The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-01
NEW YEAR WARMLY GREETED.
CHIMES AND BELLS AND WHISTLES
BRING IT IN.

A clustering, Threatening DAY
Was New Years Eve-LittIe TRADE
Ncsterday-TO-day VIII Not BE So
Much of a Holiday As UsuaI-Pub-
lie and Semi-PubIic Buildings WiIi
BE CIoSed-But 1t VIII BE a Holt
day for Mnny-Nevv Years ResoIu-
tiOns and what Has Become o.
Them.
Cold and clustering was the night tia.
ushered in the New Years morn, but TIA.
in no wise delayed its arrival or prevent.
it from getting here 1t is getting aba
time for cold wea her, and it is not at g'l
out Of the way that The first Of Janu5r,
should bring it along
There was nothing unusual about New
Years eve, except of course, thai il We
New Years eve. which in sense, TO be-.
sure, makes 1t unusual infthat it is differ
ent from other ewes But until the clocE
began TO strike Z. where last night ends
and this morning begins and until d..
whistles the river front and elsewhers.
the chimes and bells, and hrecrackers pa-
gan to proclaim the arrival of 1898 IL d FL
not seem that many people were giyH-
serious thought TO the fact that il was
coming.
But that did not make any dffererae.
Al least it did not to those who were hold
ing watch-night services. and those others
who concluded just to take little walk
around town until 1888. Either it was jhc
clustering. threatening day, that kept peo
pie indoors yesterday or else they forgot
to-day would be a sort of a holiday. and
failed TO do much trading. There was Is
anything, less than the usual amount of
trade for New Years eve, and in all PROB
ability the weather was responsible for it,.
1t was warm in the morning and there
was every indication of rain but it began
to grow gradually colder through the day,
and night time showed a decided change,
which called out oVercoats and mutllers.
There was absolutely nothing out of
the ordinary during the day, except now
and then the boom of a cannon cracker,
and so it was until midnight brought forth
the usual diu, without which, Of course,
it would be impossible for the new year to
put in an appearance. The shrill whistle
of a river tug rang out upon the midnight
air. Not a bad way TO begin a thrilling
New Years story Then the other whis-
ties of other river craft along the wharves
blew, and for fun five minutes the gala
tune kept up, St Johns chimes chimed
In, the other bells rung in, a number of
cannon crackers cracked in, and altogeth-
er the evidences of the fact thai 1898 was
on hand were. nmistakable.
The weather prophecy promises SaVad-
nahians a better day than Christmas
brought them. Last night it was cold
and clear, and it looks as if it WiA be
the same to-day. But New Years day
will not be The holiday that Christmas
was, and it IS probable it will not be as
much of holiday as it usually is. Satur-
day or no Saturday, Christmas day had
to be a holiday, but Saturday and New
Years day may not go 50 well together.
AS a result, the retail men in all lines
will be open, as usual and at the same
old stands. Ii will be a busy day in part
with the wholesale dealers, too though
many of these may close for half a day
for the benefit of their clerlI1
The cotton exchange, Board of trade,
city exchange, custom house, court house
and institutions of that character will of
course, observe the holiday as they did
Christmas. The banks, too, will all be
closed, and many of the railroad offices
will let their men off for the day. The
Savannah Rife Association is going out
to the Avondale range, but outside of that,
none of the organizations have anything
particular on hand.
No doubt there is many man who stood
by the bar as the long hand on the clock
approached twelve, and then and there did
take his last drink-for the night. Resolu-
tons good and Indifferent are now in or
der were in order upon the stroke of u.
provided, of course, that it is impossible
to make them at any other time than
on the first day on January. So frail is
human nature, good resolutions being so
often broken, that a man is generally
afraid nowadays TO tell his trends that he
has made New Years resolutions, for
fear those same friends will catch him in
the act of forgetting that which he has
resolved. So it happens that New Years
resolutions are not what they used to be;
that is they may be, doubtless are pretty
much the same, but the people don't know
it, al least they don't know so much about
it.