The morning news., 1889-02-05
SIFTINGS OF CITY NEWS.
LITTLE GOSSIP FROM THE STREET
AND SIDEWALK

pashes Here and There by the News
Reporters - Yesterdays Happenings
Told IN Brief Pickings a.
Police Headquarters.
c a'hsm Assem- ly 10. I3f r s Of G..
F., meets this evening.
Regular meeting Of OgIethorPe Lodge
No J., /. O. o. r.. this evening.
An election far managers Of tes Sava
nA noso tai will b held % day.
The Mart GLIB y q give an invitation
musicale a. . hall to-u1rroT evening
Up To o'cl ,ck this morning there we're
three cases OF disordsrly conduct reported
ct the barracks.
The German-Arsric4a Aatqal Loan and
Building Association viii hold It, twenty
ninth monthly nesting 10 niE1, AZ the s7c-
retary's ofi~e. ~. iI- Bay street.
Mary Jackson .col3-ei H2s sen, 70 jan
from NaEis, a,e HI4s.Is court yes.erday
for puruuei. * Ma ha Robinson fcoioreil.
TIE woman llv.i at DhtnersFIls.
Abraham Ba.ler lco'orsdl was committed
70 Jail yesterday from Justice Kussels
court on a char b of assault and battery
and fcr threatening ~ burn the house of
William S.ewsrt. a. y. .ttuersvilIe Buffers
wife swors out a warrant agalns. him for
beating her. and he was sls1 committed 20
1a.l on a charge Of @ife-beatirg.
Testimony ia the Fountain Kelly c1utast
for justice Of the pears IN the Seventh dis
trict will be resumed Satur iav. Justice
Fountain has all his testimony in. aud
Ksliy's testimony remains - be taken.
Justice Fountai0 is represented by II. 4
Wilson, Ezq and Kelly bg Thomas 8.
Morgan, Jr. TIE tss'imOay IS being taken
before Justice l. B E4tre..
A can Of pow lsr standing undar a coun-
in & t.
Barnard street, exp oded yesterday, filing
the store With smoke and creati1g consider
able excitement, but doing little damage
except to shatter pane II glass 10 a window
near where the p vder stO Il. The can vas
part empty. or the exp SION would have
been a disastrous one. Engine No was
called out on the suppos!tion that the ex
plosIOn bad ster,ed a fire. The hremen's
services wers not required.
william Green tcoored) who was caught
stealing q pals Of shoes in Butler 81 Nor
risay's shoe store Saturday night has an
extensive ac4ua intancs In Savannah The
officers are well acquainted With Green, and
nearly every prisoner in il spoke 70 him
when be was turoed over 70 the city court
By the mayor. The officers recogn izsd
Green as one II the parties charged with
being indicated ia the theft from jewe.s-
Flinrs store ol Broug! ton street. They
2
ago and sente eel 10 six months on the
chain-gaug for larceny o zen has not
been gwen trial yet for his last attempted
theft
1t would appear from the statement Of
the gentleman who was robbed Of hi, watcl
and chain last Saturday night, that il was
bold and dastardly robbery tie says that
he was standing at Barnard ami Congress
street wsi'i for a street car to 20 70 the
Central railroad depot 70 meet a friend. H
had q silver handled umbrella, On which be
was lea ing, when three men came 10. and
as one kicked ths umbrella from under him
another Of tie trio caught him as ne was n
the act falling and robbed him Of his
watch and chAin, Mcdowell and Gray.
charged with stealing the watch and cnain
valued at so, through their counsel,
Thomas s. Morgan. Jr, have asked and
obtained continuance Of their case until
next Monday.