Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-05

The box sheet for the minstrel matinee
will open az Davis Bros. at O'Clock to-
day.
Auumber Of our merchants are about
z0iug North 10 Law in a supply Of fall and
winter goods.
The regular monthly meeting OF the
Board of County Commissioners VIII he
held next Wednesday, the 18th instant.
The hand-painted sea shells at Gard
ner's ON Bull street, are attracting con-
siderable attention. They are both I'M
ique and pretty.
The annual meeting of the Forest City
Base Ball Club Will be held this evening
at 5 O'Clock. An election will be held Tor
officers for the ensuing year.
The general delivery window Of the post
Office viii hereafter be kept open until
G:30 p. m. The carriers delivery window
will also be omen from to 6:30.
Considerable interest is taken in the
coming festival at the SchuetZen Park on
the 10th inst. and the proposed Interstate
rifle match. Several teams are expected
t0 enter.
seven prisoners were arraigned IN the
Police Court yesterday. and fined in the
aggregate SIG or thirty-tive days impris-
Onment. Three eases were continued and
one dismissed.
Il
noise and cursing which cOlOred base
ballists indulge in every sunday on the
commons south of Anderson street. facing
the extension of Barnard and Jefferson
streets.
The steam tug ..Republic'' has been en-
eaged for the past two days in pumping
out the steamer Henry Burden" which
sank several days ago on the opposite side
Of the river near the ietties. 1t is expect
ed that she will be raised to-day
The steamer Mary VI. Cooper viii be
taken from the marine railway to-day;
where she has been strengthened and
otherwise improved. 1t is expected that
this steamer will resume her trips on the
river at once. and leave the city this
evening for Stokes Bluff and other land
iHgs.
The extensive improvements made in
the Savannah Theatre during the past
summer. and the elaborate decorations IN
the interior. were universally admired by
the large audience last night Although
the galleries were packed, the best OF
order was maintained through the ell
cient services OF Constable Sullivan.
4 lively runaway took place on West
Broad street. south Of the Central Rail-
road passenger depot, last night. \ team
of mules became fractions, and breaking
loose from the driver, who was hitching
AltlIl Lti a gu kAtA an AAb n lAAN
upsetting q light buggy and bringing up
against q tree. One OF the ANIMALS was
thrown down and considerably injured.
j. NJ. Bennett. a resident of Eden, Ga,
was robbed ON sunday night. by a negro
named John Love. of a suit of clothes, a
pistol. a silver watch and chain, twenty
dollars i'm cash and a valuable pin. The
perpetratOr of the robbery is a medium
sized negro. and when last seen wore a
suit Of gray clothes and was making his
way 20 Savannah. He has already served
three years in the penitentiary.
X cOuntryman from Liberty county was
the source of considerable amusement
Yesterday i'm his efforts to put a letter into
a fir. alarm box at the corner Of South
Broad and Bull streets. After making
several unsuccessful attempts and closely
inspecting the construction Of the box,
Police Sergeant Lee, who was riding past,
came to his rescue and suggested that he
try the other box, showing him the letter
box few feet distant. The cOUntryman
opened his mouth with prolonged OH,
and slipping the missive in the right place
shufiied OF down the street, with his head
fun Of new tangled Improvements.