Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-21

Matters and Things LacOnicattY Noted.
There will be regular meeting OF Nag
nOlia Eneampment this evening. al
O'Clock.
The Bosrd Of County Commissioners
will meet this morning AZ l0O'clOck at the
court house.
The third annual session Of the Grand
Council Of the ROYAL ArcanUm Will be
held in Atlanta on Thursday. March Sth.
seven cases were brought before the
MaVOr Yesterday. and fines We're imposed
10 the amount Of $40. Three cases were
dismissed.
John Waters alias shorty charged
BY the COrOuer's jury with having BILLED
the eOlOred lad. Peter Johnson. has moi
vet been arrested.
There will be a meeting of the Tennis
club at the Barracks at o'clock this af-
ternoOn. when the matter of a tournament
will be decided on
Tomorrow will be generally observed
As the anniversary of the birth Of WASH
ingtOn. and nearly all the business houses
of the city Will be closed.
The subjects Of Professor CrOmwelfs
lectures to-day will be "A Tour of
Europe this afternoon, and ''Switzer-
land and the Alps tonight.
The members of the WOrkingmen's Be
neyOlent Association viii meet at their
nall az O'Clock this afternoon. To attend
The funeral Of the late ". {. Brown.
Hon. John :. BraytOn, President Of the
Fall River Bank. and member Of Con-
gress from Massachusetts, Is on visit 10
the city, accompanied by his two daugh-
tiers.
Professor Curr. who recently delivered
a series OF interesting lectures in Savan-
nah. Is now in Jacksonville, where he
lectured on Monday night TO a large audi
snce.
DR.. c. W. Benson. of Baltimore, is
stopping at the Pulaski House. He visits
Savannah for the purpose of advertising
his Celery and ChamOmile Pills aud skin
Cure.
The COrOner's jury which is inyestigat-
ing the circumstances attending the
death of the cOlOred woman, Anglia Cas-
bert, lately of Darien. will meet again to-
morrow.
Some excitement was created yesterday
afternoon by "A fire IN the chimney of
residence on Stone street, near Mont
gOmery. No alarm was sounded, how
ever. and the blaze was eXtinguished with
slight effort.
Mr.. W. L. Pietch. the builder of the
Gordon monument; Hon. H. II. Bender.
ALBANY. y. Y; Mrs. Judge WitfOrth.
Nashville. Tenn. and l. H. Depeny, Of
Wabash. Ind. are among the guests at the
Screven House.
New York Herald. MANY commercial
drummers are reported as having lost
great deal OF money at card playing in
the Southern country since the beginning
OF the year" That's bad for the drum
mers. but worse for the employers.
A large number Of people went out to
Base Ball Park yesterday 10 witness the
Scottish games. not knowing OF the non
arrival Of the athletes. and were diSap- I
pointed in finding the gate closed. The f;
exhibition viii take place, however. next !
Monday.
Mr.. A. h. Warren, Secretary and SUI /
perintendent OF the famous Chatauqua l
Assembly Grounds, Chatauqua, y. Y. /
with his WIFE l. IN the city. Mr.. W arren {
Is on a pleasure tour through the South. !
aud has Just returned from Florida on his /
way North.
The total proceeds Of the benefit lecture 4
bv Professor Cromwell yesterday after I
noon in aid Of the sufferers by the West I
ern foods. was So >. The amount Is in 4
The hands OF the Mayor. and will be for !
vyarded at once for the relief Of the dis 4
tressed people.
Monday Of last week was Abraham 4
LincOln's birthday, so the cOlOred troops 4
OF Savannah turned out in the afternoon i
and astOnished the visitors at the Sesqui- 1
Centennial by their marked proficiency
and military bearing. Savannah, think, /
mas the nuesI c0lOrSU DrasS DanQ ever 3
heard. "-AflaHtG P0St-APpeal HdHderer. 4
The wanderer in the Atlanta POSt-AD- /
osaf- i don't think that Savannah has 4
more wealth than Atlanta. but il is GER 4
tainIy more equally distributed down
there. In Atlanta the money seems TO BE-
in the hands Of the fortunate few, but in 4
Savannah all classes seem TO prosper and \
have money 10 spend. As a consequence,
abe masses Of the people look happier than
they do up here, and l believe they are"
The Savannah. Florida and Western
Railway carried last year 100000 boxes of
oranges, worth 81 a box. or Sl,6o0.OOO; i
100000 barrels Of rOsin and turpentine,
worth several millions Of dollars. and
seventy million feet OF lumber, worth So
400 COO at So a thousand. The business in
naval stores was the creation Of this rail-
zvav company. and the man whose sa-
syacitv and enterprise evoked il into ex-
fstence was Col. II, ;. Haines, the general
manager of the road