The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-08
J. 3. KILLOURHY MADE ASSISTANT
CHIEF OF POLICE.

1 PAoOoi HuS WcEc promptly suppTeS5-u Nv Lne
marshal The following is the result Of the
election:
Clerk Of CouncIi-F. E. Rebarer
City Treasurer-Charles s. Hardee.
| City Marshal-R ebert J. Wade.
| Chief OF Polies-John Green.
Assistant Chief Of Polce-John B. Kill
| lourtly.
Chief Fireman-William B. Puder
Asss ant Chief Fireman-George Mouro.
| City Engineer-W. ]. VIM.
! Harbor Master-R c. Kennedy
| Clerk OF the Marke.-James F. O'Brien.
| City Attorney,- Samuel 3. Adams
| Messenger OF Council-John Harrison.
4 Keeper Laurel Grove Cemetery-W. L.
| Haubt L1 Ao's 90 Hiqs .ol -pe Gu 3
Keeper City Dispensary--Lewis Cass.
| Assistant Keeper City Dispensary-E. K.
Mccoy.
Keeper Forsyth Place-Theodore Moves.
| Measurer CT Timber and LUMBER. G.
Jordan.
Inspectors of Naval Stores-C. D. Rus
sell. j. M. Chestnut. u. g. Register, r. B.
Jswett, JamesT. Wells, James NJ. Moore, j.
+. McEachin.
Health Oficer-Dr. W. f. Bruner.
| Portwardens-John Power, Lewis Wig
| gins and William b. Ad ms.
| Chimney Contractor, Eastern Division
Il
Chimney Contractor. Western Division
| A. freeman.
Superintendent scavsnger Department
| e Z. Cheatham.
Superintendent Water Works-James
| Manning.
City Physician, Eastern Division DR..
| Larcombe. ri
Cry Physician. Western Division--Dr.
City Printer-Savannah Daily Times.
| THE BALLoTING.
Chief of Police Green was opposed by
Col. Clifford w. Anderson. The vote stood:
Green IL, Anderson 0.
| There were four candidates for assistant
chief of police, Sergts. Killourhy, Lingg,
Reilly aud Muse. Killourhy received s
| votes, Reilly 4, and the other two nothing.
z: A. Fleming filed his application with
Clerk Reb ,rer Tuesday but as the ordi-
nance required all applications to be in by 2
o'clock on Monday the city council refused
to recognize it. The same action was taken
on the application of 8. ]. NJ. Baker for
portwarden for a similar reason.
| Ihere were three candidates for clerk of
the market, Thomas A. Maddox, the pres
ent incumbent, T. c. Farr and James P.
O'Brien. Two ballots were required to
make selection. On the first ballot Mad
dox received 4, Farr and O'Brien 5, Mad
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ballot, which gave O'Brien the place by a
total Of z.
Chief Fireman Puder's opponent was ex-
Chief Adolph Fernandez. A count of the
ballot showed 10 votes to the present officials
credit and none for Fernandez.
e. L. Cheatham was opposed for the
superIntendency Of the scavenger depart
ment by Thomas Il. Sanberg. The vote
stood: Cheatham 10, Sanberg 2.
THE FIGHT FOR CITY PHYSICIAN.
Drs Larcombe, Haltiwanger and Bulloch
applied for the position of city physician
for the eastern district, DR.. SheftaIl for the
| western, and DIR. Keller did not specify
which district he wished to con est. AS
result both districts were voted for at one
time, the aldermen ressrving the right to
vote for q candidate for either district. The
first ballot gave Larcombe Z, Haltiwanger 4
and Bullocl for the eastern district, and
Keller 6, Sheftall and Haltiwanger /, for
the western district.
DR.. Larcombe was declared elected for
the eastern district, and then a vote was
taken on the western, and il required fifteen
ballots for a choice. o the first Keller
got 8, Sheftall 5 and Haltiwanger 1. TIE
second ballot showed a similar result, and
in the third Shsttall got 8, Keller and
sheftall 6, Keller and Haiti.
wanger 8. The next showed Sheftal
with 8, Keller and Haltiwanger /.
On the sixth the count gave Shefrall 5,
Keller and Halriwanger 2. The next put
Sheftall back so 6, Keller and Haltiwanger
/, and the eighth was the same. The
ninth was exactly like the sixth, aud on the
tenth Keller gained giving him 6, Sheftall
and Haltiwanger the sane lonely l.
81 On the eleventh ballot HalUiwanger's ad-
mirer jumped to Bulloch and com olmented
him with one vote, while Sheftall got {
and Keller s. The twelfth and thirtee lth
ballots were exactly similar, Shelf all get
ting q, Keller and Haltiwauger 2. Or
the fourteenth one of Haltiwangers wen
to Keller and Sheftall still had 6 to hi
credit Alderman Myers became tired al
this point, and made a motion that if tbs
next ballot did not decide
the result the election be postponed
and Alderman Falligant ther
made powerful appeal for DIR. Sheftall
He said he had been a hero in the time wher
Savannah needed them, that he had
worked night and day during the epidemic
of 1876 TO save life and relieve suffering
Alderman Falligant said he felt that it wa.
due DR.. Sheftall to elect him. and he pro
posed to vote steadily for him. The appeal nac
the desired effect, as on the next, which
was the fifteenth ballot, Sheftall received
votes, Keller and Haltiwanger 2.
K THE CITY PRINTING.
There were two bids for the city printing
chat Of the MoREINa news at 81, 500, enC
she Times at S1,S209p Before bal
lot was taken Alderman Fall
CANT asked the members of the
board to carefully consider tn;
, service rendered, and the fact that thC
MORNING News was capable OF doing treble
service to that of the Times. Three ballots
were necessary to q choice. The q st two
were tie-6 and g. and on the third two
aldermen cha ged to the Times
When the time for the election of keeper
OF pest house arrived Mayor Schwarz asked
that it be deferred, as there was but one
candidate, Thomas B. Carr, whom he hac
found on the road drunk when he wa,
needed several days ago, and had discharged
him. The request was acceded to.
THE HUTCHINSON ISLAND SALE.
The ordinance selling Hutchinson Islant
30 the Middle Georgia and Atlantic Rail
way Company was read second time
Al .erman Carson moved to fill in the
blanks by making it fifty actual bona fde
miles in daily use as com non carrier.
Alderman Cam called for the yeas and
nays. and the motion was adop cd
by s to2. Alderman Myers asked to be
excused from voting.
Mayor Schwarz then announced the ordi
nance oDea for discussion, which brought
Alderman Falligant to his feet in a ST. one
speech opposing its passage. He claimed
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