The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-07
HAPPENINGs on THE wHARvEs.
The Emma A DickersOn ON Her
Way to Honduras.

Way to Honduras
The little schooner Emma 4. D.ckers0n
was towet down thu river yesterday aft
ernoon and viii prohaalr anchor az Ty1ee
- await a fair wind before SAILING Tor
hon4uTas. She would have sailed last
week, but Mr.. Mather=0n had c0usilera-
DIE trouble IN getting a crew. He engaged
q navigator SatunIay. bat after receiv-
ing an advance on his wages, he failed
70 turn Up Two % his sailors were also
tahen elck and Were sel- % The hosp.ial-
A man named Williams was engaged
yesterday as navigator. ard the TWO
sdiiofs were supplied uF sailor brokers
ne vessel carried d navigator, four SAIL
OIs anu TOUR passengrrs- The passengers
20 70 engage IN the rubber business AZ
tlo1olfas- They are Messrs- Marion
Matnersons Louis Potter. Palmer Tenant
ana John p. Bones Of Augusta
The steamer Alpha carried the Chat
ham Light Infantry. a colored military or
ganizatiOn, to Beaufort yesterday, return
ing last night. She wall take the RIVER
sac club 10 Wilmington Island to-day on
Lie4f reg uiar annual picnic. On Wednes-
Jay - fauls SUNDAY school Will nave
d plch-c at Wilmington Island. Scholars
81 the sunday school viii 90 free The
fare has been placed az 30 cents for
ADULTS and IS cents for children.
Capt. Savage Of the steamship Chatta-
--NAA AsDaADlAf IttVl - lArfll-
sighted a schooner off Hatteras Sunday
bound south, with the & & X Company
nag displayed. He could not make out
the name OF the schooner, but the Smith
& Kelly Company think 1t was the Mar
garet A. May, bound from Norfolk for
Port Royal.
About 6OO0O feet OF lumber has been
saved from the wrecked schooner Ellen
Perkins. az Nantucket. and landed at
vineyard Haven, by the Boston TowbOaJ
Company.
A negro seaman on board Of the
schooner John S. Deering was taken to the
marine hospital yesterday. He has a Sc
we're case Of malarial fever
The steamer John Rourke, left yester-
day for Dariens where she is chartered TO
bring an excursion Of colored people 10 Sa-
Vdnnah, arriving here tomorrow. They
viii proceed to Beaufort and return be
fore going back to Darien.
The British steamer Eudslelgh, Capt.
Thomas, which sailed from Port Tampa.
June 80. for Harburg. ran aground on
Dank IN the center Of the lower channel,
ana ner cargo had 10 be lightered before
she could proceed 10 sea,
The marine observer at Sandy Hook. re-
ported Saturday that three masted
schooner, loaded with lumber was aground
on flynn's Knoll. A tug went to her as
sistance.
Capt c. A. During. is no longer master
of the schooner Julia A. Trubee. He left
the vessel at New York on his last trim
from savannah. Many of his acquaint-
ances here win regret that he win not
come hack The Julia A. Trubee Is now at
Fernandina loading lumber for New York.
~ap'' PATTERSON Is IN command of her.
The schooner Chauncey z. Burk. Can't.
Townsend, which sailed from this port
Sunday, June %, for Philadelphia. passed
up the bay at Delaware Breakwater. Sat
urday July 4, being only Ave days on the
passage. Mr.. Herman Winters of this
city was passenger on the Burk
--
Did it occur TO you how many flags
Of different nations are floating from the
topmasts of the. vessels In port?" asked
the Retired Mariner of the shipping news
man yesterday.
I've just been counting them" he con-
tinned, There's thirty-fve flags in all
not counting the small cOasting schoon-
ers, tugs and little steamers. OF these
there are four American flags floating
from regular coastwise steamers; nine
American flags displayed to the breeze
from as many schooners, one from an
American bark and one from an Ameri-
can brig. One steamer and two banks rep
resent the British nag; Swedish ship and
bark and nine Norwegian banks dv flags
of their respective nations. while four
ltaEan banks and one Austrian bark An
ish out the list of the foreigners"
Speaking of flags reminds me of an
old story told about small Welsh schoon-
er which was sailing up the English chan
mel on one occasion. The mate was at
The wheel when the vessel passed one Of
N1pfnFigfG ms al,g IT.
Welshman paid no attention to the mighty
battieship, bur kept on his course. He
was startled by cry coming from the
officer of the deck he sailed by. How
dare you pass her majesty's ship with
out saluting herT Numbered the officer.
The reply went back Got nothing
but Jack Union and skipper use her for
blanket
I. J. Elliot steward OF the British bark
Balaklava, who raised disturbance on
board of the ship Sunday, after remain
ing away all night without permission,
and was subsequently beaten by the
mates and afterwards sent to the bar
racks, was fined So for disorderly conduct
by the recorder yesterday. Elliott swore
our warrants for the arrest of the first
and second mates of the vessel charging
them with assault and battery. They
gave bond. Elliott was sent back to the
ship where he was placed in a room to
quietly enjoy himself until he gets over
his mad spell
The steamer Ethel, from Augusta and
way landings, which was due 10 arrive
here Sunday night did not get in until
yesterday afternoon on account of the
low water in the upper Savannah river
She brought down heavy freight and a
large number of passengers.
ELECTRIC RAILWAY TO BE SOLD.