Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-12
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
ventnloquiit Iniects Life Ints Dull POlio'
Court Proceedings.
GETS FREE WITH TRICK DOG AND ART
makes Proposition Involving His
Magic to Judge end Beats
Out with Time 20
spare.

happened to disturb the ticking OF Judge
Kings ofhciai clock. Colonel Zlnn was
hauled up late Sunday night on the charge
Of vagrancy and his hearing was set for
Monday morning. lie appeared in court
with a small vaiise and suggested to the
. court that the valise was a live one and
@ that he would like to show its peculiarities
to the court He was somewhat Of ven
o trilouuist and made come remark to the
grip when It began to tremble violently and
some strange sounds came from its interior
Colonel linn then observed TO the coart
that as an evidence of his innocence OF
Vagrancy he would place his hat On the
valise and &c Il fell off that was the Hign OF
hIs innocence The hat few off the valise
tiolently and so Colonel linn won out and
his innocence was established, much to the
antonishnent of the court and spectators.
lie then opened the grip and took there
from srnall mongrel dog and had the
canine perform a few more tricks, after
which Znn and the dog were let go.
linn is an itinerant ventriloquist and his
hog is a remarkably intelligent animal. 1t
ls znn's practice to take the grip and dog
into a saloon or other resort and the two
will give an exhibition on commission from
the proceeds of sales to spectators at
tracted by, the show. linn stated that the
dog is Is years old.
Republican = Daily.
The South Omaha Republican, which has
hitherto been published a weekly, will
enter the daily field this week. Such at
least IL the word given out by Messr5 Oil
vcr and White the proprietors of the paper
The sudden inspiration to become a daily
publication is thought to have originated
IN the desire to enter the lists for the city
official advertising. which is to be let De-
cember @. There is from 500 to 5000
monthly in the city advertising for the
lucky winner Of the contract
Five Deaths in Two Days.
Horace Suttley, for forty years resident
and farmer of Sarpy county and this vicin-
ity, died Monday at the advanced age of IS
years from ailments incident to old age. He
has lived for many years with Amos Yates
and IS a well known character to almost
everybody in this section. He was bache-
lor and was a man of considerable means.
The funeral will take place Wednesday
from Union church. Interment will be
made in the Bailey cemetery.
Mrs. Josephine Stehno, aged 80 years, died
Sunday night at her home, Eighteenth and
Q streets. Funeral from the Bohemian
Catholic church Tuesday morning at 8
o'clock. Interment in st. Mary's avenue
cemetery. ,..
Bert Nice. aged 10 years. son Of George
Nice. died at the family home. Forty-second
and l. streets, Sunday night of tuberculosis
Funeral arrangements not yet completed.
Miss Flora Hawkins, aged 20 years. died
Sunday night of tuberculosis at her home
Twenty-eighth and n streets. Funeral ar
. rangements are not yet completed.
Earl Shedd, IS years of age, died after a
lingering illness Monday morning at 1880 al
tho home OF his sister, Mrs. w. II. Han,
cock, 2ts North Twenty-Second, OF typhoid
aupnenmonia., The funeral services will be
held Tuesday afternoon from the Metho
dist church, Twenty-Second and N streets
Interment at Laurel Hill cemetery.
some city Finances.
The city treasurer has completed his re
port OF receipts and disbursements oil
various funds for the month ending Novem
Der 20, which shows a balance of $1755i5.4
on all funds and coll, etlons The repor
for the month ending october 81 showe
balance Of s2OO.9l67S.
The city OF South Omaha has sold tn
s7OOOs refuuding bonds TO the bond invest
Or ment firm of Moore, Baker & Co O
= Boston, Mass. These bonds are to take u
: the funding bonds OF the issue of 1900, whic
e were 6 per cent bonds. The refundin
bonds are 41s per cent bonds, thus effectin
a considerable saving to the city. The sal
and exchange of the bonds is being carrie
r. on through the Nebraska State FiscG
q Agency at New York City.
To Discuss sewer Matter.
m mass meeting has been called by til
mayor and city council at the Ancier
Order of United Workmen temple ThuTsda
~ evening. December II, to discuss the sewt
proposition. Every arrangement is bein
Is made for thoroughly representative NEE
ing and some stirring talks on the matt,
will be made by leading citizens and eli,
$ officials.
Glover Nipped at Last.
Harry Glover, colored, was arrested MOI
day evening on the charge OF vagranC
and suspicion. He is thought to be Il
Individual who broke into Gus Stevenson
cigar store under the viaduct near Swift
about a year ago. Glover left the eli
Immediately after the robbery and has on
recently reappeared in town again. II
police have been on the lookout for hi
for several days past.
Poor Woman ArFeHted.
nj, A pitiful case developed Monday sfterno,
in the arrest OF Mrs Anna Geek livil
near Twenty-seventh and streets, WI
was brought TO the city Jail on the char
of stealing u number of articles from 4
grocery establishment of Louie Cohn. T
thefts consisted OF two or three hatchet
some oil cans, wringer, a wash boiler al
other useless articles, all OF which we
found on the womans premises. She W
taken TO Jail with her six months old bal
and remained there two three hours Al
finally was released upon her own reco
ni1ance to appear before Judge King
answer Tuesday morning at o'olock. T
woman claims her husband is sick SON
where in hospital in Omaha, and has n
been able to contribute TO her support
six months
Magic City Gossip.
The work on the new IRE hall, corr
Of Twenty-hfth and l. streets is now up
the second story.
81. AIary's court No, 577 elected the &
lowing officers for the ensuing year:
Ranger Marie Griffith; V. c. ranger. An
ConroS; recording secretary. Frances
Laughlin; financial secretary, Mary Powe
treasurer. Mary Kresse; trustees, IA
Loye, Della Hannigan and Julia Fol,
Miss Mary Powers was elected delegate a
Mrs. Mary Dervin was elected alternS
to attend the fourth biennial session.
on account of the mass meeting cal
by the mayor and city council for n,
Thursday evening, TO discuss the sew
bond proposition. the regular meeting
the Higland Park Improvement club, VIII
ordinarily would have been held that sa
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