Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-14
MINOR MDNTIONS.

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about $500 worth Of hcg, by the cold
weather.
There are twenty.eisht prisoners IN
jail, o larger number than at any time for
nearly q year.
jacob Ureigbr and Myra Mcfarland
conyersed with Squire Ab5ott yesterday,
and Mis- Myra is Nc. nc more.
The city council Is TO meet on Friday
evening again. The aldermen som to
shrink from graphing with ia, license
question.
The citizens interested 10 the proposed,
establishment of n hospital are TO meet
again next Friday evening to take fnal
steps In the matter.
Constable Elgerson, of Omaha, visited
Council Bluffs on Monday and ''got left"
and about 0 p, m. was SEARCHING the city
for q bed stead strong enough tn rest his
weary bones.
"A prisoner named A. V. Doan was
brought yesterday from Miodsn to remain
in Jail here for the action of the grand
jury on o charge Of grand larceny, he be
ing unable TO furnish the $iCO bal. re.
quired.
The case Of Officer Morse, charged
with the larceny of q watch belonging to
young Burns, was called before Justice
Schurz yesterday, and as no prosecuting
witness appeared, the case was dismissed.
Improvements at the Ogden are taking
place. The billiard room and saloon are
undergoing fresoo and general refttipg;
Mosaic marble is superceding plank ia the
dining hall entrance and eventually Is to
be laid down throughout the office.
"A search warrant placed in the hands
Of Constable Fox resulted in the finding
ard recovery Of q number Of chairs, claimed
to have been stolen by a man named Hin,
who is said to have sold them with othsr
property amounting in all to about $50,
for 80. the goods belonging TO Mrs. Grever.
st. Patrick's society is arranging for
an annual bali OF the evening of March
17tb, and this will probably be the only
special Observance here Of tic day of tn,
patron saint, no preparations beiu, ye,
thought of for any parade or other publ,
doings.
There was a quiet wedding Monday
morning. by which Richard Straub ant
Anna johnson were made ono in law
Juatico Schurz officiating. This probably
puts an end to the prosecution commenced
against them lately ly her former hus.
bend.
The case Of the State vs.. j. s. vii
liams was transferred from Justice
Vaughan TO Justice Brown. Continuance
was granted till Friday Of 10 o'clock,
Bonds in the sum Of $500 were given by
the defendant.
C. G. Kempton, the man arrested for
burglarizing Tepney's jewelry store, was
brought before Judge Aylesworth yester-
dsY, and his examination continued for
one week. The satchel of jswelry found
planted is now In the hands of the author.
tiles awaiting further investigation.
j. Gilinsky came over from Omahs,
with set teeth and q wild eye in se.rch OF
the property carried off by Mrs. Merck,
thesame having been duly morteaged to
him, the said Gilinsky. He identified the
articles now in possession of Constable
Fox. The property will remain in mir.
Fox's hands until tomorrow, awaiting the
appearance of the defendant. If she does
not appear the goods will be delivered
to Sky.
One OF the horses of Harte's milh
wagon team received some severe Injuries
by slipping and falling at q point where
the street railway leaves Broadway for the
fair grounds. There is q place there which
ssiid to be quite dangerous on account oil
it, icy condition, and steep incline, and
teamsters grumble greatly about 1t.
-Yesterday there was q pretty fair row
raised on the train at Henderson by two
young men who were drunk. Charley
Durlin and Wm. Hawker got after them,
and the latter gave one Of the young bloodi
absd case Of the nose bleed, after which
they quieted down. They got off thu
train here and were immediately seized by
Sheriff RAJ burn and taken before SPUR,
Bryant. The young man from Hillsdal,
was fined SIG. Macedonia Tribune.
George Mcpherson, who lives JUS
outside the city, has become so violently
insane thatzhe had to be Ia ken into Gus
tody. Armed with an old sword, tn
edge Ct which he had freshly ground, an
holding in the other hand a pocket tests
meut, he declared himself q high priest
WHOSE special duty 1t was to slaughter an
sacrifice. The family and neighbors Ae
from him, and he was monarch of all h
surveyed until Wall McFadden and al
other man captured HIM, and holding hir
by force, brought him to this city. II
was examined yesterday by the commi
sion, and sent to Mt. Pleasant yesterda
afternoon In charge Of McFadden.
1T seems that il does little good Il
the council to pass orders and ordinanc,
for the guidance and observance of raj
ways. That body lately decreed that Il
railways should keep Aagmen at the eros
ings at Broadway and Main streets. The
the council decreed that no street shou'
be INSTRUCTED by cars standing on the trac'
Other orders have been issued. but Il
railroads seem in no. burry!thsccmply. TT
Ievee business is still neglected, and Il
aldermen are now beginning TO get q lit