Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-01
Matters and Things Laconicany

swelterlng July has come.
Hon. W. s. Basinger left for Atlanta last
night.
"a bales Of cotton we're the receipts yes
terday.
1917 bundles of hides were the receipts
yesterday.
Pulaski Council No. 15S, Royal Arcanum,
meets tonight.
3o1 ,S39 feet OF lumber were exported
coastwise yesterday.
terday were IS bales.
1899 barrels of rosin and 294 casks spirits
turpentine were received here yesterday.
The bonnet should be used on all mules
and draft horses during the heated term.
The United States revenue cutter Bout
well arrived here yesterday from cruise.
$40 barrels Of rosIn and 50 casks spirits
turpentine were the naval stores sales yes
terday.
Jasper Council No. 10, 81. c., viii elect
officers for the ensuing term at their meet
ing this evening.
The comet can be seen now, so could
three pages OF arrivals registered at the
Marshall House yesterday.
The Portuguese bark LULA, her tackle,
ttCs Will OC oOA0 SCACAN VIZ
custom house at IL o'clock to day.
There was only one trifing case before
the Police Court yesterday. and the total
assessment amounted to only three dollars
An important adjourned meeting Of the
stockholders Of the Savannah, Skidaway
and Seaboard Railroad Company will be
held at the Office Of the President at twelve
O'Clock to-day.
Charles Brown, the negro who made an
assault with a cotton hook on Henry Green
at the steamer Florida's wharf on Wednes-
day, was Yesterday committed to jail by
Magistrate Molina, to answer the charge.
The Worthington pump, in use at the
Water Works, has been in service since
May, 1874, not 1877, as enormously printed
Ia the article yesterday, and 1t is In prime
condition yet, and has not been any expense
to the city for repairs.
The wharf under the bluff, between Bull
and Drayton streets, which was burned
during the recent fire, is being replanked
and thoroughly repaired distance OF one
hundred and twenty-five feet front and
about forty feet back from the front.
The schooner John Douglas, from Bruins
wick, Ga, with timber, which arrived In
| New York on the 18th, reports that on June
| 9th at 1880 p. m. she went ashore on Or
chsrd Shoals In fog, but succeeded 10 get
ting of on the morning of the 18th without
any apparent damage.
The Norwegian bark COLUMBIA was yester-
day cleared for London by Messrs. Hoist 81
/ Co. She carried 1000 barrels spirits tur-
pentine, measuring s., SOB gallons. valued at
| 500. $50, and ], 345 barrels of rosin, weighing
! $50, 545 pounds, valued at $1,000. Messrs.
| A. Sprunt 81 Son furnished the cargo.
Last night about 10 o'clock Policeman
Farr found a white man lying helplessly
drunk On Charlton street. He procured a
/ wagon and treated the unconscious tippler
to q ride to the barracks. He was too
drunk to give his name or explain the stu
alton, and was locked up to sober OF.
William Bren, Esq, the very efficient
aud popoular General Ticket Agent of the
Associated Lines Of Railway, has returned
from brief trip of recreation, which We
/ regret to learn was not as beneficial as was
anticipated, and received cordial welcome
from his many friends. He possesses the
same indomitable energy, however, and has
buekled down to business with an earnest
ness which shows he is not dismayed by a
thermometer registering 80 In the shade.