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r^Tuale Lodge So. 12, 1.0. 0. F.
{1 „,i« r meeting of this Lodge will be held
^‘ftvdnSda^ EVENING at 8 o'clock.
^Election of officers for the next term will
U Mem!S of other lodges cordially invited
tom«L*i t o( US ’ F. H. THOMSON, N. G.
j ‘ \v u Fretw£T.l, Sec'y. dec24-lt
Notice.
,, r .v SA n Bank and Trust Company, |
Savannah, Ga.. December 22.1879. j
annual election for Directors of thus
T Si be held at the Bank on WEDNE8-
' rant, from 10 to 12 o'clock.
HATCH,
Cashier.
v ., Kt instant, from 10 to 12 o'clock
DA V- si M. HAT
Jn-Btd
Election for Directors
Merchants National Bank, l
Savannah. Ga., December 13, 1879. f
Th.. annual election for seven Directors of
i •-flunk "ill be held in their office on TUES-
iviY the 1‘lth of January, 1S80, between the
p:, ir o 0 f ll and 12 o'clock.
b° urs0 THOS. GADSDEN,
dtcia-td Cashier.
Election for Directors.
Railroad and Banking Company, )
Lr " Savannah, Ga., December 3, 1879. f
\n election for thirteen Directors to manage
the affairs of this Company for the ensuing
/ year will be held in the Banking House, in Sa-
rannah. on MONDAY, the 5th day of January,
l$«fl, between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and
12 o'clock m.
stockholders and their families will be passed
, ' ,,ver the Company's road, to attend the
‘l. ;, ,n. from the 2d to the 5th of January,and
f . lLv ..-d free returning from the 5th to the
, h of January, on presentation of their stock
Y.rfj,-,,- ,tes to the conductors
cen T. M. CUNNINGHAM,
dec-ltd Cashier.
&pma! Courts.
The Lecture „
On DARWIN S THEORY OF EVOLUTION
tested IN THE UGHT OF FACTS AND
PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIENCE, instead of
Wednesday, will be delivered FRIDAY EVEN
ING at 5 "'clock, in Music Hall, Lj-ons’block,
Broughton street, by Du. BRICKMAN.
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THE
For sale
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CHOICEST TURKEYS
EVER OFFERED,
at
No. 9 Market Basement.
DRESSED TURKEYS. Fresh COUNTRY
EGi ;s Cii« .ice TABLE BUTTER, 30c. RAISINS,
CITR«'V. CURRANTS, MINCE MEAT, FER
RIS HaMP. PR'KLES. and a full line of GRO
CERIES. ORANGES and APPLES.
GEO. P. GRAY,
dec24-lt Manager.
Turkey Rallle.
A lot of FINE TURKEY'S will be rallied at
JEFFREY'S WINE PARLOR,
No. 7 Drayton street,
TO-NIGIIT.
dec»Mt
Elegant Turkey Lunch and Egg Nog
Will be from 11 to 2 o'clock TO-MORROW
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JEFFREY’S WINE PARLOR,
No. 7 Drayton street.
Skuling Christ
mas Afternoon.
Rink will be open
Thursday afternoon at
3:30 o'clock. No assem
bly Thursday night.
Skating with Band Fri
day niaht instead.
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Notice.
All hills against the British bark “Natant.”
Captain Dunham, must be presented at our
office l»y or before 12 o'clock M. THIS DAY, or
payment will be debarred.
WILDER & CO.,
<lec2l-lt Agents.
10,000 Pounds Choice Dressed Tur
keys, Chickens, Ducks and Geese*.
3,000 pounds to arrive THIS MORNING, 7.000
pounds to arrive TUESDAY’ and WEDNESDAY’,
for Christmas. No disappointment. Orders
will be taken for the above at reasonable
prices.
J. S. COLLINS,
declS-7t 150 St. Julian street.
LIL1ENTHAL & K011N
Are positively selling out their entire retail
stock of
CLOTHING and GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS
at and below cost. Don't fail to call and see
for yourself.
LILIENTHAL A KOHN,
nov27-lm 161 Congress street,
Notice.
Office Chief of Police. (
Savannah, Ga., December 17, 1879. J
I. The following communication is hereby
published for the information of all concerned:
"Office of the Committee on Police,
“December 17, 1879.
"It. H. Anderson, Esq., Chief of Police:
“Dear Sir—Please take such measures as
will prevent the indiscriminate use of firearms
and fireworks on the public thoroughfares of
the city during the coming holidays, and arrest
all parties who may be found endangering life
and property. Respectfully,
“H. F. Willink,
“L H. De Montmollin,
“Henry Blcn.
“Committee on Police.’'
II. The above instructions will be strictly
complied with.
R. H. ANDERSON.
deels-fit Chief of Police.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24. ll?
Time of Clotting the nails.
Northern mail Tia Savannah and Charleston
Railroad-i:00p. si. Via Central Railroad 6 *30 p a
Charleston. 3:00 p. H. and 7 p. a. '
Port Royal Railroad, Tp. s.
, Western mall via Central Railroad. 3 a. n. and
b:30 p. m.
3 p^M rfda maU *** and Gulf Railroad,
3 J^ masvUle other points west of Dupont,
Darien and Brunswick, 3 p. m.
Savannah river, Tuesday, 5 p. *.
Milledgeville and Eatonton, 6:30 p m
Office open for delivery of mail on‘ Sunday
from 9:30 to 10 a. m., and from 1:30 to 2 p. m.
Tlie Morning News and the Savan
nah Telephone Exchange.
The Morning News is connected with the
wires of the Savannah Telephone Exchange.
This agency can, therefore, be used in sending
to the Morning News advertisements, orders
for the paper to be sent, news, information of
any kind, and orders for work, at any hour
from 7 a. m. to 12 p. in., free of charge. This
is a great convenience, and will be appreciated
by the customers of the Morning News.
Index to New Advertisement*
Meeting of Golden Rule Lodge.
Notice—Wilder & Co.
Skating Christmas afternoon.
Lecture by Dr. Brickman.
Turkey's at Putzel’s.
Dre-sed turkeys—Geo. P. Gray.
Turkey raflie at Jeffrey’6 Wine Parlor.
Lunch and egg nog at Jeffrey’s.
Loan association stock wanted.
House to rent.
Red leather pocketbook lost.
Rooms wanted.
Raffling at the Occidental.
Boots and shoes repaired—P. A. Zoller.
Proposals wanted for building a bridge.
Wood—Bacon «fc Brooks.
Turkey shooting at Fred. Weber’s.
Special schedule over Coast Line R. R.
Groceries, etc.—Barbour Bros.
Candies—G. M. Heidt & Co.
Grapes, etc.—C. H. Dorsett.
Christmas liquors—J. B. Reedy.
Wines, fruits, etc.—Russak <Sz Co.
Theatricals—Estill’s News Depot.
Auction sale by D. R. Kennedy.
Dressed poultry—J. B. Reedy.
Auction sale by C. H. Dorsett.
Money lost.
Boarders wanted.
Steamship City of Savannah for New York,
Weather Report.
Indications for the South Atlantic States
to-day: Northeast to southeast winds, rising,
followed by falling barometer, stationary
temperature, cloudy and rainy weather.
River Report.
The height of the river at Augusta at
p. m. yesterday was eight feet four inches,
fall of live Relies during the preceding
twenty-four hours.
Signal Observations.
Comparative statement of temperature at
Savannah, taken from the Signal Service
records:
7:00 a. m. .
1878.
33
7:00 a. M...
1879.
60
2:00 p. m. .
45
2:00 p. m. ..
75
4:19 p. m. .
48
2:44 p. M...
75
9:00 p. m..
44
9:00 p. m...
64
10:44 p. m.
44
10:44 p. M...
64
Maximum.
49 Maximum..
Minimum..
32
Minimum..
59
Mean temperature
Mean temperature
41 5
fir, 7
Rainfall....
...0 00 inch.
Rainfall....
. .6.00 inch.
The following record shows the state of
the thermometer at the stations mentioned
at 2:44 p. m. (Savannah mean time) yes
terday:
Atlanta (»S Corsicana
Charleston 71 Augusta, Ga
Punta Rassa, Fla.. 77 Jacksonville, Fla...
Mobile, Ala 70 1 Montgomery, Ala..
New Orleans, La .. 75 j Galveston, Texas...
Grand Midnight Christmas Eve
Mass.
The recently organized choir will give
some grand music at the usual Christmas
eve midnight Mass at the Cathedral. The
programme has been carefully prepared
under the direction of Mr. Frank E Rebarer,
the accomplished leader, whose judgment
in musical matters ranks high, and the lov
ers of the divine art may therefore antici
pate a rare treat. The choir is now thorough
ly organized and their recent singing has been
very highly complimented. These occasions
at the Cathedral have always been aptici
pated with pleasure, but we venture noth
ing in expressing the belief that the music
to-night will eclipse anything ever before
heard in the Cathedral. The programme is
as follows:
Adeste Fideles Choir
FARMER'S MASS IN “II FLAT."/*
“Kyrie"— Mrs. Tynan, Miss Beranc, Mr. Conley,
Mr. Graef and Choir.
“Gloria”—Mrs Reilly. Miss O’Byrne, Mr. Re
barer. Mr. Conley, Mr. Graef and Choir.
Offertoritim—Soprano solo and chorus “O Cor
Amoris” Lambillotte
Mrs. Reilly and Choir.
“Credo”—Mrs. Tynan, Miss O'Byrne, Mr. Re
barer, Mr. Graef and Choir.
“Sanctus”—Mrs. Tybring, Miss O’Byrne, Mr.
McDonough, Mr. Graef and Choir.
Agnus—Mrs. Reilly, Miss O’Byrne, Mr. Rebarer
and Choir.
Notice.
No bills contracted by the crews of the Nor
wegian bark-“Forsete,” Christensen. Master, or
Norwegian bark “Broderene,” Evensen, Mas
ter. wiil be paid by Captains or
HOLST, FULLARTON A CO,,
deoil-3t Agents.
MCCARTHY'S BUSINESS COLLEIiE
AND ECLECTIC ENGLISH INSTITUTE,
113 SOUTH RROAD STREET, nt-nr Barnard.
In session day and evening. Bookkeeping,
Commercial Arithmetic, Penmanship, Business
Forms, etc—a thorough commercial course.
English Department for boys of twelve years
ami upward. Also* private lessons. Terms
moderate. M. B. MCCARTHY. A. M.,
J*-• l M.W&F&Telly Principal
GEM BRAND”CONDENSED
Ask for the
-MILK.
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Evs:\ A DRUG MAY ASTONISHED,
Allies of Porous Plaster.
1 did not think, said Mr. S., of the New
York Itrmj'jUl* Circular, that the consump
tion of rubber plasters was so great until I
visited the Benson’s CapcinePorous Plas
ter establishment. If the plasters prepared
there each day were laid out in a line, the
line would reach five miles.
Why is there such an enormous demand
for this article ?
Because it has merit! It relieves pain !
R you have pain in the back or shoulder,
or in the region of the kidneys or heart, or
almost any local ache or pain, Benson’s
Capline Porous Plaster will surely give
You prompt and lasting relief. It has an
effect on the system which cannot be ob
tained from any other remedy in the world;
besides it Is neat, convenient, pleasant to
wear and inexpensive. Sold by all drug
gists. Price 25 cents. Avoid cheap and
worthless imitations. dec23 d&w2w
Only a Few More Day# Left.
Our lady friends who desire to secure for
Christmas presents any of those handsome
elegant novelties in the millinery line,
which have been in such demand at Hous-
bRi’s, on Congress street, during the
past week or so, should pay their
calls early, as they are going off rap-
ialy. The assortment embraces everything
fare, fashionable, stylish and beautiful, and
the laces, ribbons, cloaks, dress goods, hos
ier}-, shawls, gloves, etc., are of the finest
quality and best manufacture. Christmas
19 only three days off, and if you wish to
present your relative or friend with anything
, this line It would be well to delay no
touger. Call and see them for yourself.
dec22-tf
The Christmas Matinee.
The entertaiument which will be offered
to-morrow afternoon at three o’clock, at
the Theatre, promises to be one of the most
charming of the season. In addition to the
novel feature of giving every one of tbe
visitors a souvenir, the musical selections to
be rendered are of the most attractive
character. The parlor concert which is to
precede the comic opera of “Cox, Box and
Bouncer,” embraces several beautiful airs,
duets, etc., to be rendered by Mrs. Cleve
land, Mr. Chase, Mr. King and others, with
full chorus by a select class of misses and
children, under the direction of Mr. Chase.
Reserved seats may be had during to-day
and to-morrow at Colonel Bren’s ticket
office, the price being only twenty-five cents
for children and fifty cent.s for adults. We
anticipate a crowded house.
“ ’TIs a Fact.”
So say Messrs. Barbour Bros., the popular
young grocers at the corner of New Houston
and Barnard streets, in their announcement
this morning of the splendid assortment of
goods they have on hand suitable for the
holidays. The people In that section will
have no difficulty in obtaining all they want
without coming down town, and the
juveniles will find a full line of fireworks
which will be offered at reasonable prices.
Read their advertisement and give them a
call, as their stock i3 good and their prices
reasonable.
The Skating Rink.
There will be no skating at the Skating
Elnk on Thursday (Christmas) night, but
on Friday evening the rink will be opened
and the Guards band will be in attendance.
The lovers of this exhiilratiug amusement
may rest assured that the occasion will be
most pleasant. On Christmas afternoop at
half-past three o’clock there will be an e?-
tra assembly, and a good time may be anti-
-cipated. A notice of interest in this con
nection will be found in another column.
Large Sale of Sea Island Cotton.
On Saturday last, ga mentioned in Mon
day’s market report, Messrs, W. >V. Gordon
& Co. sold to Messrs. Muir 6i Duckworth
eleven hundred and twenty-eight bags of
sen. inland cotton. This is believed to be the
largest eale of long stapled that has.been
made in this city for twenty-five years. It
will realize for the platers of Georgia and
Florida about £126,000.
Personal.
Thomas H. Potter, Esq., of Statesboro, is
in town on & brief visit.
Mr. S. K. Sawyer, of the Jacksonville Sun
and Press, who arrived iu the city on Mon
day, left yesterday for home.
CJirlstmas Presents.
C. H. Dorsett wfii sell at auction to-day
appropriate Christmas presents of handsome
furniture, glassware and jewelry.
Bankrupt Stock.
Having bought at Sheriff’s sale Mr. San-
tina’s entire stock of fine and stylish Hats,
Dress Shirts, Collars, Cuffs anj Sfeckwear,
we offer them to the pubiic at 50 per pent.
less than the original cost. All wanting fine
Hats, Shirts, etc., at bankrupt prices, will
do well to call at once at the Famous New
York Ciotbing House, 140 Congress street.
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Christmas and New Year's Presents*
If you wish a fine Singing Canary and &
fine cage, or a basket of choice Fruit and
Flowers, or some of tjjosc handsome bou
quets or baskets of native Graces, call at
Noble’s Pavilion Gardens on Bull street.
dec24-W,Th&M3t
Attend Daniel R. Kennedy’s sale of Toys,
etc., this morning. dec2£-lt
Indelible and colored Ink for rubber
stamps at Estill’s News Depot.
dec24 lw&Tellt
Masquerade Costumes to Rent.
Any person wishing to hire a masquerade
suit for balls, parties or parades, can rent
them at a very moderate price at G. Het-
tericii’s. No. 152 State street. dec22 3t
Presents ; or All Men,
Consisting of Fine Underwear, linen Col
lars and Cuffs, Canes, a fine Silk Hat, an
Opera Cap, or a Stiff Fur Hat, to be had at
LaFar & Go’s. dec23-tf
As Christmas day comes this year upon
Thursday, the following quotation from an
ancient MS. in the British Museum is appro -
pos:
If Xmas day on Thursday be,
A_windy winter ye shall see:
Windy weather in each week.
And hard tempesfc?, strong and thick;
The summer shall be good and dry,
Corn and beasts shall multiply;
That year is good for land to till.
Kings and princes shall die by skill;
If a child bom that day ahull be.
It shall happen right well for he:
Of deeds he shall be good and stable,
Wise of speech and reasonable;
Whoso that day goes thieving about,
He shall be punished without doubt;
And if siokness that day betide.
It shall quickly from thee glide.
Matters and Things Laconically
Noted.
Council meets to-night.
The weather continues mild and genial
as balmy spring.
Golden Rule Lodge No. 12, I. O. O. F.
elect officers to-night.
Reserved seats for the Christmas matinee
may be obtained at Bren’s office to-day.
The raffle of those elegant toilet articles
will come off at Butler’s drug store to
night.
John McCullough, the great tragedian,
Is billed for. Savannah on the 2d and 3d
proximo.
The number of death9 in Charleston last
week was thlrtv-one—nine whites and twen
ty-two negroes.
The streets were unusually lively vester-
day afternoon and last night. The festive
season is upon us.
The Christmas carols will be sung at St.
John’s Church this evening by the children
of the Sunday school.
Schreiner’s toy bazaar was literally packed
and jammed with people yesterday, and
thriving business was done.
The ladies of St. John’s and Christ
Churches were busily engaged yesterday in
decorating their edifices for Christmas.
A lady, whilst shopping on Broughton
street yesterday morning, bad her pocket
picked as she was coming out of a store.
The several fire companies will each receive
a Christmas gift to-night from Air. Geo. Ch.
Gemunden in the shape of a keg of beer.
The Thompson Bowers Combination, un
der the management of Mr. Lorraine Rog
ers, will be in Savannah on the 5th and 6th
proximo.
Joe Jackson, colored, was fined in the
Police Court yesterday two dollars for
violating the city ordinance in picking cot
ton without a license.
Messrs. Wilder & Co. cleared yesterday
the ^British bark Natant for Liverpool with
4,007 bales of upland cotton, weighing
I, 951,827 pounds, valued at $211,3S0.
The Christmas eve serenaders meet in
Oglethorpe square at half-past nine to
night, and the small boys in Court nouse
square at ten o’clock to-morrow morning.
We are glad to see Capt. Jno. R. John
son, our City Treasurer, down town again
and to know that he is getting strong, and
is ready to take hold of his work once more.
A grand Parim ball will be given at St.
Andrew’s Hall on the 26th February next,
The committee are Messrs. E. Coleman, L.
Schwartzbaum, J. L. Greeubaum and C.
Coleman.
Cars on the Barnard Street Railroad will
leave Market square every five minute;.
Wednesday and Thursday afternoons, to ac
commodate those who are getting ready for
the holidays.
We had a pleasant call last night from
Mr. A. W. Anderson, who will open at
Armory Hall on Monday next an exhibition
of the smallest people in the world—the
wonderful Midgets.
Some of our citizens complain of the tin
horn nuisauce already, and want it sup
pressed. They can stand tbe fireworks in
the squares, but not the racket of the horns
which should be prohibited.
A white man named Dudley, a tramp, was
found concealed under a stoop on South
Broad street lane at a late hour last night.
He was carried to the barracks and regis
tered as a suspicious character.
Nelson Wilson, the colored individual
who was arrested for picking a girl’s pocket
on Broughton street on Monday afternoon,
was before the Police Court yesterday, but
his case was continued for further invest!
gation.
The exact meaning of the fireworks ordi
nance is, so far as we understand, that the
indiscriminate firing of pistols and battle with
Roman candles on the public streets will be
stopped. The boys in the squares may
shoot their rockets as much as they please.
A number of gentlemen ylsited the City
of Bridgeton yesterday by invitation of Mr.
J. N. Harriman, and were much pleased
with the improvements made iu her. The
upholstering is very handsome and she has
the appearance of a new boat.
Ladies should be very careful with their
purses, especially when coming out of the
stores, as it is understood that negro thieves
are in the habit of collecting around the
show windows, apparently gazing at the
goods, hut in reality watching for the oppor
tunity to pick pockets.
The Spanish brig Rosarito was cleared
yesterday by Messrs. Tunno «fc Co. for Bar
celona with 300 bales of upland cotton,
weighing 141,418 pounds, valued at $18,145.
and 2,335 pieces pitch pine lumber, measur
ing 111,619 feet, valued at $1,400. Total
valuation of cargo $19,545.
Drew, the temperance man, will find good
seasoned material to work on in Savannah.
He’s a steady worker, though, and he’s got
a strong organization to back him.—Atlanta
Constitution. From the detailed reports he
has given us of his success in Atlanta, we
can well believe the testimony which our
respected contemporary bears to his work
ing abilities.
The Fantastic Parade on Christmas.
There was a large and enthusiastic meet
ing of the Fantastics last night to complete
final arrangements. The Mechanics Brass
Band was secured for the day and the grand
marshal was appointed. The indications
are that the parade will be a fine one.
Those who have signed the list are re
quested to call to-day on Mr. John Counts
at the Waver Engine House for their badges.
The following is the line of march :
The procession will move at 2:30 o’clock d.
m. from the corner of Broughton and West
Broad streets, West Broad to Bay, Bay to
East Broad, East Broad to Bryan, Bryan to
West Broad, West Broad to Broughton,
Broughton to East Broad, East Broad to
South Broad, South Broad to West Broad,
West Broad to Liberty, Liberty to Drayton,
Drayton to Jones, Jones to Barnard, Bar
nard to Gaston, Gaston to Bull, Bull to
South Broad and dismiss.
Burtoiv Steam Fire Engine Com
pany.
At the annual meeting of the above named
company, last evening, the following
officers were elected:
T. S. Wayne, President.
A. J. Franklin, First Foreman.
J. T. Kollock, 8econd Foreman.
Chas. P. Connery, Third Foreman.
M. T. Quinan. Secretary.
John B. Fernandez, Treasurer.
Finance Committee—Wm. Wade, A. J.
Franklin, Ed. McVeigh, J. JT. Torrent, O. P.
Havens.
Convenient to Customers.
Messrs. Bacon & Brooks have made ar
rangements for telephoning which will
prove of great convenience to their numer
ous patrons. Orders for wood can here
after be telephoned direct from Messrs.
Branch & Cooper's, corner Broughton and
Whitaker streets, to their yard. By this ar
rangement an order can be more promptly
filled and time can be saved.
All Right.
A private dispatch tp £Ir. Henry Saunders,
agent of Ph. Best’s brewery, at Milwaukee,
states that only the malt house, elevator
and kiln were burned, and that the brewery
proper is all right, and there will be no de
lay in filling orders. Tbe account of the
fire appeared In our telegraphic dispatches
yesterday. _
An Open Ruslness.
Uhe great success won by the Louisiana
State Lottery Compapy has been gained by
the strict fairness of its dealings ^itb tjip
public. All its methods of doing business
are open as the day, and buyers of tickets
have learned that they have only to contend
with thp laws of chance, and that all are
servea aiiup. IV'hen any one asserts the
contrary of this i£ Is safe t.Q call him a liar
or a blackmailer. The regular month;/
drawing will take place on the J3tb Jan
uary. dec24-Wife wit
Rome Was Not Built In One Bay.
After awuilo everybody will find out that
the fairest, squarest, cheapest and ijaost re
liable place in Savannah to buy good Cloth
ing and Gents’ Furnishing Goods is at the
Famous New York Clothing House, 140
Congress street. decl6-tf
Presents Easily Procured,
For the handsomest line of Scarfs, Fur
Top Kid gloves, Ties, Undressed Kids,
Driving Gloves and Fancy Shirts are to be
found at LaFar & Co’s. dec^f-tf
For Gentlemen Friends.
Beautiful Scarf Rings and Pins, pretty
patterns in Fancy Half Hose, the Separable
8Ieeve Button, in roiled plate. All at LaFar
& Co’s. dec£3-tf
Which is Cheapest
A package of Duke’s Durham, containing
twenty pipe-falls of the best smoking tobac
co made, or one common cigar ? Each costs
ten cents. tan2&-M,W,F,w&sTelly
'Christmas Chimes.
The night before Christmas at last.
Lawyers should put on a Santa Claus.
See that there are no holes in the stock
ings.
Uneasy will be the slumber of the chil
dren to-night.
Church decorations to-morrow will be
mmsually handsome.
Parents must expect to be awakened at
five o’clock in the morning.
Forgive all your enemies to-morrow, even
the man who plays the accordeon across tbe
way.
“My Grandfather’s Clock” will tick
londc r and more significantly than ever to
night.
The boys will have their fireworks after
ail, and the squares will be brilliant with
bonfires.
When the chimes ring out to-night, think
how you can do something on Christmas to
make some person happy.
Remember the poor. There is always
reward for the most trifling effort to gladden
the hearts of the afflicted.
To-morrow morning—“Oh, my ! Did you
ever? Ah! Well, I declare ! Just what
wanted! Oh, ah ! Ah, oh !”
It is a good plan for husbands who have
forgetful wives to give them money and tell
them what they want for Christmas.
Don’t put the wrong foot out of bed tc
morrow, for amiability, joy, happiness and
all tbe rest form the Christmas combination.
‘Johnny, if you go into that wardrobe
again to-night I declare I’ll tell your father,
and you’ll be kept in bed all day to-morrow.'
It were better to give something, no mat
ter how trifling, than nothing at all. Gifts
are not prized solely on account of their
money value.
Put down the shovel and the hoe and bang
up the stocking and the sock Is the newest
and most seasonable version of an old and
familiar song.
To be in the style carry a handle home
to-night, and slide in the house as If you
were a sneak thief and contemplated a raid
on the hat rack.
Never mind If the children do make a
ncise to-morrow and keep the house in an
uproar. Remember it is Christmas, and you
used to be young yourself.
It Is to be inferred that everybody by this
time Is well aware of the important fact
that Christmas comes but once a year, and
when it comes it brings good cheer.
The acme of beauty has been reached in
the manufacture of Christmas cards. The
styles are innumerable, the designs new,
and the workmanship .really exquisite.
‘Now children, be good and go to bed
early; you know Santa Claus may be here
to-night, and he never goes anywhere until
all little boys and girls are asleep in bed.”
Hundreds of fond mothers’ in Savannah
will be hard at work to-night, and will start
at every movement of the little ones of the
house with as much horror as though she
was committing some awful offense. \
THE BLUE RIBBON BOOM.
Drew’s Temperance Meeting;
Armory Hall—Total Number of. and others to go with him among the audi-
Pulaski House—Improvements.
Messrs. Goodsell Bros., the enterprising
and clever proprietors of the Pulaski House,
have tince their occupancy of this popular
and extensively known hostelry in October
last, been quietly but busily engaged in per
fecting some very valuable improvements,
which will insure greatly to the pleasure
and comfort of the guests. The spacious
apartments directly in rear of the dining
room have been converted into the culinary
department, with proper divisions, and pro
vided with new ranges, a patent bake oven,
and other desirable conveniences. Form
erly the kitchen was in the cellar, a con
siderable distance from the dining
room, and hence great difficulty
was experienced in serving guests promptly
and with hot meals. By this change all in
convenience in this respect is avoided, and
with less but more efficient help guests can
be quickly served with what they desire
steaming hot. The culinary department is
clean and in excellent order, and the pro
prietors have given full evidence in its ar
rangement of their knowledge “how to
keep a hotel.”
The rooms throughout the house have
been cleaned and well furnished, and are
comfortable, and the house may be
said to be in thorough order. Some im
portant improvements have been made iu
other respects, which will not fail to be
appreciated by the guests of the hotel.
Messrs. Goodsell Bros, are experienced
hotel men, and under their management we
have no doaht the Pulaski House will regain
its former popularity, and that they will
meet with the success they deserve in keep
ing a first class establishment.
A Little Girl Yields to Tesnptatlon
and Commits a Theft.
Yesterday morning Magistrate Russell re
ceived a request from Mrs. Martha Davis,
residing on Lincoln street, to call at her
house on business. Upon complying he was
informed that she had been robbed of a
gold pencil, several gold coins, a pair of
gold bracelets, two gold rings and several
trinkets, which had been taken out of
bureau drawer in a third-story room. After
making some inquiries and examining the
house. Magistrate Russell felt convinced
that the crime had been committed by some
one on the premises. He therefore arrested
the cook and a little orphan girl, about nine
years old, who was employed iu the house.
This action justified the suspicions of the
Magistrate, as the child, becoming fright
ened, confessed that she had taken the arti
cles and concealed them under the carpet
in the parlor, where they were found. One
the gold pieces was missing, which
of
the child acknowledged she had spent for
some candies and toys. The child scarcely
comprehended the criminal nature of the
offense, though she said she knew it was
wrong to take what did not belong to her.
Seeing the articles in the drawer, however,
she could not resist the temptation to ap
propriate them. She will, we understand,
bo sent to some friends in Florida.
Courtesies Among the Military
Yesterday morning the Republican Biues
received a handsome remembrance from
the Palmetto Guards, of Charleston,
of their visit to Savannah on the oc
casion of the Centennial, when they were
the guests of the Blues. These souvenirs
of friendship are in tjie shape of a very
handsomely framed roster of the company
and a large photograph of the monument
erected to the defenders of Fort Moultrie,
under the auspices of the Palmetto Guards.
They will be hung in the armory of the
Blues, and will be a decided acquisition to
it6 “picture gallery.”
Quartermaster Ferguson will, forward
to-day to the Macop Cadets, cf Macon, au
elegantly framed copy of the resolutions
adopted by the Republican Blues, and
which have been published, expressive of
the pleasure they derived as guests of that
gallant company on the 29th of October,
the occasion of the unveiling of tbe Con
federate monument. The resolutions are
written on white card, 16x18, and the pen
manship Is really exquisite, reflecting
credit upon the artist, Mr. F. Krauter.
The souvenir was placed on exhibition at
Fernandez's cigar store yesterday, and the
beautiful penmanship was generally ad
mired*
“Seed-Time and Harvest.”
We have received the first number of a
jw twenty-four-page garden magazine
under the above title, which promises to be
a valuable addition to American horticultu
ral literature. It is edited and published by
Isaac F. Tillinghast, seedsman, at La Plume,
Lackawanna county, penn , who, In order to
introduce it, offers for only fifty cents to
send it for one year, together with packages
of his celebrated “La Plume” seeds, worth
at retail more than he asks you to pay for
all. His only object in making so liberal
an offer is to get new customers, whom, by
pleasing, bg hopes to keep. One sample
opy will be sent frpe ijpop application,
.duress as above.
Complimentary Serenades.
Last night about ten o’clock, the Georgia
Hussars, accompanied by the Guards Band,
proceeded to the residence of their worthy
Sergeant, L» M. Ryals, at the comer of Bar
nard and Gwinnett streets, to compliment
him with a serenade npop h{s recent intro’
dnetion into the brotherhood of Benedicts.
After several airs had been played the party
were invited in, most hospitably entertained
and a social half hour or so spent. They
then proceeded to the residence of Capt. W.
W- Gordon, and then to Gen. R. H. Ander
son, vhp verc ciipilaj-ly musically compli
mented, and with pleasant experiences,
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FEELS YOUNG AGAIN.
My mother was afflicted a long time
with neuralgia and a dull, heavy, inactive
condition of the whole system; headache,
nervous prostration, and was alipopt hap
less. No physicians or medicine did her
any good. Three months ago she began to
use Hop Bitters, with such good effect that
she seems and feels vonng again, although
over seventy years old. We think there is
no other medicine fit to use in the family.”
—A Lady, Providence, It. I.
dec24-W,F,M«fcw2w
Truth,
Sometimes traveling slowly, travels surely.
y?e can show the finest Clothing that ever
was brought to this market.| (Others may
have as fine—we don’t ran anybody’s goods
down—but what we are positive of is that
oar prices are lower; that is proved every
day in the week. Go to the Famous New
York Clothing House, 140 Congress street.
decl6 tf
Smoke F. Kolb’s Hudson.
mh6tf
Signers of tbe Pledge 80S.
. The meeting at Armory Hall was well at
tended last evening, and among those pres
ent were to be noted quite a number of
foreign sailors. The exercises were opened
with einging the hymn “Safe la the Arms
of Jesus.”
Rev. Mr. Stillwell then read a brief pas
sage from the scriptures, and Rev. Emanuel
Heidt offered up a fervent prayer, after
which were sung “Work for the Night is
Coming” and “Rock of Agee.”
Rev. Mr. Heidt then addressed the au
dience, briefly noting the importance of
quietness and order during the meeting,
and stated that during the singing this
question had presented itself to his mind,
what a strange freak was it in man to delay
doing that which all could but acknowledge
was right. It was indeed strange. There
was no cause, save the gospel, that de
manded our serious consideration more than
the temperance cause. It required
no eloquent story to tell of the
evils of intemperance. If they all
had lived as long as he, and had seen what he
had of the evils intemperance had brought
throughout this land, there was not one who
would not be earnest in his endeavor to
crush out this cursed traffic. It was hard to
get men to do right. It was the same In re
ligion. When they were singingthe beautiful
hymn/ “Safe in the Arms of Jesus,’'
he could but think that there was
not a man, woman or child in the house who
would not rejoice to feel safe in the arms of
Jesus, as their last moments drew near, and
yet they put off the pceparatiou. Now was
the time to come forward and range your
selves on the side of temperance.
Mr. Drew followed the speaker, and
stated that it had been his custom to have a
short talk at his meetings since he bad
been in the cause of temperance, but after
the first few meetings in a particular place
he did not talk much. He was a stranger
here, and whilst anxious to do all he could,
thought it best that the audience should
hear from those with whom they were per
sonally acquainted. He did not care to
hear himself talk so much, and had asked
several to say something, but had only suc
ceeded In getting 'one response, that from
Bro. Heidt. He would like to have a talk
from every clergyman in the city; hoped to
have some of the temperance men speak,
and would be glad if the drinking men who
had signed this pledge would say some
thing. if nothing more than that they had
signed the pledge.
The speaker here read the pledge, and as
usual commented on it. He said it was not
an oath, or in the form of an oath, simply a
pledge that with divine help they would
abstain from the use of intoxicating liquors
as a beverage, and to use their influence to
suppress the traffic In the same. It was
liberal, and strong too; if it was half and
half it would not be liberal. He wanted
every one to wear the ribbon, and in this
connection be wanted to say a word. He
had heard that a man had been arrested
(who was wearing the ribbon) for drunken
ness on the street. He did not know
whether there were people here tying the
ribbon on known drunkards simply to
ridicule the movement. It had beeu done
in Atlanta, and all the gamblers were
wearing it. The only object was to try
and bring the movement into ridicule. He
did not know that there was a saloon
keeper in this city who would do this
thing; did not think there was, and any
man who would wear it without
signing the pledge must know
that he was a walking lie. He had
encountered these things before; knew all
bout them. In Cleveland, during his meet
ings, a brewery wagon, handsomely deco
rated with blue ribbon and with the horses
tails and manes tied with the ribbon, were
driven through the streets. Iu an Iowa town
every saloon keeper in the place had
atteude-d a meeting, and one had a beer keg
decorated with ribbon, ready tapped and
strapped on his shoulders. They had come
there for the purpose of using it, but
considered it better not to attempt
it, and went out. He desired
to conduct this work fair and square. He
endeavored to be manly and square with
every one. He was not. in one sense a tem-
perauce evangelist. He was in the work
now because he did not clearly see his way,
and he would say it reverently that if ever
there was a man led by Divine power he
was in this work. When he first signed the
pledge he did it for his own good, and had
never thought or intended going further,
but he was elected President of the Reform
Club and forced by circumstances into the
position of temperance talker. At the first
meeting, an immense one held in the Opera
House of his town, there was no minister
iresent, and after a little singing he found
limself talkiug, and that night two hundred
persons signed the pledge. The movement
attracted attention, and he received calls
from various places to come and address
them. He was encouraged to go on in
the work, and one gentleman had given
him $100, and told him to go on, and when
that was ehxausted to call for more. He fol
lowed the work along until he had received a
call from Iowa and went there. He proba
bly never would have come to Georgia had
he not met Major T. J. Burney,with whom he
had considerable intercourse, and who
urged him to come to Georgia. Mr. Sam.
Small, of Atlanta, had also written to him,
and he came and now he was here. At
present his route was indefinite. He did not
know what he would do. While he was here,
however, he would endeavor to do all that
was possible in this work. lie considered
every man entitled to respect, and he had
no right to abuse or villify any one who was
engaged in lawful business. Some had
said to him if they signed the pledge
they would lose some of their friends.
He knew what that feeling was; w’hen he
signed the pledge he was afraid, to use a
slang phrase,that some of his friends would
'go back on him.” He then proceeded to
show that the contrary was the result; that
friends instead of deserting had more
respect for a total abstinence man,
and instanced several cases in his own State
where brilliant drinking men, men who had
hosts of jovial, convivial companions, had
signed the pledge, and bad afterwards been
elected by the people to prominent posi
tions—one to the Gubernatorial chair, who
never would have been thus honored had
he continued a drinking man. Another hard
drinker and popular man, and strong Demo
erst, a man of rare talent, had signed the
pledge, and so thoroughly were his abilities
ecognized, that despite his politics, he was
appointed to a position on the Supreme
Court bench of the State—a position that
would never have been given had he been a
drinking man. The friend who had signed
the pledge with him had many boon
companions. A year or so afterwards
he (the speaker/ had asked him if he
had lost any friends, to which he
replied no, but that he had gained
some. Several other such instances
were related, and the speaker asserted that
he did not believe any man would lose any
thing by being a temperance mau; that the
man who offered the best goods at the
lowest prices would get the trade,and a man
who had to take liquor into his business
tacitly thereby acknowledge# his weakness.
He was told this morning by Rev, Mr,
Branch of a prominent groeeryman in
Charleston, a member of tbe church, who
had been urged to abandon the sale of
liquor and declined, but was finally prevail
ed on to do so for one year. At the end of
that period his business had nearly doubled,
and he has never sold liquor
since. (Applause.) This was but one in
stance; more might be cited. He had never
heard of but one business that had beeu
injured by temperance. In Portsmouth
thepe h&d be P u 0- & r $hd temperance
movement and one man wno was ssked
about it said he would have to remove,
that it had injured his business 20 per
cent. Somewhat curious to know about it,
he asked him what his business was, and
the man replied that he was an undertaker
(laughter); that his sale of coffins was hurt.
That was the only business the speaker
ever knew of being injured by
temperance. One man had said to
today, “Oh. it’s a weak man
w*hq don’t know Alien he ? o gat jniGagh.’ 1
Now, he wouid asli that gcnt!eir«an, if he
were present, one question—“Haveu’t you
got enough when you haven’t got
any ?” What would make one man drunk
would have but little effect, apparently, on
another. lie knew a church member who
took two ordinary drinks of brandv, ^tnd a
sijort tiiiie&ftei.'Vards was ^ig^gglng-un the
street. He was brought up by the church
and reprimanded, and yet another member
who was present had taken liis six drinks
and had walked in as straight as could be.
(Laughter.) It was not a question with the
public what a man can drink, but wW - an
ue uZm. Aiie man who drinks the most
may be considered a moderate drinker,
whilst the n;an wbq drank but little was
regarded as a drunkard. Was it any sign that
because a man cannot drink much that he
has a weak head ? He was willing that it
should be considered that he had a weak
head, but, thunk God, he had head enough
to let the accursed stuff alone.
In conclusion he urged upon every man,
woman and child present who had not done
so to Lome, fqrwar# apd 6ign tl;e plpdge.
At this point a little girl about ten years
of age stepped out and advanced up the
aisle, when she was met by Mr. Drew, who
took her name and said: “Thank you, little
girl, but I would like to catch some of the
big girls, and the boys too.”
The ode “Pull for the Shcre” was given
out anq sung, Mr. IJrew continuing his talk
between the versea.
At the close of the sieging, Mr. Drew
said that personally it made no difference
to him whether they signed the pledge .or
not; he asked them to do for themselves what
he firmly believed was for the good of
humanity and perhaps of themselves.
There were over fifty temperance men and
women in this hall, and they must do their
papt; he coaid not go on alone,and they might
as,well understand it. They must work. All
tkat was requisite was a little personal
work; If he ha#: one humlred men and
women ready and willing to work, he be-
lieyed they would turn Savannah upside
down. After some further appeals, “Pull
for the Shore” was repeated, and the
speaker said he hoped they would succeed
in palling some down to the stand to sign the
pledge. It could do them no harm, and
might do them good. „
“Let the Lower Lights' be Burning” was
then sang, followed by “Here’s the Pledge,”
when Mr. Drew called on Rev. Mr. Heidt
ence and endeavor to secure signers. After
some minutes thus occupied, the singing
being continued, Mr. Drew returned to the
stand and said he was perplexed. He had
heard something he could not understand.
Several young men had., said to him that
they would not sign now' but “might
after Christmas.” If it was good
after Christmas it ought to be before
Christmas. Some ladies had also refused
to sign. This was an important matter to
their sex. He did not want to urge the
signing of this pledge too much. He did
not want any to sign it and forget it almost
before they left the hall; didn’t want any
hooray business—to go up like a rocket and
come down like a stick; he wanted them
not to act under excitement, but to come up
and sign tbe pledge with the determination
to keep it. He wanted the ladies to take
part and endeavor to get signers. They
might not be accustomed to this, and might
consider it unladylike, but he did not see
why they should, when the welfare of
their sex was at heart. In Atlanta the
ladies had worked hard, and 6ome had
obtained more signatures than any man
could have gotten.
The cards were then called In, and the
work of the day and night was announced,
56 signatures having been obtained, making
a total of 30'5.
Before closing, Mr. Drew appealed to each
one to take a card, and endeavor during to
day to secure some names and report at the
meeting to-night. He felt confident at least
one hundred signers could thus be ob
tained.
The meeting was then dismissed with the
benediction by Rev. Mr. Heidt.
There will be another meeting held to
night at Armory Hall.
THE SUPREME COURT.
Decisions Rendered December 9.
1S79—Abridged for tbe “Morning
News” by A. H. MacDonell, of tbe
Savannah Bar.
Tbe Farmer’s Monthly—A Good En
dorsement.
West Point, Ga., December 4, 1S79.—J.
H. Estill, Eq.: Deak Sir—I enclose you
money order for $9 80, in payment of my
advertisement and year’s subscription to the
Southern Farmer's Monthly. It gratifies me
to be able say that., although advertising in
some half dozen other periodicals, every
correspondent referred to the Monthly. I do
not mean that I am gratified that my other
advertisements did no good, for they cost
money, bat pleased to see the Monthly so
popular. Very truly yours,
decll-lm Jno. E. Roberts.
Picquett vs. the City Council of Augusta et
al. Injunction—from Richmond.
Warner, C. J.
The main object of complainant’s bill is
to set aside the sale of a house and lot,
levied on and sold under tax fi. fas. issued
against him as his property. The bill does
not allege that he ever was owner of the
house and lot, or that he had any interest
whatever in the same, either legal or equi
table. It is a fundamental principle that a
court of equity will not entertain a bill in
favor of a party who shows no title or in
terest in the subject matter for which he
seeks relief. The complainant mast first
get into court legitimately, by showing an
interest in the subject matter of relief, be
fore he can raise the question of defendant’s
estoppel from denying that interest, by
reason of its having levied upon and sold
the house and lot as his property. Besides
he did not offer to pay the taxes legally ad
mitted to be due. There was no error in
sustaining the demurrer to complainant’s
bill.
Judgment affirmed.
Jackson, J., concurred.
Bleckley, J., dissented.
Bass vs. Glover. Certiorari—from Sumter.
Bleckley, J.
A railroad company completing the trans
portation of freight begun by other com
mon carriers connected with it by an in
termediate lme or lines, may, for its own
security, exact the production of the bill of
lading before delivering the goods to the
consignee. At all events, where the con
signee has never had actual possession, he
cannot obtain possession of them by posses
sory warrant, without producing the bill of
lading or showing that its nQn-production
would not leave the company liable to
bona fide assignee of the same.
Judgment reversed.
Cleveland vs. Chambers. Equity — from
Crawford.
Bleckley, J.
1. Where a question as to the sufficiency
of the notice of a motion for new trial could
have been but was not raised in the court
below, nor ruled upon by the presiding
Judge, the question is not here for review.
Tbe amount of the donor’s liabilities
as compared with his resources at the time
be executed the conveyances (sought now
to be set aside), being a vital point in the
case, the allusion of the court to “bogus”
debts or claims in charging the jury, in con
nection with matter requested to be charged
by complainant’s counsel, would seem ob
jectionable : and a new trial having been
granted below, the judgment granting it
will not be reversed.
Judgment affirmed.
Richards & Bro. vs. Myers & Marcus. Rule
—from McDuffie.
Bleckley, J.
A judgment rendered before a mortgage is
recorded has a superior lien upon the pwperj
ty, though at the time of the rendition of the
judgment the mortgage has been fore
closed, and the mortgage fi. fa. levied.
Code, section 1957. The lieu cf thp mort
gage is in the contract, and not in tke judg
ment of foreclosure.
Judgment affirmed.
Miller vs. Augusta. Equity—from Rich
mond.
Bleckley, J.
Though the corporation of Augusta, as
proprietor of tbe Augusta canal, be not
bound by express contract to supply a given
head of water to a particular ihifr, nor to
abstain from alterations which reduce the
fall at such mijl and impede the aocustomed
action of its wheels, yet it cannot caprici
ously withhold a due supply of water, nor
make alterations in the canal injurious to
the efficient working of the mill unless
needful and proper, and consistent with
sound principles as applied to the nature of
the enterprise and to the business relations
and circumstances of the corporation to
ward tbe various mills and manufactories
situated along the canal and deriving water
supply therefrom.
Judgment reversed.
Cohen & Kaplin vs. Duncan »fe Johnson.
Complaint—from Burke.
Jackson, J.
Where defendants put in a plea that they
bad been adjudicated bankrupts, and prayed
that the suit against them on promissory
notes be 6tayed a reasonable time to await
the action of the United States District
Court on the question of their final dis
charge,and were ready to verify their plea by
exemplification from said court legally cer
tified, and the plea was stricken and finnl
judgment rendered agaip;t them, '*•
Held, that the proceedings in the State
court should have been suspended, and that
final judgment should not have been enter
ed against defendants.
Judgment reversed.
Denham vs. Kirkpatrick. Complaint—from
Richmond.
Jackson, J.
1. An action for damages transferred from
the County Coiirt to the &qperiov Court be
cause the plaintiff’s title to the laud was in>
volved, goes iu its entirety to the Superior
Court, and will be fully and finally disposed
of therin.
2. A deed tainted with usury is void as
title, and if good as an equitable mortgage
construed with bond to reconvey, it is good
only to secure tbe principal debt.
3. Where the holder of such a deed, on
the sale of the land by the Sheriff, states
that he holds au equitable mor'_£CE£ toy
$1,500 ami that p/qraha^r * will buy
subjoqi. 1m tbqi* euifumbHOUJa, and because „ ^ T ^ T . .
a bidder hirn*rif, with full knowledge that and CEMr.NTa Also LAND PLASTLR.
*500 of the *1,500 is for Interest taken by .. No * ~ Dra >' ton 8tre ~ t * Savannah, Qa.
himself for one year’s loan of $1,(KX1, and
the land is knocked off to him, and another
bidder who contested with him would have
given him $500 more for the land had the
mortgage been represented as to secure but
$1,000, held that the equitable mortgagor is
entitled in an action plainly and distinctly
setting out the above stated facts, and Dr<
ing them on the trial, to /epover Lom ’the
buy er tge diReteiipe'at which 1 the Ian# was
bid off and what it would have brought but
for the misrepresentation, with interest up
to the trial
Judgment affirmed.
Public Education—Is It an Extrava
gance ?
Editor Morning Sews: Without doubting
the right of our teachers to payment for
services rendered, it may not be amiss to
inquire if these services cannot be materi
ally curtailed, with profit to the community
and the pupils. This subject Is now engag
ing the serious attention or the press and
the authorities in our larger cities.’. 'A num
ber of common sense articles have recently
been published, and the New York Sun, In
reviewing the situation, concludes that the
elementary schools “are the prime objects
of concern In our school system;” that
compared with them the high schools and
colleges, for which the people pay so heavi
ly, are of small importance.” Again, “In
stead of directing the main force of the
educational body to the training of the
scholars in the essential branches of ele
mentary instruction, in the things they must
of necessity know, a large part of it is
wasted in trying to polish up the boys and
? ;irls in fancy branches, or in fitting them
or a superior education to follow.” In
brief, the Sun demands that the course of
instruction in the public schools be limited
to the solid branches of an ordinary ele
mentary education.
A case lately came under this writer’s
notice of a young man, fresh from one of
those latter-day model schools. He would
argue to the splitting olr a hair, and give an
opinion “as was an opinion” on any sub
ject, past, present or to come; knew
“The reason of things.
And why Indians wear rings
In their red Aboriginal noses;”
was familiar with Ksesar Kickero and other
rechristened sages of old, but he spelled
cottra, rosra, sAugar, and many other bad
spells of familiar words. Nor is this by any
means an isolated case. There are even
highly vafnished young ladies, who have
“taken” languages, living and dead,’ologies,
’onomles, polygon, polyglot and other pol-
lles, and yet are not able to manage the
orthography of a simple Informal note.
Now “Ktesar” and “Kikero” are dead
cocks in the pit; call them by any 6pell you
like, and they will not come, but cotton,
rosin and such are living issues, occurring
constantly in every day life, and defective
orthography in such cases becomes glaring
ly apparent, and is without excuse. The
fault rests with the preceptor rather than the
pupil, too much attention being paid to
veneer and varnish, while neglecting the
ground work on which all the rest really
depends.
Probably not half the pupils In aDy of our
schools take in half of what they are cram
med for, aDd if they did it woufd be of no
practical benefit in real life. If the St£te
starts oat any child a fluent reader, able to
6tate clearly and readily his facts and ideas,
if he has any, in writing, and familiar with
the fundamental principles of figures, it is
all that is required to make a good citizen.
Whatever is beyond belongs to the fancy
and luxurious part of education, or to what
may be needful for some particular profes
sion, with which the community has no
concern.
What have Algebraic equations to do with
housekeeping ? or what Lave conic sections
and isoceles triangles to do with selling su
gar or tea, or cotton and rosin V or with the
ordinary business ot the tradesman and me
chanic ?
All that can properly be required of the
jublic is to place the child in position to
Yecome a good and useful citizen; all print
is open to him who can read, and if there is
capacity for it, if the soil is fruitful, from
these germs will come ail the rest.
And if there is not capacity, it Is
useless to cram for it. Most parents will
probably admit that those ordinary children,
over the way and round the corner, are not
capable of comprehending, what is now the
parrot routine of most public echool sys
tems, and if there be cases of superior
ability, let the parents put on the varnish at
their own, cost just as they might put on
purple, fine linen and jewelry, where good
substantial clothing is all that the masses
attain to, or that is required for health and
comfort In any condition.
Tbe multiplying of studies and text books
seems to have but one object, to get
from the public something for nothing, by
selling useless books and making places for
useless teachers. X.
U«r QUmtistmtuts.
PORT, SHERRY, CATAWRA WISE,
AT $1 50 PER GALLON; ?
R AISINS, CURRANTS, CITRON.. *
PRUNES, APPLES, ORANGES.
CANDIES, all in abundance.
AT LOW PRICES. AT
cfc CO.’S,
HEAR OF a. a. SOLOMONS & CO.*S DRUG STORE.
jffu-rtrg.
1879. CHRISTMAS 1879.
FISE GOODS ATJODERATE PRICES
JORDAN’S JEWELRY STORE,
JCl3-tf 135 CONGRESS STREET. OPPOSITE PULASKI HOUSE.
Prn: gaflj;.
WONDERFUL CUES
* HOLMAN
Fever and igne, Liver
—AND—
STOMACH PADS.
cMtrtion £aUs go-gag.
FINE FURNITURE,
GOODS, JEWELRY,
Cores by Absorption! No Medicine
taken Into tbe Stomacb !
IT IS THE BEST LIVER, STOMACH, SPLEEN
AND FEVER DOCTOR IN THE WORLD.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
BEAR TESTIMONY.
Try one and be convinced. Stop dosing.
Ague and Liver Pad.
A never failing
cure for Fever and
Ague, Dumb Ague
Remittent. Inter
mittent Fever, In
digestion, Pain in
Shoulders and
Side, Periodical
and Life - !or-g
Headaches, Rheu-
matism. Liver
Cough, often tak
en for consump
tion, Heart Dis-
j eases not organic,
•>i Kidney Difflcul-
ij ties,FemaleWeak-
nesses,Bilious Col
ic. Diarrhoea, Cold
Extremities and Partial Paralysis. It is also a
•mre preventive of Yellow Fever. Diphtheria,
Pneumonia, Small Pox. Scarlet Fever and all
malarial and miasmatic diseases that are de
veloped in BLOOD POISON.
To Malarions and Billons Patients.
Diamond Rina Lost, Valued at
$8,000.
Lost.,*on Bull street, between Bay and
Anderson, a diamond ring (solitaire). The
finder will be rewarded with a bottle of
Kieffer’s Peruvian Cure, which is warranted
to cure any case of chill and fever that flesh
Is heir to. For sale by all druggists and
f*r<j at. 9,5c. a bottle.
country dealers at:
decll-tf
Christmas Presents,
Parents and guardians, wifes and sisters,
cousins and auuts, all go to tbe Famous
New York Clothing House, 140 Congress
street, and buy something in Clothing or
Furnishing Goods for a Christmas present.
You cannot buy anything more useful, and
will certainly be appreciated. dec!6-tf
Do Von Know Old Brown
Windsor Soap lasts longer, is more highly
perfumed, and more emollient in use than
these young fellows ? J. & E. Atkinson,
Manufacturers, London. dec20-S»fcW2t
Old books and books of all kinds bound
and rebound at the Mokning News Book
Bindery, 3 Whitaker street. tf
CHRIS, MURPHY,
(ESTABLISHED 1365.)
ouse, Sip, Fresco & Banner
VrVTIIVG}-.
—DEALER IN—
RAHaROAD, MILL and STEAMBOAT SUP
PLIES, PAINTS. OILS. GLASS, PUTTY, VAR
NISHES. BRUSHES, MIXED PAINT3, BURN
ING and ENGINE OILS, NZATSFOCT OIL,
AXLE GREASE, LADDERS, all kinds and sizes
142 St Julian and 141 Bryan street*.
n*h22-£f
OHN G. BUTLER
Wkc»63&le and Retail Dealer in
Vhite Lead, Colors, Oils,
GLASS, VAKNISH, ETC.
EADY-M1XED PAINTS, Railroad, Steamer
j and Mill SUPPLIES. Sole agent for the
GEORGIA LIME, CALCIMED PLASTER, IIAIB
A Brutal Figbt.
Yesterda7 afternpon afcgqt li^lf.pa^t four
o’clock, Indian street, near West Broad,
was the s^ene of a brutal fight between a
negro man and woman, which collected &H
Immense crowd. No att^- p ^ at interference
made on the part of the spectators,
and after fighting for some time ^ayagety,
the female 'Who, wc a?a Informed,' was get
ting the worst” “of the battle threw up the
sponge, so to speak, and fled for her home,
leaving the dusky biped the proud victor
of the disgraceful altercation.
Hotel Arrivals.
Marshall House.—Thomas White, Darien; J
FWall, South Carolina: Captain C Peterson,
Doboy; ST Myrick, Milledgeville; J FTrout
man, Houston county: J Morrison, Charleston;
Lge R Battle, Georgia; J R Taylor,'Varnsvllle;
H LPinckney, South Carolina; Geo O Nelson.
Chicago; Captain J W Fitzgerald, Florida; W
C Sheffield, Cedar Springs, Ga; P Sanchez de
Agreda, New York; G B Lane, Hardeeville, S
C; H Mew. Grahamville, S C; J J Williams,
Brunswick; W R Anderson, Agent Midget Com
pany; J C Terry, J B Cottrell. Lake Harris,
Fla; E L Weaver, Scarboro, Ga: D C Ballou,
Quincy, Fla; T B Snook, Akron, Ohio.
:— -
Retter Times.
The business revival and new era of pros
perity which has commenced are in keeping
with the increased health and happiness all
over the land resulting from the introduc
tion of Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure. “The changes .wrought by this
remedy,” says Rev. Dr. Harvey, “seem but
little less than miraculous.” _
4ec23-M,W,F,w&Tel8w
Presents for tbe Ladies.
Glove Buttoners, Silk Neck Handker
chiefs, Linen Handkerchiefs, Scarfs, Walk
ing Hats. All to be found at LaFar & Co’s.
dec23-tf
Smoke F. Kolb’s Huntress.
mhB-tf
JOHN OLIVER’S
Paint and Oil Store.
STEAMBOAT,
8AIL88AD AKD MILL SUPPLIES
SASHF9, BLINDS,
Doors
; KvSouidinga, &c B
NO. 5 WEITAS353 StHSHT,
api&tf Savannah, Ga.
^illtaerg (Boois.
Fancy Goods!
PEATHERS, FLOWERS,
SATINS AND RIBBONS.
A FULL SUPPLY- OF
Hand-Made Saeks and Hoods
FOR CHILDREN.
Bergmann’s Worsted,
IN ATT. SHADES.
Stamping Done toltOrder.
MRS. POWER,
168 BROUGHTON STREET.
I mean what I say. This Pad is a positive
and radical cure in every case where it is used
in accordance '’with mp directions. I only re
quire that instructions be followed.
G. W. HOLMAN, Inventor.
We have tried the Holman Pad with most
thorough and beneficial results, and found it to
be all that is claimed for it. We heartily com
mend it.
Wm. P. McKenna. Savannah.
D. E. Betrez, Savannah.
Paul Dgcker. Savannah.
E. H. Nichols, Savannah.
Gen. A. Austell. Atlanta, Ga.
Judge James Jackson. Atlanta, Ga.
Hon. J C. Freeman, Atlanta, Ga.
Judge Wm. Ezzard. Col. G. W. Adair. Judge
R. Maddox. Col. N. C. Barnett, James B. Low,
Rev. Geo Macauley, all of Atlanta, Ga.
Dr. E. W. Alfriend, Albany, Ga.
Dr. J. C. Ha*ris. Columbus, Ga.
Dr. Cropsley. Troy, Ala.
Hon. David J. Bailey, CoL Feck, Griffin, Ga.
Col. Dozier. Augusta.
Gol. H. B. Troutman, Macon, Ga.
Dr. Blue. Union Springs. Ga.
Bear in mind that it is suicidal for invalids to
De continually swallowing so-called “pills” and
•‘bitters” with which the country is flooded,
and are virtually “dosing yourself to death!”
8top it!
None genuine but the Holman Liver Pad.
All others are worthless imitations. Since the
discovery of the Holman Pad 58 worthless Imi
tations and cheap counterfeits have been im
posed upon the public, owing to the great suc
cess of the Holman Pad since its invention.
Send for Dr. Fairchild’s famous Lecture on
‘NATURE’S LAWS,” containing hundreds of
indorsements from celebrated people, physi
cians, clergymen, journalists, politicians, law
yers and planters. Sent free upon application.
Regular Pad—$2; Incipient diseases, first
stages chills and fever, etc.
Special Pad—$3; Chronic Livey and Stomach
Disorders and Malaria.
Spleen Belt—$5; Enlarged Spleen and Liver
snd Chill Cake.
Infant Pad—SI 50; Preventive and core of
Cholera Infantum, and preventive of Diph
theria.
Body Plasters—50c.; Auxiliaries for Nervous
ness and Circulative Troubles, throwing off
obstructions and removing pains. FootPlas-
ler, pair 50c.
Absorption Salt—Auxiliary for Colds, Sick
Headache, Numbness of Extremities. Box,
25c.; 6 boxes. $1 25, etc.
Pads and Plasters sent by mail on receipt of
price, free of charge. Salt ia sent by express
at the expense of purchaser.
Consultation at our rooms, or by letter, free,
and solicited.
Wholesale orders promptly filled by SMYTH
& CO., Southern Agents, 5? Whitehall street,
Atlanta, Ga.. or
W. N. JUDSON, M. D..
Savannah Agent,
nov22-SAWlm 100 Broughton street.
AUCTION SALE OF
GLASSWARE. DRY
ETC.
C. H. DORSETT
Will sell, commencing at II o'clock, at 156 Bay
street.
Black Walnut, Marble-Top, Side and Board
Centre TABLES, handsome WARDROBE and
BEDSTEADS. TABLES, SOFAS. PICTURES,
MATTRESSES, an invoice of GOBLETS and
TUMBLERS. HOSIERY. HANDKERCHIEFS.
BOOTS and SHOES, KNIYES.SPOONS, 8AWS,
BLACKING, Notions generally.
Also, the remainder of the Gold and Silver
MATCHES and RINGS not sold at last sale.
dec21-lt
SUNDRIES AT AUCTION.
BY DANIEL R. KENNEDY.
THIS DAY, at 11 o’clock, 174 Bay street,
CLOTHING, HOSIERY. HANDKERCHIEFS
POCKET KNIVES, SHIRTS. SAWS, RAZORS’
KNIVES and FORKS, PLATED WARE, 1 solid
silver NAPKIN RING, 1 Gold BRACELET
CLOCKS. TINWARE. GOBLETS. CASTORS^
TOWELS. MAGIC LANTERN in perfect order.
OIL PAINTINGS, TOILET SOAP, Fancy PA
PER and ENVELOPES, SHOES.
Also, a lot of TO\ S, which must be sclcLcon-
sisting of Boy's WAGONS. STEAMBOATS.
LOCOMOTIVES. STOVES, with Utensils. RUB
BER BALLS. CHINA TOVS, etc. dec24-lt
TO SPECULATORS AND OTHERS.
LOTS ON JONES STREET. RUNNING BACK
TO SI3IS. CLOSE TO CENTRAL RAIL
ROAD WORKSHOP. AND CONTIGUOUS
TO THE COTTON FACTORY.
BY jr. McLAUGIftLIN & SON.
On WEDNESDAY', December 21th, 1879, at 1
- o'clock p. si.
FOUR LOTS, with the improvements there
on, in Choctaw ward. Nos. 64, 66, 63 and 69;
fee simple; 30 feet by 105 feet.
These are very valuable lots, and well situa
ted for either building or business. The re
opening of the Cotton Factory, with additional
spindles wiR still further add to their value.
dec22-3t
gMirtfaro ffaug .future gags.
EXECUTOR'S SALE OF VALUABLE AND
DESIRABLE REAL ESTATE.
BY GEO. W. LAMAR.
The. following property will he sold at
the Court House, during the usual hours of
sale, at public outcry, on the FIRST TUES
DAY INJANU ARY NEXT,
I C ?5?"S' 0us . an ' 1 . 6ar.i) S ome BRICK
,, ELI.ING, three stones *on basement, with
tUl nece»sary outbuildings, together with lot
No. Jasper ward, north side of Jones, be-
5 u!i and Whitaker streets, on which It is
situated.
Also. Lot No. 16 west of and adjoining same,
fenced° tS teet, the latter completely
Also, eastern one-half of Lot No. 2 Decker
ward, north side of Congress street, and im
provements, consisting of two brick stores,
fronting 30 feet on Congress street.
Also, five acres, more or less, of land situated
on north side of Anderson street, east of East
broad street, and on both sides of the Atlantic
and Gulf Railroad.
This is most desirable property for invest
ment. Terrs cash.
JNO L. VILLALONGA.
„ JAS. G. MILLS.
Executors or the estate of N. B. Knapp, dec’d.
declO-W,F&M3w<Ejanl,2,3,5£6
fuel.
COAL, COAL!
JgEST qualities of RED or WHITE ASH
COAL delivered in the city at $5 to $6 per
ton, as per size and quality, by
Grantham I. Taggart,
121
octl-W,F&Mtf
BAY STREET.
COKE, COKE
BY THE SU»HKL.
UNDER 56 BUSHELS 12}4 CENTS
OVER 50 BUSHELS 10 CENTS
Apply at the GAS OFFICE,
dec 17-W,F& 3I10t,
Oak, Pine and Lightwoori
A LL orders sent us through order boxes
xA. postal cards c*r *o office will be prompth
filled. R. 15. CAhSELS A BRO..
novll-if Taylor and East Broad street*
&(.
BREECH AND MUZZLE I*OA&ING
GJ- XT 1ST S.
pOCKT KNIVES.
TABLE KNIVES.
CRAWFORD & LOVELL.
HARDWARE HOUSE.
dec2>tf 153 BROUGHTON STREET.
SHOT GUNS,
PISTOLS AND AMMUNITION,
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION AT LOWER RATES
THAN EVER OFFERED BEFORE.
Military Goods and Gun Material
ALWAYS ON HAND AND FURNISHED Al
LOW PRICES BY
C. D. SACK.
179 CONGRESS STREET.
137“ Especial attention given to repairing.
AI1 orders promptly attended to and satisfac
tion guaranteed. novl-8,M<fcW2m
fruit.
RED BANANAS.
JpLORIDA ORANGES.
BALDWIN APPLES.
DATES, FIGS, GRAPES.
RAISINS.
NUTS of all kinds.
P. H. WARD & CO.,
139 AND 141 BAY ST., SAVANNAH.
dec!3-tf
RECEIVER’S SALE.
SAW MILL, MULES, TRUCKS, CARTS, ETC.
Will be fold on FRIDAY', 2d January, 1880 at
the mill ground of Coiley A Overstreet, in
Emanuel county, Ga., 3y, milee from the
terminus cf Wadley A Co. KaUroad.
The SAW MILL and FIXTURES, in complete
running order.
26 HEAD OF MULE?.
TIM BEK, CARTS, TRUCKS. 1 HORSE CART,
belonging to the firm of
COLLEY A 0\ RRSTREET, for the purpose of
effecting a settlement with the creditors of
said firm.
Terms made known on day of sale.
An engine will leave No. 9 Central Railroad
at 8 o clock a.m , 2d January, 1880, to convey
parties who may wish to attend the sale.
E. T. MALLORY,
, Receiver for Colley A Overstreet.
dec!5-M,^\ A I* td
HOUSE AND LOT ON PULASKI SQUARE.
A LARGE. ROOMY. ELEGANT DWELLING
FOR SALE AT AUCTION.
BY GEO. W. LAMAR.
Before the Court House, during the usual
hours of saie, on the FIRST TUESDAY' IN
JANUARY NEXT,
That desirably located DWELLING, with
double piazza, roomy and well ventilated, hav
ing all modern improvements for comfort and
convenience, together with trust Lot No. 21,
facing Puiaski square, between Macon and
Chariton streets, on which it is situated.
Lot fee simple. Terms half cash, balance
twelve months time, with interest at rate of 7
per cent.; purchaser paying for papers.
declO-W,Fd:M3w t tjanl.2,M,5A6
gfurtru, &c.
n
PLATED WARE,
Sterling- Silverware,
CL0CXS, DPERA GLASSES, ETC.
ARE EXCEEDINGLY
Handsome Christmas Presents.
JJAVING determined to make our store the
popular one in the city, we have in conse
quence marked down our goods to such an ex
tent that a goad article can be in the reach of
everybody.
No Fancy Prices
at our store. All we ask is a living profit.
Convince yourself and call at
M. STERNBERG'S,
THE LITE AND POPULAR JEWELER,
2 d t,J ARNARD STREET.
A. L. DESBOUILLONS.
DIAMONDS Z
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS!
FINE GOLD and SILVER WATCHES.
CLOCKS. SOJJD GOLD JEWELRY, SILVER
WARE, QUADRUPLE PLATED WARE. GOLD
HEADED CANES. GOLD PENS and PEKCIL8.
OPERA GLASSES, STAR SPECTACLE8Ta3
nt the lowest price.
All the latest patterns in fine rolled plate
JEWELRY'.
21 BULL STREET.
Do You Want Specks ?
T HE largest and best assortment of SPEC
TACLES in the city. Single glasses to see
near and far. My goods sui: all eyes and all
pockets.
P. LINDENSTRUTH,
nctR-tf 22 Jefferson a*
gafemt.
JOHN
Q
<
HI
Of
m
FINE CONFECTIONERY.
A M receiving orders for the HOLIDAYS.
and am prepared to iurni-h anything in
my line wi f h dispatch. 92 Broughton street,
opt osite M rshau House. octJMj