Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-11
BRIEF CITY NEWS

Hsvs Root Print n.
aas, nisotrie Rixturss. Burress-0Eandsa.
Times, Printing.
Furnaces and Flower vassa--omaha
Stove Repair Works.
Ptonsern 70 Mest--The Douglas county
pioneers will meet at the city han Thurs
day afternoon at O'Clock
We have examined the accounts Of s.
Archie butcher, former employee OF ours.
and on a final investigation find no short
age in his aooounts-Bryon r. Hastings.
Any woman's snk Dress In our store
Saturday at 5000 regardless Of former
prices. Zee our windows Nebraska Cloth
ing Co.
Axpross offaoe ~ Benson - The Wells
Fargo Express company has established
an office at Benson, although that village
has no railroad. The office is with the
Morton Express company.
Carter Gains Doiay-Arthur B. Garter
came up for trial in district court wednes-
day on the charge OF shooting nd Brink
man, police officer, butt on motion OF
counsel, was granted a continuance until
May II.
aExs. Sullivan Chosen Delegate - Mrs.
Fred Sullivan was elected delegate to the
Auxiliary Of the typographical Union ct
the election held Tuesday. The meeting
win be hssd IN San Francisco IN August
1uvEs serve xuAShsOn-Members Of the
Board Of Bducaticn and william NJ. David.
son, superintendent Of schools, were guests
Of the Domestic Science department at
luncheon wednesday noon. An elegant
luncheon was served in the high school
rooms.
new 1ntranoo 20 Rtverv1Sw PARK Con-
tractors began grading on the south east
boulevard between Bancroft street and
Rivervisv park wednesday morning.
whsn the street 10 graded q new entrance
70 RiverviSw park on the north will be
available.
naYp Goes 70 JaAl--wiilian Rapp OF
1910 South Twentisth street. was sentenced
to jail for thirty days by Judge Crawford
on wednesday morning. The charge
against Rapp IL desertion and failure to
provide for his feHily Rapp has been on
q prolonged spree. His case has been be-
fore the police court three times
1R1n4ex Sues IN oontraot--WIlliam D.
Folay, formerly foreman of the press room
Of the Omaha Printing company brought
suit against his erstwhile employers in
district court Wednesday for $3.50. as
sorting that they had damaged him in that
sum by discharging him in 1910 after only
three yaarB Of an alleged five-yesr con-
tract had been contaminated.
DisOuSs Pure Food law A party OF
foremost Nebraska wholesale grocers OF
Omaha and other parts of the state as
sembled Wednesday at the Hotel Paxton TO
discuss pure food regulation as II relates
70 the national convention to be held in
Indianapolis the latter part of this month
Several western states havo recently
adopted stringent regulations concerning
food products, and II IL the desire of the
Nebraska wholesalers to meet all require
ments.
10 Gut the 0ornsrs--Pursuant to a re-
quest OF the Board OF Park commissioners
the committee on parks and parkways OF
the city council II considering the advis-
ability OF condsmning two lots for bouls-
ward purposes. A petition from the park
board asks that the lot on the northeast
corner OF Twentieth and Ohio and another
on tho southwest corner Of Nineteenth and
Ohio streets be acquired 30 the dangerous
turns can be eliminated in Florence boule-
ward at Ninsteenth and Twentieth streets
whare thsy anterSeetS0hior street. -
Spur Ser Postal Oaru-Jrhs street rail-
way company have begun work laying a
spur To thu Union depot postal station for
the use Of the cars used BY the Postoffioe
department. In carrying malls 70 and from
the depot. At the prsseat time the postal
oars have trouble In unloading mails onto
wagons az the station, for the reason that
the passenger ears pre- tied up in traffic
End the postal ears ere compelled to go
dawn to the eye until the passenger ears
have passed and than return and complete
the task % unloading. With the spur In.
the postal cars viii be able to run up
70 the station doors and thus avoid the
delay under the old system.
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