Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-03
MINOR MENTION.

-oee JoeePn ISeitet spring Stylus.
Additional local on seventh page.
Sneak ieves are complained Of by
several Of our citizens.
There were eight wagon loads Of fine
apples on the streets yesterd, y.
"A riderless horse dashed furlously
down Broadway yesterday afternoon.
The sun tackled our muddy streets for
about ten minutes Monday morning,
"A little girl was fosnd on Broadway
late last night searching for her drunken
father.
-Tesmsters and draymen are complain
ing Of the bad condition Of some Of the
streets.
1t is reported that Council Bluffs has
. wife heater in the northern part Of the
city.
There were four 'mourners" before
the police judge Monday morning.
Operations have been commenced to-
wards the removal of the Bechtele house,
prior to commencing the foundations for
the new one.
-Pottawattamie county has o man
named Whitney, who can eat at one meal
10 hard boiled eggs, and who has repeated.
ly accomplished the feat.
Two small bootblacks engaged in Q few
rounds Of pugilistic exercise this morning
on Pearl street.
Mr.. Barnes, living In the southern part
Of the city, fell from his barn loft Monday
morning, and dislocated his ankle.
Two representatives from the celestial
land Of the "slant.eye" arrived yesterday.
They are ''wAshee" men.
A business and building boom Is open.
ing up. and merchants seem happy in an.
tloipAtlon Of the good times.
Only twenty prararie sohooners, each
with the label Nebraska, paused through
this city Monday morning. tls4t
w. L. Delhanter incased Q large
amount Of bad whisky within bis ''capa-
cous NAV" and fined for the fun 90. 60. Al
-Messrs. Cassidy & Orcutt will be
ready for business in their new store on
Broadway by the middle Of the week.
Thomas Sweeney by an excessive use
Of stimulants, lost the ue of his legp.
Tom was mulcted In The the sum of 80 60.
The innumerahls mudhoIes that adorn
our streets and ~thoroughfares should be q
sufficient hint to the street commissioner.
J. Lucas, Of Omaha, became intoxica.
ted Saturday was arrested, gave bonds for
his appearance Monday morning and dis.
ppeared.
"A wagon Loaded with corn, and be.
longing to a farmer by the name of Was.
SOD, broke down on Pearl street yesterday
morning.
Several duck shooting teams left last
night for the lakes and duck ponds be-
tween this city and Missouri Valley
Junction.
Nine tramps left last night over the
Kansas CITY, st. Joe & Council Bluffs
railway, for Kansas City snd intermediate
points. They went by the "tis" line.
The roughs and hoodlums who inter.
fere with the duties Of officers who are at
tempting to arrest offenders and enfore
the law. should be handled without gloves.
Several citizens enjoyed . Eight be.
tween . poor "nangey cur and about ten
Grows, Monday morning, on the park
grounds. The cur killed two Of his an
~tagonists.
Mr.. w. H. Almy has opened at No.
2l2 Broadway . store for new and second
hand household goods. The highest price
viii be paid by him for all articles in that
line.
w. M. Myers, head waiter at tho
Ogden, has resigned to accept . similar
position In Denver. David johnson, stew.
ard has also resigned and will be suooeeded
by J.. w. German.
The auction sale Of second hand furni.
ture on Pearl street yesterday called forth
large number Of bidders and the musical
tones OF the clever auctioneer Il still ring.
ing In our ears.
1t would be . good idea for the board
OF health to inspect some Of the alleys OF
this city. Their condition Is simply bor.
rible and unless attended to will do doubt
breed considerable sickness.
-Tommie Gersharder thought he would
run the city Saturday, but was promptly
at down on for disturbing the peace,
and fined a. In such cases provided by
law.
Several complaints have been made
against parties who permit their cows I,
run at large contrary 10 the city ordinance
The ordinance will be rigidly enforced
We have other ordinances more e~ssentia
that are dead letters.
'-Thos. O'Lesry was drunk and whe,
Officer Tyson attempted to arres. him tor
that gentlemsn's si5 coat, so that the ri
man can find q customer by applying q
police headquarters.
Two hunters, johnson and Palmer
passed through the city enroute for tbei
home In Brooklyn, Iowa. They had bee
hunting near Camp Robinson, Neb., an
succeeded In killing during the two month
out, $50 deer, 30 jack rabbits, 80 ducks, l
beaver, 8 otto and 20 muskrats.
"A party came into our Office yesterda
afternoon at about 2;9o, to say that W
had not given a correct account of th
Points. Mass fight near Honey Greek. an
that . correct account would be handed |
Tor publication. We informed the gentl,
man that we would be pleased to publis