Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-23
MINOR MENTION.
See Joseph Reiter's spring styles.

Soc Joseph Refers spring styles.
Additional local on seventh page.
The Herdics were out yesterday
Running to the races
No suicides yesterday. The ooroner
had an easy time of 1t.
Ford's comic opera company IL to
give two entertainments hero this
week.
A mule team tried to get up q runa.
way sensation yesterday near the o.
den, but failed.
The jury, In the case of Colmour
Smith, found him guilty of assault
with intent to do great bodily Injury.
The strawberry festival and quad
rifle party, given by the Catholic ladies
last evening, proved q sucoess and was
highly enjoyable.
The ladies Of the Central Methodist
church gave q strawberry festival last
evening at the residence OF Rev. b. f.
Bresee.
Arrangement have been concluded
by which Zen Hogan, the reformed
pugilist, will conduct q series of meet.
iugs 10 this city.
Six million pounds OF cured meat
have been shipped from Stewart Bros
packing house this season. The bust
ness Is now closed until next fall.
Dr.. Patterns family horse got fright
ened at something on Bancroft stree
yesterday, and made q wild dash, sue
oeedlng in smashing tho buggy badly
DR.. Poulson desires the person VIII,
borrowed his photograph Of "Krao,
to return the same at once, % he hs
frequent calls from those desiring t
see 1t.
The suit brought against Wickhar
by the man injured by q fall at tn
Bradley building has been com
promised, the man receiving 500 Il
full OF damages.
Yesterday Mr.. j. Mueller receive,
the news by cable Of the death of hi
dear old mother 10 Germany. Out O
respect to her memory his store wa
closed all day.
The Juvenile band wal sent over I
Omaha yesterday morning to ca,
attention by their music there, to tn
fact that Council Bluffs has this wee,
the finest races In the west.
Yesterday evening q farmer fror
Honey Greek sowed his salt before h
intended to. A barrel of 1t fell fror
his wagon on Main street, and wa
thoroughly scattered.
Hardness Brothers are always alive
seeking for attractions. Yesterds
they displayed In their store windo,
. handsome Autograph of the ne,
Brooklyn suspension bridge to b
opened to the public tomorrow.
M B. Brown, manager Of the West
ern Union telegraph company, In thI
city, thinks the telegraph business
mere pastime compared to managln
the eight pounds of masculinity thu
arrived at his house.
Capt. j. w. Morse, John Duff, N
McFadden, O. f. Opitz, Jack Whit,
L. Darrell and Ed B,tea have bee
appointed special policemen durir
the races by Mayor Bowman, who
always on the lookout for the interes
of the city.
Pat RAtigan, who was tried on Il
charge OF murder, and convicted
assault with intent to commit gre
bodily Injury, wal sentenced yesterd.
by Judge Reed to serve $50 DAYS
jail or pay a fine of $500. Mr.. RAJ
gan oongratulates himself on petti,
of so easily, Al he Ia abundantly al
- pay the fine.
Yesterday DR.. Mcknight, of EsI
Ing, came to the Bluffs accompani
by IL. W. Meeker, of the same plac
to consult with DR.. Bellipger In refe
ence to an injury of the knee receiv
by MIR. Meeker some fourteen yea
ago. The two Nj Dis. performed
operation, and MI. Meeker went no,
with two straight legs, which was O
better than when he come.
A joke was perpetrsted on a pa,
from this city who went to the laI
south OF here, on a fishing ~excursic
While they were ~iniently WATCH
their bobbing corks, some one char
cd the front wheels to the hind az
and vice versa. The change was |
discovered until yesterday, when 30
n asked the owner Of the buggy
he didn't have the horse hitched