Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-14
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
MINOR MENTION.
v Hnmllion,s 81 30 shoes.

Buy Hamilton's So so shoes.
Davis sells glass.
Moores food kills worms and fatens.
c. Il. Alexander & Co. picture frames.
Bartel G. Miller, 100 B'way, give stars"
Iowa Furniture & Carpet Co., 407 B'way
J. c. Blxby, heating, plumbing Tel. l93'
Born-To Mr. and Mrs. Frank Falkln-
burg, a daughter.
Edward f. Coady returned yesterday from
q visit to Minneapolis.
Miss Kate Riley left for Chicago last even
ing on visit to friends.
c. Il. Jacquemin & Co. jewelers. and op-
tcians. q South Main street.
Get your worl; done at the popular Eagle
laundry, 72i Broadway, phone 15L
p. w. Harding, a well known attorney OF
Charter Oak was in the city yesterday.
J. r. Barnard returned yesterday morning
from a trip to Boston and other eastern
points.
w. w. Cushman Of Denison, ex-county re-
cordcr of Crawford county, was in the city
yesterday.
ID. p. Wiuter Of 253 Harrison street com
plained yesterday to the police of the theft
Of lot Of tools.
The women of the Fifth avenue Metho-
dist church will give social this evening
at the parsonage.
Sheriff Davenport of Sioux City was in
+be city Yesterday on his way home from
CIarinda, where he had taken an insane
patient.
John spalti, the Oakland, Ia, banker, was
in the city yesterday morning on MS way
for two months trip through Texas, New
Mexico and Southern California.
G. NJ. Talcott of this city assistant SUI
perintendent of the Pullman Palace Car
company, is lying sick at his apartments IN
Omaha. Mrs Talcott, who is in Chicago, IL
also on the sick list
"The Money to Burn" company, which
WAS unable to show at the Dohany theater
Sunday uight, owing to the pipes OF the
heating plant becoming frozen, left Tor
Glenwood yesterday afternoon.
The Merchants and Manufacturers asso
ciation will meet this evening in the Office OF
Stone & FINLEY in the Shugart-be,'o p.ooh NJ
President Everett extends an invitation TO
every business and professional man in the
city to be preent.
Ex- United States Marshal Frank P. Brad
lev received word Sunday afternoon OF the
death in Chicago Of his brother law, Ray
mond Laspnassc Mr.. Bradley ana MS
brother Charles left laet evening for Chlcago
to attend the funeral
Andrew h., the infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
John j. Myrtue. 204 East Washington ave-
nue., died yesterday morning, aged months,
The funeral will be held this morning at
1890 o'clock from the residence Burial
will be at Fairview cemetery.
John King who stole kettle Saturday in
order to break into jail. was given seven
days in the county bastile yesterday morn
Ding by Judge Aylesworth. King was greatly
disappointed because the judge did not make
1T thirty days. so that he could tide over the
cold weather.
The following cases of measles were re
ported yesterday to the Board of Health:
Canning child Pill Sixth avenue; Marshall
child 217 Twelfth avenue; Swartzel child,
612 Eighth. avenue Stanford child 613
Third avenue; two Walker children, Wood
bury avenue.
Yesterday Drs. McCrae, sr Treynor and
Stephenson performed successful surgical
operation at St Bernard's hospital upon A.
ii. Watts cf South Omaha. The right leg
was amputated just above the knee. The
patient has been confined at the hospital
for the last six months His knee was in,
tured in an accident while in the employ OF
the Cudahy Packing company OF South
Omaha. The patient withstood the operation
nicely and was doing well at the latest re-
port last evening.
The fire department was called about
o'clock last evening to the Schoentgen resi-
tence on South Sixth street, but the blaze
was eXtinguished with the aid OF few
buckets of water In lighting the gas in the
parlor one of the family set fire TO the deco
lations that had been allowed to hang eyei
since the wedding Of Miss Schoeutgen to Mr.
Thomas Metcalf. The flames communicates
no the curtains and for short time a baC
fire was imminent. The flames, however
were quickly eNllnSulSneu on tne arrival u
the fire department with a few buckets o
water and the damage except to the carpe
and the curtains was slight.
The police yesterday were notified by thu
authorities of st. Joseph Mo-, to look ou
for and arrest one John T. Henderson, whC
is wanted in the Missouri city for the lar
ceny Of $l15 from Mrs. Sarah ]. Beall. Hen
derson, whom the st. Joseph authorities
have reason to believe came from Counci
Bluffs, is said to have special faculty f.
G,trin1 inc tng q ip1Iq aud
bers of the fair sex He adopts the mos
desperate schemes to accomplish his ends
even going so far to make love and pro
pose marriage, as he did in the case of Mrs
Beall, in order to get the money of his vic
Tins. He is described as being a well edu
Gated man with good conversational power
and passed himself off as a wealthy cattle
man SO far the police have been unable I
ascertain that he is in the city or has eve
been.