The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-29
SIFTINGS OF CITY NEWS.
LITTLE GOSSIP FROM THE STREET
AND SIDEWALK.

pashes Here and There by the News
Reporters = Yesterdays Happenings
Told in Brief Paragraphs-Pic5ings at
Police Headquarters.
Zenas L. Strickland was re-appointed a
commercial notary by Judge Adams yes
terday.
Witnesses in the Sheftall case have been
notified to be in attendance in the superior
court on July 6.
The petit Jurors in the superior court
other than those trying the Smith damage
case, will not be required at court until to-
morrow morning.
The annual graduation exercises of the
high schools will take place to-day. The
exercises will be in Hunters hall and will
begin at $50 o'clock this morning.
The jury in the Garfuukel- Brauss case
were out all night Wednesday night, and at
/ o'clock yesterday afternoon were dis
charged by Judge Adams by reason of a
mistrial.
The mayors docket was slim one
yesterday morning Webb and Williams
the combatants of Goat alley, were fined IS,
OF ten days each, and NJ. J. Hennessey was
fined IS, or three days. for being found
lying on the street drunk
B. Cash Pawley, who was released
of requisitiOn did not remain long in
town. but left at once, having had an ex-
perience that very much Disguised him. He
evidently went to hunt up his friend War
ing of whom he expected to get large some
of money, 50 he said.
George K. Patterson, while in the jury
room on the jury considering the Gar
tunkel-Brauss case yesterday, was taken
with fit of epilepsy A physician was
91n1mOnR1 rplIpVad
man. Mr.. Patterson was soon himself again,
and was with the jury when it was dis
charged yesterday at l o'clock.
Adrianne Boyd (colored) swore out a war
rant in Justice Russells court yesterday
against Lawrence Jones colored), charging
him with misdemeanor Jones. who lives
in Southville, was arrested and brought
into court to answer the charge. In the
examination it developed that Jones had
beaten an OK belonging to the woman and
that the OK died Jones was released on
bond pending trial in the city court.
James Butler, employed in painting his
fathers business house on st. Julian street,
narrowly escaped death yesterday from
fall from a ladder which had been rugged
up as a swinging scaffold. As it was he was
severely bruised and had to be taken home
in a carriage Medical attention was given
him and he was resting easy yesterday,
although he complained of the shaking up.
Mr.. Butler missed falling i'll the open cellar,
which increased distance would have made
the fall more violent if not fatal.
Officer Brantley arrested twolittle colored
boys yesterday morning, Sam and Ned
Wylly, on the complaint of Nancy Awes.
Shortly after midnight yesterday morning
they attempted to enter the store of the
Awes woman, and were in the act of raising
the window when Nancy and another
colored woman by the name of Celia Jen-
kins, discovered them. and ran them off.
Mayor Lester instructed the officer at the
barracks to hold the boys until their parents
could call for them and punish them.
Jack Middleton and negro woman
named Williams were in Magistrate Elsin-
gers court yesterday, charged with fighting
and disturbing the peace of Goat alley.
Middleton was released on bond, but the
woman was taken to jail Constable Sulli-
van, who fell upon the mob engaged in the
row, said that Inexperienced some difficulty
in arresting and bringing the belligerants TO
court The difficulty grew out of quarrel
over the Webb Williams fracas of Wednes-
day night. The woman implicated in yes
terdays row was the wife of Ned Williams,
who was lodged in Jail Wednesday, Both
husband and wife are now behind the bars.
Monday morning, Frank Coleman, col
ored boy, living out beyond the toll-gate, on
the Thunderbolt road, found a small leather
case containing some instruments that he
thought belonged to some physicians. Cole
man and another colored boy named Jere
Frasier came to the city to find the owner,
and if they were rewarded for finding the
case, they agreed to divide the spoils. After
seeing Drs. Groth, Brandt and Norton, the
boys were informed that the case belonged
to some architect They knew very little
then about who to hunt for, and as they
neared Muhlberg's happy thought struc
them. Entering the pawnbroker's place
they tried to pawn their find. Mr.. Muhl-
berg refused to give them anything ON the
case, and told the boys that he would turn
it over to Detective Wetherhorn, and re-
quest him TO find the owner. The boys con-
sented, and the case was turned over to Mr.
Wetherhorn. He succeeded in finding a
party who had lost a case, but the party
was not willing to reward the finder Mr..
Wetherhorn informed him that he could not
get tho case until he paid the boys for find
ing it, and he returned it to Muhlberg, re-
questing him to give 1t back to the boys
When the case is given back to them, thew
will probably go into the architect bust
ness, unless the owner feels disposed to re-
deem the case.