Omaha daily bee., 1885-04-15
MINOR MENTION,

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The city jail WAS empty yesterday, thus
en- ,b,ing tho marshal's force to do TIE
needed cleaning up.
The motion for a new trial in DIR.
Cross care is to be argued at Glenwood
on Thursday, April II.
A number Ct the valiant veterans went
to Oakland TO attend the camp fra last
night, the programme of which was given
in yesterdays BEE.
A number of fine horses gre expected
to arrive here TO day from California to
remain at the driving park here for some
time in training before going further
east.
Yesterday Raw. Father McMenomy
married Ethan G. j. Hammond to Alice
Elizabeth Lsrkins, both of this county;
also Thos. j.. Tinken to Marguerite Kra-
mer, both Of Mills county.
On Monday night the Excelsior lodge
A. +. & A. M. elected as officers: O.. M.
Harle, w. M T. B. Hayes, S. Warden,
Peter j. W.; j. A. Miller, treasurer;
Nat Shepherd, secretary.
Complaint is still made of the scarcity
OF bridges over the creek south of Broad
way, there being only two, n at Third
avenue and another at Tenth avenue.
Lumber for the bridge at Sixteenth
avenue has been laying on the ground to
be placed In position for about o month.
Complaints still come in numerously
from the residence portion of the city, as
to the numbers and cheekiness of tiamps
Spring weather and spring work ought
to lessen the numbers of those who ara
out of work, and it is evident that the
most of these idlers do not want to
work.
The mayor writes home that he had an
hour and a half talk with Cleveland, also
showed him the pictures of his boys,
whom the president thought were a smart
looking intelligent race. He sends word
to the chief of police also, to be sure and
close the saloons at IL o'clock every
night.
G. B. Wai'e, who Is building himself a
inc residence, corner Of Sixth avenue
and Seventh street, is preparing to have
the surroundings beautiful, and therefore
secured John Roderick to plant sixteen
fine elm trees about the place. The trees
give every promise of being thrifty and
prosperous.
Mrs. Mary Hitchcock complained be.
fore Justice Schurz yesterday that a fam
lily named johnson had taken possession
of q house owned by Der and located on
the bottoms, and for a year or more had
not only paid no rent but had used up
the barn and fences for flrewood. She
wanted the Johnsons arrested as tree
pa ssers.
The city council meets again Thursday
evening, and the session Will be an i'm
portant one. AT that time the final set.
tlement will be made with Reagan Bros.
for the paving, the queation of sewerlng
Filth avenue will also come up again, the
election of city officers Is to be al
tended to, and the prohibitory questlon
may be considered. Various other mat
ters are also liable to be called up. The
council will continue to draw good
houses so long as these matters are hang
ing FIRE.
Mrs. Kerns, who lives near the Wa
bach, complains that her husband is not
only neglecting her and failing to provide
for his family, but that he is bestowing
his affections upon a Mrs. Jacobs, who
lives on Harrison street, and near whose
place he Is cultlvating a piece of land,
when not busy cultivatlng her acqusinr-
anee. The police interviewed Mrs. ia
cobs yesterday, but ehe denied all guilt,
and avowed that Mrs. Kerns was malic-
iously running her reputation out of jeal-
ousy.
There is q peculiarly sad and shocking
case Of restitution on Washington venue
A white woman lies there sick, In a little
house, with two colored children depend.
ent upon her, she having been living
with a colored man named Julius Free.
man, who is employed at one of the he
tells in the city. 1t Is claimed that when
she fell sick the colored man abandoned
her. She has been very III, and without
any OF the comforts and few of the neces
saries of life. Some of the neighbour
nave been helping her, butit has beer
apparently impossible to get any all
from the county authorities.
The matter Of Eewersging Fifth avsnuy
is one of great importance, as such
tewer will be absolutely necessary to tn
new jail and court house. The new jAi
will In a few months be ready for use
and hence the urgency Of starting tn
building of the sewer, as the connection
can be MAIDS easier aud cheaper by havin
the work done now, and the jail will b
of no practical use without sewers. TIL
puzzle seems to be ~ how the city ca
pay for the work, and This Is the probler
over which the aldermsnic minds ar