The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-15
SIFTINGS OF CITY NEWS.
LITTLE GOSSIP FROM THE STREET
AND SIDEWALK.
Dashes Here and There by the News

Dashes Here and There by the News
Reporters - Yesterdays Happenings
Told IN Brief Paragraphs-Pickings at
Police Headquarters.
Truck farmers say that the potato crop
is badly needing rain.
Two patients were received at st. Joseph's
lntirmary yerterday.
There were 90 deaths in the city last week
whites and IS colored.
Up to noon Yesterday the number of reg
istered voters footed up 1927.
Tax Receiver Dillon will begin to receive
tax returns tomorrow morning.
Jake Cell says that he intends to clear
and plant five acres in Strawberries this
fall
The work Of extending the Belt road line
on Montgomery street south of Anderson
will begin this week.
Treasurer Russell says that the claims of
jurors against the county will be paid on
tomorrow at the county treasury.
The Mutual Gas Company has begun ar
ranging its service pipes TO put in the non
carbureted gas for heating, cooking and
lighting purposes
Capt. Charles White, late clerk in the
custom house, is acting as copyist and
Deputy Clerk of the Superior Court during
the illness Of Philip Russell, Jr.
The Emanuel county moonshiners were
held by United States Commissioner Frank
Lamar to answer in the United States Cir
cult Court, Wednesday, April 25.
There were seven arrests up to midnight
last night three for shop lifting, one for
vagrancy, one for throwing rocks in the
street, and two for drunkenness.
There were II cases on the docket yester-
day for the City Court tomorrow morning,
with last night and tonight yet to be
drawn upon from the Mayors Court to-
morrow.
Owing to the continued indisposition of
the Solicitor General the Sheftall case in
the Superior Court has been postponed
until May 4. The defense was anxious for
the case to come to trial.
Prof Malette will publish 1000 copies Of
his book Narrative of a Wandering
Singer" 1t will contain 200 pages, and will
deal with his travels in Europe, along the
coasts of China and Japan, and four years
in Australia.
The stockholders of the Vernon Shell
road have elected w. S. Rockwell, D. B.
Lester and c. H. Dorsett directors and the
board organized by the election Of w. S.
Rockwell President, and d. B. Lester Sec
rotary and Treasurer.
The annual picnic of St. John the Baptist
Total Abstinence and Benevolent Society
will be held az an early date. The proceeds
will be for the benefit of the orphan boys
under the care of the Rev Father O'Brien
at Washington, Ga. Due notice of the date
and place will be given hereafter.
The Congregational church, colored, at
Taylor and Habersham streets, will give a
concert at the Theater tomorrow Monday
night for the benefit of the church. Toe
church is an independent church, having
severed its connection with the American
Association and is in need of funds.
The residents at the eastern end of BAY
street are complaining that the promenade
is constantly infested with tramps and va
grants of all descriptions. They lay asleep
on the gre n day and night, and the resi-
dents in the eghborhood are in constant
fear of these gentry lifting what does not
belong to them.
There appears to be a hitch in the matter
Of removing the Christ church lot railing
on Drayton street The arbitrator have
agreed, but there is disposition on the
part of some of the members of Council
not to pay Christ church the award The
railing is an obstruction, as are several
others, and should be removed for the
public good The public has no objection
to paying for the benefit to be derived from
unobstructed streets.
The stockholders of the Oglethorpe Real
Estate Company were gratified yesterday
by receiving a printed circular informing
them that if they would fill out certain
blanks in it and attach their scrip they
would receive their pro rata share of the
money in the hands of President z. A.
We'll. The amount to be distributed is
about ST. 700, ana each share is entitled to
Sill. The new hotel company has paid
the $75, 900 purchase money for the barracks
site, and the balance is the surplus from
revenue from rents
The Improvement to the entire surround
ings of Johnson square by the removal of
the iron ratings, which until a few weeks
ago iGclosed It, is now acknowledged by
every one. The granite curbing that has
taken its place cost $500, which is about
the sum that it would have cost to have
put the railing in order. When all the
squares are curbed there will not only be
decided improvem emit in the appearance of
the city, but the annual saving in keeping
the present wood ratings in repair win
soon pay for the outlay.
Dan Meyer (colored) was in Justice Rus
sells court Yesterday aft arnoon to answer
charge of breach of the peace. William
Moran was the prosecutor He said that
while he and his "be;t girln were talking
Meyer and his brother interfcred by using
language not becoming. Moran retorted
and tho quarrel ended in a row, in
which Meyers brother, John, was cut
in the shoulder. Moran says that
Meyer cut his brother through
mistake; that while the three " ere engaged
in the wrangle knife was thrust az him
but he lodged it and it was plunged into
the shoulder of Meyers brother. The off
GERS said they experienced some difficulty
in bringing Meyer to justice He hid in
every nook aud corner III Namacraw, but
was finally discovered in a little wood bin
and arrested. He gave bond and was re-
leased.
NOTES ALONG THE WHARvEs.