Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-21
Matters and Things LaeOnieaIly
Noted.


Noted.
Railroad Mutual Loan Association meets
to night.
Any tramp can boast that his word Is IS
good as his bond.
The boys are beginning to manifest q de-
are for Easter eggs.
The street car lines did 9 big business
yesterday afternoon.
Clinton Lodge No. "a. T. A. NJ. have a
meeting this evening.
The sir Is filed with uaterislisu. dogma
tism aud rheumatism.
The assessment at the Police Court Sat-
urday amounted to six dollars.
Roller skating will be discontinued at the
Masonic Temple until further notice.
The steamer st. Johns arrived Saturday
from Florida with one hundred and sixty
passengers.
Yesterday was beautiful day, and In the
afternoon the Park was thronged with
promenaders.
Mr.. John A. Jones, travelling agent Of the
Virginia Midland route, is on 9 business
visit to the city.
Among the passengers from New York
Saturday by the Gate City, were Mr.. VIM.
Battersby and wife.
H. F. King, Esq, Of Boston, connected
with Bradstreet's Reporter, Is In the city,
accompanied by his wife,
The steamships VIM. Lawrence, from
Baltimore, and Worcester. from Boston, ar
rived yesterday with big freights.
The Gate City arrived Saturday, from
New York with 43 cabin and steerage pas
sengers and an immense freight.
Major George A. Whitehead, General
Passenger Agent Central Railroad, left Sat
nrdsy by the City OF Augusta for New
York.
Z. F. Ludwig, Esq, Superintendent of
Court News Department Of the Gold and
Stock Telegraph Company, New York, is in
the city.
The members Of the Ford Amateurs who
are cast for the next performance are re-
quested to meet at Mozart Hall at $50
O'Clock on Tuesday next.
An important meeting of the Ladies' As
ISOLATION Of Solomol's Lodge will be held
Tuesday afternoon at the residence of Mrs.
5. P. Hamilton. A full attendance Is desired.
Mr. NJ. B. Curtis who plays "Sam'l OF Pc
sen" to morrow night at the Theatre, is the
original "Moses" who made such hit sew
eral seasons ago with Milton Mobiles Com
pany.
Mr.. Henry E. Hutchins, of Savannah, and
Miss Mamie H. Everitt, of Townsville, were
married at the residence Of the BRIDES
mother in that place on the nth inst, by
Rev. J. McGehee.
A party pretending to be deaf and dumb
is going about the city imposing upon the
credulously charitable people. He intimates
that he is a shipwrecked mariner, but he Is
a fraud. Beware of him.
Tomorrow night the popular comedy In
three acts, entitled samuel OF Posen," will
be presented at the Theatre by Mr.. NJ. b.
Curtis and fine company. Secure your
seats at Bren's during the day.
Two refrigerators of strawberries, six
hundred and twenty-six packages of fruit
and thirty six packages OF vegetables, were
among the freight Of the City OF Savannah
for Philadelphia Saturday.
Forty-two packages OF fish, five refrigera-
tors Of strawberries, one hundred and sixty
nine crates and four barrels of vegetables,
were among the freight of the City of Au-
eusta for New York Saturday.
The engrossed copy Of the resolutions
adopted by the Hibernian Society, In tribute
TO their late lamented President, was the
work Of Mr.. P. NJ. Russell, Jr., whose skillfUl
and artistic style of penmanship is well
known.
The Norwegian bark Venskabet was on
Saturday cleared for Pasajes with 25O
bales of uplard cotton, weighing 1881
pounds, valued at $l6,2 $50 l2 2l4,96I feet
OF lumber, valued at SO SOB 56 f, and II, 643
feet Of timber, valued at $1,000.
Saturday night about quarter to O'Clock,
James Phinizee, an enterprislng colored in
dividusl, sought to make raise by robbing
the peanut stand of Thos. seades. He
was caught by Policeman Jones and carried
to the barracks.
James Noble, a colored warrior, was very
drunk and disorderly on the streets Saturday
night about quarter to nine o'clock, and
when Policeman Counihan spoke to him he
| became very insolent and abusive and re
sisted arrest He was suhjugated and car
ried 10 the barracks.
w. P Lswshe, E O., of Atlanta, and
b Ide, nee Miss Fildes, the accomplished
| daughter of Colonel f. r Fildes, of the
! Monticello Ella Constitution are registered
at the Marshall House. They are On thei
bridal tour and viii remain In Savannah 6
few days.
We hear that pioneer corps is to be or
| ganized from the colored military The uni.
forms will be striking. The members are te
be six feet, weigh one hundred and eighty
pounds, and will wear shakos, bucksin
aprons and gauntlets, dark coat and pants
and will carry broad axes.
Occasionally an item goes the rounds Of
the press about the time that the first cotton
was grown ia Georgia. 1t is an historical fact
that as early SIS May Is, 1742, the Hon.
James Habersham furnished Gen. Ogle-
thorpe with upland cotton, raised at Bethes-
da in 174l or earlier.
The gallery of the Superior Court was
filed early Saturday morning with the col
ored population, anticipating thai the
Golden case would be proceeded with.
Some Of them had their buckets with them,
indicating that they had come from dis
lance and with the determination Of seeing
the end of the case.