The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-16
CITY BREVITIES.

Georgia Chapter No. 8, R. A M,
meets tonight at 8 o'clock. The p
NJ and NJ. & NJ. degrees will be con-
ferred.
An entertainment will be given by the
Fleming Dramatic Association for the
benefit of ST. Benedicts Church at the
Sacred Heart School Hall on Oct. %.
London Watson, colored. was arrest
ed yesterday by Patrolman Parrish,
of the steamship force, for the lar
ceny of meat from the Steamship Kan
sas City.
Walter Lloyd, colored, was arrested
yesterday by Sergt. Powell of the
steamship force for obsructing the
steamer. The prisoner is also accused
of having made an effort to strike the
wife of the arresting officer and will
face Recorder Myrick on both charges
in Police Court this morning.
Fred Newsome, colored, was arrest
ed yesterday by Patrolman Miller on
a charge of fast and reckless driving,
and running over a white boy on Dray-
ton and Broughton streets. The boy
was on a bicycle and his name was
not secured by the police. Newsome is
employed as a physicians coachman.
Much interest is being manifested in
the efforts of Mr.. Gordon Saussy to get
the University of Georgia football team
and that of Clemson College to play
here Nov. IT, the last day of the State
Fair. Both are strong teams and would
undoubtedly draw a large number of
spectators should the game be ar
ranged.
The body of an unknown negro was
discovered in Lamar canal yesterday
morning and the find was reported to
Coroner Keller. There was nothing on
the mans person to render Identified
ton possible and because of his con-
dition he was consigned to a lot in the
portion of Laurel Grove Cemetery used
by the county.
Solomon Jackson, colored, was ar
rested last night by Patrolman I'M
bach on a charge of disorderly con-
duct. The negro is alleged to have
displayed a revolver and run the in
mates of a house in Oglethorpe ave
! nue. lane, near jefferson street, into
the street. He will be given a hear
ing in Police Court this morning.
Mr.. William NJ. Davidson showed the
| Morning News yesterday a sample of
broom corn grown on his farm on the
! underground road, mile south of the
1 city. 1t was we'll cured and the sam
! pie was pronounced by judges to be
very good. Nearly all of the supply
| for the Savannah Broom Factory is
| grown near this city, and broom corn
seems to be a product that does well
/ in this latitude.
The Central Railroad is having a
number of its handsome pictures CT
Elberta peaches framed. The picture
of the luscious fruit has been greatly
admired, and, set off by a handsome
frame, it shows to even greater ad-
vantage. The picture is a true repro
duction of a small section of a peach
| fNUio nd aIn 10
line of the Central, and, so thickly is
the twig fruited, that scarcely a
glimpse of it can be seen for the
peaches.
Alonzo Ball. colored, was arrested
yesterday by Patrolman Broom for the
larceny of a pocketbook from Farrell
Small colored. of No. 219 Berrien
street. The woman charges that she
permitted Ball to go into her room to
get a match. and that he took the
| purse, which contained 40 cents, of
! the bureau. The property was return
ed to the woman when the patrolman
made the arrest. Ball claims that the
woman is a friend of his, but this she
denies.
H. w. Olson, a seaman on the tramp
steamer Louisiana, was badly cut or
the right arm yesterday in a rather pc
culiar manner. The sailor was walk
ing across deck with a settler bottle
when he slipped and fell. The glass
broke and Olson received an ugly gasf
of about two inches on the right arm
The steamer is at the Ocean Steamship
Company's wharves and the police
ambulance was summoned by an Off
Ger. The injured man was sent to st
Joseph's Infirmary for treatment.
Arthur Reece an eleven-year col
ored boy, was arrested yesterday BY
Mounted Patrolman Eivers on {
charge of larceny after trust from
Fire Marshal George Mouro. The boy
was employed in the family of thu
Fire Marshal and has been accused o
, wrong doing on several occasions.
is charged that he was entrusted yes
terday with money to purchase breaC
tickets and that he held out. The DO!
was found at the dog and pony show
where he had been attracted by tn,
music.
1t was reported at police headquar
ters at 1 o'clock yesterday Afternoon
that soldiers and civilians were en-
gagged in a general row on Jefferson
and Wayne streets, in which neighbor
hood are several disreputable houses
Four mounted patrolmen we're hurried
to the locality named by Desk Sergean
Mock, but the officers found no sign o
, trouble. or either anyone who had seeI
the alleged disturbance. Later in tn,
afternoon an artillery sergeant was ar
rested in the southern section of tn,
city by Mounted Patrolman Deignan
The man was too drunk to give hi
name and created no disorder. Thu
officers dashing through the streets oil
the first call attracted considerable at
tention, and created a great deal of eX
element.