Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-05-01
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Cotton futures declined three points on
Saturday.
Zerubbabel Lodge No. Is, F. A. NJ, will
meet to night.
Spirits turpentine declined one cent per
gallon here Saturday.
The total amount Of fines imposed In the
Police Court Saturday was $28.
Georgia Historical Society have their reg
ular monthly meeting tonight.
To day, being the first Of May, will be
pretty general holiday in Savannah.
The Sunday school Of Trinity Church
have their anniversary tomorrow evening.
The contract for neat fatigue uniform
for the Savannah Cadets has been given
out.
Judge Erskine left for Macon yesterday
morning TO open the United States Courts
there.
A meeting of the schuetzen Society will
be held this evening to consider trip 10
Augusta.
The cargo Of the steamship c. W. Lord
was brought here Saturday on the steam
ship Gate City.
The German Volunteers have a grand
picnic and prize shooting at the Schuetzen
Park on Tuesday.
A colored boz, shooting a singer ia the
street, was arrested at 4 O'Clock Saturday
by Officer McQuade.
TattnaH Council No. SS4, A. l.. Fl +, will
meet tonight at the hall In Lyons Block.
A full attendance is desired.
The annuaI picnic OF the Cathedral Sun
day school viii take place at the SchuetZen
Park on Wednesday, May Sd.
A cOlored man, drunk and disorderly in
L IL rNr- Aod hwyn n az
Farr about o'clock Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. C. R. Kearns, Of Virginia, Southern
correspondent of the Rdila0dy Reyies0 of
Chicago, is registered at the Pulaski House.
There is an ugly hole on Hull street, be-
tween Jefferson and Montgomery streets,
which is an eyesore to the residents, especi-
ally after rain.
John Angus, who created a disturbance
on the schooner ThOs. J. May on Friday
night and cursed the Captain, was on Satur-
day in the Police Court fined s..
Masters Charles Marmelstein and How
ard Richardson have been elected markers
for the Republican Blues, and will make
their first appearance this morning.
Mr.. W. J. Smith is experimenting the
building of John Scholl, corner Montgome-
~ and South Broad streets, and not John
o. Smith, as stated in Saturdays NEWS.
A colored woman, stealing several articles
of clothing from the residence OF d. r.
Thomas, was arrested by Officer Carroll at
half. past two o'clock Saturday afternoon.
The regular May quarterly term Of the
CITY Court will convene this morning at 10
O'Clock. All grand and petit jurors sum-
moned are required to be prompt in attend
ance.
Some two hundred and fifty persons went
70 Warsaw yesterday afternoon on the st.
Nicholas, and were greatly entertained by
the aquatic exhibition given by Captain
Paul BoytOn.
Henry Denver, colored, who was arrested
for disorderly conduct In a barTOOm on Farm
street, Friisy night, and for cursing and
resisting an officer, was on Saturday in the
Police Court fined S13 or forty-fve days.
The grand march composed by Mr.. H. l..
Schreiner. and dedicated to Palestine Com
mandery No. z, Of this city, to be played
at the meeting of the Grand CommanderY,
will create a decided sensation. 1t is q
piece Of great merit.
A day or two since the fifth span OF the
new Charleston and Savannah Railway
bridge, which is on the Carolina side and
next to the draw, fell from position into the
| river, and the snag boat Toccoa is now en-
desvoring to get it up.
During the month of April just closed,
there were forty weight marriage licenses
issued from the OrdinsrY's office, of which
only nine were for whites, the remaining
thirty nine being for colored folks. Evil
| IDENTIFY there is a matrimonial boom among
the cOlOred citizens.
The Savannah, Florida and Western Rail-
way have decided to issue excursion tickets
to various points in Florida at greatly re-
/ duced rates, good for ten days. The tickets
Il x1ryI1 ba IN colo ar RrpDic ticket OffiPa and at
the railway depot ticket Office. The excur-
sion train will leave Savannah on the 10th
prOximO, at 11:15 a. m. and IL p. m.
The buoy tender returned to this city Sat
urday from Charleston. She has been
taking up the old buoys in this district and
| replacing them with new ones. Buoy No.
| So has been changed from a third class to
a % foot spar buoy, and the buoy at Proc
/ tors Point, on the Savannah river, has been
replaced by spar buoy.
The schooner Geo. NJ. Adams on Sstur-
dsv sailed for Portland, Ne, with a cargo of
/ sic, 962 feet of lumber, which was shipped
| by Messrs. d. G. Bacon q Co. This is the
largest cargo of lumber ever carried by a
/ vessel coastwise from this port, and the
/ Adams is a large, fine vessel. She was
cleared by Messrs. Joseph A. Roberts & Co.
Mr.. ]. B. Reedy has received from Port
/ Antonio, Jamaica, a box filed with earth,
/ containing two fourishing pine apple plants,
each Of which has a half grown pine apple
i on It, one of average size, the other of q
species known as the scarlet pine. There
are also growing in the box an arrow root
and q coffee plant, and they are all healthy
and vigorous, and beautiful specimens of
the products Of the tropics.
Saturday afternoon Ann Gaskins, col
i ored woman, appeared at the police bar
racks with a white infant about month
| old, which she stated she had found lying IN
| Gwinnett street lane near, West Broad. The
child was apparently well and hearty, and
evidently had only been left in the lane a
/ few minutes before the discovery. The
little stranger was provided for until some
permanent arrangements can be made.