Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-08
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
GLEANfNGS FROM THE STREET
AND SIDEWALK.

Gossip Gathered Here and There by the
News" Extraordinarily Hap
penings Told in Brief Paragraphs
Pickings at Police headquarters.
The Forest City Gun Club will hold a
regular monthly meeting this evening.
Division No. !, A. O. Of H., will hold a
regular monthly meeting tonight.
Frank Smith a cOlored butcher, was
arrested yesterday for exposing I'M
wholesome meat for sale in the Market.
The Milan italian Opera Company
closed its engagement last night in Flo
tow's opera martha" before large au-
dience.
The Tyler Cotton Press Company will
hold its annual meeting at the Savannah
Cotton Press Association rooms at Y
O'Clock to-day.
The MORNING NEWS is indebted to
Messrs. Oelschig y Never, florists, Low
ers lane, for a large basket of flowers
from their nursery.
The Jasper Mutual Loan Association
viii hold its fOrty-tirst regular monthly
meeting at the office of WOOten 81 Mac
Donell, No. 1lS Bryan street, tonight.
A typographical error made the May
Queen at the festival on Wednesday night
Miss Lynch. The young lady was Miss
Annie Lyman, the stcpdaughter of G. M.
Hoist, Esq.
Building Association met last night and
made the following loans: $1,000 at As
per cent, $1,000 at 4S% per cent, and
$1,000 at AZ per cent.
Angie Belmont, the woman who was
beaten by Seaman on Thursday, got
drunk yesterday, and acted in a dis
orderly manner on the street. She was
arrested and taken to the barracks, and
will be given a hearing before the Mayor
this morning.
The Savannah Rifle Association will
hold its regular weekly practice at the
SchuctZen Park this afternoon. The
annual election for officers will take
place. The invitation from the Charles
ton Association to join in its annual con-
test will be considered. The President of
the association requests full attendance.
The second annual excursion of Chat
ham Uniform Degree Camp Of Odd Eel
lows will be given to MONTGOMERY to-day.
Trains on the City and Suburban Railway
will leave the Anderson street depot at
$3.50 O'Clock a. m. and o'clock p. m. The
committee having the arrangements in
charge consist Of David Porter, J. W.
jackson, A. N. Manucy, A. b. Brooks
and A. S. Nichols.
The Catholic Knights of America gave
their annual picnic for the benefit Of the
st. Mary's Orphans Home at Montgomery
yesterday. The early trains carried out
large numbers of excursionists, and
the afternoon trains were loaded. The
day was spent in dancing and in various
amusements. Two brass and string
bands furnished music and the paviliOns
were filled with dancers. The affair was
in every respect a success, and a hand
some sum was netted for the Home.
jeremiah Seaman, an account of
whose bestial conduct on Wednesday ap-
peared in the NEWS Yesterday, was ar
raigned before the Mayor yesterday morn
ing and fined SlC0, or the alternative of
thirty days in Jail. Seaman, it was
stated, was an engineer on the Savannah,
Florida and Western Railway. Superin-
tendent Fleming desires the NEWS TO
state that he is not an engineer. He was
employed by the road as a machinist, but
was Yesterday dismissed from the CON-
pany's service.