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THE CITY’S CENTURY nrcomi of nioirKH ir\ %>u inum:n. BIG EVENTS OF 100 YEARS. *'• DHTERHIUnoN li\ KB( AMF. HKtTILmX F.rery Form of Priillrnrr I on ml It. \\*r Into ttie Onturr'. iinol* Firr, Flood. Ilnrrli'nnr. tur oml i:rlhuLr-Krn) noil liHFriiiiniitlnii 11l olilli.rni.il Sear. of IM.n.ter, mol (hr I'mtrro of Ihr < Iff Alnnx Fv.-ry II nr ninniln as n Mon tim.nl n, .|„. l.rnlOß of lia i Iflarna. •v i< ir the piinrlp.il even*a In th*- of t?avennali whirl. lu.vr ninrk.'i . of the dying century? To .. mid my lhat thie or that ahoul I tn- I in the Hat la d.fttult, for oftrn ; in' e varloi. with fhe point of vi *. - i.lneteentli century hrouirht lo Hu ll her full rhnr* of dl-ualer. panh ~ ir.ntllenoe; It alan brought her pro t In the pureulta of peace, of Joy ai .l l,i, nea- which have set her on a foun n which rhe rlinllrnKr* her i ~.-iMora. Knergy and dplermliiation „i. ot alone ov. rcome iho .idvrn-lty o' i-frr; they have obllternt.-al all the ! i aid eel up monuni.-nta tliol pouter* ■ 1 Wi ll wonder ut and proht by. ir.m- year- for Savannah w.-re - IM4, thoee of the war. and l7fl ~ ■I The cyclone of !d deMro>..l al , ■■ | iiyi.no worth of property. In l*oi I I.rora of conll.iKrotlon mi l y. 11..a *re combined; the epidemic of lur.l ■I- aolntlon In many homer, and hual. >. I :■*.!•* I era U|on the efreeta. The Civil v. i- brought death and wreck and ruin •* many noble Savannnhlati. r.nilt* In .l-1 ruble to thoee In all oilier ware of > * entory oon.hln.xi The yellow * epidemic of ts7* out a wide r '.i'h In the city’s population; the dre.il . v. rami, ter of pereoni Too n . I out nearly £ '■•i.oot of property In The earthquake nf iwu; brought ‘ htit no Joes of life or properly. *fhere Is aeareely a form of pewf|.m e to*t h.*en vlsl'.-d icon Savannah In 'nicer measure somewhere within the * e!. t lot years. She hat. escaped neither f r disease, war fl.vsl. nor earthquake. I it on the other hand, the city stands to day a monument to energetic proarea - . e—. tier experts have gr no fr in ! • ■*> at the beginning of the century >rii©wh©r© near tin- t „*’*.u•>•• mark; hr lu©in#©M ha* in th** ©am© i UMrrton; h*r munMpal lvnprov©m<*ut* 1 iv. mad© th© oh I Yam#<*ra\v bluff th© r -i i>©*i;jt|ful city *4. th Hoiifh; her In ► ' * ’.tj.n- for ©durathm anal charity. h©r s > and her ©htuvh©© r© ni<iiunv'titd • th© ©haractcr and <ultur* of h©r p©o l * who r© th© product of a civilization '*'• which ther© l< non© higher. Well n iv Savannah nay. "Let the century .li . ! t’-.ivr llv©<| It well." S r. if.i.ah ha*> |>Uv*d h©r Important par’ 1 . ••ntury'M history. Hh© ha.© niv©n ' ° < t untry g.-noral© and lintrimfn; ►he • n nobl© Mart In th© hall* of (*#>n *• • **d on th© fill.l of battle; ©he hi* Ip r part In aiding to up.ittlM ••© * *’ r *• of th#* world. ©]© ha© ©n r -■ s th© country j* gr© .!e*t men; ©h© I* • r ihn new centUl 1 • I)tall . i ’rl th.it ln©ure* another hun.lr**! ..i of pence, of promli.cn *e arwi of ' i rlty. "' la©* century tray almcwt be to have opened with th© c>mpl©eion ' <*ity Exchange, though the present I . t ar uiM <-oip ruci.il by a JoiM n:o k rrtp.my in iTW, the city owning twenty- | five rh.ires. • the llrM ten yc ir* of the n rHurv 1 of historic Interest were few • 1 for be;ween. The . Itixena were and - clowidy to the putmuK© of peace. T • export© for the year were valued ©■ f2 ir.'.9BJ, In 1102 Aaron ftuer vlaited Hiv.irimh remaining four dayu at the ni- of hi* niece, Mr*. Mont mol iltt. n: ’ ■ houHe ©till ©t tnding at No. 12s Ogle t)orie avenue, went. Th. y©,r IS*>l 1-rought to 8 tvannnh n •errifl? W*©t Indt n cyr!ott*, ©uch #** **n of those of recent year*. Much troprrty w*a© damug*d or destroyed and 'vr*r Id) noirroo© were drowned. The Vnlted Htaten Ttank hullllnar. now ° ’ipltnl by the M* r.-hanl©’ National I , ytss ©ret*!©'! in ?*!*. and on M irdi I*l2. th© Hibernian Society .u or rar ized. It * t* In IMS iN*, In common with oth *r ffcrtlont, the pert re of the community V'*mn to he disturbed by the announce tneni of the war with Kngland. Imme sue preparatlonn were m.l to fortify •he c|tv. J*n. 1. ISIS, wa* made a day rf ThankeglvftiK on acoount of vl#orl>* e\er the Kmrlleh. On June 2of the name ' **ar the cltiz-n# d#'M#<l to ral*# ■ nr the purpose of "rffertunlly defending I’v agatnet the attack of the #n**m>." I *n Aug 1 of thin amount had hern rulaed and S36.lifi of it expended. The ' vig lance commit tec” took In hand r#r ' lt; police rind military rff im In ronner*- •lor with the city's defense In May. I*ll. 'Rritlsh hrla-of-war Eptrvier, eighteen t ins. raptured by the I’nlted Strtt*** • toop-of-irar T'eacock. was 'brought Into ’he river. The British ven*l had on ho.rd when raptured llionm in epe-ie. * came early In IMS without having 1 behind any scars of war upon the Morest City. The establishment of the H 'annoh Free Brhooi followed in ISl*>. the ‘"•ginning of fr*# education. In IB!** the Savannah Theater asas opened. The pi t ori# In that year had grown to $14,183,- 1- Ice soM at 6V* rents a pound. About April 2T*. 1810. the first steamship "Hsvannah." arrived from New York. • for UviM'iwol May SO, and on N \ y* returned, making th*- voyage ba k l< twenty-five days. President Monroe and suit#* visited Ravannah before the depart dre of th# “Havannah.** and were given •*n excursion down the river. During •t*l visit to Bnvannah the President and Is suite took part In the dedication of te li 'hjwiidciit Presbyterian f'httrch. The f*i.4 of the st* br.d decade ol the 'tltury w m.irkel by u most disastrous op. In which 463 house# were destroyed. • 'S loss being |4 With the exc p. li of the Planter*’ Hank, <’hrl* Church M 1 a few othet brick bulkllng- ‘'very *• Ming north of Broughton street v\ < , h died This disaster waj* followed by j '*■ first yellow fever epidemic of the cen i •t, itoglutilng about 8. Only J.4IM i *f th* ? r>zi In ha- hauls r**mln#l In the | " . sn.l 231# o. these were stricken, t-tfa ye tie's visit to the city, March lf was a notable occ t-k Mi. lie w.i* wI- ; omsrl by Mayor Danlell and (Jo\. Troup, end was entertained by the Governor dur k lls stay. In March. IS. Hon. John M Pherson I 1 ernrn was appolntel attorney general thr Cabinet of President Jackson. In n ti n prominent B.tvannahlsn was agntn •fHukl. Hon. James Moore Wayne beluc r ' rd** associate Justice of the Supreme < ourt. The erection of Fort Pu!akt was begun : In !tt! The building of the Central ltd * uns begun in and In May. item •ixty-|veti miles of It had been grade 1 •rd tsmtpßli mile# were In operation. •Sight tt> ten Inches of snow fell on March 4 UR i.gKrgin Historical Society was or en law.l June 4. HT Met trj Clay 111 a ,UI>I of#t>nor h I Match. *il at home of lion J M Rerrlan. 1H.n1.1 WfMter was royally *n '••named l>y Havanmihlntt* In May. IMT Cor: I’uhskt wa* completed In th* nann ) o.r lN**nuti wieo had bet aliare in Ike war wish Mesleo on M-irvh 1. ;iui <•„. JSET*- * *ho had l^n Ltr, a •* Mol,ro '•*■' Key ,he *.,,r The fir-t i un, *J nulltwry honor© .Sl m a *:'**• ***'■' ‘l-.pa.ch was rwav. Ito ,V T"V, Mn " " a March *. ©t-I rc-Hl.Vnt Jme© K |N>lk r.h 4 *"**l t,f honor ln the city .1.11.. • ct ?h ** M° r ninjt New© v' ,‘ ,n with tic motto. , * v “ wii I' <i**tendence and Imlu©tr> ” \©nnu of the Pimp year. dtonU 1 • I • | tIM DIoCtNM **'•*'"*. "‘H lit. Ilex Kmnda X uai tla#) ! #i* ihsltop. I b%* Fir*? Volunteer fteftmont w© or ganhietl hi l\ . under a-t of the laegl©la ttllW'WlMl ,\ |{ I .aw t-n a- .xdotel Rx I reaid. n? bblmoro \i-it- I #he city In lttl, iii’d waa th* xueet ..f hnnor. !ho \ ;i- i<a \i* nu morabl© in Havm n:ih © ..nr i!- *, on© of pl iguc and tllem i- of the * **•• who remained in th* lty a f t* r tin mlb w fever broke out In Augu: 1M" dl©ai. wiiiie nearly ©veryon* s, t*■ krn with the dl-©a©e The So vann ih is. n-volent \>v<..|*<ton was or gaiuxc t in < cto>M*r following thi© c;ii b-tn Sept k. of the © irn yar ;notru-r bun; an© - ame .il-.ng cinning the de©tnn tkii t .f mil' h projarty. and the lot© f m.inv ve© In the *©m© >-ar, to t.i** tioi.b monument to Count Oaelmcr I’ll, Hskl i , brave l*o.i©h genera), wt© cr.*t.a| i Murker* v Srpiore In I©'.T the in until •x i it© i-l groan ti UJ >•*.••<■ The .Si; ii.n.ill Al up aid *uif lUtilnnJ w.i-i c.o j.|. .and to Thofiui*vlUe In lafr* In W- b. g,n the mo©t m* morabl© j***i.- ‘ **d Hi ! Sii ai.ii.ih> b.'toi v. ne w**li a tiwt of th* South, on.* within the re.ol li?cti*ii of many of those now 11%tug. Tne Houih r.ati nip foli>we I !b\ m* * tli.ii© tere to ratify that action. Evi !e .id.ng up to tin war fi.lnw*d li. ; raj-id ©u<-< .-©don. Jan. \9. th© ord‘- jiam • .! • ' -eiort was amt on Mat ** the ’onf* |. r ite floe %% lKk*i and i over t;.© I ’uiMom Houm*. c*ol. Eraii'i* S ! ltartv.-w. kii'e.l oi Ii 1 11 H Hi. w;• bu:isl at 1 nr * I irove, July 27. ITI. Thlrty , t ight onrsanlew of militia w©r© ta *• I hi S\ ;■ idm -'i* tj. year <#.n Hobt V. v.-:ie.| aStv.u iinb. Nov. 11. nwl in . . '. .1 I’ort Pulfliki. expreaeing the t*- IIpY *’ o id wit >tan-l -ill tttt ck© y th. .? rnv. April 11 Ju©t ©lx mon h© i tt* r. i l'ulak| ©urrend. red after l>om irdm.t ? Fort Nb Alllater ©u'- ■< M\. attM(k©il in the part ol and trie .wily jmrt of 1%.!. but It I . very -milt. T • ■ ame Khrm.in on hi© march to t a w.tn 7p*.4) men. the .1* fen©.* of the city by Gen. Harden’© f\r|>a jo I*'*" ,nd the tlr.ai evacuation of the •it\ on Dec. 2h, ixni by the Gonfedenie f.i and the surrender the day follow hit *in Chrlftma© Day of unit year. S p rman eatahllshrd hi© headquarter© in the city. Ji! 27 IURTi. the of war wa v©J i.v one of fire, over building*. V ima raw hiving t.een burned, and ver.il people k.!il and wounded by ex I l **f . ammunition. T purruit© of hindn©©© and trade fol • i..| the w ir und during tie next ©ev * ‘ \ar- a ruml>er of Savannah'© ;p* .‘ tii'dbut on* W'-re orgariiz'd Th •if. 1 rite tn*nurnent w.© unveiled. Ar-rii IffT.".. The - end great yellow fever epidemic •me in 1576 th© total number of death* T*eir^? in >7 Gen. T* S Grant. ©*-PrelderV vl© i S.i\ nnah In th© ©ame v©r th© < mu ! -tore of the Jaef-cr monument wa© 1> Mu Mndi-on Sellar© ami laier, in IMS. Mr*, tlrovcr f'ievclaml. during her v!©lt w.-.h I*r©ider.t rWvcland to Savannih. unveiled the monument during infH>o-ing c.-remonl©©. in lvS.l the 'e|til*renter,niul of the land ing e*f Oglethorpe wa© celebrated. In April of the ©ante year Prwddent Theater A ArUmr viHed the oitv a© the gue*t of hi** ndi ive Henry T Ttott©. The Thu ham Artillery relebrated the firt < r iurv of tt© *-xi©ten''c in IkW*.. and ex- I*re-Ideist of the Tonf.sbracy Jeffer©ra | l*.ivi> a©©;*te#l In the unveiling of the ms© tihiot* on the monument to Gen 1 i; . ..| . i ■ ( ,rner- :ne of which wa* laid luring Lafaywtt#’© vlait. A i‘*w form of |M©tUenc© ©ame upon i the ity In in the shape of an earth *r, i. k the si' -mit* dleturlwincc which d.*l mm ;i damage in Tharle©ton Several ! ’ighter *ho k© follow*d. and much alarm a© cauerd thr.iugliom the city, though Id le )imag** wa© done. The T> nee luidroid wa© completed In I>.>7 fir. Jam©* .T Wiring, who orUln ,t. I t|o ©y**tem of drainage for Thatham o ut y. which ha* done © much for the hr.tit:* ~f the community. dl*d .Tan, A. I*A ; . The total ©hlimient.© of cotton In lAW had rear h* and X 5.702 la!e. T!m pr. it tire of I** ©<arfed In the jo.v.‘ of lunlei lloPAn on Itroughton m, ©wept the city in a ©outhea©terly ur : ui and destroyed the Independent I Teabvtei'lin Thur.'h, Guard© Arm ol v odd Fellow©* Hal! and ininy \ other Important building© There were .r *1 other dlairtroui fire© during the snme'ya.r. Including be lower wharve© • n(n | two cotton compre©©©. the trnal fire lc©ee© for the yeir aggregating nearly ' <*ardlnll Olbhon \lelte l Bivannah Jar Vice President I*evl P. Morton ..pent the day her, March 4 IRB' The record of Important event, In the . lo.lnc decade of the century l familiar all clllgen#. The tVntrwl Railroad went Into the hand, of a receltrgr March j rnu-tig widespread suffering among chart b Institution# who held It. .to k Tne next and -aster .... the cyclone of Aug 2. IH. which r .nlicl In the to., of many live, and the , dctructlon of much property In and ' ,round Savannah. Event* of Importance followed rapldlv In the early year, of the •.••ade The city', llml:, were extended aim. *t a mile to the eouth. the city rew rapldlv In every direction. Il commerce ~.1 1..1ne.a Increased year by ye.r. new i, nMl of railroad were constructed, and m any new enaerpriae. were *et on fool • ~nd carrle.) oul. The harlor wa- lven pre-ent depth of twenty-,l* fcet._and the courtmartlol of the enJneer ocer who .uiwrvtecd thl, work followed clot^ ! U ?'"e in Ihe century In ■ Sivanoah the -aenAlirw here of the s. V, nth Army form, under i.eo ntihuch la, in the latter part of <W. caneeaucht vlalt to the city of Pre.lden VicK lnlev member, of hie cabinet and I other prominent olllcl.U and army of r,'",, „ mane mllclone, which have i ill* rr>grcss and growth of th# ”iIV during th# !at W c^ r !’ "'"v'.-mt ha- It: I men . n.K '* ' Un-nr. and vlctorlou*. hnpPV !!.. Ii' f |lie^imv - “h ll puretiUe of pe-'e. .... I, 4V I lIH r ‘‘ 1 |Brry Mel. u7,l N-T.-ro-ee-.e ,he Nc ,„ I -der • , ,ocv Mali the young man who m lack wl.h raxor on Hrougnton aireet, i hrl.tma- eve. 1> •> - . • - i ’ h * ri '* h r ...I and wax leave th. yeetcidal I-'l- "* teleaaed on .-lortly after hie arre,l. and lae . aee ‘ , hlm „ , , la. called at to-morrow .aainet hlmwh Potu . court. " r, “"vtel Tael veurrdny that I)avle le Ml -M. .1 ltl , cutting, atvl ; 1 LVla.ll Th. vuunx man e>w h.t aewlhtn 0| „ of , h . *,id ruehrt. h’ u ”* * , \ioiulsv night, but f1.4, eure toot in could not have been th# guilty party _ Mr . .i „>IIk-"A I. T"e .nan’ Wam , 0 the wheel, go round'' r.'he modLu laio.exncter -H.r....'e Dakar. THEMOIfNING NEWS. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30.1900. THE GROWTH OF A CENTURY. UMAT UVAMWAH MAX DOXfK A 111 MihF|) VKAH!. I’npnlNiinn llh* laereawl Vine Hum dred pr teat., and la Tnda and Maalaeaa It* Ha© Been ©carre| r I©.. Fhrnaara.il. Knged Vrtrral Tlmea hy Fire, rratilraer and Kloog. the tlty |fa flrowt aieadll) Ktrangrr. Trad© of th© Gty ta l©kn> an.l ItHMt. nf th© Peraltarlftea of th© Olden hai —Tlir Coart and th© 1.0t ,rr Y-' lillnipM© of th© I'm ore. A growth of more than hn per cent tn popuUtHn In a hundred year.", with a i*orrr©pondtng growth In wealth, eom mer-e and Importance, ought to ©aiUfy the ambition of even the m>©t patriotic Savanahlan. In lAIO. when the find cenu© of the city wai takers It© potwiUrton wa© given a© Assuming a© u ©af© l*.©t© of ©•limaie that the odd INi had been added to III© city during the preci'dtng ten year*, th© population of Sa\ tnnah at the hegtn i it r of the nineteenth century could i ot ha • been mote than 5.U00. In 19HU th© • r • it I IM4 Thi© does tiot include th© Inhabitant© of the ©uburlo* !m --rm*dtarly ©urroundtng the city, the addi tion of which to the cor|orate doniain would bring the population f Savannah to far beyond the mirk. I>w res die Ju©t what long ©ttide© Sa vannah ha© taken In the paid century, nor over waat obmicle© of fire and pe©i- I* n’© and storm it lia* ©tepped to lt pr©©ent pioud |Hitlon. In IKJO. it wa© a Id tie town of 7 *CI |ar©ons, yet doing a builtu - ©© altogether out of ptoj©>rtion to it© ©lie even then. On tht* morning o f Jan. 11 of that >e.ir. fire wj© in a livery etabl© nei Market S<piirv. und burne<l ©tmdtl> for twcnty-foii** | tioijre. The 10-© wts *©timat.d to Ik* upward© of ainl in the flmi* © building© w.r© cott©time). Scare had t|i* city recovered from *ha ©tunning effect© of thi fir©, when an epefernis of yellow fever btakc out. ‘5 - -1 .• '"k&k rl . v \ iß| , 1 J 8^ BEjS PI ” * i ll P.ruit.n 9hor <"<* t r Two Fur a and many hundreda of peron. loe! t heir 1 live*. It required many year, for tne j city (XMiHdetety to recover from thia dou ] hie visitation. The mile, of wharves which now line ' the river front of Savannah on both shore, hud !-•}. beglnn n In a ,101-‘ wharf, which wa, constructed sr. 1?S. It i was built Just midway U-tw.-er, Bull and Whitaker streets, and says an old chronicler. "o great was the convenience afforded by the building ef the wharf that j In the next y.ar forty-CJM - tW , ed. Six year, later, however, the num ber of vessel* had Inerouatd to 171. For 1 the year er dm* Au*. *l. lnu. 1.177 ves-' sell of all ny* and sixes were entered and cleared through the Savanna! Cus tom House This does not Include a veiy large number of coasting veaaelt, which the law doe* not require to enter at. I clear through the Custom House and of who*a coming and going no recor! Is ever 1 kept. . lar*t vear Savannah exported 1.M0.1il hales of Upland cotton and 7.*S Iwx* .**■ island cotton. 31S.M casks of turpen tine, 1.010. ea barrel* of raaln. J04.1K.723 feet of lumber. 14.571 package* of orangea and other fruit*, 2M.155 1* kage* of vege tables and mt melons, besides a great mas* of other met handlse. Including j phosphate rock, fertlllxer*. rh-e. Iron and | other products of the Southern states. The value of Savannah'* bualne** dur ing the same petlcal ha* been estimated at IMS.WJO.'.OO In I*. It l* liked}. th# city ould not ley claim to a hundredth part ‘ of such a volume of trade. In those day* Überty aireet on the south. East Hroa.l srrsei on the eaat and West Broad street on the west, with the river, formed th.- limit* of the city of Savannah. soar of the old hooks and record* re veal the existence of a queer stale of af fair* Iti those days f the ceatury * tlrer leginning itit the rtf tl, day of May 1,0). I there was a meeting of the Justices of the Inferior Court of Chatham county, at which there were preset.t the Hon. Joseph Cluy. the Hon. Edward Telfair, the lion. William lillkasn* od 'he Hon John Mo ' r et The minute* of that meeting record the fact that ''William Normeru, tax col tor of the county ! and overseer of tn, poor for th* year 17W, having never retalered any account, ordered that exe cution do immediately l-sue against him ami hi* sureties for the amount of hi, bMtd/* At another m##tng to# rt#rk of th# .oittt Jusius Hartman S heuher. who was one of the commloeloners of the "Hospital and l’oorhou*e sul.- ,Pitted a re.ort of ceHain Investments that he had ma-.e for the henedt of the •ourt He reported. Ttiat agrereible to consent and order he had appropriated out of th# Justices me, for verdict., thm in hi. hands, th ■ sum of one hundred *n.l twenty do.lars. in the purchase of alxty-three tickets. . ay from No. 3*>S to Stfk induelve. la thj rtrst class of saM lottery That the re mit of these tickets nod been: ClXtecn of three dollar* I A Three prise* of live dollar. • nor prise of two hundrcsl dollar* ?i Total tjr " ' That in the esreond ton of Mid hi- STRAIGHT FRONT & RN. v*y CORSETS 1 Vl mi MILITARY FIGURE >/ N 4MSriaaqay(alislo©tiompoMl ( .-> of sliovttrr bWI ierllir strgM £ ■: frow yw wist qr*\ ©yitd ' (ulni il tack ind ow htpj fwW\ Pricelronfl™up / H K ofIOTECTED y cork rr clasps / An wclusive feature ( save annoyance from \\i \ roa 1 rusi stains and relieve \Jfcic*T*Looui t y.pressureand pindima ofany hind on the chest P.N. COR SETS TIO BROADWAY. NEW YORK ter>. the lion Georg© Jon©©, one of th© justices of this -ourt, ha<i aataotod sixty ticket© at three dollar© each, amounting tn the whole to one hundred and etg > do.lar©, that three ticket* lial drawn prise© io th© amount of onu hundred m I eighteen dollar© That or. the ©cveute nth • I*' of July, flie lion Joeepn tTav ii-k! the Hon. William tb'.ion© had ©e|e<’tet again *xty tickets of the tmrd clas of the ©aid lott©r > ©mounting in th© whole to two hund#*d ard forty dollar©, vl* No 2141 to ?nt). incliisKe. i* thirty tickets. No :.ipi to 2.4*>. inclusive. I© thirty kei©. and that th.* Honble William 1 Gibbon#* had lodgxs.l in hi© hand* th© ©utn | of two hm.<ire.) eighteen dollars, 2i cent©. I being a donation for the Hospital mil Poor Hoi*©.* Institution from General James Jackson, for which h* . ho©*, th© following seventy nuntner© in the third cla©© of said lottery, vtx . front tw thou sand o,© hundred and on© to two thou sand on© hundred and thirty-five ta thir ty-five, an.l fr*m two thousand four hun dred and sixty->lx to two thousand and flw- hun*lr©). Incluaivo la flilrty-flve. To tal seventy ticket© in third clasa." Here, unfortunately, the entry of the clerk end© and the recor*!© for the next >e*r or two are lacking. The fate of the a.-w.ity ih k* t© in lh© third ‘lo>> of th© lottery 1© hld.ien in obm-urliy and It I© lmpoeslbl© to ©ay whether or not the Justices of tlie Inferior Court ultimately I profiled by this little Aver In the face of chant-#. j It* lisw t-h# Chatham Ar*j|A#mv j had been founded In 177*. was the prin cipal Instltuilon of clucallon in riavnr ! nail. The fr* public school, known as j the Savannah Free School, wa, estah : llshed in ISIC That a difference there I, to-day! Tts-re are nine grammar school* for while children alone and a high ochool , modeled in plan oral scope upon the beet | Ins Hutton* of the kind in the country. For the color.d children there is a system of grammar-school education that meet, their need*, and nearly 4.< of them ere i annually taught at the expense of the people of Savannah. This I, the public ! , w ikhil system. There are. besides a great number of private Ins ltutlons of learning, ranging In grade from the kindergarten to the 1 preimnatory achooi, where young men ami | young women arc fltted for entrance In i the college or university. Savannah ha, become a modern '-Ity. ■ and during the year, of the eentury that ; will eisl at midnight to-morrow It haa . attained prosperity and wealth. A, the student of the past trlea to look Into the j future and glean an Idea of what the city j will he when the Twentieth century Is ; approaching Ita end. ht mind’s eye fa j Mart led by the vision It beholds. Havan- < rah will he Inhabited by- at least a mil- ' Ihm persona, and will control the ah pplng of tha Kouth With a canal through te the pacific, the vessels from the Orient i will seek her dock* and load with cot- I ten and such other pro<ructs as the East .rn natkme demand The p>os|>erlty that I is her* to-diy will be forgotten In th. j glamour of the sucers* that will enfold her In that coming year. Adopting the I experience of ihr tael as a safe prece dent for the theor.es of the future, the 1 brain of the theorist yet whirls annulled a the poaalbltlite* with which the future of ttavannah Is concerned. t ARK k ITH Jl IMiK I AM.IMVT. Irinmrsl. for and Against street Itailmay I onrlnded. Judge Falltgaot ha* taken under eon- J slderallon the application of Henry Am- ' bos for an Injunction to prevent the con- i demnntlon of certain property at Thun- j derbolt. belonging to him. by the Havan nah. Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope Rail way. The hearing. wUh ihe In trcdueslon of I evidence and the arguments, ha* consum- I ed the greater part of the last two week,. ' The evklenre wis voluminous and the arguments of Mr. Richard,, for the plain tiff. aml Mr. Oshorne. for the defendant, ( were not ,hort. Qua* the contrary, espe cially that of Mr. Richard,. Counsel for Ihe plaintiff concluded hta (Inal argument yeaterday morning and Judge Piilllgant took the case under ad vlsemnt. He will render a dectslyn as soon a* he haa had time to look over the ev idence and examine the authorit'e, bear ing on the several question* Involved. —•hip* that will be worth In Ihe ig-* gate *J.73S>.b • are now In ptoceaa of . on atruciton at th* shipyards along the Del aware river 1900 WITH THE RAILROADS. , •< rtßßiou HtvK rxna.l, •rr rr.*Tt kt •ic(mtui. Preside*! John %l. Fgan of Ih© Cew- Iral Ha I Ireak and Another om.-ial 111sr its* the rintls* % ear— Baal nr •• lias Bern tiooA and th© fhrralags of the ltallroals Hax© Shown in crease—All Weeiions Mae© t ontrlb uted to This lacreaa© • t onntry (■enerally Mas Been Prosper**** and Its t ondltlon Mas Hern He fleeted b> Ih© Hallroaii* The twentieth century with the rail* j rosds of the Booth should t*e rennirksb c | for It© pr*>©perlty If the cloe.tig >©wr of the nineteenth century may be t then a© n indication of good nm*© for 4he next cycle Up© and down© with th© rail road© and other buslnes© enterprise© have marked the nineteenth century, but rail roads. like many other©, cannot complain of the v*> they have fared .luring !•* President John Al Kgan of th© *>ntral nan ©een yesterday and a©ke*t for an eg* . ptession of opinion a© to the manner In 1 which the closing year his served the railroad© If# declared mat fhe year h* brc.ight good time© for the roals. hihl could see no rraon for ooni|i)mt. 'The entire South," said Mr. Fotan. 'has been prosperous during the year, and no better thermometer than railroads for tak tug the temperature of th© buelne©© of a sec Hon an b© found l.©t the country be prosperous and the railroad© will show the prosperity cl*ar.y Their will run up in good time© and will run down i when lime© ar© hard. Just n© the mercury tn a thermometer flucttisiee with worm and cold weather. The w.-ather” to the railroad© has lieen warm, and they have marked a high degree of prosperity Earning© vti th©* Ontrai gf Georgia ©Hitmate*! up to the present, have shown •n iterease almost invariably for each week over the corr*©p<*dlrg week of la: year. Hut two week© of the entire year have shown m failing off. The difference wa© but ©light during one week In Jan uary. so ©light, in fact, toat It k scarce ly worth nothing Then there wos * difference of some Ss.iut the third week Ir Novemtier. but there wa© nothing about that to feel any particular regret over. for the deficit Itse.f served o ©how that the Mouth I© in a prosperous cotMlttlon i Tne failing off wa© due directly to a drop In the price of cotton Now the far mers were not going to ©*dl when their product had Just taken a tumble. Mad they not been in good circumstance#, they would have bean compelled to aell. They were determined, however, to wait fif mother odvance. o they held on to their cotton Na'urslly th© movement of the product hy rail fell off. and the earning© for the week were ••©© "Not only have freight earning© shown an incceaae. but the ©am© hae been •hi© of th© passenger earning© Both de partment© have done well. When people have money they ate ready to spend It for their own travels as we 4! s© for tb© movement of freight. "All section© hive served to ©how thl* increase. Prosperity he* not been *©r>- flned to any ©pedal territory. Just ©a good money ha* been ma t© In on© part of the Bonth aa In another, and there U the advantag© now of having all section© upon practically an equality. Upon only two or three stretches of our system ha© there been a more marked Increase In earn lug© than on others, branches a© wH| on inatn lines having served to reflect th© conditions of the country and add io th© r^elpt©.*' Another railroad official spoke upon much the same line© w© Mr Egan, declar ing that the year closing ha© been almost uniformly g**od with th© rood© In th'* section of the cotinriy. •'Lumurl©*." said the gentleman, "as well as necessi ties have baeii moving When you ©e© such thlt-ir© •* plaro* and fine liquors be ing handl'd by th© rollroad©. you may understand that th© people living along th© lines ar© In g'**d financial shapr. I was out on th© Pacific alope for five years, and I had occasion to observe then how correctly thl© rule applies. Up to th© crash that '-am© lit ltt* we had he*-n hauling a great many piano# The move ment. In fact, was heavy enough to ex cite comment Than Gie crash came, and do you know. It wt© lh# longest time be fore another piano wss bandied by our road? ! "In the Booth we have been moving pi anos and fine liquor* for some time You know tne railroad* put luxuries of thl* wort In Ihe first class, so that th* freight rates are high Of rouree toe volume of buslncse. In comparison with that of other classes that arc moved. Is not large, but the higher rate tei.de to make up for the difference In quantity, and when the roun rry IS prosperous and many luxuries are purchased, th# receipts of th* railroads are large. "Railroad men are feeling pretty well over the situation They hear on every side lhal there nr* good times, and natur ally they are somewhat cheered by It. They an become rather depressed when (be reverse la the ca*e. Dt the farmer# get to crying about hard time*, and then you can see how what they wall about I, reflected 111 the railroad men. For the first time In my recollection. though, things have been coming the farmer#' way, and I am glad of It. I have always considered that they were alway* aure to get th* worst of everything, hut the ex perience of the last year and a pari of the year previous has convinced me that ihi* rule Is not without It* exception*. "Tne close of Ihe cotton season of MS, W brought an increase In the price of cot ton. and the farmer* were put upon their fad by It. Then. In the present seaooti. r.ood prices have prevailed from the open ing. and tha farmer, have been left In good ahape. They are holding much of I heir cotton now tn the belief that It will advance to ! rent*, and I agree with them that It will. I would not be ot. hit surprised to ee them get what they are expecting. "It le certainly a pleasure to a train ■ man to get out smog the far men, now and hear them talk, particularly for a t,riffle mar. who wa, among them lit I*<, when they were having uoh a hard lims Colton wa# then away down low. they ow*d monev and had 111 tie rliarir*. ap parently. of paying It Now the stapl# Is up. oral they #ie out of deist. Thing certainly look well for the railroads and for ihe farmer, " ANK APT VET MTH AIWHT. Southern Merelvea and deliver* Eretals* n AA rat Hr..... 1 street. Commercial Agent Bell of Ihe ftouthem Railway say* thai ,hlppera and con signees In Havanmih do not seem yet to have quite got straight upon trie relations between the Southern and the Central In Ihe matter of handling freight. The Bout hem doe, not receive or deliver freight at the wharves, hut a great many people labor under that Intptession and end freight there for shipment by the Southern, ami aend there for freight that I, expected over th# Southern. The receiv ing and delivering depot of the Southern I, the old depot of the Central on West Btoad street. ai.KEBKIH FOR TMIIM ABYILI.R. That I’laee AA 111 Have a Weekly ser vice AA llli New York. Thomaevllle Is at last to get a through steeper to and from the North. This In formation ha* been received by City Ticket and Passenger Agent Jam.-# Free man of the Southern Railway, over whose Hue, In connection with tbo Plant Sys- HOGAN Proposes to make it interesting this week to the buyers of DRY GOODS. The following will be fairly slaughtered, the profits being POSITIVELY ignored: Great Linen Clearance Sale. Bleached. Unbleach ed and Ki’d Table Damask. from the lower grades to the finest weaves. TOWELS In Damask and 11 tick, plain and hemstitch ed. fringed and tied fringed. Linen Tabic Sets. Doylies, Napkins. Tapestry Table Cot ers. Just Arrived. A handwrun© Hr© of Mu!ln sod BoMn©t Curtains. A pr©ttl©r lln© of laidi#'*-’ an l dents* t MHHKM.AB cannot b© foutid inywh©i©. Th© grnt sacriflc© *al of Capes and Furs OaatlnuM. T*k< .4v.nt.Kr of M. oi.pnrtunity ba/or. tt ta too iatr. tem and the Pennsylvania Railroad th* sleeper will he operated. Thomaavill* Ita- I l #*en making an effort to get a sleet, me i >ar line for a long while, but Its effort* arc only now aliout to be successful. The service will he nut month, and while It will !• oniy weekly. It la thought It will be lltierally isatronlaed The first car north-bound will leave ‘ ThoinasvUle on Tuesday, Jan. 11. and car, will run on each Tuesday ther.aftcr, on Ir.iln No .It over Ihe Plant Bistetn. The same cars will ixtne Kouth on train No, , leaving New, York on Thursday. J.tu 10. and on each Thursday thereafter. f AVICI. OX It 11. IIT OF AAAY. Seetloa Foreman on the l entral Re ported a t|neer Find. Rather a queer report was made to Di vision gupcrlniendent T 'A..!,# of th# Central Railroad a day or iwo ago by a section foreman The foreman haa charge of sc*ton No. 17. ami It I, til* duty. In rtmnecllon with hi, other work, to re port the finding of the carcasses of ani mals along the right of way. 111, latest report of thl* sort recited 1 1* ia<* that he had found a dead camel between the 12, and ITS mile posts, which was near Tennille. The foreman advance,l the Idcn that the camel bad did aboard a car and been thrown out. Robinson's circus had passed that way. and the foreman thought It was ih loser by a camel. MHItM. BACK TO I.KOHOIA. Air. 11. C. Mel'ndden AA 111 lie AA lilt the Aiayeroee Air l.ine. News how lieen received In Bavanrah of the appointment of Mr. II C. Sir Fad den to be general freight and passenger agent of the Way cross Air I.lns. Mr Me- Fadden la now In the Norlh. .tonne, ted with the passenger department of the E*. high Valley Road, lie was Mecca*.t g.-i<- eral paa-enger agent of the Plant Byatem for several year* at Savannah, and hla many friend* In thl, city and In this sec tion will be glad that lie la to return to Oeorgl*. TOt lIBIT RKAIIIA ADOPT lllvlin. fareal t liauues In the Travel la Re cent Years. Th* tourist travsl. which Is Jus* about beginning, will, within the next two weeks or so. be In full swing, headed southward. The outlook for himlness, the hotel men say. I* excellent. This they can tell by the number of Inquiries that are being dally received about accommodation*, and from those who have never visited Bavannah. about the attraction* of the city for a abort or a longer stay a* may he decided by th* climate Th* railroads, too. look forward to a heavy travel, and are making preparations for It. To the casual observer, all tourist* like the ncgio to the song writer, look alike, but the •aoerlenced hotel man know* better. Mr. It. AA . Power* of the D# Bo o Hotel who h# .-arefuMy atudled the basi licas for years, say* that the first cam era of the season are usually Canadian*, and that they arrive In thl* city with the punctuality of migrating bird* about Ihe first of January. After them. In regular order, conn In* New Englanders, Ni w Yorkers and Pennsylvanians. Ihelr ar rival being determined largely by the con dition of the weather at their bonus. The Western tourist# .ire rar:dy seen here In any number until late In the sea son. toward the latter iwrt of M *r.-h amt early April. Tills I* because they are then on their way home and taking the trip le'surely by easy stages. When south ward hound, they in most case# do not Hop over In Cieorgl* towns and clile, at all. but go straight through to Florid*. Mr. Powers say* that there has been a ino-t decided . nun** within ihe lat f- w year* In Ihe tourist's mode of travel Some four or five years ago. he said, every steamship that came Into port during the hlght of the season we* sura to bring from fifteen to fifty passenger, of thl* .'as*, bos lately tourists affect the through train*, arid with few exception* th only ones that com* by water are those that nope to hdve th*lr health benefit.d by a sea voyage. It has been definitely ascertained that J. H. Barrett, who** resignation a* gen eral superintendent of transportation of the Houlhern wo* announced sonic time ago. will go with the Chicago and Alton. Hl* title will be general superintendent. A large Inereiiae In salary offered by the i AKon Induced Mr. Barrett to leave the i Southern He Is regarded a# one of If J ■ c. '. .1 t ■ c a' • Of ' ' '•• * entire couirtry. Circulars containing Ihe organisation of the Bt. lOMils-lanilsvtli* division of rivi Southern hava been glveu out M at. 25 Pieces of Novelty Suitings, worth double, to go at 35c. Imported Canvas Sailing, Black. Navy and Brown, was $1.25; to go at 98c. Black and Colored Homespun Suitings, 54 inches wide, war ranted all woo’., only 59c. Black Storm Serges, 45 inches, pure wool, 59c. Black and Navy Storm Serge, 54 inches, worth fl.OO; to-day only 79c. ."G-i licit Black Diagonal Cheviot, worth $1.25, only 89c Saratoga Suitings, in four leading shades, for to-day, 79c Utc new l.aminatril comfort., aa k<hml aa down, for agr cat deal leaa money. The coldest weather of the aeaaon ta to come yet. I'repare for It by getting one of ottr line Blanket... DANIEL HOGAN, Corner Broughton and Barnard. . Isiitte. The principal officers are as fol ' low*. • leoege C\ Smith, general manager. 11, It Mpencer, assistant general man ager W. K Mnriry. superintendent, M A Zook, engineer maintenance nf way. '' P Cooper, accountant It M Baldridge, master mechanic. | R A < 'stnphcil, assistant general freight agent, 111 tawie division. f-dwurd Fltagcraid, assist ml general freight agent loulsvtlle division. R E b. Bunch, assistant general pas senger agent. Notice has lawm received „f ihe p. polmmcnt of A Ramseur to he atiperln tcn.lent of the Atlantic and Danville di vision of th* Bout hern Railway Mr. '• f ol * Iratnmaatsr *t Oreen #.!!'>. " <• The appointment Uo.mn ef fec::v; si once. •IAJ. HI AM AAI) A l fit in* A. There In the Interests at Mate fate • Aext Year. YI*J O, M It vs la was tn Augusta last 1-ri.lar In ths In ter cm, of the Btate Fair and returnn.) to Bav, n „*h yestenlay morning. He expressed himself perfsot ly satisfied with the result* of hla vlaß. The (Ugusta I’hronb-le has this to aay editorially, ol MaJ. Rvals and hht trip to tht rlty: iL"rl W r. h " ,rd Awvannnh w.ntM th# Hl il# tmr w# #xr*r#fl<h4 th# luvr** th.! ah# wtHtlfl ftwt |t W # h||#rMi thTt It would prove a Popular place fnr .he kn ' w " Bavannah would do all that was necessary to make It a sucres.. People , h . state have to f.itr* 111 nearly every other etty tn sorglu, and a-UI look forward with f7 r m r f#lensure to th. fair In Bavannah than any other .-Ity would have -ailed forth. 7 "V® 1 ' ° “i '‘T-ki of Bavannah spent ye.ter.lay vlsftlng , h . ,egt||e Intewwi of Augusta, and In meeting some of nqr leading agrlculturioto. He I. Ini.rwellng prominent manufacturers ami farmers In lh Hnvtntwh fair, amt seeking exhibits lie ,ay* whatever It I, i.cmoary for Ba lannsh to do lo Insure the compf.te sue. css* of the fair will be done, and they mean lo give the beat ffcat* Pair Geor gian* ever saw Bavannah can count on ihe friendly Interest and ceopcratlott of Augusta In her undertaking." R;VIM) KKTRWttin, (‘oiler llmr Hern Olira Order* to l‘leh Them t'|. Th* egodn# * tramp* from the ehllly North appear* to -have begun In earnest, and Savannah will have It* quota of un welcome vlriiora from now until tha atom of the * Inter. Th# hoboe* are a great eounre of annoyance 10 housekeepers. anil j several complaints wer* lodged at pole* j hradquurleni yesterday A hunch of tho trait dertnir mlnatrela appeared on tha •treeta and began to make a housed*, houne canra** during the morning hour., j Most of thoae who have ao far put In an appearance are burly and rough-look. In# Indlviiluahi. and It would require • woman with nome nerve lo refuse to lira thla imrltrularly rough typo "a blta to eat." When the arrival of the tramp# was made known to Itupt threven last n!*ht. he burned orders to hta men on the night relief to pick up every auaplcioua Individ' uai found on theatreeis. Tha hoboes vra ‘ neat'* to Ida police, however, and seldom vial: the city after nightfall. Aa * rule, they remain In their rendeavoua after dark. an<l no doubt aeveral wide will have to be made before the peata can ha diapooed of. a > ■ roi.it r. nu a *l.ow nioiit. Irani i Itaraed With Mealing a ‘ U eliding II lug Iruaud. The rain preventail the police doing very j much last night, nn<l not many arrcaia J appeared on ihe poilca blotter at head* I quartet*. j Clifford Vlalhewa. colored, waa arreetsd I by Mounted Patrolman i‘ronlo. and la I charged with the larceny of a wedding I ring from J. R. I’hllipa. Ktetl Kuril ami Isaac Reilly, both col ored. nr# held fur lighting In a store on th# Water# road Reilly I# a well-known colored deacon,and became engaged In lh Itailcuff over a bill of good#. Horton Wtggln#. colored. mu#t explvln lo Judge 11 art ridge In th- morning why he got drunk am! ae • uulteil hi* wife. j Katey Wllaon. so ro wl, haa a *lml '• tl ime Four wnit# s.vllora, with mimes that i annul I*** pronoun *cd. were sent In front the market for being drunk and mining a disturbance lu the Planters' lloia. on Barnard street. 19