Omaha daily bee., 1884-03-17
Monday Morning. March. IL.
MINOR MENTION.


st. Patrick's day in the morning.
The new city officials take hold to-day.
The Catholic schools have no sessions
to-day.
Alex Beard, Jr., of New York, Is al
the Ogden.
Eiseman, Rodda g. Cos. new delivery
wagon is a beauty.
The old settlers meet again this even
ing at the court house.
II seems settled that Tom Skinner il
to be the chief Of police.
Rentfrew's Jolly Pathfnders open Al
the opera house this evening.
Chas. e. Putnam, of Cedar Rapids
arrived at the Ogden yesterday.
ID. @. Hart and wife, of Atlantic, stop
ped over Sunday at the Ogden.
New spring goods just received at j.
Keiter's, the tailor, 80 Broadway.
John Mahan was arrested Saturday fol
disturbing the peace Of Wagner's saloon,
The supreme court meets here to-day
but will hardly get down to business bo-
fore tomorrow.
Walter Williams has been complained
Of before Justice Schurz for stealing a
bulldog belonging to u. Ball.
The fourth annual ball Of st. Patrick's
Benevolent society is to be given at st.
Joseph's academy hall this evening.
The Methodists are thinking of selling
their church, if a reasonable price can be
had, and then build another and q better
ono.
Master John Heating has won the sill
YER medal at st. Joseph academy for
good behavior and diligence in study
during the past two weeks.
A special business meeting of the Y.
III. CA. will be held on Monday evening
at 1880 O'Clock. All members of the as
ISOLATION should try to be on hand.
There were six free dodgers at the city
jail Saturday night. Among them was
n who was registered as "Slim Jim,
the Council Bluffs hummer"
If any of the old policemen feel sore
about being dropped off the list, they
should kick the council, as by the cutting
down of the force to five, fourwould have
to so anyway.
Thomas Officer has Interested himself
in the electric light, and it is expected
that by his taking hold with Vaughan,
the electric lights will DO running in full
force within thirty days.
Henry Wagner and Dick RICKETTS, had
some sort of q row with one Brown, Sat.
urday forenoon, and charges were pre-
ferred against both of them. The cases
are to be heard next Saturday.
The postofice is hereafter to be open
every Sunday evening from Z o'clock 10
8 o'clock, SO that those wanting to get
the fast mail can do 30. II will also be
kept open from IL to 1890, as before
The hall of the Ancient Order Of Hi
berians tonight promises to be a g,and
success, and Bloom e. Nixon's hall will
doubtless be crowded. With good music
and all other needfuls for a good time, i
cannot but be o success.
Next Thursday evening the grand bal
of Abe Lincoln No. 30, G.. A. Il. is to b
given at Bloom g. Nixon's hall. Tn
proceeds are for the fund for the relief q
the widows and orphans, and ought o
this account to be liberally patrorize
by all.
Tomorrow there ia to be another col
test of the lady sksr ers at the roller ska
ing rink, for the gold watch. Miss Viii
ney has wop n contest, Miss Palm
the scoops contest. The wstoh to
perm, .nently held, must be won in thr
cou' .ests.
Saturday night some sneak thiev
made u dash for some sample shoes
front Of Eiseman, Rodda & Co.'s stoI
They ran off with two pairs, but we
soon after arrested and locked up. Th
gave the names Of Tom Anderson a
Charles st. Clair.
Yesterday the old police force v
changed about, Officers Mullen a
Cusick going on day duty, Officer b
byte taking Middle Broadway, Leoni
the central beat, Cusick West Broadw
Bsswick South Main, and the 9th
keeping their old beats.
/. The council will probably be satisi
TO return the stone curbing and br
sidewalk taken from the lots on VIII
the new government building is to
located. 1t was small business for
city TO take them, for Uncle Sans pr
srty should be treated as fairly and h
sstly as that Of any private individual
The Ancient Order of Hibernians
to 60 over to Omaha to join in a par
and other doings there. This even
they viii return, and 100 Of the order