Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-19
Matters and Things Laeonicany

Savannah Lodge No. 1,15S. K. of H.
meets tonight.
Excelsior Lodge No. s, K. Of P, have
meeting tonight.
General A. R Lawton and family are
Lithia Springs, Va.
One hundred and eight barrels OF rie'
were the sales yesterday.
The assessment at the Police Court yes
terdaY amounted to S69.
What Savannah needs now and neeoi
badly is good refreshing rain.
Anumber of savannahisns are registered
at the hotels in Asheyille, \. u
There are fourteen vessels up, cleared
/ and sailed for this port at present.
Only one arrest was recorded at the police
barracks last night up to II O'CLOCK.
There Is q lively demand at present TO
carpenters and all classes OF mechanics.
Two seaman have deserted from the Nor
wegfan bark Gogls since she has been II
port.
326 barrels of rosin aud 1S2 casks spirits
of turpentine were the naval store sale
yesterday.
An important special meeting OF the Re
publican Blues will be held on THURSDAY
night, 2lst inst.
Acting Mayor Hamilton disposed Of quite
a large number of transgressors at the 70
lice Court Yesterday.
Hon. J. B. McDufie, Mayor of Hawkins
Vile, was in the city Yesterday and regis
tered at the Marshall House.
At the meeting of the Railroad Mutua
Loan Association last evening S5,OOO were
sold at IS per cent. premium
One thousand one hundred and eight bar
rels Of rosin and 169 casks Of spirits wer'
the naval store receipts yesterday.
The steamship Sarsgosss, Captain I. A
Hooper, brought large freight and mum
Der Of passengers from Baltimore.
Mr.. w. E. Miller, the clever head elerl
OF Buffers drug establishment, left yester
day evening on g short trip to Atlanta.
A seaman named Wilhelm Olsen deserted
from the Norwegian bark Ngborg day Of
two since, and has not yet been captured
The weather yesterday was an improve
ment on that of Sunday, though the TEN
perafure was sufficiently high for all pur
poses.
The steamship Santiago de Cuba arrived
up yesterday, having arrived at Tybee from
Boston on Sunday night. She brought
large freight.
The pilot boat Neca arrived here yesterday
at about two O'Clock from Charleston
where she has been on a cruise with 1
pleasure party.
In game Of ball for championship be
tween the Morning Stars and the Savan-
nahs, the Morning Stars beat the Savannah
by score of 16 to 4.
The Spanish brig Don Francisco was OF
Yesterday cleared for Barcelona by Messrs
Charles Green s. Co., with lbs. 800 feet Of
lumber, valued at 81 OIL %.
Adam jackson, a colOred trooper, wa.
arrested by Policeman NuDgsZer about
O'Clock last night, charged with disorderlI
conduct, cursing on the street.
People who live at Montgomery are to bt
enyied. One resident was found yesterday
who had the rashness to assert that 1t was
quite cool and pleasant there on Sunday
night.
There seems to be q general disposition
among our citizens to enjoy change fol
the summer, and the sale Of excursion
tickets to various points North is reported
20 be unusually large.
Clinton Williams, the colored Individual
who created such an excitement on Sunday
afternoon on the street and abused and re
sisted a police officer, was yesterday fined
! so OF so days, in the Police Court.
In the Legislature yesterday bill amend
/ ing the military laws Of Georgia was intro
/ duced by Colonel Basinger, and bills incor
/ porating the Citizens Savings Bank Of
| Savannah and authorizing the city o.
| Savannah to tax the property of the Savan
nab, Florida and Western Railway, were
presented by Mr.. Nichols.
Among the passengers by the steamship
Sarsgossa, from Baltimore yesterday, wal
o. L. Rhodes, Esq Of the house of Tucker
& Co., gentleman widely and favorabll
known 10 the social circles of the "MOnu
mental City" who Is on an extended touI
through the South. We had pleasant cal
from Mr.. Rhodes last evening.