Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-16
Matters and Things LAcOnieAilV

Excelsior Lodge No. 8, K. Of P, meet to-
night.
The sale Of rosIn yesterday amounted TO
al barrels.
Seventy I've barrels Of rice were sold here
Yesterday.
Savannah Lodge No. 1l5S, <. of h, will
meet tonight.
Chatham Mutual Loan Association VIII
meet this evening.
TIE stock Of rice in this market Is OelDs
/ rapidly exhausted
Good ordinary cotton declined 4 cent per
| pound here yesterday
There are fewer vessels in port now than
/ At sny time this season.
JoseDb J. Wilder. ESQ returned from bis
| summer trip yesterday.
The assessment at the Police Court yes
teriay amounted to $77.
The prospects for good matinee at the
Police Court to-day are quite favorable.
Navor John F. Wheaton is expected
home to-day by the steamship City OF Au-
gusta.
Amongst the freight bv the Central Rail
road Yesterday was 1900 feet OF poplar
lumber.
The Plant brought large cOlored excur,
sion from Beaufort yesterday, and returned
last night
NC. Collier, ESQ, sill ofieiste as Solicit
tor General pro TEN. until the return OF tue
Solicitor.
Rev. BIB. Sans and wife. of Button,
s. C., were registered st the Marshall House
yesterday.
Messrs. Hymes Bros. have received the
contract for making the winter uniforms OF
the police force.
The steamship George Appold sailed for
Baltimore yesterday with q large frelgnt
and several passengers.
H. Fraser Grant, ESQ.,, who has been
spending the summer in North Georgia, re-
turned to the city Yesterday.
At the meeting Of the Railroad Mutual
Loan Association last night 5000 were
sold at 2S per cent. premium.
Among the Americans registered at Paris
We notice the names Of Col. WE. GraYson
Mann and wife, Of Savannah.
Joe Bird, eolored, was arrested by Police
man Mock Yesterday afternoon for driving
cart through Charlton street lane.
In response to many inquiries, VIC will
state that the answer TO that conundrnm
published IN the Sunday Telegram is ''Ihe
whale"
The irst bale Of new cotton received in
Cincinnati Ohio, was from Dawson, Ga. II
classed middling and brought Ss1S cents
per pound.
Sarah Kennedy, colored, wes found drunk
on the street about twelve O'Clock last night
By Policeman Power and was conveyed to
the barracks
An advance took place in the bacon mar
ket Yesterday. Clear rib sides, dry sailed
clear rib sides, and long clears were ad-
vanced &c.
Twas alternately chilly and sultrY yes
terday. and that polar wave was anxiously
looked for. 1t is due anywhere between
the 18th and 10Th.
The rudder of the steamer City Point,
which was broken recently at Fernsndins,
having been repaired, she arrived here as
usual yesterday.
A hill entitled IAN act to incorporate the
| New England and Southern Steamship Com
paDy'' will be introduced at the present
| session of the Legislature.
The southwestern section of the city is
/ troubled with burglars, and they are after
money, not articles, as the appearance OF
several places visited by them shows.
Wm. Brown, the colored warrior, who
was arrested for beating his brevet Martha
| Brown on Sunday night, was yesterday In
I the Police Court fined SO or thirty days.
Mr.. W. W. MackallJ Jr.s HnO has Oeeu
| filling the position Of Solicitor General so
acceptably during the absence Of Mr.. ChaIl-
/ ton, left last evening on visit to virginia
/ and The North.
/ The city dretge is deepening the front OF
/ the new wharf Of the Baltimore steamship.
! The intention is to dredge sufficiently to
| give fifteen feet at low water and twenty
/ one feet at high water.
Joseph Jackson, cOlOred, was arrested
/ Yesterday afternoon about three O'Clock, for
/ disOrderly conduct on the street aud inter
/ fering with ". A. johnson, cOlored, and
| was taken to the barracks by Policeman
/ Crowley.
/ We have received a small stalk contain
/ ing five large cotton bOlls, which was cut
| from Mr. Tom TTulOck's farm. "DOwling
improved seed" will make over bale to
/ the acre. Mr.. TrulOck lives at Whigham,
| Decatur county, Ga.
! Dan Small, the negro who was possessed
! of the evil one, and pranced out upon the
/ streets on Sunday night in a nude state and
was arrested by Policeman Kelley, was yes
terday, in the Police Court, fined $40 or
twenty days. Dan will not be seen abroad
the remainder Of the month.