Omaha daily bee., 1884-01-07
MINOR MENTION.

Inc Doard OF supervisory meet Uo-uay'
The board of trade is to hold its annual
meeting this evening.
The stockholders of the driving park
meet tomorrow to elect officers.
The funeral of Allen Forbes was held
yesterday, the colored Masons attending
in a body.
The Knights of Pythias are to have
their grand masquerade at Bloom d.
Nixon's hall next Wednesday evening.
No arrests yesterday by the police.
Plain harmless dodgers are numerous
though, averaging at the station about
four a night.
DIR. Macrae has received the sad new
of the death of his mother, which occur
red at her home near Edinburg, Scot
land. She was go years of age.
The terrible cold has led Capt. O. M.
Brown to discover that when the sneaks
recently visited his house they took his
fur cap, in addition to the articles al
ready missed.
The last of the prisoners sentenced to
Fort Madison have been taken over the
road, and the jailer feels somewhat re-
lieved, as there are less chances for at
tempted jail breaks.
j. M. Matthews, who this week steps
into the position of county auperintend-
emit of schools. has taken rooms for him
self and family over Mullis' store, on
Broadway, and will have his Office there.
Rev. MI. Mackay gave to his congre-
CATION at st. Paul's church yesterday
morning some fresh thoughts about the
New Year, dealing with facts plainly, and
giving frank expressions of his convic-
tions, as he always does.
The week of prayer will be observed
by a series of MONDAY prayer meetings,
led by the different pastors and held at
the Y. M. @. A. rooms, No. IL, North
Main street, each day from 11:45 to
1916.
Since the new combination the Chi.
cago, Milwaukee 81 st. Paul will run its
trains a little differently. 1t will take
its turn with the Chicago & Rock Island
and Northwestern, on Saturday night
and Sunday morning trains.
w. G. Oliver and George Schindle
went to Nicola to attend the installation
of the new officers of the Odd Fellows,
Saturday night. The occasion Is re-
ported as an enjoyable one, and o fine
banquet was spread OF the Union hotel.
This is the week Of prayer, and the
church folks will turn out en- masse, as it
will take a large amount of prayer to off
set a city government which licenses
gambling places, houses of prostitution,
variety shows, ETC., without attempting
to regulate their wrong ways.
The "Pooket Railway Guide" for
January, published by Nelson & Benin
ger, of Cedar Rapids, has been received.
There is more than % cents worth of
necessary information for almost any
body, while for those doing any travelling
in Iowa it is almost indispensable.
4 colored man named Brown McIlvain
has been arrested for stealing cloth from
from John Peters tailoring establish
ment IN Broadway McIlvain claims
that some other darkey sold the cloth to
him, and will be given a chance to show
up his case in court to-day.
Yesterday the unusual sound of sleigh.
bells was heard on the streets, and every.
thing ON Inc found a ready demand.
Still the liverymen seemed not disposed
to take advantage of the occasion, and
hour and 81 for every hour after the
first.
Mr.. Van Sciever, on whose farm Turk
Hansen was killed while digging a we'll,
has paid oil the expenses attending the
burial of Hansen in the cemetery adjoin.
ing the German church in the Plumer
settlement. Hansen leaves a widow and
five children, who are living on Mr.. Van
Sciever's farm, and who are comfortably
provided for.
james Summers, who, while crossing
the Wabash track at Poney Creek, wa,
run into by the "Cannon Ball" train, il
recovering rapidly from his injuries, blu
purposes suing the company. II |,
claimed that the crossing is so situate,
that a train is visible for only a rod o
two TO teams approaching the track.
The emigration to Fort Madison ha
cut down the number of boarders at tn
jail TO fourteen. Among those who wen
overthe road were those who had don
the most Of the singing for the service
held in Jail every Sunday. so that yester
day the choir wal about broken up
Those who remain did their best to com
bine on q tune, but made bad work of il
1t will take several weeks to break in
new set of vocalists.
The new city Jail is not to be used un
til the water is turned ON in the building
and thai viii not be done until the cit,
% orders, the council having given in
structions to the employees of the cit
not to use any of the new supply unit
notified to do SO. Just what the cit
council will do in regard to the contrac
with the waterworks is not known. Tn
company has for various reasons beer
delayed in getting the works completed
but the supply is now finished and it /
not clear whether the council will max,