Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-08
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The receipts q Noted ..a,,.v w,ro 60
bales. Ntton YeS'eiiSS ware %
to-day. ~ 'N' ~ !
There were Ia barrels of rice sud here
yesterday.
Yesterday was conceded to be the hdtest
day OF the season.
Twenty five bales of cotton were sold il
this market yesterday.
Savannah Rife Association meet for prac.
tlce at the Schuetzen Park this afternoon.
There will be jubilee excursion of col
Oied folks to Fort Pulaski on the 18th inst
The exports yesterday were 262. 900 feet
OF timber and l67s 554 feet of lumber, all
| cOastwise.
The Norwegian bark Nyborg, which has
been anchored at quarantine, arrived up
! Yesterday.
The assessment at the Police Court yester-
| day wss SIS, and the candidates an paid M
promptly.
The tug Constitution will lay lra for a
short time for the purpose Of undergoing
general repairs.
The sales Of naval stores yesterday
reached $50 barrels of rOsin and 100 casks of
/ spirits turpentine.
Alliance Lodge No. $50, Knights of
Honor, will have an installation of officers
at their meeting tonight.
The steamer City of Bridgeton brought
amongst her freight yesterday tWenty-six
bundles Of alligator skins.
The receipts of naval stores Yesterday
amounted to ], 405 barrels OF rOsin and 435
casks Of spirits turpentine.
There will be q big excursion of the
Morning Star Association, of Augusta, to
this city on the oath instant.
A very important meeting Of the German
Volunteers will be held to night, and-a full
attendance Of all members is desired.
Remember the pleasures offered by the
Church Guild excursion to Tybee this after
noon, and De sure and secure your tickets.
The tug Commodore FOote has been com
pletelY Overhauled aud repaired, and is now
IN thorough order and ready for business.
1t was too hot for rows yesterday, and up
TO midnight only one arrest, a drunken daT-
KEY, had been recorded at the police bar
racks.
The horse Matte trotted on Wednesday
afternoon on ThundeFbOlt Park course
against time and made one mile in three
minutes.
Rev. s. S. Sweet, popularity known to the
readers Of the News as Jack Piano."
arrived in the city yesterday from Macon, eu
route to New York.
The steamer Florida made the trip to
Florida yesterday in place Of the steamer
City Of BridgetOn, the latter steamer hav-
ing been laid up for one trip.
Mr.. J. Anton Graef. the efficient Deputy
City Marshal, leaves for Germany in few
days to look after some important matters
consequent upon dealh in his family.
The city dredge belonging TO Messrs.
DickersOn x Paulsen, which is excavating
at the Central Railroad wharYes, has had a
new dipper attached to the dredging sp-
psraius.
Col. Charles D. Owens, Agent in New
York Of the Savannah, Florida and Western
Railway, who has been in the city the past
day or two, left for Jacksonville on business
last night.
An advance took place in the bacon
market yesterday. Clear rib sides, dry
sailed clear rib sides, and long clears adj
vauced &c. and shoulders Sc, the market
closing steady at the advance.
\ rather savage fight occurred Wednes-
day, near Webb's restaurant, Savannah,
Florida and Western Railway whsrves, be-
tween two white men, which resulted in
both being very severely bruised and bat
tered.
a collision between two government
officials on Wednesday afternoon was the
tsik yesterday, and was reported to have
been quite lively until the sudden appear
ance Of a stranger, who terminated the CON-
bat.
\ lapslts pegnG in the notice of the regatta
Yesterday made US transfer the handsome
yacht Wave to Brunswick ownership. The
Wave won the second prize I'm the first class
race on the Ash, and is owned by the Messrs.
Wylly, of this city.
The roof of an old shanty on York street
lane near Drayton, which consists Of old
shingles, dry to the verge of rOttenness,
caught fire yesterday from the heat Of the
sun, we are informed, and burned quite
bTiskly for few minutes.