The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-04
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
CITY BREVITIEs.


A called meeting Of the Retail Dry Goods
Saiesmens' Association is to be held at En-
nett hall tonight.
been excused until Tuesday morning OF
next week at 10 O'Clock.
The annual meeting Of the Evergreen
Cemetery Company Of Bonaventure VIII De
held at O'Clock this afternoon.
The Savannah Benevolent Association
VIII hold its annual meeting at the city
exchange at O'Clock this afternoon.
The Georgia Historical Society held its
June meeting last night The meeting did
not last more than few minutes, and very
little business other than routine was trans
acted.
The German American Mutual Loan and
Building Association viii hold its thirty
third monthly meeting at 4:30 o'clock this
afternoon at the Secretary's Office, No lO1
Bay street.
A local alarm of fire was sent in yester-
day morning from SolomOn's drug store,
and one of the engines turned out. A small
blaze in the cellar was promptly extin-
gulshed, without much damage. The fire
Is supposed to have originated from some
one dropping fire through the grating down
INTO the cellar on paper or old boxes.
The Catholic Library Association decided
last night to give its annual picnic at Ty bee
June IL. Special trains will be run pro-
Tldlng all accommodation necessary for the
picnickers. The first train will 60 down at
O'Clock, and the last one will return after
O'Clock. President Gleason said last night
that the association will make the picnic a
most enjoyable affair.
The market has been supplied with water
plugs for the purpose Of furnishing an
- =,
market every morning. The plugs are the
largest in the city and were made to order.
They are of brass and weigh about twenty
five pounds. The plug in the basement is
placed close to Freid & Hicks restaurant,
aud the upper plug is placed on the middle
bridge.
An ice cream peddler entered the resi-
dence of S. Hardy, at Drayton and York
streets, yesterday afternoon at o'clock
and carried off an umbrella. He was pur-
sued by Tilton Hardy, and after chase of
two blocks was overtaken and the stolen
property was recovered. The caDtor took
the thief to Simkin's place, to report him,
but the Office was closed up, ard not being
able to find a policeman let the negro go.
There were thirteen cases in the mayors
court yesterday morning, all offenses
against the city ordinances, and none of
which were turned over to the higher
courts. The sum of the penalties was $40
fines, or 206 days on the chain-gang. Most
of the prisoners went to the bitches.
Edward Mahoney, charged with the
larceny of S240 from his mother, was still
held in the barracks for further investi-
cation into the facts.
A pitiable case of insanity was brought
to the attention of the court of ordinary
yesterday. About O'clock two colored
men drove up to the ordinary's office in the
Whitfield building with a young colored
woman, Georgia Harvey, aged 20, who was
stoutly bound, hand and foot They hailed
from the country, about two miles from
ths city, on the White Bluff road, and her
captors reported that she was so violent
that her infant child of s months was in
peril, as she had thrown it violently from
the cabin where she was discovered The
woman was insane to stubbornnesS and i'm
becility, and was lodged in the jail last
night for safe keeping.
The Forest City Gun Club will celebrate
its fifth anniversary tomorrow on the
clubs grounds across the river. Members
from several companies, including the
Glynn club, Suburbans and Chathams.
will be present. 1t is expected that not less
than thirty shooters will take part in the
contest Prizes will be offered for those
making the best score, two of which will be
medals and the others loaded shells The
committee in charge of the affair is G. s.
McAlpin, John Reideman, Fl. B. Lemcke.
John Rocker aud John Hearn. Shooting
will begin at 10 o'clock in the morning and
continue until dark. Refreshments will be
served and the occasion will be made a
pleasant one,