The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-04
SETTINGS OF CITY NEWS.
LITTLE GOSSIP FROM THE STREET
AND SIDEWALK.

Dashes Here and There by the News
Reporters - Yesterdays happenings
Told in Brief Paragraphs-Pickings at
Police Headquarters.
DeKalb Lodge No. 8, l. O. o. F., meets
this evening.
Regular monthly meeting of Georgia
Historical Society this evening.
The annual meeting Of the stockholders
OF the Savannah and Tybee railroad " ill be
held March 4
Murray Tent of Rechabites will hold its
first annual hop at Masonic hall on St.
Valentines eve.
-Four banks arrived yesterday at
quarantine, but their names could not be
ascertained. They are supposed to be from
Barbados.
The schooner Frahcis C. Yarnall has com
pleted her repairs. having hid new jib-
joom put in in place of the one carried
away in the recent collision. she sailed for
her destination yesterday.
There were 294 failures in the United
States reported to Brddstreets last week,
agains 81 In the preceding week and 2S0,
az, 2S6 and 349 in the corresponding weeks
of 1888, 1887, 1886 and 1885.
The February term Of the city quarterly
court will begin at 10 o'clock this morning.
In addition to some thirty-One new civil
causes, very large number of cases came
over from the November docket.
The superior court will convene at 10
o'clock this morning. AS Solicitor General
Fraser will be absent from the city attend
ing the court of ordinary in Liberty county
no criminal causes are assigned for hearing
to-day. The trial Of William Henry,
charged with burglary, will be resumed to-
morrow morning.
Charlton street, near East Broad street.
was in en- uproar last night about 6 o'clock.
Roland Bacon (colored) was chastising his
wife. Officer Maher swO0ped down on the
irate husband in the midst of the brawl
and marched Bacon to the police arrac S,
where he was given quarters until this
morning, when lie will be called upon to
account for his misdoings
An ordinance will be introduced at the
next meeting of the city council regulating
the making Of sewer connec ions between
houses and street sewers, and providing
that all underground pipes shall be laid
under the SUPERVISION of the city surveyor
This will regulate the laying of gas pipes
and will prohibit the cutting Of the asphalt
pavement for repairs to pipes except under
tne city surveyors orders.
Signal Observer Wright, in charge of the
station here, was located at Poplar River,
Monta ~, prior to his ansfer to Savannah.
Poplar River station is not by any means a
popular station with the signal corps. 1t
is, next to Pixies Peak, one of the bleakest
places in the United States. Observer
Wright says that there is great suffering in
that section during the winter season, and
great restitution exists among the Sioux,
Assiniboine and Yankton Indians, who
number about 5000. Deaths from
tarvation and cold are not infrequent, and
Sc ct. Wright says it is no wonder, as it has
been figured out that the Indian draws in
rations from the government on an aveaage
OF about 3 c'nts per day. The buffaloes
have been killed out and the game is scarce.
Owing to the droughts which visit that sec
ton, agriculture cannot be profitably pur-
sued. Mr.. Wright is much leased with the
climate and surroundings of Savannah. He
has had eight years experience in the signal
service, and he hopes that when he is again
transferred to other fields he will not be
sent to SO cold a station as that among the
almost perpetual snowdrifts of northern
Montana.