The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-13
SIFTLNGS 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.
Calanthe Lodge, Knights of Pythias, will
meet tonight.
The German Friendly Society will hold
its regular monthly meeting tonight.
The Georgia Historical Society will hold
ITS annual meeting tonight, and Will elect
officers
\ change took place on Saturday in the
! domestic exchange market. The banks are
buying New York sight at l-lG per cent.
! premium, and selling at 3-l6@4 per cent.
premium.
The midnight breach in the South Broad
street wall of the old cemetery affords easy
access 30 the Enclosure and necessitates ex-
ira police vigilance to suppress the troops OF
small boys, for whose benefit the breach
was made one night last week. 1t Is not
| likely that any repairs will be made until
| final disposition of the much lItigated and
debatable grounds.
The dash of rain was rather unexpected
and embarrassing to church gOers last
night. Umbrellas were in great demand.
A great many people returning from
church about the time of the heaviest rain
Aili, WuO were uOu IlOFuub4 WIN hlllOANl-
las, were thoroughly drenched Groups of
| the unfortunate crowded under awnings,
and stray pairs took refuge in dOorways
waiting for the clouds to roll by.
The practice OF young negro boys. from
| 10 to 10 years of age shooting craps on the
| sidewalks. in the dOOrways of unOCCupied
buildings and in the public squares in broad
daylight ought to be uncerenoniously
stopped by those charged with looking after
breaches of good morals and the ordinances
made and provided The otfense is one of
everyday occurrence, but it is more no
ticeable and reprehensible on Sundays.
| Charlie COIN, the 10-year-old boy who
| fell from the banisters in the Screven
House Saturday night was resting easier
| last night and had partly recovered con
| seriousness. His attending physician, DR..
| Martin, stated that he looks forward to the
boys early recovery. During yesterday
| the lad was speeches. and could only
respond to the questions of his parents and
| physician by signs. No bones were broken
| by the fall, and there are, as yet, no indica
tions of internal injuries. A gradual re-
covery from the conclusion produced by
| the fall is therefore to be expected.
The Great One Cent Circus Company
| is the bold title of a boys circus company
! whose tents are pitched at the corners Of
| Price and Charlton streets. The boys give
an excellent entertainment every Saturday
afternoon and night, and it includes about
| everything known to the sawdust arena.
| They have issued miniature show bills, and
| expect TO make a "barrel of money during
the Jasper Festival week. They also expect
TO make trip to Tybee after the festival,
| if not during the week, and think they will
draw full house. Hon. j. j. McDonough,
who has taken quite an interest in the boys,
gave them a free excursion to Tybee few
days ago.
Henry Benson tcoloredl began early in
disturbing the peace and quiet of the Sab
bath, and was taken to the barracks at l
o'clock in the morning for yelling "p dice
The police came and gathered him in. An
hour later J. A. Lewis, a sailor, was picked
up while asleep on Bay street in the vicinity
OF Price street. Joseph Gaylor was locked
up in the afternoon for being disorderly
and last night Eliza Ford, a negress of
| Cooper Shop lane notoriety, was arrested
for disorderly conduct and is likely to have
an additional charge made against her for
the profane and Unsolicited language she
used as she was being taken to the barracks
There are ten cases docketed for the court
| this morning.