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ALL HAIL TO THE NEW YEAR.
moo's Kill ST DAY WILL BE OB
SEHVED I\ MAW W AYS.
To-morrow 1 hrrs in the Xew Yenr.
tinny Believe It lirliiK* in n New
l entnry—The New Century Starts
W ith loot. However, and That New
Year's Day Will Bea Notable One.
What Has Been Arranged f or n 1( .
Enjoyment of To-morrow—Holiday
Will He Given and All Will lie
Free to Spend It as They List.
Ciih the passage of to-day, 1899 will be
r.o more. The old will go out and the
r.tw will come in, just as for centuries
time has changed one date for another.
Many staunch adherents to a itelief that
the century ends with the year 1899 and
that the twentieth century starts with the
first day of 1900, will see more than the
ordinary close of a year in to-day and
the opening of another in to-snorrow. To
day, with them, is strictly fin de siecle.
Just ninety-nine are lacking to’ prevent
New Year's eve being a century's eve,
to to those who are firmly convinced that
with to-day the twentieth century starts,
this marks anew era, and is an occasion
of no little importance.
But the devotes to the theory that the
end of 1899 brings the century to a close
are in the minority. It is not speechless
minority by any means, however, and they
know just as well and insist just as
strongly that they are right as do those
who nurse the conviction that all others
are driveling idiots who do not believe
as they. Were there a majority instead
of a minority pinning faith to 1900 instead
of 1901 as a century starter, It might be
that one grand and long intensity of cele
bration might start to-day and close to
morrow.
Next New Year’s, however, will have the
crowd with it. It will stand a much bet
ter show, consequently, in the celebration
line, and no doubt there will be not a
few who will take an eye-opener with the
new century. They will want to start it
off in good shape and see that it is duly
welcomed, for great things are expected
of it. The nineteenth has been by no
means slow, but everybody, except writ
ers of the prospective-retrospective hesi
tates before making any wild guesses as
to what a century may bring forth.
There will be the usual batch of good
resolutions this New Year’s, but they can
not hold the faintest light to those that
will be made with the dawn of a century.
It Is a novel sensation, that of starting a
new century, and there will be many who
will then resolve who have never resolved
before. Of course, the result will be the
same, yet the novelty of the thing will
be attractive, and novelty is what every
body is looking for nowadays. The bi
zarre is all that is particularly fancied,
and there are few things more so than
opening up a century. All are not een
tury plants, so that is a rare pleasure,
falling to but a fortunate few. Many fine
observances of the great event will doubt
less be forthcoming from the smart set
when the year 1900 draws to a close and
its successor (with all deference to those
of the contrary opinion) ushers in the
twentieth century.
A religious welcome will be given the
new year In Savannah. It has always been
lhe custom for several of the congrega
lions to have services to bid farewell to
ihe o and and welcome the new. Prayers are
offered, forgiveness for derelictions of the
post and aid for the future being asked.
Mo e than the usual number of these ser
vices will be held this year, and those who
ntt nd will receive the new year with si
lent prayer.
To-morrow will be observed as New
Year’s day. Custom and law has made it
a holliav, nnd budness generally will be
Misrended. The pub ic buildings and insti
tulions will be clos <J and a day off will be
enjoyed by employes. They will have more
than the usual run of entertainment from
which to select the most enjoyable, and
doubtless the day will be more pleasantly
spent 'han can be said of the majority of
the N. w Years of the past.
WILL SHOOT FOR TIBKEYB.
How tle Rifle Association Members
Will Spend Sew Year’s.
The Rifle Association will have a con
test for turkeys qt the range during the
forenoon to-morrow. It has long been cus
tomary for such contests to be held, either
at Thanksgiving or New Year’s, and the
members look forward to them with no
liltle Interest. There is often some excel
lent shooting, and the turkey prize* put
just enough of the desired into the
matches to make the marksmen put forth
(heir very best efforts.
On this occasion it is particularly desir
'd that the shooting be over and done
with in plenty of time to admit of the
nitending members getting back to the
■ ity for dinner. In order to accomplish
ibis it will be necessary for them to leave
'he city on the 10 o’clock car. It Is pro
pped to have the shooting commence at
10:90.
The members present will be divided into
four classes. A turkey will be offered as
the prize in each class. There are, of
course, varying grades of excellence
imong the marksmen, and this division in
to classes is made neoessary. The round
' trgets will be shot at, and to those mak
ing the highest scores the turkeys will be
awarded.
The members who go out to the range
w 1] have a chance given them to spoil
their appetites for dinner. An oyster roast
will be a part of the entertainment, and
the juicy bivalves in this most excellent
mode of preparations will be reinforced in
a way that will make them additionally
attractive.
HIGH SCHOOL AND CADETS.
!*<•> Will Hnve a Football Game at
tlic Unsehnll Park.
The boys of the High School and the
I-awton Cadets will strive for the mastery
ln a game of football at the baseball park
to-morrow afternoon. The game will be
a good one, in ail probability, as the young
lawyers have been getting in a good deal
of practice. They will find great enjoy
ment in that means of spending yie holt
i'y. and doubtless there will be many
• pent a tors out to watch their game.
The High School pupils have been taking
great interest in the game. They and the
r adets are lroking forward to it as the
f vent of the athletic season, and both are
"tifldent of victory. The game will be
'he first of the season in Savannah, nnd
'hose who enjoy football will be glnd of
! chance to see It.
NEW YEAR’S AT THE TK YCK.
I'o-ninrroYr YVIII Close the Midwin
ter Knee Meeting:.
New Year's will be tho closing day of
'he midwinter races at the Thunderbrl
i’riving park. Manager Doyle has an at
' 'active card'for to-morrow, which will
delude a harness race and two running
' t'entd. in the harness race three of (h
1 t local horses will score down for th
l ire entries to the running events closed
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starts the blood coursing through the Veins
and so "breaks up" a Cold or the
JGRIP
yesterday and the fields are large and
well matched. In the consoladcn tace for
teaten horses the following thoroughb eds
Si V'*' Uf> at ‘he post: Lon Hammond,
Ktngfuil. Two Annies, Bessie Abb tt
ben Roy and Arion. This ought to make
a c.ose and exciting contest and the and s
tanee is for five-eighths of a mile.
The New Year handicap for thre
fourths dash will bring together Perfidy,
You Owe Me. Satieoy. Salome, Nan
tucket and Ben Roy. When it is consid
ered that the Charleston favorite, Pertidv,
will be required to carry 135 pounds in this
event, Satieoy and Y r ou Owe Me ought to
have a good chance to win.
There 4 some talk of a match race be
tween Pauline and Adela and if it Is ar
ranged the event will take place to-mor
row also. Both pacers have a arge cir
cle of friends and when they come to
gether the betting promises to be lively.
The guideless pacer Rose*, will be seen
in another of his exhibitions against time
at 4:39 o'clock. The first ryce will be
called at 3 o’clock sharp and there will b
no delays between the events.
There will be no charge for seats in the
grand stand and the aime for:e of offi
cers who attended Thursday’s events, will
be in attendance to-morrow and the best
of order is assured.
AN ENTHUSIASTIC GOLFER.
Offer* to Lend the Savannah Club
Ij-Jitllt for a Clubhouse.
The Savannah Golf Club will give its for
mal opening to-morrow. Prom 4 until 6
o’clock in the afternoon tea will be served
at the course by a number of the ladies in
terested, and it is believed the event will
te very pleasant. Had It not been that the
Alston-dußlgnon wedding will attract
many of the members of the club, there
would have been a more elaborate opening.
The contract of Messrs. Floyd & Cos.
has teen practically completed. There yet
remains a good deal of work, but it Is of
a character (hat admits of delay, or rath
er, demands it. For some days the con
tractors will keep two or three men rak
ing up and cleaning up the course, hut the
principal part is complete.
For several days golf has been played
on the links. As the work progressed the
rre-rb rs were able to try an increasing
number of holes, and now all nine are
op; n. The first real play will be that of to
morrow, and it Is expected there will be
many out on the course.
It is very probable that the club will
soon commence the construction of a very
commodius club house. It was expeced
that there would be nothing more than a
shanty for the safe keeping of the sticks
and other property of the members. It
would scarcely be their desire to lug their
golfing outfits back and forth with them
every time a trip to the course was made.
At a recent meeting of the Executive
Commit lee this matter of a building cam.?
up. The majority of the comm.t.eemen
opposed the idea of building an extensive
clubhouse at present, believing it some
thing (hat should be left to the future.
One of the gentlemen, however, is an en
thusiastic golfer. So enthusiastic is he.
in fact, and so devoted to the game and its
sport that he is convinced that golf has
great prospects in Savannah. All a'ong
he has favored the plan of building a
house of which the club might be proud,
opposing strenuously the suggestion for
a shanty to serve the need until something
more pretentious could be built.
The dissenting member is able to devote
himself to golf, his bank account being a
very attractive one. He was so desirous
of having the committee decide upon the
club house at once that he tendered a
lean of $2,500, without interest, to be paid
back when the club finds itself able. That
was so generous an offer that the other
members of the committee did not feel
'like accepting it until they could care
fully figure out their prospects for re
paying the loan. Tile matter is now un
der consideration, but it is probable that
the offer will be accepted, as the commit
tee finds there is every chance of interest
in the game increasing and the money be
ing repaid.
The club house will cost $3,500. It will
be built within a few feet of the car
track. Care will be taken to make it
both attractive and convenient. When it
has been completed members of the club
will doubtless take even greater interest
in it. It is expected that the interest
now felt will be displayed to advantage
by the numbers who will take advantage
of the holiday and go out for a trial on
the links to-inorrow.
HOURS AT THE POSTOFPICE.
Him 1 ncle Sam YYilt Look Out for
Ylail New Year’* Day.
Holiday hours will be observed at the
postoffice to-morrow. The stamps, general
delivery and registry windows will be
open until 10 o'clock a. m. The carriers
will make the usual deliveries and col
lections up to 12 o'clock. The mailing
department will receive and dispatch mails
os usual.
LADIES WILL ENTERTAIN.
The Auxiliary YY 111 Give a Sapper at
tlie Y. M. C. A. Kooaia.
The ladies’ auxiliary Is always a popu
lar adjunct of the Y. M. C. A. Partic
ularly is this true on New Year’s day,
when the ladies entertain the members
of the association and those who are for
tunate enough as to receive invitations.
In the selection of the form of Invitation
the committee has been as resourceful as
ever and the capsules sent out have been
both’ impressive In their unique character
and lucky in the appreciation they met.
It has been the custom of the ladies to
give a supper to the young men. Their
affairs have been very successful, large
numbers attending and being treated to a
rare stock of good things. It would be
surprising if the ladies were any less suc
cessful in the entertainment that Is eager
ly anticipated. The supper will be spread
In the reading room, and the entertain
ment will be from 6 until 8:30 o’clock.
Young men of the association, dressed
In Mother Hubbards, will play a game of
basket ball, beginning at 9 o’clock. It
will afford great fun for those who at
tend. Young men are expected to bring
ladies to the game.
GREEN'S WILL GIVE A DANCE.
They nnd Their Friend* Will Danee
on New Yenr’* Night.
The Irish Jasper Greene will celebrate
New Years by a hop. They will give the
affair to-morrow night at Ihe Catholic
Library Hail. The member* t the com
pany and > oung ladle* are anticipating u
vtfy pleasant Uttti'.
The following commit <s ia in charge
THE MORNING NEWS, SUNDAY. DECEMBER 31. 1599.
the affair and has completed all the ar
rangements: Capt. P. F. Gleason, Sergt.
J. S. Luddy. Oorpl. D. J. Charlton, Priv
ates J. A. Daily, J. J. Hogan, T. G. Pnll
pot and J. D. Robinson, Jr. All the ae
tive members of the company, who at
tend, will be in uniform. The attendance
of men will be restricted to the Greens.
This hop wi l be the first of a Series.
Two others will follow within as many
months, though the dates have not yet
been deckled upon. The succeeding ones,
however, will be different In that they
will be attended by others than Greens.
Besides, there will be another feature
than dancing and supper. That will be
competitive drills in the manual of arms
Instruction in the manu-al"is being given
the company, which has been divided into
platoons, by the two lieutenants, and a
generous rivalry exists among the men
and between the platoons. The winners
of the prizes offered will have no easy
task before them.
LOCAL PERSONAL.
Mrs. S. P. Hamilton will leave to-day
for Euslis, Fla.
Mr. J. R. PoJak ot Atlanta Is the guest
of the Pulaski.
Mr. J. T. Alexander of Columbia, is the
guest of the Pulaski. •
Mr. J. A. Fuller of Columbia, is regis
tered at the Pulaski.
Mr. T. A. Ansley of'iron City, is the
guest of the Pulaski.
Mr. G. W. Wilkins of Beaufort is regis
tered at the Pulaski.
Mr. T. S. Clarkson of Charlotte is the
guest of the Pulaski.
Mr. J. S. Bailey of Waycross is the
guest of the Screven.
Mr. John M. Cutter of 'Macon is the
saint ’be De Soto.
Mr. A. McMillan of Rhine is the
guest of the Pulaski.
Mr. D. J. Forlaw of Ridgeland, is the
guest of the Screven.
Mr. G. E. Smith of Moultrie, is regis
tered at the Pulaski.
Mi's Trezevant left for Greensboro yes
terday via the Southern.
Air. Hamilton Frazer of Thomasvllle is
the guest of Ihe De Soto.
Mr. James W. Poppelt of Screven is
registered at the Screven.
Mr. S. G. Lang of SandersvHle, is among
the guests of the Screven.
Mr. E. Percy Thomas of Clayton, Ala.,
is registered at the De Soto.
Miss Dfßennc will leave for New York
to-day via the Plant System.
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Rice of Atlanta
are the guests ot the De Soto.
Mr. E. Burdette of Hazlehurst is in the
city, the guest of ihe Pulaski.
Mrs. S. H. Buxton of Waynesboro, reg
istered at the Pulaski yesterday.
Mr. J. B. Williams left for New Y'ork
yesterday via the Plant System.
Mr. William Maxwell of Columbia, reg
istered at the Pulaski yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Bicksnrt left for Ha
vana yes erday via the Plant System.
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. King of Bochelle,
were the guests of the Pulaski yesterday.
Mrs. L. M. Proctor of Claxton, was
among yesterday’s arrivals at the Screven.
Mr. Robert C. Alston of Atlanta was
among the arrivals at the De Soto yester
day.
Air. J. H. Petheriek of Atlanta, was
among the arrivals at the Pulaski yester
day.
Mr. W. J. Robider was among (he pas
sengers of the Central last night for At
lanta.
Mr. S. W. Mays of Thomasville was
among the arrivals at the De Soto yes
terday
Mr. D. A. Mcßainey of Dunnellon, Fla.,
was among the arrivals at the Pulaski
yesterday.
Mr. Charles S. McDowell. Jr.; of Kti
faula was among the arrivals at the De
Soto yesterday.
Miss Clara Qunliven of Charleston, S.
C., is the guest of Mrs, P. Hagan, No. 315
Liberty street, west.
Miss Lizzie and Miss Maud Wilkins
have gone to Darien to spend a few weeks
as guests of Mrs. W. A. Wilcox.
Editor R. M. Bryayi of tho Sylvania
Press is stopping at the Pulaski. Mr. Bry
an Is re overing from Ills recent severe
spell of illness.
The friends of Mrs. C. W. Strickland of
No. 713 West Broad street will be glad
to learn of the rapid convalescence of her
son, George, who has been very 111.
The Januury reception of the pupils of
Mrs. Silva and Muss Selig, which was to
have been held on Jan. 3, will not take
place, owing to a death in the family of
Mrs. Silva.
The friends of Miss Mamie Aidridge of
Atlanta, and of'Mr. W. M. Foster of Den
ver. ‘Col., who were married in New York,
Nov. 28. will be glad to learn that they
have returned South, and wtll spend the
winter in Savannah.
Mr. P. H. Branch, who for two seasons
has been the popular cashier of the De
Soto, has returned for a third. He is ac-'
companied by Mrs. Branch, and they will
make their dome here until the summer
season at the Northern resorts opens.
During the past summer Mr. Branch was
at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.
SCHOOLS REOPEN TUESDAY.
School Book* Fund YY ill Be Divided
Among Those Needing It Most.
The public schools will re-open day af er
to-morrow. The children have had holi
day since last Friday week, and evidence
of the good lime they have had mav easily
be found by glancing at them as they pass
on the streets. Their happy faces show
conclusively (hat the days have not pa s
ed unpleasantly for them.
One of the first matters to occupy Su
perintendent Ashmore’s attention on the
reopening of the schools will be the di
vision of the money, that was contributed
for school books among those in the Chat
ham schools who are most in need of it.
The amount raised was $2B, and Mr. Ash
more will endeavor to ascertain from th ■
teachers Just what pupils, on account of
the circumstances of their parents, are
entitled to first consideration in the divi
sion. Orders on a bookseller will be given
by the superintendent until the fur.d Is ex
hausted.
The re-openlng of the schools will be a
novelty for many of the children. Th -■
of four schools will have anew exp rtence
with the double daily sessions that we e
fixed upon as the test solution of the diffi
culty of providing for the children of Chat
ham Schools Nos. 1 and 2 af < r the fire
which destroyed their quarters In the
academy.
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PARAGON MONTHLY. it North William
atrert, New Y ork City, N Y.
WILL REDUCE ITS GRADES.
SOI THEHX SAID TO II AYR ST ARTED
IMPORTANT WORK.
Statement In Made Tlint Surve>lng
Parties Hnve Been at W nrk on
the Mountain linen of the Roal
lending From Tenaesiiee ami
North Carolina Into South Cnro
llna—Purpose of the Hand In to
Reduce All Its (Grades to Less
Thau 1 Per Cent—Thin, It In Reliev
ed, Would He Followed by the I>.
tablinhinent of n Great Freight
Route—News and Notea of the
Railroad*.
A story comes from Columbia that the
Southern Railway has had surveying par
ties out for months on its lines, tending
from Tennessee and North Carolina to Co
lumbia, with a view of reducing all grades
less than *ne per ont. The story is
sold to be from the best source, though
not an official of the system.
To reduce ail grades above this mini
mum, would require a great deal of mon
ey, but it is said the Southern is ready
to spend it for the profits that would re
sult. The reduction of the grade® would
mean the establishment of a practicable
freight route between the West und the
southeastern states that has heretofore
been too diiffcult for the sucessful opera
tion of heavy freight trains. The present
route for handling this business is circuit
ous, and it Is said the Southern wan la to
open up another via its Spac.tsqburg ,svnd
Morristown route.
Tho Southern’s undertaking such n
scheme as the reduction of grades and
making the mighty mountains passable
for heavy freight trains, is tak* n to mean
that it wants to build up a great export
trade. It is believed the company intends
building into Savannah in .due time, and
this port would naturally be the outlet for
its business brought from the We t.
TWO I'HUSIIIIiNTS ARB HERE.
Kruln ami O'llrieii Have Conic for
Business nnd Pleasure.
President R. G. Erwin of ftib Plant Sys
tem and President M. J. O’Brien of the
Soutl ern Express Company are visitors in
ihe city. They arrived yesterday , morn
ing from the North, and will remain in the
city several da/s>.
Business, pleasure uikl.u social function
.are the causes of the visi* of Messrs. ©r
win rnd O’Brien. The aff.ii s of their com-
I aides demanded their presence/ and they
were fortunate In being able to make he
trip fouth just when they particularly de
si id to do on account of the approach
ing Alston-dußlgnon wedding, which will
lake place to-morrow.
Messrs. Erwin nnd O’Brien, and Mr. F.
G. dußignon are the warmest of person 1 1
friends, and in imate’y associated 1 fh a-bus
ir.ess way. Mr. Erwin is senior member of
rhe Arm of Erwin. dußignon, Chisholm
& Clay, and Mr. dußignon is general coun
sel for the Southern Express Company, a
position in which he has seen much of
Mr. O’Brien.
II VS GONE FOR A 0!t I DE.
>lr. ScruggN In Ilnck at Orlando on a
Very Pleasant Mission.
Mr. W. P. Scruggs,* Wt*ho recently suc
ceeded Mr. Boylston as Jticket agent for
the Florida Central and Peninsular and
the Georgia and Alabama at Savannah,
has gone to Orlando, Fla., Where he was
formerly on a \sery agreeable mis
sion. When he returns to-morrow he will
bring his bride. The friends' he has al
ready made in Savannah will extend many
congratulations.
Tn the entire personnel of the railroad
men of the South, there are few r gentle
men more attractive socially bh superior in
a business way to Mr. Mf Cutter,
whose name is usually followed Try "gen
eral freight agent." Mr. Cutter has held
down that position with the Georgia
Southern and Florida for two or three
years. He was in Savannah yesterday,
and the friends he has in the city were all
glad to see him. Business :Wi*h ihe Plant
System freight officials was the occasion
of his visit.
Mr. Cutler is a railroad man who enters
enthusiastically into what 4 interests the
people w here he spends most of ms time.
He has done that in Macon, where his
headquarters are, and few' young men In
the place are more attractive than the
dashing young genera] freight agent. He
is an enthusiastic golfer and president of
the Macon club.
Gen. Supt. J. H. Barrett, of* the South
ern Railway Company, has issued the fol
lowing official circular under date of
Jan. 1:
Effective this date, C. L. Ewing is ap
jx>inted superintendent, Knoxville divis
ion, vice F. K. Huger, resigned.
C. S. Hayden is appointed- superintend
ent, Anniston division, vice C. L. Ewing,
transferred.
And the following bea/lag date Dec. 27:
Effective Jan. 1, 19(XT. TT E. Hutchens,
superintendent, Danville division, Will rep
resent this company if* matters pertaining
to station and train service between Sel
ma, N. C., and Pinners Point, Va.
The Tine between Spartanburg Junction,
S. C., and Biltmore, N. C., will be oper
ated as a part of the Asbevffle division.
General Manager Scott of the Georgia
Railway promises that all the roads enter
ing that city will soon be ready to start
anew union depot’® construction.
It is said the Southern will run its trains
between Atlanta and OoHtmbtJfc *via Wil
liamson, beginning to-morrow, instead of
via McDonough and Orlffln.
The Ann Arbor is the first road to make
a practical use of the wireless telegraphy.
It hase contracted with Marconi for ihe
estalishment of a line between Frankfort
and Menominee, acros® Lake Michigan,
for the operation of its^ ferry boats.
With the old weather comee the hand
some announcement by th Atlantic Coast
Line of Rs service between the North and
Florida. The Coast Line gets out some
handsome advertising matter, and the lat
est is an attractive little leaf entitled "A
Day and a Night tp I^if^ri<ia• ,,
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AWARDED THE !V Kll y COVPH ACT.
Furniture In tle CMthedrnl Audito
rium Will He Very 1111 n<l Nome.
Tlie contract for th* pews to be placed
in the auditorium of the Cathedral of Bt.
John the Baptist ties btti/i let. The suc
cessful bidder was the National Church
Furniture Company of Richmond, Ind.,
which submit t**d Rs bid through Its
agents, Messrs. Milter A Denson, At
lanta.
There will not be as many pews as
thero wr* in dm auditorium before its
destruction. It wits decided 10 increase
the spar* between the pesrs, and for that
reason the floor will not admit of quite
.* many tu ing placed on it The pew*
will te- btttelaom*, iA quarter 00k, gild
( Constructed in the latent siyte* Ait WiU
# Happy New Year
% a Chances.
[ rill are to straighten up stock
now a tt er the Christmas Many queer
lira tinds are coming* to light. Broken lines
Pjf principally. You would probably say
jl || “Odds and Ends.” One, two, three or ffour
§ f of a lot.
$ MEN’S SUITS, OVERCOATS, TROUSERS,
BOYS’ AND CHILDREN’S DITTO—We want wQ
them out of here==being “left” is no reflection
on style or value==as good and as stylish as /rfll
ever==being “left” however means a great
difference in PRICES. Perhaps you may
spot yourfancy in this “lost in the shuffle” ](\\lf
collection. If you do j y l
__ The Reduced Prices [tf
Will appeal to your appreciation of exceptional bargains.
TRY A NEW YEAR’S BARGAIN.
OUR RESERVE SELECTIONS
Of MEN, BOYS and CHILDREN’S CORRECT STYLES in CLOTHING
FURNISHINGS, HATS, UNDERWEAR, NECKWEAR, HOSIERY, Etc., is still
fully capable of meeting any and all demands—and there is
NO DANGER OF DISAPPOINTMENT TO ANY ONE.
B. H. LEVY & BRO.
be equipped with the patent kneeling
bench, which may be folded beneath.
No time has been set for the delivery of
the pews, though It is understood that
they will be ftem by the company when
ever the building is ready for their retp
tion. It is expected that will be by May 1.
MOW I*AltK COMMISSIONERS.
Mayor Myers* I'leasnnt Letter to
Clin ir nut n DiifHii.
Chairman Daffln of the Park and Tree
Commission is in receipt of a communica
tion from Mayor Myers, in which the lat
ter refers to the reeen/t reappointment of
Mr. Daflin as a member of the commission
and speaks very pleasantly of both the
commission and his chairman.
The foliowing extract from the Mayor's
letter is published by permission of Chair
man DafJin: “I take this opportunity of
expressing, on the part of myself and
Council, our appreciation of the work of
the commission, and of you as chairman,
for the beautefying of the city. While
Council found itself unable, owing to the
heavy demands upon It for house drain
age and street opening, to increase the ap
propriation for your use for the coming
year, I desire to state that if any funds
become available during the year a fur
ther sum will be probably granted to your
commission for the important work it has
in hand.”
This expression from the Mayor Is very
pleasing to Chairman Daffln, ami Is an
indication th the commission and the
admirflsfration may work in closer harmo
ny during the coming year. Chairman
Daflin also expressed his gratification at
the appointment of Mr. M. j. Bolomons
as a member of the commission. “While
we regret to lose Col. Mercer from the
commission," said Mr. Daflin, "we are
well pleased with the selection of Mr.
Solomons. I regard the Mayor's selection
as a very satisfactory one."
Chairman Daflin is now at work on his
annual report for the year, which he ex
pects to have completed in a few days.
%T THE THE ITER.
••Znxa" Made Its %ppen ranee In Sa
va n null I/a at Mulit.
David Beiasco’s "Zaza” was seen at the
theater last night for the first time, by a
Savannah audience. The play had been
seen in New York by many Savannah
ians, and it was not al.ogether anew
thing. The play has had an exceptional
run in New York and other Northern
cities, but Is making its initial tour of the
South. The audience, which witnessed
Its presentation here, was a fair one.
< CITY BREVITIES. 1
The Telfair Hospital managers announce
■that there Is no restriction as to boy pa
tients being admitted to the children's
ward. The will of the founder restricts
patients to the female sex. but the board
not wishing to be hampered in its charity
as long as there was room for both sexes,
has never refused any boy patient, who
baa applied for admission to the children's
ward. This ward, which has recently
teen entirely ralltied. is open to the In
spection of the public, as is also the list
of patients treated in the hospital.
Saved Ills Overcoat.
'Mr. Murray M. Stewart had a lively
chase yesterday after a negro whom he
met coining out of the yard of
his residence with Mr Stewart's
overcoat on his arm He seised
the ovinioat. end as he did so the negro
ran Mr Stewart chased him some dis
tance. and he was dually arrested by the
liollcr The negro had watched his
chance to raise an unfastened window
when he was tot likely to Is' seen, nnd
slipped inside the Isrtat and took the
FROM THE DE SOTO’S ROOF.
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an<l the mass of sparks that were lifted
higher than any of those Hint had left
the budding before Its collapse.
“jrsT is the *1 \ vvkvt imvvv"
Insurance Man (deplored (lie WII y
the Year IViu Wound lip.
A well-known insurance man was sing
ing a pitiful lay at the Are night before
last. He was all steeped In sorrow and
sought soiacejfor his woes in the flowing
bowl. It was after two or thtee patallona
at the establishment:*. across the way that
were rapidly being driven out of business
by the heat, and the way the fiont of the
buildings were taking lire, that the writer
of insurance began to t> II shout how hr
had escaped for a whole year without any
considerable loss to his companies. He
had hop**! that lSitil would be a memorabi •
year for him, and that there would b- no
policies to pay, but all in one night he
was touched for damages on revet a I build
ings and stocks.
CAMS Him lIV SCHETMI.K.
Truck. Cleared nnd Current Turned
on After n Pe.v Hours* tiring.
The street car lines were, off schedule
because of the lire only for a few hours.
Early yesterday morning, after the fire
had been got under control. General Mana
ger Lofton had a force of men at work
establishing the connection across the
burnt district, and the cars that had been
left standing over the city, were drawn
into the sheds.
During the morning laborers were en
gaged In cleorlng the tracks on Broughton
and Barnnrd streets. ;u*l in Stretching the
wire-? that-fiad fallen from the burnt poles.
By 3 o’clock the Broughton ami Barnard
street cars, which had been stopped mar
the scene of the lire, were running their
re.gular routes on their regular schedule*.
It was quick and good work that enabled
them to do it.
Wadley V-n, Notes.
Wadley. Ga., Dee. 30.—A horse driven by
Chase Bethea, a merchant here, ran aw v.
and Mr. H.thea was thrown fr. m the bug
gy. He was only sightly Injured.
Usher Sherwood and Hobert P utnmr,
both negroes, wepi liounl over to the
Jefferson County Superior Court for steal
ing a horse and buggy from Hon. A. S
Smith.
Scotch and Irish Whiskies.
We are agents for the most celebrated Scotch and
Irish whiskies, imported direct from the distilleries of
Scotland and Ireland.
ThWse Scotch whiskies are the blend of the finest
Highland whiskey matured many years in wood before
bottled. The expert Analyist describes this Scotch whis
key as the perfection of Highland whiskey, and is special
O. V. H., selected Old Vatted Highland whiskey from
Glasgow, Scotland, The latest novelty in Scotch whiskey
is distilled by Rutherford of Leith, Scotland, and is called
Scotch Cherry Whiskey, and very palatable indeed. We
are also agets for the famous old Irish whiskey, imported
by us from Wheeler, Belfast. Ireland,
LIPPMAN BROS.,
i Agents for Scotch and Irish Distilleries.
TO-DAY’S WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington forecast for Bunday and
Monday:
For Georgia: Snow in northern, rain In
southern portion Sunday and probably
Monday; fresh west to north winds.
For Eastern Florida: Showers Sunday
and Monday, except fair In extreme south
ern portion; eontinued low temperature;
fresh west to north winds.
For Western Florida: Snow in northern,
rain or snow In southern portion Sunday
and probably Monday; continued coid;
fresh west to north winds.
For South Carolina: Fair in northeast,
rain or snow In southwest half Sunday;
Monday probably rain; light to fresh west
erly to north winds.
Yesterday's Weather at Savannah.
Maximum temperature 3 p. m... 39 degrees
Minimum temperature 8 a. m.... 27 degrees
Mean temperature 33 degree*
Normal temperature GO degrees
Deficiency of temperature 17 degrees
Accumulated deficiency since
Dec. 1 22 degrees
Accumulated excess since
Jan 1 244 degrees
K.tlnfail 100 inch
Normal ~ .11 Inch
Deficiency since Dec.* 1 2.00 Inches
Deficiency since Jan. 1 10.21 Incite*
Htver Rcfiort—The htght of the Savan
nah river at Augusta, at Ba. m., (75th me
ridian time), yesterday, was 8.2 feet, a rise
of 0.2 foot during the preceding twenty
four hours.
Observations taken Dec. 30, 1899, 8 p. m.
(75th meridian time), at the same mon*-nt
of time at all stations for the Morning
News.
Name of Station. | -|-T7f *v7|Raln
Norfolk, clear 20 j 8 700~
iialteras, clear 24 18 .00
Wilmington, partly cldy 26 j 6 .09
Charlotte, clear 24 | L .00
Rak-lgh. clear 20 ; L .00
Charleston, cloudy 34 i 6 .00
Atlanta, partly cloudy .. 24 | 12 .09
Augusta, clear 30 | D ,00
Savannah, cloudy 36 I 10 .On
Jacksonville, cloudy 40 | L .00
Jupiter, partly cloudy .... 48 i 6 .00
Key West, clear 58 | 8 .00
Tampa, rloudy 44 j L .00
Mobile, cloudy 34 | L .00
Momgomery, snowing ... 26 j 10 T
New Drieans, cloudy 42 j L T
Galveston, raining | 58 | 6 .13
Corpus Ohristl, clear | 52 j L T
Palestine, raining | 38 | 6 .01
-|-T, temperature; *V, velocity - of wlnd.
H. B. Boyer.
Local Forecast Offlctuf.
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