Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-17
Matters and Things LacOnicany

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Some !, O40 barrels Of rosin were sold yes
terday.
Savannah Lodge No. 1883, K. of H., meet
| to night.
Spirits of turpentine declined to 80 cents
yesterday.
There we're no clearances yesterday at the
/ custom house.
The assessment at the Police Court
amounted 20 $50.
The delightful western breeze yesterday
tempered the heat greatly.
There will be 9 meeting OF Chatham Mu-
tual Loan Association to night.
| The Sunbeam Association, colored, had
/ picnic at ThundeTbolt yesterday.
Capt. Robert FaIligant win deliver the ad-
dress tonight ct the dedication Of Pythian
/ Hall.
The excursion from Jacksonville viii
probably take place the latter part Oh the
/ week.
A notice of interest to some consignees
Of the Baltimore steamers appears else
/ where.
The Savannah Cadets have their annual
/ excursion and picnic to Tybee tomorrow
morning.
The picnic OF S.. Johns Church Sunday
school at Isle of Hope shortly VIII be very
| pleasant affair.
Visitors to Tybee are already capturing
| turtles. A three hundred FOUNDER was
/ turned on Saturday night.
Hon. Y. j. Hammond, of Atlanta, and
| Col. j. VI. Johnston, of Macon, are regis
/ tered at the Pulaski House.
The picnic for the benefit Of the White
/ Bluff Orphans, az the SchuetZen Park to-
day, wiz be mammoth affair.
There was decline 10 bacon yesterday Of
| 1Se. on clear rib sides. shoulders, dry saIted
| clear rib sides and long clears.
Msior Charles S. Hsrdee and large party
| Of ladies' snd gentlemen left for Florida
yesterday afternoon on short trip.
Hon. r. n. Ely, Of Atlanta, and Hon. R.
F. Lyon, of Macon, are IN the city, and
| registered al the Screven House.
The Fords and E. NJ. P. l. Social Club
| have a rehearsal at Mozart Hall tonight for
their entertainment on The Sd Of June.
An improvement in the tone of the cotton
market has taken place, which was quoted
firm at p. msyesterday by the Cotton Ex-
change.
Me~srs. Kennedy s. Blum yesterday sold
| IL 369 bushels of corn. damaged cargo OF
| the schooner Richard Vaux, at % cents per
bushel.
The tug Commodore Foote, which was
| slightly damaged during the late fire at
| Kely's wharf, has been repaired and put
in good order.
a correspondent from Springfield, Eh1ug-
ham county, reports good showers on sun
day, and hopes there viii be more rain, as
| il is much needed.
The hotel business continues remarkably
| brisk for this season, there being one hun
dred and seventy-fve arrivals at the
Screven House alone on Saturday.
The store on Congress street, between
| Bull and Whitaker, lately occupied by
| sIessrs. Walsh & Farrell, who were burnt
out, IS being repaired and put in order.
The tug J. ". Lynn, belonging to the
| Tugboat Company, has gone upon the ways
for the purpose OF having a general over
hauling and being completely repaired.
There Is a lively demand for cottages at
| Tgbee this season, and we hear that the
/ Osean House viii be full most of the time,
| numbers having already engaged rooms.
During the colored military demonstra-
ton this week, one of the features In the
| programme OF amusement is moonlight
| excursion TO Tybee buoy on the steamer
| Era Hsncox.
About twentv-seven members of Palestine
| Commandery No. z, h. T., will participate
in the demonstration Of the Grand Com
msndery of the State on the 18th inst. at
Atlanta.
Henry V Hance, warrior In an exube-
| rant mood, fred off q pistol in the street to
| the imminent danger of passers by on Sunday
| night, and Yesterday in the Police Court
was fired s. for his fun.
Dafney Maxwell and Charlotte Wilson.
| two colored damsels who were arrested for
'desecrating the Sabbath by fighting in the
street, were yesterday in the Police Court
fined So each, or ten days.
The Grand Lodge Of the Knights Of
Pythias of Georgia will meet at the hall
this morning at 10 O'Clock. Several Of the
delegates arrived last night, and others will
be here By the early train to-day.
The steamer Eliza Hancox will leave for
! Beaufort tomorrow morning to bring to
/ Savannah an immense delegation Of the
| colored military and citizens of that place
| n participate in the demonstration here on
Thursday.
S a. DarneIl, Esq. Assistant Z. S. Dis
trlct Attorney, OF Atlanta, Hon. George K.
Black, Representative in Congress from the
First district of Georgia, and Col. Carey w.
Styles, of the Waycross Reporter, are regis
tered at the Marshall House.
The following Sir Knights of Palestine
CommaDdery No. :, L. T., left last night by
the Central train to attend the grand con-
ciave TO be held in Atlanta on Wednesday:
T. s. Wayne, A Pratt Adams, r. II. Ander-
son, Thomas Ballantyne, w. 8. Rockwell
and U. Van Giesen.