The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-14
TRROU 2H The CITY.
Items Gathered Here and There by the
News Reporters.


All jury cases having been disposed Of,
Judge Adams Viii hear motions to-day.
The members Of the Christian church had
a delightful social a. No. l6S Bolton street
last night
The base of the asphalt pavement has
been laid on the uorta side of Liberty street
as far east as HAbersnam street.
B. c. Clark, tae Back river shaj fisher
man collnltted to jail Tuesday for stabbiIg
S.et.er, was released on boad yes erday
Il IS now we'll understood that the Smith
and Weidner murder cases will 60 over to
tie March term aud for an early assign
meut
The general creditors of Pearson 81 Spann
will seek to obtain a final decree before the
close Of the present term of the superior
court.
4 board Of army engineers, Of which
Col. CrAighill is chairman, Will visit Savan-
nah next week I TIE purpose Of locating
the iGas OF tie Savannah aarbor.
The Savannah. Dublin and W esteru rail
way case - il! be for hearing in the superior
COAT Saturday on a motion to taxe a de-
ores for sale OF the road by Receiver
DAyaGt
Charles Knox who lost pair of earrings
aud a brooch and who was reported in
yesterda 5 MORNING NEWS as colored is a
~ tie man. TIE statement that he was
colored was inadvertantly made.
Abraham r Richardson (coloreD, was
arrested yesterday by Detective Wether-
| horn for stealing pair Of geese from
| Pri ce JoAnso4 in Brownsville, On Tuesday
which he confessed, and 1t was also alleged
| against MIN that Re stole a pair Of GEESE
! from Mrs. 6palding the day befo e. The
| fowls were recovered and the defendant
committed TO jail by Justice Naughtin on
two warrants charging him with LARGELY.
Stephen Brown. very black man, and
Z. Elkenreukotter, mulatto, both street
! wagoners, undertook t. settle the social
| caste existing between them by q fight on
| Bay street yesterday, IN which the man
with the unpronOuncable name got the
worst Of the pugilisJic knocks, but countered
on the black man with a rock giving him
a bloody head. Officer Wetnerhorn gath
cred them IN, aud Justice Naughtin bound
them over for assault and battery.
Crossings are being put down ct the cor
ner Of Stewart and West Broad street, and
al the c.rner Of Taylor and West Broad
streets. The old crossings on Liberty street
between West Broad aud Bull streets which
were removed vine thu asphalt pAveme It
was put down are being used in those por-
tic s OF the city where crossings are IN st
needed. Tat part Of West Broad street
where the c os ings are be ng laid is very
sandy and stands very much IN need Of
what IL is getting.
There are some interesting curiosities
which arrest the attention OF visitors t.
Heidi a Co.'S drug sto e a. Cougre and
Whitaker streets There are two live tor
toises from Africa. such as furnish the tor
toise shells Of commerce. They are pretty
little things, bearing some resemblance to
the small dry laad tortoise Of North Amer
lea but not more than one third the size Of
he American tortoise, and tho shell is much
haer grained and more beauti vi. Mr..
Heidi also has a whales tooth from trs
Azores, and a genuine ostrich egg she'll
" ich is a beauty as well as a curiosity He
thinks OF adding cabinet Of curl stiles and
among other things Is negotisti for the
bite partridge, the killing II which up tao
country was noted in the Morning News
at the time