Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-09


There were no cleaTances al the custom
house yesterday.
Zerubbabel Lodge No. 10, F. A. NJ,
will hold a regular communication To-
night.
The Chatham County Fruit and Nege-
table Growers will hold their regular
monthly meeting tonight.
Branch No. =. Catholic Knights Of
America. will hold regular meeting to-
night at : O'Clock.
The fire alarm telegraph failed to an
nOunce the number Of the box during the
fire on Duffy street last night.
Nineteen criminal cases, all of trivial
nature. were disposed Of by Magistrate
Warning Russell. Jr., yesterday.
Captain ". q. Waller and Colonel W.
II. johnson. Collector Internal Revenue,
are Quartered at the Screyen House.
The following coIored Iunatics will be
sent 10 the State asylum to-day: Rose
Ann Garrett; Edward Baker and John
Harden.
The Savannah Mutual Loan AssOcia-
tiOn will hold its thirtieth regular month
IL meeting meeting tonight at Metropoi-
tan Hall.
The Chatham County Gun Club viii
hold their regular weekly practice on
their grounds on HutchinsOn's Island this
afternoon.
J. A. Anderson, Jr.. Atlanta, Ga, Jes-
sic Wilder. Brunswick, Ga, and Colonel
Carol Otto, London. England, are regis
tered at the Pulaski House.
On Tuesday the Spanish bark Angela,
living at quarantine, was struck by light
ming. The bolt struck her main truck
and shattered part Of her royal mast.
A large Richmond county watermelon
was received Yesterday at the MORNING
News Office from Hon. Patrick Walsh, Of
Augusta. Its a fine specimen Of the ''big
fruit"
Fines to the amount of so were i'm
posed i'm the Police Court yesterday in
lieu Of thirty days imprisonment Five
cases were disposed Of-fOur by fines and
one continued for further trial.
Hazard Riley. colored, was yesterday
morning committed TO Jail by the Ordi-
nary on a charge Of lunacy preferred
against HIM by his brother. The case
will be fully investigated in day or two.
The new steamboat NJ. VI. Cooper left
the city yesterday morning to make
trial trip up the river. It is understood
that she is TO be used for towing flats
laden with wood and lumber to this city.
The picnic for the benefit Of st. Jo-
seph's Intirmary at Montgomery yester-
dav attracted "A large attendance in spite
of the very Indictment weather. In the
afternoon the outgoing trains were well
filled.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
Pulaski Loan Association was held last
night. and $1,000 loaned as follows:
$1,000 at 40 per cent, $1,000 at ~ per
cent, 81 900 at Az per cent. and $1,000
at A. per cent.
One Of the parties implicated in the
shooting Of the negro Dock Curdy, in an
affray at the corner of Congress and Price
streets Sunday night, was arrested by the
police yesterday and lodged in the bar
racks.
A meeting Of the state Base Ball AssO-
citation Will be held tomorrow night TO
arrange new schedule for the tOurna-
ment games to be played next week. The
order of playing Of the three clubs will be
determined by lot.
A negro named Henry Hopkins, was
brought before Magistrate Waring Rus
sell, Jr., yesterday afternoon, charged
with stealing SIS from the till in COnley's
barroOm on Bryan street. He was COM
mitted TO Jail to await trial.
The Browns are somewhat demOTalized
for the coming game with the BrennaRs.
The catcher's hands are disabled, the
short stop is under the weather, and now
the pitcher complains of an ailment 1t
is hoped all Will have recovered by Fri
day.-AugHStd Chronicle.
A colOred man named Frank johnson,
employed at the Ocean Steamship
WhaTves, while engaged in rigging a
tackle for the discharge Of a vessel yes
tr4slay, caught his left hand in the pulley
block. crushing the first finger. He APP
piled to DIR. Chisholm, who amputated
the injured member.