The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-17
THROUGH THE CITY.
Items Gathered Here and There by the
News Reporters.

The Mutual Gas Light Company yester-
day declared its usual quarterly dividend
of Il per cent.
Savannah Branch Order of the Iron Hall
will meet tonight at the Knights of Pythias
building at Z: 80 o'clock
The Fybee railroad has adopted a special
scale of passenger rates for picnics, excur-
slonS and other large parties.
The Savannah Convocation of the Epis-
copal church will convene tomorrow in
ST. Andrews church, Darien.
The regular term of the City Court begins
at 9:3O O'Clock this morning, at which time
the petit jurors are expected to meet.
DIR. Falligant proposes to organize his new
suburban railroad company. If Savannah
and Chatham county is not thoroughly de-
veloped, it will not be for the want of street
and suburban railroads.
Mrs. S. B. Patterson, No. 100 Broughton
street, has sent to the MORNING NEWS a
| Dough OF a japanese plum tree well filed
with fruit. The tres is in her garden, and
was planted only few years ago.
The Chatham Mutual Loan Association
Will hold its 18th annual meeting at the
Guards Armory tonight The Treasurer
will submit his annual report and officers
for the ensuing year will be elected.
The young ladies of the Pansy Social
$50, the amount realized from the entertain
ment given for the benefit of Wesley Monu-
mental church on Tuesday of last week.
Conductor w. l.. Griffin, injured in Hur-
rlcane trestle accident, and wife, are ex-
pected to return to-day from Gainesville,
Fla, whore Mr.. Griffin has been under a
weeks treatment from his brother Dr.
Griffin.
Messrs. B. H. Levy g. Bro, clothiers, yes
terday presented the MORNING NEWS with
number of pocket match boxes. The
boxes are in the shape of pair of panta-
looms, and most appropriate design for a
clothing house.
There were seventeen cases on the Mayors
docket yesterday morning. The five boys
arrested for swimming in the river at the
city front were fined 50 or two days each.
-Four defendants were turned over to the
City Court, five were discharged, and the
fines against the others aggregated S37 or
seventy-seven days.
The only arrest up to o'clock this morn
ing, for the "A hours, was Mary Joyse, but
she was making enough noise for dozen.
She is an old offender and spends about ten
months in the year in Imprisonment. The
love of liquor is her besettlng evil 1t is
said she has daughters grown and the
happy mothers Of families in the Great
West.
The Montgomery street car line is to be
extended southwark TO Twelfth street. The
work will begin this week if the material
arrives. Within the next five years the
high plateau, of which Montgomery street
is the center, will be the site of the hand
soonest residences in the city. The large
blocks in that section afford opportunities
for spacious grounds which the city has
never known before.
Two comedy negro wenches of Yamacraw,
Carrie jackson and Isabella Cason, were in
a tangle yesterday in Justice Molina's court
for the possession of William II. Butler. a
fascinating and dusky Adonis Butler set
tied the matter by concluding to marry
Isabella and her parents and his parents
went before the Ordinary and gave consent
for license to issue to their minor children,
Judge Molina tying the knot. The dis
carded Carrie was then put under bonds to
keep the peace and let Isabella's lawfully
husband" severely alone