Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-25
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Number Of New Buildings in Prospect fOr
the Near Future,
WORK MAKING FAVORABLE PROGRESS
Omaha and Armour Packing Conn
Pahies Rushing work on In
RrsveneRts BeinG made e.
Their Plants.

While II is true that improvements, so
far an new projects which are in process Of
erection, are practically at a stand in the
city, there Is promise Of several new build
ings, which will be erected in all probability
before the snow flies. IL IL reported that
Dan Harmon has received the plans for
his new three-gtory building the work Of
which will be begun, within a short time.
Another building is about to be erected
south of the Horace Piunkett building on
the east side of Twenty-fourth street,
between l. and NJ. This will be built by
an Iowa company. The walls OF the Plum
kett building have been constructed on
that side with a view OF the erection Of
the other building.
T. j. O'Neill also contemplates erecting
a building Of eOxeO at Twenty-fourth and
streets. This is to be a store building
and fiat.
The progress Of the building already
under way has been satisfactory in the
main r. f. Wilcox has about completed
his barn at Twenty fourth and J streets.
The telephone exchange is now up TO the
second story. as is also the Horace Plum
kett building. In the packing house dis
trict the Omaha has just completed the
! big stack and is rushing the erection Of
the heavy machinery. Armour & Co, Is
finishing up on the refrigeratlng machinery
and the additional story to the beef house
The reconstruction Of the department which
was burned out is now under way. The
Union Stock yards has made the connec-
ton Of the runway with the killing floor
and will soon have the hog sheds completed
for the accommodation Of the local feed
ers, who haul in stock by wagons.
Dull Season for Police.
IN Ganfh
Omaha police circles. There is nothing
better to occupy the police court but the
daily neighborhood and family scraps"
Walter Moorhouse was fined yesterday on
| charge of disturbing the peace and for
the malicious destruction of property at the
Rex hotel He raised this disturbance on
| the Fourth of July but did not come to
! trial until yesterday. His fine amounted TO
! SIS, with the costs, Nick Blake. who was
| held on charge of robbing several rooms
in Herman Anglers lodging house a week
ago, was released. f. Norwich was fined
| 81 and costs for assault and battery on a
cobbler by the name of Sperling. Norwich
is a secondhand furniture dealer and be-
came enraged at Sperlng for a fancied
INJURY
Magic City Gossip.
Mrs r. NJ. Laverty goes to Lexington to-
| day for visit with her parents
A second large horse sale took place al
! the South Omaha yards yesterday.
Frank Shannon died yesterday at his
home. The body will be buried in Chicago
III.
Miss Grace E. Miller, one of the South
Omaha teachers, has gone TO Colorado for
| a sojourn of month.
Superior lodge No. 1893. Degree of Honor
invites all members to be present Wednes-
day evening, July B
The death of George r. agland. Thirty.
VT nd FaA lie 4
| will be sent to Woodbine, Ia, for burial.
| Charles Jindra the infant son of Anton
Jindra, died early yesterday morning ant
was buried yesterday in St Mary's Gem
etery,
Mrs. Joseph Murray and little daughter
have returned, to their home in Benton
Wis, after pleasant visit with her sister
Mrs. j. w. Hasbursh.
The following births were filed yesterday
at the clerks office: Thomas J. Green
3419 T. a son; George Parkhurst, SIS Nortf
| Thirty-second a girl; Frank Rydl, Eigh
teenth and ., a boy; Patrick Murphy, 22l
o street, a girl
Robert Brown of St. Joseph, Mo. while
Srishtp ' yesterday morning D fen AND broE,
his collar bone. He had been beating his
way on the road and had been told by
trainman so he said, that the special polict
were pretty vigilant just now in soutf
Omaha and he had better get on before
getting inside the city limits HIS injuries
later transferred to st. Joseph hospital II
Omaha.
The Presbyterian Woman's Missionary
society will hold its regular monthly meet
ing at the church this evening. The meeting
will begin at p. m. with devotional ex
ercises followed by a program of missionary
topics DR.. W c. Bentz will give a maj
talk on Hawaii and the Philippine Islands
Miss Jessie Robson will speak OF the mis-
sonary work in these two adtuncts OF thu
country Edwin Hill will give a review o
the work in the home mission. There vii
be a vocal duet by Miss Cora Barclay ant
Miss Hattie Roberts.
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