Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-12

The Superior Court will meet this
morning at 10 O'Clock.
The annual meeting of the Savannah
and Ogeechee Canal Company Will be held
to-day.
The Southern Mutual Loan AssOcia-
ton will hold its 6Sth regular monthly
meeting ut Metropolitan Hall tonight.
The schooner Matte will be sold at
auction tomorrow. The Matte is now
living on the river opposite the Exchange
dock.
Gus Lloyd. Alex Henderson, Van HOr-
ten. and John Graham, ali cOlOred, were
arrested yesterday for drunkenness and
dis0rderly conduct.
The Savannah, Florida and Western and
Charleston and Savannah Railway En-
N iOyes Mutual Relief Association VIII
S0leet tonight at the cOmpany's general
Offices.
The annual meeting Of the COngrega-
ton MickYa Israel, called to meet last
night for the election OF officers, was aG-
journed without transacting any busi-
ness. a quorum of members having failed
to attend.
Chief Engineer ID. +. Kelly, United
states Revenue Marine, formerly at this
station on the revenue cutter Boutwell,,
and who was we'll known in this city, has
recently been stationed at san Francisco
on the cutter COTwin.
Since the vacancy caused by the resig-
nation of Paymaster Smyth, the duty OF
having the United States troops at st.
Augustine and Augusta, 10y an order OF
the War Department, devOlVes upon Pay
master Major g. II. Smith.
Among the arrests reported at the pO-
lice barracks last night was that of col
Ored woman named Hannah Roberts,
charged By another negro woman named
Amelia Holmes with having stolen 50
from her early in the morning.
Coroner SheftaII held an inquest Satur-
dav over the remains Of July Hail. a ne
gro, who fell dead four miles from the
CITY on the White Bluff road. The jury
attributed death to PrOvidential causes.
The deceased was about so years old and
lived at White Bluff.
The steamship ChattahOOchee arrived
from New York yesterday in command Of
Capt. NickersOn, of the City Of Augusta.
Can't. Catharine, owing to the death Of
his daughter, Mrs. Charles +. Kerns, in
Philadelphia, was detained, and will
bring out the City of Augusta.
Yesterday afternoon a negro woman,
named Fannie Burden, called police
man 10 arrest a negro named IWiggs
Hunter. who was drunk and had broken
in the door of Fannie's house. Hunter
WAS lOuEEu III lut anu VIII Aet =
an examination in the Mayors Court this
morning.
Rosa Peyton, the young woman who
was taken to the Savannah Hospital
about ten days ago with her thigh brok-
en-. is recovering. she is still unable,
owing to her condition at the time OF the
accident. to give the time or place where
she Jumped from the window and re-
ceiyed the injury.
The officers of the Grand Lodge Good
Templars are particularly active IN build
ing up temperance sentiment. On Friday
night last the State Organizer, L: b.
Demaree, instituted fine lodge at w mites
burg, Carroll county, with 40 charter
members. Saturday night he organized
one at Lagrange. Mr.. Demaree Will spend
about six weeks in the State lecturlng
and organizing.
SignOTa Harris, eOlOred, while greatly
under the influence of liquor, caused con-
.ssiderable excitement on the street yester-
day afternoon, she being in the custody OF
Policeman Crowley, by cursing, using
obscene language and otherwise acting in
disOrderly manner. On the way to the
barracks the woman succeeded IN getting
the oiheer's hand IN her mouth, when she
PiI MS nnger, INJECTING painful wound.