Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-30
MINOR MENTION.

Rciter, the tailor, for fall goods,
l.. a. Caspar is putting an addition
pinto his green houses, 40 by 100.
d. J.. Harcourt of Oakland, was taken
TO the asylum at Mt Pleasant last even.
ing for treatment.
Min appeared last night at the opera
house in Richeleu and this evening will
hpnear again in Macbeth.
Judge Conner has granted decree
foreclosng the mortgage on the driving
park, and naming DR.. McCrae the
trustee.
Permit TO wed was yesterday given to
y. w. Norris and Lena johnson, both of
Nicola; Fred II. Schulter and Katrina
Rolls, both of Minden.
Our telegraphic columns contained the
Otner day an account of the attempted
robbery OF Wells Fargo d Co. IS express
IN Montana, the messenger attacked being
j.. A. Stedman, formerly of this city. A
Telegram from him yesterday says that
the robbers have been caught.
The city council is making arrange.
ments for much additional paving Some
action should be taken securing sys.
tematic cleaning of what paving is al.
ready down. Council Bluffs does not get
nearly so much benefit from its paving as
il might if there was some regular
street cleaning.
Col. Abbott Indignantly denies that he
is not practical mechanic. He says he
is n carpenter by trade and that he has
been SO long connected with lumber
yards and with building enterprises that
he is posted as to what kind of paving
should be done, and that he has had
some experience in that line.
The Wabash ticket agent, j. c. Mitch.
ell, is selling tickets to the St Louis fair
tI,t f.,r 10 la Il t,;,, l,n
carnival of the Yelled Prophets is to take
place on the 9th, and this will cause
many from this section to attend, the rail.
way fare being thus reduced one half.
4 Judge Aylesworth has promised to de-
clare to-day who is the real chief of the
\ fire department 1t is to be hoped that
there will be no delay in making n deci-
sion, so that the public may give the
newspaper men rest from trying to an
swer the query, When is it to be de-
cided?"
faction. He has got Supervisor Kirkwood
to reply to him. The mayor has attacked
the personal character of score of re-
spectacle citizens and has been hoping
I to get someone to pay some attention.
He has at last succeeded, and Kirkwood
aas condescended to sit down on him.
He will be up again and ut somebody
else now.
In the United States court yesterday,
Judge Shiras still presided, although
Judge Love arrived on the morning
train. The case of Dennis Gilmore
against the Chicago g. Northwestern
railway company for personal DANA gcs
was on trial. The case of John Horsley
against the X. G. for right of way dam
ages is also called. and Ian ge number
4 of Hamburg people are here in attend
ance.
Among those in attendance at the dem
locratic convention yesterday were A: w.
Askwith, of Oakland, and Fremont Ben.
ljamin, of Avoca, who have been until
now in the republican ranks. In the
county republican convention Mr.. Ask I
with was talked of as one of the delegates
| to the state convention, but for some
reason he did not get the honor Mr..
Bcnjamin's name in the recent republican
Iconvention was whispered about as liable
10 be placed on the ticket as nominee for
the legislature, but the convention thought
lit better to choose some othere. The
sudden change of these two republicans
10 democrats is doubtless honest, and
they have doubtless been led to II change
of political belief from careful considera
ton of all the facts in the case, but the
change comes at an unfortunate time,
following so closely upon the recent re.
publican convention in which they took
so prominent n part. Some will say that
t'hey Were soured by disappointment,
winch, of course, is u misrepresentation
OF their motiyes.