Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-17
matters and Thlnsa Laeonlcails


day.
Clinton Lodge No. "a, F. A. NJ, meets to-
night.
Railroad Mutual Loan Association meets
tonight.
Mr.. Jacob Cohen returned from New 7 ork
Saturday by the City Of Columbus.
The county convention of Republicans
will assemble IN this city on the 24th inst.
The Colquitt Blues, colored, viii have an
excursion 10 Macon on the 10th August.
The crossing at the corner Of Montgom-
cry and Bryan streets is greatly In need Of
repairs.
A very large number of people went down
to TYbee yesterday on the steamer st.
Nicholas.
A new schooner, the Nora Bailey, Captain
Barker, sailed from Bath on the 9th instant
for this port.
St. Patrick's T. A. B. Society have their
fourteenth annual picnic at Montgomery on
Wednesday.
The Grand Lodge OF colored Odd Fellows
meet in this city on the first Tuesday in
August next
The city was comparatively deserted yes
terdsy, and the different suburban resorts
were tnrOnged.
A special meeting Of great importance
day at - o'clock.
The Forest City Light Infantry, colored,
will have a picnic at ThunderbOlt on
Wednesday, 18th inst.
Il is understood the regatta OF the Isle Of
Hope Club viii take place at Isle Of Hope
on the 81 Of August next.
An important meeting OF Tattnall Council
No. SS4, A. l. II will be held this evening,
and q full attendance is desired.
The regular monthly meeting of the Ex-
| ecutive Council OF the CitiZ EMS Sanitary
| Association will be held on Wednesday
night.
| There were a large number Of visitors at
/ Is.e OF Hope yesterday. The recent i'm
movements at that resort are q decided at
ractiOn.
The steamship Ssragossa, Captain T. A
| Hooper, arrived here yesterday afternoon
from Baltimore with large freight and
number Of passengers.
Among the freight by the steamship
Juniats for Philadelphia were 5,032 water
melons, 272 boxes of vegetables and AZ
boxes OF fruit.
The City Of Macon carried to New York
/ Saturday among her other freight &c, l6l
watermelons, 247 boxes and barrels OF vege
tables and 81 turtles.
| a negro WAS dIIbettu hUOub ~ v ClOCh odb-
urday night for creating disturbance on one
| Of the Coast Line cars. He was taken to
| the barracks By Conductor Clayton.
The brig Annie Batchelder, from Phila-
| delphia for this port, which sailed from De.
| laware Breskwater at 1928 p. m. July 10,
vas at p. m. returning to that port.
Mr.. Henry C. Kennedy, editor Of the Gulf
| Coast ROqrcSS, Tampa, Fla, and core
| spondent Of the Florida Daily Times, Jack
sonvllle, called at this office Saturday.
Among the passengers by the City OF
| Macon for New York Saturday were Msj.
/ = L. HartTidge, Capt. 3. ID. Green, W. W.
Rogers, J. j. Waring and W. g. Cooper and
family.
The improvements in progress at Mont
gOmery, on the City and Suburban Railway,
| are progressing finely Work of renovsting
| the old Willett House will be commenced
to-day.
Mr.. J. Strasser and wife were among
the passengers who arrived from Baltimore
Yesterday by the steamship SaragOssa after
| a brief but pleasant visit to the MOnumen-
tai City.
The tug Constitution left on Saturday for
Port Royal to tow the schooner Nellie I.
Morse to this port, where she will 90 on the
ways. She has been leaking badly near the
keel, and all of her cargo has been dis
charged.
| The Ford Amateurs will have rehearsal
70 night, and every member Of the associa-
ton 6 requested TO be present. The rehear-
sails of "Richelieu" have been progressing
satisfactorily, and the association have
secured an excellent actress for the part Of
''Julie de Mortimer"
A negro man named Joe Davis, while
walking on the steamer Katie's wharf at
! Aslf past four O'Clock Saturday afternoon,
| was suddenly seized with q cramp in his
| left leg and fell PROSTATE on the ground.
| Another negro who saw him fall went to his
assistance, and after some hard work got
him on his feet.
George r. Alexander, OF Savannah. a
popular university man Of the class Of 1876,
| went up to Athens this morning. George is
! now a successful young merchant of Savan-
| nah, aud does not make his annual pilgrim
| age to the mountains for nothing. He will
| have company on his return trip some Of
these daYs.-Atgtsta Fleming Aeaes.
We are pleased to see Mr.. Clarence Clark,
who was so severely burned several days
since ty the explosion of the soda fountain
he was charging In the drug store of Messrs.
G.. NJ Heidi y Co, at his post. His suffer
ings were intense, but he bore them with
Christian fOrtitude, aud mis- confinement was
cheered by the devoted attentions OF bis
Sunday school scholars, who manifested the
greatest sympathy for him.