The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-18
THROUGH THE CITY.
Items Gathered Here and There by the
News Reporters.

Items Gathered Here and There by the
News Reporters.
The iury commissioners did not hold their
usual session yesterday.
Henry A. Ganahl was commissioned a
commercial notary by Judge Adams yes
terday.
AT the recent reunion of the survivors Of
| the Third Georgia regiment at Madison,
! Capt. A. A. VIM, of this city. was re-
elected secretary.
Up TO 10 o'clock last night there were
only two arrests by the police. Both were
colored, charged with being drunk and dis
orderly Oh the streets.
The bark Otelo is unloading cargo of
ice for the Artesion ice company, ana the
company think Of putting on their wagons
to deliver the manufactured article TO FAM
lilies.
The MORNING NEWS has received from
Mr. r. T. Barbour, at Hall and Price
streets, basket of delicious grapes grown
from Mr.. Barbour's vineyard on the Cen
trail railroad.
The signal observers have received no
reported from Key West to be coming
north. The observers here think that it
broke up before reaching Savannah.
Messrs Hoist g. Co., cleared yesterday
the Norwegian bark Coto, for Buenos
Ayers for orders, with Is, l7S pieces of pitch
pine lumber, measuring 33l 800 feet, val
ued at $4,9ll Cargo by Messrs. Stillwall,
Millen q Co.
Georgia Tent of Rechabites and Christian
Temple lodge Of Good Templars will attend
the funeral Of &. w. Chambers at Trinity
church at o'clock this afternoon. Mr.
Chambers died Thursday afternoon at his
No GgItfb Rpna1 CHI
An effort was made yesterday to get the
committing magistrates to reduce Weiduer's
bond from g., 900 to SO 900 but it failed. 1t
is understood that Weidner will he taken
before the court of ordinary on a writ of
babeas corpus, on the ground that the bond
required is excessive
The mayor, in considering the docket
yesterday morning, sent Isaiah Williams,
alias Judge Peck, TO the chain-gang for
thirty days; John Green (colored), s. or
ten days; James Robinson and Alexander
Carter, Sc or ten days each, and Emma
West. $40 or twenty days. all for disorderly
conduct.
An English sailor applied to Clerk of
Council Rebarer yesterday for employment.
lie said that he had tried to get work at
the wharves, but ne was refused. He told
a pit1ful story about being compelled to
sleep in dry goods boxes. He came here a
week ago, he said, on foot, from Whining
ton, N. c., and was almost starved. Mr..
Rebarer turned him over to Deputy Mar
shall Kelley, who gave the old man employ
ment at embarrassing, and sent him to the
clerks Office to get an or
The old fellow hobbled off in a great
hurry, delighted with the idea of securing
delighted. in fact, that he
has not since been heard of. He is nodoubt
now telling his pitiful story to somebody
else.
Michael Clancy went down to Waycross
Thursday on his way to Brunswick after his
little sister. He was held by the quaran-
tine officers there, aud not allowed
to proceed to Brunswick without a GER
He telegraphed Dr. E. j. Kieffer,
who informed Dir. Brunne' of the affair,
and the officers at Waycross were instructed
to let the boy pass. He reached Savannah
in q very angry state Of mind
He said he was forced to spend all his money
in Waycross, when he should
have been in Brunswick. He informed the
quarantine officers that when he reached
Savannah he intended to have them pub
llshed, and he said it frightened them very
much. Mike is about 10 years of age, and
has not been out Of the city since he could
remember.
chatham square was enllvened yesterday
afternoon by a n fe and pistol fight be
tween Willie Miller and Leander Mcbride.
Both were colored boys about IS years Of
age. The difficulty arose over some trifling
matter, but the boys evidently meant bust
ness when the fight ensued. Mcbride at
tackled Miller with a knife and was in the
act of making mince meat out of him when
Miller drew revolver and began unload
ing it on Mcbride. Miller fired four shots
at his assailant, but neither took effect.
Mcbride ran upon Miller with an open
knife and when Miller found that his pistol
would not fire the fifth time he ran, closely
by Mcbride. They ran into Dr..
Purses drug store, facing Chatham square,
and we're separated before either was hurt
Officer Mock who was on duty in that
heard the firing, arrested the
two boys and marched them to the bar
racks, where they were given quarters to
await a preliminary hearing in the mayors
court.