The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-18
SETTINGS OF CITY NEWS.
LITTLE GOSSIP FROM THE STREET
AND SIDEWALK.

Dashes Here and There by the News
Reporters - Yesterdays Happenings
| Told In Brief Paragraphs-Picking at
Police Headquarters.
| The st. Andrews Society will hold its
October meeting tonight
Solomcn's lodge, f. and A. NJ, will hold
regular communication tonight
An Episcopal chapel is about to be built
at Pooler, No. l on the Central railroad.
Ten patients we're received in the marine
ward at st. Joseph's infirmary yesterday.
The sale of Simon Mitchell's stock of
goods at sheriff's outcry has been fixed for
Oct. 90.
The Georgia Hussars will meet tonight
to decide whether they will attend the Au-
gusta exposition.
The Chatham Artillery at their last meet
ing ordered knapsacks, which they will
hereafter wear when on the march.
A gentleman in this city found a nickel
the other day, which he is keeping for luck.
He bought a lottery ticket the day he found
the coin, and drew S25.
Peter Pinkney (color5d), was received at
st. Josephs infrmary yesterday. His left
hand was seriously mashed, day or two
ago, while Pinkney was loading rosin on
SAS oDOoAucI OdNlu 1ItlLhs
The city council last night ordered paid
bills against the city aggregating ,67 81.
or this amount So ,235 50 was on account of
the board of health, and $507S 40 was ex-
pended by the committee on water.
Constable Goldman arrested two colored
boys yesterday for stealing a velocipede.
The boys were marched to Magistrate Pat
eerson's Office but as neither Of them was
old enough to be amenable to the law they
were discharged
Daniel O'Donoghue, who was taken to the
Barracks Tuesday night for safekeeping,
was turned over to the ordinary Yesterday;
who committed the prisoner to Jail uutil
Friday afternoon at o'clock, at which
time Judge Ferrill will hold an inquest of
lunacy.
T. R. Collect, night engineer at the South
ern cotton seed mills, who had a foot
crushed in the machinery some time ago,
has SO far recovered that he has been dis
charged from the Savannah hospital, and
will leave this morning for his home in
North Carolina.
The police found q dead baby in Perry
street lane, between Randolph and Arnold
streets, Tuesday morning. The matter was
reported to the coroner and an investigation
was held, bat the parentage was not dis
covered. The infant was colored, and had
been hid away IN bucket.
Policeman Harrington was taken to st.
Joseyhs 1nhrmary yesterday, suffering
from a violent cold with bro chitis, having
hemorrhages from his stomach. DR.. Dun
can is attending him, and it is thought he
will recover under the careful nursing he
will receive at the hospital
1t is an every day incident to see boys
trundling barrels which they are accumu-
lating for illumination and bonfire purposes
fr,rs FlarStn&
trees In Troup square was killed by the close
proximity of the boys barrel bonfire, and
they will have to move little farther from
the trees next Christmas or look out for the
police.
In the mayors court yesterday morning
Paul Graham, for disorderly conduct and
resisting an officer; Fannie Aston and
May Days, for fighting, wore each fined $40
or thirty days; Joseph Randolph and Julia
Campbell, for fighting, were each fined S.
or ten days, and Thomas Chisholm was fined
SIS or two days for drunkenness. All but
| the last named were colored.
An alarmIof fire was turned in from box
| n yesterday forenoon between 10 o'clock
and II O'Clock, aud the department was
| called out. The fire proved to be a burning
| chimney at the residence of Joseph E.
| Campus, on Price street, two doors south of
| Taylor street, and the alarm was ill-timed,
as nothing but dense smoke issuing from
the chimney was the occasion ssof turning in
| the alarm.
Monroe Gordon (colored), was bound
over by Justice Endres yesterday for lar
| ceny from the person of over $50. The
| property stolen was gold watch and chain
| and G. A. r. hat The hat was sold to a
colored boy by the name of Dan Moore,
who had preliminary examination yester-
day as an accomplish bat he was discharged.
| The gold watch and chain had not been
| recovered. Gordon denies the stealing and
says he found the hat.
| The sidewalk in front of the Congress
street entrance to A. Falk & Sons clothing
store was crowded yesterday afternoon
with youngsters, all awaiting for their
| tickets TO the matinee, which that liberal
firm had awarded to all who had solved
their puzzle. The boys formed in line and
behaved very gentlemanly. After they
had received their tickets they gave cheer
| after cheer for Messrs A. Falk 81 Sons
Very nearly 200 tickets were issued.