Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-17
LOCAL BREVITlES.

Revenue Agent Miles d. Houck has been
assigned to the district of North Carolina
and started to his new field Monday.
The Visiting Nurses association will hold
its regular monthly meeting tomorrow at
4 o'clock in the room in the Arlington
block.
John c. KroII and August Kroll of Fair
bury, and Henry Koza of Stanton county
are applicants for release from their debts
by action of the bankruptcy laws.
improvements are being made in the
office is being treated to IA new carpet, the
old furniture in the court room has been
shipped to Mankato, MINI.
The founding taken from the Union Pa
cihc depot Monday morning will have
home, temporarily at least, with the fam
living at l7l3 California street. They will
keep the child six months, and will then
be permitted to formally adopt it, If so
disposed.
John Morrssey, a plumber, reports to the
police a burglary at his house, 1873 Spencer
street, Monday night. Goods to the value
way coat and vest and number of un-
collected plumbing bills, were stolen. The
burglar entered by forcing the rear door
of the house.
David Il. Edwards of Fremont, arrested
last week at the instance of Francis NJ.
Muff of Douglas county, and brought to
Omaha by Constable Ferguson on a war
rant charging him with bastardy, was
married to the complaining witness yester-
day i'm Justice Baldwin's court. The charge
against Edwards was dismissed.
| The knights of Ak-Sar-Ben held a brief
meeting at the omaha club Tuesday night.
| The only business transacted was he cleo
! tiOn of three members of the board of gov
ernors for the ensuing term Of four years
as follows: Thomas Fry, n. p. Peck and
Mel Uhl, Messrs. Fry and Peck We're on
| the board last year, Mr., Uni, the new mem
| her, succeeds to the place made vacant by
the expiration of T. +. Bryson's term.
j, W., sipe, real estate dealer, is before
| on the charge of larceny by bailoe
| Joseph Abernathy, colored, is the prosecut-
| ing witness. Abernathy alleges that he
! to pay $50 the first installment on a
| South Omaha town lot. He declares he
| paid the money, but that after so doing he
was unable to secure "A deed to the prop
| erty.
At the noon hour yesterday there was
| furry among aborcrs employed in laying
! concrete i'm the Metz Brewing company's
| new building in course of construction,
| Sixth and Leayenwor'h streets. The men
| demanded a rise Of 2ig cents per hour,
| Is being done by a st. Louis contractor.
! Twelve men are employed, Their demand
was agreed to by the foreman, in the abb
scnce of the contractor.
| The Christian Endeavorers of Omaha
! will have an opportunity tomorrow morn
! ing to greet their president, Rev. +. T..
/ Clarke of Boston, founder of the EndeaYor
movement who has started on another
! tour around the world i'm the interest of
/ lne \ 1OlnB People 3 society or Christian
| Endeavor, He will arrive I'm Omaha at S
| o'clock and leave for San Francisco fifty
! minutes later. All EndeaVorers who can
| be at the Union depot at that time are re-
! auested to extend greeting 10 Father
! Clarke,
| Irish Americans ana others who are I'm
! sympathy with the Beers in their struggle
with England, are circulating a call tor a
meeting to he held at the Paxton hotel, sun
day afternoon, at which ways and means
/ will be discussed for bringing Maud Come,
the Irish Joan of Arc, to Omaha. The
idea is 10 have an admission fee charged
for Miss Comes lecture. with the under
| standing that the net proceeds be turned
over to the Beers to be used as a hospital
fund, or rather to swell the general fund
| that is coming from various directions.
on account of the illness of Police Judge
| Gordon, Justice of the Peace William h
| Learn occupied the police court bench
! yesterday ana disposed in short order Of a
| miscellaneous batch Of vags and plain
| drunks lie has had experience as a police
! judge. having served four years in that
| capacity in kCarney, Neb. lie says II comes
quite natural To him to say ten days "
However, In running through a docket OF
ten alleged offenders he only said II once
The remaining nine were released with a
little good advice. Charles Ebert who
pleaded guilty TO having stolen two horse
blankets from a farmers wagon last Sat.
urday, will serve ten days in the city Jail
The property was recovered.