Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-16
HAPPENINGS In
THE MAGIC CITY
Young Lad Almost Loses Ear by
Falling Beneath Wagon on
Street.
DOCTORS MANAGE TO AID HIM

Escaping instant death by broken
neck by but few inches. Raymond Mer-
rfIl, years Of age. living at Forty-ninth
and II streets. crawled from beneath n
big farm wagon. his left ear cut almost
entirely off. at Forty-second and L
streets yesterday afternoon. The wagon
was going west on l. street and was be-
ing towed, empty, by r. w. Rapp. a
drayman Of the South side.
Merrill, accompanied by three other
playmstes. George Ncye. go
and Thomas Jensen. all living In that
vicinity. had climbed on the open tongue
by which the second wagon was being
towed. In some manner Merrill fell from
his uncertain perch under the wheels.
officer Herdzina, on whose beat the
accident occurred. witnessed the fail and
hurried to the rescue OF the hurt young
ster. Drs. Koenig and FricXe were raced
20 the scene In Captain 1riggs car and
the boy was taken to the hospital. The
ear was sewed back In place.
Knives In Boys scrap.
Two knives In the hands Of James Eel
lows, 1l-year-old negro student OF the
West Side school. and another unidenti-
Altu 10Y llkuTeu AdTkflY IN n HNhbOlb1y
scrap after school hours yesterday after
noon at o'clock. Charles Uvick. one OF
the fighting youngsters. was cut In sew
eral places about the face by the colored
lad.
Fellows was brought 20 the police
station by Sergeant Shehan and Special
Officer Zaloudek yesterday afternoon. He
told the captain that he had been set
on by a whole gang OF kids and In de-
Tense used a small jackknife. slsshlng
Uvick with intent TO wound. The little
coiored lad received several severe cuts
on the right hand during the scuffie.
Deaths and Funerals.
The funeral Of Henry Eastman. 74-year-
old pioneer, who died at ST. Catherine
hospital yesterday, will be held from the
home at Forty-seventh and U streets
Sunday afternoon at o'clock. Rev. II.
Cornish will officiate. Interment will be
in the Graceland Park cemetery.
The funeral OF Mrs Ida c. Chambuey.
VINO died in Aberdeen, s. D.. this week.
will be held Saturday afternoon at
o'clock from the Brewer chapel at
Twenty-fourth and NJ streets Rev. r. l..
Wheeler will offlciate. Interment viii be
made In the qraceIand Park cemetery
John Earl shamblin, aged years. died
yesterday afternoon at the homo OF hi
parents at Twenty-sixth and Harrison
streets. The funeral will be held satur-
day afternoon at 3 o'clock. internent
being In the Graceland Park cemetery.
John NJ. YerEa, aged IS years, died AZ
his homo. s5Ol South Twenty-ninth street,
Omaha. early this morning. The funeral
viii be held from the residence Sunday
afternoon at 10 O'Clock. Interment VIII
be made at Bellevue cemetery.
No Regrets.
when you buy good goods You never
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body does. staley underwear, Coopers
Klosed Krotch underwear, Munsing un-
derwear. and numerous other good things
we have TO back them up, should inter
est you. dear reader. II you let us price
them TO you. we know they will interest
you. Everybody likes the best when II
don't cost more. JOHN FLYNN.
with the Bowlers.
The Union Stock Yards Company and
the Clay Robinson five fought contest
out on the Brunswick alleys last evening
which resulted in favor OF the commits
sion men by score of 2 to /. None OF
the tallys were very high. The scores
UNION STOCK YARDS co.