Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-05

Matters and Things Laconically Noted
Landrum Lodge No. -, +. a. NJ, meets
tonight.
Pulaski Council No. 1853, r. A., will
meet this evening.
There will be "A regular meeting Of Jas
per Council, II. c., this evening
The grand Jury OF the superior Court
will meet again on the 23d instant at
p. m.
The skidaway Shell Road declared
semi-annual dividend Of per cent. yes
terday.
The Citizens Democratic Club will
meet this evening at Mozart Hall at $3.50
O'Clock sharp.
The annual meeting Of the COngrega-
ton Mickva Israel will take place on sun
day evening next.
VIM. II. Graham and +. NJ. Greenway,
Jr., of the Yacht CLEAN, are stopping at
the Screven House.
The Irish National Land League have
an important meeting this evening al
Ford's Opera House.
Live Oak Lodge No. 3, l. o. .. F., will
meet this evening and install the officers
elect for the ensuing term.
Myrtle Lodge No 6, X. Of T., hold
regular meeting this evening. Ofncers
for the ensuing term Will be Installed
line E.XeGUIlNt AODlllllAtt VI AnI DNht'-
cratic party are requested to meet at the
court house this evening at 1870 o'clock.
The Savannah Volunteer Guards will
have meeting tonight, and the battalion
will serenade its newly elected Lieutenant
Colonel.
Central Railroad stock was sold yester-
day at 9III. The stock, however, Is worth
lust as much. intTinsically, as II was
week ago.
4 reward is offered i'm our advertising
columns for the apprehension OF Daniel
Waters and his delivery To the Jailer OF
/ BullOch county.
The funeral of Mr.. VIM. Z. Mckenna
will take place this morning at 10 O'Clock
/ from his late residence. and will be at
/ tended by the Hibernian Society.
A fun attendance is urged nj the meet
/ inc of the WOman's Christian Temperance
| Union to-day at l56 South Broad street.
/ Delegates to the approaching convention
will be elected.
Mr.. Henry c. Dewitt, member of the
/ New York bar and a son of the late Lew
I Dewitt, formerly Of the dry goods firm of
/ Dewitt 4 Morgan, of this city, is ON a Wis
| il 10 Savannah.
We learn that Major Charles :. Hardee
/ has taken steps to contest the election OF
! Bnrnard f. Bee for the Office of Clerk of
/ the Superior Court, on the ground of
| fraudulent voting.
Sarah and Tallulah Bradley were ar
/ raigned i'm the Police Court yesterday
| charged with disOrderly conduct. The for
mer was fined So or ten days, and the lat
ter 50 or fifteen days.
| 4. Fuller, cOlOred, was fined $40 or
thirty days in, the Police Court yesterday
! for disOrderly conduct while under the in
| tiuence of liquor, and using obscene Ian
| guage in the streets.
Col. a. W. Jones and children, of Rich
mond, accompanied by Misses Clara Rod
| riguir and Alice COmfrett, of New Jersey,
| arrived in the city yesterday and are stop
ping at the Screven House.
The Spanish brig TriunfO was cleared
| yesterday for Barcelona, with ,413 pieces
of pitch pine lumber, measuring 19,O3I
feet. valued ut 81 ,0S9 Is. Cargo and vessel
cleared by Messrs. Chas. Green's Son q
Co.
George Bryan and George Coleman,
cOlOred, were before the Police Court yes
terday morning, charged with stealing
shirts from the store of Messrs. Gray X
OBrien. Bryan was fined $40 or thirty
DAYS. and Coleman was dismissed.
The Republican Blues. at their regular
/ quarterly meeting. held last night, decided
10 erect a handsome staff over their quar-
tiers i'm Lyons building. The staff will be
tItttFu III time ~ uiHlldN tut toAul , VI thS
. company at the Sesqui-Centennialc ele-
/ bratiOn.
The refusal of the authorities at Wash
ington To permit the use of government
tents at the Savannah Sesqui-Centennial
will not operate as a set back TO the cele-
\ bratiOn. Our information is that the citi-
Zens of Savannah possess the proper
amount of enthusiasm, and that the affair
will lack no element necessary TO its sue
cess. The Constitution hopes that every
community in Georgia will be represented
| upon an occasion commemorative of the
! settlement of the leading commonwealth
| of the South.-duGutd Constitution.