Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-27
MINOR MENTION.

Additional local on seventh page.
Ben Marks was yesterday having
his sheep sheared.
The PresbytertAns had an enjoyable
social last evening.
The Boys bsnd will give q dance at
st. Frances academy this evening.
The daughters of Rebeksh gave an
enjoyable baR last evening at Bloom
q Nixon's hall.
E T. Pkilbrook having purchased
some fine lots on First avenue, pro.
poses to build thereon three large
French fats.
The Episcopal social will be enter.
tsiaed this evening by Mrs. Barnes,
Mrs. o. NJ. Brown, Mrs. Swan and
Mrs. Harris, at the residence OF Mrs.
Stubs.
At the coming Monday dance of the
Rescue hose company, q handsome
floral wreath is to be voted to the
most popular young lady Of the city.
Captain Williams, who though clerk
In the postofi % Is still superintendent
Of markets, commenced the inspection
and sealing Of scales In the city yes.
terday.
Paddy White was yesterday com.
planning at the police headquarters
that he was greatly bothered by his
wife from whom he had q divorce, but
who still persisted In bothering him.
He wanted protection.
The democracy Of this county has
called It's convention for tie I'd Of
June. Pottawattamie Is entitled to
twenty delegates In the state owen
tion which meets In Des MoInes, June
9Th.
TIE docket for the next term Of the
district court, which opens on the
14th Of May, IL being made ready,
and by law must be finished on the
Sd. There are already about thirty
cases for the grand jury, and 113 civil
cases, and moro to follow.
The mock trial which was to have
taken place at the rooms Of the Y. M.
@. A. last Friday night wa postponed
On sc,ount Of the illness Of some Of
the jury, and will be held this even
ing instead. Judge Booth will pre-
side. All are invited to attend.
Mr.. Hsttenhauer, the carriage man.
ufacturer, now purposes to erect q
large factory on Bancroft street, Just
south Of Broadway, which will be an.
other important improvement to be
added to this years record of the
oity's growth and activity.
Rice's surprise party was q genuine
surprise for Council Bluffs, they pre-
ferring to CANCEL the engagement here
and take In Omaha, they being dc.
layed In reaching this part OF the
country 30 that they could not appear
at both places.
Judge Aylesworth yesterday fixed
upon % and costs a. tho fine Of N. j.
Bond for o~bstruoting Broadway by his
Office and scales. An appeal will be
taken, and as there are several nice
questions, the decision OF the upper
court upon these will DO ef interest
and Importance to all.
Now hat Judge Bonds scales and
office are called an obstruction, he
has called the attention of the Judge
off the bench to the steps outaide The
Nonpareil building as being equally
an obstruction, being In the street;
and, although under permit of the
council. yet the court has held that
the council can legally give no such
permit.
The special revival meetings now In
progress at the Baptist church are be-
Ing more and more largely attended,
and much interest Is manifested. Mr..
Martin, Of Cincinnati, the evangelist,
under whose management the meet.
ings are being held, seems to be we'll
adapted for the work, and the success
which has attended his labor else.
where, will doubtless follow here.
Everybody i, invited to attend these
meetings.
Excavations have been commenced
for the erection Of Q 100 foot extern.
sion to the southwest wing of the
Union Pacific depot In this city, to bt
occupied by the express companies.
This does not look much as'if The busi
ness o done there was to be trans
fered to Broadway, v II the com
pany could induce the city to give NJ
Union avenue for q dummy track.
With the reorganization OF the DO
lice fosoe nhould come new uniforms
In fact as we'll as In name. As it Il
now some are In cltizens' clothes, som
In blousea with brass buttons, som,
wear hats, soma wear caps. In fac
there L. no uniformity, and no PARTON
lar attention paid to personal appear
ance beyond such ~ individual tast,
may dictate, and that in some cases |
sadly deficient. ...,....
The Nonpareil thinks that by civ
ing up Union Q to the Union Pa
oihc, the present street car line ooult
be done away with or made to reduc
Its fare, and furnish more aooommo.
dations. II Colonel Chapman want
to curb the present street car company
and furnish the public with better &C
oommodations, why don't he bull
that street car line for which he got
charter from the council some tim
agoi
A young man named Chris Larson
who Ia employed on o. L Barrett
farm, q short distance from the city
met with a serious accident In slidin
down from o haystack, he falling upo
pltchfork, the tines Of iwhiob.stuck 1
his leg and tore open a large place |