Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-02
CITY ANDSUBURBANNEWS
GOSSIP FROM THE STREET
AND SIDEWALK.
GIeanings Here and There by tho

GIeanings Here and There by the
News" Reporter Mondays Hap
penings Told in Brief Paragraphs
Pickings at Police Headquarters.
The Augusta and Savannah Railroad
has declared a dividend Of So 80 per share
on its capital stock.
A call has been made on the subscribers
to the stock Of the Mutual Protection Ice
Company Tor 80 per cent Of the amount
subscribed.
The Irish Jasper Greens will hold their
annual picnic at Tybee to-day. The
steamer st. Nicholas will leave the city
at O'Clock this morning.
The long-talked of game of base ball
between the Chatham Artillery and the
Macon Volunteers will take place at Base
Bail Park, in this city, on Saturday next.
United States Marshal Wade appointed
Deputies Locke and Mcneil to take
Henry Jones, cOlored, TO the Albany
penitentiary. Jones was convicted a few
days ago Of robbing tie mails.
A fire alarm telegraph key has been
placed in w. +. Reid's drug store, corner
South Broad and East Broad streets,
where it can be readily secured at any
hour of the day or night in case of neces-
sty.
Eloise Goddard, who was committed to
Jail few days ago by the Ordinary upon
the verdict Of commission of lunacy
convicting her Of being proper subject
for the State Lunatic Asylum, was sent to
Milledgevile last night.
Messrs. NJ. S. Cosuich e. Co. cleared
Yesterday the Italian bark Augusta
Qutnta for Seville, Spain, with 2.940
pieces pitch pine lumber, measuring
273306 feet, valued at 1892. Cargo by
Messrs. Chas. Green's Son Il Co.
Capt. John Bresnan brought to the
MORNING NEWS office yesterday morn
ing 50O-pOund turtle, captured in front
of the Ocean House at Tybee on Sunday
night. He shipped it by express to the
Atlauta Consultation with his cOmpli-
ments.
The transfer Of the site for the new jail
in exchange for the present Jail site vas
formally completed Yesterday by the sign
ing OF. the papers on the part of the city
and county authorities, at the clerks
office of the Board of County Commits
siOners.
Grant Bacon is colOred youth who has
been living with G. Gordon, also c0lored
Last night Gordon went to the theatre.
While he was absent Bacon went through
the house ana stole 50 80. He was arrest
ed an hour or two later and confessed, but
mad spent all but 81.
A special schedule of trains will be
run 30 Montgomery over the City and Su-
burban Railway to-day, leaving Anderson
street at 3:25 7 and p. m. and returning
leave Montgomery at $3.50 and 10 D. m.
There will be music for dancing in the
Bellevue Hotel pavilion.
+. Camel aud j. BarnwelI, two negroes,
became involved in "A row on Jones street
lane last night. During the fight that en-
sued Camel stabbed Barnwell in the left
side, near the heart. Fortunately the
knife did not penetrate to the heart. The
wound was dressed by DR.. OliVerOs
Camel was arrested and locked up for a
hearing.
A negro named Jasper Harmon was
Waring Russell, Jr., on a warrant charl-
ING him with assault and battery. { APP
pears that the prisoner got into an alter
cation with a negro named James Coffee,
in Gamacraw, and struck him on the
not dangerous wound.
On April 80 there were in the county
Jail A. prisoners. During the month of
May los prisoners We're committed from
this county and II from Other counties.
Two seamen and two lunatics were sent
up for safe Keeping. The total number
received during the month was 40. Dur
ing the same period Is were discharged,
Al were sent TO the changing, were
sent TO the penitentiary. and 3 were de-
livered to the officials of other counties,
making the number of deliveries for the
month 1872. At the close Of the month
there were 30 prisoners IN the jail.