The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-17
CITY BREVITIES.

The pilot boat Adds of Brunswick ar
rived yesterday to go on the marine rail-
way to be overhauled and painted.
Policeman Murphy continues to improve
He is able to sit up in bed now, and in
day or two, with no setback, will be able
to get out of his bed 1t viii be- some time
yet, however before he will be able to be
on the streets again.
Joe Barheld and Andrew Saxon, two
colored lightfingers, were turned over TO
the city court on the charge of larceny by
Recorder Wilson yesterday, having been
arrested with lot of canned peaches in
their possession for which they could not
account.
Six young oolored youths were turned
over to the city court on the charge of
larceny by Recorder Wilson yesterday.
Their ages range from IL to 10. and most
of the boys had been in the hands of the
police before. They were arrested by De-
tective Scully who found them with a lot
of tinware in their possession for which
they could not account. They acknowl-
edged that they had stolen the tinware
from a store near the market
The Teutonia Singing Society has ar
ranged to give a sacred concert al Charles
ton next Sunday under the auspices of
the Turnverein and Freundeschafts-B
Associations of Charleston. The Savannah
Turnverein will fraternally participate at
the concert, a number Of its members ac
companying the Teutonia. The principal
object of both organizations is to renew
the German populations of the two sister
cities. A special car has been secured for
the society and its friends
Mr.. W. s. Coyle of the information bu-
reau of the Plant system, has a little
eighteen months old child, Matthew, who
was slightly bitten by a dog night be-
fore last. The animal from his strange &C
ton, was suspected Of being mad, but as
every precaution has been taken by the
father to learn of any report of further
attacks by the dog or his killing, and none
received, it is thought that he must mere
ly have been playing with the child when
he was bitten. The dog ran into Mr.. Coyle's
home at No. 4111 Jones street. and snapped
at the child. The father saw 1t, but
thought he had not bitten the little fell
low and drove the dog out. Later investi-
cation showed, though, that the child had
received a slight wound on the hand from
the animals teeth.
collision between a carriage and a
bicycle, ridden by a young lady, at Bull
and BrOughton streets, yesterday after
noon came near ending very seriously.
The accident occurred a few minutes
after o'clock, when the streets were
filled with people. The young lady was
riding out Bull street Just as she was
crossing Broughton street on the right
Mr. George W. Tiedemans spirited team,
driven by a colored driver, turned sud-
denly to the left around the corner from
Bull into Broughton. The forward wheel
of the drag, in which were two ladies',
struck the bicycle, throwing the rider
beneath the horses. A number of gem
tlemen We're standing nearby and the
young lady was quickly pulled from be-
meath the horses feet Fortunately she
had not been trampled upon, and al
though severely bruised, was not other
wise injured. She was taken in the drag
and carried to her home. The bicycle
was a wreck A number of bicycle acc.-
dents have occurred at the crossing of
Bull and Broughton streets, several of
them through careless driving and dis
regard of the rule OF turning to the right
or at least in using proper caution in
turning the corners of the streets.