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


Battery Park was crowded with pleasure
seekers yesterday afternoon.
Thunderbolt and Isle Of Hope had nu-
merous visitors yesterday afternoon.
A meeting Of iourneymen plumbers win
/ be held tonight at O'Clock.
The market Saturday was well supplied
with vegetables, but not otherwise.
The barge lockwood is being reprinted
and having some necessary repairs made.
Mr.. NJ. H. Meyer, Receiver OF Tax Re-
turns, has q notice OF interest in this morn
ing's issue.
John Lewis, colored man, supposed to
be insane, was lodged st the police barracks
for safe keeping.
We tender our Acknowledgements for an
invitation to attend collation. of the Bar
tows to morrow night.
s notice of interest to the stockholders of
| the Southwestern Railroad Company ap-
1 pears In another column.
Colonel James Atkins was among the pas
| sengers who arrived here yesterday by the
| SaragOsss from Baltimore.
Mr.. E. Z. Byrd, editor OF the Blackshear
| NegS, was in the city yesterday, and regis
tered at the Marshall House.
Three new steel boilers arrived here Sat
/ urdsy on the New York steamer for the
/ upper OOllUu LEcS5.
From some cause there has been a rapid
/ advance 10 eggs recently, and thirty
| cents per dozen is the price now.
A dividend Of three per centum has been
/ declared by the Savannah Gas Light Com
pany, payable on the l4th inst.
Specific taxes for 1881 are due and Collec-
tor J. J. MCGOWAN has notice of interest
| to all concerned in another column.
The handsome turnout of Capt. Mani
gsult, driven tandem, attracted consider
able attention on the streets Saturday.
Sergeant KillourhY yesterday arrested
| two individuals who were bathing In the
river inside the city limits in nude state.
About twenty head Of cattle, the property
/ of Mr. J. Rsuers, we're brought up from st.
GATHERINGS Island yesterday on the barge
Mary.
The Ford Amateurs have their regular
/ monthly meeting at eight O'Clock promptly
| to night, and full attendance OF the mem
I bers is desired.
The fourth Of July excursion 70 Tybee OF
| the Land League, it is predicted, will be a
| mammoth affair. The committee are work
| ing theoretically.
Saturday morning about halt-past ten
/ O'Clock, man too drunk to give his name
was arrested BIZ Policeman Deignan and car
ried to the barracks.
/ St. Patrick's R. C. T. A. B. Society will
| have their annual picnic at the Schuetzen
/ Park on the l4,h inst, for the benefit OF the
/ Barry male orphans.
The steamer City of Bridgeton did not
| leave Saturday evening as usual, laying
/ over here one trip for the purpose Of hav-
| ing a new steam pipe put in.
/ Robert Williams, colored, was arrested
/ last night about half-past nine O'Clock by
Policeman Counihan, for drunkenness and
| disorderly conduct on the street.
The schooner B. c. Terry, which was par
| italy burned during the late fire when the
Wheless was destroyed, on Saturday sailed
for Chester, Pa, with a cargo OF lumber.
Considerable interest is manifested in
nautical affairs at present. Several fast
yachts are out sailing on the river almost
every evening, and new ones are being built
PA. Stovall, ESQ, of the Chronicle and
| COnstitsttionalist, ana Christopher Gray Esq
of Augusta, were among the passengers
for New York Saturday by the City Of Ma
con.
The Savannah yachtmen will rendezvous
| this afternoon st Montgomery prepare
tory to starting on their annual cruise.
| They will visit Brunswick and take in the
regatta.
The pleasure yacht Hattie, Captain Don
nelly, arrived here Yesterday from Fer
nandina. She is said to be fast sailer,
and may try her speed with some of our
yachts.
Among the Savannahians for New York
by the City of Macon Saturday were Mr.. j.
| W McAlpiu, wife and daughters, Mrs. VIM.
! Rogers, and Mr.. Geo. L. Appleton, wife and
daughter.
We learn that about three hundred bar
| rels of rosin will be sent from this port to
St. Mary's during the early part OF this
week to complete the cargo of a vessel
loading &C that point.
The confirmation class OF the Hebrew
Sunday school presented Rev l. r Mendes
| a magnificent French gilt clock, as a testi-
mOnial of their regard and appreciation OF
his valuable instruction.
The steamship Saragossa, Captain 7. A.
| Hooper, reached her wharf at 1:30 p. m.
Yesterday, having made the run from Balti-
more in sixty three hours and against head
! winds most of the time.
William Bradley, colored, will make his
appearance before the Police Courts this
morning to answer the charge of assaulting
| and striking a man in the street, thereby
creating an excitement.
There are now sc bows at the Bethesda
| Orphan House. Gentlemen who have
made 'smore money lately than they know
what to do with" can put some Of it TO
good use by giving 1t to Bethesda.
The Jury summoned by Hon. j. o. Ferrill,
| Ordinary, to inquire into the alleged lunacy
of well known lady, was dismissed Satur-
day without doing anything In the matter
The case will come up st some future day.
The Chatham Artillery will give their
moonlight excursion on the 14th, leaving
here at p. m. and returning about mid
night. II will be very select affair, and no
/ L,,E, ,Ior Of tha xufl
Henry A. Well, Esq, prominent citizen
Of Darien, and well known in Savannah,
passed through the city Saturday.
He is en- route to his old home in Germany,
which he has not visited in twenty-five
years.
The city authorities desire to tax the
property of the Savannah. Florida and
| Western Railway within the jurisdictional
limits, and will make application to the
Legislature for an act granting the requisite
authority.
The Yacht, ordered from New York some
time since, and specially built for Mr.. Ray
mond NJ. Demere, arrived here Saturday by
the steamship City of Columbus. She is
regular beauty and will undoubtedly make
| a record.
We would call the attention of all lovers
of the beautiful to the magnificent flower
| bed Just east of the fountain, which the
| efficient Keeper, Mr.. Theo. Moves, has con-
structed. There is nothing equal to 1t In
| the South.
Hon. A. Pratt Adams, of this city, is an
nounced to deliver the opening address at
the fifth annual fair of the Glynn County
| Agricultural Society, which will be held at
Brunswick, commencing tomorrow.
Visitors to the Park Yesterday afternoon
were interested in watching the numerous
fish which now disport in the fountain basin.
It is supposed they came through the water
| pipes. Among them is fine trout about
six inches long.
Prof. Henri Gwynn left Saturday by the
steamship City of Macon en- route to Sara
| toGa, where he goes, after a day or two
passed at Long Branch and Newport, TO
assume bis duties as promenade usher Of
the United States Hotel.
Henry Frime was encountered on the
street about 1920 O'Clock Saturday night
by Policeman Far-, very drunk, and for fear
that be would soon be down, the officer
kindly took him to the barracks and gave
him bed Cd the ground floor.
Gas You Like tn and the "Romeo and
| JulietH Base Ball Clubs played a seven
inning game of ball Saturday, which re-
| suited In victory for the former on a score
of 81 to 81. Both clubs anxiously await a
challenge from some other organization.
There will be four excursions this week.