Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Police Much Annoyed by Boys Who
Break Seals on Freight Cars.
BOY BITTEN BY HARMLESS SNAKE
Remedy administered by Frightened
Parents, However, Nearly Proves
FRtaI-COuntry Roads DAM
aged by storms.

Chief Briggs has been much annoyed by
the persistence OF a gang or two OF rough
boys who nightly prowl through the rail-
road yards and break the seals Of cars.
TIL boys especially select cars Of fruit. A
water melon car Is sure to suffer at their
hands. OF late they have become pretty
bold, and the officers have given chase.
Then the young fellows, aged 16 or II, run
fast enough to keep out of reach and jeer
the officers In chase. One of the boys was
arrested last night by the chief. who got
a little too near before being discovered.
He gave the boy a severe lecture, telling
him that the police department, among
other things, had no time to be chasing
boys who saw only fun in II, and he pro-
posed to show them tina the police dis
approved Of conduct such as kept the
officers away from more serious duties and
the protection Of citizens.
Remedy Worse Than Bite.
1t Is reported from Seymour lake that
a boy named Ed Harrington went SWIM
ming in the lower arm Of the lake In
shallow water among the rushes and was
bitten by a water snake on which he
stepped. The doctor in attendance gave II
as his opinion that the snake bite was
harmless in all probability. but the par
ents in their terror had before he took
the case administered so much Of the old
time remedy for snake bite and had in
duced the boy to swallow so much ammonia
that he had great difficulty in saving his
life from the effects Of the remedy. His
parents live near the lake and far from a
doctor, so when the boy came running
home saying a snake had bitten, him they
darned not take any chances. They rubbed
arnica and ammonia on the bite and gave
him nearly half a glass Of ammonia in
water to drink. Then they hustled him
in a rig to the city and on the way adj
mInistered whisky and water in equal pro-
portions and large quantities. BY the time
he arrived the whisky and ammonia COM
bined had nearly put the boy beyond hope
OF recovery.
Roads Badly washed.
p. ]. Trainor and the other county COM
missioners were out over the county road
in the direction of Willard yesterday after
noon. The roads OF the Elkhorn and
Pappio valleys were found to be badly
washed ana the approaches to bridges espe-
cially had been washed out and had in
many cases caved in. In addition to this
the attempted travel had cut up the roads
until they were very rough. The cost of
restoring these earth roads will be a large
item this year. 1t has reached a figure
larger than for ten years, II, in fact, ever
exceeded. The cost OF grading in the first
Instance should not be included, but the
item of repair will be greater. The macad-
amized road to Seymour lake and westward
is in fine shape and was not hurt in the
least.
Sunday Services.
DIR. r. L. Wheeler's morning sermon will
be "A Message to the Churches" The
evening theme is Life Among the Lowry"
Looking Through the Darkened Glass"
VIII be Rev. r. w. Liver's Sunday topic.
The young people meet in the evening.
Saved and Kept in a World of Sin is
Rev. George Van Wrinkles Sunday morn
ing topic. The evening subject is Faith
full in That Which Is Least"
Rev. f. T. Ray OF the Christian church
will preach from the theme, Making Void
the Grace OF God" The evening discourse
will concern, Sin and Its Influence"
Magic City Gossip.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. ]. Trainor attended the
funeral of Mrs. Katherine Doran of Gretna
Thursday.
A full force of men is now working on
the grading Of West Q and Twenty-tifth
streets, making ready for the paving.
Albert L. johnson, lately in the govern
ment service at Winnipeg, has been trans
ferred to San Antonio, Tex. He is visiting
his half brother, Fred Zero, this week,
George Doid of Stockville and Miss Kath.
crime Fischer Of South Omaha were married
Wednesday evening by Rev. r. w, Liyers.
They will make their home in Frontier
county, where Mr.. Dold is the county clerk.