The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-11
CITY BREVIrII2s.

Nathaniel Williams, colored, was lodged
in the barracks yesterday. He is charged
with hog stealing by A. p Woodcock
young man named Murphy. while
skylarking WIN some friends on Indian
street last night, tripped and fell, break
ing his leg. He was taken to his home at
No SO Jefferson street.
The evidence in the matter of the frost
bitten cOnvicts viii be turned over 20 the
county commissioners to-day by Steno-
grapher ]. S. Harrison, and the commits
sioners will probably meet to consider it
and arrive at their verdict.
Alice Jones was arrested by DETECTIVES
Hanley last night charged with cutting
Mamie Brown on Olive street yesterday
afternoon. Both are colored. Alice and
Mamie fell out about a man, and Alice
stabbed Mamie in the arm with knife.
In the notice of Lieut.. c. b. Satterlee's
wedding yesterday, among the presents re-
ceived was mentioned a massive piece of
cut glass from the Second Battalion of
Georgia Volunteers. 1t should have read
Second Battalion of the First regiment
Georgia Volunteers, it having been sent by
the Savannah troops.
There was a small fire in the house of
Johnny Arms trong, colored. at Houston
and State streets yesterday morning at
HIS o'clock. A telephone message was
HGlL ~ NO. i engine mousse on bfOu2nTO0
street The fremen at No. / responded
and put out the fire. The blaze was in
the roof and the damage was estimated
at about $500
Nellie Wright was arrested last night
for about the one hundredth time for be-
ing drunk and disorderly. She had only
been out a couple of days. Nellies SEN
fences vary all the way from five to fif-
teen days, according 10 the way in which
>, H..
doesn't mind work and the police are not
sorry to SEQ her come in. as she is put
to work cleaning up ana doing chores
around the barracks.
A runaway horse attracted attention in
the neighborhood of the park Yesterday
afternoon. The horse started to running
on Bull street south of the park extern
sion. He turned into Drayton street. down
which he continued for nearly its entire
distance. before being stopped The ami
NAL was evidently not much frightened
when he started off and would probably
have stopped of his own accord had not
so many people ran towards him waving
hats, sticks and umbrellas This fright
ened him sure enough, and by the time he
passed Hall street he was going at a mad
pace.
Gustave Nelson and James Moriartv.
two sailors on the Norwegian bark Yer
charge of assaulting and striking the
captain, A. c. Hansen, a brief account
of which was given in the Morning News
yesterday. The men got on a drunk Sat
urday night and raised the dickens of
a row at the market dock, so the police
say. Capt. Hansen dnterfered and tried
TO quiet them when they attacked him.
The police were called upon and arrested
three of the men. one was released yes
terday, however, by order OF Recorder
Wilson at the request of the captain.
Clarence Davenport, the afflicted boy
who has puzzled the city and county au-
thorities for some time as TO what to do
with him. has been provided for The
boy turned up here from nobody knows
where and was sent to Bethesda He ran
away from there and came to the city
He is subject to frequent fits, and va
rous parties who We're willing to give him
a home found that they could not keep
him on this account. For the last several
weeks he has been living at the police
barracks being provided with sleeping
quarters at the station house. \ charitable
lady, who interested herself in the boy.
found that there was an institution at
of such cases and wrote there to know
il the institution would receive the Da-
veuport boy. She received q favorable
reply and, conferred with Mayor Myers
on the subject. The boy will be started
on his journey to Council Bluffs this
morning The city viii pay his fare and
provide him with sufficient money to pur-
chase food on his trip.