Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-04
CLOSE OF THE THIRD WEEK.
The Attractions at the Fair on its Six
teenth Night-The Raffles and Dona-
tions-To Close on Tuesday.

teenth Night-The Raffles and Dona-
tions-To Close on Tuesday.
Last night was the sixteenth night of
the Fair, and the interest which was man
ifested on its opening has continued to in
crease up to the present time, and now it
is greater than ever as the Fair is
drawing to a close. The attendance
last night was good and the raffles and
sale Of tickets were lively and exciting.
The receipts were gratifying. being much
larger than expected on Saturday night.
Owing to the dinner which was served to
the Governor and his staff at the Lee res
taurant, just before the opening of the
doors, that department of the fair was not
in running order. The pavilion was as
attractive as ever and the dancing floor
was filled with dancers.
At the Forest City table the following
articles were ratified: Silver dishes, won
by Capt. r. LePage; barrel of whisky,
also by the jovial Captain; set of cordial
jugs, by A. c. Bacon; five tickets, by A.
GOgorZa; sofa cushion. by H. Myers; FIVE
tickets, by G. R. Rossignol; water-coIor
painting, by Maud LOwenthal; brass card
table, by H. c. Wilson; ten tickets, by w
Hunter. The saddle-cloth was voted to
Col. VIM. Garrard.
Those interested in the carving knife,
fork and steel and one dozen knives will
take notice that the chances are trans
ferred to the Parker gun and forty-five
tickets, unless they notify Mr.. c.. p.
Rossignol Of their objections. The Scott
gun will be rallied on Tuesday evening at
O'Clock.
At the Col. Garrard table the following
articles were rallied: The lace handker-
chief, won by Miss Beecher; diamond
ring, won by G. Hart; pink fan. won by
Miss Nan Hutton; blue fan, won by Mrs.
McDOnOugh; 20 tickets, won by d. Rob-
insOn; 10 tickets, won by 5. Haynes :;
scrap basket, won by 5. 5. Guckenheimer
The yacht, in charge of Miss NJ. Rankin,
was won by Edwin Frank, he having re-
ceived 1,0l2 votes. The net receipts Of
these two articles were about 1925. Mas
tiers Fretwell, Sullivan, johnson, Brown
and Jones received most flattering num-
Der Of votes.
The handsome doll, the bride. in charge
of Miss r. Rankin. was won by Miss
Clara Stone by ST votes, the Misses
Freldenberg, Lillian Woodbridge and
Fretwell having received most flattering
votes. These ladies return sincere thanks
TO MeSsrs. Garrard, ScreYen, Hammond
Bendheim and Brooks for kindness in
counting votes.
Balloting was strong on the sword for
Lieut.. Brooks last night. There is a hard
but the former seems to be the favOrite.
The Thomas cat orchestra has done a
fine business and was a novel and attrac-
tive feature of the Fair. Mr.. Prender-
grast and Mr.. George Footman deserve
credit for the manner in which they
pushed it forward.
Tomorrow night the fair will be closed
on account of the concert.
On Tuesday at $3.50 O'Clock a meeting
of the General Fair Committee will be
held, at which all members are expected
to be present, to make returns and es-
peclally to arrange for the grand distri-
button scheme. At O'Clock the fair will
be opened to dispose Of goods at private
sale, after which all the remaining articles
will be auctiOned at p. NJ. and the fair
will close on that night.
The following subscriptions have been
added since the last report
Mrs. Robert Carter, Columbus.
through VIM. Garrard-merchan-
disc ........ .S < 90
David 5. Brown, New York. through
Frank Il CO.-merchandise ...., 90
j. W. BOutOn, New York, through E.
Ncwman-bOOks .... - SO 90
Samuel Budd, New York, through
VIM. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES . IS 90
JnO. I. Glen, Atlanta, through VIM.
Garrard ....................... 10 90
Previously reported. ..-.......... S,474 Is
Total ..-.... ....... ...-.. IS. 622 IL