Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-04
MINOR MENTION.

the high school prize contest takes place.
McClurg's cracker factory Is so busy as
to compel running nights as well az days.
Three carloads Of soldiers passed
through here yesterday from Columbus
to Sidney and Niobrara.
The Mutual life and accident associa-
ton has removed from No. pol Main
street to No. IL North Main street.
The iron for the new county jail has
arrived and Is being put In place. The
jail will probably be done by the Goth Of
July.
Reiter Is Offering great bargains at hi
merchant tailoring establishment, No.
$40 Broadway. See his goods and get
his prices.
Equalization of taxes continued to oc.
cupy ths attention of the board Of su-
perviuoru yesterday; also the allowing of
. few bills.
Harry Hardin and @. MUNSTER are to
have o shooting contest at the driving
park sometime this week, the match to
be q glass ball one.
The Eastern hotel, Broadway near
Northwestern depot, has been thorough
ly refurnished and renovated and Is now
ready for business.
The strawberry festival in the masonic
temple, given by the ladies OF the catholic
church, continues this evening. Supper
served from $50 to 10 o'clock.
Eva Lamont, who was arrested.pn the
charge of robblng q young man named
White of $40, was discharged yesterday,
the evidence not being sufficient.
Still Bates and Tom Brooks are now
charged with kicking up a row at the
t'three Mines and beating a fellow badly,
who Is a hanger on at the house.
The sodding Ct the ground of the
Pierce street school Is completed. The
Third street school needs sadly the same
attention and the bringing up to grade of
q malaria breeding pool there,
In the district court yesterday argu.
ments were heard on the motion to trans
fer the injunction case against Wagner &
Sherlock to the federal courts. The
matter was taken under adviaement.
The funeral of the son of Mr.. Fauble
took place yesterday morning from the
catholic church. His gchoolmates at
tended in a body, and there were a large
number of the friends of the family.
@. 81. Sholes, who has lately bought
an interest in the Council Bluffs Herald,
has been elected secretary of the company
In place Of Mr.. Spencer, who ~rstires, and
who Is thinking of embarking In business
In Nebraska.
The renovation of the Baptist church
La sufficiently advanced to judge of Its
appearance. The baptists will have a
neat and attractive place of worship.
The work will be finished this week, SO
that it can be used Sunday.
Tramps continue to work the outskirts
of the city, especially In the southern
part near the depots. A few officers te
run them into the city jail, and a few
days on the streets shoveling off the mud
would SOON clean them out of town
again.
The Graves family, who have been al
the dime museum, have been engaged by
the pastor of the African methodist epis.
copal church to give o concert on the
18th instant, the proceeds of which are
to go towards lifting the debt of the new
church for the colored people.
j. L. DeBevoiss, the ticket agent, hal
received the rates for those desiring t.
60 from here to the reunion at Portlsnd
Maine, The fare for the round trip vii
be $37. 30, the tickets to be on sale from
june 14th to 21st, and there being III,
choice of nine routes from Chicago.
A handsome young barber of the cit,
now mourns the sudden and mysterlou
disappearance of his best girl, to whom
he was soon to be wedded-as he though
but who has left for parts unknown
taking with her all his gifts and TIN
Partisan diamond ring, and leaving n,
word or me,sage.
The Nonpareil, poor old grandmother
she is again accused of steallng-thi
time 1t appears she ''hooked" a big item
from the Cedar Rapids Gazette and ru,
1t In yesterdays scrap book to fill up, 70,
know. forgetting of cour,e, to Civ,
credit to the Gazstte-even worse, trie,
to make 1t appear as Council Bluffs news
Yesterday morning as officer O'Brlel
was standing on Broadway he noticed
young man lingering some shoes tina
were hanging outside of Phillips store
and was rewarded by seeing this sam,
person slip the shoes under his coat, alte
cutting the string that attached them to
long line of shoes with a piece ef lin. Oh
being arrested the thief denied Ills guilt
although several witnesses claim him I,
be guilty.