The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-28
THROUGH THE CITY.
Items Gathered Here and There by the
News Reporters.


The city court took a recess yesterday
until next Tuesday
DR.. J. B. Read received his commission
as county commissioner yesterday
George T. Cam was appointed a CON-
mercal notary in the superior court yes
te day,
The grand jury Of the city court exam
ined the books in the clerks office Yesterday
Their report Will not be handel in until
next Tuesday
Another bale # cotton Of the new crop
was received yesterday by MesSrS. Baldwin
& Co Il cla,sed good middlng. MeSsrs.
Conner q Co. have adviC = Of the shipment
of another bale, which viii arrive to-day.
Capt. Strobhar, late Of the steamer Semi
mole, was arrested by CnIted states Deputy
Marshal Wetherhorn yesterday ON charge
OF assault upon one of the crew. A pre-
lminary examination Will be had before
United States Commissioner Isaac Beckett
next Monday.
A young man walked into Henry Sans
laundry, on Broughton street, yesterday,
and while he was there Sam had occasion
to 20 outside, leaving the young man sole
occupant of the place When the China
man returned the young man had 80 le,
and wth him Sans money box, containing
g. Sam said that he knows the young
"blaHee his neck
\ young man by the name of Schwarz EN-
ployed as clerk for l.. Kriegel, corner Je(fe.
son and Charlton streets who rooms on the
second floor, in n sem-sOmuambulistic state
imagined he was jumping on the counter of
the store to extingulsh the lights but
Jumped from a second story window, last
Tuesday night He was painfully, but not
seriously, injured by the fall, which thor
ouE{y awaSened him.
Emma Mobiles had to take out bail in
trover yesterday 10 get a valuable gold
watch from Gus Watson. Watson had
pawned it for the woman, and then taken
it from the pawnbroker's, telling him that
lie had lost the ticket. The woman went
into Justice Molina's court and broBE ht
action, which tasultet in tine recovery OF
the watch, and Watson was mulcted for
the costs, which he paid.
There were six arrests by the police for
the twenty-four hours ending at midnight
last night Susanna Middleton, jeff Coates,
Moses l.. Reddv and Dorcas jenkins were
participants in a street fight, and they were
run in VIM, Page was jugged on a charge
of the theft of some fruit from the premises
of Thomas Halligan, and Andrew Meyer
was given a nights lodging for being found
asleep in the streets from frequent pota-
tons.
S. T. Kingsberry, Esq, of the Savannah,
Florida aud Western railroad, received a
message yesterday from his wife, who is
spending the summer at Hamilton. that
one Of his little sons, who is with her, was
struck on the leg by falling scantling and
that the leg was broken. Mr.. kingsberry
slid that two of the children accompanied
Mrs. Kingsberry and tho message did not
state which one was hurt. Mr.. kinesberry
left last night on the Central railroad for
Hamilton and will bring his family to Sa-
vannah if the injury Is at all serious.
The mayors court was well represented
in occupations Yesterday morning. A bar
Der, a shoemaker, painter, justice Of the
peace and Chinese laundryman we're all
up together. They are tenants of Mr..
George w Owens in the building on Bull
and Bryan streets, and were put on the
information docket for the condition Of the
yard in the rear of their shops. They dis
claimed having anything to do with the
yard, as it is not on a level with their doors,
and they have no means of getting into it,
except to jump from an S-foot platform.
The mayor continued the case.
E. j. Keiffer, president OF the Forest City
gun club, has been buying up all the
pigeons that he can get for the interstate
pigeon shoot, which takes place in Savan-
nah the latter part of August. Yesterday
a countryman brought in twenty five
pigeons and carried them to DR.. Keiffers
store The doctor sent them to his resi-
dence to be cooped for safe-keepiug. In the
afternoon he went out to look at the birds
and found that their wings had been cropped
close and they were scampering about in
the coop like young chickens The gun
club men think that these pigeons will not
make very good flying marks.