Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-06
CITY ANDSUBURBANNEWS
GOSSIP FROM THE STREET
AND SIDEWALK.

T
News" Reporters-Friday's Happen
ings Told in Brief ParagraPhs-Plck-
in.s at Police Headquarters.
The First Presbyterian Sunday School
spent Yesterday at Montgomery
There will be no service in the Eyangeli-
cal Lutheran Church of the Ascension to-
morrow.
There will be no 10 O'Clock p. m. boat
from Tybee, as advertised yesterday. See
schedule of to-day.
The NEWS acknowledges the receipt of
an invitation to the anniversary eXer-
cises of the Irldian Society Of the Lucy
COBB Institute at Athens on Friday, June
u.
Work on the Ogeechee canal bridge, at
the foot of BAY street, is rapidly nearing
completion. The grading on both sides of
the canal has been completed for some
distance.
Battery G, Second United States Artil-
lery, accompanied by the Second Artillery
Band, passed through Jesup yesterday
morning en- route from Washington to st.
Augustine, Fla. where the company has
been stationed.
At the meeting of the City Court yes
terday the suit for damages brought by
Bridget Morris against the Western
Union Telegraph Company was dismissed
on the motion Of the plaintiffs attorney.
The case of Sam Plckney against the
savannah, Florida and Western Railway
Company was continued.
The Italian brig Selma Stanford was
cleared Yesterday bg Messrs. NJ. s. CosU-
hch Co, for CartaZens and Tarrogona,
with 303 barrels rOsin, weighing SL010
pounds. valued at $40. aud 10 6j7 pieces
pitch pine lumber, measuring 224910 feet,
valued at $500. Total valu alton ct cargo
$3.50, Cargo by Messrs. Charles Green's
son & Co.
No transfer of the steamers City of
Bridgeton, st. Nicholas or Florida has yet
been recorded at the custom house. The
transfer Of the first two from the Georgia
and Florida Inland Steamboat Company
to the Florida Railway and Navigation
Company was never entered here. The
only consideration named for the Florida
at that sale was 81. Nothing further was
learned OF the use to which the steamers
are to be put.
Hon. r. E. Lester will deliver the
Aiumnean address at the commencement
of Mercer University, which will begin on
June Is. Rev. DR.. Lansing Burrows, Of
Augusta, will deliver the baccalaureate
sermon and Rev. A. A. Marshall the mis-
sionary sermon before the Mission Society.
The literary address will be delivered by
Rev. &. A. Nunnally, of Rome. Glenn. p.
Steed, Esq, has been chosen to deliver
the Sophomore prizes.
On Wednesday night there was very
pleasant entertainment given by Nine.
Grauberts French class at the parlors OF
Miss Bankrofts, corner Drayton and Pres-
dent streets. 1t consisted of a French
comedy, recitation and tableau. Nine.
Graubert's pupils certainly did them
selves and their teacher great credit.
They showed remarkable proficiency in
the French language, indicating that they
had been diligent and that they had been
under the direction of an intelligent and
persevering teacher.
A petition for the Incorporation of the
Odd Fellows Hall Association of Savan-
nah was filed in the Office OF the Clerk of
the Superior Court yesterday. The petit
TONERS are Thomas A. Askew, Charles e.
Wakefield, Jonas Mendel, Alexander Il.
Fawcett, William b. Nell, David b.
Morgan, David Porter, Thomas II. Laird,
f. A. NJ. Schroeder, James NJ. Tinsley, A.
b. Brooks, aud Robert ii. Giles. The OBJ
ject Of the association is to purchase a
site and erect the proposed Odd Fellows
Hall. The amount Of capital is $40. 900,
$4,000 of which has already been paid in,
with privilege Of increasing at any time
to $50, 600.
The Savannah, Florida and Western
ts'ii"aS Mil4 give ouuudy eACuIelOn 10
Brunswick tomorrow, leaving the city on
the fast mail schedule at : :0l in the morn
ing, arriving at Brunswick at 1850, and
returning leave Brunswick at 4:30 p. m,
airing in Savannah at S:25. The rate for
the round trip has been fixed at 81, which
is one of the lowest rates ever given in
this part of the State. Tickets will be
sold at the Office of Major William Bren,
No. 20 Bull street, aud at the depot. The
excursion is made by the Savannah,
Florida and Western Railway in connec-
ton with the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia.