The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-19
CITY BREVITIEs.

Lena Wright. colored, was arrested yes
SeIday' charged with stealing flowers
from Laurel Grove cemetery.
Quite a crowd was attracted in court
mouse square yesterday by a painter on
the top OF the Lutheran church, engaged
IN gliding the cross at that dizzy hight.
Deputy Marshal f. J. Kelly placed VI.
a Norris on the information docket OF
the police court yesterday for refusing
10 take out license to do business as a
veterinary surgeon.
George Stelljes. colored, will be before
the mayor this morning on the charge
OF having his bar at Price and Gordon
streets, open at 1:05 a. m, Sunday, June
4. The case was dOcketed by Policeman
Crimmins.
A refrigerator car containing 500 baskets
OF cucumDers was shipped yesterday via
the Florida Central and Peninsular rail-
road to Fish & Co. of Chicago. The car
Wa routed via Lynchburg, Va, and the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. This, 1t
IL said, is the first carload of vegetables
ever shipped from Savannah in an iced
rerrigerator car. The car was iced here
and Will be iced again on Its arrival IN
Cincinnati. The shipment was made by
Messrs. j. F. Butler, Fawcett Bros, and
j. F. Guilmartin.
TIE case against O. H. Ball, charged
with assault with intent to kill by cut
ting j. ID. Knowles, in West Savannah,
Wednesday afternoon. was continued by
Mayor Myers. and Ball was allowed to 20
on his own recognizance. Chief McDer-
questing to be allowed to withdraw the
charges against Ball. Knowles stated
that his wounds were not serious and
tnat the party who telephOned to the bar
racks for Balls arrest was not familiar
with the circumstances of the case. I'm
less Knowles requests otherwise the case
against Ban will probably be dismissed
this morning.
Parties owning property and those liv-
ing near and along the line of the Harmon
cana! are complaining somewhat of the
condition of the drainage there. They say
tne county forces have, in clearing out
the Harmon canal, cut II down to a width
of about four feet, whereas it is apparent
they say, that 1t takes almost a fifty-foOt
often TO carry on the volume of water
that necessarily empties into It. The ca
nal, they state, has been gradually mar
roWed every year that 1t has been cleaned
out, until 1t is not now large enough to
accommodate the volume of water which
II was designed to carry Off. The canal it.
The matter may be brought to the atten-
ton of the county commissioners.
Mayor Myers will have a lot Of COW
cases to hear in police court this morn
ing Policemen Coffee and BraZzell enter
ed cases on the information docket yes
terday against eleven owners Of cows in
the southern section of the city for allow
of the city ordinances. The following are
the names of the parties docketed: G. S.
Brown, Anderson and East Broad streets;
carrie Robinson, cOlored, Tenth ana
Third; James Sims, coored, Tenth and
Second; Amanda Pettigrew. James Sims,
colored L. J. Pettigrew, Caroline Robin
son, colored, c. Logan, colored, j. E.
Brown, William Ford, colored, and Mrs
OBrien. Policeman BraZzell and G. S.
Brown had some words about the matter
and the policeman entered a case against
Brown for abusing him.
While on his way out Drayton street
yesterday afternoon In answering the fire
alarm from box ia Fire Chief Mcguire ran
into a delivery wagon, smashing up his
buggy and throwing him heavily to the
ground. The chief was bruised and badly
shaken up while the buggy was wrecked
| Chief Mcguire had the driver of the wag-
on, e. c. Williams, arrested for obstruct-
ing the street and refusing to move when
ordered by him. The chief stated at the
| barracks that he was going out Drayton
street at a good speed when he noticed a
delivery wagon in front of him. He rang
his bell and as the driver paid no atten-
ton to that, shouted to him. Instead Of
pulling to one side Williams got into the
middle of the street and drove ahead in a
zigzag fashion. He attempted to pass the
wagon with disastrous results to himself
The wagon belonged to James McGrath &
co. The fire alarm was caused by burn
ing chimney.