Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-29

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TIE bseoa market il very firm and ad-
vzlGinE At present
The assessment At the Police Court yes
terisy amounted 20 $50
Prime wool, free OF burs, advanced half 3
cent. per pound yesterday.
The deaths 10 Charleston last week mum
atrci 52-whites IS, colOred "a.
Cotton futures declined from six TO seven
points yesterday from previous quotations.
A 6ne air-rias will be rsfied az LsFsr' =
store al hasf-past ten O'Clock this morniag.
Henry Jackson, q colored youngster, was
fned s. foT playing base ball In the streets.
The excursion Of the Land League to
Tybee Oh the sth VIII be one Of the events
q the season.
Ercurss0n tickets to Charleston, two dol
lars Tor The round trip, viii be on sale the
"a and 81. good until the 5th July.
Amoug the passengers by the City OF
savannah, from New York yesterday, was
Judge Tuisgs, q Augusta
The regatta on the All at Isle OF Hope
win. from indications, attract larger crowd
shan has ever been seen AZ that resort
The steamship saragOssa carried among
her freight 20 Baltimore yesterday 81
packages 81 vegetables aud 200 water
melons.
The steamship Saragossa, Captain 7. A..
Hooper, sailed for Baltimore last evening
with an immense freight and a number OF
passengers.
sam shellman, the colored kleptomaniac,
vas yesterday fined SIS and thirty days on
the chain gang fof stealing shoes from the
store % y. +. Farrell
When 3 man asks YOU now els the
N.a oh for
"Wcli, 7 should smile" but remark, "Well,
] should rejoice 70 shiver."
The steamer Centennial brought a very
ia-Ee freight on her last trip, including 8,
go bushels Of rough rice. She also brought
some thlrty-one passengers.
The comet can be distinctly seen In the
uur-heasteru horizon with the naked eye
between half past two and three O'Clock,
and q Is worth remaining up all night 70
see.
II Is understood the Jacksonville Light
Trfaztry all bring forty members They
WI arrive here on the morning Of the 4th,
and viii Re received 81 the depot by the
Republican Blues
Prof. G. 5. Mallette met with considerable
rrcnurArement from the musically inclined
during his recent visit 70 Augusta, aud will
rhcrfiv uroduce with amateur talent IN that
cifv s.The Pirates Of PenzEnce-"
he governmental having built In Charles
trr a new snag boat, which will be com
rletes ln about two months, and viii be
used 70 remove snags and deepen the river
between t1ts city and Augusta
NIuuIe Beckman, colored, charged with
ursrr obscene language ard lighting and
alag Ilsnrde-iF, WAS captured Oh the street
ahrus i'll o'clock last night By Policeman
Ioues and pranced 70 the barracks.
colored BOY named Robertson, charged
si.h violating city ordinance. playing ball
fr tae street. was arrested last night about
seven cfelnck by Policeman Friers0n. An
-1sAer e. Tor the city exchequer.
ne comet seen 90 the northwestern por-
foz Of tie horiz0a last night about nine
O'Clock Is supposed 20 be identical with that
discovered near CapellG, and Of Whiehsmen-
tson Is elsewhere made. Many, however,
believe Il to be AnOthe. starry visitor.
A eoiored man named Montgomery EN-
rleved a. the Savannah Paper Mills, was
badly naked yesterday afternoon y GET
tfrF caught ia the machinery, but cot seri-
cuslv injured. He was sent home, ard mad
8 physician summoned 70 attend him.
Amour the arrivals Al the Marshall House
vesteriav we're T. f. Newell, ESQ.,, sOn.in-
law OF Governor Colquitts Miuedgeyille,
Ca e. W Bgington, s. A. TOwnsley, baltl-
more. Nd: "A. T. Chapman, Macon, Ga; i.
". Oliver, Jr., Sylvanis, ia.
The funeral Of Sister Agatha, Of the order
Of oar Lads Of Perpetual Help. which took
place a. the Sisters Chapel yesterday morn
ing. was largely attended The services
were conducted BY Bishop Gross, assisted
~ the Catholic clergy, and asolemn requiem
mass vas sung.
A i0xial gentleman on South Broad street,
near Whitaker, whose folks were up look
ing AZ the comet early Yesterday morning,
created = sensation among the poultry IN
the nsighborhoOd by Initiating the tapping
Of wings aud Growing. Every rooster from
Bun street 70 Jefferson Immediately gave
ehrill crow.
Mrs. Matilda Semmes, widow Of Raphael
Semmes. an uncle OF the Confederate Adj
ulral Of that name, died recently At War
renton, Va. aged eightY-one years. she
was the mother Of I. j. Semmes, pToml-
rsnt lnv-v,.r OF New Orleans, aud Of DR.. A.
J. Semmss. formerly OF Savannah, now
Vice President Of Pic Mono College, Macon,