Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-02

sssr5as ARE % issS the government has In
sisted that al future buildings be Of brick or
zfo~r There Is stiN plenty o. indanuaable
v--,ten ira 81 left. however. Eesides the gen
ergl divisions that have been mentioned,
there are numer0ustsuburbs and districts pro-
vided with spcciSl names. the chief being
Tophzne. k2sslm PasbSw and Eyooo. Many
81 The knEilsh and European citizens have
summer homes up the Bosphorus and come
down q the city BY boat.
Az audacious thief stole 8 bar Of gold
weighing thirty ounces ana valued ST $50
from the Office % Messrs. Martin X Runyon,
bankers and brokers, Of No. 100 Broadway,
New York. about O'Clock Saturday after
noon The iheft vas carefully Planned ana
boldly executed Ny. Young. 5 clerk. wSs
sitting at the counter, when he was accosted
hy a well dressed man about $ years old. with
o blonde mOustache. and wearing gold eye
glasses. who asked 20 he allowed TO look ST
one q tie dozen bars Of gold which lay in the
window. Mr.. ! OunE unsuspectlngly handed
him the bar. The stranger examined i care
fully and engaged Mr.. Young IN converse
ton about the precious metal Suddenly
he made q rush for the door, carrying
the bar Of gold with him. Mr. Young. though
more than % years old. sprsng over the coun-
ter and gave Chase 10 the thlei. ne iaJIer'
however hal got q EOot start. snd ran into
the Continental Insurance Building and up
four flights Of sta r, from the roof 81 which
he made good his escape INFO Pine street by
means OF 3 FIRE escape. The uOllce say that
they have S clue 10 the identity Of the bold
thief but Me=Sr~. Martin x RunyOn fear that
they viii never see their bar Of gold a2sin.
A. an eyIrcuce that the robbery was planned
beforehand. il was ascertrlned that the thief
earlier In the morning visited the oftce OF Mr.
Comstock on the top floor Of the building,
and urder pretenSe Of having been sent 70 eN-
anime the hre-escape 0p. ned the scuitle for
use as means Of escape IN case Of need.
"A JoLLY-FACED Nan. SAYS the New i ork
san. .-darted out fro-1 the starters box az
the City Han elevated station and heaped
some sweet bread crumbs on the top Of 4 coal
+ beX al the end Il the station. 7 en- he poured
some fresh water into lar tin cup near
the crumbs and hurried back TO his box. HAIR
d dozen pigeons that had been watching him
from be roof 81 a house opposite the station
flew one after another to the bread crumbs.
ate what they wanted, took drink OF the
water. and sal ell AVA EgalD. A dozen spar
I rows that had been uneaslly HufterlnE about
{ tie telegraph wires few 70 the crumb box in
I flock the moment the pigeons departed. ana
quickly deYOured what was left OF the bread.
There. said the starter. YOU We seen s0methlrg
that COS on here every dav As regular a.
/ clOckwOrE. The pigeons come IN the morn
irE and about this time in the afterE Don every
dav and enjoy their meal The pigeons
l always eat their share one at time, as you
I have seen. They had regular battle last
/ month to settle which should be the leader al
I the meal. and the biggest and the handsOmest
I male Of the lot won, and has ever since Oeen
! first at table. The sparrOws feed last OF all.
/ All the birds are pets OF the trainmen. They
! send down lots Of bread and cake TO be led TO
/ the flock. and the birds are seemingly getting
I 10 know them oparrOws build nests IN
I great many Of the station roofs on all the
/ elevated lines, and are fed by the porters. In
/ one down town station there Is pet mouse
! that Is fed till II has got so TAT u can haruly
/ cages 10 their stations, and canarles sing IN
/ Them