Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-04
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
MINOR MENTION.
Davis sells gIass.
Moore's food kills worms and fattens.

iowa Furniture y Carpet Co., 4O7 Bway.
J. c. Blxby, heating, plumbing. Tel. 1873
G. b. Jacquemn q Co., jewelers. and op-
ticians % South Main street.
Get your work done at the popular Eagle
laundry, 72i Broadway, phone l57.
Harry Hclscr has returned from New Or
leans, where he failed to pass physical eN-
animation for admission TO the navy o"iuS
to weak eyes.
Manager Atkins of the local telephone eX-
change and wife went to Seward. Ncb hav-
ing received word that Mr.. Atkins mother
was not expected to live.
Captain j. j. Keith has issued a call for
all memb, s of U. S. Grant company, NO. a.,
Uniform rank Knights of Pythias, to be at
the armory this evening in full uniform
Henry Harms of Underwood complained to
the police yesterday morning that while In
the washroom at the Neumayer hotel some
interruptions individual walked OFF with his
overCoat.
Chief selby has issued call for the For
esters drill team of Hazel camp, Modern
Woodmen Of America, to meet tonight at the
armory in Masonic temple at 745 O'Clock
sharp for drill
The remains Of the late Mrs. Jane @.
Smith who died Thursday afternoon, VIII
be shipped this afternoon to Gibbon, Neh.,
for burial instead OF TO MonroeVlile, o'' as
at first arranged.
f. r. Bacon of Chicago, architect for the
Illinois Central railway, is in the city look
ing over the ground preparatory to drawing
the plans for the local depots of the Fort
Dodge e. Omaha road.
Every member of Bluffs company, No. 27,
Uniform rank Knights of Pythias, is re-
quested to be present at the armory at f:5o
O'Clock this evening in full dress uniform
to prepare for inspection.
The Scandinavian American association at
its meeting Thursday night elected the fol-
m tl,s,,
j. Schmidt; vice president, Frank Peterson;
secretary, William Larsen.
c. H. Dixon of Cherokee, superintendent
OF the Cherokee division of the Illinois Cen
tral railway, is in the city and today, IN
company with Engineer G. Il. Grafton VIII
take trip over the line of the new road
between here and Denison
The regular monthly meeting of the Coun-
Gil Bluffs Womans club Will be held this
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the club rooms
on Broadway. All the officers and heads or
departments are requested to be present as
there Is business of Importance to come be-
fore the meeting.
Four new cases of measles were reported
to the Board of Health yesterday. They
We're Fred and Will Cozad, East Broad
way; Molie Nelson 624 Third street; En-
met Hawkins, 31S South Eleventh street.
Myrtle Tyzark, $50 Benton street, was re-
ported to have the whooping cough.
James Sagun has almost completed the
work of driving piles for the foundation of
the Peavey elevator at the Union Pacific
transfer and expects shortly to begin work
on the piling for the trestlework of the
Fort Dodge & Omaha railroad across the
southern end of Big Lake in Lake View park.
John Williams, who was arrested Wednes-
day night for going to his home in an intON-
icated condition and frightening his parents
by hi3 abusive talk and propensity to smash
up things in general was fined IS and costs
LII nj nrhn
was called Thursday morning he had not
sobered up sufficiently to appear before
Judge Aylesworth.
The democratic city central committee met
last night in the patrol room at police head
quarters and decided to hold the convention
for the nomination Of school board candi-
dates next Wednesday night. The caucuses
will be held Monday night. j. X. Cooper
rendered his resignation as chairman of the
committee which was accepted and A. w.
Wyman was elected to fill the vacancy.
In pursuance of the plan devised by
County Superintendent Sawyer to promote
the interests of the schools of the county,
n meeting of the school directors of the
western half of the county will be held this
morning at the court house State Super
intendent Barrett has promised to attend
and address the meeting. An interesting
program has been prepared for the meeting,
which commences at IL o'clock.
The new reading desks for the daily pa
pers ordered at the last meeting of the pub
lie library trustees have been placed in posi-
tion on the north side of the reading room
at the library. The desks, or rests, are
about four feet high and just the right height
for readers in a standing position. BY the
introduction of these standing desks it is
hoped to stop the practice of one or two
people monopolizing the papers for several
hours at a time.
telegram has been received by friends
in this city announcing the death of Rev.
Ionginus Neu, which occurred Thursday
hight at Birmingham, Ala. Father Longinus
was for nearly six years rector of st. Peter S
Catholic church in this city and did much
TO build up that church and congregation.
He was known throughout this and adjoin-
ing states as one of the ablest of the priests
of the order of st. Benedict. The funeral
will be at St Benedict's Abbey in Atchison
Kan, next week. but the exact date has not
yet been fixed.
At the meeting of the Commercial com
mittee last night Chairman Test submitted
n report outlining the work that had been
done by the committee since its organiza
tion, which will be presented TO the city
council Monday night. Chairman Test re-
ported that he was in communication with
the Chicago q Northwestern railway with
view to get that road to run a stub train
at 2:lb in the afternoon from this city to
connect at Missouri Valley with the train
from Chicago. At present all mail and eX-
press matter for Dakota and the northwest
ern territory reached by the Fremont, Elk
horn n Missouri Valley road must leave here
for Omaha at II o'clock in the morning
when it is taken on the train that connects
with the Chicago train at Arlington. BY
the proposed new Advancement shippers, es-
pecially the big implement firms of this city
would save several hours.
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