The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-31
CEASING TO BE A JOKE.
FIRST DISTRICT CITIZENS BEGIN
MING TO LOOK SERIOUS.

Offlcial-The German Citizens Pre-
pairing TO Parade.
Officers were at work yesterday serving
the summons IS on citizens in the First dis
trict TO work the road Feb. Il and Is.
The streets running north and sonth have
been pretty well gone over by the summon
ing officers, and to-day and tomorrow those
hviugon the streets running east and west
will be summoned. The First district includes
al that portion If the corporate limits lying
west Of the center of Montgomery street,
and there are e.timated to DO about 200
male residents subject to road duty.
What many at first looked upon as farce
is no.g being considered seriously, and If the
city does not recede from is % itiOu that it
has 70 money appr, priated for repairing the
Louisville road, and therefore does MT pro-
pose To put the street aud lane force 10
work repairing 1t, the inevitable result
viii De that those who have been sum
moned, aud those who ROMAN 10 be sum
moned, will have to obey tue summons or
show good cause why they did not answer
it
The county commissioners have clearly
no jurisdiction over the thoroughfares lying
within the corporate limits, and, therefore,
are leaving the county road commissioners
and the city authorities to ettle the matter
between themselves.
LOOKING TO COUNCIL FOR RELIEF.
1t is possible at the city council, which
will meet In regular session next Wednes-
dav .Ight, may take some action to relieve
4he taxpayers from doing road duty. Moth
ing was done in this direction at the special
meeting of council last Tuesday night, as
the city attorney was on the sick list and
therefore no legal opinion was presented. The
communication Of Justices ldres and
McDermott, asking for advice and iuclosing
the order OF the president Of the county
road commissioners, was referred to the
street and lane committee and the city at
torney, and as thai reference was indefinite
with regard 10 the time the report was to
be presented 10 council, the justices of the
First district concluded they would not take
any risks, but consult their own own attor-
ney, and, acting on his advice, they are
obeying the order of Road Commissioner
Bourquin.
AN INDIGNANT CITIZEN.
The tax-payers in tho First district who
have been receiving summOnses &c
cepted the rather unusual proceeding at
first as huge joke, but many of them
are now becoming indignant, and one,
more pugnacious than the rest, was around
yesterday hunting for the Justice who had
sent me that paper" and there was blood in
his eye. He considered it a personal insult TO
be called upon to work the road, and he
wanted TO whip somebody. H3 wanted
those to whom he related his grievance to
know that no was bad man from away
back, and nothing but gore could wipe out
the wrong.
sPoTTING UNsYMPATHTzING ALDERMEN.
II the board of aldermen don't interpose
some action to relieve the people OF the first
district from working the road, many of
them say that al the next municipal election
they will pay up the score, and they Include
every member Of the council and his honor
the mayor in the list of III Sc whom they
have spotted. The alderman who takes a
stand IN favor OF the city repairing the
Louisville road and Gwinnett street ex-
tended will be popular man, and the boys
will tumble over each other in their scram-
bic to get to tie polls to vote for him for
anything he wants.
There is great deal of sickness" reported
in the First district, hut the justices, and
not the physicians, seem to be the exclusive
possessors OF the information. The cltiz ms
have aged very rapidly, too, in the last few
days, many claiming to be over so years of
age who have been passing for 40. The ex-
cuses promise to be numerous, but there
are quite a large number who have do
termined to have two days of Enjoyment
working the road, or at least one days en-
joyment.
TO TURN OUT WITH BRASS BAND.
hit upon plan TO make the occasion an
enjoyable one They have guaranteed
fund have hired brass band for one day
and have a reserve fund with which they
propose to lay in a goodly supply OF beer.
Their programme is to meet at a point Oh
West Broad street, probably at HAIRS
grocery at GWlnnett and West Broad
streets, central point, and with their spades
and hoes on their shoulders march in a
body 10 the Louisville road, preceded py
the band when is TO furnish music the en-
tire day. Arrangeme is will be- made to
photograph the road brigade at rest, on the
march, and while at work, and copies of
the companill pictures will be kept as
souvenirs Of the relapse from metropolitan
ism TO pioneer life.
One man says no proposes to buy toy
spade with which to do his work, and one
of the overseers, having heard of the pro-
posed joke, saws he will see that the Joke is
played to the end, rs he will make that man
shovel dirt with that toy spade until the
practical joker will be glad TO pay two
prices for road shovel.
PENETRATING A JOKE ON JUDGE.
The summoning of Judge Hampton l..
Ferrill, Of the court of ordinary, as pub
lShed in the MORNING News, was brought
quite forcibly TO his attention yesterday
afternoon. The judge was taking post-pran-
dial nap, when he Tas arou ed with Jerk
ny lAe SOuhu Oh u neaVY Douy railing on g
nncarpeted floor of his private office Look
ing up he saw a dark-browed Egyptian of
Ska foot sta andng by him. In one
hand the visitor held ne Wy road shovel
with handle fully five feet long in the
other hand was cylindrical package of
straw.
as You de jedgeg" asked the visitor.
The judge stammered out an affirmative
reply il nervous way, as he wasn't sure
but that the intruder was an escaped
lunstic.
as you de ledge Ferule dat hab to wohk
de roads"
YES, am Judge Ferrill"
well, boss, heahs sunfin Mistuah Nc
Laughlin SEE fotch him to de ledge
fob to wohk de road wiz" and
he handed the shovel TO thu
Judge and deposited the straw package
on the judges table, as the shovel was
more than q double hand full and about all
that the donee could lift, and with that the
bearer OF the gifts courtesied and VITA
drew. The package proved TO be a DO tie
OF rare old Burgundy, and the following
label explained matter
TO Judge Hampton L. Ferrill. to help in
the fulhllment of a Bourquiuized duty.
with ). McLaughlin's compliments
'For Road Duty
The one to efnrlov