The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-04
THE NATIONS BIRTHDAY.
FEATURES OF THE GLORIOUS
FOURTH IN SAVANNAH

How the Day VIII Be Observed in the
City and at the Resorts-The Knights
of Labor at Tybee-The Artillerymen
at Greenwich Park and the Regatta
at Thunderbolt.
Savannah does not celebrate the 'glori-
Gus" Fourth of July with the hullabaloo
that other cities further north do, but it
generally gets as much fun out of the day
as there is to be had. Being legal holiday,
there will be general suspension Of bust
ness.
The banks and exchanges, all of the gov
eminent offices and the departments Of
city government will be closed Most peo-
pie have already made up their minds how
they will spend the day, and the majority
will spend it out of the city-at the beach
or on the salts.
THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR AT TYBEE.
The big excursion of the day will be the
Knights of Labor picnic at Tybee The
declaration of Independence will be read on
! the beach, and the Union cornet band will
| give concert of patriotic music. Trains
will leave the city at $50 O'clock this morn
ing, IL o'clock noon, 2:30 and $40
o'clock this afternoon and $40 o'clock
tonight The trains from the island will
leave the beach at 2;05, 4:l0 and $40 this
afternoon and $50 o'clock tonight.
THE GALATIANS AT GREENWICH PARK.
The Chatham artillery will have their
| Fourth Of July practice at Greenwich park,
and will spend the day there. The honorary
and pay members have been invited TO JON
! the company in the celebration. A special
schedule of cars will be run over the Coast
Line railroad, leaving the corner
of Bull and Broughton streets
at 1890 o'clock this morning. The Chat
hams always make the most of the 'glo-
rious Fourth" and to-day they propose to
keep up their established custom.
THE THUNDERBoLT REGATTA
The regatta of the Savannah yacht club
at Thunderbolt promises to draw its
full share of those who will go out of town
1t is regretted on all sides that
there will be none of the first
class yachts in the regatta. AS the Mont
| gomery course was not adopted. Capt.
Lathrop declined to enter the Glance, and
this kept the Ocean Queen out, so that the
| Eta, the only yacht entered in the first
class, had to withdraw In the third class
the Savannah yacht club entered the
| Chance, and as it was the only entry in this
class she has withdrawn. The regatta,
however, will be an exciting one, for there
| is competition in the other classes, and the
Zinga and the Thistle are matched against
| each other, which means an exciting race
The tug Forest City will 90 down the
course for the accommodation of the judges
and such members of the club and their
| invited guests as may want to follow the
sailers. A band of music for dancers. and
| ice cream, lemonade and other refreshments
| in abundance will be available at the club
house for those who prefer to stay behind
and await the return of the yachts.
The following are the particulars of the
reg tia:
SECOND CLASS. Cabin yachts under 81
feet Course, club house to Cabbage island
around the spit buoy and return to club
| house. Distance 20L nautical miles. Al
lowance minutes aud 3 seconds per foot for
| the course, sailed under revised rules, allow
ing no shifting of ballast in this class Prize
$40 Entries:
Zinga 25 feet inches, Capt. John H.
| Dews. Allows.
| Thistle "a feet s inches allowed minute
and 43 seconds, Capt. F. G. Strachan
FOURTH CLAss.-Open yachts, % feet
and under. Course club house to bateau
anchored between Tybee cut (otf lower point
of Cabbage island and opposite Joe's cut
and return to club house. Distance Is
nautical miles. Allowance minute and 80
seconds per foot for the course. Prize $l5.
Entries:
Gertrude, 81 feet 10 inches; allows.
Entered by w. D. Johnston for f. w.
Tilton.
Anna Bell, 81 feet inches; allowed As
seconds for the course. Entered by r. NJ.
| Demere for unknown
Osprey, 10 feet 8 inches; allowed
| minutes and Is seconds for the course En-
tered by w d. Johnston for Tom Clay
FIFTH CLAss.-Catboats and bateaux
Course same as in fourth class. Prizs $40.
| Entries:
Nan, 20 feet Allows. H. H. Thomas
enters for NJ. NJ Steward
Erminie, Is feet. Allowance minutes.
Entered by F. G. Strachan for f. L. Nc
MArthur.
Cora, IS feet. Allowance minutes S.
j. Wheaton.
Ouida, is feet. Allowance 3 minutes.
Entered by W. L. Wilson for George Allen.
Ida, Is feet. Allowance 3 minutes En-
tered by w. d. Johnston for Tom Shackles.
-. I. X" II feet Allowance minutes
so seconds. w. d. Johnston enters for
Kollock q Gailard
Fuller, II feet Allowance minutes 30
seconds John s. Schley enters for R. N.
Gibbs.