Omaha daily bee., 1883-10-08
MINOR MENTION.
zee Joseph Refers fall goods.

Additional local on seventh page.
The Circuit Court meets tonight.
Cheap Railroad Tickets at Bushnell's
Colonel Sarp speaks at Avoca thi
evening.
Congressman Pussy spoke at Red Oal
Saturday evening.
Lieutenant Governor Manning spoke
at Shelby Saturday evening.
To morrow is election day, and after
that the buttonholers can rest.
There was no preaching service at the
Presbyterian church yesterday.
Five more foreigners were made Ameri
can citizens by Judge Aylesworth Satur
day.
The new street lamp for Bechtele'i
hotel has been put in place, and is 0
beauty.
Tom Meredith is now considered
Avoca's greatest b~enefactor. He has
fixed up a skating rink.
p. G. Miller is decorating the interior
of =. c. De Volts residence in a very at
t~ractive and artistic manner
A fellow named Gadner was arrested
yesterday and placed in Jail on the
charge of insulting a woman.
Robert Percival dropped ten dollars
into the wallet of the Home for the
Friendless yesterday. Well placed.
The colored voters had a gathering
Saturday night, at which addresses were
given by A. III. Willis and Mr.. Finley.
DR.. Pangle's advertisement, as it APP
pears in another column, is one which
should be perused by every BEE reader.
Saturday evening Justice Schurz
joined in wedlock Mr.. George A. We'd
ner and Emma l.. Olson, both of this
city.
Prof. Fairfield, of Tabor college, was
temporarily disabled the other day by
falling down the cellar stairway at the
college.
The attempt to close up the meat
markets on Sunday proved much more
successful yesterday than the attempt to
close saloons.
John McSorley, who was pitcher in the
Council Bluffs club last season, and who
has been with the Peoria Climb this year,
is in the city.
Lieutenant-G evernor Manning is an
neunced to SPEAK in Bloom d Nixon's
hall this evening at 7:30 o'clock. Every
body should hear him.
Marshall Key has bought the brick
building on Broadway, lately occupied
by Brewster's wholesale grocery, the con-
sideration being $4,000.
Mr.. J.. W. Rodefer and family left Sat-
urday evening for Keokuk to take thith-
er for interment the remains Of Mrs.
Rodefer's father, G. b. Cannon.
Council Bluffs lodge No. 40. X. of p.
is to meet this evening at 1880 o'clock on
important business, and every Knight is
requested to be on hand promptly.
There was an interesting service at st.
Paul's Episcopal church last evening, it
being by the young folks and for the
young folks of the Sunday school.
A horse stolen from the streets during
fair week at Avoca, and belonging to
VIM. Conley, has been found in Monroe
county, but the thief is still at large.
The board of education has declared
the contract of Mrs. Ida Cook, as teacher,
forfeited, on account of her leaving her
school withwout permission of the board.
The examination of Arnold Jessie,
charged with being in conspiracy to de-
fraud John Nicholson and his wife, is to
take place before Judge A~yelsworth to-
day.
The Tourists left last evening for Des
Moines, where they appear Monday and
Tuesday evening, and then at Monmouth,
Jacksonville, Springfield, and then OH to
Terre Haute.
Mr.. Duryee, the manager of the Og-
den, has put in the billiard parlor three
new tables, and also a large mirror in
the wash room. Other improvements
are to follow.
Willis Halleck, who was shot while
capturing the Polk City murderers, is re-
ported as being in q serious condition
again, the wound not healing and there
being more inflammation than ever.
If this dispute about the first brick
house in Council Bluffs isn't stopped soon
there will be an old settlers war. Now
comes another who claims that a little
brick place on Main street, now occupied
by VIM. Rapp, is the Oldest.
Charles Sales who was complained of
by John Martin, another expressman, for
running a wagon without a license, wa
on Saturday fined S15 and costs, and will
have to get out his license besides,
which will bring his bill up pretty well.
The Massilon Thrashing Machine com
pany is now announced as going to build
at once their new structure, to be located
on Pearl street, just south of the court
house, and TO be a two-story brick build
ing. 68x113 feet. j. A. Murphy has the
contract.
Major Anderson, who has been a sort
of lost political Charlie Ross since he got
the nomination for Congress last fall, has
been heard from. 1t was at Randolph
the other evening, and The Tabor Union
says: "He put in come good hits for the
third plank of the Republican platform. D
All sorts of jokes are perpetrated al
the expense of the mud on Broadway
The other day a mock stiff was found
laying in the mud with it's toes turned
up. Then came a sign "Lost-the cross
ing, $40 reward" Last. comes a sign
stolen from the park, keep off thu