Omaha daily bee., 1883-10-01
MINOR MENTION

AhiRtl livery Ddih oH DioNChei
In the base ball contest Saturday tho
Why Nots beat the Mutes by 10 to IL.
See the new goods at Bliss.
Officer Barhyte arrested q man named
Riley Saturday nightas t~hedrunkest man
he could find.
1t is expected that DIR. Cross will be
brought up for examination before JUS
tice Schurz to-day.
A political campaign speaker without
any title less than that of Colonel, 1"
would be a STARTER.
Tt is understood that Wells Cook has
sold his Broadway property to John
Hawthorn, who now runs q mill at Love
land.
The funeral of the late Mrs. John s.
Taylor took place yesterday afternoon at
her home near the Deaf and Dumb in
stitute.
Charles Longmade now wears the sill
yer medal for getting to the front at st.
Joseph's Academy during the past two
weeks.
The Board of Registration will be in
session from 8 o'clock this morning until
Thursday at 8 p. M, at II. A. Becker's
Office, 300 Fist Avenue.
Unless some mighty one comes sosn to
the relief of the editor who howls ''hole
in the wall" he won't even have a hole
to crawl into pretty soon.
Postmaster Armour has received 80, 900
of the new two-cent stamps, and 81, 700
worth of the new stamped envelopes, to
to-day's sales with.
The brick building next to The BEE
Office on Pearl street is being RENTED as
a bakery and is soon to be occupied by
Fred Rapp, who has peer connected with
the Ogden house.
The Sunday hours for the delivery of
mail at the postoffice are now from IL
o'clock to J2 o'clock, Chicago time, an
hour later than before, owing to the late
arrival of the morning trains.
A number of Council Blufites, mainly
those Interested in Spiritualism, went
across the river yesterday to hear Mrs.
Cora Richmond lecture. She is one of
the best in the lend, in her line. .
A young man named Lyons, while
helping cut a hog in two in a Main street
market yesterday, got a bad cash in one
hand, which will disable him for a time
from active service.
G. A. Holmes spoke at Oakland the
other evening, and The Acorn reports:
He said that the cry of the homes against
the saloons was a false cry. Let's see.
Holmes against the saloons. Well it
does seem a little raradexical.
The Presbyterian church, which has
been SO long without a pastor, will soon
be in usual running order, as Rev. A. X.
Bates, who has accepted a call to the pas
torate, expects to soon remove to this
city, and will probably enter upon his
duties by next Sunday.
The new city Jail should be put in such
condition that it could be used at once,
instead of waiting for all the water works
connections, ETC., to be put just right.
The old calaboose is 30 filthy and so in
capable of holding prisoners that it can
not be abandoned too soon.
When a hundred electric lights have
been subscribed for, then the machinery
is to be set up and the business com
menced in earnest. The number already
subscribed for indicates that the day, or
rather the night, is not far off when
Council Bluffs will have the electric light
in all its glory.
1t now appears that the trouble with
thef fire alarm boxes is that they were
built for a dry climate, and that the
mOIRtlra Panaau Than, "a ,nat a,l ,,,,lu
The city council ought to provide them
with gossamers, or else throw them out
altogether and put in some that can be
relied on.
A back addition, one story, 30x60 feet,
ls being built at st. Francis academy,
and Is to be used for a laundry, kitchen,
buttery, etc, with a baking oven out.
side, and a cellar underneath all. In the
spring a still greater improvement is to
be made by building a three.story add.
ton, 3Ox8O feet, with mansard roof.
1t only costs two cents now to mail n
letter, and those who have been deferrino
writing need wait no longer, as the new
stamps are put on sale at the postofice
this morning. The new stamp is similar
to the old three-cent one, having the
oohic 'iShOtpo VI NhShiIiRtOI, out III color
is a sort of siekly chocolate, instead of
green.
Ii is suggested that the wonderful
reverence shown for the Supreme Court
by some of the stump speaking ATTORNEYS
is due to the fact that the practice has
not placed them in such contact with
that body as to bring about the familiar
ity which breeds contempt. Hence their
horror at the idea of attacking any decis-
ion of the Supreme Court.
The laying of the corner stone of the
new Masonic temple next Thursday
promises to be a very interesting and
imposing affair. All the members of the
fraternity are 10 meet at Masonic hall at
10 O'Clock on the morning of that day,
and under command of the Grand Mas
ter George Is. Van Saun, and escorted by
the Knights Templar will march TO the
site of the new building, where the stone
will be laid with due Hon.
Il. 5. Paryin, of Iowa City grand secre.
tary, is to deliver the address, and many
prominent visitors from elsewhere have
signiied their intention to be present.
During all of the excitement attending
the killing Of DIR. McKune and the sym,
patty called forth for the household SO
darkened by the awful and sudden TRACE.