Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-10-06
Matters and Things LaeOnieaIIy



Noted.
There were sold here yesterday 351 bar
Tels of rice.
solomon's Lodge No. l, 2. and a. NJ,
meet tonight.
The exports Of lumber yesterday were
359, 22S feet.
Cotton futures declined five to seven
points yesterday.
Charleston has contributed 1898 % to the
Michigan sufferers.
The assessment at the Police Court yester-
day amounted to S1lO.
special meeting Of the Schuetzen Soeie-
ty will be held tonight.
The pilot boat Olell is on Jones' railway
having her bottom examined.
The revenue steamer Boutwell, is still in
the marsh on McQueen's Island.
The receipts of rough rice at the Upper
Steam Rice Mill are quite large.
Messrs. A. Haas * Bro. are advertising
for Confederate Government bonds.
Mr.. II. NJ. Mcintosh, editor Albany Daily
Nelns and AdtertiseT, is in the city.
An important meeting of the Liquor Deal
ers' Association will be held this evening.
There is very little activity in the stock
and bond market at present, and sales are
limited.
Cautionary signals were displayed yester-
day. There is every indication Of
severe storm.
1t Is understood that the police will petit
ton Council at the next meeting for an
increase Of pay.
The steamship Gate City had seventeen
cabin and two Storage passengers for New
| York yesterday.
oh lac
! evening owing to the strong easterly wind
| that was blowing.
There were received here yesterday
/ 6,32S bales OF cotton, exported z. sos bales
and sold ], 1894 bales.
The receipts of naval stores yesterday
amounted to 70S barrels of rOsin and 14o
casks spirits turpentinc.
The sales Of naval stores yesterday
amounted to leo barrels OF rOsin and Isl
casks spirits of turpentine.
The wood and coal dealers began to look
smiling and happy yesterday when the Their
| mOmeter commenced to drop
There was very great change in the
weather yesterday, ana there was evidence
OF the approach Of the cold wave.
Gen. Henry r. jackson was in attendance
upon the meeting of the Trustees Of the
Peabody educational fund in New York
yesterday.
The schooner Jessie was on yesterday
cleared for Aspinwan by Messrs. Sloat,
Russell Il Co, with AGA ,675 feet Of lumber,
valued at S2,964 20.
A number of mechanics ordered from
EeW York to repair the schooner May Morn
arrived here yesterday morning and went
immediately to work.
Rev. Day;.;5s NcMeekin, the irish minister,
81. and IpQtnFR AT the
Independent Presbyterian Cau:ch prayer
meeting this afternoon at O'Clock.
There will be petition presented to City
Council at the next meeting for permission
to put up poles for the Electric Light Com
panY,w which IS about being organized.
The continued good order OF the city is
extremely creditsbie. Our vigilsnt police
failed To find a subject worthy of arrest up
to hslf-psst one O'Clock this morning.
The steamer City Point brought three
boats here yesterday for the use OF the
lighthouse service, one for Fig Island, one
for the oyster banks and one for CocksPUr
Island.
Mr.. John Bresnan, the genial and enter
prisiDg manager of the Marshall House, re-
turned yesterday from an extended tour
North, looking in remarkably fine health
and spirits.
ton to the first grand ball of the Savannah
TurnvereiD, which takes place on Monday
evening, the 10th inst, at their hall, and
promises to be fine affair.
Mr.. II. H. Sanford, who is in charge Of
the South Georgia and Florida Savannah,
Florida and Western Railway exhibits a.
the International Cotton Exposition, Allan
ia, was in the city Yesterday.
The accoutremeDts for the officers Of the
Germsn Volunteers have been received, aud
are exceedingly tasty and elegant The
Volunteers will make a splendid display in
their new uniforms on their anniversary In
January.
Mrs. Samuel Hall. of Macon, mss received
an invitation to attend the Yorktown Cen
JennisI celebration, October Is, 1881. Mrs.
Hall was q Miss Ashe, daughter OF Colonel
Samuel Ashe. Her father was an side to
General Lafayette, and was present at the
surrender. The invitation was sent for that
reason.
Mr. Chas. s. Morse, formerly of Savannah,
but who left here in 1865 and now lives at
Corsicana, Texas, was in the city yesterday.
II represented the Grand COmmandery Of !
Knights Templar of Texas at the obsequies |
OF the late President, at Cleveland, Ohio. |
Mr.. Morse is Clerk Of the Supreme Court Of |
Appeals Of Texas.
A party Of serensders were rather uDcere- |
mORiOusiy treated while giving a serensde |
at house on Hull street on Tuesday night. |
Whilst sweetly warbling a small boy, who |
had no music in his soul, threw a large rock |
into the group, which struck one of the |
yiolins, breaking it, and causing the warblers |
to disperse rapidly.