Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-05
MINOR MENTIONS.
See Joseph Reitei's spring styles.


See Joseph Refers spring styles.
CHEAP RAILROAD TICKETS. Buy them
rom d. w. Bushnell, 5 doors north Of
postofEce. mtf
-~"Squstter Sovereignty, another of the
itinerant variety c%ircuses, plays Tomorrow
night.
The Third ward will be very close, but
indications point to the election Of Chas.
Spies.
Tonight Star chapter Il. A. NJ. meets
ut its hall. All good Royal Arch Masons
invited to attend.
The two counoils meet tonight, the
old council to transact business, the new
to see the votes counted.
The water works company have
started fifty team, and men on their works
and are perfecting the river connections.
City Clerk Upton says that all those
who want saloon licenses can and should
call on him to-day or any succeeding day
to obtain blank applications and bonds.
Mr.. Beebe, the republican nominee
for alderman.at.large, has probably se-
cnred his election by the excellent plat.
form which he has constructed for himself.
e. r. Fonda will poll q large vote
and his friends are very confident Of his
election. They say he has been q good
councilman, and one good term deserves
another.
-Roderick, the rascal whom the police
have had so much trouble over, was cap.
tured Saturday and ~arraigned for stealing
q lap rosb. The evidence wasn't enough,
and Roderick is back again In his native
haunts.
Mrs. Cook, an old lady Of this city.
was severely Injured last week by q fall
occasioned by the wretched excuse for q
sidewalk on South Main street. A suit
for heavy damages is likely to be brought
for such falls some day.
In the case of Richart VS.. the c., M.
& st. P. railroad the jury rendered q YER.
dict for $500 damages entailed on him by
obtaining certain lots at Nicola as right
OF way. The circuit court has finished
Its docket here and now goes to Jeffer.
son.
There is but little doubt of the cleo.
ton Of Lawrence Kinnehan In the fourth
ward: The democratic party is badly split
between Vaughan and James. and the re.
publicans say that Kinnehan suits them.
and hence are not making any effort in
that ward.
In the police court Thomas Goulden
was fined $40 and costs for ~assaulting and
beating Martin Welsh. As nearly as we
can find out Goulden ia a hard case and
his assault on WEIGH, who is o poor, hard
working man and wanting Of one eye,
was an example Of the most drunken
brutality.
Another Of the Bluffs bachelors has
gone to get his bride. This time it is Mr..
NJ. j. Michaels, Of Michaels & Daniels,
jewellers, Broadway. He left Saturday
for Louisville, KY, where he is to wed
Miss Coffman, one Of the bellies Of Ken.
lucky. He will return here after q honey.
moon tour In the east.
The republicans OF the Fourth ward
have nominated Mr.. John Gilbert as can.
didate for alderman In that ward, vice Il.
L. Shugart, resigned. Mr.. Gilbert is an
old resident Of Council Bluffs and Is pro.
prietor Of the foundry on lower Main
trest. II elected he will endeavor to serve
the best interests Of the city.
Voters should bear in mind that they
vote to-day on this proposition. "Shal
the council Of the city Of Council Bluff
be authorized to issue new bonds. bearing
not to exceed 6 per cent interest, payable
ssmi.annually, maturing in twenty year
and optional after Eve years in lieu oil
bonds maturing during 1883. and in lieu Of
all other bonds bearing q higher rate Of In,
terest than 6 per cent on which the option
OF redemption has expired and will expire
during the yeer 1885,"
Fifty dollars to start it. Only fifty
dollars! There, my friend. there's o
wat Oh. What do you think Of that?" SAID
the mock auction man az he ehovod out O
yellow glitteripg t~ime.piece. "Why II IL
filled case and a No. z movement, whole
outfit worth thirty dollars ct o high
profit, but such truck is not handled by
reputable Dealers" This was the answer,
and the man deserves credit for having
the courage to tell the truth. The man
who is o man viii look the devil in the
eye and tell him he ia the devil.
"A prominent democrat. who was pres,
emit the other evening at the w~orkingmen'i
convention, remarked to the local edito,
that he was very sorry to soc the demo.
cratic sheet In this town make suct
plainly false statements as it did in regarc
to the speech Of Mr.. Pierce on that coca
sion. He heard every word spoken, ant
Mr. Pierce never said he was "unpre
pared" nor did he make an onslaught OF
the city institutions and government, He
personally. did not agree with all Mr.
Pierce did say, but no did not like to sea
mans speech falsifed in such a vile man
ner.
Tc the Railroad Boys.
Ii you want a watch that will stant
by Won 90 In Kirkland's and hpy IN,