Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-15
THROUGH THE CITY.
Dashes Here and There by the News,
Reporters.

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st. Patrick's T. A. B. Society will meet
tonight at their hall.
Five cases are on the docket for the
Mayors court this morning.
The Southern Mutual Loan Association
met last night, and negotiated loans az
gregating $4,000 at 81 per cent. premium.
The Chatham Mutual Loan Association
will hold its forty-fourth regular monthly
meeting at Metropolitan hall tonight.
One of the colored excursionists to
Beaufort yesterday was LETT with the po-
lice of Carolina. He got drunk, wanted
to fight and was arrested and severely
dubbed.
The dredge Oglethorpe is laid up under
going repairs to her boilers and machin-
cry. She will probable be ready to re-
sumo operations at Coosaw again in
about ten days.
The maximum temperature yesterday
at Savannah was IS deg, while the MIN
imum was Y, and the mean was 1874.
The average rainfall in the Savannah sec
ton of the cotton belt was .iS Of an inch.
The steamer Katie, it is reported, met
with an accident to her machinery last
week just this side of Augusta, and con-
sequently did not arrive here on her
schedule time. She laid up for repairs at
Augusta.
The directors Of the Chatham Real Es-
tate and Improvement Company, at
meeting held yesterday, decided to re-
ceive additional subscriptions to the capt.
tai stock of the company provided for in
the charter.
Joe Parker, the negro who was COM
mitted TO jail last Saturday on a warrant
issued by Magistrate 2. c. Richardson, of
BullOch county, charging him with the
larceny OF silver watch on Sept 3, was
taken from Jail yesterday, and will have
an examination before Justice Richard
son to-day.
The steamship Nacoochee carried North
yesterday 1924 bales of cotton. The days
receipts per the Savannah, Florida and
Western railway were 1,00S bales, the
Charleston and Savannah railway y
bales, the Central railroad ISIS bales, and
the steamer Ethel, from up the river, 34S
bales.
A white man named John Hagan be-
came involved in a quarrel yesterday
morning on South Broad srteet with a
woman duringtwhich both parties gave and
received several blows. A warrant was
issued by Magistrate WOOdhOuse for toe
arrest of Hagan, and he was committed
to Jail to await his examination on the
charge of assault and battery.
The chain-gang which has been quar-
tereQ In the county jail Tor several months
was yesterday sent to the convict camp
on the Bee road, where the other cOnvicts
have been kept for the past two years.
This action is in accordance with the
resolution offered by Commissioner Estill
at the last meeting of the County Com
missiOners. An addition is to be made
to the prisoners quarters at once, so as
to accommodate the increased number OF
cOnvicts now In the camp.
A picture of the yacht America as she
appeared after winning the Queens cup
In 1851 was placed in the Board of Trade
room yesterday side by side with the new
yacht Puritan. 1t excited double interest
just after the result of the race was an
nOunced, as it was defending this cup that
the Puritan won so handsomely. The
picture IS probably the only true pic
ture of the America in the city. Those
who are interested in yachting and yacht
rigs will be highly pleased to have view
of the vessels.