Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-15

treasurer believes. however. that the con-
tention Of the attorneys is wrong and that
the majority Of the property owners will
willingly pay the assessment as It stands
at present. The brewing companies. who
owned much property along the street,
were among the first TO pay. On the Thir-
tieth street paving, however, not a dollar
has been collected, and il Is not likely that
the property owners will pay until a test
case IL made.
New Paving Projects.
There is some talk among the improvers
Of new paving projects. one OF the most
prominent OF these is the paving OF q
street from Twenty-fourth to Twenty-ffth
at least for the accommodation of the new
South Omaha hospital A petition is in
the process OF formation. Another project
is for the paving Of f street west Of
Twenty-fourth to accommodate the pros
pective street viaduct over the railroads.
This project mas not been pushed, as the
street is only in the process Of grading
and not yet finished This will be taken
up by the Improvement clubs There is also
some talk of paving the intersection of
Twenty-third and e streets.
RObber Gets Cash.
Mrs. Joseph Abernethy, living at 255
street reported to the police that her house
had been entered by a burglar Wednesday
night at about l p m. and $74 in cash
taken. The family awoke just as the in-
truder was making his escape Mr.. Aber-
nethy saw the man running away from
the house IN the darkness. The police have
taken up the case and are confident that
they have a good clue to the criminal,
but are little doubtful as to how strong
Arrests will likely be made soon.
st. Joe Man Too Slow.
Judge P. c. Caldwell, who never let's a
good thing get past him, picked out the
case of the wedding Of George Jones and
Priscilla Taylor as the most unique in the
varied history Of his Office. The contract
ing parties were both colored. Jones came
in steaming hot from a hasty journey to
the county clerks office. Priscilla is of the
Taylors, It is said, who were so vitality
concerned few weeks since in the fatal
shooting of Harve williams at Thirty
ninth and Q streets. The reason for the
great haste was the fact that a former
lover was on the way to meet Priscilla
| from st. Joseph, Mo. His name is Henry
! Williams and heralded as brother to the
murdered Harve Williams. Report says
he has a mighty large razor whetted for
| George Jones. Priscilla's love missives to
| him grew cold and he suspected there was
something wrong.
| Fined for Giving short weight
James Katora swore out a complaint
against the fish vender from Childs Point
yesterday morning for giving short weight
1.-THE vender sold him buffalo and shiny
carp for four pounds, but a later weight
showed only three pounds. Katora hauled
the fish man before Judge Kain's court
and he was fined 81 and costs.
| Accident Due to Darkness.
| The dark streets, owing to the failure of
| the Omaha Electric Light company 70 pro-
vide the street lights, were responsible
| for a serious accident at $3.50 o'clock last
night AS a result of being run over, VIII
liam w. Mernine, a laborer, is at the
South Omaha hospital with three broken
ribs and broken leg. Mernine got drunk
last night, to all appearances, and fell
down in the street and went to sleep. This
was at Twenty-third and N streets. ]. R.
| Segear, the city garbage master. drove
along the street with a heavy wagon and
in the. darkness ran over the prostrate form
OF Mernine. From the jolt of the wagon
! he knew he had run over something and
was much startled to find that he had run
over the body Of man. The police sur
! geon was called and the man was taken
to the South Omaha hospital. He appeared
to be resting easily last night, though his
condition is critical,
| Program for Teachers Meeting,
+ The teachers of the city will be treated
to the following program at the next gen.
eral teachers meeting, which is to take
place at the auditorium of the high school
Saturday at a, m:
"Come, Fairies, Trip 1t on the Grass"
Eighth Grade. jungmann sIbooI Parry
The Relation Of the Teacher to Cur
Mr.. r. e Boswell, ''.''''''''
4''S"' Brown PARK School ! '"h@ ADJ
The Topical Against ~the Question
Miss Ethel sachraaI. ''''''''''
0' Mrs Anna Bratton. ''''''eu
/ Accuracy in Arithmetic" ................
Miss Josephine Abbott
THE Keeper Of the Light" "....... Van Dyke
Miss Catherine Rowley.
w Mr. Henry Bocik -1o'''''7i Al
All patrons of the schools are invited to
be present.
Paving Case Postponed.
The Missouri avenue paving case was
postponed until Saturday, for the reason
that counsel for the plaintiff was not ready
to proceed. The plaintiff aims to attack
the validity OF the issue of bonds and the
legality of the whole project. Among other
things, the defense will aim to show that
the plaintiff has no cause of action in the
matter, not being a bona nde property
owner on the street involved in the re-
straining order.
Magic City Gossip.
Mrs. A. L. Barr is entertaining her hus-
bands sister, Miss Barr of Stanton, Neb.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Barr have been
entertaining his brother and his bride from
Leigh, Neb
letters Gold Top Beer delivered to all
parts of the city Telephone No. g.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Luckett of Atlantic Ia,
are visiting their son, Frank Luckett
Thirteenth and . streets.
Mrs. Otto Schmidt living at SOlS w
street was placed in the South Omaha
hospital for medical treatment.
The Omaha Electric Light company yes
terday paid into the city treasury its an
nual royalty an ounting to over $1,000.
The order of the Eastern Star gave a
pleasant surprise to Joe Henry and family
AZ their home, 1928 North Twenty
street
Mrs. Charles Hathaway entertained the
degree team Of Glover Leaf camp No. &
Royal Neighbors OF America, Wednesday
alternOon.
Money, weekly or monthly payments. Ge