The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-03
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Anti Peohibition Has Twelve Votes to
Five for tho Opposition in the New
Council-Beer Can be Sold by Paying
$loo-some\Big Pay Rolls.
ATLANTA, GA, Jan. 2-Atlanta's old
Council passed out and her new one came
into office this afternoon. The change
makes the Council twelve to fve\ in favor
of anti-prohi hibition against ten to seven IN
favor of prohibition, which was the stand
ing of the old Council After Mayor Cooper
had made the annual address and the re-
ports of tbs committees had been read the
new Board of Water Commissioners, con-
sisting of G. c. Hammock, L. M. Collier.
Zach Smith, W. NJ Middlebroolls and
Howell c. Erwin, qualified. The members
of the Council were then sworn in, and tbs
flrst meeting Of that body was held
An ordinance introduced by Mr.. Moran
to increase the number of members OF tha
Board of Education from twelve TO eighteen
was adopted, and Joseph Z. Brown, Georges
P. Cassin, Allison l.. Green, Antoine Konts
and Thomas j.. Bishop were elected TO mem
hership on the board.
Mr.. Amorous introduced an ordinance
regulating the sale OF liquor which er-
tended the limits, and put the license for
the sale Of alcoholic drinks at $1,000 and
tho beer license at 800, which was adopted.
Ire hour of closing liquor shops was
changed to 10 o'clock. Beer licenses may
be granted in any part of the city, but tbs
penalty for selling whisky under such
licenses is made thirty days in the chain
gang without an alternative.
Michael Mahoney was elected Commits
sioner of Public Works, with Clarence
Name as assistant. Drs. J. B. Baird and
William Curtis we're elected members OF the
Board of Health. All of the successful can.
didates, with the exception of DIR. Baird,
who had no opposition, are anti-Prohioi-
tionists.
The financial condition Of the city is ex-
traordinanly good. By law each retiring
City Council is compelled to turn over to
the incoming Council S175,000. This year
the sum so turned over is Sl00, 900 in excess
of that amount
A PENSION FRAUD.
S. r. Eason, who has three times drawn
allowance for LIST arm. the first time from
Sumter county and since from Bibb county,
put in an application last week for a disa-
bilitv allowance under the new act hia
disability arising from wound in the leg
The physicians certificate, signed by Drs
Ferguson and johnson, Of Macon, was
found insufficient, and Eason was requested
TO get a supplementary affidavit from them
Eason appeared Saturday with the required
certificate, but its appearance created sus
picion as to its genuineneSs. 1t lacked
the Ordnary's seal also. Eason on
be sent TO Macon for the seal first
snatched the paper and left. a. telegram
WIS sent DR.. Ferguson asking if he had
signed the affidavit. He replied that he had
not signed it nor sworn to it. The whole
paper is supposed to be forgery.
All the public departments, State and
Federal, were closed today fer the New
Years New Years calling was very gen
eral in the city tonight.
BIG PAY-RoLLs.
The pay roll Of the post Office, including
the railway postal clerks, was made out TO-
day for December. 1t aggregates over
$4,000
The warrants for the civil establishment
were made out to-day for the last quarter OF
1887, aggregating $4,000.
The Adiutant General has ordered an
election to be held January IA for Captain
of the Savannah Hussars (colored), TO fill
the vacancy caused by The resignation of
Captain Bell,
The colorad people celebrated En- sncipa-
tion day in great stvle to-day. The Second
Georgia battalion of colored troops took
part in the occasion.
The funeral of Emanuel Guthmau, who
died yesterday, occurred to-day. The re-
mains were escorted to TIE grave by Gate
City Lodge independent Order B'na Birth,
by the Capital City Lodge, and by the Cap
ital CITY division of the Knights OF Pythias.
The store of Baker IL Woolman, dealers
in ladies' fancy goods, was closed to-day and
put in the hands Of a receiver. The habili-
ties are stated at $1,000 and the assets at
$4,000.
A LovE-LoRy YOUTH.
John Witkers, 10 years Of age, son Of
Walter S. Withers, color bearer Of the Sal
walton Army, attempted suicide To night
by shooting himself in the back OF the head
with 32-calibre pistol. The ball was ex-
tracted by Drs. Hood and Godkins. The
wound is not believed to be fatal. A love
affair is said TO be the cause of his rash act.
The latest from Col. Charles D.. Phillips,of
Marietta, is that his condition is very orIti-
cal No one is admitted to his room. It is
believed that his left arm will have to bs
aruprltatAd