Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-01
THROUGH THE CITY.
Gossip Gathered Here and There by the
s'News" Reporters.

''NeWe' reporters
The Alabama Railroad Commission is
| on its annual tour of inspection.
The Georgia Historical Society will
hold its regular June meeting tonight at
HodgsOn Hall.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of BOnaventure Cemetery Will be held at
the Office Of Mr.. George l.. Cope at noon
tomorrow.
The Board of Road Commissioners of
Chatham county will hold their semi-an-
nual session at the court house at IL
O'Clock this morning,
Messrs. Isadore Lehman, JosephSLov-
enstein and Abram A. solOmons, Jr., TO-
day became partners Of Mr.. Lee Roy My
ers In the cigar and tobacco trade. These
gentlemen have been associated with Mr..
Myers for more than ten years, and their
promotion is well deserved.
A negro named George Green was ar
rested by officer E. T. Davis last night
on the charge Of having broken into the
house Of a negro named John Way, and
with having refused to leave when or
dered. Green was drunk, and when ar
rested by the policeman turned upon the
latter and struck him.
The Superior Court and Court of Ordi-
nary will be convened this morning at 10
o'clock for the June term. The City
Court will also meet at the same time for
the trial of cases on the criminal docket.
The civil docket of the court will be
again taken up, when the members of the
petit jury will be In attendance.
Now that hot weather is upon us every
one wants to get out of the city and to
some cool. shady spot where life can be
enjoyed. These places are not hard to find,
and the Savannah, Florida and Western
Railway announces that it will Issue
tickets after to-day to all of the summer
resorts. These tickets will be sold at
reduced rates and are good to return
until October 81. Any Information can
be obtained at Bren's ticket Office on Bull
street,
The purses for the races at the Gentle
mems Driving Park are almost made up.
The subscription committee hopes to OBJ
tain enough to-day to make the sum
1900. The races will continue three
days. Horses will enter from Macon,
Augusta, Columbus, WaynesbOrO,
Thomasyille, Jacksonville, Charleston,
aud other points. A large attendance is
expected, as the cheap rates which the
railroads will offer will doubtless attract
many visitors.
Yesterday afternoon a negro named
Sandy Hall succeeded in obtaining a sutii-
cient amount of liquor with which TO in
toxieate himself, when he met another
negro with the suggestive name Of Brandy
Gibbons, whom he proceeded to abuse.
The spirit of Brandy prompted him to
resent Hall's abuse, when the latter
jerked a pistol from his boot leg, and
would probably have shot Gibbons had he
not been quickly knocked down, dis
armed, and lodged in the barracks.
During the month of May, which closed
yesterday, the daily average of inmates
under treatment at the savannah Hospi-
tai was fifty. Duringth closing week Of
the month the number of inmates was
much smaller, there having been but few
applicants for admission to the institu-
ton. DR.. c. II. COlding, the home physi-
clan Of the hospital, stated to a reporter Of
the News yesterday that none of the pa
tents were in a dangerous condition. and
that the majority of the cases had been
promptly yielding to medical treatment.