The morning news., 1888-05-17
SIFTINGS OF CITY NEWS.
LITTLE GOSSIP FROM THE STREET
AND SIDEWALK.

Dashes Here and There by the News
Reporters - Yesterdays Happenings
Told in Brief Paragraphs-Pickings at
Police Headquarters.
Solomon's Lodge, F. and A. NJ, will hold
regular communication tonight
Within the last ten days City Physician
Shetftall has visited over 200 patients.
The City Council last night ordered paid
bills against the city aggregating Sl2,067 o5
The 2 O'clock Saturday closing will go
into effect among the wholesale grocers this
week.
The St Andrews Society will hold its
May meeting at knights OF Pythias hall
tonight.
John Heitman, subject Of the Emperor
OF Germany, was made citizen In the City
Court yesterday
The st. Patricks Total Abstinence and
Benevolent Society will hold its annual pic
| mic for the benefit Of st. Patrick's Church.
on June IA
The Savannah Cadets will hold their
annual prize drill tomorrow night at the
Regimental Armory. The company's ami
versary occurs to-day.
There will be no session Of the City Court
to-day The petit jury was discharged
until tomorrow mOrning, to which time
the court adjourned yesterday.
Nearly dozen eiectnent suits have been
filed in the office of the Clerk Of the Superior
Court. John Doe and Richard hoe are con
stitutionally given to litigation.
William Fl. Mendel, of the Eighth dis
trict, was sworn in as Justice Of the Peace
yesterday His office will be located on the
Montgomery road, near Bethesda.
Chief Fireman Fernandez new gig is
fa, NJ ic hsNf
adapted for the Chiefs service than
buggy, and 1t Is far more durable.
A special panel of the grand jury has been
drawn from which to select jury for hear
ing the case of A. r. Salas VS.. Charles
Green's Son & Co. in the Superior Court
to-day
D. B. Lester. James H. Furber, Charles
II. Dorsett and others have filed an applica-
tion in the Superior Court for a charter for
the incorporation of the Vernon Park Com
pany, with a capital Of not less than So, 900
nor more than $40, 900.
DIR, r. G. Norton of Jasper Spring, yes
terday shipped by steamer to New York
sixty barrels of new potatoes. The Doctor
sent q sample basket of them to the MORN
ING NEWS Early Vegetable Bureau. Some
OF them weighed pound, and the average
weight was half pound. The fertilizer
used was Wilcox & Gibbs.
The twentieth anniversary exercises of
Wesley Monumental Sabbath school will
take place In the church this evening at s
| O'clock The programme is unusually at
tractive, and judging from the success of
last year it is likely that this will be the
most elaborate anniversary of the season.
The singing will be the principal feature of
the evening. One innovation upon the old
| plan OF exercises is the omission of the
usual address, and on this occasion the
speech making will be entirely by the
scholars.
Toby jackson Ccolored) was run in last
night, by policeman Jones, for stealing 81
and for attempting to sta Alonzo Nichols,
| (colored). Nichols said hat he vas at the
market and in pulling his hands out of his
pocket he acciiently dropped silver dol
! lor. Before he could stoop to pick it up
jackson who was passing, snatched the
money up and ran Off He was pursued by
Nichols and when the latter caught him a
scuff1e ensued and Nichols was about to
come out victorious when Jack
son drew a knife and attempted
to us3 it on his captor. Their
boisterous conduct attracted the attention
of Officer Jones, who was on duty in the
market and after investi eating the matter
he arrested jackson. The case will be heard
| to-day in the Mayors court