Omaha daily bee., 1884-08-23
MINOR MENTION.


See j. Refers Summer goods.
Spiritual sociable tonight. Music and
dancing.
The letter carriers of this city give
ball at Bloom q Nixon's hall on Septem.
Der 10th.
Permit to wed was yesterday granted
to Lee Cary and Sadie B. Anderson, both
of Walnut.
W. W. Chapman has favored The BEE
office with large pictures of both Blaine
and Cleveland.
The Ladies Harmony Mission society
had a social at the residence of Mr.. Fair,
on Harmony street, Thursday night, at
which about a hundred people we're pres
ent.
Spiritual circles tomorrow Sunday af-
ternoon and evening in Spiritual hall,
Shugart q Beno's block, at 2 and 8
o'clock. Entrance on Main and Pearl
streets
The Bavarian band gave an excellent
open air concert in Bayliss' park yester-
day afternoon. There were fow men in
attendance, but a large gathering of
ladies and children.
The Northwestern switch engine in
pulling a lot of empty cars yesterday
from the bottom track up to the "Y,"
west of the depot, passed over a fresh
fill, which gave way, letting one side of
the engine down, and tipping over the
tank.
A man giving his name as Charles
Bray, and hailing from Oskaloosa, was
arrested here yesterday on suspicion of
stealing some horses he had with him
here. There seemed to DO no ground on
which to have any such suspicion and he
was promptly discharged.
Mrs. Palmer, state evangelist of the
w. Ct. U. will deliver an address in
the Methodist church tomorrow even
ing. An interesting sermon is expected.
An invitation is extended to the various
denominations of the city to unite.
Yesterday j.. }. Trainey made an at
tempt to get his client, Tom Pendegrass,
out on a writ of habeas corpus, Pende-
grass being held in Jail for confidencing
a cowboy out of $40. The papers in the
case were not all ready, and 80 the mat
ter vent over until tkis afternoon before
Judge Lyman.
In the circuit court yesterday DIR.
Gross, who is under the charge of murder
ing DIR. McKune, appeared, but not in a
criminal action. He appeared in default
in a criminal case, in which the admins
traitors of the Ballard estate seek to GUST
him out of the house he now occupies,
because of non-payment of rent. DR.. Cross
brings in a counter claim for professional
services rendered Mr.. Ballard in his last
illness.
The city was being placarded yester.
day with the announcement that a new
sporting paper would soon be issued.
The posters are unique, the headings be-
ing, Hands Up! Well paint the town
red with our religious weekly. The red
hot, rip-roaring rustling ~rustler, by
Rickety Russell editor" The sporting
fraternity are on the ragged edge, ex-
pecting to have some of the real or
imaginary Incidents of their lives set
forth in letters of red and a border of
fire.
While workmen were yesterday en-
gaped on the bluff in the rear of the Og-
den house, another body was found,
evidently buried there when the place
was used for a cemetery. In was in a
tin-lined box, and was that of a woman,
apparently about 40 or 40 years of age,
and light hair. The body was in a
pretty fair state of preservation consider
ing the length of time it must have been
buried. Undertaken Cornell took charge
of it, and had it reinforced in the ceme-
terry.
George S~chicketanz died yesterday
morning at his home on Broadway, near
the water works. He was born March
9th, 1861, at Marietta, Pa, and was
therefore over 23 years of age. He was
a nephew of John Schicketana, a we'll.
known citizen. BE had been ill with ty.
phoid malaria fever about two weeks.
His fellow-workmen at the transfer made
up a purse of about $50 to meet expenses
of the funeral, which will take phase Sun.
day afternoon at 2 o'clock p. m. from the
residence Of the deceased. Friends are
invited without notice.
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