The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-02
4 QUIET NEW YEARS DAY.
70 BOisteTOuS and Noisy DtROl5tTa-
tiGHS in lis Observance.

+ A Typical Holiday, Even the Weather
I Predictions Being Fulalled-Ths Ca
dets az Harmon's RanEe-The Ladies'
Auxiliary r nemb rs the y. n. C. 4.
Boys and Al. IL FTiends-A Quiet Day
aLthe CIubs-1hs Colored Militia Gel
ebrat Enaucir alton Day.
New Years Day was spent in q man
ncr far more like q holiday than was
Christmas. There was very little OF the
. inappropriate. noisy and boisterous cell
. ebration OK the day. doctors were net
f called upon TO baadage wounded eyes
ana limbs. and the attendant casualties
fl of the preceding holiday were fortunate
iF lacking
The weather was true 10 the promise Of
the prosuosticator. and while a little
chilly in the morning and evening. #
was generally bright, sunshiny and pleas
ant Il was such q day as the sportsman
courts. and many a gun and dog sought
a DAYS pleasure In the field
The Savannah Cadets. about thirty
FIVE strong. went out to Harmon's range
Tor days target practice. The affair
was an entirely voluntary one on the part
Of those who attended, but several prizes
We're offered and the inducements 70
enter the contest were strong. The men
were In charge Of Cant. J. F. Brooks.
They fired at 200 and 800 yard targets. i've
shots on each range. The prizes offered
were a silver handled pocket knife.
card case and a silver handled clothes
brush. The winners were-in the first
class Private r. c. Fetzer; in the second
class, Private J. r. Dusenberry. and in
the third class. Private j. o. Tipplns.
New Years day is always a pleasant
season with the Young Mems Christian
Association. and last night IL kept open
house until late hour. The arrange
meuts were all in the hands Of the Ladies'
Auxiliary. and good hands they proved
too. An elegant hot supper was served,
and was partaken Of by 20 or 90 people.
many Of the friends Of the association at
tending besides a large number of the
members. About $50 O'Clock a pleasant
and interesting musical programme was
rendered IN the gymnasium han. A quar-
tette. composed OF Messrs. Deacy, keil-
bach. Dykes and King. sang very sweetly
the two songs sweet and Low and
Merry Men are We" MT Thomas Dykes
sang In his best style "On the Rolling
Wave" and Mr.. A. NJ. King rected in a
bright ana interesting manner, The
Young Man Waited" Mr.. J. F.
puggan's rendition OF THE Armorer's
Song" from the opera Robin Hood was an
able EFFORT, and he was warmly encored at
I its conclusion. a either duet by Messrs.
Keilbach and Wolf entitled sweet
Dreams was charmingly rendered.
T These two gentlemen have made a repu-
I tation as artists on this instrument Al
I TO her ha ha q 4
was most pleasantly spent, and the coca
+ sion Is one that viii long be remembered
I by those who were so fortunate as 10 at
tend
\ The day at the clubs was the usual quiet
and pleasant holiday that New Years
/ day generally Is, and the receipts at the
I bullets were not diminished by the timid-
/ ity Of the man who had turned over a new
( leaf Altogether the patronage of the
clubs demonstrated beyond a doubt the
proposition that. with a holiday such as
+ yesterday once a week, it would not take
/ any Of them many months TO pay out OF
/ debt
The most noticeable celebration of the
/ day perhaps was that by the colored peo-
pie, who turned out en- masse to take
part in the Emancipation day exercises
/ In the Park extension. The eight colOred
/ militia companies formed Tor the process
/ sion at Liberty and East Broad streets
and We're on the march shortly after 10
/ O'clock. The militia made an excellent
| showing, the uniforms were bright and
| clean, and tho arms and equipments
I were in apple pie order. The militia was
I in command of Col. j. II. Devaux The
I procession was headed by a brass band
. and there was another band just in front
of the carriages which carried the speak
/ ers and members of the civic societies.
I After the dress parade in the drill ground,
I exercises in celebration of Emancipation
/ day were held. After music and the
/ prayer by Rev. j. NJ. Simms, the proc
l lamation was read by Rev. r. r. Downs,
and the orators of the day were intro
duced by Rev. J. j. Durham, d. d. The
Z principal grafton OF the day was delivered
by Rev. NJ. w. Gilbert, A. NJ, Of Jackson
vile, who was listened to with interest
by the many colored people who gathered
10 witness the exercises. An interesting
address was also delivered by Rev E.
X. Love, ID. D., after which the benedic-
ton was pronounced by Rev. G. ". Crit
fin. The colored people took much inter-
est In the celebration and IL was well at
tended
In the commercial world there was no
activity to speak of. Some of the business
houses were closed all day, while others
took only half day off. The courts took
a holiday and the cotton exchange and
board of trade were closed In many
of the market centers to-day is also
semi-houday and it is probable that COM
paratively few reports VIII be received.
The day was observed as usual by the
banks and other public institutions
There was no doubt about its being 1895,
but to-day just exactly $4,000 people more
or less win receive letters written yester-
day bearing the date Jan. l, 1884 The
old year was one that almost everybody
was glad 20 get rid of. but it will take
many some time 10 accustom themselves
to the new state of affairs especially
when it comes to letter writing.
TURKEYS FOR BULLS EYES.
Five Lucky Marksmen Capture Prizes
at tn Rife Association shoot.
The members OF the Savannah Rine
Aeeo.~tattap had n {oIiy e-OoS da,s 4. q.