Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-20

or not, he is honest in pressing it. He
has retained Wright & Baldwin in the
case.
l.. 5. Peterson, who keep a boarding
house, is charged with taking a rather
strange way to force a boarder to pay up.
1t seems that q young man named ii. C..
Hansen, owed him two OF three dollars,
and Peterson succeeded in getting hold of
a letter belonging to the young man, and
which had Just reached here from the
Old Country. Peterson would not let the
young man have the letter or open it un-
til he paid up his bill. The young man
in return has had the landlord arrested
for petit larceny. The case is to be heard
Saturday.
Last evening the members of Harmony
band held an informal social musicale at
their rooms, which were beautifully de-
corated for the occasion. The company
gathered on the occasion was confined to
the members of the band and their ladies,
with representatives of the press. The
band playedseveral selections, and Glenn's
orchestra furnishedmusic forthe dancing.
Refreshments, games, and social chit-chat
also served to while the happy hours
away, and altogether the occasion was a
merry one, and all participants enjoyedit
heartily.
1t is stated that Council Bluffs has four
cases of smallpox. If this be true the
papers of that hamlet have been very
quiet over the matter; as we have noticed
nothing regarding the disease, in their
columns. Gentlemen, why is this thus2
Will it hurt the business reputation of
the city If noised about Come down
the aisle, brethren. -Walnut Bureau.
Fortunately for Council Bluffs there
was no case of smallpox for the papers
to report. Whenever there are any The
BEE frankly states the fact, and when
they are all cured, and danger is past,
comes to the front to tell the people that
too. At present there are none to re-
port. So the Bureau might as well shut
up it's drawers.
DR.. P. w. Poulson returned yesterday
morning from a two days trip south to
Kansas City, and along the Fort Scott a
Gulf railway. The weather was clear and
pleasant, and the country was booming in
richness and beauty, and could never
have been in u better condition. All
through southern Missouri and south
eastern Kansas the corn is in the finest
growth possible. The doctor visited his
brother, DIR. l.. HI. Poulson,,, at Paola,
Kansas. 1t may be gratifying to his
many friends to learn that he is getting
better health all the time, and improving
financially also. The two brothers had a
consultation about the sickness of an old
aunt, now SO years, living at Ovid, Bear
Lake valley, Idaho. DR.. Hiram j. Poul-
son, from the Iowa State university, ason
of the doctor here, was sent to her assis-
lance a couple of weeks ago, and is now
rendering professional services at her bed
side.
Many complaints are made of a gang
of rough dogs who hang about the vicini-
ty of Stewards packing house and indulge
in all sorts of deviltry. They generally
pitch onto other boys. One little fellow
says they pounced onto him and took a
new base ball from him. Another boy
was thrown down and fifty cents taken
from him. A messenger boy for the tel
egraph company, Mr.. Bralnard's son,
was in that vicinity with a message, and
was assailed by brickbats that he had to
retreat, together with another boy who
was accompanying him. His father then
went with him, or rather followed on be-
hind, and when the brickbats began fly
ing the second time, he gave the assail-
ants a chase and succeeded in getting the
names of some, and running others to
their homes. Complaint was filed against
several yesterday, and an attempt is to
be made to punish the worst of the gang,
and break up the proceedings.