Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-14

anu INOAtus
The Catholic Knights of America have a
meeting tonight.
There viii be a regular communication
Of Zerubbabel Lodge No. 10. f. A. NJ, this
evening.
There was no business of public interest
transacted in the United States Courts
| yesterday.
The literary meeting of the Youths His
torical Society has been postponed until
Thursday evening, 2Sth inst.
Tybee Roads is a busy looking place.
There are ten vessels at quarantine and
eleven the island waiting orders.
The heaviest mail ever sent TO Florida
was that which left this city Tuesday by
the savannah, Florida and Western Rail-
way.
There were a large number of strangers
IN the city yesterday, and the different
stores did lively business in holiday
| goods.
Thomas Horton, for disOrderly conduct
and using obscene language in the street,
was Yesterday in the Police Court fined
/ - or fifteen DAYS.
The meeting Of the stockholders of the
| central Railroad takes place this morning
| at 10 O'Clock, in the rooms over the Cen
/ trail Railroad Bank.
The sale of reserved seats for the per-
| iOrmances Of the Hess Opera Company
| will commence at Bren's ticket office on
| Friday morning next.
Rev. T. \. McCOnville, formerly i'll
structOr of Greek in Pho Mono College.
| Macon. has been on a visit to the city
/ during the past few days.
The city was visited yesterday morning
| about four O'Clock by a heavy shower of
/ rain. accompanied by a high wind. which
I fmrrnh for. arflc Of hole
At the regular meeting of the Savannah
Mutual Loan Association, held last eve
! ming. the following loans were made;
$4,000 at 4234, $1,000 at 4212, and $1,000 at
/ 42A.
Hon. II. X. McCay, Judge for the
| Northern District, will arrive in this city
! on Monday next, and will preside in the
| United States Courts during the remain
der Of the session.
The hotel registers show large number
Of arrivals from the North, East and West
Z during the last four days. The cold snap
I has reminded tourists that they had no
time to tarry in the snow land.
At the regular monthly meeting of the
| Pulaski Loan Association, held last even
I ing. the following sales were made: Series
| ~. $1,000 at Is per cent: series B.. 81, 900
at IL, $1,000 at y, $1,000 at 43 per cent.
Col. VIM. II. Chapman, Revenue Agent
| for the state Of Georgia, arrived i'm the
I city yesterday, and is stopping at the
/ Screven House. Col. Chapman is here on
! business connected with the Internal Reye-
nue. Department.
The young men Of the Military Academy
look well in their new uniforms. This
institution is meeting with substantial
encouragement, and bids fair, at no dis
I tant day, to be an important addition to
the educational resources of our State.
As soon as the syphOn on the Pritchard
I place is put in the convict camp of the
Cuyler swamp canal brigade will be moved
from its present quarters to point near
where the Isle of Hope Bees road crosses
the swamp. The contract for the syphOn
will be given out this week.
Mr.. III. Joe Nalleau, the telegraph Ope-
ratOr at Tybee. now lives in a neat cot
tage built on the top of the old MartellO
Tower. He has plenty of room for bust
ness and household purposes, and splen-
did outlook for vessels and also for taking
observations for the Signal Service.
1t is proposed to illuminate the neigh
/ bOrhOOd from Monument square to the
Market on Christmas with electric lights
and Chinese lanterns. and also have fine
display Of fireworks. j. A. Bates, Esq,
is engineering this proposed free show,
I which is a guarantee that il will be a sue
cess.
The large WOrthingtOn pump formerly
used in the new building Of the water
works on the canal, has been safely re-
| moved to the new works on the river and
is nearly ready for service. The work of
putting it up is being done by Messrs. W.
! W. MetZger and James Holland, the en-
Z gineerS in charge.
savannah is making every effort to
make her Sesqui-C Centennial a success.
She is capable of getting up fine show,
and with the proper inducements offered
/ the Centennial will no doubt be well at
tended. The natural beauty and the his
tOrical interest of the city alone should
attract large crOwd.-CdrterSUiUe
| .imeFicGH.
JEFF McCOmbs. VIM. Haynes and Jacob
I Charlton, cOlOred, were arraigned in the
Police Court yesterday charged with dis
( orderly conduct at the old Chatham Hall,
and refusing to break up when ordered to
do so by an officer. HAYNES and Charlton
| were each fined 81 or fifteen days, and the
case against McCOmbs was continued
until this morning.
We learn that negro man was badly
crushed while unloading a car of lumber
at the wharves of the Ocean Steamship
Company yesterday morning. 1t seems
that a portion of the lumber piled on the
car slipped and fell on him, and it is
feared that he sustained severe internal
injury. The man was placed in a wagon
and conveyed to the Georgia Intirmary.
\ handsome picture of the wharves of
| the Savannah. Florida and Western Rail
way, sketched in crayOn, attracts the at
tention of visitors to the office of Assistant
Superintendent Felix Prendergast. The
picture is 35X4S inches, and is the handi-
work Of Mr.. I. c. Leutze. We understand
il will be forwarded to New York i'm few
DAYS. and Will he hung in the Office of
President Plant in that city.
\ large number of the gentlemen en-
gagged i'm the naval stores trade, accOmpa-
MED by the Guards Band, proceeded to
the Pavilion Hotel last evening and com
plimented Mr. W. c. jackson and his
bride. nee Miss Minnie F. MOsher, who re-
Gently returned to this city, with a fine
Serenade. After few choice airs by the
band the party were invited into the hotel,
and We're handsomely entertained by Mr..