Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-05


A Charleston firm adveriises for fifty
thousand best Savannah made brick, to be
delivered in that city.
Among the freight by the steamship City
| Of Augusta for New York were three hogs
heads Of alligator skins.
The Senate on Saturday passed the bill
/ - amend the charter of the Savannah,
/ Florida and Western Railway.
James Aston, colored, was Saturday
/ fined one dollar for violating the city ordi-
nance by driving through lane.
| Among the guests registered at the Mar
shallHOuse Yesterday we're Messrs. Z. L. and
E. 7. Gsillard, Of the Pavilion Hotel,
Charleston.
The pilot boat John r. Wilder is under
| going repairs, which VIII be completed In
about week, when she will be ready for
business again.
The carcases Of some dead animals are
| living under q portion Of the Central Rail
| road wherves, and render the air In that 10
| cality very offensive.
The tug Leon, from DOboY, which has
been on Wrlink's ways undergoing repairs,
win leave for DOboy to-day, having been
| put In thorough order.
Lieut. r. W. Clark, L. S. r. NJ. cutter
Boutwell,, returned to the city yesterday,
/
at the Marshall House.
The assessments az the Police Court Sat
urday amounted TO eleven dollars, ten Of
| which we're collected from parties who had
been up the day previous.
| The steamer Plant made an excursion to
| Tybee yesterday, carrying about two hun
dred people. many Of whom had not seen
the island since the storm.
The steamer Pilot Boy arrived here at two
! D. n. Yesterday from Port Royal with the
| Swedish bari: Batavia in tow, and left again
for that place at six D. m.
| Policeman Smith conveyed to the barracks
/ yesterday afternoon Shepard Kettle, col
| Ored trooper, who was so booty that he was
abO1t to 20 to bed in the gutter.
The tug Wade Hampton:which came here
| for the purpose Of towing the bark Helen
Sans to Charleston. on Yesterday left foI
that place with the bark in tow.
The first advance agent Of the season
made his appearance in the field Saturday.
! He heralds he Humpty DumptY troupe,
which opens here on the 18th inst.
Bridget Brcokley was discovered lying in
| a house on RrOughton street yesterday az
| ternoOn stupidity drunk, and was taken 70
the barracks by Policeman Malone.
| The steamship Mararsjah, which had beer
her anchors sll the way across SspelO Sound
during the storm, and is now ashore OF
Barbour Island.
| The schooner VIM. Hooker, belonging tC
Mr.. VIM. II. Ray, ar lived up from Tybee
Saturday evening. She brought up Mr.. Ho
mans and M. McVeigh, and some good:
belonging to Mr. Ybanez.
A. Turner, cOlored, was drunk and disor
DERBY on the street yesterday afternoon, and
was very abusive to Nicholas Rine. VEher
Policeman COunihsn stepped up and hus
tied him off to the barracks.
a letter from Daufuskie Island, s. c., re
| ports that the wharf, boat and boat house
at the lighthouse station were washed ava
in the late storm, and several small house
/ on the island we're blown down.
In order to get the pilot boat Johh Stod
dard sfoat Is will be necessary to deel
about fifteen hundred cubic feet of dirt
She is lying on the Tyhee side Of Lazarett
creek, about seventY-fve yards up.
an the cars and rolling stock of tn
Macon and Brunswick Railroad are bein
lettered z. T., V. & G., meaning East Ter
nessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad, an
t the locomotives are being numbered.
5 Mr. Vim. H. Ray, owner Of the Maid o
the Mist, Satu day perfected contract 70
raising her, and it is expected she will b
up in q few days. She is sunk IN the rive
near the foot CT West Broad street.
The bodies CT two colored men and q CO.
! ored woman have been floating aroun,
Venus Point for several days. The
were seen by several gangs of negroes, non
! OF whom took sufficient interest TO secur
the bodies.
About IL O'Clock Saturday night, Police
mau O'Keefe found a white man lying Il
the street so drunk hat he was utterly IN
, able TO tell his name. He was conveyed I
the barracks aud was locked up to sober
of.
W.T.. johnson, ESQ., and bride, of Macon
G. W. Smith, ESQ. and bride, of DobOY, an
FrArcis II. Co cock, Esq, and bride, o
, Seminole, s. e., arrived in the city Satur
day and registered st the Marshall House
2 The happy couples are en- route North o.
their honeymoon trips.
The Swedish bark Batavia, which arrIvei
! here Yesterday FROM Port Royal, report
that on Friday last, when about twenty iv
m les 10 the southeast of Hunting Island
she fell In with the schooner Caroline Hall
abandoned, laden with lumber and water
logged, and she took her into Port Royal
where she now is.
The remains Of the late Mr. Robert Lach
lisOn, and those of his wife, who dieC
several wears previous, were brought to tn
city Saturday from Union leland by tn
steamtug Crescent City and taken L
BOnaVeDtuTe Cemetery, where they wer'
Inferred in the family lot. A large numbe
Of relatives and friends Of the deceased
attended the funeral.
Mr.A. L. Mamlock, who for a number o
years has been freight agent of the Savan
nah, Florida and Western Railway at No. l
on that line, was quite heavy sufferer b.
the recent storm. The roof Of his stori
near the station was blown of and BIZ
, stock Of goods nearly entirely ruined b.
, water. His fences we're blown down
, His loss is quite heavy, and he has the sym
pathy of many friends in his misfortune.
A cOlored girl named Catherine jackson
living on the corner of William and Farm
streets, met with singular and painful scci
dent on Saturday. Ii seems that she wa
sewing and put the needle which she wa
using in her mouth, when it slipped dow
and lodged IN her throat, causing intens,
pain. The services Of DR.. Chisholm wer,
called IN, who, after some difficulty, sue
cessfully removed the needle aud afforded
relief.
In the account Of the recent accident OF
the Central Railroad given by the NEWS, 1
twas represented that Boney Roundtree, tn
train hand, who was severely injured, was
colored man. This was an error, the result
misunderstanding. Mr. ROuudtree is younl
white man, native Of EiiiDgham county, anC
resides at No. Central Railroad. Though
his condition continues serious, we art
pleased TO learn that the chances Of his re-
coVery are very favorable.
It has been stated that the place of Mr.
George L. Appleton, at Montgomery, had
only been slightly damaged by the storm
We regret TO learn that this was not thu
case, rs information received SATURDAY.
states that the wharf and both sides OF this
boat house were blown away, and the bean
tfful grove of oaks in front of the residence
were Ieveled. The cedar trees on the place
were either uprooted or badly injured, and
several outbuildirgs, besides all the fencing
were blown down.
eoIored man named James johnson,
laborer. who was engaged in loading thu
steamship City of Savannah, had narrow
escape from drowning about nine o'clocl
Saturday morning. He had a barrel o
rosin on his truck, which slipped OF as h
reached the gangway and was falling over.
board, when he attempted to catch 1t ans
fell headlong into the river along with thu
rosin. A rope was thrown to him and h
was hauled on shore. The barrel Of rosil
Naofa1 nd we ole