The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-29
CITY BREVITIEs.

Five little negro girls were arrested yes
terday afternoon by Policeman York Tor
stealing coal from a car on River street.
Detective Scully returned last night from
jacksonville bringing with him Cooper
Maxwell and Mack Heath, who were in
dicted for policy writing some time since
and skipped their bonds.
A special meeting of the Confederate
Veterans Association will be held tonight
at the knights of Pythias hall. An lnvi-
tation has been extended to the members
of Lafayette McLaws Camp OF United Vet
Grams to be present.
Edna Derby, the 1O-year-old daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Derby, was run
over by "A bicyclist at Price and Henry
streets last night and seriously injured.
The bicyclist was riding without lamp
and rode off after the accident without
aiding the little one whom he had run over.
William Nelson, a colored hack driver,
was arrested yesterday by Policeman Tul-
lis for driving his hack up and down
in front of the De Soto in violation T
the ordinance recently enacted by coun-
ell forbidding such tactics on the part
of the hackmen. Nelson was also charged
with being drunk and cursing and abusing
the officer.
A window shade in the residence Of Mr..
James Sullivan on Harris street caught
fire last night. Some Of the Hussars who
saw ii from their club room converted
themselves into an amateur fire depart
ment and alarmed the inmates of the
house by knocking on the door and letting
them know that the house was on fire.
The fire was extinguished without diff
Guilty
Joseph r Lee, the head waiter at the
De Soto, leaves the city Friday for Sara
toga, n Y, where he takes charge in
the same capacity OF waiting force of
about $50 at the Grand Union hotel. Lee
is a most conscientious worker, and 1t
would be hard to find more faithful or
gentlemanly employee in his capacity. He
has been at the De Soto four seasons, ana
her clad know he will
turn next winter.
Willie Reese, the negro man who was
arrested by the sanitary inspectors on
the charge of burying a still-born infant
in his yard, was released by the recorder.
Reese claimed that he did not receive the
burial permit until late in the afternoon,
and the thunderstorm which came up that
afternoon prevented him from buryins
the body at Laurel Grove, as he had in
tended. The body was only placed in the
ground temporarily on account of Its con-
dition, he claimed. The recorder accept
ed the explanation as sufficiently plausi-
bic.
Johnny Connors. little S-year-old white
boy, was arrested yesterday afternoon by
Detective Godbold on the charge of break
ing the window of r. ID. & William Lat
two pistols. Chris Julius, a colored boy,
was arrested day or two ago. He said
that the window was broken by Mon
y-Donkey," who stole the pistols and
ran off Then he and another negro boy
stole some fishing lines and other articles
Julius said that he had hidden a fishing
reel by tying, a string to. 1t, and dropping
il down inside the grating of the cellar
of Mr.. John Sullivan's grocery on Con-
gress street. The reel was found as de-
secribed. "Monkey-Donkey'' is the name
by which the Connors boy is known among
his companions. He is a tough little citi-
zen, but could hardly be expected TO be
otherwise. considering his surroundings
and the conditions under which he was
reared