The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-21
THROUGH THE CITY.
Items Gathered Here and There by the
News Reporters.

MOVIE IOpOAbC o.
The superior and city courts will convene
at 10 o'clock this morning.
The mumps are raging among street car
conductors. Five Of them are laid up.
The city council last night ordered paid
bills against the city aggregating S1S,8 25 20.
st. Andrews Society will meet at the
Knights of Pythias' hall at s O'Clock this
evening.
Haupt Lodge No So, I. o. o. F., will
meet at So'clock this evening and be visited
by Magnolia Encampment No. /, /. 0. 0. F.
The steamer City of Birmingham is now
at Reaches yard having alterations made
for passenger as well as freight accommo-
dalton.
J. Mclaughlin & Son sold at auction yes
terday about 1000 tons of the damaged
guano at the Ocean Steamships wharves
for IS 50 per ton.
The binder has been laid on Liberty
street as far east as Habersham street, and
the pavement completed to point between
Lincoln and Abercorn streets. The work
of laying the base is in progress east of
Habersham street.
A. J. jenkins. colored barber, keeping
a shop at the corner of Reynolds and Lib
erty streets, was in Magistrate Russell's
court yesterday on a charge Of assault and
battery on Peter Bryan (colored). In de
fault of bond Jenkins was sent to Jail.
Messrs. Wilder g. Co. cleared yesterday
the British steamship Neto, for Bremen
with 4, Al bales of upland cotton weighing
@ 14l ,234 pounds, valued at $19S,S and
1870 bags of sea island, weighing 4S, 749
pounds valued at $3.50. Total valuation of
cargo, $207 ,697.
The attention of the city sanitary inspec-
tor has been called to the violation of the
city ordinances with reference to keeping
cows and hogs in the corporate limits, and
offenders are likely to get their names on
the information docket il the practice COM
planned Of is not soon abandoned.
The live game season is drawing to a
close, and within two months it will have
closed. Then the clay pigeon shooting be-
gins. g. s. McAlpin is arranging for an
international shoot the latter part of
March. A good many visitors will prob
ably be OH hand and the event will be one
of considerable interest to sportsmen.
Among those who will attend the inaugu-
ration at Washington next Monday the fol
lowing are reported to be booked for the
trip from Savannah: Capt. M. J. Doyle.
James Atkins, James Mcbride, and among
the colored politicians it is said that Col
Deveaux and Capt. Peasants viii go on.
In the mayors court yesterday morning
jeff Williams, charged with the larceny of
wood from Mollie Minis, and Reuben Jones.
for the alleged larceny Of pair of shoes
from the Ocean Steamship wharves were
turned over to the city court. Joseph Win
ters was fined 50 or five days for being in
toxicared while driving a wagon through
the streets.
The ladies Of the Church Aid Society are
working earnestly to pay for the Episcopal
Free church at the corner of Barnard and
Duffy streets, the cornerstone of which
was laid the other day The society has
arranged to give a ball at the Guards hall
Thu sday night, Feb. %. 1t will be fash
iouable affair, and the supper will be a su-
perb one. 1t will probably be the most sue
cessful ball of the season.
A horse attached to a buggy Of A. Ehrlich
No. 157 Bay street, became frightened yes
terday and ran from the store down Bay
| street to Whitaker, upsetting the buggy.
The animal tripped and fell at the corner OF
Whitaker street, but recovered his legs and
ran down the street, leaving portions of the
buggy at each lanppost. TIE vehicle was
almost completely demolished. and the
animal fell several times before he was cap
tured