Omaha daily bee., 1884-05-16
See j. Refers spring goods.
MINOR MENTION.


every pleasant morning now.
s. e. Maxon is preparing plans for the
proposed new Episcopal church.
The Bavarian band gives an open air
concert in Bayliss park this evening.
The infant child of r. T. Bryant, aged
only about a month, died yesterday.
Thepaving of Main street from Willow
avenue to Broadway was completed yes
terday.
Some of the residents of MUNSTER street
protest against the proposed grading OF
that street.
George Keeline is putting down asphalt
pavement in front of his property on
South Second street.
Prof. Bergman of Omaha will, it sex
pected, open a dancing school at the rink,
the early part of next week.
Regular meeting of Fidelity Council
No. 156, RIA, this friday evening at
their hall in Burnham's block.
Charles M. Harle has just had a very
neat combination iron and wood enclos-
ure put around his family grounds in the
cemetery.
The district convention of the Y. M.
G.. A. opens this morning and closes
Sunday night with union service in the
opera house.
The city council, as a board of equal
~ization, meets this afternoon to hear the
grnmblings of those who have had their
assessments raised.
D. G. Bloomer is the notary appointed
to conduct examinations for those in
southwestern Iowa ::desirous of being
licensed pharmacists.
The Council Bluffs lawn tennis club
will open their grounds near the Presby-
terrain church by a handicap game Satur-
day afternoon. Seats have been provided
for $50 persons.
This morning in the district court the
motion for q continuance in the Cross
murder case will be argued by j.. N.
Baldwin for the prisoner, and N. NJ.
Pussy for the prosecution.
The nine-year-old son of Daniel X.
Dodson, who with his father was injured
by being thrown under a load of fence
posts, died yesterday noon. Mr.. Dodson
has almost wholly recovered from his in
jnries.
A large delegation to the Y. M. @. A.
is expected on the morning trains. Any
persons who can accommodate one o.
more of the delegates will oblige the sec
rotary by reporting at the rooms , No. 1.
North Main street.
Those who live in the Vicinity of the
city Jail petition the council to have som'
rules adopted which will prevent prison
ers from shouting and singing. 1t woul'
be one thing to make the rule, and ano
Their to get a half-crazy drunk or a fellow
suffering from the jimjams to obey it.
Coroner Connell was doubtless chose
auctioneer of the express company's sal
because there wal so many' aead gives
ways and stiffs. He made a good one
anyway, and probably got more none
out of the crowd than any other mn
who could have been selected.
Those who live in the vicinity of tn
pound evidently have little faith in I'll
policemen as marksmen. In the protet
against the location of the pound there
they avow that there is danger of som
of the school children across the cree
being killed by str ay bullets fred
dogs in the pound.
AL. f. Greag, the clerk at the Uni'
avenue hotel, who attempted to pois
himself, Wednesday night, on account
some love disappointment, promises
live now to try the truth of the ada
that there are just as good fish in t
water as ever were caught. Fishing
a new girl is a heap sight more sensil
than dying for an old one.
Hardness Bros. have donated q N
carpet for the parlors of the Y. M. Q.
a generous gift, and an example wort
of being followed by other business mt
The association is doing good work, a
one which is of benefit TO the commun
in all respects, and Secretary Cur
merits just such cooperation by the q
zens as this firm has shown.
In accordance with the instructions
the council the fire department has beg
wetting down the streets which are
ing filled and along which the dirt wage
go. The wetting down ought to be c.
fined. to the streets though and not
sidewalk grades, for where the walks hi
not been relaid it makes the walks m
dy.
A raid was made by the police on
freight cars in the railway yards vest
day evening, bright and early. Tive
sleepers were found and brought in,
only four were convicted of yagran
They were sentenced to thirty days Q
on the stone pile, unless they got the
broken up before that. The fell
averaged "a years of age. All claimed
be Americans except two, who were Ir
n.,l. aulu ono In the naufy uaa onIo.