Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-13
MINOR MENTION.
See Joseph;R Refers fall goods.

Additional local on seventh page.
Cheap Railroad Tickets at Bushnell's,
J. Kissel smiles when he says it was
fine boy that arrived yesterday morning.
No democratic meetings of any inn
~portance were held in Council Bluffs yes.
terday that THE BEE knows of.
Miss Ella Smith, who submitted to the
removal of q tumor, is gradually i'm.
proving, and bids fair to recover.
The Daily Nonpareil has enlarged tc
six columns to the page. THE BEE ID
always ready to commend enterprise.
Henry Kneppher is wanted to defend
the charge of selling liquor to Gilmore,
the painter, who is legally an habitual
drunkard.
Yesterday morning the county board
of supervisors met and wrestled with the
tax levy for q while, and then adjourned
to 90 to the fair. In the evening they
met again.
All the east-bound passenger trains
were delayed two hours last evening, on
account of the Union Pacific, which was
late, owing to a collision, an account Of
which is given on another page.
To-day at IL o'clock the republican
county convention will meet, to nomi.
nate men TO beat the democratic nomi.
aces Of Tuesday last. Let wisdom, not a
desire for spoils, control their delibera.
tions.
Mrs. Bell, wife of Hiram Bell, who is
connected with the Chicago Lumber com.
pany, died at her home in this city Tues
day after a prolonged illness. The funer-
al services were held yesterday, Rev. Mr..
Fisk conducting the same.
Children should not be allowed to
handle the machinery at the fair. though
it is hard work for those in charge to
prevent it at all times. A little son of
Mr.. Hoffman lost "a forefinger by running
it through n stalk cutter in the exhibit of
David Bradley & 90. K. L. Shugart
sent the little fellow hsme in his buggy.
Yesterday morning when most Of the
citizens had turned over for their morn.
ing nap, the steamer Rescue with a force
of men wet down the lawn in Bayliss
park. The grass was beginning to show
the effects of the drouth and the common
council ordered it sprinkled by the de
partment.
Shaun-a-Gow was played to a crowded
house last evening, and, MS before, gave
satisfaction. Mr.. Fitzpatrick is a sue
cess as an Irish comedian, while MIR.
Fair, the manager, makes 80 good n spy
,rl tpfnrnnr xhaN n,a 30 aurVv;oal tn
see how pleasant a gentleman he really is
when met socially the next day.
7. E. Palmer, of the Manning News,
is not only an Interested spectator at the
fair, put is here in the interest of the
Manning Union Fair and Driving Park
association, of which he is secretary. Its
first meeting is to be held at Manning
October 2, 3, 4 and 8, and the best which
Audubon, Shelby, Carroll and Crawford
counties can produce will be there x
hibited, besides many fleet horses and
other attractions from abroad. Liberal
purses are hung up and the initial meet
ing promises to be a success.
A certain party residing in the south
ern part Of the city will find himself in
trouble some Of these days if his sense
Of shame does not lead him to reform.
Because his wife went to a saloon and
called him out, and induced him to go
home with her, he knocked her down and
kicked her severely. The neighbors are
indignant, and some threaten a coat of
tar and feathers if the brutal conduct is
repeated, while others counsel legal pro-
ceedings. What adds to the brutality of
the act is the fact that the wife is in a
delicate condition and particularly needs
the love and protection he once vowed to
her.