Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-13

WI ~ udy VI Two.
McClurg's cracker factory is about
ready for q roof.
o. p. Murphy now has a fine boy at
his house, and is joyous of course.
A delivery wagon was whirled along
First avenue yesterday noon by a run
away team.
l.. G, Kline, the democratic candidate
for governor, is booked to speak in Coun-
Gil Bluffs July "a.
Burglars cracked the safe of Ainsworth
q Cos. lumber office at Avoca, a few
nights ago, and got away with sl3.
The smallpox cases have recovered,
and the quarantine is raised, so that no
further fear need be felt, for the present
at least.
Three delivery horses belonging to the
Boston Tea Company's store are down
with the epizootic, pink eye, or some
thing of the sort.
Constable Skinner, while serving pa
pers yesterday, was sharply attacked bya
savage dog, but got away minus part of
his clothing. The dog wasn't mad, but
Tom was.
Policeman Warner has so far recovered
from his illness rs to be able to be out
and about again, and in n few days ex-
poets to be able to resume his duties
again.
The well worn Story case, in which
the defendant is charged with swearing
to a false story i'll connection with the
Callison liquor cases at Oakland, came
up before Justice Schurz yesterday, and
was continued until to-day.
Sufficient money has been raised now
to enable Mrs. Evans to rebuild her
house, lately burned. Mr.. Geo. Graves
is credited with raising the money, the
generosity of other citizens willingly Civ
ing support to his enterprise.
The funeral services of Thomas Blank
stone, who has beeu employed in various
places here and on the railways, were
held yesterday. The colored Masons
took charge of the funeral, the Harmony
band furnishing the music.
j. X. Powers, who was register of the
state land Office at Des Moines for four
years, and clerk Of Cass county for six
years, is to open q new banking house in
Avoca. A new two story brick building
is to be erected for that purpose.
Howe & Son lost one of their best
c%anaries the other day, by a murderous
cat, but yesterday kind fortune sent
them one to take its place, the little
wanderer alighting on a cage hanging
over the store front, and easily being
caught. ~
A. 7. Flickiuger is now one of the
proudest members of the bar. The boy,
, though small now, may yet become the
/, junior member of Flickinger q Son. He
starts out in life bright enough to becom,
some day a worthy partner to a worthy
: father.
q The Nonpareil has evidently got fright
4 ened out of printing any more communi
q cations criticising the board of education
1t might lose the few pence it now get
from publishing the proceedings. Sucl
d is independent" journalism.
The hay market looked lively yester
h day, and the crowd of loaded wagons
= about the scales reminds one of the fact
that the city has no official scales or city
weighmaster in active operation. the
d council having frozen out Capt. Williams
n who was elected by the people.
o Raymond & Campbell, of this city
have been given the contract for buildin,
a bridge at Muscatine. Their bid wa
higher than Others, but the city though
1t would be cheaper, considering quality
n as Raymond & Campbell never do an,
half way work.
n One of the members of the schoo
k board after letting some of the bes
teachers go, and filling their places witt
inexperienced ones, urged his fellow
members to raise the wages of the in
experienced teachers. 1t might as wei
t have been done, and had the farce made
complete.
In the case of John Evans, charged
, with assaulting n German named Nagel
schneider, Justice Abbott yesterday de.
cided to bind Evans over to the district
t, court in the sum of 5000. The difficulty
seemed to have arisen about the right OF
t way ORA lane near their property in
Gardner township, andlEvans Knocked
r his man down three times, Furnishing
3 him quite severely.
The trouble in the Baptist church
seems not to be hushed altogether.
Charges are being prepared against SOM
4 OF the disaflected members, for using
! their tongues too freely, while they II
, defense claim that the charges are mad,
! to keep them rom voting on certain
questions, they being suspended from
that right, while charges are pending
: Its hard work all around. =.
The work of paving the alley between
Main and Bancroft streets is expected te
1 be begun to-day and will be pushed
a through to completion within a few
3 weeks. 1t has been n long time in get.
ting started, but it is to be hoped now
b. that it will be rushed along. Messrs
Regan Bros. n McGarrish, of De,
V MONIES, are the contractors, and Mr.
8 Regan is now on the grounds with tire,
car loads'of the stone, which is obtained
r from near Earlham, Iowa.
0 Some of the county superintendents il
the state in sending out their announce
ments for teachers institutes, are max
0 ing 'sFarnham's Manual" one of tn,
Q requisites, and yet Council Bluffs has
4 school board made up of men busy will
: mercantile affairs. who fancy they know
I so much about educational affairs tina
they can get no help or suggestions o
I value by consulting Superintendent
y Earnban and ho,ao r