Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20
MINOR

See J, Refers new stock Of cloths.
Try McClurg's self.raising buckwhest.
It pays to trade at the Peoples store.
Cloaks at your own prices at the PEG.
Piles store.
Days "vacation" company is to be
here Christmas.
Special sale of linens at Cooke & Nor
gan's, SAT Broadway.
Arctic overshoes almost given away,,at
the Peoples store.
Buy yur Christmas presents at Cooke
& Morgan's, 347 Broadway.
No house In the west can undersell
the Peoples store.
The new lodge, knights and Ladies of
Honor, now has forty members.
All winter goods sold regardless of cost
at the Peoples store.
The schools closed yesterday for q two
weeks vacation.
See the beautiful line of Holiday
goods at the Peoples store.
Endless variety in ladies' and gents
gandkerchiefs at Cooke & Morgan's.
P. Kinsley was arrested yesterday af-
ernoon as a drunk and disorderly.
r. P. Snow has lost his gold watch,
which was nipped by some sneak thief.
Spiritual sociable and dancing this eve.
ming. Music and dancing, ladies admit
ed free.
The basement and parlors of the Broad.
way Methodist church are being repaint.
ed and reftted.
The Young folks of the Methodist
church are preparing to give a corn festi-
val at an early date.
The council meets next Monday, if the
two sick aldermen, MINISTER and Geiae
are able to be on hand.
One of the novelties displayed yester-
day on the streets was All Indian squaw
carrying a papoose on her back.
The heating arrangements for the city
Jail are now being improved. Now let
there be a reform in the line of ~cleanli-
ness.
Services tomorrow at the Congrega.
tional church by Rev. Thomas McClell-
and of Tabor, Iowa, the morning and
evening.
The rattle box street car might be i'm
proved this weather by putting on some
weather strips during the absence of any
thing better.
Mrs. Theodore discovered a sneak thief
gathering up the silver in her house yes
terday. The fellow skipped, leaving the
valuables behind him.
There will be q meeting of the A. O.
FL. tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
All members are requested to be present.
By order of the president, VIM. Maloney.
"Grave2 where Is thy victory? Spirit.
ual circle tomorrow Sunday afternoon
and evening in Spiritual hall at 2 and 7:3O
o'clock, Entrance via. stairs, two doors
south of the post office, IN Main or Pearl
street.
it is claimed that Chief of Police Skin.
ner Is avoiding any visit to Omaha for
fear of being served with notice of a suit
for damages In the case of Patton, who
was arrested as Pusey, the ~defaulting
~bookkeepsr of the Kansas penitentiary.
Many of the residents of other parts
of the county after personally inspecting
the court house become converts to the
idea that Pottowattomie county must
build a new one, If it would protect its
records, its prisoners, and it's officers.
Serious trouble is being had with the
heating apparatus of the Bloomer school
building. Several times lately it has
been impossible to hold the regular SEES.
sions of school. The board will doubt
less take some prompt steps toward rem
edying the difficulty during the vacation
OF two weeks.
Ladies' and gents Wauke nphasts, the
latest craze-Ladies slippers in Alligator.
Dorseys, Hair calf, Leopard skin, Vel
vet embroided, Kid and Felt. Fine assort-
ment of mans slippers-the best shoes
for railroad employees, in the city. All
to be found at the Boston Boot & Shoe
Store, Az Broadway.
The following have been elected of.
ticers of the Heights and Ladies of Honor
for the first six months Of 1885: Past
protector, DR.. Hanchett; protector, j. F.
Barke, vico,protector, Miss Carrie Hunt.
i7gton chaplain, Mics Ida Meyers; guide,
William Huntingdon; treasurer, W. w.
Chapman; recording secretary, j. 2.
Davis financial secretary, d. S. Wright;
inside guardian, Miss Ada Howard; out.
side guardian, John Templeton.
Manager Brown, of the telegraph coai.
panY, rises to explain thai the spikes
complained Of as being left in the tele-
graph poles on Main street. will be taken
SO soon AZ the work of transferring tho