The morning news., 1888-08-10
TEROUGH THE CITY.
Items Gathered Here and There by the
News Reporters.

news heDOrC6rS.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians will
hold It's August meeting to night.
! T. e. Harvey, who was recently ap-
| pointed constable, has located at Justice
! RussellS Office.
NJ. J. Hennessy, for cursing and abusing
an officer and general disorderly conduct,
was run in by the police yesterday.
The jasper mutual loan association will
hold its S0th monthly meeting tonight at
the presidents office, No. l35 Bay street.
There we're four cases before the mayors
| court yesterday, all for drunkenness and
disorderly conduct The aggegate of fines
was S2S.
Three new wharves have Just been COM
| pleted at the new quarantine station by
| Messrs. Carroll & Brown, the contractors.
| The cost to the city was So, 575.
| The yachts Kstrinka, Glance and Ocean
| Queen will leave this morning for cruise
10 the southwark. The Katrinka will sail
tomorrow night for Charleston.
There were two patients received at st.
Joseph's Infrmary yesterday. Second Mate
Thompson, Whose foot was amputated at
the infrmary W ednesday, is resting quietly.
Fred Legree (colored), charged by James
Mcclure with the larceny of a working
mans check of the Ocean steamship COM
racks.
The first bale of new cotton from Bulloch
county was received yesterday by Slater,
Moore & Co. from Mr.. s. Z. Groover of
Arcola. Mr.. Groover is one of the largest
and most successful farmers of Bulloch
county.
The schooner June Bright, while on her
way to sea yesterday, was discovered leak
ing when opposite Fort Oglethorpe. She
returned and ON examination it was found
that the leak was in her ports which had
not been properly caulked after taking in
cargo. She was recaulked and will sail to-
day.
The FL Modelo cigar manufacturing COM
pany has sent the MORNING NEWS a sample
box of the fine hand made cigars, the product
OF its factory in Jacksonville. The box was
accompanied with the compliments of Mr.
Sligo Myers, (of Messrs. H. Myers & Bro. Of
this city,, who is the secretary and treasurer
of the company.
An entertainment, consisting of music,
recitations, etc, will be given tomorrow
night at the residence of Rev. j. w. Sim
mons, pastor of the New Houston street
Methodist church. The following members
of the Good WIN social club will be present
and take part. Messrs. Readick McDon-
ough and Butler and Misses Josie Strate,
Rena Gnann and Sarah LaRoche.
L. d. Alexander, who is prosecuting Mr..
Watcher for assault and battery, says in
reply to Watchers charge in the Justices
court that he was prowling around his shop,
that he has only been in Watchers place
once or twice, and that was at Watchers
solicitation. He slept there night or two
after the fire which burned out Alexander
when he rooned over Roos' place at
Broughton and Drayton streets, and that
was all. He has never been there since.
William Ward (colored) was in Justice
Russelrs court yesterday, charged with as
sault and battery on Joseph Perry, bar
Der. Ward stated that Perry has been an
noying his wife for some time He forbade
Perry coming to his house, but Perry per-
sisted in doing so, and even went so far as
to write letters to Wards wife. Ward said
he bore it as long as he could, and yester-
day he took one of the "love sick" epistles
and hunted up Perry to have an under
standing about the matter. He found him
in his shop, and, producing the letter, he
asked him what ne meant by it. Perry
tried TO snatch it from him and fight on
| sued, Ward got in some good round licks
on the barber. A warrant was issued for
Ward, and after an examination he was
| turned over to the city court, charged with
assault and battery. He was released on
b0nd