Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-17
MINOR MENTION.
See j. Refers summer goods.

church is nearly completed.
The city fathers are talking of getting
twenty-five electric lights for street pur.
poses, to take the place of gas.
Mrs. Bargsra Menkel is to be rendered
a benefit concert at Dohany's opera house
on Thursday evening July Oath.
Peter Besten, whose Bluffs house was
burned last winter has rebuilt the same,
and will open it Tuesday evening,
July %.
The southwest corner of Bayliss park
is submerged by water, so that travel
through the park is interrupted, except
to rubber boots.
The funeral of the little child of Mr.. j.
Nelson wa held yesterday from the res
idence, corner of Twelfth street and
Nineteenth avenue.
Robert Huntington, Jr.. has lost a
horse by collie. The day before the
death of the horse he was offered S160
for it, but refused.
If the city council brings that section
of the big California tree for an ornament
for Bayless park, it will give an excellent
chance for stump speeches.
There is to be another legal fight over
the lot of female finery claimed by both
Minnie Fremont and Ida Story. This
time it will be in Abbott's court.
Constable Edgerton was yesterday over
from Omaha hunting up a gold watch, on
which an Omaha firm had q chattle mort.
gage, the man having moved to this side.
There was a little racket at the beer
garden Tuesday night in which a shoe
maker called Shuester and a man named
Morris seemed to be the chief partici-
pants.
The rainfall yesterday was the heaviest
known in Council Bluffs 30 far this year.
MIR. Flickinger's gauge showed it to be
1.35 inch, that being the fall between 8
o'clock a. M, and IL O'Clock.
The work of tearing down che old Pres
byterian church to make room for a new
and better one, is proceeding rapidly.
The organ is being taken out and stored
temporarily in the Bloomer school build
ing.
The fellow arrested for being drunk,
and who insisted on being called "Mace-
donia," was sober enough yesterday to
disclaim even a residence at that place,
and begged so piteously for mercy that
he was let off.
Four tramps, whom the police had
dragged in from the box.cars, were turn
ed loose yesterday morning. There is
getting to be a good deal of nonsense
about this arresting and discharging of
so-called tramps.
Mrs. Brown, who lives in Farley's glen,
was scalded Tuesday evening, a boiler full
of hot water accidentally tipping and
scalding her from the waist down. DIR.
Hanchett was called to attend her and
%pronounces the injuries not 80 serious as
to endanger life.
ID. f. Eicher is interested and kept
busy in improving property on Glen
avenue. He has purchased several lots
there of late, and yesterday began on the
foundation of a new house which he ia
to build there to cost $250O or 80. He
has great faith in the future of Glen
avenue.
Fred Seller, who has been attending
school in New York, reached this city
Tuesday on his way home to Sioux City,
and was given a happy reception in the
evening at the home of Mr. l.. Zurmueh.
len, there being gathered twenty of his
young friends present. A very snjoya.
BILE evening was spent, and yesterday
Fred proceeded on his journey.
The local committee, consisting OF
members # the G. A. r., the city coun-
Gil and board of trade did not make their
trip of observation and search for a site
for the soldiers home yesterday, the rain
preventing. They will probably go out
to-day and see if they can find 800 acres
to present to Uncle Sam if he will build
the home here.
The Methodist church is undergoing
repairs and it is expected that 1t will be
ready for occupancy by next Sunday, and
that it will be in such safe condition that
there need be no more trembling of the
nerves on the part Of the aldermanit
fathers. The board of health will
doubtless take back its decree of con,
domination when these repairs are com
pleted.
About two weeks ago a gentleman ask.
ed Theodore Lund to take a chance in a
double arrelled shotgun. MI. Lund
Immediately produced the necceassry
two dollars which entitled him to 0
chance for the same and forgot all about
the two dollars and the gun when to hi
surprise Tuesday evening a number 0
gentlemen presented this gun to hin
telling him he had won it in the rattle.
He now thinks there are some "straieht'
rafles.
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