The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-10
SETTINGS OF CITY NEWS.
LITTLE GOSSIP FROM THE STREET
AND SIDEWALK.

pashes Here and There by the News
Reporters = Yesterdays Happenings
Told in Brief aragraphs-Pickings at
Police Headquarters.
Calanthe Lodge, K. of P, will meet
tonight.
DeKalb Lodge No. 9, I. o. Q. F., meets
this evening.
There will be no session of the superior
court to-day.
The city criminal court will convene at
10 o'clock this morning.
The board of education will hold its
monthly meeting tonight.
The Merchants National Bank will hold
its annual election for directors on Jan. 5.
The United States court will be convened
to-day on the arrival of Judge Speer from
Macon.
Clinton Lodge, F. and a. NJ, will hold q
regular communication tonight, and will
elect officers.
The German Friendly Society will hold
its December meeting tonight at Knights
of Pythias hall.
The special council committee on drain
age it is expected will finally decide on
plan at the meeting to be called by the
mayor to-day or tomorrow.
The health officers report for last week
shows total of twenty-one deaths, six Of
whites and fifteen of colored. The annual
ratio per 1000 for the week was 10 for
whites and 80 for colored.
The huge twelve ton roller will be in OPP
Grafton to-day rolling the binder on the
Broughton street asphalt work. The work
of grading on Liberty street will be re-
sumed if the weather will permit.
There were 273 failures in the United
States reported to Brddstreet's last week,
against 264sin the preceding week and 25S,
200, pa and 306 in the corresponding weeks
of 1887, 1886, 1885 and 1854 respectively
There were seven cases for drunkenness
and disorderly conduct docketed up TO l
O'Clock this morning for the mayors court.
Since the superior court and city court con-
vened there is noticeable falling off in the
number of graver offenses.
j. s. Smith, grocer at Alapaha, was
closed by his creditors Friday night last,
and his stock of goods was levied upon.
1t is not believed that Savannah merchants
are losers. Smith had small means, and
only embarked in business in the early part
of the present year. 1t is said that the bulk
of his liabilities are in Macon and Atlanta.
1t is stated here that the creditors of
George r. Murray & Co., of Quincy, Fla,
notice of whose failure was published in the
MORNING News, will be doing we'll if they
get over Is or 20 cents on the dollar. The
lIduSleITtQ All us real estate, except
tn store house, upon which Malcolm Mac
lean g. Co., of this city held a mortgage,
before making an assignment.
"Pouchong" party will be held this
afternoon and evening in the supper rooms
of the Guards arsenal Beautiful Christ
mas presents of all kinds can be had there.
During the evening Prof. Icons orchestra,
viii give a concert for the benefit of the
entertainment. There will be no charge
for admission. The object is a worthp one.
The entertainment commends itself TO the
public.
A basket containing a male infant appar-
emily about a week old, was found last
night on State street. In the basket was a
note saying that the mother was a widow,
barely able to support herself and she left the
child to the mercy of whoever might find it,
and whom she hoped would be better able
TO take care of it than she herself. The
note was apparently written by a woman.
The handwriting was poor and was scarcely
legible. The matter was reported to the
police, and the founding was taken to the
barracks, Chief Green placed it in the
keeping of colored woman.
There is considerable complaint by
families living in the vicinity of West
Broad and Harris streets about the stone
crusher recently built there. The OBJ
lection is because Of the heavy showers
of stone dust that fill the porches, Railways
and every other portion of the houses that
are open during the time that the crusher is
in operation. The people say that unless
their doors and windows are closed so as
not to allow the dust to enter it IS sitting,
and two or three families will move to a
different portion of the city. The managers
of the company have promised to cover the
cruSher to prevent the dust from being
blown away.