Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-27
Brief City News

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Kieser, Book moved to Loyal Hotel Bldg.
Qusiitas guam quantities. Edholm jeweler.
Mrs. Barnette 1ll-Jack Barnette,
employed in the county clerks office,
has been called to Peoria, ILL.,, by the
critical illness of his mother.
Postpones Juries-Owing to the
lack of cases ready for trial there will
next two weeks, Judge Sears an
nounced Monday morning.
Wanted to See World-Juvenile
court authorities have taken charge
of Jake Darr, a 14-year-old boy, who
slept for two nights in the corridors
of the city hall. The lad says his
parents live at Green Isle. Minn. He
started out to see the world.
Dan" Back at Work-Dan Tillot-
son, veteran mail carrier and in the
service since 1888, was able to visit
the postoffice Saturday for the first
time in several months. He is con-
valescing from yphoid-pneumonia and
expects to resume work March /.
Mrs. Brandeis COming-Mrs. Arthur
Brandeis and her daughter, Miss
Leola, will arrive in Omaha Wednes-
day evening and be at the Fontenelle
till Sunday, when they go east. They
are enroute from California, where
they remained after the wedding of
Ervine Brandeis to Madeline Frank.
Walks Into Auto-A. Albion, 2705
North Twenty-flfth street, was pain
fully injured at 1880 Monday after
noon when he walked into an automo-
sl.,t, l. T -, L.. o1,~
The accident occurred at Twentieth
and Farnam. Albion was knocked to
the ground and suffered a sprained
back and body bruises. In falling he
bit his tongue badly. He was taken
home.
New Engines for Illinois Central
The Illinois Central has placed orders
for seventy-five new engines. all to
be delivered within six months
Twenty will be of the Pacific type,
thirty-fve of the Mikado type and
twenty switch engines. While a dis
tribution of the new engines coming
to the Illinois Central has not been
made, it is asserted that number of
them will come to the Omaha and
Dubuque divisions.
Meningitis Case-Phyllis Fawcett.
6-year-old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
W. G. Fawcett of the Majestic apart
ments, is being attended for cerebral
spinal meningitis.
Says Brother Took Coat-Joe Des-
mond, 5000 Pacific street, has asked
the police to apprehend his brother
Harold, who, he declares, took his
overcoat.
Two Overcoats StOIen-Two over
coats were reported stolen Sunday
evening from the De Lux dance hall.
The two who reported the losses were
Erwin May, 500 South Twenty-sixth
street, and D. c. Thiele,. Henshaw
hotel.
To Lower the ExemptiOn-J. J.
Cameron, secretary of the Retail
Grocers association, and ten grocery
men went to Lincoln to urge the new
law lowering the exemption from 80
to rs per cent.
Minor Is Bound Over-George
Minor was bound over to the district
court under $500 bonds. Minor is
charged with highway robbery. He
is said to have scraped up an ac-
quaintance with John A. Mckinney,
Hamill, s. D., in restaurant and
While showing Mckinney around the
town strong-armed and robbed him
of $33.
Fined for Lid Lifting-Charged
with running a "speakeasy'' joint on
Sunday and after hours, Andy Mehns,
saloonkeeper, COL South Tenth street,
was fined $3.50 and costs.
Back From the South-y. Ray
Gould and Paul Haskell, president
and Secretary, respectively of the
Omaha Builders exchange, have just
returned from Atlanta, Ga, where
they attended the meeting of the Ma
tional Association Of Builders Ex-
changes. They visited New Orleans
on their return.
Set of Harness Stolen-Some time
Sunday evening a burglar gained en-
trance to the barn of L. A. Grew, in
the rear of 71S North Seventeenth
street, and stole a set of harness.
Fined for Smashing Glass-Ejected
from the grocery store of L. Wolk,
1919 North Twenty-fourth street,
William Nichols, 1913 North Twenty
fourth street, is said to have taken
offense and heaved a brick through
the plate glass in the door. Nichols
was fined $3.50 in police court Mon
day morning.