, 1891-09-01
TOWN TALK.
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Oysters !, every style at GcrmaniA nAn
Court me. Yesterday afternoon. NO
business of importance was trans
D;.d-A, 1880 Sunday morning. Mr..
Andrews, of typhoid fever age 90
pa.,-To the wife of Fred Whitrock on
AM % a daughter. Weight twelve
pounds.
Over 100 applications for use Of school
lands have been filed with the board OF
land commissioners.
Ten thousand dollars to loan on i'm
proved city property. ". A. Richards,
l720 Ferguson street.
Reports of the Morris and Williams
fight will be received by rounds at H. P.
Hynds' saloon this evening.
The investigating committee looking
after the rain maker will meet today at 10
O'Clock in Mr.. Ravenscratt's office.
Deputy Auditor Putnam was struggling
with the assessment rule Yesterday trying
to find a 81 error in lis balance sheet.
Mrs. Myers requests the ladies' OF J. F.
Reynolds, W. R. G. No. 9 to meet at her
home this Tuesday, afternoon at 2 o'clock
and earnestly desires a full attendance.
The seats nave been placed in the main
rooms of the school house and in one of
the recitation rooms SO there need be no
fear that school will not begin all right on
Monday.
NJ. p. Keefe yesterday received from
the war department the contract for
building an extension to the Fort Russell
hospital. There will be about 81, 500
worth Of work.
VIM. NaismIth, assistant to State En-
gineer Mead, returned yesterday from
g~uaging the Platte river. He drove over
land from Saratoga and thinks that he
has seen a fine scope of country.
Handsomely furnished rooms at the
Whitcomb house aud Whitcomb house
annex Castle Dare). Best dining room
in the city. Corner of Ferguson and
Twentieth streets. CHARGES moderate.
Sam Finch. the day watchman at the
Union Pacific depot, has left with his
family for a visit in Portland. Ore. John
Nowlan is now day passenger director
while Wash Brenton will fill the position
at night.
Elwood Mead and Will Code rave re-
turned from the %guaging trip of Green
river. They were working on a tributary
about sixty miles north of Opal. Mr..
Mead has with him a large box of fine
trout caught on the trip.
Mr.. NJ. V. Staley. who was formerly
employed in the superintendent of shops
office as stenographer. leaves today on a
visit to his home in Laporte, Ind. Mr..
Staley has had many tiattering offers Of
positions in the East but prefers life in
the West and will probably return soon.
A letter has been received by Chair
man Jeffrey of the state board of mines
informing him that Messrs. ID. h.
Wheeler, Guy @. Barton. WI. Broatch
q. Fl. Brown, @. o. Lobeek and Jas.
Stephenson of the Omaha Board of
Trade will be present at the opening of
the mining convention.
The bids for putting in a new stone
front in Geo. w. Browns store were
opened at Architect Julian's Office last
night. For woodwork the bids we're:
Weybrecht 1896, Grimes aud Connor
$3.50 and Black & Clark $7O3. For
masonry, p. j. Masterson 1852, H.
Conley $767. Owing to the absence of
Mr.. Brown the contracts have not yet
been awarded.
There seems to be some misapprehen-
sion in regard to the entertainment this
evening. Although given by Miss Julia
King it is given under the auspices of the
teachers institute. Miss King rendered
her services to the institute as teacher of
elocuton free OF charge and to reimburse
her for services rendered, which other
wise would cost considerable money, the
entertainment was gotten W.