Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-04-04
Matters and Things EaeonIsaIiy
Noted.
Iales at the court no use to-day.

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Georgia Chapter No. 3, R. A. NJ, meet to-
night.
The Northern tourists are fastening home
ward.
Straw hats are becoming numerous on the
streets.
Savannah Lodge No. 1,15S, K. of h, meet
/ tonight.
The picnic and excursion season Will soon
begin to boom.
Mixed corn advanced 21< cents per bushel
here yesterday.
An advance of five points took place in
cotton futures yesterday.
The fremen will be measured this week
for new and tasty uniform.
The assessment at the Police Court matt
nee yesterday amounted to S46.
The impression seems general that we
have had the last of cold weather.
Oats advanced from IS to 671< cents per
bushel in this market Yesterday.
The Ford Dramatic Amateurs will have a
full rehearsal at their hall tonight.
The usual summer inspection OF premises
| by the police force was inaugursted yester-
The list Of vessels up, cleared and sailed
for this port is comparatively light at pre-
sent.
The ladies are preparing for Easter, and
shopping among the dry goods stores is
lively.
n. NJ and window glass rosin advanced
twelve and half points in this market yes
terdaY.
The total interments in Charleston for
the past week numbered 30-whites 10, col
ored 20.
Registration of voters for the State aud
county elections progresses slowly at the
/ court house.
Georgia Hussars have meeting this even
ing at Nieolson's Hall, on Drsyton street
near Broughtou.
The steam yacht Emile, Of Perth Amboy,
arrived here yesterday morning and left
in the evening for Charleston.
A. S. Abel, Esq, of the Baltimore San,
/ left by the Charleston and SAY annah Rail-
way yesterday afternoon for the North.
DIR. Osceola Butler left last might for Ma
con to attend the meeting of the Phsrma-
/ ceutical Board Of Examiners In that city to-
day.
Business Of importance to the company
will be considered at the quarterly meeting
OF the Republican Blues on Thursday night
next.
! a rice house in this CITY. which does priu-
| cipally local trade, sold one thousand four
hundred barrels Of rice during the month OF
March.
Executive CounciI OF the Citizens Ssni-
| tsry Association will meet tonight at eight
/ O'Clock at Metropolitan Hall. Punctual
attendance is desired.
Spirits of turpentine advanced one and a
half cents per gallon here Yesterday, selling
for 5S1s cents, the highest price in some
seven or eight years.
James Salisbury, colored, w'ao was ar
rested for stealing hat from the head Of q
little white boy on the street, was yesterday
in the Police Court fined So.
The misdemeanor cases-keno and liquor
dealers-which were assigned for hearing In
the Superior Court yesterday, we're psssed
for the present in consequence of the alb
sence and sickness of counsel.
Elizabeth Wilson, a notorious white
woman, was again up before the Police
Court yesterday morning on the charge Of
being drunk and using obscene Ian gusge on
the street. She was sent to jail for thirty
days.
Capt. J. r. Sloat, formerly Of the steamer
HancOx, now commander of the fine steam
ship s.. Nicholas. called at the NEWS office
last night. The Captain made MANY friends
here last season, who will be pleased to hear
Of his return.
The third installment OF $1O2 So, from the
Ladies' Land League OF Savannah, to Miss
Anna Parnell, of Dublin, for the relief of
the evicted sufferers OF Ireland. is acknowl-
edged in the New York Irish World Of this
week, amounting in all to s31S 10.
Nellie Gordon, an aged colored woman,
/ who is an imbecile, was found lying in the
| street on Sunday afternoon and carried TO
the barracks. In the Police Court yesterday
she was dismissed, there being no charge
| against her. She is an object of charity.
Il is important for liquor dealers to realize
| the fact that all who have failed to register
at the Ordinary's Office after the first of
| April are liable to all the penalties imposed
/ by the law. Those who wish TO avoid trouble
viii call at the Ordinary's office without
delay.
Sergeants George Carter and Oscar Cole,
cOlOred, Of the Colquitt Blues, went to
ThuuderbolC yesterday, accompanied by q
number Of friends, for the purpose OF
having q shooting contest. They shot, at
/ two hundred yards, fifteen shots each, and
scored: Carter ~ and Cole So.
The British bark Tkoma was yesterday
cleared for Liverpool bv Messrs. Hoist 81
Co., with q cargo of 1.705 bales Of upland
cotton, weighing 793, S67 pounds, valued at
| S9l 294 40, which was shipped by Messrs.
J. B. Hoist and Weber, and 32S, 924 feet Of
lumber, valued at s., 424, which was shipped
by Mr.. H. J. McGinnis.
The Ogeechee canal at the river lock was
drawn of yesterday, in accordance with
| previous notice, to permit the laying of the
main of the new water works. A very large
crowd gathered at the place, and as soon as
the water was of there was rush for the
/ fish that were laundering in the mud, and
/ an exciting scene followed.