Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-15
MINOR MENTION.

Some sneak thief has deprived j.
W. MoElroy o. q new coat and vett.
The hallway which was the scene Of
the inoendiary FIRE the other night, Ia
being repaired.
The Methodists held q pleasant
social last evening at the residence Of
Mr.. T. e. Gavin.
The barbecue being arranged for
the Fourth will be one Of the striking
features of the day.
Peter Bechtele's new hotel Is reach
Ing into the third story now and 10
certainly q great improvement.
John Harker, arrested BY OF, GER
Leonard for being drunk, was fined
the usual amount yesterday, and paid
cash.
Permit to wed wal yesterday given
to Leonard Grouse, Of Des Moineh,
and Julia z. Rupont, of Corning,
county, Nsb.
Broadway presents q busy appear
ance, there being a large number of
men employed digging the trenches
for the burying of the water mains.
Officer ClouSh arrested DR.. Cady for
being drunk, driving reoklessly and
abusing his horse. The case has been
continued until this afternoon.
Council Bluffs has an attractive pro.
gramme for the coming Fourth of
July, and many strangers will be
drawn to the city by the celebration.
George Whiting, of iug.out notorls.
ty, was up again yesterday morning
for being drunk, and was fined 81. 60,
which he wac, Of course, unable to
pay.
A, B. West, the general agent of
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, 10
building q pony telegraph line from
his Cfice to the depot, to facilitate the
transaction Of business which IL 20 on
the Increase % to necessitate It.
In Justice Sohurx' court yesterday
case was tried In which Constable
Edgerton, of Omaha, sued the former
Deputy United States Marshal, Stuart,
tor fees In serving some papers. The
arguments are yet to be made.
Some fine sport 10 promised at the
driving part on the 4th and 9th OF
July. There Ia the assurance that
the number OF entries for the races
will be large, while the other features
OF the Fourth will draw q crowd, and
please them, too.
Miss Mamie P. Vaughan, o niece of
W. r. Vaughan, has Just finished an
excellent crsyon portrait of little Rush,
the son whom g. s. Clark, of The
Nonpsreil, lately lost by sickness. She
has also done an excellent Msdonna In
crayon for Rev. Father McMenomy.
Prof Olker 10 on the war path after
the reckless reporter who stated tina
1t was bis team which got tired Of
waiting for him and run away. Al
rightly stated In The BEE 1t was q
team belonging to Mr.. Dohany, an6
was not In his charge 1T the time
they skipped.
There was o quiet wedding In 9
double sense at the institution Of the
deaf and dumb yesterday, the bride
groom being George w. Ramsey, the
foreman Of the shoe.shop, and Jennie
Hancock. His home Is In Brooklyn
Poweshiek county, and hers In Gid
den, Carroll county. He IL o NUT,
and she Q semi.mute. There or,
many friends Of both to congratulate,
them on their happy union.
j. N. Baldwin and G. A. AolmeI
were exchanging some rather sharl
drives yesterday, In the trial Of q caa,
before Justice Sohurx, and the word,
warfare having got pretty warm ant
personal, the Justice started to checl
theIl, saying: "Come, gentlemen
this won't do" but changed his min.
and remarked: "Oh, well, never mind
1 know you lawyers don't mean hal
you say, anyway" The crowd roare,
and the bantering wal more effectuall,
stopped than . sharp reprimand woul'
have done.
A oolored woman appeared at polio
headquarters yesterday In great snxi
ETY. of mind, and poured forth he
troubles. 1t seems that she got Mar
tin, the expressmsn, to haul a littl
pile of wood q few blocks, and becaus
she did not have the 90 cents to pa,
him, he hauled the wood away some
where. Chief Fields heart mellowe,
and he took the half dollar out of hi
own pocket, and gave 1t to her, wit
instructions to tender It to Marti
and have him deliver the wood.
Sneak. thieves visited the house q
Mrs, Booth, on Stutsman street, Wee
nesdsy night. The family, on goin
up stairs to retire for the night, foun
the beds pulled apart as thong
searched, and the contents OF q trun
scattered about, but nothing va
missed. 1t Is thought they were afte
o sum of money, which was In tn
house, but which was too CAREFUL
secretsd for them to find. TIL
strangsst part Of all Is that In one {
the rooms ohloroform had been spille
by the thieves, and one Of the lamp
had been burning, as 1t was still war;
when one of tho family started I
light 1t.
Sheriff Guitar started last evenir
for another trip to Fort Madison, tax
Ing two prisoners with him, OF
Cook, sentenced for two years on OF
charge Of larceny and thirty days
jail on another. He will take his il
sentence after he serves his two year
The other prisoner was Lyons, the c
b. q Q a burglar, who goes I
eighteen months. There are still To-
prisoners to take scross the stat