Omaha daily bee., 1884-08-16
MINOR MENTION.
Rnitnr,a unmmer goods.

Spiritual sociable this evening. Music
and dancing.
The circuit court convenes Monday
Judge Lyman presiding.
There was another alarm of fire last
evening. 1t was a false alarm.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Richmond, of MUNSTER street, diedThurs'
day night.
A young man named Vanness is want
ed a police headquarters for disturbing
the peace.
+. d. King & Co., are fitting up the
building on Broadway, next to Mayne 81
Palmer's and will soon move their cigar
factory into that.
Major McCauley, the contractor, is
back from Des Moines, and expects Mon
day to put some of his patent machines
at work on the sewers.
The terms of the circuit court, to be
held at Avoca, have been fixed for the
second Monday in March and third Mon
day in September.
Spiritual circle tomorrow Sunday
afternoon and evening at 2 and 8 o'clock,
in Spiritual hall, Shugart & Beno's block,
entrance on Main and Pearl streets.
There will be regular service at the
Baptist church Sunday morning and even
ing. The subject for the evenings dis
course will be ga demand on the enforce
ment of the law"
The funeral of Mrs. DIR. Rice took
place yesterday afternoon and was large
ly attended by friends whose tenderest
sympathy and deepest sorrow has been
called forth by the sad event.
d. Keller, who a few days ago bought
an interest in the Phoenix saloon, has
already withdrawn, he deeming the bust
ness a little too risky under the prohibit
ION law, and some of his friends urging
him not to engage in it.
L. Harris is beginning the improve
ments on his store, No. 734 Broadway,
enlarging and otherwise changing the
building, temporarily occupying No. 73S
Broadway. and expects toget permanent
1y settled in his new store in less than a
month.
Pryor's. BEE job Office turned out
several thousand Blaine and Logan, and
Cleveland and Hendricks badges for
Metcalf Bros. Everybody now wears a
badge. Those who straddle the fence
wear two. Metcalf Bros. will give a
badge to any one who wants one.
Charles M. Smith, of Earlville, ILL.,,
has been engaged to act as starter during
the coming races. He is a professional
and is said to be a good one, and that
there will be none of that tedious waiting
and jockeying which spoils the sport 30
often.
The funeral services of Samuel Wer-
rick were held yesterday afternoon under
the auspices of the veterans. The pail
bearers selected from the old soldiers
were Vic Keller, Theodore Guitar, j. p.
Williams, Andrew Fitzgerald, e. j. Alb
bott, John Fox, John Stagg and William
Wycotf.
Mayor Vaughan may be doing some
good advertising for Council Bluffs in the
New York papers, but when he gives
such great prominence and lays 80 much
stress on the claim that Council Bluffs is
the only city in Iowa openly violating
the %prohibitory law, it is difficult to sec
where it tends to help the sale of bonds.
A heavy.set man, who is called 'the
doctor, took a tumble down the stair
way of the Creston house, Thursday
night, cutting quite a cash in his fore
head, necessitating surgical attention.
He was not 80 badly hurt, however, but
what he was able to be out yesterday,
strolling along Broadway, without coat
or vest, but enough court-plaster to make
up, and in q condition to tumble down
stairs again.
When the train from Lincoln was
changing about for the return trip at the
dummy depot yesterday afternoon, the
engine in backing up the baggage car,
sent it with such force against the bump
er at the end Of the track by the depot
platform, as to break the bumper and
send it off the track. An express wagon
standing near was mashed, but the car
was not injured. ii. M. Page, the boss
car repairer at the transfer, with a gang
OF men had to work for two hours or
more to get the car set back and matters
righted again.
The new city directory, after a long
delay, has at las, been issued. 1t places
the population of Council Bluffs at 26,-
300, but the book is far from what a oity
OF that size should produce. There Haey
have been a lack of public support te%the
enterprise, and difficulty in securing IA
v~ertisements and subscribers, but sWfafSI
this would have justified the puhAheftN
abandoning the scheme, it certainly heulM
not justify the producing of So &relEBls
a book. Aside from numer6ys\t ypS'H
graphical errors, there are importantly
omissions and other mistakes. amd|aM