Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-02

The City Council viii hold a regul ar
meeting tonight. -
Magnolia Encampment Of Odd Fellows
viii install its officers tonight.
The Ogleth0rpe Base Ball Club will
hold a regular meeting tonight. q
Teutonla Lodge No. Z. Knights Of
Pythias, viii mold a regular convention
tonight, and will install officers.
The meeting Of the Savannah Rifle As
sOciatiOn will be held tomorrow alter
noon instead Of Friday, owing TO the
Fourth Of July.
Ned Arthur Monroe and Henry Graves,
two cOlored men, were committed to jail
yesterday by the Ordinary on a warrant
charging them with lunacy.
The pilot boat Neca came of the ways
yesterday. Her sails will be bent to-day,
when she will be ready TO meet her old
competitor. the Francis Elizabeth, IN
Mondays race.
Mr.. Edward jackson, Clerk Of the Board
Of County Commissioners Of Charleston
county, $. c.. died at his home in Perry on
Monday. Dir. jackson was a bOOkkeeper
ina savannah cotton house before the war.
He was a native Of Liverpool, England,
and was "A well known and popular gen.
tleman.
Yesterday morning at the Ocean Steam
ship wharf a horse, with a wagon at
tached. accidentally backed overheard
into the river near where the steamship
Gate City, Of the Boston line, was loading.
Before the animal could be extricated
from the harness he was drowned. The
wagon was recovered.
A couple Of pieces of cork, cut from a
cork tree growing near Albany, have
been sent to the MORNING NEWS, by Mr.. NJ.
Towns, as an evidence of the fact that the
famous cork oak will grow in Georgia
soil. The tree is the growth Of seed sent
from the Agricultural Department at
Washington, and planted twenty years
ago.
A new base ball club, composed of
members Of the Savannah Cadets, was
organized a few days ago under the name
Of the Cadet Base Ball Club. The new
organization has gone zealOusly into prac-
tice. and is prepared TO meet any similar
organization that may be formed from the
ranks Of any military company in the
State.
The Washington Fire Company will
give an excursion and basket picnic at
Button, s. C.. some time during this
month. The steamer st. Nicholas will be
secured for the occasion, and the Wash
fngtnns and their friends will make the
event one Of the most enjoyable Of the sea-
son. Particulars viii be announced at an
early day.
Among the European purchases Of art
works for the Telfair Academy Of Arts
and Sciences the following casts from the
Museum Of the Vatican have arrived /:
Group Of the LAGOON, the Athlete, Tasso
Belvedere, bust of Jupiter, head OF Juno,
bust Of Alexander. This is the first arri-
val Of collections from the Vatican Mu-
scum. Others viii follow.
-Four arrests were reported at the police
barracks last night. Two Of them were
white man and negro, charged with
fighting in a yard, corner OF AbercOrn and
BrOughtOn street lane, one white man,
charged with disOrderly conduct on Whit
akeT street. and the fourth a cOlOred man
found drunk. The latter was also charged
with having resisted the arresting officer.
The rain yesterday prevented the game
between the Amateurs and Young Ogle-
thOrpes for the junior championship. In
event Of fair weather it viii be played this
afternoon at Base Ball Park. The Young
Oglethorpes will strive to retain the
laurels they have already won. The
Amateurs VIII eudeavOr to establish them
selves on the diamond. The game will be
called at o'clock sharp.
The concert by the Republican Blues
hand attracted a large crowd at the Park
last night. The heavy rains during the
afternoon kept m any at home who would
have attended, but as it was the crowd
was large. The programme comprised
an admirable selection Of music. 1t was
finely rendered by the band and every
BODY was delighted. The Park concerts
have already become a popular institu-
ton and one appreciated by the citizens.