Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-24
MINOR MENTI ON,

church ready for dedication March IL.
The musical concert ct Masonic hal
Monday evening next will be fine. Yot
had better attend.
Some sneak thief slipped a fur car
from Taylor & Calef's store, the cap be
onging to one Of the clerks.
A good chance for q live Implement
mar to go into partnership Is offered
Address Implement" care of the BEE
A large quantity of stone was deliver
cd at the city pound yesterday, so that
the chain.gahg can have something to dc
now.
Rev. w. M. Brooks, OF Tabor, will
preach at the Congregational church to.
morrow morning and evening. All are
welcome.
Frank Adams (colored) formerly Of
Tenth street, Omaha, has opened a saloon
at FL. N. Larson's old leather store on
North Main street.
A number of young ladies at the
Methodist church Thursday night did
not get the full benefit of the services, q
church mouse getting abroad among
their skirts and causing a general com
motion.
j. @. Mitchell, ticket agent Of the
Wabash, now sports a silk tile q present
from Henry Eiseman, thus getting even
with Debevoise, the union ticket agent,
who has heretofore been at the front In
the hat line.
The board of health yesterday granted
DR.. Belllnger a permit to treat the small
pox case In Mr.. Doty's family provided
he complied with the requirements of the
board as to precautions to be used to pre-
vent contagion.
This evening there is to a grand coast
ing carnival On north Madison street,
and an invitation Is especially extended
to Omaha to send over all the coasters
who want a merry time. The street is
to be illuminated, and a merry time is
promised.
The scandal case In James township has
taken q fresh shoot, Miss Anna Bruhm
having commenced suit against Max AS
pen for $4,000 damages, on the ground
that he Heduced her last summer under
promise of marriage and other promises
which he failed to fulfill.
Yesterday evening a young man, named
August Peterson, and his little brother
were discovered In a car of coal in the g.
M. & st. Paul yard, helping themselves
to fuel. They were arrested and brought
before Justice Schurz, who fined the
young man So and COSTS and let the
little fellow go.
"The Dead Are Alive, the Lost Are
Found;" spiritual circle tomorrow (Snn-
day. afternoon and evening at 2 and 7:30
o'clock in Spiritual hall; entrance on
Main and Pearl streets via stairs two
doors south Of the postofice. Repairs
on the hall necessitates the postpone
ment of the sociable until next Saturday
night.
The police investigating committee has
now dwindled into a smelling committee.
Instead of having any open work, the
committee is pursueing its inquiries
quietly, with the intention to prefer
charges against officers, where there
seems some cause of action, and letting
them then have a regular daylight ex.
animation.
With the adoption of the letter car
rier system here, and the raising of box
rental to So a year, nearly all persons
now have their mail delivered. Two Sec
tions of boxes have been left in the
postofice until now, and one of those
Sections is now being taken out to give
more room for other postofice work.
This leaves only about $50 boxes to meet
the public demand,
A number of Council Bluffs peopol Q
went to Missouri Valley Thursday night
and attended a masquerade ball there.
Two beardlers young men from this city
were dressed as ladies and attracted con-
siderable attention from two other men
from here also, who went to the Valley
on a smashing expedition" The two
''mashers" were somewhat confused when
the ball was at an end to find their sup.
posed female friends turn out to be male
acquaintances. The N. ". train passed
on time leaving a number to await a later
train, much to the chagrin of the mash
ers who were in a great hurry to get
home.