Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-28
THE NEWS IN THE CITY.
GOSSIP FROM THE STREET AND
SIDEWALK.

Dashes Here and There by the News
Reporters - Yesterdays Happen
ings Told in Brief Paragraphs
Pickings at Police Headquar tiers
Add to telephone lists No. 4S6, Camp
Washington.
Golden Rule Lodge of Odd Fellows will
meet tonight.
Two negroes were arrested yesterday
mor1ing for obstructing the street at Bull
and Congress.
The appearance docket OF the Superior
Court will be called this morning and mo-
tions will be heard
The visiting Odd Fellows made an ex-
cursion to Tybee yesterday on the Ethel,
and last night left for their homes.
Savannah Lodge Independent Order of
Good Templars will hold quarterly COM
municatlon tonight, and will elect
officers.
The gospel tent meetings are increas-
ing in interest every evening. They will
continue each afternoon and evening at
3 and O'Clock.
The Easter celebration of st. Matthew's
sunday school will take place on Thurs
day evening at 80 o'clock at the chapel,
corner Of huntington and Tattnall streets.
SignOr Severe Strini, assisted by his
pupils, gave very pleasant musicale at
the Pavilion hotel last night. After the
musicale Signor Slrini entertained his
class at COoksOn's.
The new hotel meeting which was
called at the City Exchange last night
was adjourned until after the Centennial,
1t being deemed unadvisable to take any
active steps during this or next week.
Tho nil
celebrate its eleventh anniversary to-day.
The usual rifle practice will take place at
the Scbuetzen Park this afternoon. The
anniversary dinner will be served at the
Marshall house tonight.
The dredge TOmachichi was lowed up
TO the Vale Royal mills, above the Ocean
steamship Company's wharf yesterday,
where she will begin dredging. The
depth OF water at that point is not suffi-
cient tor vessels loading at the wharf.
The revenue cutter Boutwell, was being
prepared Yesterday to haul out on the
ways for a general Overhaullng, when the
Geographic order Of the Secretary OF War
stopped the proceedings. AS soon as the
quantity of coal taken on yesterday is
used up she will go up on the ways.
Superintendent Fitzgerald, of the Street
and Lane Department, il devoting his
order for the Centennial There is no
more difficult place to fill than that which
he holds. Seventy miles of streets and
lanes is no small job to keep in order.
The Savannah, Florida and Western
railway is putting in a branch road and
ticket Office at Camp Washington. The
Centennial Committee will have check
room so that visitors coming by tram,
and who intend to spend their time at the
encampment, can have all their traps
taken care Of. Fast trains will be run to
Charleston and other cities, and bulletins
Will be posted at the grounds giving par
ticulars Of departure of trains.
The schooner Samuel H. Crawford
went up on the marine railway yesterday,
sufficient of her cargo having previously
been discharged for her to haul out. A
survey was held on her by two Port War
dens and II. f. Willnk, Master Ship Car
penter. 1t was found that some of her butts
and seams were slack on the bottom. She
will be caulked and will be ready to come
off the ways some time this afternoon,
when she will again reload and proceed
to her destination.