Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-21
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
MINOR MENTION.

DAVIS SellS glass;
Fine A. r. G. beer Neumayer's hotel,
NVeisbach burners at Bixby's. Tel. 1913.
Budwoscr beer H. Rosenfcldt agent.
Gravel roofing A. II. Read, 5il Bway.
Scientific optician. Wollman, 400 Bway.
g. II. Anderson left last evening for
trip to Ponca, o. i.
An millinery goods al half price AT SlorF
q Crisp's 3i Broadway.
Mrs Eva Pelham left yesterday on WISH
to cripple Creek Colo
DR.. W. A. Gervais, osteopath, 3H Mer'
rlam block, Council Blufts
Tho place TO have your framing done
AlexandCr's Art emporium.
See those fine fancy work baskets az
Stork & Crisp's, 3il Broadway,
Get your work done at the popular Eagle
laundry, IA Broadway. 'Phone 10"
w O. Estep undertaken, IS Pearl street
Telephones: ONCE 81. residence, 80.
Miss Georgia Snow left yesterday for
l}rcokfeld Mo, to spend the holidays with
relatives.
Elegant line of Christmas presents in
fancy needework at Stork & Crisps, Sil
Broadway.
The regular meeting Of Harmony chapter
No % order of the Eastern star, Will De
held this evening.
sheridan coal makes a large flame and
clear fire but no smoke SCOT or clinkers.
Fcnlon 81 Foley, sole agents
Mrs Lee B. Cousins was called TO Ne,
braska city yesterday by tho illness OF
her daughter, Mrs. Cadwallader.
Dan Sullivan was arrested yesterday aft
crnoun for stealing brush and comb from
Davis drug store on broadway
Dr. A. J. Plumer, a prominent ranchman a
of western Nebraska is in the CITY, the
guest Of Major and Mrs. Richmond.
The regular meeting of the Sanitary Re
lief comm ssiOn will be held this afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock at the city council chamber.
G. c. Potter. clerk of the district court
of Mills county, was in the city yesterday
ON business connected with the superior
court
Colonel w ]. Davenport of the Burling-
ton went to Logan yesterday to attend the
session of The Southwestern Iowa HorucuI-
tural society
The re-sRpentment of Judge J r. Re Reed d
states court of private land claims has
been confirmed by the senate
William Busse was appointed patrolman
Yesterday by Mayor Jennings and was as
signed to the night detail. The police force
Is now up to its normal strength
A. Ryner, the cook charged by c. Austin
with stealing a number of articles was dis
charged in Justice Nien's court yesterday
on motion of the assistant county attorney.
H. NJ Metz commercial agent for the
Illinois Central at this point, returned yes
terday from I'reeport, Ill, where he mad
been called by the illness of one of his
children,
Joseph A. Post and Miss Eta German
both from Omaha, were married yesterday
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Held
on South avenue, the ceremony being per-
formed by Justice Ferrier.
Henry c. Dawes, superintendent of the
Nebraska School for the Deaf, and Thomas
Beth his brother-in-law, were in the city
yesterday visiting their old time friends,
Attorneys A. T. and l., N. Flickinger
The fire department had a long run last
evening to Twenty-hfth avenue and sixth
street where defective fue in the small
cottage of Ambrose Sales had started an
ircipient blaze. The flames were eXtin-
guished with little damage
I., ,.lr 81, II ctrio Tn,,r
Reed and Attorney A, r.. Flickinger, COM
prsing the Board of Insanity Commission
crs, went to Clarinda last evening to ex-
anime the condition of the county patients
in the State Insane asylum there.
Complaint was made to the police last
night that two overcoats had been stolen
from one of the grading camps north of the
city. This makes seven oVercoats that have
been stolen within week and so far the
police have been unable to secure trace of
any one of them or the thieves.
Jewel court No. 2. Tribe of Ben Hur, has
elected the following officers Chief, w. b.
Lackey; judge, Mrs, Lizzie B. Matthews;
S. NJ. Perkins; keeper of tribute, A. W.
Huber; captain, George Houston; guide,
Mrs. 4. M Brenneman; keeper of inner
gate Miss Florence Carley; keeper of outer
gate, s. II. Kerns.
Rev Myron c. Waddell, pastor of the
Broadway Methodist church underwent an
operation in the Methodist hospital in in
the plural cavity The operation was be-
Eeved to be successful, but it will be sev
eral weeks before Mr.. Waddell will be able
to return home No arrangements for fill
ing the pulpit at the Broadway church have
been made as yet.
Joseph c. James died yesterday at his
home, 1905 South Ninth street, of heart
disease after an illness of two menths,
aged SO years. He leaves a wife and two
children, Mrs. c. NJ. Mckinley and Edgar
w. James both of this city. Deceased had
been in the employ of the Union Pacific
car repairing department for number of
years The funeral Will be held tomorrow
dence and interment will be in Fairview
cemetery.
An information was filed in Justice Vien's
court last evening charging Bert Rablin a
1i-year-old youth with chopping off with
an AK the finger of l0-year-old lad named
Harry Lund. Rablin and Lund were chop
ping wood in play, when the younger boy
in some way to get his index fin
ger in the way of the AK. with the result
that the top joint Is now missing. The
matter and filed THE information and JUS
tice Wien will arbitrate the trouble.
+, A Wickham, the owner of the prop
erty, has closed up the old Pacific hotel on
Broadway at the end of Pearl street. 1t
will be torn down and replaced by modern
Sie he eGdn5 the by be na 9or of whiea
a city ticket office. In the early days of
Council Bluffs the Pacific house was one of
late years 1t has had a checkered career.
John HalVerson, the late proprietor failed
TO meet the rent and Wickham took pos
session and locked the doors. For several
months past the house with lis broken
down appearance has been an eyesore
The Chicago & Northwestern Railway
company discharged 300 laborers yesterday
who have been employed on the double
tracking on the company's line between
here and Missouri Valley. The majority of
tho men We're taken to Chicago last even
ing, the company paying them half their
wages at this point and agreeing to pay
the balance when they reached Chicago.
The company did this to insure the men
having some money when they reached
home and to prevent them spending 1t ali
in the saloons. As it was several of the
men became drunk and were arrested but
were released i'm time to take the train for
Chicago with their companions.
~ Y. Plumbing Co. Tel. $50.