Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-10-10
Matters and Things LacOnIcaIIy


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There were sold here Saturday thirty
barrels of rice.
Cotton futures declined eighteen points
on Saturday.
The value Of the foreign exports Satur-
day were S7S9, 694 q.
The repairs to the schooner Maid OF the
Mist have been completed.
Knights Of the Golden Rule, Castle Troup
No. %, meet this evening.
The assessment at the Police Court Sat-
urdsy amounted to only -.
DeKalb Lodge No. 9, 1. o. o. F., holds its
regular meeting this evening.
Mr. C. Downing, Jr., of the trm of Chess,
Carley s. Co., is In the city.
Spirits turpentine declined one cent
per gallon in this market on Saturday.
The United States revenue cutter McCul-
Tough, from Charleston, arrived here Satur-
day.
There were sold here Saturday l 600 bar
rels OF rOsin and 600 casks OF spirits tur-
pentine.
The steamer David Clark arrived here
from Brunswick Saturday night with a good
freight.
There is one good thing about boy when
circus is In town. You know where to
look for him.
The German Friendly Society will hold
their regular monthly meeting this evening
in Turner's HALL.
Mr.. NJ V B. Wschtel will engineer the
Charles E. Ford opera company through
the South this season.
The Georgia Hussars will hold their regu-
lar quarterly meeting to day at u O'Clock
at No. 10 Bay street.
The schooner Lucy WheatleY will arrive
here 20 day from Port Royal for the purpose
of undergoing repairs.
Quite a number of arrests for drunkenness
ana disOrderly conduct were reported at
the barracks last evening.
Tue Young Mems Christian Association
holds its regular meeting at its rooms on
Perry street this evening.
The Portuguese bark Adelina Patti went
upon Willink's ways Saturday for the pur-
pose Of undergoing repairs.
Col. VIM. NJ. Wadley, wife and daughter
were among the passengers North by the
steamship City Of Macon Saturday.
The steamship City of Columbus arrived
Saturday from New York with q large
number Of passengers and big freight.
The house being built on the tug J. W.
Lynn will be completed in about week,
when she will be again ready for business.
A surveying party will go down to Tybee
to-day to hold a survey on the British
bark Valencia, which put in there in dis
tress.
The steamship Cyphrynes while in port
lost her anchor near the Planters Rice Mill.
1t was recovered By the divers VIM and
Shekels.
The schooner NJ. B. Millen, Captain
Dyer, which arrived here Saturday from
New York, made the trip from wharf to
wharf in four days.
The British steamship Cyphrynes, from
Galveston for Liverpool with q cargo Of
cotton, which put into this port for coal,
Saturday cleared for her destination.
The steamer Mary Fisher, Captain Tay-
/ lOr, arrived here from Hawkinsville on
| Saturday, and will run regularly between
here and that place during the business
| season.
The German brig Mary Louisa, Captain
/ Meincke, which, since the late storm, has
been here undergoing repairs, sailed yester-
| day for her destination, Hamburg, Ger
many.
The British bark Valencia, Captain Whit
comb, from Brunswick, Ga, for the River
/ Platte, with a cargo Of lumber, put into
Tybee on Saturday leaking and with the
loss of deck load.
We are pleased to state that the health of
| Judge Erskine, about which there was some
! concern expressed, has been greatly bene-
flied by his summer vacation at the North
ern watering places.
A survey was held on the Portuguese
bark Adelina Patti on Saturday, and it was
recommended that the copper should be re
moved from her bottom, and that she be re-
caulked before proceeding on her voyage.
The mate of the British brig Alaska fell
down the hold OF that vessel a few days
siuee, and SO badly injured one of his legs
that he had to be taken to the City Hos
pital where he still remains under treat
meIt.
Mr.. B. Il. Richardson left last night for
Yorktown, to act as special correspondent
of the News at the forthcoming centennial
celebration at that place. His letters will
doubtless prove both interesting and in
structive.
On Saturday there were exported from
this port 10. 5S4 bales of upland cotton, OF
which 1,043 bales went to Philadelphia,
997 bales to New York, LOSS bales to
Baltimore, and Il, 4S6 bales went to Liver
pool.
The schooner Seth w. Smith, which went
ashore on Sapelo quarantine station beach
/ during the gale aud was afterwards sold,
was gotten off on FRIDAY night in good con
| dition and arrived at DobOy on Saturday
morning.
Mr.. Henry l. Davis, the Clerk of the City
/ Ma ket, who slipped down and broke his
| leg during the cold weather last January,
and who has been away for several months
eudeavoring to recuperate, has returned.
He is still unable to walk.
Joe Mccall, cOlored, created some excite
ment on the streets yesterday afternoon by
first getting drunk and then getting into
| fight He was promptly arrested, however,
| and His Honor will decide this morning
whether or not his excuses for his lawiess
| conduct are valid.
Mr.. w. W. Starr, Jr., Agent Of the Cen
| trail Railroad in Augusta, is In the city max
| ing arrangements for the transportation to
Yorktown OF the famous guns belonging to
the Chathams These old historical pieces
Of artillery will leave to morrow for the
memorable scene of their capture.
As officer Mcdonald was passing Wight
mans bsTrOom, on South Broad street, at
1915 last evening, he was struck with a
rock and billy in the hands of some negroes
there assembled. He fred two shots at his
assailants, aud the lawless crowd dispersed
so rapidly that he was unable to effect any