The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-26
SIFTINGS OF CITY NEWS.
LITTLE GOSSIP FROM THE STREET
AND SIDEWALK

pashes Here and There by the News
Reporters - Yesterdays Happenings
Told in Brief Paragraphs-Plcklns as
Police Headquarters.
Ancie~t Landmark Lodge will hold a
special meeting tonight.
The Savannah Cadets will hold their
annual prize drill at the regimental armory
tonight.
Work on st. Johns Mission chapel is pro
crossing rapidly. The chapel will be COM
pleted and ready for Easter service,
There was no meeting of council yester-
day TO consider the crernatory for burning
garbage. as Mr.. Morse and his engineer did
not reach the city yesterday forenoon.
Henry Lewis tcolored), was lodged in the
barracks yesterday charged with the lar
cenv of oranges from box of fruit from
the Savannah, Florida and Western rail-
way yards.
Peter Iindenstruth of Valdosta was in
the city yesterday and returned last night
He was accompanied by his motherless
chi dren who remained here on visit to
their grandparents, Mayor and Mrs. John
SchwarZ.
A telephone alarm was received at fire
mems headquarters yesterday morning
from Perry street, near Barnard street.
The department: responded, and located
slight blaze on the roof of the residence OF
John Haynes, on Perry street, between
Whitaker and Barnard. The fire was put
out with buckets of water. The loss was
slight.
Mr.. Charles T. Beauregard, advance rep
resentative for the Prescott and Mclean
Company is in the city arranging for its
appearance here next week, Monday and
Tuesday. Miss Prescott is a favorite in
Savannah. Her repertoire will probably be
Merchant of Venice Monday night, "Pyg-
malion and Galatean Tuesdays matinee,
and Romeo and Juliet Tuesday night.
There were eighteen cases for hearing on
the mayors docket yesterday morning,
three we're dismissed, two lads we're turned
over to their parents for a trouncing for
sleeping in lane. Lummus Lewis was
fined 800 and 30 days Tor firing two pistol
shots at Henry Fields, who was given $40
or 80 days for fighting, and the aggregate
of the other penalties was 500 or 1873 days
A warrant was sworn out yesterday in
Magistrate Patterson's court by William
Matthews (colored) charging Magistrate
George Davidson (colored), of the Twenty
first district. with assault and battery.
Matthews claims that the magistrate beat
him severely about the hands, which still
bear evidence of being beaten The war
rant was served on Magistrate Davidson,
and he appea ed and rendered bond pend
ing trial IN the city court.
The will of John Raglan was probated in
the court of ordinary yesterday, Jno. T..
Evans qualifying as executor with the will
annexed. The deceased bequeathed his
property, which is principally in money,
and his stock and fixtures of the "White
Elep ant" to his step-father, p. L. Dun
laivy and three half sisters of the deceased,
Jennie Aegean, aud Mary and Bridget Dun
laivy. The estate is estimated at about
5000, over one-half of which is In money.
UPON the application of Messrs. Den-
mark q Adams, counsel for the defendant,
Judge Speer telegraphed from Washington
yesterday authorizing United States Com
missioner Frank Lamar to grant rehear-
ing to the Malay, Tomas DiaZ who was
committed upon a charge of smuggling
The rehearing is granted on the ground of
newly discovered evidence, and because the
prisoner, ignorant of our laws and Ian
guage, was not represented by counsel at
the former hearing The rehearing will be
given at 10 o'clock this morning.
Henry Herring, living at No. 60 CASTOR
street, reported to Detective Basch yester-
day morning that some one had stolen his
watch during the night. The detective
went to work in the case and after an in
vestigation, he suspected cOlored servant
of the theft. The servant at first stoutly
discamed any knowledge of the matter,
but a terward said that she had taken the
watch from the room during the night.
She took the officer to Bryan row. where
she had buried thewatch, and dug it up and
gave it to the detective. The watch was
a present from Herrings mother and was
priced very highly.
Charles Bolden brought suit yesterday in
Justice Sheftalls court against Teeple Il
Co, for the recovery of $27, which he had
advanced on furniture ordered. He claimed
that the furniture which had been received
did not come up to the agreement, and as
he had refused to accept it the dealers were
not entitled TO the money. w. W. Osborne,
Esq, represented Messrs. Teeple a. Co., and
William E. Morrison, Esq, represented the
complainant. The defendant put up three
witnesses. and the same number of wit
nesses were put up by the plaintiff. In
the investigation, however, the court
claimed that as the plaintiff had failed to
show that the furniture was not as repre-
scented. and that by mutual agreement the
amount paid the defendant, went to cover
freight and expenses of transportation, in
case the dealer would release him
from the contract and take
the furniture back, the court held that the
plaintiff could not recover, and rendered
his decision accordingly. The case was
taken up at 4 O'Clock in the afternoon, and
arpument was not concluded until after (