Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-19
BRIEF CITY NEWS

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Douglas printing Co. Both phones.
Smoks XousO for Smokes, ale g. 18th.
barlow Advertising Agency, 2So-4 Bee.
Rudolph ?. Swoboda, Public Accountant.
R~inshart, photographer. 18th & Farnam.
Esyn, phOtoE., removed to 16 & Howard.
Gloves Cleaned, Thos. Kilpatriok's glove
Dept.
Equitable I~afO-Policies. sight drafts at
maturity. II. D. Nicely. manager, Omaha.
After . fire you want your money. Keep
your insurance papers and money in the
American Safe Deposit vaults in The Bee
building; 81 rents a box
CARD Party tuesday Night-The card
party postponed by the St. Mary's Magde-
lene corps, Women's Catholic Order Of
Foresters, viii be given Tuesday night at
Nineteenth and Dodge streets.
wife Gets divorce and Chndrsn-Isabel
Campbell has been awarded a divorce from
Charles Campbell and the custody OF three
young children. Extreme cruelty was the
charge. The couple have been married
three years. Hattie Townsend. who married
Edward Townsend a year ago, asks q de-
cree on statutory rounds.
o. d. Talbert 10 In Jaii-O. d. Talbert,
former secretary Of the Tri-City Poultry
association, is In Jail, having been brought
in by Sheriff Bradley from Kimball county,
where Talbert was living on a Kinkaid
homestead: He IL accused OF having eloped
with $40 OF the funds of the association.
Talbert, who was arrested on an infor1nR-
tion filed in police court, does not deny
having the money, but Ii hopeful Of effect
ing q settlement.
"Thirty C~lub"--01fls, Toof-City Clerk
Dan Butler and Assistant Boiler Inspector
Clarence Hiss are contemplating starting
a new secret society or something OF the
sort. The society is to be known as the
Thirty club" Thirty cents will be the
! initlatory charge and no one will be eligi-
/ BILE who is not 30 years OF age. The reason
for the formation OF the new society Is
this: Mr.. Hiss was 30 years Of age on
Saturday and Mr.. Butler reached that age
on Monday.
Asks Five Thousand Tor Gas Surns-w.
T.. Parker claims that while an ernployc
OF the Omaha Gas company he went to q
store at 1920 Douglas street to set a
meter. The foreman OF the gas company
had turned the sss off the building before
he went in. While he was holding a lighted
match. Parker says, the gas was suddenly
turned on. There was an explosion ir
which Barker lost his eyebrows, eyelashei
and was seriously burned otherwise, Fol
this and mental anguish he asks 5000 dam
ages Of the gas company.
Psdsrson divorce oAss-A motion to re
open the Peterson divorce case having beer
denied, attorneys for the plaintiff, Mrs
Annie Peterson, excepted and have beef
granted forty days to file a bill on whicl
to appeal to the supreme court. Judg,
} Kennedy gave the decision. Mrs. Pedersol
brought suit against her husband SOM
months ago ana lost. At the trial, asid,
from the fearful nature OF charges made
the testimony of the plaintiff was note
worthy. Mrs. Peterson showing a remark
able memory for the slightest and mos
unimportant details imaginable. Mrs. Ped
erson has had a difficult time getting law
yers TO her suit, having now her thir
counsel. two sets OF attorneys having bee
retained and dismissed by her.
Debates with Sweetheart, sWoonE-Mis
Marie Adams worked herself into such
fury at the Union station Sunday after
noon that she swooned and the doctor
worked for over an hour before the restor
alive methods had the desired effect. an
then she was forced to postpone her visI
to Sioux City. Miss Adams. who was
husky colored damsel. came TO the static
4 to take a train for Sioux City. Befor