Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20
BRIEF CITY NEWS

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Rudoiph r. gwoboda, Public Accountant
Rinehart, photograph or. 18th q Farnam.
Sovman, III N. Is. Douglas shoe. sSbO.
Pc Hourks for holiday candies and CT
sgars. ale S. 18th.
Equitable Ldfs-Policies sight drafts at
maturity, II. d. Nicely. manager. Omaha.
Tor xmas-Gas or electric reading
lamps make acceptable presents. Prices
reasonable. Burgess-Granden Co, next to
gas office, 1911 Howard st.
DR.. Ewing Brown, sos Rrandeis Bldg.
Admitted TO Practice. ii. Kemp, an
attorney OF Fullerton, has been admitted to
practice in the United States courts for the
district Of Nebraska.
wife Charges Non-suppOrt-Grace e.
Payne has applied for a divorce from
Charles e. Payne. charging habltusl
drunkenness and non-support.
Federal Petit Jury for Grand island
A panel of forty petit jurors will be drawn
December 2s for the Grand Island term of
the federal courts, which convenes in
Grand Island January ~.
Theodore johnson Laid at ReBt-The
funeral of Theodore Johnson, the former
saloon keeper who died Wednesday, was
held at the home, 1884 Sherman avenue,
A0ag aAACIh pOh a 4 " CAONhs DhIlh was
in Forest Lawn cemetery.
City Teachers' Exama-The Omaha
city teachers' examinations will be held
in the high school building on Tuesday
and Wednesday, December 20 and 30. Many
teachers from out in the state are ex-
pected to take the examination.
Rallies from Appendicitis Operation
Otto Meyer, the Bee building barber, who
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Of appendicitis Wednesday night at I'm
manuel hospital, has gained considerably
in strength and his recovery is looked for.
give Him q Pie Plate-Mogy Bernstein
wants bigger stars for himself and his
assistants in the probation office. He has
written a communicates to the county
board asking leave to buy new stars all
around. He says the present ones are too
small.
missionary worker at North Church
The synodical missionary of Colorado of
the Presbyterian church is to give a lee
ture with stereopticon views at North
Presbyterian church Sunday night. This
church holds its Christmas exercises Sun
day night, December q.
DR.. Millensr Will Address club-Dr.
Frederick H. Millener will addess the
Omaha Philosophical society Sunday at 8
O'clock p m. in Baright hall, Nineteenth
and Farnam streets, on DISTURBANCES of
the So-Called Ether, Produced Me-
chanically and Otherwise
Runaway indian Youth Arrsstod-wil-
bur Beloungea, a 17-year-old Indian boy
who ran away from the Genoa Indian
school some time ago, was arrested in
Omaha Saturday morning by Patrolman
O'Connor. The lad will be taken back to
school by a representative Of the institu-
ton.
Corporation Confesses J~udgment-For
the death of Ernest ]. Karnett, who was
killed by a twenty-five-foot fall when a
ladder broke under him at the plant of
Swift and Company, the company has con-
fessed judgment for $500 in district court.
The petition filed by the widow, Ida Kar-
nett, asserts the ladder was in a defective.
condition.
Mathilda Peterson Loses Her suit-Ma-
thilda Peterson lost her $4,000 suit in dis
trict court against Free & Wickersham for
injuries she received by falling into a
trench dug across her lot by the defendants.
The jury in Judge Troup's court returned
a verdict for the defendants Saturday
morning. Mrs. Peterson broke her wrist
in the fall and asserts the defendants left
the trench unguarded.
Woman wants Fay Tor Loss of Beauty
Asserting her features will be marred for
life by a triangular scar on her lip, Minnie
L. Miller has filed suit against Charles Hill,
proprietor of a roadhouse in East Omaha
for 5000. She says she was at the road
house with some friends on the night of
December 16.-As she was about to leave
She asserts Hill struck her. cutting her lip
and causing a conclusion OF the brain.
| House Of Hope Christmas-Members of
| the HOUSEHOLD of the blouse of Hope" will
celebrate Christmas on the day following,
on Saturday. December 26. with a Christ
mas tree, gifts. music and a sermon. Rev,
]. E. Hummon, pastor OF the Kountze
Memorial Lutheran church, will deliver
the sermon and special music will be given
by representatives of several church choirs-
Mrs. A. Raapke has charge of the Christ
mas tree for the House Of Hope and any