Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

MINOR MENTION.

Myrtle lodge No. IL, Degree Of Honor, VIII
meet this evening in the Merriam block.
Justice Cook yesterday united in marriage
Christian Nelson aud Chrlstiana Berth, both
Of this city.
The Council Bluffs Office Of The Zee
is just north OF oTcer & Pusey's bank, on
= Main street.
The Office Of the Council Bluffs depart
ment ~ The Bee is now located at No. 16
North Main street.
on sud after February ! the Council
Bluffs Office OF The Bee will be located at
No. 1e North Main street.
The Grand hotel. Council Bluffs. High
class In every respect. Rates, $3.50 per day
and upward. e. F. Clark. proprietor.
a republican mass meeting will he held In
the south room of the court house this
evening for the purpose Of forming an All
sln club.
DR.. Montgomery returned from Chicago
yesterday morning. He spent a week in the
surgical clinic Of the Hohneman and Michael
Reece hospitals.
The Norwegian Plow company has COM
menoed suit in the superior court against
Christianson Bros. Of Lake Preston, S. D.,
on promissory notes.
Captain Il. j. Muffin OF Lincoln has been
In the city for a day or two visiting with
members of the Holden Comedy company.
He returned to Lincoln last night.
Last night about midnight fire burned
the roof OFF an unoccupied house at 2i31
Fifth avenue. 1t was probably started by
tramps. No details of ownership, loss or
insurance were learned.
A meeting will be held at the Young Mems
Christian association parlors tonight for the
purpose of perfecting arrangements for the
presentation of THE Old Deestrick skule'
at Dohany's on February IA and 10.
Rev. Mr.. Cramblett's lecture at the Chris
tian church last night was well attended and
delightfully."- entertaining. He took his audi
-rAa rA,,- 49, nd.lI In Grl 4 n,,t rff
the aid of a big stereopticon and vivid de-
scrlptive powers.
Hon. Dan Farrell, former sheriff OF Mills
county, was in the city yesterday on his
way to Dubuque, where his aged mother is
critically Ill. Mr.. Farrell is now located at
Lake City, Colo. where he has extensive
mining interests.
Hon. b.. II. C. Bloomer has announced his
intention Of giving an old fashioned old folks
social at his residence in the near future.
He expresses the desire OF meeting all of his
old friends once more around the social
board before he gets too far along in years
TO enjoy the pleasures of a genuine old-style
house warming.
The Holdens, by special request, will re-
peat their great play, the Inside Track, ~
tonight. This Is the piece that has the most
realistic fire scene in 1t that has ever been
put on the stage. Tomorrow afternoon they
will give a matinee bill that should pack the
house with the boys and girls. 1t Will be
the immortal TON Sawyer" Mark Twain's
most humorous and delightful %conceit.
Don Overman, who is in the county Jail
awaiting trial on the charge of stealing
a valuable dog from Lucius Wells, is not
compelled to live on the diet furnished by
the sheriff to the regular prisoners. Nc
complaint has been made about the fare at
Sheriff Morgan's hotel, but Overman has a
friend. Miss Kate Farr, who was charged
with having played a part in the nipping of
the valuable canine, pays regular visits 10
the Jail and keeps Overman supplied with
a stock Of delicacies that threatens to make
a govt sufferer of him before he gets a
hearing in the courts.
Amos II. Lewis, one Of the collectors for
David Bradley & Co., has been arrested In
New York City, charged with ENLIGHTENMENT
1t was not generally known until after his ar
rest that he was also an embezzler here. He
had been in the employ Of the big implement
firm for some time, but last December sud
he was found to be short about $3.50, but the
firm did not lose faith in him or his honesty
until the chief Of police received a S1.15 "col-
lect' message from New York, asking OF the
officers wanted Lewis here for embezzling
the implement firms money. The present
determination is not to bring his back.
Wanted. good farm loans in western Iowa
at lowest rates. Money loaned for local in
vestors on best OF security netting 6 per cent
Fire insurance written in reliable companies,
Lougee & Towle. 235 Pearl street.
Hot bed Snsn.
We have 1000 hot bed sash which we are
going to close out. They won't last long
a price that cannot be duplicated. G. B.
Doint ol and GLASS comDany. Masonic tenn