The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-09
CITY BREVITIEs.

The Bay Streets and Guyton will play
this afternoon at the Bolton street park.
The Savannah Benevolent Association
will hold its regular semi-annuai meeting
at the city exchange this afternoon.
a special meeting of council will be held
this afternoon for the purpose of hearing
charges brought against Chimney Inspect
or MeEvoy Of the Western district
Martin Haar, who formerly conducted a
grocery business at Bay and West Bound
airy streets, is suffering from the effects
OF an overdose of laudanum Physicians
We're called in time and his life was saved
BY energetic effort.
Sergt J. NJ. Mock has returned TO the
city from his weeks furlough spent in the
country, and Is again on duty at the police
barracks. Acting Sergt. smith is now off
on his weeks furlough. The privates are
also being given weeks vacation, three
at a time.
Assistant Chief Magulre's new buggy is
beauty. 1t is product of Savannah in
dustry, having been built by Mr. Charles
Sanberg, at Duffy and West Broad streets.
II weighs just 500 pounds even, is built of
the strongest materials and is very hand
somely painted. The buggy cost complete
just SIS.
The representatives of large lumber and
-.e-f 81 oNOA iiANSItSl1 WHO are mere LOT the
purpose of forming the Southern Pine
Company of Georgia, discussed the matter
OF organization among themselves yester-
day, but no formal meeting was held on
account of the indisposftion of Mr. ]. j.
McDonough The meeting will likely be
held to-day when the details of organiza-
ton Will be perfected.
In the city court yesterday the plaintiff
IN the case of Elias Scholder against
nh OH -. % no 1
the killing of his son Joseph Scholder dis
missed the suit on account of the fact that
u was brought against the wrong party.
IL was brought out in the evidence that
Johnston was not the owner and propri-
etor of the wagon which ran over the little
boy, causing his death.
Alderman L. A. Falligant had a consul
tation with Mayor Myers yesterday
with regard to placing telephone at the
scavenger yard in order to save time As
1t Is now whenever there Is a necessity for
calling a scavenger wagon to remove any
obnoxious substance or material a police
man has to go down to the yard on West
boundary street, and considerable time
Is thereby consumed 1t is likely that coun-
Gil will have the telephone put In.
An unusual display was seen last night
at the beginning of the rain storm at 10
O'Clock, in the shape of a lunar rainbow.
The rainbow was in the northwest and
was plainly seen by a number of people
The prismatic colors were visible for only
short while, disappearing as the clouds
gathered, but the golden belt of light re-
manned for several minutes longer When
the heavy rain begun It disappeared Luz
mar rainbows are very rarely seen in this
latitude.
Judge Falligant is quite i'll at his home
at whitaker and CASTOR streets. He has
been suffering somewhat with rheumatism
and 1t was feared for a while that he was
threatened with pneumonia. Owing to his
indisposition there was no session of the
superior court yesterday, and there will
be none to-day. Clerk J. X. p. Karr no.
tines the petit jurors who were discharged
until this morning that they need not
appear until further notice is given
though the columns of the Morning News.