Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-04

London )ciety Is the subject OF
Mr.. Armstrong; lecture tonight.
Everybody who goes to hear Mr.,
Armstrong to night will be amply
repaid.
McAuley, who appeared last evening
as "Uncle Daniel" Is certainly a
natural mirth maker.
The wellknown mercantile agency
Of X. G Damn & Co. Is about to es.
tabllsh q branch otfics here.
The M sthodlsts held q social last
evening at the residence of MIR. and
Mrs. Oi,utt, on Oakland avenue.
The Juvenile band Is preparing to
give an open air concert In the park
tonight, II the weather permits.
Oae notlce Is now posted In b ,yliss
park warning the boys not to throw
stones at birds unless they want to
pay a e5 fine.
The young nan who got a bullet in
his shoulder in q recent Main street
ARRAY Is said to have left the city until
the affair Is quieted dswn.
MI. Armstrong; lecture at Do.
hangs this evening will be a rich,
rare treat, as he Ia one of the foremost
men on the rostrum In this country.
The heavy rain has given Fox &
McAtee's cellar on Main street a
heavy flooding, the filling of the street
helping to give the water a chsnce to
run In.
MI. Powers, an old man living on
Broadway, died yesterday after an
Illness Of several months, with con.
sumption. He leaves q wife and five
children.
The improvement of Kiel's hotel
still goes or. There are very marked
changes now being made In the office,
1t being fitted up In q very attractive
and convenient manner.
The Avoca Herald, In commenting
upon the %saloonlsts of this city, an.
swers the question "Will they kick2"
by saying: "They have no right to
kick on account of the license. 1t is
certainly very low for q city the size of
the Bluffs"
Yesterday being Ascension Day, or
Holy Thursday, special services were
held at the Catholic church, in con.
neotion with the mission In progress
there. All of the services of the
mission are being very largely at
tended.
Justice Schurz decided the dog case
yesterday by discharging the defend.
ant, Henry Boye, virtually holding
that a man had a right to shoot a dog
If 1t came on his premises and chased
his chickens:
At little social gathering of young
folks the other evening, 1t is said that
some too practical jokers doped the
candy so that a number of the par.
Elephants were made quite sick, some
rather seriously 80. It was too much
of a joke altogether.
There Is nothing very new In regard
to the cigarmakers' strike. The EN-.
ployers are running their shops, and
besides attending the counter are
making a few cigars themselves, and
getting along without help.
There is to be a calico dress party at
Bloom & Ni1on's hall next Tuesday
evening for the benefit Of the choir of
the Episcopal church, the affair to be
under the management of the com.
mittee on music.
The ballot on awarding the floral
wreath to the most popular young
lady In the city, as taken at the r 30.
cues Monday party, reulted In Miss
Ida Cook securing 1t, her friends CIV
Ing her 491 votes; Miss Maggie Ridell
received Sol; Miss Lottie Ridell, 67;
Miss May Simpson, 80.
The lecture to be given this evening
at Dohany's by Mr.. Armstrong cannot
but prove q rare treat for Council
Bluffs folk, Is he Is q lecturer who has
by his eloquence and thought won q
national reputation. His lecture on
"London Society,"" which he Is to
deliver here, Is pronounced as one of
the most popular ones.
Prof. L. Schelmsnn, of Cleveland,
q musical instructor and composer OF
no mean abili'y,'is In correspondence
with MIR. j. Mueller, the we'll known
music dealer of this city, with a view
of making this place his home. This
cifu Suralu mazda o,,o - ,,o.a 1000
musical instructors.
1t Is to be hoped that the people o.
Council b uffs will realize the high
character of the entertainment offered
this evening at Dohsny's In the lecture
to be given by Mr.. Armstrong. AS
thinker and orator he is so well known
that the mere announcement of hi
coming should draw a crowded house
Mrs. R. N. Merriam, wife of tn,
Broadway grocer, died yesterday AZ
tern'on about l o'clock, at her hom,
on Sixth street. Quick consumption
was the cause of death. Mrs. Mer
rism had many friends in this cit,
who will mourn her death, and tn,
bereaved ones may rest assured o
much heartfelt sympathy In their sor,
row.
John Ahles' new lecture, which h
delivered to a small company of hi
friends the other evening, has beei
very favorably commented on, and a
1t treats of scientific philosophic ques
tions which are now interesting tn
public mind greatly, 1t is to be hopet
that arrangements can be made b,
which a larger audience can have tn
privilege of hearing II, as 1t present
many thoughts that are entirely ne'
to the average man.
L b, Clark & Co, druggists, 10,
Broadway, Council B,uffs, keen 4,