The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-06
THROUGH TIE CITY.
Items Gathered Here and There by
the News Reporters.

the News Reporters.
The Iron Moulders' Union will give ball
AZ the Guards arTnory Wednesday evening,
Jan Ii,
The schoouers Malinda Wood and William
| Fisher arrived yesterday from the Snapper
banks They each brought in COO snappers,
The annual meeting Of the stockholders
Of the Mutual Gas Light Company will be
held at the company's Office Monday. Jan.
In the superior court yesterday, in the
case of the state VI. Edward Edwards, one
of the convicted Yamacraw rioters, the
supersedeas was extended to Jan. 10.
There we're five cases before the mayor
yesterday. -Four were drunkenness and
dsordcries and one was for gambling Ia
the street. The aggregate fines we're s22.
The Forsyth Social Club will give its
fifth entertainment at Armory hail on
Tuesday evening This will be the last
entertainment given by the club before
Easter
George n. Smith. dry goods millionaire
OF New York ia at the Pulaski, and will
spend a couple Of weeks In Savannah, after
which he will visit Brunswick, Jacksonville
and st. Augustine.
Coroner W. D. Dixon is feeling proud
over his election, and submits a card Of
thanks this morning 10 those who Con-
tributed 20 il. The other candidates wrote
cards before the election.
The Savannah Fire aud Marine Insurance
Company holds its annual meeting at the
conn Any's office, No 81 Bay street. Tuesday
afternoon. A board Of directors for the
ensuing year will be elected,
The Forest City Light Infantry, the
crack colored company, will give a fair at
Cadets hill, on Bryan street, Thursday
Feb a. to raise means TO build an hrmory
John D. Savage is the chairman OF the
COMMITTEES arranging for the coming event
The Jury ia the Waring case was out until
9:15 o'clock last night, having gone TO their
room at O'Clock Ia the afternoon. A
sealed verdict was loft with the clerk. The
city seeks 10 collect taxes from lands in the
eastern part of the city belonging to the
Warning estate, which tho latter reslsts,
claiming ii non'taxable-
Nav Ramsey, the 9 .year-old daughter Of
John Ramsey, timer for the Central rail
road. living al No 23G Little jones street,
disd last night after q lingering illness OF
three weeks. During he month OF December
the child swallowed stick which was the
cause OF her death. DR. Harris treated her,
but was unable to extrcate the stick or
alleviate the sutferngs Of the little one.
She will be buried to-day at o'clock from
the residence.
The board OF officers of the Young Mems
Hebrew Association will hold meeting to
day in the class room Of the synagogue for
the purpose of completing tho new organ
izatioa. A report will be received from
the membership committee appointed to
canvass the city, and it is expected that
several hundred names will be enrolled on
The list of members. The association will
also outline its policy aud bylaws viii b.
drafted so that work can be actively begun.
Mrs. Laura, wife Of Peter Lindenstruth
and eldest daughter of Maj. John Schwarz,
who died at her home in NaldOsta on
| Wednesday afternoon last, was buried on
the following day. Mai. and Mrs. Sch warz
we're present at the funeral, the latter hav-
| ing reached the bedside of Mrs. Linde -
struth before her death. The deceased
| leaves two children. Mr.. and Mrs. Linden
struth formerly resided in Savannah and
| removed TO Naldosta, where it was hoped
| the climate would restore the invalid to
health She was an affectionate wife and
| mother and her death viii re learned with
| regret by wide circle of friends here at
the home Of her childhood.
Edward S. Abrahams. teller of the Ma
tional Bank OF Savannah, is collecting quite
| a number of specimens for his early fruit
and vegetable bureau, which, he says, is not
| being run in opposition to the bureau of the
| same title in the MORNING NEWS. In fact,
he says he is willing to exchange with the
MORNING NEWS bureau. Mr.. Abrahams
was presented the other day with a solid
cherry bureau by the manufacturers, M.
| Boey a. Son. 1t is miniature bureau
with chest of drawers, and fits like bug
| 10 a rug in the place assigned it over the
teller's desk. Mr.. Abrahams has thus far
| collected a potato, which has a reputation
Of its own for its heft, and a monster gree
gr3sshopper weights it down on the plate
| A huge frog in the bureau has a covetous
eye on the grasshopper, and a fat boy, made
Of soap, Is looking cross-eyed at a home-
grown banana, as well as at the frog. Other
curios are coming In, aud the bureau prom
ises to be great success in lis way. Heavy
weight fruit aud vegetable specimens are
requested, and one man who lifted the po-
tota 90 a wager the other day and lost, says
| he hopes some farmer will seld a pumpkin
ia. that AbrahamS can't lift without using
! lAckscrew.