Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-14

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8 .fMoonlight excursions aFs popular this
t4sson.
Merchants are beginning TO prepare for
the fall trade.
A special meeting Of the Savannah Yacht
Club will be held on Tuesday.
Cant. jas. h. Johnston left Saturday Tor
the North by the Atlantic Coast Line
II YOU wish to have q pleasant day run
down 10 Montgomery and take IN the re-
gatts.
There will be q regular monthly meeting
r. the Southern Mutual Loan Association
this evening.
Mr.. WI. Cotter aud wife, Of Darien, who
have been spending several days In this city,
the old home, left on Saturdays steamer for
New York.
General A. r. Lawton was elected, on
thursday, President of the American Bar
Association, which has been in session at
Saratoga.
A small piece o. alum dropped in pitcher
~ water win clarity 1t and settle al the red
mud that the Savannah river can mix up
With that much Of the fluid.
Among the passengers who returned from
day were Messrs. r. Arson, l.. T. Goodsell,
n Lowell and E. NJ. Conner.
The owner of bale Of cotton, which was
found at the corner Of Bay and Price streets,
is requested to call at the barracks, identity
his property and take 1t away.
James L. Foster, ESQ, Vice President Of
the Hilton Timber and Lumber Company,
Of Darien, Ga, passed through the city on
Saturday en- route for the North.
The First Colored Battalion OF Georgia
Volunteers will parade this morning In
honor Of their second anniversary. salute
will be fired at the Park extension.
The new engine Rome" just completed
at the Central Railroad shops, was tried Sat-
urdsy for the first time and worked beauti-
fully. The "Tybee'' will soon be ready for
the road.
Nine hundred and siXty-Dine wstermelons
and two hundred and seventy-three pack
ages Of fruit and ffty-one turtles were
Macon Saturday.
II YOU have not yet secured your ticket
for the picnic Of the Ford Amateurs at Isle
OF Hope on Tuesday, call upon the com
mittee to-day and you may rest assured
Of pleasant time.
Captain W. W. Gordon and wife, Captain
Henry G. Cunningham, II. NJ. Conner, Esq,
J. c. BruyD, Esq, and ]. Goodsel, ESQ, were
among the passengers North Saturday by
the steamship City Of Macon.
Nat Moore, who was convicted Of the
murder of Isaac Kiebler, at the recent term
OF Chatham Superior Court, and who was
sentenced to be hung on the 18th, has had
his sentence committed to imprisonment for
life.
NJ. John Fl. Griffin, Travelling Passenger
Agent of the Savannah, Florida and West
ern Railway, has been elected Vice Presi-
dent of the Travelling and Passenger Agents
Association, which just closed its session at
Montreal.
Friday night nine hundred crates of
peaches were handled by the Southern
Express Company at Macon. Toe fruit
was destined for Florida and Savannah.
One man in jacksonville had six hundred
crates consigned to him from Griffin.
Hon. Patrick Walsh, of the Augusta
Chronicle and COFlstitttiOndii list, accompanied
by mis- wife, arrived in the city Saturday
morning and left on the steamship City OF
Macon for New York. His many friends
here regretted he had not more time to
tsrry.
The Norwegian bark Nordcap was on
Saturday cleared for Rotterdam by Aessrs.
Paterson, Downing & Co. with cargo of
l ,635 casks spirits turpentine, measuring
81 ,347 gallons, valued st $34, 979 43, and
l ,044 barrels of rosin, weighing 433,645
pounds, valued al s, 242 IS.
The steamship City of Columbus, which
arrived here Saturday from New York,
reports that on Friday, when about twenty
two miles off Frying Pan Shoals, she en-
countered dangerous floating wreck d.
rectly in the course Of the vessel. The
attention OF the proper authorities is called
to the matter.
Trains for Montgomery will leave Ander-
son street depot o-dsy at 1925 and Hoo
a. m and 3:25 p. m. Passengers by either
OF the first trains will arrive in time to see
the yachts start. The IL a. m. train is
special, and will remain at Montgomery
until the yachts return. Passengers can go
and return by any train.
The Central Railroad will soon have the
new rolling stock, which was ordered several
weeks ago, for the fast trains which are to
De put on the fret OF October Three en-
gines aud three sets Of cars-ifteen in all
win be used. Each train will be made up
of combination express and mail car,
baggage car and three coaches, besides
sleepeTs.