The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-05
CITY BREVITIES.

Owing to the absence Of the pastor Rev.
DR.. Goodwin, there will be no service in the
First Baptist church to-day.
La Hasche's Massa Propace will be sung
by quartet at the high mass at the
Sacred Heart church to-day at 10 o'clock.
Abe Solomons, the well.known city drum
mer for NJ. Ferst's Sons & Co., is very seri-
ously LII at his residence. at 231 Barnard
street.
Marvin Sunday school will celebrate its
ninth anniversary at the church at West
Broad and Charles streets at o'clock this
afternoon.
G. w. Allen of George W. Allen & Co.
wants it understood that he is not the G =.
W. Allen who is taking an interest in pol
itics. The circumstance embsrrasses him,
he says.
A number of oolored people have organ
lied a society for the purpose Of raising
means to purchase home for the colored
poor OF the city. At their last meeting Mrs.
NJ. Hall was elected president.
George Dean aud John Stevens, two COL
ored men, had row on Bay street last
night, which resulted in the slight cutting
Of Stevens by Dean. The police captured
Dean shortly after the affair and locked him
up at the barracks.
The occupants of No. 100 President street
desire it stated that 1t was the lane door
of the place that was kicked in by the two
drunken men Thursday night and not the
President street door as stated in the &C
count Of the affair Friday morning.
Neptune Miller (colored), who accidentally
shot his wife Thursday night in La Page
vile, was released from Jail yesterday Uy
order OF Solicitor General Fraser, who,
after a thorough Investigation, felt. satisfied
| that the unfortunate affair was an accident.
The woman is still alive.
Wesley Sunday schools annual picnic
will be held at Montgome June 10.
Among the attractions will be an ''open
house." boating, base and foot ball aud
swings. This picnic will be on the old style
order, and the committees are determined
TO see that every one has good time.
K. D. Love, of the Diebold SAFE and
Lock Company of Canton, O., has secured
the contract for the GermanIa Banks fire
aud burglar proof safes to be put in the new
ProvIdenb Society's building at Drayt N
and Bryan streets, which will be the
| quarters of the bank when the building is
! completed.
Henry Won Claim arrived in the city yes
terday and was pleasantly greeted by q
| large number of friends Mr.. Won Claim
was formerly a resident OF this city, but
removed to Augusta several years ago, with
which place he is very favoraby impressed
and likes the to Hn. He will return there
and enga q in a new business which he pur-
poses branching out in. AT present he is on
a visit to relatives in Savannah.
The police patrol wagon, better known as
the ''hurry-up" wagon, had a lively time
yesterday afternoon from 2 O'Clock until 6
O'Clock answering alarms from the market
and its vicinity. Seven calls were mate in
| that time. In nearly every instance the
| offenders were young negroes. who appar-
entity were delighted to get freq ride to
the barracks. Many people seemed to think
that the negroes were breaking the law in
| order to get a ride.
| The two little children of Pearl Prender-
CAST, the woman in Jail charged with kid
MAPPING Of ella Holmes, were found wan
dering around the streets yesterday after
noon and were taken IL charge by the DO
lice and afterward turned over to Mrs.
| Webb of the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union, who agreed to look after the
little waits. The woman who was caring
for the children left the city and turned
them into the street.