Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-21
MINOR MENTION.

a move VIII Dc maue tnis bprlnR TO get
Pearl and Bancroft streets paved.
The Hoop of Gold company Is booked
for the opera house February 20 and 20.
This week everything at cost at Cooke
~ Morgan's, 347 Broadway.
City Treasurer Clausen by q fall ha,
strained his back 30 that he Is confined to
his house.
This tale only lasts one week. Come
early and buy dry goods at prime cost.
Cooke IL Morgan.
This week you can save 33 1-3 per cent
by buying your dry good, of Cooke a
Morgan. 347 Broadway.
Wheeler, who was recently shot by JEFF,
ferris, is reported as growing much worse,
and his friends are anxious about him.
Rev. Il. l., Hammond, of Chicago, will
fill the pulpit at the Congregational
church tomorrow, morning and evening.
Reserved aeatu for Capt. Seeley' lee
ture Tuesday evening, the Gath inst, can
be procured at Bushnell's and at Foster
Bros.
Conrad Geise yesterday lost a valuable
young colt, which was gored to death by
some of the cattle with which the colt
was running In a field.
Yesterday morning the Thermometer
stood at Is degrees below zero, aud at
noon 4 degrees above, one degree warmer
than on the previous day.
Master James McNaughton, son of the
superintendent of the city schools, has
met with rather q serious injury of q
knee-csp. by a fall on an icy sidewalk.
A Chicago firm is sending to cltizsn of
Council Bluffs circulars about boats,
steam launches, yachts, etc. 1t Is appar.
emit that the Chicago firm expect Council
Bluffs to have a flood.
Charles d. B. Mills is to lecture before
the every Thursday" Ladies' Reading
club, Tuesday evening, March 3, in the
parlors of Mrs. M. E. Smith. His sub
ject will be "Emerson."
Mayor Vauban, who is deputy for the
Knights of Pythias, yesterday received
notice that sixteen of the best business
men of Kimball, Dakota, want him to
Initiate a new body there.
Mr.. L. Sherwood, Of this city, has IN
his possession n of the original copies
of General She rman's farewell address to
his army, which he has had for twenty
years. 1t Is an interesting relic of the
days that are gone.
The Mapleaon opera company, In
charge of T. w. Lee their manager and
d. 81. Winton tralnmaster, came in yes
terday over the X. G. road in a special
of nine cars from St. Joe. They are
enroute for San Francisco.
"Life is ever Lord of death, and love
can never loose Its own" Spiritual cir
Gle tomorrow Sunday afternoon and
evening at 2 and 7:3O o'clock, in Spiritual
hall, entrance on Main and Pearl streets
via. stairs, two doors south of the post
office.
There's music in the air at the county
Jail these days. Quite an orchestra has
been formed among the prisoners, one
having a tlute, another a violin, another a
mouth organ, and stlll another a banjo.
With a sheriff with such a musical name
Guitar, how can they help it!
The entertainment given by the y. Y.
Il. club last night was a happy SUCCESS
despite the GOODNESS of the weather. The
young ladies seem to know Just how to
arrange and carry out an entertainment
so that all who attend are given sn enjoy.
able evening, and tho treasury of the
church is helped.
Among the sporting men of Council
Bluffs is one deaf and dumb young man,
who is indeed a curiosity. He can hear
nothing that is going On az the gambling
tables, but is keen-eyed, a fine poker
player, and despite his lack of hearing
and speaking, is as click a gambler as
there is in the city.
AT the mile race at the skating rink
Thursday night, John Epeneter, jr., de
feated Henry Scheidle, winning by ten
seconds, and making the mile In 4 min
utes aud SO seconds. Johnnie will not
therefore have to give up any of his high
ly priz,d medals, and still holds the
championship of Council Bluffs. Another
contest Is to DO held next "Wednesday
night, the distance to be two miles in
stead of one.
The yearly report of the Y. M. G. A.
is being distributed among those inter
es.ed in the work. The membership on
February lst, 1884, was only 80, aud the
number added during the year sc; de
ceas.d 2, leaving the present membership
"a. Harry Curtis, the secretary of the
association, has certainly done a grand
work, and deserves special credit for the
witdom and enterprise he has shown 10
managing all departments of the work.
John T. Stewart hss commenced suit
against the city fer So. 900. He claims |