Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-20
Matters and Things LacOnicalIy Noted.
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city Council meets tonight.
There Will be a regular meeting of Mag
n0lia Encampment this evening.
There will be turkey and goose shoot
ing at the SchuetZen Park tomorrow.
The Citizens Sanitary Association
meets tonight at 5 O'Clock in Metropolitan
Hall.
There was no business of public interest
transacted in the United States Courts
yesterday.
The Telephone Exchange is prepared to
put in phones in private residences at
reduced rates.
The Savannah, Florida and Western
Railway trains are filled with tourists
rushing 10 Florida and South Georgia.
\ dividend of three per cent. has been
declared by the Savannah Gas Light Com
pany, payable on and after the 18th inst.
The fireworks display at the Sesqui-
Centennial will be the biggest and grand
est show of the kind ever seen in the
South.
The boarding houses will have to spread
themselves on the 18th and 18th Of Febru-
AIRY to accommodate the crowd that is
coming.
ON Monday night or Tuesday morning
some one smashed one of the largei panes
of glass i'll the Congress street door of
Buffers drug store.
The Hess Opera Company will return
here next week for two nights-MOnday
and TueSday-and will present the MAS
cott'' and Fra DiavOlO."
Although yesterday was cold and dis
agreeable, the streets were thrOnged with
promenaders, and there was lively bust
ness done in holiday goods.
Petit jurors of the Superior Court who
We're ordered TO report at 10 a. IN. to-day,
are notified that they need not report
until tomorrow Thursday.
TwOmore electric lights have been put
up on BroughtOn street, and that popular
thOrOughfare. at night, from AbercOrn to
Barnard street, is almost as bright as day.
Messrs. A. Minis & Sons cleared yester-
day the British steamship Shadwan for
Bremen, with 4,Sl0 bales of upland cot
ton. weighing 2,294.312 pounds, valued at
S3:iI.529 n.
At the meeting Of the Chatham Mutual
Loan Association (Series b, held last
night. the following sales were made
s.. 900 at IS, s.. 900 at 4734, 81, 900 at A. r.
and 81, 900 at 1863 per cent. premium.
The County Commissioners hold a
special meeting this morning to consider
the claim Of DR.. Sheftall, the County
Coroner. for remuneration for mterring
the bodies of unknown parties found after
the great storm of August, 1881.
The colored girl who was so badly
burned about two weeks ago at the resi-
dence of Mrs. O'Sullivan, on BrOughtOn
street mention of which was made at the
time in the NEWS, died yesterday morn
ing from the effects of her injuries.
James Groves, the second mate Of the
schooner Island City, who was severely
injured by falling into the hold of that
vessel on Monday, was doing as well as
could be expected yesterday. He is suf-
fering greatly from pains in the neck.
The Christmas eve illumination in Con-
gress and Whitaker streets promises to
greatly exceed that of last year. The
merchants on those streets have gone in
on masse, and are preparing for good
demonstration. Chinese lanterns, cOlOred
fires and fireworks are promised.
The grand jury Of the Superior Court
Yesterday found true bills against James
Hunter. cOlOred, and Sandy Brown. The
former is the burglar who was arrested in
the Marshall House last week, and the lat
ter is the individual charged with stealing
goods from the store of Messrs. Lilienthal
& HOhn.
Revs. J. o. Branch, G.. G. \. MacDon-
oil and G.. W. Matthews have been re-
turned to their respective charges in this
citv-Trinity. Wesley Monumental and
New Houston Street Churches-by ap-
pOintment Of Bishop kavanaugh at the
session Of the South Georgia Conference
held in Albany yesterday.
We received short call last evening
from Mr.. W. I. KeOgh. connected with
the Hess Acme Opera Company. as the
representative Of the interests of Mr.. J.
NJ. Barron, Manager of the Charleston
Academy Of Music. Mr.. keogh is a Sa-
MAMMALIAN. and his friends in this city
will always be pleased to hear Of his sue
cess in whatever position he may occupy.