Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-15
fee will be charged. Music will be furnished
by Miss Jessie Carpenter and Miss McKenna

fee will be charged. Music will be furnished
by Miss Jessie Carpenter and Miss McKenna
of Omaha.
Building Inspector Robert Parks and Chief
Smith of the fire department will inspect
the Dellone and keystone hotels and the
Lister block for the purpose of ascertaining
If the buildings mentioned are provided with
proper fire escapes.
On Monday evening the Olivova Ratolest,
J. C. ID. society rendered a reception to Mrs.
f. Deinsbier, Twentieth and o streets. Mrs.
DeinSbier leaves today for eDtroit, Mich,
where she goes as a delegate to represent
the South Omaha lodge at the annual con-
vention of the society.
The Riding club has held it's second drill,
which the members claim was entirely salts
factory. Considerable interest is being taken
in the club, and already about fifty of the
members have been measured for their uni
forms. The club will make its first public
appearance during state fair week.
T. II. Ensor, Thomas j. O'Neil and David
Anderson compose the committee selected
by the Transmississippi Exposition to can
Vass and receive stock subscriptions in this
city for the exposition. The committee will
IN work at once, and will call upon
all wage earners and business men, who will
be expected to subscribe as literally as their
financial condition will justify.
County Commissioner Hector is authority
for the statement that the county graders
will go to work on the South Twenty-fourth
street road in a few days. He says that the
graders are now doing some work at the
fair grounds, which had to be done at once,
and as soon as that is completed the ma
chimes will be put to work on the Albright
road.
Yesterday afternoon Mayor Ensor dis
missed Police Officer Philip Cornell from the
force. Cornell served the city under Ed
Johnston's administration, and at one time
was captain of the force. He got mixed up
T. 10000 ,,NnIla with Herman Tnnpnmnn
who was also a policeman at that time, and
was reduced to the ranks. 1t is asserted
that Connell was removed on account of
some trouble he had on July 4.
Yesterday afternoon the Kings Daughters
gave a reception at the home OF Mrs Il. -.
| Montgomery, Twenty-third and l streets, in
! honor of Mrs. l.. Stearns, who leaves for
New York in a few days where she VIII
make her home. Before parting with their
friends the members of the order gave Mrs.
Stearns a handsome souvenir spoon, suita-
bly, engraved. Light refreshments were
served.
The weeds have grown so fast this sum
mer that the city authorities have been
unable to have them cut as they should
have been and the result is that weeds are
growing to the height of a man on some OF
the principal streets of the city. In order
to remedy the matter without expense to
the city the city attorney will draft an
| ordinance compelling property owners To
cut the weeds on their premises and pro
viding a penalty for a violation of the
ordinance.
Yesterday the live stock inspector entered
upon his new duties of inspecting daily all
of the butcher shops in the city. He re-
ports thirteen such shops in the city, and
under the ordinance he will be compelled
to inspect each one of these places every
day. besides attending to his regular duties
over at the stock yards. 1t will be the duty
of the inspector to carefully inspect the
meat offered for sale and see that none OF
it is below standard, and also to see tina
the ice chest is kept dry and In good condi
ton, and look after the sanitary condition
of the shops generally.