Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
MINOR MENTION.

II. Is. IuTkl0 OF Boone Is III lut N4lys
+. II. Keys went to st. Louis yesterday,
W. e. Guild OF Carroll is a visitor In tie
city.
II. o. Cook OF Sioux City is a Council Bluffs
visitor.
John S. Wright OF Rochester, N, Y, is in
the city on business.
Klondike for fine gold and he Bluff City
for fine work. Phone Sli.
Ed f. Wells. j. n. Gadd aud c. II. Rolllrs
OF Des Moines are in the city on busilcSs.
The members Of st. Agnes guild will give
a dancing purity on Thursday evening at
Chambers hall
The incest cases OF Carl and Nellie CTogan
have been set for heariag In Justice Nelhs
court Thursday morning at o'clock.
We give attention to little things in loun-
dry work You get all that is best in fine
work aud good service at the Eagle laundry,
724 Bwdy.
s. r. Walker has been seriously i'll for the
last ten days. He is suffering from heart
trouble and was reported 10 be somewhat
worse yesterday.
A ladies' social will be given this afternoon
at the residence of Mrs. f. e. Hart on Glen
avenue. 1t will be in the interest of the
First Congregational church.
Robert Bond who mas held a reportorial
position on tho Nonpareil paper for several
months. resigned his position yesterday and
chosen to MI mis- place.
j. j. Timeon, who could not locate himself
any nearer than by swearing that he was
from Ohio, and Mrs. Dale Bien, who had the
slmo difficulty in fixing her home in Illinois.
procured @ marriage license yesterday ana
were married by Justice Burke under the
solemn assurance that their marriage should
never be made public.
A meeting Of the executive committee OF
the Merchants and Manufactures assoca-
tou has been called to meet at the Office OF
Secretary JudsOn on Wednesday evening.
Two important propositions from manu!uc-
turers have been received und must be acted
upon Their representatives Will be present
to explain the propositions that have been
made
John Byerly tho pack policeman, en-
plCyed at a nominal salary to look after the
welfare of Blk Lake park, was arrested yes
terddy upon an Information lodged by fafk
Policeman Wolff, who has charge Of Cochran
park. Byerly is charged with malicious mis-
CHIEF, and Is accused of cutting down trees
in the park and converting them into fire
wood for mis- own use. He gave bonds to
aTDear for a heaCing in police court this
morning He admits that part of the charge
is true, but says he was only topping the
trees, according to the orders Of the park
commissioners and cutting those that were
dead.
Anton Benecke, the Cutoff saloon keeper,
was dTIdlBntl IN justice Ntld > COul S'S-
terday morning on the charge OF grand lar
ceny and OF receiving stolen orcperty. The
first case was dismissed, the justice holding
the value Of the property to be less than
800, and new information was filed. charg-
ing petit larceny. The evidence In the case
charging Bonecke with receiving stolen prop
erty was heard and tho justice took his de-
cision under adyisement until Wednesday
morning at 10 o'clock. The two sets OF haT-
ness recovered under the search warrant
were adjudged to be the property of Samuel
Frieden plaintiff in all the cases.
Cleck Steadmen of the federal court yes
terddy received the opinion of Judge Shiras
in the $4,000 damage case OF Deere, Wells
&c Co. against the Milwaukee Railway
comCany. 1t was the final decision in the
third attempt of the railway company to
have the case transferred from the state to
the federal couct. The oQinion Is bulky,
covering over thirty pages, and gees fully
into all of the questions raised by the at
torneys on both sides. 1t sustains the action
of the other judges in refusing the motion
to order the case transferred This definitely
settles it. that the case will be tried in the
district court. 1t is docketed for trial at the
present term.