Omaha daily bee., 1883-08-04
MINOR MENTION.
See Joseph Refers fall goods.

An old man, named Bowles, war ar
rested yesterday for being drunk.
Miss Mollie Rice entertained a little
tea party at her home on Fourth street,
Thursday evening.
The democratic county convention has
been called to meet here Tuesday after
noon September IL.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
pay-car gladdened the boys yesterday,
and the Wabash is expected 10 day.
Sheriff Walker, of Onawa, has brought
here one of the numerous Smith family,
charged with larceny. Smith is safely
jailed.
Henry Knepper has sold his cigar
factory and store and left yesterday for
Brownville, Neb., on y brief visit to
friends.
The grave of ex-Sherif Patterson, of
Shelby county, has been lately marked
by q fine monument of Italian marble
and granite.
The city clerk has turned over to the
treasurer so, 900 as the receipts of the
office for the last FIVE days. That office
is as good as a mine.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
james Wickam died Thursday evening of
cholera infantum. The funeral was held
yesterday afternoon.
Peter Marco, one of the men arrested
for horse stealing in Mills county, has
been released on 5000 bail, furnished by
a brother in Harrison county.
The Harlan Tribune say, the new five
cent pieces are getting thick. One would
naturally think that, like other coins,
they would get thin by use, rather than
thick.
William Read, for being drunk, had
yesterday the distinction of being the
only one to step before the bar in the po-
lice court. He got the usual dose, and
paid cash for the prescription.
A brakeman named John Coakley, en-
ployed on the c., M. & st. Paul railroad,
was fatally injured Tuesday, at Earling,
by being caught some way in the turn
table On which was an engine.
The circuit court opens it's term one
week from Monday. The calender is
quite light thelt being only 189 cases,
and of those more than half are old
ones, and many will be settled or con
tinued.
There is some talk of having specia
excursion rates to Spirit Lake. This
would give a good chance for many of oul
citizens to visit that beautiful resort, ant
if enough are DESTROYS of going, it ii
thought an excursion could be arranged
for.
No one has yet been chosen to fill the
superintendency of the institution fol-
the deaf and dumb, but it is not improb
able that the present superintendent o
the Arkansas institution at Little Rocl
will be called. b. f. Clayton, of tn
board of trustees, has gone there to in
terview him about it.
John r. Martin has gone 10 work OF
the steam heating apparatus of thu
Bloomer school building, the board O
education having wisely concluded to ge
it in shape before the cold weather comes
on, as much trouble has been experienced
in the winter time by defects in the ar
rangements.
The other night a search warrant wa
issued for one of the gambling houses
and placed in the hands of Office
Leonard, who visited the place, but wa
kept from seizing the gambling pera
phernalia by order Of the mayor. TIL
search warrant has not been returDe
into court, and there is some curiosity t
see what kind of q return the officer wi
make. Bring it in.
A Danish family named Nelson, Twin
at Harlan, seems to have more than the
ahare Of trouble. The husband an
father was killed about five years age
and since then n son was drowned, tn
Oldest daughter has been taken to til
insane asylum, and last week Mrs. Ne
son fell from a wagon and broke OF
shoulder and one thigh, and now it
thought another son will need to b
taken to the asylum for the feeb
minded.
William Eakman, the young man q
rested at Atlantic for breaking into
Chicago g. Book Island freight car, WI
before Justice Schurz yesterday on exan
ination. The fact of the car, in viii,
Eakman wal found, being sealed whs
it started from here, was testified to, b,
Eakman swore in defense that the C,
wv otooo P"iuy oPohJ Nv ho SioWAs
in simply to steal a ride. The court d
cided to hold him to the district cour
the bonds beingS300. Unable to furnis
the amount, he was jailed again.
An anonymous writer in one of Il
evening papers calls attention to Il
fact that The BEE was the only pap
here which aired up to the back pay grs
of the city council, and that it WI
several days before the other pape
noticed it. He raises the question wi
it is that Council Bluffs citizens have
take The BEE in order to keep posted
to the doings Of the councill III
answer is a simple one. THE BEE is Il
only paper that has enterprise enough
get the news, and pluck enough to puI
fish it. 1t has no petty political AK
grind, and it does not suppress news fl
the sake of keeping peace with wal
politicians.
The long drawn and constantly contir
ued case of Paul Brackert, charged wit
assault, came up again before Justice AL
bolt yesterday. Mr., Sears appeared fc
the prosecution and Mr.. Hart for til
defense. The latter attorney raise
a question of the jurisdiction of the coul
and attacked the information as defe,
tive, and quite a long legal TRADE follow
ed. The court decided that it had iurii
diction but that the information wa
faulty, and gave the prosecution until
o'clock this avanino M anand IL aaan,