Omaha daily bee., 1894-12-22
MINOR MENTION.


Grand hotel, Council Bluffs, reopened Oct. 1.
Mayne Real Estate agency. 539 Broadway.
Don't forget the candy sale at St. Paul $
rectory today.
All the pupils and teachers Of the Indus
trial school are requested to meet today at
2 p. IN. at the old place.
The Lady Maccabees meet in regular ses-
sion at the X. o. T. NJ. hall at 2:3O D. m.
Every member requested to be present.
The ice house Of the Rock Island Railway
company, located at the intersection of Ninth
street with their tracks, was completed yes
terday.
The funeral Of Charles w. Burritt will take
place Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from
his residence, 220 North Eighth street, Rev.
stephen Phelps, DID, officiating.
The annual election and installation Of
officers OF the Commercial Pilgrims Of Amer
lea will take place this evening 1t will be
followed by cards, dancing and refreshments.
John johnson was arrested yesterday after
noon at Courtland beach on the charge Of
stealing set OF harness from Fred Anderson.
The case will be tried before Justice Wen on
the 26th.
John Wallace, the contractor, paid into the
city treasury yesterday morning the sum of
$l7 for the fun he had In hammering his old
time enemy, Ed Burke, the coored garbage
connoisseur.
The public schools closed yesterday after
noon for the holidays. Appropriate exer-
cises were held in all the rooms. consisting
of declamations and music. The schools
will reopen January Z.
Circulars were sent out Thursday by the
Wabash railway officials in this city offering
reward of 800 for the arrest Of the par
ties who robbed their ticket office at Daw-
sonville, Mo-, few nights ago.
The Peterson-Gttngs case had another in
ming in the district court yesterday. The
trial was marked all the way through by in
teresting encounters between the old couple
and the attorney for the other side.
The decision upon the stories sent in in
competition for the prizes offered some
weeks ago by Rev. Il. W. Allen through
the Church Mirror has been postponed until
January 5, on account of the absence from
the city of some of the judges.
Irene, the 6-months-o old daughter of Charles
w. and Nellie e. Burritt, died last evening
at o'clock at the residence, 220 North
Eighth street. Her father died the night
before, and both will be buried Sunday after
noon at 2;3o o'clock from the residence.
The hardware dealers OF the city have
entered into a mutual agreement to close
their places Of business at o'clock D. IN.
during the months of January, February and
March, excepting Saturdays. The new order
of things will go into effect December 26.
Pilgrim Sisters Academy No. 1 will hold
a special meeting at 1880 this evening for
the purpose OF eleCtnS ollCerS Tor the en-
suing year. Following the installation of
new officers lunch will be served to which
all pilgrims and wives are cordially invited.
meeting of the bar of Pottawattamie
county has been called for this morning at
$3.50 o'clock at the district court room, for the
purpose OF choosing a delegate to attend the
meeting of the lawyers of the state at Des
Moines, where state organization of attor-
neys is to be formed
George johnson, the Underwood young
man who forged his fathers name and that
OF Fred Hopping to couple of checks, ag-
gregating SIS, and passed them on George
s. Davis and Henry Steepe, was discharged
by Justice Wien yesterday. His father re-
imbursed the victims, and they thereupon
refused to prosecute.
Sheriff Derby OF Butler county, Nebraska
arrived In the city yesterday to take in
charge w. B. Proctor, the insurance man,
AS. stated yesterday, Proctor had already
been turned loose by order of Judge Smith. a
settlement having been made. The sheriff
seemed considerably surprised when told
that all his labor had been in vain.
Frank Scanlan and family narrowly es-
capped being asphyxiated few nights ago.
A gas stove in the house leaked, and when
Scanlan awoke he was SO weak that he fell
to the floor. He managed to get window
open, however, and when he and his family
had chance to breathe little atmosphere
they began to get over the i'll effects Of
their experience.