Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-29
Matters and Things LaeOnIcaIly
EnrnA
Yesterday was a remarkably ouiet day.


Yesterday was remarkably quiet day.
A decline took place in fne rosin yester-
day.
les barrels Of rice we're sold here yester-
day.
The Guards Band win play at Battery
Park this afternoon.
There was only one arrest recorded at the
barracks up 70 l g. u.
The steamer Plant will be laid up to-day
70 have her hull cleaned.
The jasper Greens have 10" lily -e'en'
uniformed active members
4 fshiug partg LEFT Tybee yesterday morn
frv ~, the CsDOochee for warsaw.
2043 barrels OF r0sin and $40 casks spirits
/ turrerti0e we're the sales yesterday
Vorlrnen are engaged in repairing River
/ street between Drayton and AbeTcorn.
r 2 spruu1, ESQ left yesterday on a
I short visit to his home in North Carolina.
Niddling cotton and good ordinary ad-
vanced &c. yesterday, and low middling
&c.
-Four carloads Of waseTmelons arrived
here By the Savannah, Florida and Western
Railroad yesterday.
Workmen are now engaged upon Christ
Church, and the interior and exterior are 20
be greatly improved.
The bill cbarteriug the Savannah Storage
/ Company was passed by the House OF he
/ representatives. Yesterday.
The Sinking Fund Commissioners sdver-
I tIse for twenty five hundred dollars worth OF
city Of Savannah bonds.
The steamship saragossa, Capt. 7. A
Hooper, arrived yesterday evening from
Baltimore with very large freight.
The funeral Of Capt. MOrdecai Sheftsil
will take place this afternoon at half past
four o'clock from his late residence.
Among the numerous visitors now In the
CITY il Cap. Z. A Hendry, an old and
prominent citizen Of Monroe county. Fla.
The theatrical season promises to be the
hest for several wears. Inquiries for dates
81 the Theatre are being received almost
| daily.
/ The receipts Of naval stores were unusu-
/ ally heavy yesterday. amounting to 2,5O
/ barrels OF rOsio and s54 casks spirits OF tur-
| pentine.
Tenants yesterday we're complimented
with little billet dO1X from landlords an
nouncing that rents for the coming year
would be decreased.
The House Of Representatives at Atlanta
Yesterday passed law making the liquor
/ dollars, and 10 ScriVen county ten thousand
/ dollars.
Among the guests registered at the Sum
NIT House. Mount Washington, are Messrs.
/ T. G. Hunter, F. A. Habersham, Bierne
/ Gordon aud ". W. Williamson, Of savan-
/ nah.
B. F. Brimberry, Esq, the new Deputy
/ United States Marshal, arrived in the city
/ Yesterday from Cuthbert and registered at
| the Marshall House. He will enter upon
| bis duties at once.
/ The committees appointed for the pur'
| pose by the several obi Fellows Lodges are
| making extensive preparations for the re.
/ ception and entertainment Of the Grand
! Lodge OF Georgia, which meets here on the
I 10th OF August.
The new wharf for the Baltimore steam
| ships is finished and Is one OF the best and
/ most substantial in the city. II is three
/ hundred and thirty feet in length by forty
/ feet In width, and has three slips, each
/ twenty feet wide.
Messrs. A. K. Altmayer & Co. are making
/ a decided Improvement In their fine store on
/ Br0ughtOn street by converting one OF the
| show windows )0f which there were thee
/ into a door, thus doubling the width OF the
| entrance and giving additional light and
/ room.