The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-06
THROUGH THE CITY.
Items Gathered Here and There by the
News Reporters.

Solomon's lodge T. and A. Nj. will hold a
regular communicable tonight.
Messrs. Kavanaugh 81 Brennan will finish
dscharging their cargo of fruit this morn
| ing.
The Central railroad fund for the
wounded policeman and Crimmins has
reached $780,
There were four convictions in the may
or's court yesterday mOrnlng-all DRINKS
and disorderles the penalties aggregating
s2l or ninety days.
The Workmans and Traders Loan and
Building Association will hold its sixtieth
monthly meeting tonight at the secretary's
Office, No. us Bryan street.
The funeral of the late Capt. Robert
LePage was attended from st. Johns
church yesterday afternoon. The Savannah
Cadets paid the last tribute of respect to
their deceased member.
The committee on the new court house
did not meet yesterday afternoon, owing to
Mr.. Preston, the architect, being engaged
with the new hotel people. The court
house committee will meet this afternoon
at o'clock.
baltimore" and Dan Savage, two col
ored men, charged with melting a riot on
Thanksgiving day, were before the mayor
yesterday morning, having been gathered
in by Officer Quinn the day before. The
Mayor continued their cases for further in
quiry.
A sneak thief entered the Office of Justice
Patterson yesterday while its occupants
were out, and carried off the Justices clock
and Constable Colman's new overcoat
Justice Patterson found the clock in Muhl-
herg's pawn shop last night, but the thief
and the overcoat are yet to run down.
The work on the BroughtOn street as
phalt paving is being prosected vigorously.
Tho broken granite base has been spread
from Abercorn east to a point half way be-
tween Habersham and Price streets, and
coal tar distillate has been applied north of
the street car track from Abercorn to a
point sem distant from Abercorn and Lin
coin streets. The Coast Line railroad is
the work has progressed to a point about
half way between Lincoln and Habersham
streets.
The conference meeting which was to
have been held yesterday afternoon between
the special committee of council on house
drainage and President Alexander and
General Manager Belknap of the Central
railroad William B. w. Howe, chief
engineer of the Savannah, Florida AID
Western railway; Percy Sugden, civil and
sanitary engineer; City Engineer w. j.
Vim, and County Engineer Blanford was
postponed until o'clock this afternoon,
owing to the inability of some of the gentle
men to be present.
The work Of the police for the twenty
four hours ending at 2 o'clock this morning
was the arrest of John Williams (colored)
for gambling on the street and resisting ar
rest. William Coe and Moses Aiken (col-
ored) were dragged out from under house
on York street, near Bull, where they were
either asleep or feignlng sleep. and charge
of vagrancy was entered opposite their
names. Turner Harvey (colored) was
charged with stealing wood from the Sa-
vannah, Florida and Western railway
yards and resisting an officer. One white
man was found drunk on the streets and
locked up.
Martha Duncan, a colored woman living
on the Ogeechee road, who has been aban-
doned by her husband, was brought in
yesterday and locked up as lunatic. The
warrant for her was filed in Justice Warning
Russells court by Martha Mason. The
Duncan woman was without food or fire for
herself and three children. The Mason
woman is at present caring for the children.
Martha Duncan was before the ordinary in
May of last year, at which time an inquest
of lunacy was held, but the jury found her
not insane. Another inquest will be held
early next week. The unfortunate woman
is the mother of six children, and heI
seventh died two weeks ago. She is in a
| pitable plight from disease and lunacy.