Omaha daily bee., 1884-06-20
MINOR MENTION.

21st.
The city council is to meet again mex
Monday evening.
The bankrupt clothing sale is to b
transferred to Omaha to-day.
The Presbyterian church folks are t.
have a sociable Friday evening.
Regular meeting of Fidelity council
No. 156, r. A., this friday evening.
The German Lutheran church folk
had a picnic yesterday at Parks Mills.
@. j. Teady, a plain $3.50 drunk, wal
the only business before the superior
court yesterday.
The alley north of Broadway, and run
ming between Main street and Bryant, il
in a horrible condition.
The water In the Glen avenue reservoir
on Wednesday was within two feet Of
the top, the highest It has ever been.
The drinking fountain at the corner OF
Broadway and Bryant streets is already
being we'll %patronized, especially by the
horses.
The examinations at st. Joseph's
academy, which were to have been held
this week, have been postponed until
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of
next.
There are puddles of muddy water
standing in prominent business and resi-
dence streets which ought to be looked
after, as green scum is accommodating and
malaria being manufactured.
In the case of Mcpherson VS.. Jennings
the jury has found a verdict in favor of
the plaintiff for S162. 80. The claim was
pay for a horse which broke its neck in
the manper of jennings barn.
Justice Schurz has tied the matrimon-
ial knot between John Miles and
Miss Rose Tiddes, both of
Omaha. He has also joined William
Patten and Nancy Clemens, both of Mis-
souri,.
The fact of three false fire alarms be.
ing turned in Wednesday night, one
right after the other, indicates that some
one was foolipg with the boxes. Who
was it2 The chief says he will give $25
to know.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Hugh are issuing
invitations to the marriage of their
daugter, Miss Ida to Mr.. Charles Fox, of
the firm of McAltee & Fox, the ceremony
to take place at st. Francis church next
Tuesday evening.
On Wednesday evening Rev. Mr..
Mackey was called to the U. P. hotel to
marry Rr. Richard Buchanan of Avoca,
to Miss Lulu S. Goetz, of Sioux City.
The welded ones took the first outgoing
train after the ceremony!
Some of the Omaha fire department
were visiting here Wednesday night,
when the three false alarms were sent in.
Rather an expensive way to entertain
visitors, as each alarm costs the city
81 30 for minute-men's time, etc.
jesse Eller, a well known citizen living
about five miles out, died Wednesday
after a long and severe illness. He was
aged 90 years, and had resided here
about eight years. The funeral was held
yesterday, the remains being laid at rest,
about six miles from Atlantic.
A private letter from A. +. Beno, who
is now in Washington territory on a
health-seeking trip, says that he is i'm
proving. He has lately had a grand time
salmon fishing at Astoria. He says he
met William Garner, who left here a
year or SO ago. He has a farm and is
doing well.
A lively little set-to is reported as hay
ing occurred yesterday morning between
detective George Steller, the dispute
being about q claim for house rent or
something of that sort for which Edgar
had got tired of being dunned. In the
set-to Stellar is said 10 have got the
worst of it
The case Of O. K. Burdick, charged
with perjury in his charges against Officer
O'Brien before the council came up be.
Justice SChurz yesterday afternoon, but
a motion TO dismiss on account of a tech.
nicality was argued at length and SO
many law authorities cited that the
justice concluded to hold the matter
under advisement until this morning.
Some complaint is made that the home
dealers were not given a chance to bid on
furnishing drinking fountains for the
city, but that they were bought else
where, and local agents rejected entirely.
The fountains cost about $l10 each, and
freight with cost Of setting added. The
large fountain at the corner Of Bryant
and Broadway cost $3.50 delivered, and
the cost Of setting additional.
One Of the evening papers says that
"some OF the friends of Rev. Mr.. Whit
tlesey, pastor Of the Congregational
church at Creston, are seeking to have
him called here to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation Of Rev. Cyrus Ham.
iin." This is a little premature, as
there is no vacancy yet, the resignation
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