e pestofice, in this county.
Virgil Dewitt and Alta Baker, of
Griswold, Cass county, want to be one,
and to secure that unanimity took out
license yesterday.
Thomas p. Lennon, OF Avoca, has
passed through the necessary formalities
at the county clerks office for making
Mary A. flushing his wife.
Stephen Mclean favored Judge Ayles.
worth with q morning call, said he guessed
he was drunk, and is now wanting to Dor
row 50 GO from some plethoric editor to
resume business.
Miss Kittie McIntosh, of Hancock,
thinks G.. T. Porter is just the man to
make a happy Mr.. Porter, and accord
ingly G. T. told II to the marriage license
register yesterday.
Justice Abbot has a felon up In his
court, one, moreover, that he refuses to
give into the hands OF the officers. but re-
tains as a constant companion. He wears
1T on his finger and feeds it on lemons.
"A gentleman informed us yesterday
that the Accident insurance men on the
other side Of the river we're refusing to ia.
sue policies At present because Of the ex.
traordinary risk run this year at tina season.
The Sunday schools Of Pottawattomie
county will hold n convention in the Con.
EDUCATIONAL church at Oakland, Thursday
and Friday, February ~ and 23. All the
schools in the county are requested t.
send delegates.
"A tramp 10 Malvern provoked arrest
by throwing q brick through o window oil
one OF the churches, expecting to gel
boarded by the town for a few days free,
but the mayor gave him fourteen days 10.
Dor on the streets. Served him right
M acedtn mia Tribune.
"A couple Of men with n rickety, GOV,
cred wagon and Ave Of the most scandalouI
skeletons Of horses we have over seen wert
camped on the mild side of an old shed
near Indian creek yesterday. In response
to our questions one Of them said they had
had just come from Dawson county, Kan
sas, and did not know when they were 20.
ing. He said that they had experienced
very severe weather on the road and had
been several times nearly frozen. After a
closer examination Of their horses we be.
-came'convinced that they were quite plain
iy going to stop here for some time or Sc
cure other conveyance.
Down at the transfer, yesterday, we
found everything quiet. About fifty ba.
'bies were spread out, in the waiting rooms
like q drummer's stock for inspection,
We had a pleasant chat with the U. p,
ticket agent, who said passenger traffic,
which bad been laneuishing, was bracine
mp. John Cain. Of Union county wa,
walking around the corridor, and all toe
plainly had been guilty Of conversation
with ''spiritus frumenti." John informed
us with great secrecy that he used TO work
with John Morrisey and John @. Heenan
at Troy. New York. He asserted tina,
he had thrown the prize .ighting congress
man over his shoulder ''many and many q
time" We left John telling Of his achieve
ments and went down to the frozen Mis-
souri,. The ice Is becoming very rotten
and will not endure many more warm
days. f