Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-01

to play game Of basket ball with the team
up there.
Meier Klc. is here spending few days
with his brother, j. Klein.
J, r. Mcmahon OF Cedar Bluffs was a Wis
itor at the exchange yesterday.
Mrs. f. o. Mayheld and daughter. Mabel
are visiting friends in Denver.
Dan II. Cronin, publisher OF the ONeill
Frontier, is In the city on business
son has been born to MIR. and Mrs. Jacob
Brown, Thirty-second and X streets.
Alex Shelley will be tried next Tuesday
for burglarizing an N street barber shop,
Several large property owners paid their
1896 taxes into the city treasury yesterday.
Charles Coffman, cattle buyer for Swift
and Company at Chicago, Is visitor in the
city.
Or. n. B. Morton of River Sioux, Ia Is
In the city looking after some property in
terests.
J. McClusky. sherln of Cheyenne county,
Kansas. is In the city attending to some
business matters.
a. w. Hunt who ships extensively from
Wilsonvile, was at the yards yesterday with
two cars of hogs.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Delaney, Twenty-ffth
and streets entertained number of their
friends at dinner last night.
The Woman's Mutual Improvement club
will meet with Mrs. Farr Twenty-frst and
streets, Saturday afternoon.
The fremen washed Twenty-fourth street
from l. to and n street from Twenty
fourth to Twenty-seventh yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs Moses Redmond returned
yesterday frcm Muscatine, Ia, where they
visited friends and relatives for week.
John Kegan Is in Jail for trying to run
away with Chief Brennan's saddle horse,
which was tied in front of the city iail.
The women of the hospital will not receive
callers this afternoon on account of the con-
dition of a patient at the institution.
officer Mulcahy arrested Perry Cotton yes
terday upon request Of the officers at Hold
regc. The man is wanted there on a charge
of rape. He will be taken back today
George Green will return to Chicago in a
day or so to continue treatment for paraly-
sis. When Mr.. Green first commenced this
treatment he could not walk step now he
can walk a block without any assistance.
Sunrise services will be held this morning
at o'clock at the First Presbyterian church.
Tho New Road" Is the topic and the serv-
ices will be in charge of Harvey Prosser,
president of the Christian Endeavor society.
| From until 9 o'clock today these young
women will receive their friends at 1882
| North Twenty-ffth street: Cora j. Per-
sons. Docia X. Carpenter, Mayme r. Greist,
Mauline Laur, Minnie Kirby, Katherine AL
len, Augusta j. Clark and Il. Blanche Will
liams.
snort time ago C. Wertz was arrested
for soliciting orders for an Omaha tea COM
pany without first taking out a license. He
was fined $50 and costs and appealed the
case. The district court has passed upon
the matter and decided in favor of Wertz,
thus knocking out the ordinance.
Some of the members OF the Beard of Edu-
cation are again talking of voting bonds for
new high school building. The intention is
tn ahnft nf hon dc, a
put uD a first-class building. Superintend-
ent Munroe says that the schools are crowd
ed and more room is badly needed.
The Ideal club dance at Masonic hall last
night was very pleasant affair Up to
midnight the women of the club had charge
of affairs and entertained the gentlemen
royalty. After IL o'clock the gentlemen
assumed control and dancing was con-
tinued until quite late. Refreshments were
served during the evening.