Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-17


The bacon market is advancing.
1872 barrels of rice were the sales here
yesterday.
Cotton futures declined about ten points
Yesterday.
Jasper Council Home Circle No. 10 meet
this evening.
Pulaski Council NCa 15S. Royal Arcanum,
meet tonight
Spirits turpentine advanced one cent per
gallon yesterday.
Branch No. Irish National League viii
meet this evening.
The pilot boat Stoddard will shortly I'M
dergo thorough repairs.
Mrable dictu. No excursion or picnic an
nounced for to-day.
The assessments at the Police Court yes
terdsy amounted to $4S.
One hundred and sixty-nine bales Of wool
were received here yesterday.
There were no arrests recorded at the
police barracks up to midnight.
&C. S26 feet OF timber and 1854 1888 feet of
lumber were exported yesterday.
There will be no family excursion by the
Plant at l O'Clock tomorrow to Tybee.
The tugboat 8. Winpenny is being repafnt-
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The |. Y L. Social Club had delightful
excursion to Tybee yesterday afternoon.
Tybee promises to prove a greater resort
to Savannah than SulliVan's Island is to
Charleston.
Sizes in the cotton market are rather
small at present, only eight bales being
sold Yesterday.
Hibernian Society hold their regular quar-
Frr11 att dan no
Of the members is expected.
The visible supply Of American cotton on
the 10th was 1,SO1 ,626 bales, against ], 49,
075 at the same time last year.
The pilot boat Neca will lay up shortly
for the purpose of having new mssts put in
and being reprinted and cleaned.
The Savannah Volunteer Guards, at their
meeting last night, decided to have another
moonlight excursion early In July.
The exercises OF the High School on
Friday next will take place at the Savannah
Theatre at 10 O'Clock In the morning.
Letters Of administration on the estate of
W. D. Price, deceased. were applied for yes
terday by Capt. Jno. F. Wheaton
Col. L. NJ. Terrell, Superintendent of the
Railway Mall Service, was In the city yester-
day and registered at the Screven House.
A meeting of the officers OF the Savannah
Yacht Club win be held to-day to make ar
engagements for the Fourth of July regatta.
The return day of the City Court is the
Goth inst. and lawyers and others interested
are notified to govern themselves accord
ingly.
An important meeting of the Young
Mems Christian Association will be held at
their rooms tonight, and full attendance
is desired.
The visible supply of East India and Bra
lillian cotton on the 10th was 696, 100 bales,
against 721, 760 bales at the corresponding
date last year.
The ensuing session of the Legislature
promises to attract a number Of Savan-
nahians to Atlanta on account Of the local
bills to come up.
The steamship Saragossa, Captain T. A.
Hooper, arrived at her wharf last night
about eight O'Clock, from Baltimore, with
very heavy freight.
The trotting race at the Thunderbolt
Park Course Yesterday afternoon between
Charley Devlin and Aleck Stephens was
won by the former.
Mr.. j. H. AGREE, travelling and soliciting
agent of the Daily Florida Union, published
at Jacksonville, is in the city, and called at
News office yesterday.
Nine hundred and thirty-four barrels OF
rosin and eight hundred and forty casks
spirits turpentine we're the naval stores sales
in this market yesterday.
The steamer Fl. B. Plant will be taken
upon the ways to-day to have her hull
c,eaned, and tugbOat will make the usual
six o'clock trip this evening to Tybee.
Captain E. D. Green, United States Corps
OF Engineers, engaged in the survey OF the
- Ttorolfna &c in the
city and registered at the Marshall House.
We learn from official sources that there
we're only about four hundred and fifty per-
sons on the excursion of the Mite Society
on Wednesday, instead Of eight hundred, as
was estimated.
s. P. Shotter, Esq, of the well known
firm OF Harding. johnson & Co., arrived
here from New York few days since, on a
business and pleasure trip. He will remain
in the city about two weeks.
Scores of people visited Qulnan's Hiber-
MAN House Yesterday to inspect the hand
some erayon likeness of the lamented Capt.
John Mcmahon, and all expressed the
opinion that better picture could not be
obtained.
Mr.. John H. Griffin, Travelling Passenger
Agent of the Savannah, Florida and West
ern Railway, returned to Florida Yesterday
afternoon, and will next make his appear
ance in Savannah escoTting the Jacksonville
Light Infantry, who visit our city on the
fourth of July.
II excursion parties to Tybee will notify
Superintendent Thomas of the hour at
which they will return, we are sure he will
have cars on both the Whitaker and Aber-
corn street lines for them. 1t is unreasoE-
able to expect to have cars waiting an in
definite length of time.
Mr.. W. C. Powell, agent, and Messrs.
Chess, Carley Il Co., owing to their rapidly
increasing business, have found it necessary
to seek more commodious quarters, and
have rented and removed their offices to
the building southwest corner Of Bay and
Lincoln streets, formerly occupied by W..