Savannah morning news., 1885-09-08
THE NEWS IN THE CITY.
GOSSIP FROM THE STREET
AND SIDEWALK.

Oashes Here and There by the "Nsws"
Reporters - Yesterdays Happenings
rol,, IN Brief graphs-PickinEs at
Police " headquarters.
Chippewa Tribe Of Red Men will meet
tonight.
A considerable portion OF Margaret
street was badly washed by the recent
rains.
Oglehorpe Lodge Of odd Fellows will
hold regular meeting Tonight 10 amend
the bylaws.
There are eleven cases for the Mayors 5
cnurt this morning; i've on the trial
docket ana siXou the information docket
Tie German Volunteers will hold their
October meeting tonight aud an election
Ir rnon-commssloned officers will take
place.
The ladies Of the Sacred Heart church
will have an ice cream festival tomorrow
evening Wednesday,. in the school house
adjoining the church
The third instsllmeut OF stock in the
Chatham Real Estate and Improvement
COMPANY is now due, and payable at the
company's office, No. MS Bryan street.
The New York steamship Chattahoo-
chee. which arrived last night brought
some - passengers, 60'cabin and p steer
age Many OF the passengers are Florida
settlers.
The sale of reserved seats for the
Thomas W .Keene Associations benefit for
the Chatham Artillery on Thursday even
ing, will begin at Davis Bros AZ $50
O'Clock this morning.
The BARRIERS whose names are on the
information docket for violating the city
ordinances IN keeping their shops open
Cos n 81 anv vuil hn
q hearing in the Police Court this morn
ting.
Hon. P. NJ. Russell, Clerk Of the City
Court, entertained HIS Honor, Mayor
Lester, hon. w. d. Harden, Judge Of the
City Court, and Hon. J. r. Saussy, at his
handsome villa at Thunderbolt, on Sun
day.
Nothing has yet been heard Of the three
prisoners who recently dug their way out
OF the county jail through the bath room.
The Jail is overcrowded, owing to part OF
the chain-gang being quartered In it at
night.
owing to the absence Of Hon. II. l..
Ferrlll on account Of sickness, the Sep
tember term Of the Court Of Ordinary was
adjourned by Mr.. p. NJ. Russell, Jr., the
Clerk Of Ordinary, until the first Monday
IN October.
A lad named Skinner fell from a tree
near Whitaker street and First avenue
Sunday afternoon. 1t was reported at
first that his neck was broken, but he was
only unconscious, and yesterday he was
much improved.
F. Miskoski, the steward Of the Georgia
Iuirmary, was arrested yesterday by
sergt. Killourhy for disOrderly conduct.
Mlskoski was discharged by the surgeon
in charge, DR.. r. p. Myers, but refused TO
leave when ordered.
Among the passengers on the steamship
ChattahoOchee which arrived last night
from New York were Thomas II. Heating,
Of Palatka, Fla; Byern Bennett and wife,
Of Jacksonville, Fla, and DR.. c. S. Belts
and wife, of Orlando, Fla.
The electric lamp near the fountain in
Forsyth park was quite fckle last night.
Fortunately the lights on the tower cor
ner OF Bull and Gordon streets were brill
liant, and Illuminated the main avenue
OF the park leading to the fountain.
A horse attached to buggy belonging
10 Mr.. A. H. Champion ran of yesterday
morning up Bay street and around the
Market. Several vehicles narrowly es-
capped colliding with the frightened horse.
The shafts Of the buggy were broken be-
fore the animal was stopped.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union has arranged to open the basement
Of l54'SOuth Broad street nightly 10 boys
and young men as a resort for reading
and Improvement. and soliclts their
friends and sympathiZers for aid In
supplying it with the necessary furniture.
Chairs and tables are especially needed,
and will be gratefully received at the
above address.
Mr.. w. A. Edwards, advance agent of
the Lizzie May Ulmer Company, was in
the city yesterday arranging for the pre-
sentatiOn Of Dads Girl" at the Theatre
next Monday night. The company comes
from Boston to open here, and viii be the
first dramatic troupe to travel through
the South this season. This will be the
first time for several years that COM
pany has opened its season in Savannah.
The maximum temperature yesterday
at Savannah was 81 deg, the minimum
was II, and the mean 75.5 deg. The rain
fall for the day WAS l-100th OF an inch,
average rainfall over the Savannah sec
tion OF the cotton belt, predicated upon
the reports from sixteen stations, was
i0100ths Of an inch. The highest tenn
perature reported in the United States
was 80 at New Orleans, with Galveston
following with 81. The lowest tempera.
ture was % deg, reported at Yankton.
THE TELFAIR ACADEMY