Omaha daily bee., 1888-02-20
THE DAILY BEE.
COUNCIL BLUFFS,
OFFICE, NO. II PEARL STREET.
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II. W. w.TTLTON................... MANAGER.
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MINOR MENTION.


New spring goods at Reiter's.
Money TO loan. w. s. Cooper.
Shenandoah has ordered 900 pound
fire bell.
The members Of the legislature are
spending few days at home.
Good coal, full weight guaranteed.
G. b. Lumber company, 800 Main street.
There were no services at the Con-
gregational church last evening on ac-
count Of the bad weather.
The Knights of Pythias reception and
ball at the Masonic temple this evening
promises to be very enjoyable affair.
Rt. Rev. Abiel Leonard, ID. D., bishop
OF Utah, preached at st. Paul's Episcopal
church last evening. The edifice was
we'll filed.
Encampment No. 8, Union Veteran
legion, will hold an important meeting
this evening. and every member is re-
quested to be present.
Judge Decmer fined q Red Oak
gambler 500 the other day. The boys
here can make their own estimates as
to what it will be when their turn
comes.
Postmaster Bowman reports that the
valentine business in Council Bluffs was
twice as large this year as ever before,
10000 packages being handled at this
office.
The boards of registration of this city
will meet on the Saturday preceding,
and also on election day, for the purpose
of taking the names OF those who desire
to vote.
Special communication OF Bluff City
Lodge No. Al, F. and A. M, Monday
evening, February 20, 1888, work in
Arc Nioifirr hrafhrnn nnrd
tally invited. BY order Of the w. M.
Harry Shaw, the carpenter who sus-
tanned a fractured rib by falling from a
building on which he was at work, is
now recovering very fast, as his best
rib has just presented him with atwelve
pound heir.
The funeral of Vern6n S., infant son
OF Ira and Ellen G. Grason, took place
at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon from
the family residence, 736 Mynster street.
The remains were inferred in Fairview
cemetery. Rev. DR.. Phelps, OF the
Presbyterian church officiated.
The grand reception and ball to be
given by the knights Templar on
Wednesday evening bids fair to eclipse
anything in the social line that has yet
tickets are IS each, and the price makes
some of the wOuld-be dudes rather dis
consOlate.
The board OF county supervisors ex-
tend cordial invitation to everybody
to attend the dedicatory exercises at
the new court house commencing Mt
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, March Z,
1888. The addresses will close IN time
to allow visitors to return home on the
evening trains.
M. II. Hardin, superintendent OF the
pOr, has already moved into his Office
in the new court house. Mr.. Hardin
lays claim to being the "oldest inhabi-
tant," and it is fitting that he should be
the first county officer to take up his Of
hcial abode in this court house that is
Justly claimed to be the finest in the
state.
The grand jury will renew their la
bors this morning. The last indict-
ments are against John Francis, larceny
from building in the night time; G. +.
Mead, larceny of an OvercOat from the
BlOOmer school house; James Burns,
larceny OF an overcoat from the Emmett
house. These parties are at present
confined in the county Jail.
Messrs. Allen & Bell have nearly COM
pleted the plans for DR.. Macral's five
new flats. They will be erected the
coming season at the corner of Fifth
avenue anu ElRnun SJfeeG. Inc place
will be called Charlotte terrace. There
will be a small park in the rear, in
which will be a beautiful fountain. The
buildings will be of brick, finished in
red cypress, and will be supplied with
all the modern conveniences. 1t is the
intention to begin building operations
rs soon as the weather is favorable.
At their recent meeting the school
board adopted IL resolution "that in view
Of the probable large increase Of pop
ulatiOn in the western part of the city,
and the probable necessity Of the erec-
tiOn Of one or more large buildings in
the vicinity in the near future, the board
deems it inexpedient to now build an
addition to the Streetsville schoolhouse,
but that the committee on grounds,
buildings and repairs be instructed to
inquire into the expediency Of making
temporary provision for any needed in
crease. of school facilities in that vi
cinity."
Found-Between Upper Broadway and
the river, desirable lots for residences.