Omaha daily bee., 1884-06-17
MINOR MENTION.
]. Refers Spring Goods.

moves out Of town.
A team went into the mud clear up t
their bodies yesterday by DE Vol
Wright's store.
The G. B. & Q. track on Main stree
is being raised and stones placed unde
the ties preparatory to paving.
Harry Thompson was before Justic
Abbott yesterday on a charge of disturb
ing the peace of Mrs. Billings boardin
house. he gave bonds to keep quie
hereafter.
Mr.. Dave Friedman has renewed hi
business relations with his brother, an
now looks after the Office, vice Mr.. F. G
Brenneman, who has accepted a position
on the Herald.
There were se~venty-four persons no
ticed taking life easy at one time Sunda.
afternoon in Bayliss' park. OF these onl,
three were ladies and one a little girl
all the others being men,
The seven plead-es, VIM. Bolin, Dave
Mccoy, 81. w. Ison, John Hays, jim
Sheridan, Mollie Murray and - era
mer, all pleaded guilty yesterday to be-
ing drunk, and were assessed the usual
S7.60 each.
Several small boys were yesterday ar
rested for stealing cherries from George
II. Boards orchard. He has been great
ly annoyed by boys who have even
broken pickets off the fence, with which
to knock cherries off the trees, and he
proposes to stop the juveniles.
Complaint is heard of the unfinished
way in which some of the streets are left,
they being partly filed on one side, and
in spots and other portions left at the old
grade. When such heavy rains fall as on
yesterday, the puddles formed are 30 long
and deep as to prevent travel.
John Sharp had some sort of a horse
trade with James Olson. Sharp claims
that Olson was to give him a watch and
So. Olson claims that Sharp stole the
watch from him, and had him arrested,
but no information being filed Sharp was
discharged. Now he turns on Olson,
and has commenced suit for 800 damages
for false imprisonment.
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The war of the races opened up Sun
day among some children returning from
Sunday school. A little colored girl
named Robertson made fun Of the dress
of a little girl named Nelson, and the
Nelson girl made fun of her shoes. The
trouble increased until several we're en-
gagged in it, and Thomas Nelson, the
father OF nj OF the girls, was arrested
for assault. He was yesterday discharged
on hearing the the case.
William Powers, who is in the baggage
room at the transfer, has again been
called to mourn. A little over a year
ago he lost a child by lung fever, and
now his baby girl, aged eleven months,
has gone, death taking her about 3
o'clock yesterday. The cause of the lit
tie ones death was brain fever. The
funeral will be from the residence on
Eighth venue near Sixteenth street, at
1;30 o'clock this afternoon.
There has been much anxiety felt by
owners of brick houses as to how they
could have them raised tograde; as no one
here seeming disposed to contract for
raising brick buildings. Mr.. w. P.
A~ylesworth, who has a brick residence,
corner of Eighth street and Seventh
avenue, and who is about as well posted
IN such business as any man, is the first
to raise, he having already commenced on
his house. The building is one story.
the main part being 20 by 80 feet and the
ell Ii by "a feet. 1t being the first brick
house to go up In this city 1t is being
watched by many with interest.
A young man who t~raveles from this
city thought he had made q favorable i'm.
preston upon two fair young ladies who
occupied a seat behind him in the car the
other day, and he quietly dropped a card
bearing his name as he got off the train,
and gave the girls oneof his sweetest too.
two.for-a-quarter-smiles. On reaching
home Saturday or Sunday he found wha'
appeared to be a good fat letter addressed
to him in a pretty feminine hand. III,
tore open the envelope, and found to hi
chagrin nothing but white paper and hi
w card returned, without note or com
ment. When last seen the young maj
had a microscope trying to make out tn
dim post mark, and vowed vengence O,
the coyist maidens if he could find GU
where the letter came from.
George Keeline, Jr., not only has al
elegant residence, but he can now boast
with some warrant, Of having the mos
handsomely decorated parlor in the city
The room is finished 80 that olive and ma
room are the chief colors. Just below tn
bordering on the wall is a strip Of pufre'
satin, which gives a novel but very hand
some effect to the room, it being tn
first OF this work done here. The ceilin
Is a marvel of beauty, the panel wor
being thrown in relief by gold beading
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