Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-23

Matters and Things LacOnicallY Noted.
All the banks will be closed Monday.
The custom house will be closed on
Monday.
The steamship Tallahassee is expected
up this morning.
The City Court has adjourned until
Tuesday, January ,, 1888.
The recent rains have made some of the
street crossings very disagreeable to pc
destrians.
The monthly session of the City Court
for the trial of criminal cases will convene
next Tuesday at p. m.
A reward is offered in another column
for the recovery of a ships boat stolen
from the Russian bark Max.
A notice of interest TO stockholders of
the Central Railroad in regard to proxies
appears in our special notice column.
The post Office will be open for the de-
livery of mails on Monday Christmas
day from $3.50 to 10 a. m. All mails close
at 10 o'clock.
Judge McCay, of Atlanta, who has been
presiding in the United States Courts in
this city for the past week, will return
home tonight.
There was a boom in the demand for
roslns yesterday, the sales footing up 100
barrels for the day, and about 1900 bar
rels for the week.
Some business requiring the attention
Of the Superior Court before its adjourn
ment for the holidays. il will meet again
this morning at 8 O'Clock.
Emile Newman. Esq, returned to the
city last evening after a short absence
through the State in the interest of several
Of our business houses.
Mr.. James c. Shaw, the indefatigable
passenger agent of the Central Railroad,
left Tor Macon last night for the purpose
of spending Christmas in that city.
There were two cases Of disOrderly con-
duct and drunkenness before the Police
Court yesterday morning. 4 fine of 50 or
ten days was imposed in each case.
The sale of reserved seats for the two
operas la MascOtte" and "Fra-Dia-
yolo," by the c. d. Hess Opera Company,
Will commence this morning at Bren's
ticket office at $3.50 O'Clock.
There We're eighty-one vessels in port
yesterday, as follows: Nine steamships,
three ships. thirty banks, four brigs and
! thirty-tive schooners, the whole number
/ ggregating very large tonnage.
The indiscriminate shooting of rockets
and Roman candles on our crowded bust
ness thOrOughfares should be stopped at
once by the proper authorities, as it is at
tended with great risk TO both person and
property.
The members of the O. X. 5. b. Lodges,
and Joseph Lodge, %. b. b., are requested
TO meet at their respective halls on sun
day morning for the purpose of paying
the last tribute Of respect to a deceased
brother, L. Michels.
The members of the Savannah Cotton
/ Exchange held a meeting yesterday after
noon at 4 O'Clock, and decided to close the
I ing at O'Clock to Wednesday morning,
/ ON account of the Christmas holidays.
A negro was caught in the act of steal
ing a kettle from in front of the store of
/ Mr.. John A. Douglas yesterday afternoon.
I He was turned over to policeman, who
4 carried him to the barracks, and he will
| spend his holidays in durance vile.
We were shown last evening by Mr..
TheO. Basch, who has just returned from
a trip to Ossabaw. a number of fOssiliZed
sharks teeth and other specimens brought
by him from Bradley river. NJ. Basch
says that phosphate rock abOunds in that
locality.
Mr.. Philip VI. Russell. Jr., who was ap-
pointed by the Board of County Commits
siOners TO prepare the sheets and lists for
the approaching election for county Off
! GERS, has some of the papers nearly COM
/ pleted, and the others will be finished i'll
day or two.
The unreasonable weather must have
prompted Nick Warning, cOlOred, to lay in
a supply of fuel without paying for the
same. He was arraigned yesterday in
the Police Court on the charge of stealing
wood from the yard of Barbour Bros, but
his case was continued.
A meeting of the Directors of the Ty6ee
Improvement Company was held yester
day. Several matters of interest were
brought up. and a resolution was passed
relative to the purchase of certain prop
erty of the corporation by the Savannah
and Tvbee Railroad Company.
Special Agent W. II. Chapman, of the
Internal Revenue Department, returned
to the city yesterday from Atlanta, in
compliance with Geographic instructions
received from Washington, for the pur-
pose of investigating the accounts of Col
iectOr Peasants, who is at present in the
latter city.
The two up river steamers Mary Fisher
and Alice Clark carried out large crowd
of passengers yesterday afternoon, the
Fisher particularly being crowded with
negroes. returning home after laying in
their Christmas supplies. 1t was
noticeable fact that nearly all of them
carried a jug, as they live in counties
where the prohibition law is enforced.