Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-10-27
Matters and Things LacOnIcaIIy
Noted.

Spirits turpentine Is tending upwards.
The sales Of rice yesterday were pa bar
rels.
Cotton futures declined four points yes
terday.
Major A. L. Hartridge has returned from
the North.
Zerubbabel Lodge No. Is, F. A. NJ,
meets tonight.
Tie value OF the foreign exports yester-
dsy was ISL, 5S5 81.
The schooner Caroline Hall came down OF
Willink's ways yesterday.
The name Of the steamer Carrie will be
changed to the Alice Clark.
The Spanish steamship EIvira arrived up
from quarantine Yesterday.
The Georgia Hussars will assemble for
drill tonight at their drill room.
The exports of lumber Yesterday from
this port amounted to 279, 402 feet.
Only two arrests reported at the barracks
last night-bOth for drunkenness.
The sales Of naval stores Yesterday were
300 barrels rosin and 101 casks spirits tur-
pentine.
Confederate bonds are still on the rise.
A. Haas & Bro. now pay from So to 50 so
per 81, 600 for them.
Sale OF seats for the Youths Historical
Society entertainment begins at $50 tC-
morrow morning.
The receipts Of cotton at all the ports
yesterday were q. 541 bales, against IS, ITO
bales for the same day last year.
There were received here yesterday
/ eight hundred and thirty-fOur barrels Of
rOsin and sixty casks spirits turpentine.
The Ocean Steamship Company had three
| extra steamships In port yesterdaY-the
/ Des.oug, Junista and Herman Livingston.
| The bark VIM. Gordon. which arrived at
/ Tybee q few days since, has been ordered to
/ St SimOn's Island TO load for the river
Platte.
The Catholic Knights OF America, Branch
No. IS, meet this evening. Important bust
ness Is to be considered, so full attend
/ anee is urgently requested.
Messrs. Ben. ]. Green and A. J. Coles, Of
! Charleston, Engineers Of the HarbOr In
| provements for Georgia and South Carolina,
| registered yesterday at the Marshall.
We desire to return thanks to Mr.. W. w.
| Broughton for a box of ssTdines, the same
being the undivided One-sixth Of prizs
won by him at the Blues entertainment
Tuesday night.
A heavy wheel fell on the foot of a
| colored labOrer at the Baltimore Steamship
| COmpany's wharf yesterday and iujured
him so severely that he was compelled to
seek medical attention.
His Honor yesterday had his time Occu-
! pied with four cases. One was dismissed,
| and the result of the other three was eight
dollars IN the City Treasury or thirtY-hve
days in the service Of the city.
The City Council did commendable act
last night in voting, without 3 dissenting
voice, to pay TO late Sergeant Harvey IS
widow and child the amount Of his pay due
up to the expiration Of his term Of office.
The jury investigating the murder of John
Pedro nave not yet been able 10 ascertain
who is guilty Of the foul crime. The muir
dered man was a fireman on the steamship
Crimdon, and not of the Imbros, as has here
tofOre been reported.
The Spanish bark NiriuOsa, Captain Lleal,
was on yesterday cleared for Barcelona, by
Mr.. Charles Green's Son, with 1,5OO bales
OF upland cotton, weighing 697, ia pounds,
valued at $S0.576 IL, and 81, 632 feet OF
lumber, valued at 81, O09 81.
We received yesterday morning an invita-
ton to be present at fine collation. given
at the Theatre Tuesday night by the com
mittee 10 charge of the Blues entertain nent.
Literally an invitation the day after the
feast. Nevertheless, thanks.
Yesterday at 1l:3O a m. exactly thirty
three parQuette seats had been sold for the
RentZ-SantleY performance tonight. 1t was
a remarkable fact too that every purchaser
OF such a seat was destitute of capillary
substance on the summit of his Uranium.