Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-19

Clinton Lodge No. 81, T. A. NJ, meet
this evening.
The assessment at the Police Court satur-
day was $3S.
The sales Of cotton Saturday amounted
to $50 bales.
The small boy is now saving up MS cash
for the minstrel show.
Spirits of turpentine declined one cent
per gallon on Saturday.
Nosouftoes and flies are almost as trouble
some as in midsummer.
Regular meeting tonight of the Railroad
Mutual Loan Association.
There are fourteen steamships, fifteen
banks. one brig and nine schooners in port.
The quotations for all grades of cotton
declined 1-16 Of q cent In this market Sat
urday.
The schooner Annie Bliss, belonging to
Dale Il CO. s lumber feet, arrived here yes
terdaY from Baltimore.
Cotton futures were feverish and irregu-
lar Saturday, but closed a shade higher
than on the day previous.
The steamship City OF Augusta had TWEEN
ty-seven cabin and three steerage passengers
for New York on Saturday.
The steamship Blackstone had amongst
her freight for Baltimore on Saturday, 40
bundles of hides and 81 bales Of wool.
1t is stated that the Savannah Cadets are
discussing the Yorktown trip, and It is pos
sible a good delegation at least will go.
a fine double truck Of a new pattern for
Messrs. VI. Ferst & Co., arrived here Satur-
day by the steamship Dessoug, from New
York.
Bob Geddes, eolored, was last night about
Z O'Clock picked uD drunk on the street by
Policeman Power and taken to the bar
racks.
Among the passengers for New York Sat
urday by the City Of Augusta, were Judge
VIM. D. Harden, DR.. r. J. Num- and L. f.
GoOdsell, Esq.
The gift entertainment, under the aus
pices of the Republican Blues, promises to
be the event of the season. The tickets are
going of rapidly.
Mr. E. Max, q well known and successful
dry goods merchant of Beaufort, s. C., is in
the city on business, and is stopping at
the Harnett House.
The tug Souder, which was sunk at the
coal wharf, lost her cabin and upper works.
She is now living just west Of the works Of
the Savannah Oil Company.
Tom Small, cOlOred, was arrested about
half-past y o'clock Saturday night by Police
Lldu AuElius On tue CuaIkt VI uIuuhCuu6co
and disOrderly conduct on the street.
Nick Wall, the individual who dehed
arrest and had such fearful struggle with
Policeman NungsZer, was Saturday in the
Police Court fined S25 OF thirty days.
The tin roof Of the Knlckerbocker Ice
Company, which was blown of during the
storm, has been replaced with new roof,
and the building is now in complete order.
Capt. H. G.. BarrOws, of the revenue
steamer Discover, left Saturday by the City
OF Augusta on a months leave of absence.
HIS many friends wish him q pleasant trip.
The DessOug brought among her other
freight from New York Saturday, an i'm
mense oil tank, thirty feet long and weigh
ing 1900 pounds, for the Savannah OH
Works.
The British steamship Maharjah, which
has been lying at Sapelo quarantine, arrived
at TYhee quarantine last evening and viii
come to the city after spending ten days at
that place.
The steamer H. B. Plant left for Beaufort
st six o'clock last evening for the purpose
OF bringing large party Of cOlored excur-
siOnists to this city. She is expected back
at two O'Clock to-day.
The British bark speedwell, from
Jamaica, W. l., put into TYbee Saturday IN
on the voyage, and she is out Of provisions
and has lost some Of her sails.
We learn that Charles Allen and James
Maddox, who were injured in the accident
st the junction four mile post on the Cen
tral Railroad about two weeks since, are
fast recovering and will soon be well.
The steamship SaragOsss, Capt. Hooper,
arrived here yesterday from Baltimore with
a number of passengers and big freight.
She was drawing fifteen and half feet,
and had very rough seas from the Cspes
down.
Shortly after ten O'Clock Saturday night
| Claiborne Brown and Cato Butler, negroes
who had been carOusing, got into dispute
| and created considerable disturbance on the
| street. Policeman Fsrr CHANGED along and
capturing the disturbers pranced them off to
the barracks.
The schooner Hattie E. Giles, Captain
/ Often, from New York to Jacksonville,
/ Fla, put into Tybee yesterday evening II
/ distress. She reports having been eighteen
days out and experienced southeast winds
and rain squalls, during which her sail
were very badly torn.
| About 9 O'Clock Saturday night Policeman
/ Mock had occasion to arrest white
man who was very noisy and dis
/ orderly on the street. The fellow resisted
violently, but was eventually overcome and
/ marched to the barracks, where he gave the
/ name Of Reuben Brown.
We are informed that it is the prac-
/ tice of some parties to amuse themselves by
/ shooting with ali rifles from the rear por-
tiOns of offices on the Bay. This amuse
meut Is rather dangerous and should bt
stopped. Saturday a culOred girl passing
| in the vicinity was shot in the head anC
| painfully injured.
! In attempting to take the pilot off the
| steamship Lancaster on Thursday last the
dory Of the pilot bosti Odell was capsized
| The accident occurred when near the steam
/ er, and life buOys aud lines were promptly
/ thrown to the boats crew and they were
| hauled on deck of that vessel. The sea wal
running very high at the time, and the pilo
and the men were sent aboard Of the Odel
in the Lancaster's life boat. The dory wa
| lost.
Saturday night, about II o'clock, fraca
occurred on the corner OF BrOughton anC
| Barnard streets, between the Italian fruit
vender who conducts business in thai
vicinity and some other party whom hC
thought bad iusulted him. There was
lively scuffie for a while, and then a fearful
cry for police by the party who was getting
the worst Of the combat. There were NJ
arrests, and the affair ended before It wai
| aspertafued who the marty was