Omaha daily bee., 1884-09-11
MINOR MENTION.

Brix VS.. Mclean will occupy the a
tention of the circuit court this morr
ing.
The patriotic citizens of Dennison al
taking steps to organize a militia con
pany.
George w. Metzger and Amanda Lin
der were issued a marriage license yes
terday.
The Carleton Opera Company perform
cd to a fair sized audience at Dohany
last night.
The Bandmann Baudet company ar
booked for Dohany's Friday and Satur
day evening next.
The corn crop of this part of Iowa il
reported by the farmers to be beyond
danger from the frost.
Emil Palmer and Alma Peterson, both
of Plattsmouth, Neb,, were yesterday
given permission to wed.
The Crawford county fair is in pro-
gress at Dennison this week, and large
numbers are in attendance.
Barnum's bill posters were yesterday
busily engaged in posting up bills at con-
v%enient places all over the city.
The case of Marquel vs.. Doerfinger
occupied the attention of the supreme
court the greater part of yesterday.
The..Bluff City steamer was yesterday
slowed away In the ware rooms of Bow
man Rohrer & Co., where it will prob
ably remain until it is disposed of.
A gang of men are at work near the
city Jail, in bundling up willows, which
are being used in rip-rapping Indian
Creek, near the Bryant street bridge.
Hose cart No. 4 is now temporarily
quartered at the Rescue engine house,
until suitable quarters can be erected at
some convenient point on Main street.
The w%aterworks were running more direct
pressure yesterday, while the reservoir
was being cleaned out. Water will be
supplied from the reservoir this morning
as usual.
Twenty pounds of grapes, carefully
packed in a clean new basket, can now be
bought or the streets of Council Bluffs
for 20 cents. They will doubtless be
cheaper still as the crop is enormous.
The Shenandoah fair is in progress
this week, commencing Tuesday last.
The attendance yesterday was good, and
the present prospects are good for the
financial SUCCESS of the association.
The Western Union telegraph com-
pany are removing the poles of their line
on Broadway and replacing them with
larger and taller ones, set inside the
curbing as directed by the city council.
The electric belt business of Messrs.
Judd d Smith has so increased that thew
have found it necessary to remove their
factory to No. 30 Bancroft street. Their
Office still remains at No. $40 Broadway.
Billy Smith the baggage man, has
made several contracts lately with the
show people who are coming here. He
contracts to take the baggage and all the
members of the troops to and from the
depots.
The paving on Upper Broadway is
progressing satisfactorily, and 1t is ex-
pected the work will be completed as far
as the Ogden house by Saturday night
if Vaughan can place the rest of the city
securities.
In the divorce case of Borgee vs.. Der.
gee the bonds of matrimony were legally
severed as prayed for in the petition of
the plaintiff. Mrs. Bergee failed to
secure the desired alimony, but was given
the custody of the child.
The city bastile was completely de-.
serted yesterday, save two victims who
are "serving their time" Not a dis.
turber of the peace, confidence man or
even a common drunk could be found to
dispel the loneliness that surrounded the
city cooler.
A. Is. Walker ID not by any means a
light weight, but he is not quite 80 heavy
as he iuagines. He thinks he weighs a
ton. This remarkable halucination IL
caused by the fact that q new son has
arisen to rule the day, also the night a
his house. His name is William.
A good sized team of horses wer,
stuck on q crossing in front of the Pa
cifc house yesterday with a load of dirt
The horses were unlocked and a small
insignificant looking pair of mules at
achod thereto, and the wagon immed-
lately came out of that ditch.
AT the democratic congressional conven
ton held at Atlantic yesterday. Hon. w
III. M. Pusey, of this city, was nominal
ed for reelection On the first ballot. Full
proceedings of the convention will BIZ
found elsewhere in the columns OF THE
BEE this morning.
The case of Williams vs.. Atkins, which
was to have been tried before Justice Alb.
bott yesterday, was continued one week,
owing to the indisposition of the court.
MIR. Abbott has MT been feeling able to
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