The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-21
SIFTINGS OF CITY NEWS.
LITTLE GOSSIP FROM THE STREET
AND SIDEWALK.

pasnes Here and There by the News
Reporters - Yesterdays Happenings
Told in Brief aragraphs-Pickings at
Police Headquarters.
The pupils of ST. Vincent de Paul's acad-
envy gave a delightful musicale yesterday
afternoon at the academy.
Landrum Lodge, F. and A. NJ, will hold
its annual communication at Masonic
Temple tonight, and will elect officers.
The stockholders of the Central railroad
from out of town visited the bank yester-
day in considerable numbers, and were paid
the recently declared dividend.
Messrs. Richardson g. Barnard cleared
yesterday the British steamship Dracona
for Barcelona, with $500 bales of upland
cotton, weighing 2,706,397 pounds, valued
at $270, CPS
To-day is the twenty-fourth anniversary
Of the occupation of Savannah by the fed
eral forces under Gen. w. 7. Sherman.
Said a gentleman yesterday in a reminis-
cent way, "the day was a cold, raw, dis
agreeable one just like it has been to-day,
and not likely ever to be forgotten"
Signal Observer Wright has received
from Washington q triple self-register y
It registers the velocity of the wind, the
direction of the wind and the rainfall 1t is
only to the most important stations that
this apparatus is sent. Observer Wright
said yesterday that he will put up the in
strument within few days.
By the runaway of a horse attached to
the buggy of Capt. E. A. Smith, the steve
dore. Mr.. E. a. kirkland and his son were
knocked down and painfully bruised as they
were crossing Broughton street W ednesday
night. 1t is learned that Dir. Kirkland will
ask to be reimbursed to the amount of $3.50
for the damages 10 himself and son.
Jim Taylor, Stephen Brown and Willie
Busch, three cOlored men on tear, were
arrested last night for disorderly conduct,
a citizen taking two of them to the bar
racks. The trio was moving wide swath
on Broughton street, overturning the tar
barrels used in the asphalt paving west of
Abercorn street. In addition to the charge
of ''disorderly," they were also charged
with interference with the property Of an
other.
A thief entered the premises of Mrs Hen
rietta Saloshin, No. 90 Bay street, Wednes-
day night, and bre- king ouen the door of a
tenement house on the lane, stole silver
watched owned by the colored lodger, who
is porter at j. j. Sullivan's saloon. The
thief evidently was in search Of hidden
treasure, for he tore up the brick hearth,
no doubt imagining that there was money
hidden under it. To gain an entrance the
locks on the outer gate and on the door of
the cabin were broken. The matter has
been put in the hands of an officer.
w. B. Irving, engineer of No. 5 fire en-
CINE, has just completed model schooner
yacht 81 feet in length and inches beam
1t has foresail, mainsail, and fo-etopmast
and maintopmast. The model is fully
equipped, having a wheelhouse, sky and
cabin forecsstle. 1t has seven sails, includ-
ing three jib sails. The model is built after
the Iroquois, of the New York Yacht Club,
and is painted green top and red bottom
The whole is of white pine and is hand
made. The tools used were Ratchet, saw,
spokeshaves and knife The model viii be
on exhibition al Tuberdy's to-day.