Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-19
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&Three schooners and a bark arrived YES.
terday at this port.
The assessment at the Police Court YES.
terday amounted to thirteen dollars.
A notice Of interest from the Health Off,
Ger appears 10 this mornings issue.
The Juvenile Opera Troupe win present
"Flnafore" at the matinee this afternoon.
The rain last night was very heavy and
was accompanied By thunder and light
ming.
The Bohemian Glass Blowers will be the
day night
1. Z. Hill, Esq, proprietor Of the Ire
mont House, Washington, D. c., Is in the
city, and is registered at the Marshall House.
There have been shipped from this port
during the past week over one million feet
OF lumber, most Of which was to foreign
ports.
Rev. J. D. Herr, D. D., Of the Central
Bsptist Church, New York, VIII preach in
the Baptist Church on Sunday morning at
IL o'clock.
Patrons Of the opera who went to
the Theatre last night minus their um-
brellzs found themselves in a disagreeable
plight at the close OF the performance.
During the past week there have been ten
Barcelona, one to London, one to Carnar-
Won, one to Bremen and one 10 Bristol.
Previous to the parade In Charleston on
Thursday, the Jasper Greens were comph-
mented with salute Of thirteen guns, fred
by the Lafayette Artillery on Citadel Green.
Nineteen citizens summoned as Jurors In
the murder case In the Superior Court yes
terday, were stricken from the list because
they were opposed to capital punishment.
Our telegram from Tybee last night states
that at half past seven O'Clock the velocity
OF the wind at that point was twenty miles
per hour and increasing, and that there was
also dense fog.
Schooner William Wiler Qate Huutley),
from Savannah for Philadelphia, put into
Fernandina March Il In charge of the mate,
Van Zandt, Capt. Huntley having been lost
overheard on the 18th.
The Superior Court room was crowded
throughout yesterday, and many OF the
seats usually reserved FOR members OF the
bar inside the railing were occupied by
curious colored persons.
The British bark Blomidon was on yester-
day cleared for Bristol, Eng, by Messrs.
Ii. Fraser Grant u Co., with q cargo Of
4, 15S barrels of rOsiD, weighing 1,7l9,625
pounds, valued at Sl5,642 81.
Joseph Cooper, a eolored individual.
found prowling about the lumber yard of
VIM. s. Hawkins, about half-past five
O'Clock yesterday morning, was Ia the PO-
lice Court fined i've dollars or ten days.
Mr.. George l. Siney. Jr., President Of the
Metropolitan Bank of New York, and
New York Mutual Life Insurance Company,
are In the city, registered at the Pulaski
House.
Mr.. Barton Hill, the well known actor
and elecutionist, who is In Augusta now
giving readings, proposes TO return to
Savannah and give . series Of readings for
some charitable cause, provided there Is
sufficient encouragement,
The British bark Pohona, Captain Mel
sen, arrived at Tybee yesterday morning,
having made>the voyage from Liverpool to
this port in twenty seven days. The POhona
carried cargo OF cotton from this port in
the early part OF tie season.
Residents in the vicinity Of West Broad
and Taylor streets complain greatly of the
"raging canal'' on the former street, which
is now almost impossible to pedestrians,
and urge that the Street and Lane Com
mittee give l. their attention.
The steam yacht Clean, belonging to
VIM. IL. Graham, Esq of Baltimore, was
anchored in the river yesterday at the foot
of Habersham street. She is from Jackson
vile, and is going to Baltimore, where her
owners reside. She is beautiful craft and
is said to have cost $4,000.
Rev. DR.. J. L. Girardean, of Columbia, s.
c., and at present filling the chair Of
theology in the Seminary at Columbia, will
preach In the Independent Presbyterian
Church to morrow morning and in the First
Presbyterian Church tomorrow evening.
The Doctor is an eminent divine, and is
well known throughout the South.
Atlanta Rst-Appeal: "Col. j. R.
Saussy and Capt Il. 4. Richards, of the
Savannah bar, are at the Markham House,
called here to attend cases In the Supreme
Court. Capt. Richards is In good spirits,
but Col. Saussy is deeply depressed and un-
usually sad, owing to the terrible death Of
his cousin, the Gar of Russia. Being a
man of remarkable elasticity of spirits, it Is
safe 10 say that the gallant Colonel will be
all right for the May picnics in the "Forest
City,"