Omaha daily bee., 1885-08-24
MINOR MENTION,

cuffs 1T Hardness Bros.
Otto Lund has opened up q fine saloon
Mt No. BOO Broadway.
Fine new laoes and neckwear just re-
celved at Hardness Bros.
The Knights and Ladies' of Honor have
their picnic tomorrow evening.
Chief Skinner proposes to make war on
Sunday p~lcnlcs inside the city limits.
Do not fall to zee the new "Fsvorlte"
corset Just received at Hardness Bros.
The furniture, such as it Is, In the old
court house, Is to be sold at auction next
Saturday.
The Epircopal church sociable will be
held Wednesday evening at the residence
of j. B. Atkins.
President Brooks, Of Tabor college,
occupied the pulpit of the Congregational
church yesterday morning.
Rink &c Weber have opened the store
formerly used by the Star bakery, at No.
227 Main street, as a saloon.
ice Wright has been arrested on sua-
piclon of being one of the fellows who
burglarized the painters car of the O., 3.
&c Q. railway.
Otto Richter and Miss Clara Expert,
both of this city, were happily joined In
wedlock on Saturday afternoon by Justice
Schurz in his Office.
The trustees of st. Paul's church have
been notified to remove the old church
within ten days, 80 as to make room for
the building of the new court house.
Charles Lynn, on being served with a
notice that his wife had commenced
divorce proceedings against him, pro-
ceeded to get gloriously drunk and wal
fined In police court Saturday.
The motion to dissolve the injunction
restraining D. F. Eicher from assuming
the chieftainship of the fire department
was argued Saturday before Judge Ayles-
worth, and taken under ADJUSTMENT.
Taylor & Calf have sold their grocery
On Broadway near the Northwestern de-
pot to Charles Racer, of Kuepper &
Racer, the groosrs, and have bought the
grocery of William Welsh, on Fifth ave-
nue., corner of Tenth street.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. K. Cooper have been
sadly bereaved by the death of their lit
tie son, aged n year, who had been for
several days lowering between the two
shores, and passed over to the brighter
one on Friday last. The funeral services
were held yesterday.
To-day is the time set for the appear
ance of the Democratic Eagle, the may
or's ''only and original" to be published
by a company bearing the same name as
the paper. 1t Ia understood that Col.
Whittleaey Is to be the editor, In name,
and the mayor himself In fact.
The Eagle Publishing company want
two or three hundred boys to sell papers.
Apply at the Office on Bryant street, oppo-
site the city building, betwsen 2 and 8
o'clock. The boys should provide them
selves with pennies, so as to make change
with customers, as the paper will sell for
two cents.
All lovers of the beautiful in decorative
srt will find 1t to their interest to call at
"a Pearl street and examine the samples
of art embroidery on exhibition by the
New Home Sewing Machine company,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day of this week. R. M. Wilbur, Cen
erAl agent; A. M. Rowland, exhibitor.
Rev. A. S. Goats, professor of sacred
theology In the theological seminary of
Rochester, N. Y, preached in the Baptist
church here yesterday morning, and last
evening preached In Omaha. Rev. Mr..
Van Orsdale, of Ottawa, Kansas, preached
In Omaha In the morning, and occupied
the pulpit of the church here last evep
Ing.
An attempt was made Saturday night
to burglarize the store of J. Il. Ratekip,
No. 619. Main street. The fellows In
forcing open a door aroused Mr.. Rstekin,
and he stood ready to give them a warm
reception, but his wife make some noise
which gave warning that the folks were
not asleep, and the thieves skipped out
In q hurry.
William Brix saw Mike Stoker fooling
about the pockets of another man, and
concluding that 1t was a clear case OF at
tempted pocket.plcking, had him arrest
cd. The case Is to be examined into to-
day, and 1t is claimed that Stoker will
make 1t clear that he Is not a pickpocket,
and that the supposed intended victim
was an old friend of his, and that Brix
was deceived.
A car used by the painters in their
work along the line of the q. B. & O.,
was burglarlzed Saturday morning. The
men keep, their supplies in n end and
use the other end of the car for living
purposes. The thieves got away with
clothing, a watch, revolver, $50 In cash