Omaha daily bee., 1891-01-20
MINOR MENTION.

N"Xt thursday evening the nrcmen oil NO
hose company will entertain their friends
at Lacy hall.
William Paynunk was arrested last even
ing by Officer Mcdonald on a charge of
threatening to kill.
The funeral OF Dolly Wells will take place
at 10 o'clock this morning from the residence
on Washin gtonaveDue
The recognition services which were to
have been held in the Firft Baptist church
this evening, have been indefinitely post
poned.
In the suit Of Knscy VS. Rick over the pos.
session OF trunk decision was rendered
by Justice Patton yesterday morning giving
the trunk to Kinsey.
Regular communication of Bluff City lodge
No. a. Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
this evening. All Master Masons are in
vited. BY order w. NJ.
Maude Penrod, aged two years, died at the
Christian Home last Saturday night from
Group. The funeral will take place at 3
o'clock this afternoon.
Two more attachments were levied on the
: -hlossler stock yesterday, one by Jacob u
Sachs for s}43 %, and the other by Stern,
Rosenberg Co, for s6l3
An answer was fled in the district court
yesterday by Alderman Casper in the libel
suit brought by David Gray All the allega-
tions made by Gray are denied.
The infant son OF Timothy Manihan, re-
siding at the corner Of Fourth avenue and
o'clock. The little fellow had only been ill
twenty-four hours, congestion Of the bowls
being the cause.
Cvcrton's mission chapel has seating ca
pacty of $50, and yet this would not accom-
modate the crowd which gathered there Sun
day night. The revival meetings will con
tinue every evening this week.
Captain ID. B. Clark is collecting the pho.
tographs of the old settlers of this city, and
putting them in large album which is de-
tod tnll.v tnNl hat, 10
tentlon to bequeath the collection when he is
through with it to the free public library. 1t
will be valuable souvenir in future years.
Rev. 7. Mex. Stewart of the Broadway
M. h, church preached at the Trinity Meth
odist church last evening. Tonight DR.. $
Phelps will preach, and Rev G. w. Crafts
on Thursday night. Rev. w, S. Hooker OF
Shenandoah, presiding elder over this dis
trict, will be present on Friday evening and
will make the address.
The ST. Andrew society will celebrate the
one hundred and thirty second anniversary
of the birth of Robert Burns next Friday
evening by a grand banquet and ball at thf
Royal Arcanum parlors. Messrs. John II
Oliver, j. X. Bell, James Patterson, Dan Nc
Kenzie, Il. j. Gilbert, j. II. Mcpherson and
d. Macrae are the committee on invitation.
a letter received by the chief of police
yesterday from Sheriff Mallon of Fremont
Neb,, with reference to the four crooks wht
were arrested here and taken to that pl ace
to answer to II charge of burglary He state:
that when the case was ought to trial Jot
Utterson, alias Reed, weakened and gave thu
thing awaS in all its details. The sheriff ha:
a no doubt that all four of the culpritS will bt
- convicted of the crime and sent across th'
state.
James O'Brien was arrested yesterday
afternoon and was deposited in the coole
with the charge of drunkenness entered
against him. He was considerably more thar
half full, and attracted good deal of atten
ton on the street by his howling, 1t i
thought that he is the one who stole tn
trunk from William Lewis stable fev
nights ago, and he will be prosecuted on thi
charge.
Justice Patton had II. T.. Miller before hin
yesterday afternoon to answer to charge o
throwing stones at the windows of Joh
Kenney. who lives on South Eighth street
The fact that stones were thrown and tina
they narrowly escaped doing serious damag
was fully proved, but the prosecuting wit
ness could not connect Miller with the deed
and he was discharged Today Ben Wallac
and John Veach will have trial on the sam
charge.
w. b. Smith, the Wabash newsboy who's
unsuccessful attempt to keep valise an
overcoat belonging to another man was pull
lished yesterday, was brought before Justic
Patton to answer to a charge of larceny BE-
fore the time fol- t 'ial G. Smith, the owne
Of the msappropriated articles, had hi
property restored to him, and he therefor
failed to appear to prosecute F.. M. Gaul
HcHtrul HluustRcT Ol Jue TdllTOdu, ulSO TcluSc
to prosecute and merely discharged the o
tender from the employ of the company.
A rumOr is in circulation to the effect tht
uparty of Omaha capitalists are negotiatin
for the purchase of the land south of LAX
Manawa, known as Manhattan Beach.
member of the Odell investment compan.
which owns the property in question, state
yesterday that the report is true, but that
his opinion the parties who are making tn
negotiations are not the real parties in inte
C hnt who iS lirpptv InfpraStp1 cannot l
learned. II is said that If the sale is consun
mated hotel will be built on Manhatta
Beach early in the spring.
The new gas company, whose represent
tives agreed when they secured a charter la
November to furnish fuel gas at 25 cents p'
1000 cubic feet, has not fulfilled its agre
ment to any great extent, and there Is tai
among the counclmen of introducing res
luton at the next meeting declaring the cha
ter forfeited. Nothing has been heard fro
members of the company for several week
The last semi-of11cial communication was
the effect that they had determined to &
ahead and build the works without askin
any assistance from local capitalists. Th
assertion is still strenulously made by loc
friends of the enterprise, but it is probab b
that unless something tangible is shown u
in the near future the com pany will fiji
itself without charter.
Judge Thornell re ndered decision yeste
day in the case of Maish VS. Crangle, in whi,
the subject of dispute is the possion of far
near walnut, ana In which the defenda
seeks a new trial on the ground that sever
of the witnesses for the plaintiff have mat
affidavit that they We're misled by the plai
tiff's counsel into testifying to what they d
not believe. On that ground Il
new trial was granted as asked fc
A decision was also rendered in h
probate case in which it was sought to
move the man Alexander from the guardia
ship of Rosa Holden. The opinion of 4
court was that Mrs Gardner tho aunt wi
whom the girl had been living, was not Il
sort Of a woman to have charge of you
girl, and the child was therefore given In
he custody of Alexand er.
The American District Telegraph Co.
been reorganzed and is now prepared to gi
prompt service Special attention TO expre
and parcel delivery,
The best French cook in western Iowa is
the Hotel Gordon, Council Bluffs.
A.NH Nnl.