Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-09
OMAHA SUBURBS


Florence,
Mr. wite shiPley and Mrs Lena Taylor
were married last Saturday. They will
/ make their home here.
The fremen OF hose company No. ! gave
dance at the city hall the evening OF
| the Fourth There was large attendance.
Rev. Philip Smith OF Philadelphia Is here
spending his vacation. He was formerly
| IN charge of ST. Marks church at this
place and VIII assist in the services while
| here.
The permanent sidewalks have been
| finished on Main street. The walk from
| Main street west on Willet street to Bluff
| permanent walks.
NJ c. Hamilton, proprietor OF the saw
mill south of town, has returned from a
| spending some time In San Francisco and
Portland. He was looking after lumber
| interests in the western country and while
there visited several people of his acquaint-
ance who we're former residents of this
place.
Mr.. Bankey, father. Of John H, Bankey,
morning. His death was sudden. He has
been very feeble for some time. bus not
| Wednesday morning, after which he laid
| down to rest and went to sleep. He never
woke up, passing away very peacefully.
He was quite old and has been making
his home with his son for several years.
sons In Washington and Iowa have been
have not yet been made.
The city council met in regular session
| last Monday night, the mayor and Council
| present and Simpson absent. The minutes
| Of previous meetings were read and ap-
| proved without correction. oOmmunica-
| tion from Fire Chief Kindred in reference
| to city property being In the way in the
| fre house was read and the marshal was
instructed to remove the same. A com
| was received in reference to their contract
to furnish 500 feet of hose. The hose has
arrived, but they refuse to make a test
on 1t and the city has not accepted the
| hose as yet. The matter was referred to
the city attorney. The Fairbanks people
| claim their standing guarantee of flve years
is sufficient and all that is necessary. An
ordinance providing for a sidewalk on the
| south side of lot 8, block 25, was introduced
! by Councilman Suite and read The rules
| were suspended and the ordinance passed.
| The mayor vetoed the action taken by
the council In allowing seats to be placed
in the public park. All bills presented were
allowed including several for work on the
streets and one for three months lighting
pany amounting to NS.W.
The Florence Improvement club met
| "Wednesday night. The roll call showed
president. The special committee on tele-
| phones and lines reported that the Ne
COMMITTEES, had secured contracts Eor forty
| telephones on the mail route northwest
\ of town. The solicitors of the company
the north route next week. The committee
| further reported that the exchange will
| be put in shortly, the special committee
| on building has so far been able TO get
but few buildings started All at these
! are residences. The committee was given
| more time. communication from a Mr..
| Seybolt of Milford, Neb., was taken up in
| reference to q building for a hard ware and
| harness store combined. At present there
| Is no suitable building, The matter as
turned over to a special committee consist
! ing of w. b. Parks and Jacob Weber, to
proposition made by the Orchard 4 VIII
| helm Carpet company of Omaha to put
! seats in the park free of charge, these
seats to carry their advertisement, vas
brought up again. The proposition was
turned down before by the city council
| The compaBy's representative now onera
| to put six of these seats In without eX-
| pense to the city, the seats TO become the
| property OF the city after two seasons
| when the advertisements could be removed
! The executive committee will present this
, proposition to the city council at its noxt
! meeting. The permanent comml'.Ao on
street cars was instructed to see what
could be done toward q. scent care.