Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-13
THE NEWS IN THE CITY.
GOSSIP FROM THE STREET AND
SJDEW AK.
Dsshes Here and There by the News
Reporters - Yesterdays Happenings
Told in Brief Paragraphs-Picking
at Police HeRdGuarters,


Reporters - Yesterdays Happenings
Told in Brief Parsgraphs-Ptckings
at Police Headquarters,
The delay of the Northern mail yester-
Gay morning was caused by an accident
near Richmond.
The Jasper Mutual Loan Association
met last night and negotiated loans ag-
gregating s., 900 at 36% per cent.
The improvements in the Superior
Court room are approaching completion,
ana everything will be ready for the con-
vening OF the December term.
The heavy clouds which Obscured the
moon during the early part of last night
prevented an observation OF the phenDm-
ena OF occultatIon which astronomers said
would take place.
Isaiah Stevens will be before the Mayor
TINS morning to answer the charge OF
stealing razor and a pistol from the
shop of 4. @. Wilson yesterday. Stevens
was arrested by Policeman Spann.
The city water supply will be shut off
at O'Clock this morning between Castor,
whitaker, Anderson and West Broad
streets for the purpose Of connecting the
extended water main on Burroughs
street.
Mr.. w. Fl Humphreys, of the Savan-
nah, Florida and Western railway, has
sent to the Northern Early Fruit Bureau
south American ounce. 1t weighs one
pound and quarter. 1t was grown on
BIZ. Humphreys place in Bryan county
from seed sent from Norway. The tree
had % ounces on it and this is it's second
year of bearing.
The funeral of the late John Lord took
place from the Trinity Methodist church
at 3 O'Clock yesterday afternoon and was
largely attended. OgethOrpe Lodge of Odd
Fellows and the various lodges OF Knights
otPythias and DuGuesclin and Teutonia
uniformed divisions, with the Union
COrnet band, and escorted the remains to
Laurel Grove, where the lnterment took
place.
The first exhibition of the Savannah
Floral and Art Association will be OPEN
ed next Tuesday at the Catholic Library
Hall. Some fine exhibits Of flowers are
promised from private conservatories as
well as from the greenhouses OF profess
slonal florists. The committees are trying
10 secure as many exhibits of flowers,
fancy work, etc, as possible, for they
wish to give the show an suspicious start.
A petition for the Incorporation of the
Mutual Cooperative Association has
been filed in the Clerks office OF the Su-
periOr Court. The incorporators are F.
Il. Durbec, E. Geffcken, j. l.. Gallagher,
IL n - luO, w w. DON6li, - w hSOgn.
b. S. Haines, A. A. Aveilbe, William P.
Hardee, j. II. Bandy and j. W. Osteen.
The object OF the association is to carry
on trade In groceries, provisions, dry
goods, clothing, boots, shoes, hats, caps,
wines, liquors, cigars, tobacco, and in all
the goods, wares and merchandise usu-
ally Kept and sold in grocery. dry goods,
clothing and furnishing stores. The
capital stock OF the association is $4,000,
OF which $500 has been paid in. The
association is composed OF employees of
the Charleston and Savannah and Savan-
nah, Florida and Western railways, and
it proposes to carry on the cooperative
store in the new odd Fellows building.
The store is now being got ready for occu-
pancy and is about completed.