Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-02
MINOR MENTION.

woodring Undertaking company. Tel. ga
Food choppers. sc. Petersen & schoen.
ing Co.
g. c. Haynes. funeral director and em-
balmer, S1 Broadway.
SCHOOL DAYS" ALL THIS WEEK
AT h DIAMOND THEATER.
Photography supplies, New goods. New
prices. Alexanders, 1913 Broadway.
LET THE FRANKLIN PRINT 1T.
BOTH PHONES 331, 101 SOUTH MAIN.
Leffert's Invisible Blfocal Lenses are the
greatest boon wearers Of glasses have ever
known.
Lily camp, Royal Neighbors Of America,
will meet this evening for election of Of
ficers. All members are requested to be
present.
The suit for divorce brought by Mabelle
Esley against George #. Bsley was dis
missed by the plaintiff in the district court
yesterday.
A building permit was issued yesterday
10 William Hansen for a two-story brick
building ON Sixteenth avenue and Seventh
street to cost &2,SOo,
The Helping Hand Of st. Johns Lutheran
church VIII meet with Mrs A. H Gibson,
ll3 South Eighth street, at 2 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon.
The Ladies' Aid society Of the Bethany
Presbyterian church will meet at 2 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon In the church par
Tors. and will be entertained BY Mrs. w,
Hanson. The society will give its annual
bazaar at the church Thursday.
During November of this year 159 trans
fers of real estate wore recorded, with
an aggregate consideration of $3.50, 2T. This
is a falling off when compared with the
same month Of last year, when 1856 trans
fers were recorded, with q total considcra-
ton of 1917 1915
G Gilmore, charged with the theft of a
set OF harness, the property Of A. p.
Fair, manager of the Nebraska Telephone
company, was, despite his assertion Of in
nocerce, adjudged guilty in police court
yesterday morning by Judge Snyder and
sentenced 10 thirty days in the county
Jail.
Newton II. Farrell left yesterday to visit
his sister, Mrs. DR.. Wartman, at Hobart,
OK. He expects to return in time to
take up the study Of medicine by the
first Of the year and probably will be ac-
companied home by his sister, Miss Essie
Farrell. who has been visiting Mrs. Wart-
man for the last two weeks.
The funeral Of Mrs. Katie Olson Beers.
who died at Denver last Saturday, will be
held this afternoon at 2:3O o'clock from
the home of her sister, Mrs. Christiansen
in Walnut Hin cemetery. The services
will be conducted by Rev. Jens p. Heede,
pastor of the Danish Lutheran church. The
funeral will be private.
In a raid on a negro resort at HOS Ave-
nue. y late Sunday night the police gath
cred In four women and five men, all
colorcd. In police court yesterday morn
ing eight Of those arrested were fined
1891 ffaAA' hAHN VIZ ash bDANA
of ore OF the women. the alleged proprie-
tress Of the place, who failed to appear
II court, was ordered forfeited.
George Townley, who conducted a saloon
a. 20 South Main street. was taken into
custody Yesterday, an Indictment having
been returned against him by the grand
jury at this term Of district court on the
charge of maintaining a nuisance. The
chars" Is made that Townley conducted
his saloon In violation Of the mulct law
Assistant County Attorney Ross stated
that Townlcy had failed to pay the mulct
tax and for that reason had been pro-
ceedcd against. Townley furnished a bond
in the sum Of $500 for his appearance when
cnllcd upon.
r. =. Mcdonnell Of the firm of Burns
g. Mcdonnell, hydraulic engineers of Kan
sas CITY, is In Council Bluffs for the pur-
pose Of offering his services to the com
mi.tee on water works in connection with
the revising cf the plans for the proposed
municipal water plant. Mr.. McDonnell's
firm r~ccontlv installed the water plant in
Oklahoma Citv. where the situation. he
s"id. was siI~i'ar 10 thpt here. The plant
there cor' 100000 and the water was
pumped frcnr the river. as Il Is In this
citv. The plant In oklahoma CITY in
cluded a clarifying system. much similar
10 that which the Council Bluffs Citv
Water Works COMPANY agreed to install
provided It was granted an extension OF
its charter.