Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-10
LOCAL BREVITIES.

A daughter was born to G. S. Amber ant
wife on Tuesday December 20, 1896.
Rental agents report fewer desirable
houses vacant than at any time during the
past three years.
An epidemic of mumps is sweeping ovei
the north end Of the city. and any number
Of the children are afflicted.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kelliher of 14191!
North Seventeenth street are receiving con
gratulatlons on the birth of a son.
The Omaha Street Railway company has
removed the track bolts and closed up the
cable slots on all Of tho old cable tracks
John d. Quinly was arraigned n he federal
court yesterday on the charge of burglarizing
the postoffice at Springfield. He pleaded
not guilty.
The telephone company is giving all oI
its wooden poles a coat of red and white
paint. The red extends up the poles some
ten feet, above which white is being used.
The family of S. Gleave returns thanks tC
Rev. 7. j. Mackay, members of Dorcas Tens
and all others who assisted them and prof.
fered shelter when their home burned last
Sunday.
The funeral of Miss Annie Powers will be
held Monday morning at a. m, from the
residence. 1924 South Twenty-second street
Services will be held at st. Peters church
lnterment in ST. Mary's cemetery.
Fourteen cars Of ore from British Columbia
for the smelter, one car of rice from Japan
for Paxton & Gallagher, and another for
McCord, Brady Co.. were received at the
custom house during the past week.
Burglars entered the cigar store of A. D..
Scorey at 1925 Sherman avenue Friday night
by means OF the rear door They departed
with a considerable quantity of cigars and
tobacco No trace to the crooks has been
discovered.
mass meeting of all the churches of the
city has been called for next Friday night at
s o'clock in the Kountze Memorial church.
The object of the meeting is to devise plans
for the assistance of foreign missionary
work.
License Inspector Hurst yesterday filed
a couple more complaints against coal deal
ers for failing to take out licenses to sell
coal. The parties are NJ. Rosenblatt, who
is in business at Fifteenth and Davenport
streets, and Miller, dealer at 1908 Dodge
street.
Ferdinand Praplich was arrested Friday
for drunkenness that verged on delirium
tremens. 1t was learned yesterday that
the prisoner has wife and two children
living at Sixth and Pine streets, and that
they are in destitute circumstances.
NJ Mabel, peddler residing at 24O7 South
Ninth street, has been arrested for running
into the buggy of Mrs. Barbara Thomas on
North Sixteenth street, Friday, and break
that Mabel was going at an unlawful rate
Of speed.
Il. II. Hall. the complaining witness against
the "policy" gamblers, who failed to ap-
pear when the case was called for hearing
before Police Judge Gordon yesterday after
noon and for whose person a capias was
Issued. appeared yesterday afternoon when
the case was called again.
runaway on North Sixteenth street made
things lively for a time yesterday. A
driver of delivery wagon failed to hitch
his horse while he went into a house and
he animals took the bits in their mouths
and lit out. The street was strewn with
the loss of which constituted the
)nly damage sustained.
This members of the four companies of
he Omaha fire department who responded
10 the fire alarm turned in from Hal Nc
Cords residence last Tuesday morning were
smoking cigars yesterday. That morning Mr.
McCord sent a box OF cigars 10 each OF the
for which the boys feel duly
thankful.
S. IL. Atwood OF Plattsmouth complained
o the police that while he was walking
)ast Ninth and Jones streets yesterday
le was attacked by a dog The animal tore
lis trousers. Atwood learned that the ami
nal belonged to Schmitt, a resident In the
and has caused a warrant to
,e issued for his arrest ON the charge OF
leeping vicious dog.