Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-04

president, j. j. Brown as vice-presIdent,
j. M. Phillips, %treasur, and j. @. De-
Haven, secretary. An executive com.
mlttee has been chosen consisting Of
Joseph Lyman, j. L, Foreman, and John
Llndt, who are to draw up circulars and
subscription lists to circulate through the
country.
A large council for the recognition Of
the baptist church and It's pastor Is called
for June 16. Some twenty churches are
expected to be represented. The Rev.
Mr.. Watrop, of Sioux City, will preach
In the afternoon, and the Rev. e. B.
Hubert, D. D., of the union theological
seminary, in the evening. Various other
parts, both afternoon and evening, will
be taken by other minlAters. 1t will be
an occasion Of great interest to this
young church aud the citizens who will
attend.
The city council is to meet this after.
moor as q committee of the whole to con-
slider the matter of a new license ordi-
nance. 1t Is proposed, In view of the
loss of revenue from saloons, to Increase
the revenu from other kinds of business
so as to help make up the deficit. The
general plan Is to make every sort Of a
business pay license 30 far as possible,
the present licenses to be increased, and
a number of occupations not now in
cluded among those requiring licenses to
be put into the list.
The Western Unian telegraph company
is now nicely located In Its new office,
and Manager Brown rightly feels proud
over his new quarters. The rooms, at
the corne of Broadway and Pearl street,
over the United States express office, are
very conveniently located, and they are
fitted up in q very attractive as we'll as
buslness-like manner The public office
Is in front, and is as handsome an office
as there is in the city, while there Is
room in the rear for supplies and bat
teries. The change Is for the better, and
will be appreciated by the public.
Tom Baldwin is closing up the affairs
of the western trunk line association, the
general agents committee Office here
being closed, and Baldwin taking tempo
rary head quarters in the old BEE office.
The new association Is known as the
western freight association, with j.. N.
Faithorn as commissioner, instead of Mr..
Vining. 1t Is not known just where the
Council Bluffs headquarters will be. In
the closing of the old Office here Mr.. S.
S. Stevens, the general agent of the
Rock Island, has moved his desk into
the United States express Office.
The managers of the decoration day
exercises desire through the BEE to ex-
press their appreciation of the kindly
assistance of our citizens In successfully
carrying out the arrangements for the
day, and especially to the ladies for their
work and generosity in providing floral
offerings. While 1t Is impossible to do
Justice in particularlzlng, the gratitude
of the managers Is none the less, and the
individual efforts of those who helped In
SO many ways Will not be forgotten, and
each and every one of these should take
the "tLank you" as If rendered person.
ally.
A middle-aged man, of good health
and fine education, is taking a rather
queer way to get help, by writing letters
to many OF the prominent bushels mer
of the city, stating at length his great
need of money, and pleading for help Of
some sort. He claims to be a goo6
bookkeeper, and to be thoroughly con
~versant with : = ths't.Holland English
French and German Languages, and tina
he lis daily expecting q remittance from
the old country, but Is at present II
great need of money. The number ant
peculiar wording of these appeals ma
caused some curiosity on the part of tn,
recipients, and they hardly know wha
to make of the fellow.