Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05

MINOR MENTION.

The Bee ONCE. No. 1s North Main street
The will OF J. Leutzinger was flied for
probate yesterday.
Lily camp No. I, Royal Nechb5rs. will
meet in regular session this afternoon.
The Fruit Growers and Gardeners asso-
citation will meet at the court house on Sat
urday at o'clock.
The Grand hotel, Council bluffs. High
class in every respect. Rates. $3.50 per day
and upward. Il. L. Clarke. proprietor.
Mrs D. w. Otis and her class OF young
ladies Will entertain their friends AT So
cia Friday evening at OH Second avenue.
The mayor and the city clerk will meet
at the clerks Office at o'clock this morn
ing for the purpose OF canvassing the vote
cast at Mondays election.
The hearing OF the alleged highway rob-
berry case in which al Rtchie, Lower
Broadway merchant is the defendant, has
been postponed until this morning.
Tho parties interested in the litigation over
the George Duncan shoe stock have agreed
10 the appointment Of a receiver, and the
case will come up before Judge Thornell to-
day.
Rev. Irving Johnston OF South Omaha will
preach tonight at st. Paul's church at 1880
o'clock. The service is for all, especially for
men; under the auspices OF the brotherhood
of st. Andrew.
Judge Thornell yesterday granted di-
vorcc in the case OF Mary Connerley against
John Connerley. The Connerleys were mar
ried nine years ago, and John deserted his
wife six years ago.
John Smith, which the same is not his
name, forfeited $15 in the police court yes
terday, which he had deposited the night
before to secure his liberty He had been
locked UP on a charge of intoxication
Amanda Bethers has been fined $50 and
costs by Justice Cook for the part she took
In the assault on young Johnson while skat-
Ing n SIMON lake short time Sem
tence was suspended pending good be-
havlor
The regular conclave of Ivanhoe command
cry No. II, knights Templar. will be held
at Masonic temple tonight All Knights are
ordered to be present. The commandery Will
be drilled after tho regular business has
been transacted.
"The Girl I Love- will be the bill at
the New Donany tonight. There was no
dimunition in the size of the crowds that
attended the play last night despite the fact
that the wind and snow made 1t one of the
most disagreeable nights Of the season.
Thomas IT, Decken, aged AS. died in
Crescent township yesterday afternoon after
short Illness from pneumonia. The funeral
will take place from the residence OF Mrs
L. M. Aylesworth on Upper Broadway on
Friday afternoon. The body will be buried
In Fairview
Rev. ]. A. Writ, d. D., of Des Moines
who will lecture tonight at ST. Johns Eng
lish Lutheran church on the subject Of 1.-TWO
Wheels" arrives this afternoon. accompa-
MED by Mrs. Writ and will be the guest
of Rev. and Mrs. G.. w. Snyder, PIT South
Seventh street.
Dalton and Wright. the Manawa election
judges arrested for conducting an election
In a manner that violated the statutes OF
the state, were to have had a hearing In
Justice Vien's court yesterday afternoon. but
owing to the absence of their attorney, Judge
Aylesworth, the case was continued until
next Monday.
There was a full house at the Liberty
hall meeting last night to hear the debate
on the subject (which Is of the Most Benefit
to the Working People, Populism or Social
ISM" DR.. Ferron spoke for the populists
and General Kelley for the socialists. Kelley
caught the crowd and they voted with great
enthusiasm that socialism was better than
the doctrines of the populists.
Fred Barnes, a platform worker at the
Milwaukee freight depot, reported to the
police last night that horse belonging to
him had been stolen. He left the animal
hitched few minutes in front Of his
brothers residence on Eighteenth avenue
and Ninth street and when he returned II
was gone. A year ago horse belonging tc
him disappeared under almost the same cir
cumstances and he never got any trace OF It
The regular meeting of the Retail Mer-
chants association, which was scheduled tc
occur at the city building last night, was
postponed until the next regular meeting
night, wednesday of next week. There were
only about half dozen members present
young colored woman named Green
living on Lower Broadway, was reported tc
have taken poison last night with suicidal
intent. A physician was called. but the
presence of the drug in her stomach was
not indicated by her symptoms.
There is some trouble at the High schoo
over recent order promulgated by Prn
cipal Eastman, which is considered by th
boys to be a denial OF the privilege OF eat
ing their monday lunch In the school bullu
ing. Yesterday lot OF boys lined up ant
walked outside with their lunch baskets
and ate the dinners standing in the snow
The cadets went through the manual of arms
while devouring their lunches In the snow
and to make camp life little more real the,
gathered up brushwood from the adjoining
grove and made little fire.
Moore & Ellis Corner" best &c cigar.