Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-30
Matters ana Ehings LaeOnieauy


Cotton futures advanced one point OF
Saturday.
The Ford Dramatic Amateurs have
meeting On Tuesday night.
The revenue cutter Boutwell, arrived II
| port Saturday from cruise.
The Spanish bark Purissima Conception
is now al Havana bound for this port.
The police had an easy time Yesterday
and only two arrests were made, both FOL
/ drunkenness.
During the month Of January, from the
/ 81 TO the 29-h instant, Coroner Sheftall held
eighteen iUquests.
Mlddling cotton advanced 1l6c. and low
middliDg and good ordinary &c, In THIS
market on Saturday.
TIE schooner Eva c. Yates was detained
at Tybee BY head winds till Saturday, when
she sailed for her destination.
The steamship City OF Macon sailed for
New York on Saturday with good freight
and fourteen cabin passengers.
The sale OF reserved seats for ''The Bank
eris Daughter will commence st Bren's
ticket office on Wednesday morring.
The steamer City Of Bridgeton arrived here
from Florida yesterday with good freight
and eleven cabin aud four deck passengers.
An installment Of twenty-five per cent. on
the capital stock OF the new gas company Is
called for, payable o. the first OF February.
The steamship City Of Columbus arrived
in port from New York Saturday with
large freight and twenty-three cabin pas
sengers.
The sale OF reserved seats for Robson and
Cranes engagement will commence at
Bren's ticket ofice At $50 O'Clock this
morning.
The trade between B fillmore and SAvar-
nah at this time, By steamship, Is said to be
larger than at any previous period OF the
city's existence.
We acknowledge the receipt Of an invita-
ton to attend phantom hop Of the Youths
Historical Society on Wednesday evening
next st Armory Hall.
The schooner L. A. Burnhsm, Captain
Harding, from Port Royal for Boston, ar
rived at Woods Hole. January 24lh with
her crew badly frostbitter.
The steamer Katie arrived here from Au-
gusts and wsy landings yesterday with
fair freight and twenty-seven cabin and
| thirty-fve deck passengers.
The schooner NJ B. Millen, at this port
| from New York, reports having experienced
| very severe weather during the voyage, IN
which she lost some sails and part Of spring
stays.
The counsel for Mrs. George E. Osborne,
whose husband wss killed in the recent &C
cldent, will, II Is stated, institute suit fol-
damages for $25 900 against the Charleston
and Savannah Railway Company.
We learn that monster whale was seen
on Thursday last spOuting about nearly
abreast Of Tybee lighthouse. Yesterday Il
wss again seen By several parties, aud could
ba 7fe+fraF1u obearva7 from the faIaOra n n
station.
Returns from the test offices of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company for the
week ending January 81 show an increase
| OF $4I. $50 ever the corresponding period OF
ISL. These returns represent as nearly as
possible half the receipts from all the
offices.
Saturday afternoon about four O'Clock
| Policeman Kelly found George Holmes, 8
cOlOred WAGNER, obstructing the street
with his vehicle aud ordered him to move
on. George did not show any disposition to
obey, and was st once arrested and taken to
the barracks.
The D5risn Gdzette remarks that there is
something wrong between DSTien and Sa-
vanDsh, SIS far as the mail is concerned, and
that sit will support anybody for Governor,
Cor gresham, United States Senator, State
Senator, or Representative, who will give
good and sufficient bond TO regulate aud
have regulated the United States mail be
tween Savannah and Darien."
Among the strangers in the city are Rev.
y. Bachman, = prominent Presbyterian dt-
vine OF Knoxville, Tenn; P. 1. Custer, pro
Tre.O or Of the Grand Central Hotel, Little
Fails, n. Y; w. L. Clark, Of Columbus,
Superintendent Of the Mobile and Girsrd
Railroad; Right Reverend Bishop E. P.
Wadham, OF Ogdenburg, " Y all Of whom
are stopping at the Marshall House.