Omaha daily bee., 1884-05-03
MINOR MENTION.
Ses j. Refers, spring goods.

See j. Refers, spring goods.
Additional local on seventh page.
The LIE Fleur cases are to come up be
fore Justice Schurz Monday.
A man named Holeough was fined yes
terday for disturbing the peace of the
Western house.
A cow belonging to Mr.. Corner showed
signs of ~hydrophobia and had to be
killed yesterday.
James DEWEY is bound to keep the
peace now. Justice Abbott fixed the
amount of the bonds yesterday.
w. III. Field, Of East P~lattsmouth,
was run in again yesterday for being
drunk. He was unable to pay his fine.
The Presbyterian social was held last
evening at the house of tho Misses Jen-
ME and Lizzie Hardin on Fifth avenue.
A one-armed man named L. Price was
up yesterday for being drunk, but was re.
leased on a promise to leave the
city.
Auditor Burke calls attention to the
fact that to-day is the last for filing bills
to be presented to the council next Mon
day night.
A colored man named Freeman, ar
rested for kicking up a row on South
Main street, is to have a hearing in the
police court to-day.
The natural science class of the Bloom
er school has been taken to the gas works
to learn just how gas is made. They
ought to have been taken to q council
meeting.
J. II. Armstrong is surveying for a
side track for the X. g. road at the pas
senger transfer. 1t will be located on
the north side and another platform will
be erected.
Lawn tennis will breakou here as soon
as the weather permits. The new club
has prepared two courts already on
ground near the Presbyterian church. A
platform for spectators and dances is to
be erected and arrangements made for
archery.
The city attorney now recommends the
council to settle the Stewart claim for
damages by paying $1,000. Some of the
council want time to investigate further,
and thematter will be finally passed upon,
probably at the next Monday meeting of
the council.
The team of the McClury cracker
company took a run on Fifth avenue
Thursday afternoon. The wagon colliding
with John Lindt's buggy, in which his
wife and child were in at the time.
The buggy was broken and Mrs. Lindt
and the child thrown out. The child
was slightly hurt but nothing serious.
The city pound begins to get into
shape. The sides are up which are pre-
posed to divide it into three apartments,
one for cows and one far tramps and one
for dogs. A barbed wire is to be strung
about the top of that part of the fence
enclosing the tramps, and q pile of rock
is to furnish employment.
Two young fellows were found yester.
day lying drunk and fast asleep on the
platform of David Bradley g. Cos build.
ing. They were tossed into an extern
pore patrol wagon and taken to the sta
ton where they were booked under tn,
names of jeff Donahoe and Jerry Sulli
van, and were charged with vagranc,
and drunkenness.
The first number of the Buffalo Couy
der, published at Kearney, Neb., by ]
G. Morgan, lately of this city, is received
The Courier starts out with a clean an,
happy face and with the promise O
growing. Mr.. Morgan has left man,
friends behind him here, and if half q
their wishes are fulfilled he will win i
the new field the richest sort of success
A boy named Charles Whitaker age
IL years. was picked up here by the pc
lice yesterday and sent back to his HON
in Des Moines, from which place he an
o colored boy named Richardson ra
away about a week ago. The little fe
low said he had got tired of travelling
sleeping in box cars and begging meal
He had seen enough of the world, an
had concluded that home was a betts
place than what he had thought.
The dummy trains yesterday ran ii
regularly and to the annoyance Of tn
travelling public the ferry cars were nc
running at all, SO that no teams crosses
the river either way yesterday. TIL
dummy trains which did run consisted {
only an engine and one Car, Charlie
Mack, conductor, and John Smoke, wi
used to have charged of the ferry car
acted as brakeman, the Irregular" havin
struck out.
The offices of Burnham, Tulley & @,
have been fitted up very finely, and vii
compare favorably with any banking il
.stitxtion in this city or Omaha. TIL
decorations Of the walls and ceilings pre-
sent a very pleasing effect. the design
and harmony of oolors showing rare ski
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