Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-16
FLOATING PALACE.
The New Steamer for the De Barry Mer-
chants Line.

he new SAcAAnCE AOA NAAN 10 ---J
chants Line.
The new steamer Jacksonville" to ply
on the St. Johns river between Jackson
Vile and Enterprise, arrived at this port
Yesterday afternoon from Wilmington,
Del. where she was built. She came out
in charge OF Capt. Shaw, who reports hav-
inc had rough weather the entire passage
with northeast winds. during one Of which
the vessel came near being lost after
leaving Morehead City, y. c., she having
previously put into Fortress Monroe. She
was built BY the Harlan & HOllingswOrth
Company, under the personal supervision
Of Capt. Shaw, who drew the plans and
specifications himself. She cost one nun
dred thousand dollars. and is without doubt
the finest boat Of her class and size aflOat.
Her dimensions are 1886 tons burthen; her
hull being Of iron; she is 1851 feet long
over all. and j21z feet over all beam. and
has 3 state rooms. besides a magnificent
grand saloon, with Wilton carpets, marble
tOp,wash-stands,e elegantly upholstered fur
niture. ventilatOTs. ETC., with all upper
berths swinging. She is provided with
two iet-cOndensing engines, 30 inch cylln-
der and feet stroke. and is supposed to
make II miles per hour in still water. She
will leave for Jacksonville this morning
and take her place on the De Barry Mer-
Enterprise. Captain Shaw, commander,
is we'll known in this city, being the
brother Of J. &. Shaw, the irrepresslble
passenger agent Of the Central Railroad.
Matters and Things LacOnicaIly Noted.
The polls will be open this morning at
O'Clock.
The races to-day will be started at 80
O'Clock p. IN.
Excelsior Lodge No. s, X. of P, Will
hold a regular meeting this evening.
Pools for the races. tomorrow will be
sold at the Screyen House this evening.
\ regular meeting Of Savannah Lodge,
No. 1853. h. Of H., will be held this even
| ing.
The Savannah Jockey Club will hold a
meeting at the Pulaski House this evening
at : 80 o'clock.
\ regular meeting of the Sesqui-Centen-
NAL General Committee will be held this
evening AT HOdgsOn Hall.
A portion Of the pedestal of the Gordon
monument was placed on the foundation
/ in Wright square yesterday.
The twelfth regular meeting Of the
I Chatham Mutual Loan Association, series
I b, will be held at Metropolitan Hall this
evening.
/ We are authorized to say that Major
I SchwarZ is not candidate for Alderman
on any ticket to be voted at the election
/ to-day.
! Members Of the Sesqui-Centennial FL
nance Committee are requested to meet at
I the Office Of the Chairman at 4:3O O'Clock
/ this afternoon.
At the seyenty-siXth regular meeting Of
/ the Railroad Mutual Loan Association.
/ held last evening, five loans of $1,000 each
/ were sold at 81.
/ Twelve dispositions of criminal cases
| were made by the Mayor yesterday, on
| charges of disOrderly and improper con-
I duct and drunkenness.
Captain W. A. Shaw, commander of the
| new steamer City of Jacksonville, received
/ a cordial greeting from his many friends
I in this city last evening.
! The petit jurors of the City Court are
| expected to be prompt in attendance on
! the court tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock
1 for the trial Of civil cases.
| The special schedule Of trains to be run
/ from Savannah over the Central Railroad
| TO the race track during the meeting of the
| Jockey Club appears in another column.
Mr.. c. Y. F. Hall, of Norfolk, Va; Mr..
4 John Everett, New Hampshire; Daniel
! Weld, Boston, Mass. and A. 5. Blake,
! North Carolina, are at the Pulaski House.
/ Messers. Muir, DuckwOrth & Co. cleared
! yesterday the British ship Alfred for LiY-
! erpOOl with .SS9 bales of upland cotton,
/ weighing 2,354,j63 pounds, valued at $685.
$40.
! In the event Of pOstpOnement of the
! races announced for to-day, on account Of
I the weather. notice to that effect will be
/ posted at the Central Railroad depot, the
| post office and at the hotels.
The Central Railroad express train
] arrived in this city yesterday afternoon
/ from Macon, distance of 1872 miles, in
/ six hours and forty minutes. The train
/ made thirty-twO stops, and reached here
on schedule time.
The officers-elect of Tattnall Council
/ No. So, American Legion of Honor, were
installed last night by Deputy District
! Commander B. ii. Richardson. The annual
! reports show the Council to be in a most
| flOurishing condition.
The arrests reported at the police bar
racks yesterday and till 1 O'clock this
! evening were as follows: One white man,
for larceny Of wood and coal, by Officer
1 Reid; one cOlOred woman, for drunken
/ ness and lying in the street, BY officer
! Shea; and, two cOlOred women, for dis
orderly conduct in the street, by Officer
/ Jones.
Several parties claim to have seen the
/ comet recently reported here by Mr.. Bur-
/ ton. Second officer of the steamship City
! Of Savannah. The nucleus of the celestial
visitor is barely visible to the naked
| ten feet long. At l O'clock a. m. yes
/ terday it was due south, the nucleus tend
! ing down and the tail pointing upward to-
I wards the zenith. The heavens were too
| much Obscured by clouds last night TO
permit another observation.