Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-18
MINOR MENTION.

Afternoon.
w. w. Lunger and family leave this even
ing Tor a two weeks trip to Chicago and
other eastern points.
Rev. DIR. Doherty, rector of Brownell Hall,
Omaha, will preach at ST. PauI's church
this evening at 1880 o'clock.
The Grand hotel, Council Bluffs. High
class In every respect. Rates, $3.50 per day
and upward. e. F. Clarke. proprietor.
Revival meetings are being held each even
Ing at the Overton mission on Fourth ave-
nue. and Seventeenth street. A woman evan
gelist is the attraction.
Owing to the death Of Mrs. I. A. Miller, the
sociable which was to have been held at
the First Presbyterian church parlors this
afternoon has been indefinitely postponed.
Archie Walker of Davenport, Ia, Miss
Elmo Walker of Lexington, Mo-, and Miss
Mary Walker Of Denver are in the city,
called home by the death Of their mother,
Mrs. Gordon.
Sneak thieves yesterday afternoon broke
open a small show case on the sidewalk in
front Of Solomon's store on Upper Broadway
and distracted a number OF knives and
pocket books.
There will be preaching at the First
presbyterian church every night this week.
DR.. Harsha will preach tonight, and tomor-
row night DR.. Bailey, the missionary, will
conduct the services.
Two foreclosure suits were commenced in
the district court yesterday by the Avoca
Building and Loan association, one against
Henry Bolz and wife for $3.50, and the
other against John G. Verick ct al for
1884, as.
The remains of John w. Clausen, a wealthy
farmer Of Pleasant township, were buried
yesterday morning. Mr.. Clausen inmitt
suicide en- Sunday evening by hanging him
self. Grief over the death of his wife is
thought to have been the cause of his self
destruction.
Articles OF incorporation have been fled
with the county recorder by T. j. Smith. G.
+. Adams, J. f. Hunt and J. S. Ferguson,
members of the Christian church OF this city,
changing the name of the church to 1.-The
First Christian Church of Council Bluffs"
The trustees named are Mrs. Ava Metcalf,
T. ]. Smith and j. f. Hunt.
New locks and bars are being placed on
the doors Of the offices at the court house.
Some one attempted to loot the file case IN
the district court room a few nights ago
and the officials decided to take precautions
against further attempts of the kind.
John Mowery, a young man whose home
is at 1915 Avenue l in this city, died on the
train near Evanston, Wyo., while on his way
to Utah last Friday. He was i'll when he left
home. and had been a sufferer from infam-
matory rheumatism for some time. His
mother is Mrs. Jennie A. Mowery.
E.. T. Wright and d. S. Notion, the two
Manawa election judges arrested upon an
Information sworn to by w. G. Mclaughlin.
charging them with conducting an election
in violation of the law and intimidating
voters, were in Justice Walkers court yes
terday. They were not ready for trial and
their cases went over until Monday.
wyman II. Blakely, aged 80 years, died at
his residence, TAI Franklin avenue. yester-
day. He was sick only a week with pneu-
monia. The funeral will occur tomorrow at
2:30 from the residence Of Mrs. Sealy, 20S
Fourth street. Mr.. Blakely was one OF the
DID, . ~ tha aFfNr IIn trn horn III
Deerfeld, Mass, in 1905, and removed to
Iowa in 1855. Mrs. M. f.. Huber, who re-
sides in this city, is the only surviving child.
The handkerchief found in the possession
Of Geyer after he was shot by officer CLAIR.
bearing the name B. e. Smith, has been
identified as the property Of Benjamin e..
Smith, who lives at 722 East Pierce street.
The handkerchief was taken with some other
property Saturday afternoon from the rear
part Of the residence, while the family was
In another part Of the house. The kitchen
door had been left unlocked, and Geyer and
hip companion had evidently started in to
ransack the house when they were driven
of by the sound Of approaching footsteps.
Alexander Workman got into an alteration
with Elmer Morehouse over a horse trade
and Workman assaulted Morehouse. His
weapon was a piece of brass with chain at
tached. He struck a blow that would have
killed Morehouse IL 1t had reached his head,
where 1t was aimed, but 1t struck a glanc-
ing blow on his back. Workman was ar
rested upon a warrant charging him with
assault with intent to do great bodily in
fury. He wanted time to prepare for trial
and Justice Walker gave him until tomor-
row. He was sent to Jail in default of the
Usual bond.
Manager Alton has hit a popular chord
again and the stock company that he and
his friend, Hunt, have organized Tor the
New Dohany has made a great nit. There
was nothing but standing room last night,
despite the fact that the streets were sloppy
with very damp snow. The company Is a
very strong one. Every member, with put
one exception. has starred in some otner
used to each other they will make as strong
a dramatic organization as the old stage nae
seen for a long time. The play tonight VIII
be Milton Mobiles great four-act drama
The Phoenix"