The morning news., 1889-02-17
ABOUT FOLKS YOU KNOW.
Savannahians and Other People Who
Come and 60.

Come and 60.
Fl. L. Calvit Of Darien is in the city.
s. NJ. Baker Of Camden county is in the
city.
W. ]. Hatcher of Waynesboro is in the
city.
Ward Clark Of Fleming was in the city
yesterday.
H. F. Garrett of Atlanta spent yesterday
in Savannah.
c. H. Stewart of Carrollton was in the
city yesterday.
D. M. Jacobs and wife, of Cuthbert, were
in the city yesterday.
d, Greenfield of Albany is stopping over
in the city few DAYS.
Capt. L. johnson of Waycross came up to
the city yesterday morning.
Miss Ida Prayer Of Augusta is visiting
her friend, Miss Ray Brown.
T. B. Marshall left for Reynolds last
night, via the Central railroad.
Messrs. s. A. and Stephen Crosby OF Bax-
ley spent yesterday in Savannah.
Mr. S. Krouskoff is at the northern mar
kets purchasing his immense spring stock.
Frank H. Miller, Esq, one of Augustas
prominent attorneys spent yesterday in
Savannah.
The following party came up from Val
dosta yesterday and spent the day: A. II.
Lane, Jr., Il. w. Lane, d. A. Denmark,
Esq, and w. D. Peoples.
A. P. Wright, one of Thomasville's inhu-
ential and wealthy citizens, accompanied
by his wife and Miss Blanche Tarwater
spent yesterday in the city.
Adolph Brant of Atlanta, supreme rep
resentative of the knights os iythias Of
Georgia. was at the Screven house yester-
day, and was the recipient of many calls
from his Pythian brethren of this city.
Mr. Brant left last night for Florida to re-
cuperate his failing health.
Rt Rev Leo Haid, D. D., bishop of North
Carolina, is in the city, and will preach at
the high mass at Sacred Heart church at 10
O'Clock this morning. A special programme
of music will be rendered and the bishop
will assist at the services. Bishop Haid is
the abbot of the Benedictine order of the
south and is now visiting the priories Of
Georgia and Florida
Bishop Becker returned to Savannah
yesterday from a visitation of parishes In
the northern part of the state and will
leave tonight for Baltimore to attend a
conference of bishops Of the southern
province. The conference will select a
bishop Of the diocese of Richmond made
vacant by the promotion Of Bishop Keane
to the rectorship of the Catholic University
Assistant Marine Hospital Surgeon Spen-
Ger G. Devan was in the city yesterday.
He has been on an inspection tour through
Florida. He has visited Sapelo, Camp
Perry and other stations and found them in
good condition and ready in case of any
emergency. He left for Charleston yester-
day afternoon and will 90 from there TO
Wilmington, N. c., Norfolk and thence to
Washington. DR.. Devan said that the
surgeon general has ordered that 600 new
tents be sent to Florida for distribution in
the different quarantine camps.
In another column will be found the an
nouncement of the retirement of Gen. A. r.
Lawton from the law firm of Bawton &
Cunningham, of which he has been the
senior member for the last seven years.
His retirement from the firm was simulta-
neous with his resign tion as general coun,
sci of the Central railroad. 1t will be re-
memhered that Gen. Lawton forwarded
his resignation last November, but it was
not accepted by the board until the January
meeting. Gen. Lawton was elected princi-
pal attorney of the Central railroad in
January, 1866 when it consisted only of the
main stem, as far as Macon, and the
Augusta branch, and he held the position
for twenty-five years, until it became a
system Of nearly l 800 miles Of road.