Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-31
MINOR MENTION.

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a son.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Keeline, twin
daughters
Clay Platner and Charles scanlan are on
the sick list.
r. j. Murphy and sister, Jennie, are visit
ing at Maquoketa.
Augusta grove will meet January at 2
o'clock sharp instead Of January l.
Mrs. H. B. Ennis of Missouri Valley is
visiting her daughter in this city.
Miss Emma Hesse OF Homesville Neb,
Is a guest of her brother, c. X. Hesse.
The Progress club will meet with Mrs
McCabe. Morningside, on Thursday at 2;3O
. ,. m. sharp.
Unity guild will meet Saturday afternoon
instead OF Friday at the home Of Mrs. A. b.
Cook on Vine street. Members are requested
to bo present.
social will be given by the women Of
Unity guild Thursday evening at the home
OF Mr.. A. Beno on Frank street Friends are
cordially invited.
While the ladies are busy making up their
party lists" the young man makes up his
laundry list" and sends his bundle to
the Eagle" 724 Broadway
Abe Lincoln Womans Relief corps No.
$50 will meet in regular session Friday, jan
uary l. 1897. at p. m. AS this meeting
closes all corps work for 1896 every member
Is requested to be present.
Members of Augusta grove are requested
to attend the funeral of the late clifton
Fyock, which will take place from the family
residence, 1911 Sixteenth avenue, at 10
o'clock Thursday morning
Chief Brennan of South Omaha presented
a requisition yesterday and the city au-
thoTIties turned over to him the colored
thief, d. o. Shelley who robbed a barber
shop in South Omaha some time ago.
The funeral of Clifton Fyock will be held
from the residence OF his mother, Gil Six
teenth avenue this morning at 10 o'clock.
The body will be inferred in Walnut Hill
cemstery. Rev. f. Il. Mack of the Christian
tabernacle will conduct the services.
George Green and Andrew Sorenson, both
very drunk and one in a condition that
eventually developed into a wild case OF
delirium tremens. were arrested on Broad
way last night for intoxication and creating
disturbance. Each trying to escort
the other home, and their interest in each
other led to fight.
meeting OF the directors OF the Grand
Hotel company was held yesterday in the
parlors Of the hotel. All OF the members OF
the old board were reelected with the eX-
cepton of Guy C. Barton of Omaha, who de-
clned to serve again. j. ~ Casady was
chosen in Barton's stead. There are fifteen
members of the board. The old officers were
also reelected.
James Burns was arrested last night and
locked up on the charge of having stolen
nam from Barter % MlltI > BIuttIy vi
Upper Broadway. Burns took the ham from
the front OF the store, and after long
chase was caught by one of the clerka
\ ,sao secured the ham but was not able tC
manage the man. Before the thief got
out of sight Officer Alberti came along and
took him into custody The Erocerymer
say Burns stole ham from them on the
previous evening and smoked halibut the
evening before that The man has no fam
lily, but is living on Lincoln avenue in com
pany with another bachelor
A woman, a shotgun and tramT
IGayed a star engagement near Weaver''
brick yards yesterday. The woman observed
the tramp breaking into a building ant
demonstrated. The tramp sized up the situ
alton and the woman and devoted his at
tention to her. He chased her to her owr
door and was forcing entrance wher
she appeared at the corner Of the hous,
with a double-barreled shotgun. She haC
seized the gun and ran through the house
and attacked the tramp on the flank be
fore he was aware of her presence. She
marched him out of the yard with his hands
held high in the air and let him go his
way
Fosdlck, the man who strayed into the
home OF an employe Of the Omaha smeltel
named Roetger, located near the car barns
In this city, and endeavored to kill Mrs
Roetger because she did not fall in love
with him after being ordered to do so, had
a hearing in Justice Viens court yester'
day. The hearing was on a charge pre-
ferred by young woman named Raymond
whom Fosdick met the street an hour
later the same evening and threatened tC
shoot Fosdick and his friends explained
that he was only having a nice. comfortable
drunk when he was nourshng his revolver
and threatening to shoot people in theil
houses and on the streets, and he was lei
go without punishment He was required
however to put up a bond that he would
keep the peace.