Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-03

Matters and Things LaconicaIly Noted.
The grand jury Of the Superior Court
will meet this afternoon at O'CLOCK
Excelsior Lodge No. 5, knights OF
Pvthias. Will hold a regular meeting to-
night.
There will be a meeting of the members
of the Naval Stores Exchange this after
noon at O'Clock.
A regular cOnvacatiOn of Georgia
Chapter No. 3. r. \. NJ, will be held this
evening al O'Clock.
There will be a regular meeting Of sa-
Vannah Lodge No. 1853, Knights OF Honor,
this evening at 5 O'Clock.
There will be regular meeting of
Golden Rule Lodge No. ~, l. o. y. r,
this evening at $50 O'Clock.
The sale Of seats for the opera of the
Bohemian Girl will begin at Bren's at
$50 o'clock this morning.
4 special meeting of the Savannah
Yacht Club will be held this afternoon at
$3.50 O'Clock ut FOrd's Opera House.
Mr.. John b. Carter and wife, of Angus
Ia. Ga. are spending their honeymoon in
our city and are the guests OF the Marshall
House.
There is considerable excitement among
the members of the Naval stores EX-
change over the ensuing election for Off
Gers. Two tickets are in the field.
An interesting chiIdren's meeting was
held at Christ Church yesterday after
noon. and was addressed by ArchdeacOn
kirkby on the Indians in Canada and
other countries.
The annual meeting of the OglethOrpe
Base Ball Club viii be held at the Pu-
laski House tomorrow evening. at ;
o'clock. An election of officers for the
ensuing year will take place.
There is a generally expressed regret
that the City Council did not accept the
proposition of the Electric Light COmpa-
ny. 80 that the people could at once have
the benefit of the light from such towers
as are i'm position.
Pepper HILL" Il locality once cOnspicu-
GUS I'm our police reports. Is now the cen
tire Of several thriving mechanical indus
tries: among them Tynau'S Foundry and
tie Electric Light Works. One of the
towers. IS5 feet high. for the electric lights.
is located in its vicinity.
Nr.Julius Kaufman. whose restaurant
was recently destroyed by fire, has pur-
chased the Tufts residence. corner of
DraytOn and Congress streets. opposite
his old place. and has begun the work of
remOdeling il 10 suit his business.
Fifteen prisoners We're arraigned before
the Mayor Yesterday. and fines TO the
amount UA so hNlt AAlA LfNiNtNls Il AhN AeAesNo
We're dismissed. and one Juvenile offender
turned over 10 her mother for punish
ment. being too young TO sentence.
just now there appears to be consider
able activity I'm real estate. especially for
vacant lots. Quite a number Of lots have
recently been sold in the southwestern
part of the city and the prospect is that in
a very short time the vacant places
bounded hv West Broad. Cemetery. An
dersOn and New Houston streets viii be
built up.
Yesterday and to-day were the dates
fixed by Judge COthran, at the request of
the counsel in the case of Daniel Hand vs..
the Savannah and Charleston Railroad
Company. for the hearing. ut Charleston.
of the main cause and ali eX parte pro-
ceedings arising hereunder. This case
is one around which much interest CEN
tres. and its discussion viii therefore
attract more than ordinary attention.
J. II. \. Bruce. Esq, well known
hotel man. and one time proprietor of the
Rocky Point Hotel. near Providence. Il.
L.. but lately connected with several
hotels i'm Florida. Is spoken of as the
probable host of the new hotel at Mont
gOmerv. the Vernon River terminus of the
City and Suburban Railway. \ number
of our citizens have been his guests ut
different places. and they speak in the
highest terms of his capacity for doing
that very difficult Undertaking-'.k keeping
a hotel"