Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-05
MINOR MENTION.

Episcopal festival ct Dohany's Friday
evening.
The farming community Is rushing
spring work.
The city was visited by a party Of In.
dams yesterday.
The Iowa Stock Insurance company is
doing a big business.
-Workmen are laying q new crossing
n Broadway near the Ogden house.
The duck hunters come in, as q gener
oil thing, we'll loaded with game.
The Metropolitan hotel is being re.
rooted and otherwise improved.
The United States court adjourned
yesterday, and the Judge left for home.
There will be o grand musical enter.
tainment tomorrow evening at the Bazaar.
"A large number Of our citizens are
painting and Identifying their buildings.
The members Of Rescue Fire company
No. 3 held an important meeting last
night.
Lettuce and tomatoes In market. Now
bring along the spring chicken Matched in
1928.
The water works are giving o big
boom to the property located opposite
Omaha.
The freight traffic over the various
railroad lines that center here is exceeding.
ly great.
r.. T. Mauphin broke his bugle trying
to tame o velooipede. The animal would
rare and kick.
John Franks, Q farmer Of Garner town.
ship, was thrown from his horse Tuesday
and seriously hurt.
Reports from the deaf and dumb In
stitute show that institution to be In a
most excellent condition.
1t was warm yesterday, and the corpu-
lent gentleman sought the shady eide.
What will he do next July!
business in police circles is somewhat
quiet. Hardly enough being done to keep
tne boys from getting rusty.
Preparations are being made for a gen.
eral clearing up of the city as soon as the
ground thaws a little more.
One Of our old and prominent citizens
n business men will marry a wealthy
lady Of New York in few days.
WIN. White and Thos. Duffy, two
tired and hungry uomnds, were furnished
lo5ging at the city prison last night.
There Y o good deal Of surveying and
building going on at the upper end of
Glen avenue. Alderman Eicher and Mr.. |
Dohany are interested.
One would think 1t was the middle Of
the dog days, judging by the numqe OF
mad dog items this veracious local Is com.
PEELED to chronicle.
Mr.. John d. Miohalson has leased the
building formerly occupied by J.R. David.
son on middle Broadway, and will In q few
days open up q handsome lunch room.
We notice that Mr.. Cassidy & Orcutt
are hsrd at work getting ready their ex-
tensive stock Of carpets, oil cloths, etc., and
expect to be ready for business Friday
morning. AAt
Farmers are complaining Of the soar.
city Of farm hands. It seems to us that
agook thing Is nov offered those young
fellows who havelbeen looking for oppor-
tunlties to make o strike.
MIR. John T. Lawrence, one Of the old
pioneers Of Iowa, returned yesterday from
Fort Benton, NJ. T.. He will take his
family back with him some time in June.
John Brewer thought he would in
dulge In q little Of the Moss.P Points way Of
settling difficulties yesterday. but was
snatched by an officer before he got bis lab.
or In.
We learn from w. w. Buchanan ESQ,
Of the suicide of Peter Ward, at Battle
Greek. Ida county. which occurred Friday
at the City hotel in that place. No oauss
Is assigned for the act.
There has been nothing done, thu
far, by any sheriff. constable or deputy to
wards bringing the Noes Points crowd t.
ustice. What is the matter with our brav,
men. that sport stars, pistols and billies?
The horse upon which an old gentle
man named Lonsshore was riding yester
day morning became frightened at. q pass
Ing train near the Chicago q Northwestern
depot and threw him, breaking his arm,
Julia Jones, paint besmeare
pigeon" Of gAudy dress, was booked ye
terday for the larceny Of some articles
wear from one Of her frail sisters. 81
'throved up" the ''swag" and was di
charged.
On account Of the great number
reports received from different ~localiti
concerning mad dogs. II becomes necessAI
for people to be on the lookout. A NJ
Thomas, OF Crawford township, repor
one in his neighborhood.
Justice Vaughn has been called up,
to perform the marriage ceremony tn
will unite one Of our leading expressm
and an eatimable young lady Of this CT
to-day at 2 O'Clock.
Three small bootblAcks arrived IL
night. They beat their way from Bal
more to this place, riding most Of the W
on the break beams Of the cars. Th
made tbs trip In ten days. and expect
reach San Francisco In theIuext ten.
An old newspaper man. and prAotiC
printer. Of twenty-yeArs experience
leading dAilies and weeklies. desires a p'
mAnent situation. No objection TO rel
BILE weekly, Address for ten days. "Prir
or" this office.