Omaha daily bee., 1883-12-10
MINOR MENTION,
See Joseph Refers fall goods.

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Cheap Railroad Tickets at Bushnelps
Cassidy & circuit will sell you carpets
cheap.
The trustees of the public library meet
this evening.
The council meets next Wednesday
evening again.
Yesterday was a remarkably quiet day
in police matters.
The mesmeric entertainment closed on
Saturday exening.
The Spiritual society had a pleasant So
cial and dance Saturday evening.
Several important matters are to be
brought up at the board of trade meeting
Tuesday evening.
Brown, the carpenter who fell from
the top of the Masonic temple into the
basement, bids fair to recover.
Officer Leonard yesterday arrested a
mar giving his name as Williams, for
beating the Lower house out of a board
bill.
Council Bluffs lodge No. 40, l. o. o.
F., has passed resolutions of respect and
and sympathy OIL the death Of Leonard
Leutzinger.
The crowd at Lockwell's opening Sat-
urday evening was one of the largest ever
gaan horo ~, o,,nh IN nono,,n, Ia ,Hon
literally a jam.
John Donahay has been complained of
for disturbing the peace, by using vile
and boisterous language to Mr.. WEIGH,
on Fifth avenue.
The fire alarm box in front of Deere,
Wells & Co.'s warehouse was found am
pered with the other night, or it at least
was suspiciously out of fix.
j. M. Matthews, of this city, has been
appointed deputy grand master of the
Odd Fellows for this district, including
Pottawattamie and Mills county.
The officers now, when they arrest a
man, unless he is to drunk too move, take
him to the county Jail, for fear that he
might fall asleep in the calabose and roll
out.
George Ferguson, of the Pacific house,
is showing up some pretty good corn
from his farm at Persia, considering that
the weather has made 1t hard to coax it
along.
The Round table meets tomorrow
evening at DR.. Montgomery's residence,
the programme to be the same as that
arranged for last week, that meeting hay
ing been broken into by the storm.
The grand jury has found an indict-
ment against young Lloyd, the mere
boy who was arrested for trying to get
a check cashed at the Citizens bank, |
with the forged name of j. II. Davidson.
1t is said that the Union Pacific will
not accept the proposition to run a track
up Twelfth avenue, because of the clause
providing that the rates shall be the
same as on freight delivered at the trans
fer.
The Hardness brothers have received
the sad news of the death of their grand
mother, Mrs. Sarah Fisk, of New York
state. She was 81 years of age, and has
been quite vigorous until just before her
death.
William Gibson, who a short time ago,
gave bonds not to get drunk and abuse
his wife, broke out again and on being
brought into court Saturday was senten-
ced to ten days in Jail, to get the whisky
out OF him.
Religious services are still kept up in
the Jail every Sunday afternoon. If the
board of education had the power it
would probably stop this, on the ground
that the jail was not built for any such
purpose.
Richard Baker, better known as "Tex-
as" and his brother, together with a wo-
man, also of swarthy color, were arrested
Saturday night for being inmates of a
house of prostitution, and the trio wore
lodged in the county Jail.
The machinery started up at the water
works at the river moves as smoothly as
could oe asked for. The pipe laying will
all be done and the supply of water sent
throughout the city by the latter part of
this month, and probably sooner.
Sneaks have stripped the clothes.line
of w. M. Graham, who lives near the
Rock Island depot. The mayor had
better issue another proclamation warn.
crooks N thieves to leave the city. They
evidently did not see the other one.
The Partridge family in the eastern
part OF the city seems to be in troubl,
again. Two of the little boys have beer
invited to appear again before Judg,
Aylesworth, on complaint of a neiphbo
who says his children are being continu
ally abused by the Partridges.
There was a large audience at the Ban
fist church last evening, to hear Rev
j.. G. Lsmns' discourse on '"The Alb
surdities of Science" The discourse WA
an interesting one and an interestin
synopsis of the leading thoughts vii
appear III to-morrow's BEE.
Attention is called to the special motto
OF MI. w. Duncan, found in another co
umn. He is a thorough gun-maker, an
Is Just the n to make any repair
needed in that line. His headquartel
are at the Domestic sewing machine eI