Omaha daily bee., 1897-11-05
LOCAL BRENITIES.

The asphalt pavement on North Thirteenth
and North Fourteenth streets and on Dodge
street near Fourteenth is being repaired.
Members of the Omaha Single Tax club
VIII hold services to the memory of the late
Henry George at Labor temple next Sunday
afternoon at o'clock.
The west half of the tract occupied by the
new postofflce building is being sodded and
The work makes wonderful improvement in
the appearance of the block.
DR.. Leo NJ Franklin will preach this even
ing at Temple Israel Twenty-fourth and
Harney streets, on the theme, Living for
ones Ideals" Services at 7:45.
Some burning weeds at Sixth and Hickory
streets called the firemen out yesterday after
noon. The weeds were set burning by some
boys who had lighted bonfire. No damage
was done.
social will be held at Unity church this
evening from to o'clock. After supper
there will be a meeting Of Unity CLUB at
Mr.. G. G. Belden's, 201S California street.
Paper by Miss Wallace.
The new Sherman fiat at the corner of
Sherman and Madison avenues is rapidly be-
ing enclosed. The basement and first story
have been completed and the second floor is
about ready to be covered.
Mary T. Austin is suing in the district
court for divorce from Charles Austin on
the, grounds of nonsupport and cruelty The
couple are COl0red. Ihey were married
September is, 1894, in Omaha.
Vestibuled motors were placed In service
on the Dodge street line of the Omaha Street
railway company's system yesterday.
Vestibuled cars will be put on the South
Omaha line as soon the Ys are completed
A lamp in the dwelling of Irving Ba-
right, 2Ol9 North Nneteenth street, lost its
balance yesterday afternoon with bad results
to the carpet and furniture. The fire de-
partment arrived in time to prevent further
damage.
pair Of Indians, John Wright and Walk
ing Priest are in Jail in this city waxing the
action Of the federal grand jury upll charges
made that they sold liquor to In1ians on the
Omaha reservation. They were brought here
yesterday.
The building used by the Omaha Mattress
factory at Twelfth and Nicholas streets is
Being rebuilt where it was burned out a few
weeks ago and before many days there will
be no evidence OF fire ever having visited
the factory.
A stone wall is being built of pink and
gray stone to protect the embankment on the
south side of the lot at the corn er of Sher-
man avenue and Grace street to take the
place of the unsightly plank support which
has been used.
Instructions have been received to discon-
tinue taking signatures to the petition to
congress to pass the bill providing for postal
savings banks. The number of signatures Sc
cured in Omaha during the last two weeks
count up to 10000.
Carrie Greenfield, the negress who was
seriously injured Wednesday night by
china bowl thrown at her by Henry Avery,
Will continue to live. The missile caused an
ugly wound in the head and it was at first
thought that she would die.
The sidewalks around the new postofiice
building have about been completed. The
curbing is now being put In position along
the driveway through the block, after which
this road will be paved with brick. The paw
ing will be commenced in few days.
The work of Unity club for the coming year
will consist of a study of Modern European
Civic History" The opening meeting of the
club will be held at the residence of C. C.
Belden, 2O1S California. street, this evening
Papers will ba read by Miss Jennie Wallace
| and Mr.. Thomas Fitzpatrick.
Dick Singleton, a colored man, formerly
resident of the Third ward, went up to the
Omaha Indian reservation last summer and
| 1t Is said that he at once engaged in the
business Of furnishing liquor to the red man
| At any rate he is charged with so doing and
| has been returned to this city and languishes
| in the county jail.
The receipts at the Omaha postofIice for
| the month of October from the sale of
| stamps, envelopes and postal cards were
about $1,000 more than for the month of
| September and about 81 600 more than for
the same month last year. This shows an
| increase of about 10 per cent in the business
| Of the office over last year.
| The November term of the United States
| federal court will open In this city next
Monday. The petit Jury will report next
| Thursday, November IL. There will be no
| grand jury at this term. Court is at present
| in session at Lincoln, but will close there
| next Saturday evening and all unfinished
business transferred to this city.
Since the ground around the new govern
| ment building has been graded the hydrant
| at the northwest corner OF Dodge and Six
teenth street projects about two feet above
| grade and stands like lighthouse on rock
| bound coast. Superintendent Latenser asked
| this, 1t 10 understood, the company declined
| to do.
The five heavy boilers have been safely
| landed in the basement OF the new postoff ce
| building II looked for while as though a
portion of the basement wall would have to
| be removed, but after considerable engineer
| ing an entrance was effected without any
more extra work than digging away some OF
| the ground in the basement at the opening
OF the door which was being used for pas
| sageway.
The government secret service agent I'm
| this city has been notified to be on the look
| out for the counterfeit silver coin which
| recently made It's appearance at St Louis.
| The popularity Of this coin is that II con
tains the same amount OF silver and OF equal
hneness as the genuine dollar. 1t bears the
date 1883. and the mark OF the New Orleans
mint. The lettering is said TO be TOO large.
and there are several marks by which the
expert can detect IL, but which would be OF
little value to the general public