Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-27
MINOR MENTION,
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ing business. Thirty>one arrivals in one
day is not bad.
There was not a prisoner in the Gala.
boose yesterday morning to bripg before
the police court.
The E~piscopalians are to hold a social
Thursday evening at the residence of Mrs.
j. w. Chapman.
The girls of st. Francis academy are to
give their annual exhibition Thursday
morning at 9 o'clock.
The friende of Max Mehn are pushing
his name forward as a good one to go
along with that of sheriff.
The Pottawattamie delegates have gone
to Des Moines enthusiastic for Judge
Reed, and very hopeful as to the chances
of success.
The Methodist church at Macedonia
was injured by recent storms, being par
TALLY moved off its foundation. 1t will
cost $500 to put it in shape again.
Thomas Green 81 Sons yesterday got
out a search warrant for some blinds
washed away by the flood, and supposed
to have been picked up and appropriated
by another party.
The district court reconvenes next
Friday for the hearing of several cases
continued until that time. There will
be no jury trials, however, the jurymen
having been excused.
Rev. Bishop Dubs preached in German
last evening at the Evangical church in
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the discourse listened to with evident
attention and eagernesa-
Council Bluffs is to have an elegant
Masonic temple, to be built this summer
at the junction of Broadway and Ban
croft streets. 1t is to be a three story
brick, one hundred feet square.
IL the newspaper men of the city don't
flash bright paragraphs it wont be Sea-
mans fault. He yesterday ''set 'em up
for the boys in the shape of his No. 2
pencils, which are in fact A No. 1.
Max Mohn and his Creston house
seems to'be growing in prosperity, as in
dicated by the increase in business, which
warrants him in going ahead with his
proposed new building on adjoining prop.
erty, thus giving him more room.
The Driving Park association throws
the gate open this week so that all who
desire may drive on the mile track, &c
that the track may be worked down t.
the best condition possible for mex
weeks races.
A. Schroeder, the saloonist, was dis
charged yesterday, the evidence being
rather against the story told by Officer
Warner that the place was open afte
hours. Several witnesses testified tina
it vas closed on time.
The Harmony band is to go to Mace
donia on the Fourth, not to Malvern, a
enormously stated in The BEE and large
ly copied by the other papers of the city
1t is to be hoped they will now copy tn
correction.
The case of the Keitxenstein boys TO
malicious mischief in breaking job
Kramer's windows, has been continue
until to-day. Kramer, in turn, has bee
arrested for threatening the boys with
revolver, and he is to be heard Saturda,
The very pertinent and practical quer
is raised as to what becomes of all Il
whisky taken away from the drunl
brought in by the police. The bottl,
when confiscated sometimes are full, b'
they don't stay SO. Does it evaporate
Mulqueen's new frame building {
Main street is fast approaching compl
ton, and makes quite Al improvement
1t is a double store with tenement roon
above, the building being 40 by 60 fee
The exterior is being painted and it W
soon be ready for occupancy.
McClunk's new cracker factory W
probably be started in active operati,
by the first of August. The work on Il
building. is being pushed right alon
and as soon as the roof is on the mach
cry, which is already here, will be INN
diately put in place,
Among the marked improvements
Main street is the brick building, t,
stories and two stores, being erected
J.. Peters and William Plummer. Il
contractor is John Hammer, and he
crowding the work to completion as fl
rs possible consistent with t%horoughne'
Wet weather has prevented any acti
step being taken in the building up
the old agricultural works as a found
and machine shop. Mr.. Hendine {
poets if rain holds off, and brick can
had, that by next week work on the NJ
enterprise will begin in earnest.
The case of the state vs. Paulus Bleck'
for assault, was the subject of a stro
and very loud discussion in just
Schurz's court yesterday between Att
neys Sears and Lindt. One reason
signed for the talk being so loud is Il
the defendant is deaf and dumb and I
attorneys were trying to make him he
Lindt came out ahead and got the q
continued until the 9th.
The sidewalk along the east side
Main street has been narrowed fr
twelve feet to ten feet, in accordance W
the late action of the council, in order
give greater breadth to the street. So
of the property owners on the west 5
object to narrowing, however, and S
maintain the full twelve feet. This N
cause trouble.
The communicationof our worthyciti
Col. Cochran, urging the property o'
ers along the creek to. fill the adjoin
streets at their own expense, was prin
in the democratic paper by order of
council, and hence was paid matter.
are not informed whether the favora
comments of the editor were to be ?
for or not, but probably not, as it wo
be difficult to prove amy 'yalue receive
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