The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-24
THROUGH THE CITY.
Items Gathered Here and There by the
News Reporters.

News Reporters.
The annual examinations in the st.
Mary's home school will take place Monday
afternoon at o'clock.
In the superior court yesterday an
amended charter of Incorporation was
granted the Ludden Sc Bates Southern Music
House.
Allen Fields colored) was locked up in
the barracks yesterday at the instance of
Sarah Green tcolored), who charges Allen
with the larceny Of some fish.
The asphalt men are in the city whisper
ing in the ears Of the councilmen. Bids for
asphalting Broughton and Liberty streets
will be opened next Wednesday.
The civil and criminal dockets will be
called in the city court to-day and he
court will adjourn tomorrow for the term.
The July term will begin next Monday.
Alderman d. r. Thomas, chairman of the
street and lane committee, informed a
MORNING NEWS reporter yesterday that
the work of numbering the streets will soon
begin, the delay having been occasioned by
the work Of verifying the data collected.
The Oglethorpe savings and loan COM
pany has declared 8 per cent. dividend
from the earnings of the last six months
The company has been doing business fifteen
months and has a surplus and undivided
profit of $40, 500. 1t has declared two per
cent. dividends.
The curiosity of five fine rock fish, a salt
water fish, may be seen in the artesian
water fountain at the Savannah yacht club
grounds. They seem to do as well in ar
tesian water as in their native element, and
are fed regularly. They were caught two
or three weeks ago with a hook and line.
The West Broad street colored public
school will give an entertainment at the
theater Wednesday night. The proceeds
will be devoted to the purchase of library
for the school. An interesting programme
has been arranged for the occasion, and
will consist of songs, Rotations, charades,
drills, ETC.
Deputy Sheriff F. E. Mendel arrested
Edward alias Ned Ellis (coloredl yesterday
afternoon on the plantation of +. A. Exley,
beyond the Vale Royal mills, for stealing
musk melons. Ellis was given an examina-
ton in Magistrate Russel's court, and in
default Of bond was lodged in Jail to await
the action of the city court.
Four young gentlemen of the Anglo per-
suasion went in swimming in the Ogeechee
canal yesterday and were gathered in by
the police. They gave bond and made a
pilgrimage to Mayor Testers office, where
they secured his consent to have their names
withheld from the public prints as they
took their bath we'll out of town.
The pupils of Miss Georgia Weymouth's
classes in drawing will have an exhibition
for competition Tuesday afternoon at Chat
ham armory hall from $3.50 to z o'clock, to
which the public is invited. The efforts of
Miss Weymouth to induce a cultivation of
art deserve attention. A visit to the exhi-
bition will show our appreciation of her
efforts.
Some white men visiting Warsaw the
day the German Volunteers had their pic
mic drove an old darkey's mule far out in
the surf, nearly drowning it, and when he
demurred to their Tecklessness they fell on
him and beat him numerically. Warrants
will be issued for their arrest Witnesses
who saw the assault say it was cruel and
uncalled for.
Maggie Fields (colored) was in Justice
Russell's court yesterday for fighting She
| was given an examination, and in default
of bond was sent TO Jail to await trial in the
city court. Lucy Berrien (colored), at whose
instance the warrant was issued, was wanted
in Magistrate Sheftall's court for a similar
offense. The negro girls live in Coopershop
lane, and Friday night they engaged in a
| rough and tumble fight in which both
seem to have been used roughly, and when
the fight was over they FASTENED to the
magistrates courts to have warrants issued
for each other. The Berrien woman was
not arrested.