Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-04
THROUGH THE CITY.
Gossip Gathered Here and There by the
'Nevys" Reporters.

''Eews" Reporters,
solomon's Lodge, f. and A. NJ, will
meet tonight.
the Workingmen's Benevolent Assocla-
ton will hold special meeting tonight.
The Irish Union Society will bold It's
regular monthly meeting at the Fords'
| Opera House Tonight
VIM. Maxwell, colored, and Harry
COney were arrested in the Park yester-
day for defacing the benches
The Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany declared a semi-annual dividend
yesterday Of 2 per cent, payable on ana
after June 10,
The Oglethorpe Light Infantry Will
hold it's annual picnic at Tybee to-day.
The steamer st. Nicholas will leave the
city at O'Clock this morning.
The Workman's and Traders Loan and
Building Association will hold its nine
tenth monthly meeting at the office Of
jackson & Whatley, No. ll8 Bryan street,
tonight.
The Savannah Fire Company, the oldest
volunteer fire organization in the city,
and which retired from active service a
number Of years ago, will celebrate its
anniversary by dinner at White Blum ON
June 7.
The pupils and friends of the Sunday
school of the New Houston Street Method
lst Church will participate in an excursion
and picnic to-day via the Coast Line
street railway to the grove between Bona
venture Cemetery and ThunderbOlt.
Miss Mary A. Weaver, of Memphis,
Tenn, is in the city and stopping at Mrs.
Sawyer's. Miss Weaver Ia canvassing for
several publications, and will doubtless be
literally encouraged by the subscriptions
of those who have taste for choice litera-
ture.
In the report of the anniversary celebra-
ton Of 'Mickva Israel Sunday school in
the NEWS yesterday the name of Miss A.
Brown, to whom was awarded the Super
intendent's gold medal for special prof.
cheney, should have appeared Miss Rachel
Brown. Miss Brown is the daughter of
Mr.. Elias Brown.
1t is said that at council of Catholic
Bishops at the ArchiepiscOpal residence
in Baltimore lately Rev. Edward Cafferty,
of Savannah Rev. Father Foley, of Balti-
more, and Rev. r. II. Mcmahon. of At
lanta, were recommended to the Pope in
the order in which they are named for
the Blshopric Of Georgia.
A crate Of peaches was shipped by E.
A. Walker, Of Gordon, Ga, on Monday,
aud was received on Tuesday by Messrs.
Putzel & Harmon. The latter also re-
shipper. The reports from the peach
growing districts are good, and indicate
large crop. The above are the first peaches
Of the season, and probably the first
shipped to market by any one in the State.
Cherries are also coming in pretty freely
for SO early in the season.
The Citizens Mutual Loan Company
yesterday declared a dividend OF 81 per
cent, payable on and after June s. The
company was organized in 1873, and has
just completed its twelfth year Stock
holders who have held stock since the
organization of the company have re-
ceiVed 99% per cent. back in dividends.
The company has reserve fund of $l0,-
600. The losses for the twelve years have
been $4,000; expenses about $500 year,
of which One-half represents taxes. Its
capital was accumulated by subscription,
with the privilege Of paying 81 per share
a week.
A negro named Joe Murphy was COM
mitted to jail yesterday by Constable
George Jones on a warrant issued by
Magistrate Thomas j. Sheftall charging
him with an assault with intent to
murder. Early last January one of
the car drivers on the Barnard
street division of the City and
Suburban Railway was stabbed in the
right breast, and was thought to be dan
gerOusly injured. Murphy, who COM
mitted the assault, left the city and eluded
the vigilance Of the officers until yester-
day morning, when Constable Jones found
him sleeping in the shade of tree near
Battery Park.