Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-11
Matters end Things LacOniSsly


There we're sold here yesterday 4lO bar
/ rels Of rice.
The assessment st the Police Court yes
terday amounted to 500.
The Board Of County Commissioners have
their regular meeting to-day.
Landrum Lodge GO. d., F. A. NJ, have
/ an extra communication tonight.
Georgia Hussars have their quarterly
meeting tonight, and full attendance Is
desired.
The Ford Dramatic Amateurs are already
preparing for their grand gift entertainment
in April.
A full attendance Of the members Of the
Tennis Club Is desired at q meeting this
afternoon.
Middling cotton declined 1-16c. in this
market Yesterday, and low middling ad-
vauced &c.
The Office OF the County Commissioners
has been neatly fixed up aud put IN first
class order.
A letter addressed to Mrs. George w.
Lamar, Savannah, Is held for postage IN the
Office at Charleston.
Among tie freight received here yester-
day by the Central Railroad was steam
launch and fixtures.
The steamer Katie departed for Augusta
and way landings last evening with q good
freight and passenger list.
An examination for teacher Of primary
| class fin Massie School will be held at the
| Academy on the oath inst.
The steamship Juniats arrived here from
| Philadelphia yesterday with a good freight
aud twenty cabin passengers.
The JASPER Greens have their first hop Of
/ the New Year at their ArmOry this evening,
/ and It will undoubtedly be fine affair.
The peripatetic minstrel show on Bull
| street attracts large crowds nightly, and
there is much jollitY in the assemblage.
The steamship Saragossa, Captain T. A.
! Hooper, sailed for Baltimore Yesterday with
a large freight and a number OF passengers.
The weather yesterday was as balmy as
/ June, and one could not realize that this
was the bleak January predicted by Vennor.
The sale Of reserved seats for the engage
ment Of the VOkes Family, which com
menced yesterday, indicates a large house.
The Savannah Guards Band furnished the
music on the occasion of the anniversary
/ parade Of the German Volunteers on Mon
/ day.
An important meeting of Golden Rule
/ Lodge No. u, J. o. o. F., will be held this
/ evening, at which full attendance IS
| desired.
The only arrest for the night recorded at
/ the police barracks was that of a white
woman drunk and unable to take care OF
/ herself.
The entertainments to be shortly inaugu-
/ rated bv the Young Mems Church Guild
will undoubtedly prove interesting and
pleasing.
The steamship City Of Macon arrived
/ here from New York yesterday with good
/ freight and fOrty-eight cabin and six steer
| age passengers.
The grand jury of the Superior Court,
which meets on the 18Th instant, will have
/ a number Of important cases submitted for
| their consideration.
The new uniforms OF the Republican
/ Blues were delivered to the members at the
meeting last night, and will be worn in the
/ parade on the 18th inst.
Nessrs. J. Mclaughlin & Son sold yester-
day the loose cotton damaged by fire and
/ water az the LathrOp warehouse to Messrs.
| Daffin & Dresser for S66S.
Stockholders Of the Southwestern Rail
road have their annual meeting, for the cleo
/ ton OF President and directors, on Thurs
/ daY, the 9 b OF February.
Consolidation seems to be the order OF
| the day. The advisabilitY Of consolidating
/ the two lodges Of the Knights of Honor in
this city is being discussed.
Tne attention OF jurors Of the Superior
/ Court, who we're summoned to appear on
/ Saturday, the l4.h inst, is directed to the
notice elsewhere published.
Mary Charlton, a somewhat notorious
I female Of the colOred persuasion, was tued
/ $40 or thirty days for abusing white man
/ on the street and acting disOrderly.
The sale OF the remaining portion Of up
/ land and sea island cotton damaged at the
/ Ialhrop warehouse fire will be sold on
/ Tuesday next, the 17Ih instant, at eleven
/ o'clOcA.
We learn that an effort will be made
| shortly TO institute In this city a Council OF
/ the Chosen Friends, a new beneficiary order
/ which is making rapid progress in the
/ West.
The BODY Of the colored man who was
/ drowned Cf the steamer Clarendon, at the
/ Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
/ wharf on Monday night, has not yet been
/ recovered.
The brig Annie BstcheIder, which arrived
| here Yesterday from Philadelphia, reports
/ having experienced head winds off Hat
| teras. and having made four attemp to
/ pass that point before she succeeded.
Professor Mallette has taken charge of the
/ training Of the st. Johns Choral AssOcia-
/ ton for the opera Of PinafOre, which p0pu-
| lar musical production will be presented in
l grand style by the association some time be
/ fore Lent.
! Mr. Joseph ". White, well known in rail
/ road circles, has accepted the position o.
! purser on the steamer II. B. Plant. Her pop
| ular commander, Capt. Fitzgerald, has had
/ thirty cOmfOrtab state rooms put on the
| steamer and she will commence the winter
| season on the S.. Johns, running between
] jacksonville and Enterprise on the 10Th
/ inst.
| Several Of the new street lights were ex-
/ tinguished before u o'clock on Monday
| night. One OF them on AbercOrn and s..
/ Julian streets iickered and spluttered foT
/ some time and then finally went out. The
attention Of the contractor IS called 10 these
! cases in order that proper action may be
/ taken. Most Of the lamps give steady,
1 bright light.