Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-23


To-day j. return day Of the city Court
for the May term.
The Superior Court will meet This MORN
inc az iU O'Clock.
The Daisy Club will give social hop
at Metropolitan Hall on Wednesday
evening.
4 concert will Doe gwen at the Baptist
Lecture room ON Wednesday evening
April -.
The weather report from Tybee states
that il was blowing a gale Yesterday and
last night.
The regular examination in the public
schools viii take place next Friday the
18th instant.
Rev. T. NJ Boyd. OF the First Preshy-
terrain Church. will deliver the annual
address tomorrow nj Bethesda.
Electric lamps have been suspended nj
the intersections Of Hull and Whitaker
and Charlton and " hitaker streets.
\ charming Young lady and a former
resident Of Macon. is To- Doe married in
savannah this week. Huron trap hic.
special meeting Of the Yacht club
Will De held at Mozart Hall ut T. o'clock
today. 10 arrange for the annual spring
regatta.
The smallpox j. officially reported TO
have heenuearly eNterminated from Jack
sOuVille by the vigorous measures
adopted. and carried ont 10y the Board of
Health.
An election for Magistrate in tn eFourth
district. Justice DcOner. presiding. was
held Saturday. and VIM. ii. WOOdhouse
cOloredt was elected by 80 votes. There
was no opposition.
The stockholders of the Savannah saw
ings and Loan Company viii be held at
Metropolitan Hall nj eight O'Clock To-
night for the purpose of organizing and
electing a Board Of Directors.
Cadet VI. Ashhy Purse, son of Captain
ID. q. Purse. OF this city. has been selected
90 deliver the yaledictOTy address at
Mount Pleasant Academy. Sing sing.
New York. at the approaching commence
ment.
The sIisr..z-uEsI ths. public Tor the- hand
some green sward at the base of the Cor
don monument has rendered necessary
the erection of an iron fence around the
structure, and the work was begun sat
urday.
The high wind yesterday and last night
made music among the rafting signs and
loose awnings. A number of branches
were broken from trees in the parks and
squares. but no great damage was re-
ported.
There will be a meeting of the Chat
ham County sunday School Association
al Trinity Church lecture room this even
Ing at 5 O'Clock, when delegates will be
appointed to the Augusta Convention
next month.
The tide Of travel northward i increas-
ing. and the pleasure season for the tour
lists in the south is rapidly closing.
Nearly all the nOrtheTn-bOund trains and
steamers are loaded. and southwark
travel is on the decrease.
Perry NJ DeLeon. New York: William
Ellison. Richmond: George =. Whitelaw,
q. r. Burnham. y. Louis; William y.
Pufer. New York: VI. Il. Hamilton and
wife. Charleston, We're among the arrivals
at the Pulaski House yesterday.
The new boilers and machinery for the
Electric Light Works are being placed in
position as rapidly As possible, and as
soon as the new engine and dynamo gen
orator arrives, the capacity of the works
viii be sufficient to supply the largest
circuit.
The steam dredge OglethOrpe was lowed
up to the tow boat wharf Saturday after
noon. and will resume work on the river
improvement service to-day. The Ogle-
thorpe up 10 the present time has given
its projectors complete satisfaction by its
work.
The competitions for the selection of the
members Of the team of American
National Guardsmen who are to represent
the United states III the International
Military Rifle Match a Wimbledon, in
July next. will be held at CreedmOor
during the week commencing May Ii.
The Chatham Light Infantry (coloredJ
will assemble at their armOry At I o'clock
this afternoon uniformed. armed and
equipped. for the purpose of celebrating
their eleventh anniversary. They will
parade through the principal streets to
the Park headed 10y the Washington Brass
Band the prize drill Will be postponed
until the first Friday night in May.
4 merchant said yesterday that he
would not subscribe a cent towards a
telephone line between Macon and
Atlanta, but if put between Macon and
Savannah or down the Southwestern road.
he would subscribe handsomely. And
when YOU come to look at il as a CONNER
cial advantage. the merchant Is right.
Macon does not sell great many goods
ON the Atlanta road. Macon telegraph.