The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-28
CITY BREVITIES.

The Bever Side Social Club will give its
first annual picnic to Wilmington Island
Tuesday. July Z.
The steamer Gov. SANFORD goes to Dau-
fuskie to-day, leaving at 10 o. clock on the
morning trip instead of IL o'clock, as adj
will be made as usual, leaving the city at
p. m.
The Mickva Israel synagogue was closed
yesterday after the morning service for
the summer. The building will be repaired
and redecorated before 1t is reopened in
the fall Rev. I. P. Mendes has been given
a vacation for the suramer.
The fire department was called out at
1898 o'clock yesterday by an alarm from
box %. few shingles on the roof of a
small house, occupied as a shoe shop in
Liberty street lane, between Abercorn and
Drayton streets, were ablaze. The blaze
was quickly eXtinguished with but slight
damage.
J. E. Robinson. colored, is locked up
at the barracks on the charge of larceny.
A negro woman was sent out yesterday
afternoon by resident In the neighbor-
hood of Barnard and CASTOR streets to
get $5-bill changed. She dropped the bill
on the way and charged Robinson with
picking it up, which he denied.
Hose wagon No. of the fire department
is back at the engine house on Henry
street, after having been rebuilt and re-
modelled by Mr.. T. A. Ward. New wheels
and new axles were given the wagon, as
we'll as number of other improvements,
and the whole handsomely painted. The
wagon is now as handsome a piece of
work as any one could wish to see.
Mr.. Luclen D. Alden. who for several
years was superintendent of the Sunday
school OF the Lutheran Church of the AS
cension in this city, will deliver an ad-
this afternoon at 5 o'clock, and will adj
dress the Luther League there at $3.50
o'clock this evening. Mr.. Alden is now of
Washington city. He is well remembered
in Savannah, and has many friends here
who are glad to welcome him again.
Capt NJ P. Usina was the recipient of
a pair OF fine marine glasses. They were
sent to him by the members Of the Savan-
nah Yacht Club, who went to Charleston
on the pilot boat Neca, to attend the
races June II. Accompanying the glasses
was a letter OF, thanks, expressing their
appreciation of Capt Usinas services and
entertaining qualities during the trip
The letter was; signed, F. S. Lathrop,
George L. Cope, ]. B. West, F. S. Wylly,
Jr. w. w. Sta RI, w. u. Pratt and ]. S.
Walthour.
Mr.. Julian NJ Solomon received a tele-
gram yesterday announcing that Mr.. w.
H. Hoffman OF this city had received the
hrts prize in tn Photographic competition
offered by the Photographers Association
OF America. The meeting of the asso-
citation was held at Lakewood, N. Y.
during the G hautauQua convention. and
Mr.. Hoffman went on about ten days ago
for the purE 'ose of entering one OF the
contests am ong photographers from all
the states. He entered twenty-four pic
lures, select ed from those of prominent
men and vs. omen of Savannah, which he
had at his s;allery. Mr.. Hoffman entered
his pictures in class c, which required
twenty-foul portraits OF ten inches or
smaller. II ne things considered in award
ing the pr ICES were posing, lighting and
chemical effect. The first prize, won by
Mr.. HoffD IAN, was a silver medal. This
is to be considered quite a victory for
Mr.. Hof man and for Savannah, as he
had TO compete with photograp piers from
ali parts OF the United states.