The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-31
THROUGH THE CITY.
Items Gathered Here and There by tn
News Reporters.

Items Gathered Here and There by the
News Reporters.
The city and superior courts will be in
session to-day for the consideration of civil
business
Judge Harden wants to ad journ the city
court for the term next Friday, if the work
can possibly be brought up.
Thus far the commission of but one of
the newly appointed ex-ofticio justices OF
the peace has been received.
There were five arrests by the police last
night of persons charged with the besetting
fault of being "drunk and disorderly."
1t is expected that the superior court
will adjourn next Saturdayfor the term. 1t
has been a term long drawn out, and much
work done.
The insurance carried by M. J. Roos on
the stock damaged by fire yesterday morn
ing at the corner of Broughton and Drav-
ton streets was enormously stated at 81 500
instead Of $700
Two documents from the court Of claims
at Washington are at the clerks office of
the superior court awaiting the owners.
They are addrested to Michael d. McCarty
and Sabina Martin.
The bacon market is rapidly advancing,
due to the short crop of hogs in the west
and to the very heavy demands both for
foreign and domestic consumption. The
demand from the south in the western
markets is said to be enormous.
The following disposition was made OF
the mayors docket yesterday morning:
Samuel jenkins, wife boating IS or ten
DAYS; Jas. Kemps, disorderly, So or ten
days; James Papillion, fighting, So or ton
days; VIM Gadsden, fighting, and Mahala
King ana Eva Moore, dlsordery, dismissed.
The mayor has taken no action in the case
of the suspended firemen.
Supt. Douglas of the Mutual gas light
company informed the MORNING NEWS
yesterday that he has received advices
from the parent company in the north that
IL will shortly send on all the necessary
material and equipments for the manufact-
ure of the new and cheap fuel gas, for
which separate mains were prepared east of
Drayton street last April
Tom Glenn a colOred man sent up from
Chatham county to the lunatic asylum at
Milledgeville, last August, died this week
OF nervous prostration and was buried there
and his grave marked. The superintendent
of the asylum has written to the court Of
ordinary requesting the publication of these
facts, that the friends of the deceased may
have his remains for interment here if they
so desire.
Capt. Strobhar, late Of the steamer
Seminole, was discharged for want OF
jurisdiction by United States Commissioner
Beckett yesterday. Capt Strobhar was
charged with an assault upon one of the
crew while going down the Savannah
river, but II was shown that he was pas
senger, and not an officer of the steamer
so chat if the allegation were true the state,
and not an United States court, is tho
proper place where action would lie.
Another strange case was brought before
Justice Molina yesterday. A woman rapidly
approaching middle age had Lula Langston
arrested on peace warrant, alleging that
owing to the most violent threats Of Lula,
she feared personal violence Lula is a
Boston girl, not yet IA years of age, yet she
has a child > months old which has been
deserted by the husband and father She
says she was brought to Florida nine years
ago, and married before she reached the
age Of ~. She gave bond for her appear
apce for a future examination, the time for
which could not be fixed owing the cond-
tion of the prosecuting witness. Lula
looks as if she had seen as much of the
world as most women of 40, and there wns
no sign of renorse or humiliation that she
was in the hands of the law. Dopravity
could not have appeared more brazen.