The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-06
PORT PARAGRAPHS.
.,4ime Matters of Local and Gem
eraI Interest.

,ui+ime Matters of Local and Gem
eraI Interest.
MI, Swedish bark Adelaide. Capt. Peter
from Para, arrived at the Savannah
7.,,+ine Yesterday She is chartered
nv the Georgia LUMBER Colhpans " to@u
1,,,ber for Santos.
,rho schooner C. c. Wehrum cleared yes
..-1o,, for New York with 299,16O feet Of
,.ab nine lumber The cargo was ship
~ ~ nv Cooney, Eckstein & Co.
rho schooner NJ Luella Wood, Capt.
s.a,laing cleared yesterday for Port
III Me-. with 442,741 feet of pitch pine
ian76er. The cargo was shipped by the
caorgia Lumber Company.
,r,o british steamship Guy Colin, Capt.
,,1rtridre. from Pnley's Point, via Phila.
hio arrived Yesterday with a cargo
o e aI.rifes consigned to the Commercial
VI ~ company The steamer was draw
" tifteen feet of water, and went to the
lnT9,nonv's wharf, over mile above the
cttv with three feet of water to spare III
the channel
The New York and New Jersey pilots
have awarded the contract for the con-
.4rrction of the new steam pilot boat 10
~. Harlan & Holiingsworth Company or
I[ ne Del. The craft is to be 1h5
w. over all 2S feet beam and 10 feet
49,. denth of hold Coaled for service
- vim draw IA feet of water. She VIII
1a 0,o IONS register and must develop over
S0-borse power. The vessel VIII be OF
IRON and will be lighted with electricity.
The photographic office chart of the
Nth Atlantic for September shows that
49, obandoned British brigantine Hyaline
s-C a.ondaring over toward England. The
II,oIina was abandoned by her crew Feb.
o. oboait ninety miles off Cape Henry she
drfted in a northeasterly direction across
q tba Atlantic, and was not seen again
until April q, 100 miles from where she
a started In mid-ocean, In the steamship
track she was seen nine times IN May
nd .Tune. crossing and recrossing her
3 course at points miles apart. She thea
& continued on toward England, having
Seen seen twice in July. She was last
seen Aug. IA, $50 miles off the coast OF
France She was then on hre, having
& been ignited by some passing vessel, with
the hope of removing the floating danger.
The schooner ]. Percy Bartram sailed
Yesterday for Perth Amboy with 147,595
feet of pitch pine lumber, shipped by
Coonev. Eckstein & Co., and 1880 cross
ties. measuring 122O4O feet shipped by
Dixon. Mitchell & Wells.
The last excursion of the season to
warsaw will be run to-day by the steamer
Alpha. AS an extra attraction, the Har-
pers have been engaged tc furnish music.
The schooner George H. Ames, which
arrived at Boston Sept. 8 from Savannah.
had a portion of her headgear carried
away, being caused by a barge fouling
her while both vessels were at anchor.
Local Daily weather Report For the
Morning News.
Local forecast for Savannah and vicin-
ity till midnight, Sept. 6, 1896: Sunday:
Probably occasional showers; about sta
tionary temperature; variable winds
Forecast for Georgia: Fair, except show
ers in eastern portions; variable winds.
Comparison of mean temperature at Sa-
n vannah Ga, on Sept. g. 1885, with the nor
NAL for the day: Temperature-Normal
II; mean, so; excess for this date, 3; ac-
cumulated excess since Jan. !, 1896, Ill.
Comparative rainfall statement: Nor
q NAL, .23; amount for Sept. g. 1896, CO., de-
parture from the normal -.23; total de-
parture since Jan. 1, 1896, -6.04.
Maximum temperature, SS; minimum
temperature, z; for same day last year:
Maximum temperature, 80; minimum
Temperature, 72; rainfall, 90.
The hight of the Savannah river at Au-
gusta, at a. m. C75th meridian time)
yesterday was AZ feet, no change during
the preceding twenty-four hours.
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, Weather Bureau, Cotton Region Bull
letin, Savannah, Ca, for the twenty-four
hours ending at a. m, 18th meridian
time, Sept g. 1896.