Omaha daily bee., 1884-09-23
MIN 0 R MENI0N.

Charles Austin, a tinted young man
was arrested yesterday for humping hi
wife.
The new Home of the Friendles
bdilding will be ready for occupancy thi
week.
John Nicholson will open the saloor
on Broadway next 10 the Union avenu
hotel.
lex Weber, arrested for beating hi
wife, was yesterday let off with a fine a
a plain drunk.
The land league have a dance at tn,
rink this evening, Supper will be fur
nished there also.
Justice Schurz Is said to be perfecting
what promises to BIO a profitable inven'
tion-a noiseless automatic break.
The OK. Y. h." club is to give a recep.
ton and supper at the Congregations
church Friday evening. Admission free.
One of the policemen brought in a
drunken prisoner on a wheelbarrow Sun
day night. "Dandy" calls it ''the one
wheeled control wagon"
Miss Harris, the well -known pianiste,
who has many friends and acquaintance
here, is giving a series. of ~reoitals In the
college chapel at Tabor. the last to be
this evening.
The Semi-annual meeting of the Coun-
Gil Bluffs association of Congregational
churches all will be held in Tabor COM
mencing to-day, and continuing three
days.
Arrangements are being made to have
a night gang of workman put onto the
work of paving Broadway, electric lights
to BIO used. The object is to hurry up
the work.
The improvements being made on Mr..
Hancock's residence, corner Third avenue
and Eighth street, make it one of the
most pleasing residences in the city in
appearance.
Michael Boyle was before Justice Alb
bott yesterday on a charge of threatening
to shoot Patrick Linney, but the justice
did not deem the evidence sufficient, and
discharged him.
Yesterday afternoon there was a lively
row In Bokemper's saloon, on Main
street, in which Still Bates and Bill Culp
were the participants. A billiard cue
and fists proved effective weapons.
Mrs. I'll. A. Miller, the aged mother
of the late Mrs. DIR. Lice, yesterday suf-
fered a paralytic stroke and it is feared
she will not recover. She is eighty-two
years of age, and has been in poor health
for some time, but lately has seemed
much better, until yesterday morning
when she received this stroke.
There was a lively racket at Mollie
Wallace's house yesterday, the land -lady
being absent and the girls having their
own way. They gave a lively chase to
two white men, who had come "foolln"
round and excited them. They chased
the fellows clear to Broadway threaten
ing them with bottles and bricks.
Hiram Black was yesterday put under
bonds by Justice Schurz to keep the
peace. A. G. Brace was the complain
ant who claimed that Black had threat
ened to kill him. 1t appears that Brace
has lately been getting a divorce from
his wife, and claimed that Black had talk
en- some part in destroying the family fe-
licity. This has caused some ill-feeling
between the two.
There is a patrol wagon being built
for the city by I'll. F. Hattenhauer. "A
patrol wagon would prove quite a conven-
fence, but will be quite expensive if an
additional horse and driver is needed,
aud just now 1t is said that the city
needs a new hose wagon even more than
they do a patrol wagon. The hose wag-
on driven by Chas. Nicholson is almost
ready to tumble down, and a new one is
needed there.
A meeting of the city council is to be
called for Wednesday evening, and
Mayor Vaughan will present his report
of sales of bonds then. 1t was supposed
that the purpose of calling the citizens
together Saturday night was to state
these facts, but it appears that his official
report is to be made to the council, and
will then be made public.
1t matters not whether the republicans
turn out one hundred or five hundred
men with torches, the democratic globule
always follows it up with its stereotyped
statement that there were ''only 90, and
these were bought up at fifty cents
each, and the parade consisted of a few
men, darkeys, and boys" If the demo.
cratic glimmer must tell some sort of a
lie, let it tell a new one occasionally, just
for a change.
1t seems a good deal Of a puzzle as to
what can be done with Bayliss park.
The sidewalks about the park have been
raised by filling, 30 that the whole park
is left below grade, making a large basin
for standing water in rainy times. 1t
will coat q great deal of money 10 FIJI the