The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-11
CITY BREvTTIEs.

The monthly meeting or the Savannah
Volunteer Guards battalion will be held
tomorrow night.
The Ladies' Aid Society will give an
entertainment at Catholic Library hall
next Wednesday for the poor Of the city.
Marcus Jones, colored. was arrested last
night by Mounted Policeman Henry
Smith, charged with breaking into the
house OF Alice Barr, colored, at No. IS
East Broad street, on the night of Oct. 3.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany handled it's business yesterday with
out interruption from the storm. Mana
ger Maxwell said that none Of is lines
have been broken, and the company has
sustained no losses or delay.
Emma Wallace, an old family servant
of Mr.. B. NJ Garfunkel, died yesterday.
For twenty-five years she had served Mr..
Garfunkel as a nurse and had cared Tor
all of his children. He had always found
her a faithful and painstaking servant,
and he and his entire family sincerely
mourn her loss.
The Daughters of the Confederacy have
decided to send delegates to the conven-
ton of the society to be held at Macon
this month. The delegates have not yet
been selected. The railroad have agreed
TO give a reduced rate to the convention
on condition that certain number of del
egates is assured.
For the benefit of the public, the mar
ket clerk requests the Morning News to
publish the follows: Deer can be killed
only between Oct. l to Jan. /; doves, be-
tween July Is to April l; turkey, pheasant,
snipe, partridge or any insecuvorious or
singing bird, except crows, English spar
rows, larks, rice birds. wheat birds be-
tween Nov. l and April l.
An alarm of fire was turned in last
night at 7:15 o'clock, from box No. 121.
Engine companies No. 4 and responded
and located the fire on Tenth street near
the Ogeechee road. A two-story frame
building was already in flames when the
engines arrived, and 1t was soon burned
to the ground. 1t was unoccup!ed and
had already been slightly damaged by
the storm.
Two teams stood before the office of
Justice Wickham yesterday afternoon,
and the horses looked as if they were
not sorry for the opportunity to be left
standing. Both teams, the property of
Canuet & Co., had been levied on to sat
isfy laborer's lein, taken out by J. w.
Heidi for 1872. This would seem to have
been an eXorbitant levy, but the prop
erty, when brought before the justice,
seemed to need something additional to
leave the plaintiff perfectly safe.
There was to have been a session of the
criminal side of the city court yeste--
day for the purpose of disposing of the
small misdemeanor cases that have ac-
cumulated during the last week or ten
days. All of the criminals We're brought
up to the court house, and all of tn.
witnesses were there, but Judge Norwood
failed to put in an appearance. The defend
ants and witnesses were held there un-
til u o'clock noon, when telegram was
received from Judge Norwood stating
that he could not come into the city un-
no afra 1<
with sent back to the Jail and the wit
nesses were discharged until that time.
Two little colored newsboys got into a
fight with two other boys at Bull and
Broughton streets yesterday afternoon
The boys were parted once, but went at
it again, and a policeman came along and
sent them to the barracks. Their mother
received word of their arrest and arrived
there almost as soon as the boys She was
in high state of excitement and almost
went into Mysteries at the idea of her boys
being under arrest. II r boys were perfect
little lambs, she declared, and could not
possibly be provoked into fighting anyone
When she found that her protests had no
| effect she cooled off and proceeded to give
bond for her darlings. The policeman who
made the arrest said the. boys put up a
very lively scrap. "a te-ts trstf.s r1sa
The negro e11cursionlsts that came in
from Beaufort last Thursday on the Gov
Stafford had lot of trouble with con-
stable of one of the justice offices be-
fore they got back to Carolina soil. One
of the excursionists got a trihe too free
with his slaps and administered one to
woman in the city, who Immediately
warranted" him, as they expressivey
term the legal method of gaining salts
faction. The warrant was placed in the
hands of an officer. who went down 10
the boat to make his arrest. The officer
ufA To- i.s 1
ing him to come aboard and make his
search for the man. He did this, but tho
negroes got hold of him and beat him
pretty badly. He was down again when
the steamer was about to leave. and
looked for the negro among the passen-
gers that went aboard, but the willy fell
low had probably eVaded warrants before.
for when the Stafford had dropped down
the river to the Savannah, Florida and
Western wharf, he boarded her from a