Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17


G. H. Smell of Blair was a business
visitor here Thursday.
j. F.. Ransom is spending a month visit
ing relatives in Chicago.
Mrs. d. o. Hughes is visiting relatives
in Tecumseh for a couple Of weeks.
Mrs. Henry Wilson is visiting her
mother at Harlan, Ia, for a few days.
Mrs. ]. H Price Is visiting friends and
relatives in Sioux City. Ia, for a week.
H. E. Gustafson Of Teksmah has moved
to Florence and win make this his future
Mrs. A. L. Shipley gave a children's
party Monday evening 10 the little friends
OF her daughters.
Mrs. FRANKLIN has returned home after
Vile and Fremont.
Herbert and Clarence Priser OF Coffmdn
spent Saturday night and Sunday here
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. n. J. Gleason.
Frank P. Brown. mail carrier on route
No. 2, has been very sick this week. VIII
liam Bena, the substitute, is taking his
place on the route.
The Florence Livery company has
just north Of the livery barn. The base
ment is all finished.
Mrs. w. {. Lewis and family have To-
Gated at western being purchased prop;
her late husband live there.
Mrs. Minnie McGary has commenced the
erection OF a new house on her lot on
tNolNA DluAl .1lENGl- sue Is moving TIE OiQ
house back off the lot TO another one.
The Royal Neighbors nave had their
deputy. Mrs. n. Burton, working here
the last two weeks. She has eleven APP
plicants for their meeting Monday night.
Two good games Of base ball will be
played on the Florence grounds Sunday
afternoon. Last Sunday one OF the games
run for fifteen innings, the score being
4 to 3.
A wagon load OF Florence people went TO
Kelley's lake Saturday evening and spent
nest of the night fishing. A good catch
was made by all, about 100 pounds Of fish
being taken.
". r. Duncan has returned from a
three-weeks' trip TO Idaho, where he has
been looking after some land interests.
While there he bought another tract in
the Snake river country.
Paving on Briggs road will coon COM
mence, giving a good road northwest for
about four miles, the rig road con-
Meeting with the paved Calhoun road on
the western limits OF the city.
H. L. Marshall and wife returned
Wednesday from a two-weeks' visit with
friends in Nebraska and Iowa Mr.. Mar
shall has been taking his vacation. He
chnge for the Nebraska Telephone COM
psny.
The Groves Construction company has
lumber on four lots ready for the erection
OF houses. Excavations have been made
for two Of them just south of the base bal
park and lumber is on the ground for one
west Of Bluff street opposite the Catholic
| church.
Inquiries for real estate in Florence have
been numerous the last week and rents
property is in demand. There IS no empty
houses and there has been none for SONS
time. Through car service has had some
thiTe 70 do with the demand for house:
end property. Cars run through from
Florence to the downtown district in IN,
morning and evenings, giving a fifteen
minute service.
The city council ordered four street Ianri
for Florence Heights and the electric lighf
company has had them installed. At tn,
meeting Of the city council last MONDAY
right the matter OF grading was agar
taken up and the city engineer ~instructes
10 give estimates on several places am
streets that need grading. An ordinance
WIS passed vacating an alley IN block ia
but enc Of the owners VI property in tn
block. j.. p. Brown. made a protest agains
vacating the alley, and the matter has no
been fully settled.