Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-10-03
Matters and Things LseOnieaIIY

Georgia Historical Society meets tonight.
The days of the straw hats are numbered.
There f. to be lots of fun on the circus
Lots.
Necessity knows no law, but good many
lawyers.
Bangs viii go out Of fashion when hoops
come in.
The Ford Dramatic Amateurs have a
meeting tonight.
The eleanest of persons don't mind hand
ling ''flthy lucre."
The value of the foreign exports on
Saturday was $4,000.
The combined tonnage Of the vessels In
port on Saturday was g, 567 tons.
Mr. Thomas Dixon is now running as
uurser on the steamer Cumberland.
Rev. Mr.. Webb held divine services yes
teriay morning on board the steamship Al
vertOn.
Cotton futures advanced fifteen points
Saturday on the closing figures of the day
previous.
The steamship Gate City arrived from
New York Saturday with 101 cabin and %
steerage pa sengers.
To day VIII be universally observed by
our Hebrew citizens as day Of atOnement,
and all the stores will be closed.
The work Of rebuilding Tynan's brass
foundry, which was blown down during the
hurricane, has been completed.
Sheriff John T. Roman left for Augusta,
| By way of the Port Royal Railroad, Satur-
day afternoon on official business.
The sale Of reserved seats for John Z.
| Owens engagement will be commenced at
/ Bren's ticket Office tomorrow morning.
The public schools open to-day and
/ pater familias will be delighted to hear Of
/ the number of new books that have to be
| procured.
There were in port on Saturday twenty
/ one American, thirteen British, nine NorWe'
| gian, seven Spanish, two American, and one
| Swedish vessel.
The British steamship Cyphrynes, Captain
/ MOrice, from Galveston for Liverpool, with
a cargo Of cotton, put into Tybee yesterday
for supply Of coal.
| The Northern mail failed again on Sun
day afternoon. 1t would appear that the
mail service is getting demoralized, as this
is the fifth failure within q week.
Among the passengers who returned from
| New York Saturday were j. l.. TAYLOR,
ESQ, General Ticket Agent Savannah, Flori'
da and Western Railway, and wife.
The Upper Cotton Press turned out one
hundred and sixty bales Of compressed cot
ton in an hour, one day last week, and the
work was well done, and only two com
presses were used.
The thermometer aud telescope rod, and
wind vane and rod, marine guage aud rod OF
the signal service, which were damaged
during the storm, have been repaired and
replaced and a new rain gusge procured.
The steamship City of Merida, concerning
- ton fu II
| in our telegraph columns. will be remem-
bered as having put into Tybee last summer
year ago, on her way to Vera Cruz, In a
disabled condition.
Captain George Barker, a well known
| pilot, was Saturday fined by the Mayor $50
/ for violation Of the quarantine regulations,
| By boarding and bringing the steamship
| Maharajah up to the quarantine grounds on
| August 25th last.
| Augusta Chronicle: ''Msjor Geo. a. White
| head, General Passenger Agent of the Cen
/ trail Railroad is in tie city. MsjOr White
head is deservedlY popular all over the State,
and is one of the most efficient railroad Of
ficers in the Union"
The steamer Cumberland, ia charge Of hel
| well known and popular owner, Captain
Wilcox, arrived here from Hawkinsville
| yesterday. She will run regularly to thi:
place during the cotton season, but hel
permanent route has not yet been de
termined.
The steamship George Appold, which ar
rived here Saturday from Baltimore, hai
been lying up at that port for about two
months, during which time she received :
| thorough oVerhauling throughout. A new
section shaft was put in her and she is now
| IL fine condition for the winters business.
Saturday afternoon, about five O'Clock
two cOlOred men got to skylarking under
| the bluff near the foot of Lincoln street
| One of the men had an open knife in hi'
| hand aud during the scuffie accidentally cut
the other, Jim LeLyOn, very severely on the
| right hand. AS it was purely an accident
| there was no arrest.
About quarter to ten O'Clock Saturday night
| George Harris, a valiant colOred trooper
whose proves was stirred by copious
swallows of mean whisky, made an assault
upon a colored female, Lydia Hall, whict
created quite a disturbance in the street
The brave warrior was captured by Police
man O'Keefe and waltzed of to the bar
racks, and this morning will have 8
front seat In the dress circle at the Police
Court matinee.