The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-03
CITY BREvFTIEs.

The choir boys of ST. Johns church
choir were entertained at parish hall last
night, by the ladies of the church.
Joe Simmons. colored, who threw a
brick into T. Groots store, and smashed
up the crockery, was fined SO by Recorder
Hartridge yesterday morning.
James Burnes, a 4-year-old negro boy.
who could not remember where he lived.
was picked up on West Broad street by
Policeman Schroeder last night, and sent
to the barracks.
E. S. Payge. who is charged by Barney
Baldwin with assaulting him with a
knife at the market Saturday night, was
turned over TO the superior court yes
terday by Recorder Hartridge, to be tried
on the charge of assault with intent to
murder.
Court house sales day yesterday was the
Quietest sales day Savannah has seen in
many year. Not one single piece of real
estate or of personal property was even
offered. and only two or three pieces of
property were advertised. One auction
eer may effect a private sale of property
he had advertised, but he did not put 1t
on the block.
The police commission held a short
meeting last night. One officer was re-
proved for entering a saloon unnecessary
ly while on duty. The commission did
not fill the vacancy caused by the resigna-
ton of Detective Kiley. There are sew
eral applicants for the position, some from
members of the police force and others
from outsiders.
James Jenkins, colored, was arrested
yesterday on the statement to a police
man by a white man that he had killed a
policeman at Meridian, Miss, in 1889. The
case was investigated by Chief MeDer-
mott, who found that Jenkins was Sa-
vannah raised negro, and too young to
make it probable that he had killed any
body in 1899 He was accordingly released.
The March meeting of the directors of
the Savannah Freight Bureau was held
yesterday, but no business of special i'm
portance was transacted. The action of
Commissioner Purse in securing a petit
ton in support of the anti-scalping bill,
now before congress, was criticised by
some of the directors, but the commits
sioner was sustained by the majority of
the board.
Something altogether new in Savannah
in the way of buggies was seen on the
streets yesterday. 1t was patented pneu-
matte tire, ball bearing buggy, driven by
Mr. r. d. Woodford representing the G..
W. & H. d. Crawford Buggy Company
of Delhi, n. Y. Mr.. Woodford was show
ing the buggy to a number Of people. The
attention of all that saw it was attracted
by its unusual appearance.
James Senate and David McAra, were
arrested on the Ocean Steamship Com
pany's wharf yesterday by Policeman j.
e. Thorpe for fighting, and were sent to
the barracks. They we're afterwards
turned over to Justice Naughtin. One Of
the men was a Britisher, and the other
claimed to be an ex-union veteran, and it
seems that a discussion of the merits
of their respective flags brought on the
difficulty. McAra was also charged by
Senate with attempting to rob him.
Clerk w. p. Bailey had several appli-
cations yesterday for the colored infant,
which he has announced his desire TO dis
pose of. Unfortunately the woman in
whose charge the child now is failed to
show up and as no notice had been made
of her address, the baby could not be got
ten at. The applicants were instructed
to call again. Several women with babies
on their hands, which they claimed did
not belong to them, put in an appearance,
however, under the impression that babies
were wanted and that the city would at
least allow them a weekly stipend for
caring for the infants. They were in
formed that the city was not running an
orphan asylum.