Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-05
Matters aad Things L.conIeaIly

Cotton futures declined nve points Jester
day.
This is a good time to plant holiday adver-
tisements.
The sales Of rice yesterday amounted to
~ barrels.
The pilot boat John r. Wilder is having
her bottom cleaned.
Spirits turpentiue declined one cent per
gallon here yesterday.
Remember the sFWidoW Bedott" viii have
q matinee this afternoon.
A local cold weather prophet predicts =
heavy frost this morning.
The steamer Florida viii leave for Florida
this afternoon At two o'clock.
There were only two cases recorded at
the police bsrfacks last night.
How would society for the enforcement
Of the laws against crime dOi
The thermometer a. $50 O'Clock yesterday
morning registered 80 degrees.
The assessment at the Police Court yes
terdsY amounted TO eleven dollars.
There was a very good frost Yesterday in
the Country, and within two miles OF the
city.
The new retort house being built by the
ssvsnnah Gas Company is nearly com
pleted.
The United States Circuit and District
Courts will be convened on Tuesday, the
sth inst.
A letter addressed Rsmo salas, Savannah,
Ca, is held for postage in the Charleston
post Office.
The schooner George Noulton, Captain
Lancaster, sailed from Baltimore on the 81
for Savannah.
The cool snap yesterday was very vel
come. Nothing like bracing weather for
stirring up things.
The market IS well supplied with turkies
and ducks. The signs OF Christmas are
beginning to appear.
The tug Ak has arrived here from Buf-
ffalO, n Y, and will be employed in the
government service.
The sales Of naval stores yesterday
amounted TO 1,521 barrels Of rosin and 24S
| casks spirits Of turpentine.
Hon. James H. Blount, Of Macon, and
Hon. George r Black, of SERVER, are regis
tered at the Pulaski House.
The sale OF reserved seats for ''The Hearts
Of Oak" viii commence at Bren's ticket
Office this morning at 10 O'Clock.
The entertainment by the Ford Amateurs
/ for he benefit Of the Harvey family will
take place Cd Friday evening next, llth inst.
widow Bedott" is not alone in her be
| llef-sfelecfion for herself and damDation
| for everybody else" There are several
/ here apparently on the same line.
meeting Of the members Of the First
/ Pre- byterisn Church will be held on Sunday
| afternoon AZ hslf-past three O'Clock to con
slider the matter Of procuring pastor.
The schooner Vineyard, which struck g
/ snag IN Back river some time since and
/ sunk with o cargo OF rice, has been raised,
aud will 20 upon Jones' ways to day fol
| repairs.
Fred Paulding's company, which wa
/ billed for Savannah, has disbsDded and re-
/ turned North The young star, whose I'll
ness has been noted, still lies at the Brown
/ House, IN Macon, suffering from biliOu
/ fever and neuralgia Of the spine.
/ The British steamship Colombo which wa
| recently cleared by Messrs. JAS. B West 8
| Co. for Reval, will SSH for her destination
/ today. She carries this trip $3.50 bales Of
/ upland cotton, sll OF which is under deck
/ Last season she only carried 4,5l6 bales, o.
4 which 81 bales were on deck. Messrs
| Dixon & Brown we're the stevedOTes.
The Mobile register, noticing the appoint
mens II Judge TOmpkins to the bench o.
the Eastern Circuit, says: "Judge Temp
kins is an AlabsmiaD, born and raised II
this Stste, where he has many friends who
/ will rejoice at his second promotion to tbs
| bench waile yet On the sunny side OF thirty
| i've During the war he was an Adjutan
| Of Colonel Harry TOulmin's regiment"