The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-11
STRINGS OF CITY NEWS.
LITTLE GOSSIP FROM THE STREET
AND SIDEWALK.

Dashes Here and There by the News
Reporters - Yesterdays Happenings
Told in Brief Observation-Disclosures at
Police Headquarters.
De Kalb Lodge No. 9, l. O. o. F., meets
this evening
Calanthe lodge No. IS, K. of P, holds a
regular meeting this evening.
Clinton Lodge F. &. A. NJ will hold a
regular communication tonight
The German friendly society, will hold
its regular monthly meeting tonight.
The Forest City gun club will hold its
regular monthly meeting at kieffer's drug
store
Argument will be resumed in the Honoria
Foley equity case in the superior court this
morning.
The ratification Of the 18th amendment
will be celebrated by the colored people
to-day. The colored military will parade
this morning.
There were 14S failures in the United
States reported to Bradstreet's last week,
against l2S in the preceding week ana l25,
143, 1862 and lS2 in the corresponding weeks
of 1887, 1886, 1855 and 1854 respectively.
The mayors docket viii be large one
this morning, covering the usual number Of
black and white and males and females
gathered in for the various grades of drunk
enneSs, from boisterous speech to absolute
speechlessness.
There were 2S deaths in the city last
week, 10 of colored people and 9 Of whites.
OF this number were under 10 years OF
age; only one of these was white During
the corresponding week last year there
p deaths Of children under 10 years-l5 of
white and 70 of colored. The annual ratio
of deaths per 1000 population for last week
was 10 for whites and 43 for Colored.
Mr.. C. E. Suits lost one of his fine team
of roadsters on Saturday The black mare
Lady Dorcas, which was acknowledged to
be the fastest roadster in the city, died from
a rupture. The mare was one Of team
that took the first premium at the state
fair two years ago. She was formerly
owned by Mr. Suits, who sold her to DR..
Bouton. About month ago Mr.. Suits
bought her back again. The animal was
valued at 81 900.
There was considerable excitement yester-
day morning On Lumber street, three doors
south Of Sims, over the arrest of Minnie A.
Bryant, a colored woman from No. 5, Sore
ven county, by r. r. Williams, claiming to
be a constable. The arrest was made at the
house of Edward Evans (colored). Williams
was accompanied by Policeman Floyd
Dicey Evans, wife of Edmund Evans
save that Williams arrested the woman
without warrant, and with q drawn
revolver. According to her story, he took
the woman to the barracks and preferred a
charge against her of larceny, after trust,
and simple larceny, claiming that she had
appropriated So so to her use that he had
given her to get some things in Savannah,
and that she had carried off his valise and
some clothing The Evans woman and her
husband and Hester Evans, a sister-in-
law accompanied the party to the barracks
The arrested woman made pitiGble appeal
to Sergeant Killourhy for protection. The
sergeant promised the prisoner that her
rights should be granted, and that she
should not be surrendered to Williams
until the police are satisfied that he is an
officer legally empowered to take her back
to Scriven county.