The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-17
CITY RREVITIES
Chief Fireman Puder is expected home
to-day.

! Chief Fireman Puder is expected home
/ to-day.
The Jefferson street pavement is com
/ pleted nearly to Perry street, and the granite
/ has been received and unlOaded for use as
far south as South Broad street.
/ A new chapter of Royal Arch Masons
/ Will be instituted at Millen on July %. &c
/ IS expected that the chapter degrees will be
1 given to 100 brethren On that occasion.
/ The police had their last free ride on the
/ Belt Line street cars last night, as on and
after to-day they must pay rare. There is
now no street car line which permits the
police to ride without paying full fare.
| The MORNING NEws early fruit bureau
mas received, through Capt. kulman, two
small cans Of "blue berries put up by
/ W. ). RentZ, Varnville, s. c., who is en-
| gagged IN canning fruits and vegetables.
| The memorial of the sanitary board,
| praying the government authorities for q
revocation of the order closing Sapelo quar-
antIne Oct. l and asking that it be kept
| open out of the contingent fund Of the
| President for the prevention Of epidemic
! diseases, was unanimously adopted by coun-
Gil last night.
The city council last night referred to the
street and lane committee, with power to
act, the petition II the Wilcox & Gibbs
NiuttAiO OtiL DdliJ 10 erect d bl4-oLOIJ DUl4O-
ing on River aud Bay streets, aud to build
| across River street, with an open way be-
tween the two buildings on each side of
| River street, which, above the second floor,
is to be thrown into one building.
colored man took his little son to the
police barracks last night bleeding from a
frightful cash in the head which the man
said was caused by Belt Line street car
conductor striking the boy with a rock.
The boy was about - years of age. The
sergeant on duty advised the father to take
the boy to a physician and then to swear
out q warrant for the arrest Of the con-
ductor
A man by the name of Dill, who claims
to have had his ankle injured by falling
walls on the night of the fire of April 6,
wants the city, it is said, to pay him for tho
time he has lost in the hospital from
disability. He claims, so Alderman Bailey,
chairman of the fire committee, says, that
he was called upon TO assist in pulling down
the house at the northwest corner of State
and Whitaker streets, but does not claim
that his injuries were received there, but at
me other part of fire. The fire COM
mlttee will pay no attention to Dill or his
claim.
The horse in P. H. Kiernan's plumbers
wagon ran away from in front of Mr.. Kier-
mans shop on Whitaker street yesterday
afternoon, creating quite a panic as he
dashed down Whitaker street. In trout of
ID. b. Lester's store the wagon collided with
country cart, breaking out tire shafts of
Klernan's vehicle, and cutting a couple of
gashos in the mule attached to the cart.
The mule started to run, but Jack Good
man, a one-armed colored man, rushed out
aud caught it by the bride, spraining his
shoulder in the act. The cart was owned
by William Waters, a Bulloch county
farmer, who with lad of 10, was in the
cart when the collision occurred. Waters
sprained his hand in jumping out. MIR.
Herman paid Waters So for the slight dam
age done to the cart and mule. The horse
was injured, bat not badly. He was
caught on Congress street.