Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-06
Matters and Things LaeOnIeallJ


Matters and Things LaeOnIeallT
st. Patrick's T. A. B. Society meet to
night.
Cotton futures were irregular and excited
yesterday.
Excelsior Lodge No. 5, K. of P, meet
this evening.
There were received here yesterday 5,56S
bales Of cotton.
There were exported cOastwise yesterday
~, 36S feet of lumber.
Savannah Lodge No. I ,153, K. Of H, have
their regular meeting this evening.
Yesterday was q regular field day in the
Police Court, and the assessment amounted
to Sol.
The schooner NJ. B. Millen, Capt. Dyer,
yesterday sailed for New York with cargo
Of lumber.
The schooner May Morn commenced dis
charging yesterday, preparatory to undergo
ing repairs.
The s. F. * ". Railway commence max
ing deliveries Of naval stores from their
wharTes to-day.
Middling fair, good middling, middling,
and low middling cotton declined &c. at
p. n. Yesterday.
In the House, yesterday, the bill enlarging
the Jurisdiction of the City Court Of saVan
nah was passed.
The bill chartering the Augusta canal and
Savannah Steamboat Company passed the
House yesterday.
Clear up sides, dry sailed clear rib sides,
long clears and shoulders advanced an
eighth cent yesterday.
The barge Mary will leave for Sstilla river
at O'Clock tomorrow evening, from the
foot Of DraYton street.
Five hundred and fifty barrels Of rosin,
and 262 casks Of spirits of turpentine were
the sales here yesterday.
The receipts of naval stores yesterday
amounted to SCI barrels Of rosin and 3l5
casks spirits Of turpentine.
The services Of prayer for the recovery Of
President Garfield, to be held TO day, will
be very largely attended.
The steamer Katie arrived here about ten
o'clock last night, from the river landings,
with heavy freight and passenger list.
There was an unusually high tide in the
river last evening, which afforded fine op
pOrtunity for stranded vessels 10 float of.
There are ten steamships in port at pres
ent TO load for foreign ports. At the same
time last year there were only three in port.
The Swedish bark Batavia commenced
discharging her cargo yesterday at the
wharf Of the Savannah Oh Works, across
the river.
The proclamation of the Mayor appoint
/ ing to-day as a season OF especial prayer for
the recovery Of President Garfield appears
| elsewhere.
The tug Constitution reports that t he
| river near Is bee is full of new lumber, an
/ she had considerable trouble In avoiding 1t
| In coming up.
We notice that the city hands are burning
the dead leaves, which have been raked up
in piles on nearly every street OF the city.
/ This is a good idea.
There are twenty nine vessels up, cleared
/ and sailed for this port, comprising two
steamships, one ship, twenty barks, three
brigs and three sehOOners.
The Irish Jasper Greens had their flag at
their armOry displayed at half mast yester-
/ day in respect to the memory Of honorary
member Major John Foley.
Among the arrivals at the Marshall House
/ Yesterday was Chief Engineer w. q.
| Wheeler, L. S. K u. cutter Boutwell,, who
has Just returned from leave Of absence.
A very large quantity of machinery srriv
/ ed here by the steamship Blackstone, from
Baltimore, yesterday, greater portion OF
which is destined for the Atlanta EXpOsi-
ton.
| At the rate that cotton is now coming in
| the foreign bound steamships will not have
great trouble In securing cargoes. Sufficient
was received yesterday to load one steam
ship.
There is a large, unsightly pile of tin lying
/ on the platform in front of StOddard's Up
per Range, which should be removed. 1t
| is In the way Of pedestrians, and cannot be
| considered ornamental.
George Manning aud Josephine Small,
/ cOlOred, who disturbed the saUctity of the
Sabbath afternoon By fighting in house in
/ Cooper Shop lane, were yesterday In the
Police Court fined each SIS.
A party went down with the tug Bachelor
at 5 O'Clock last evening for the purpose Of
/ endeavOring to haul the pilot boat Ne INFO
| the wafer. She is now about sixty feet up
in the marsh, in Lszaretto creek.
"Oh, don't you remember
That this is September,
And with it the oyster appearsf
Fit food for the gods,
Kings, princes and lords,
And for him we give three cheers"
An order was yesterday granted by the
Ordinary admitting TO probate on the first
MOnd.y in November the will of the late
Charles Green. Messrs. Collier, Charlton
s. Mackall are the proctors for the pro-
FOUNDERS.
A large force of workmen are now en-
gagged in repairing the Savannah, Florida
and Western Railway WharVes which were
so badly damaged during the storm. The
bridge across Wiliink's has been finished,
and vehicles Of all kinds can now pass over
it without any trouble.
W. A. Horges, who got on a little breeze
and was perambulating South Broad street
Saturday night, added to his hilarity by
pulling out his pistol and firing across the
street, the ball striking the office of Msgis-
trate WoOdhouse and burYing itself in the
wood. Yesterday Hodges was fined So.
The Warren and Crawford base ball clubs
played a match game on Sunday afternoon
last, on the grounds east OF s., F. & w. Z.
r shops for thirty five dollars, the War
rens coming out victorious. Nine innings
were played, the Warrens making twenty
three runs, and the CraWfords twenty-five
ruUs.
We have been informed that underneath
the Central Railroad whsrves has been
thoroughly searched, and the carcasses Of
no dead animals can be found. The often
sive odor that existed there for q short time
was probably caused by the body Of some
animal that was washed up by the tide and
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