Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-21
Matters and Things LaconfcaIly
Nafah.

Oranges are very scarce IN this market.
May cotton futures were frmer yesterday.
The -four market IL very firm and tending
upwards.
The timber market IS comparatively quiet
at present.
Sixty bales of wool have been received
here this week.
The arrivals at the hotels are slowly de-
creasiDg.
Excursion tickets to the springs will soon
be announced.
The assessment at the Police Court yester-
day amounted to $11.
There were $50 bales of cotton sold in
this market Yesterday.
The rosin market is booming Just now,
and prices are advancing.
The -colored people were excurting In
various directions yesterday.
The value of the foreign exports from
this port yesterday was $50, $50.
0ae thousand and seventy-tWo bales Of
cotton were received yesterday.
See that your chickens are securely
housed. The raiders are abroad.
The steamer Eliza Hancox carried large
excursion party 70 Beaufort yesterday.
Savannah Rife Association have meet
ing this afternoon at the SchutZen Park.
The Savannah District Conference con-
venes in Savannah on the LIST June next.
The fremen are preparing actively for
their anniversary contest on the 9TH prox.
We notice that the Monitor" is engaged
in sprinkling the vicinity Of the court house.
The Superior Court of Mcintosh county
will be convened on Monday morning next.
A car Of cattle arrived here yesterday by
the Savannah, Florida and Western Rail
way.
Six hundred and seventY-four barrels OF
rice have been exported coastwise this
week.
The excursion Of the Lutheran Sunday
School to Tybee yesterday was pleasant
affair.
z. King, Esq. Of Fort Ogden, Fla, proba-
bly, the largest dealer in cattle in Florids,
is IN town.
The Spanish brig Jose Maria, which has
been laying at quarantine, will arrive up In
day or two.
The market for sea island cotton is very
quiet just now, there being but little stock
to operate on.
The steamship VIM. Lawrence arrived
yesterday from Baltimore, having made a
very fast trip.
The grand jury of the City Court has
been discharged until O'Clock p. m.
Wednesday, the LIST of June.
Policeman Monk registered booty indi-
vidual at the barracks, who was found on
the street in a helpless condition.
The fountain on Bay street, at the foot of
Drayton. was taken up yesterday, and some
necessary repairs made thereto.
VI
ara determined that their excursion on the
18th will be grand affair.
The tickets for the great complimentary
concert to be given at the Cathedral on the
9TH prox. are in active demand.
There was grand frolic among the col
Ored folks at Thunderbolt yesterday, base
ball match being the principal feature.
An application for incorporation has
been made to the Superior Court By "The
Planters Guano Company Of Savannah.
Several parties narrowly escaped being
gOred by an Infatuated COW on Thursday
afternoon on Walnut street, near Harrison.
One thousand and ffty-one barrels of
rosin and two hundred and eight casks
spirits turpentine were received yesterday.
Judge VIM. D. Harden and a party leave
70 night for trip over the Waycross Short
Line to Jacksonville and up the st. Johns.
We understand that another meeting will
be called on Tuesday Of our prominent citi-
Zsns in the interest Of the new hotel enter
prise.
A change has been made IL the schedule
Of the Savannah, Florida and Western Rail-
wav, which will be found in our columns
this morning.
1t is understood there will be meeting
Of the Central Directory on Wednesday
next, when the question Of dividends will
be considered.
The triiing character of many of the
cases brought before the grand jury Is
shown In the numerous emo bills" returned
in the City Court yesterday.
Carrie Marshall, a colored woman charged
with stealing loOking-gla from Minnie
Morse, was arraigued in the Police Court
Yesterday, but was discharged.
Two million, twenty-one thousand, eight
hundred and thirty five feet of lumber, val
ued at SAC, 436, have been shipped coast
wise and foreign during the past week.
Among the arrivals at the Marshall House
yesterday were Mrs. Geo. r. Black, Misses
A W. and G. K. Black, of Sylvania. who
have just returned from trip to Baltimore.
The Norwegian bark Hesperia was cleared
yesterday for Cronstadt with 200 bales of
uptd0Q CObiOus HciSutuS t0otNOO
valued at $50, 600, and FIVE half barrels Of
rice, valued at $50.
Mr. T. F. Black, the newly appointed
Collector of Customs for st. Mary's, Ga,
was in the city yesterday. on his return
from Washington, to report for duty and
take charge OF his Office.
A policeman, charged with unnecessarily
beating a prisoner, was yesterday, after a
hearing by the Mayor, fined IS. While we
condemn any brutality on the part Of OFF,
GERS, it cannot be denied that the savage re-
sistance they often meet with from disor-
Derby parties they are compelled to arrest
is exceedingly trying.
The Savannah fraternity are well repre-
scented among the officers of the Grand
Commandery Knights Templar. The At
lanta Constitution says: "Tha annual ad-
dress was by the Hon. A. Pratt Adams, of
Savannah, and was one Of the richest
OTatorical treats that has been given an At
lanta audience in long time. Mr.. Adams,
from the beginning to the end Of his re-
marks, held the unbr0ken attention of his
audience. His address was decidedly one
of the best efforts OF his life, and success
of which he may well be proudn