The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-13
THROUGH THE CITY.
Items Gathered Here aud There By the
News Reporters

+ There were 2,S25 voters registered up to
noon yesterday.
Tuesday is common law day" for the
/ Superior Court.
| The Superior Court adjourned yesterday
afternoon until Wednesday
| A called meeting of the County Commits
sioners win be held tomorrow forenoon at
10 O'Clock.
The Republican Blues will give their
elghtieth anniversary picnic at Tybee on
Wednesday, May 90
The Chatham Gun Club will hold its an
nual meeting tomorrow afternoon, and will
elect officers for next year
Branch No. IS, Catholic Knights of
America. will hold its annual picnic for the
benefit of st. Mary's Orphanage at Tybee
/ Wednesday.
Owing to a failure to find Ward, who
| alleged that he was cut in the Folcher
ranch on Ann street, Justice Warning Rus
sell, Jr., has discharged Cohen.
The police will put on their summer uni
forms this morning, and will wear their
white helmets. The firemen will don their
new uniforms at the same time.
The Fox-Hudson damage suit, which was
remanded to the City Court for a new trial,
Is assigned for hearing on May "a, and is
likely to occupy the rest of that week
The wholesale merchants will start the
o'clock Saturday closing on Saturday, May
10. The delay was caused by the merchants
not having had sufficient notice to close last
week
The grounds for the centennial celebra-
ton of the colored Baptists, south of An
derson street, have been fenced in, and
preparations are being made to erect the
tabernacle.
Robert Taylor. committed to jail by JUS
tice Patterson last week on two charges,
one for gambling and the other for assault
and battery on Joe Cook, gave bond yester-
day and was released.
The MORNING NEwsis indebted to Cadet
Alder A. Aveilhe, Of this city, for an invi-
tation to attend the annual picnic of the
South Carolina Military Academy at Mt.
Pleasant Charleston harbor.
The Belt road cars on Montgomery street
are now running regularly to Seventh
street. TIE road will be completed to the
junction of Estill avenue and Habersham
street by the latter part Of this week
The Guyton folks had musical and
literary entertainment, collation. and hop
last Wednesday night, for tho benefit of
their clubrooms which netted handsome
sum. The South Carolina ladies present
were the recipients of the hospitalities and
compliments Of many admiring friends.
A small syndicate of Bay street men has
purchased the tract of land on the White
Bluff road, about mile south OF Twelfth
street, formerly the property of the Georgia
HusSars. 1t was sold about year ago to
private party, who sold it to the syndicate
for about double the amount be gave for it.
United States Commissioner Lamar
seems to have become tired of the rush on
his office for revenue stamps, and stunning
placard ornaments the wire fronting the
ask ic in ba haiI a Of
hand: This is not the internal revenue
Office. We are not connected with it, and
know nothing about it.n Deputy Collector
Dunwody is the stamp agent.
r. K. Bedell, the feather bed renovator
man, who left the city Friday night with
his debts unpaid, is supposed to be in Eu-
faula, Ala. Mr.. A. S. Huff, who took out
an attachment on the machine, was part
ner in the business. Mr. Huff said yester-
day that he was at the depot Friday night
when the train went out, and seeing Bedell
going to the ticket office, he went up and
asked the agent if Bedell purchased ticket,
and to what pOintg He learned that Bedell
was booked 10 Eufaula, Ala Huff said
that Bedell's mother living on farm near
Eufaula, and no doubt there is where he
has gone.
Constable Coleman'had lively chase yes
terday after five negro boys. The boys
~eio "ahOou AOi ganapliuS Oh HUTCHINSON
Island, across the river, and have been
Gliding everybody that even reminded
them of Coleman. Yesterday afternoon,
however, the keen-eyed constable spied
them, and before they were aware of his
presence he had flung himself among them
They wrung themselves out of his grasp
and gallope1 down the street. When the
constable last saw them they were turning
corner ahead of him. The constable
gave up the chase, but he promises to enter
tain them in the next race.