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Newspaper Page TextUNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY n Oi \ ms* r . > • v •- .■t. YOL. 5. NO. 30. ATHENS, GEORGIA, APRIL IV, 1877. OLD SERIES, YOL. 56. X.JVW XTOTICES. ATTORNEY AT LAW, ATHENS, OA. ill.i-ly Office Nos. 4 and 5 Court-House. J K DOHTcili attorney at law, .. Carucaville, Ga. ni>18-1878-tf JACKISON «& TIIOMA8, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Athens, Ga. Office South West Corner of College Avenue nn<l Clayton Street, also at the Court House. All parties desiring Criminal Warrants, can get them a*, any time by applying to the County Solicitor at this office. dccl6-13?4-tf I>. HILL,’ ATTORNEY AT LAW, Athens, Ga. Prompt attention given to all business and the same respectfully solicited. janll-ly Watltupvil^j^, - . Aa i$sm\ .AO^EgFj|E. JYLE & WJJS, ATTORNEY'S AT LAW. * Will practice in partnership in the Superior Court of Oeoncc Connty, and attend protnptly to all business intrusted to their care. jan9-3m. Torn Dabkow. D. C. Harrow, Jr. furrow llros., ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ( Athens, Ga. Office over Talmadge, Hodgson *fe Co. jan4-ly jj E. TlIIt AHilEH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Watkinsville, Ga. Office in former Ordinary's Office. jan2.1-1876-ly p G. TIIOM I’SON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ESag Marks” ‘ ‘ Exchange Saloon, COLLEGE AVENUE. The beat Cineinnatti Lager Beer, Cigars and all \Liqiu»r»sold oUe*p , v , declS'ly. FOR CASH, t, £ - T - ■ *r~i — \ ~ T ft A Frightful Conflagration in St. Louis. E. cl9-1 y. 1 $(IUEFKlt. nee? -TL. COTTOXT BUTTER, Tocoa City, Ga. Highest cash price paid for cotton. Agent for Winship’s Gins and Press. oc20-l&75-tf A. It.Lit, > rp .w- l _ ,, , * • : ! 1 > \ . I Watahawkw & <Towolor, At MicliaeIVtorc, next door to Reaves & Nich olson’s, Broad street, Athens, Georgia. All work warranted 12 months. *cpt!2-4f. .. U I'n'l Special attention paid to’criminal practice. For reference apply to Ex-Gov. T. II. Wutts and Hon. David C’lopton, Montgomery, Ala. Office over Post-OlHco Athens, Gu. feb3 1875-tf plt.VNK I1AHKALSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Cleveland, Ga. Will practice in the counties of White, Union, Stern, c& SauXter- TNTHolooalo and Re-hail. Dealers in Wines, Whiakies, Lager Beer, Ale* and Cigars. V - > j Sip;n of the Big Barrel BROAD STREET, ATHENS, GA. ovt.Sl.lv. tention to all claims enusted to his care. aug-11 1875-41-tf. F. F- —DEALER IN— Amtrifu aid imported Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, SILVER AND PLATED WARE, XCunical laatruvnenta, Ghana, Fisrfcols, Etc. WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JEWELRY RE PAIRED IN .1 NKAT, WORKMAN LIKE MANNER. JOHN W. OWEN, ATTORNKY AT LAW, Tocoa City, Ga.' Will practice in all the counties of the West ern Circuit, llartund Madison of the Northern Circuit. Will give special attenion to all claims entrusted to his care. oct2'M875 Iv. Lamar Cobb. IIoweli. Cobb. ^ II. C'OIIIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Athens, Ga fofficc in Deuprce Building, feb22-lft761v Ornamental and Plain fetter Engraving Specialty. 2B0AC 8T5S1T, os« 4aor from Ltcas & Tui, j^LEX. H. ERWIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, -.Athens, Ga. Office on Broad Street, between Center A Nich olson and Orr & Co., up-stairs, feh22-1876-1 y .^M. COCHRAN, ATTORKTErr AT LAW, Gainesville, Ga. Real Estate and General Land Agent forth* purehnso and sale of Mineral and Farming Lands in Hall, and the other counties of North east Georgia. Mineral ores tested and titles to property investigated. Special attention given to the purchase and snlo of citv property, moyj—6m J. N. DOKSEY. Attorney. ^HHUHYG. MoCUIlHY, Attomoy a-t L&w, Hartwell, Georgia, Will practice in the Superior Courts of North east Gcotgia and Supreme Court at Atlanta. Aug s. 1876 tf yy ii. little, ATTORNEY AT LAW, A Much Needed Enterprise. Messrs. MEEHAN & TRESNON have opened on College Avenue, u first-class Tailoring and MEN'S FINE FURNISHING GOODS, And have just arrived from New York with a choice selection of BROAD CLOTHS, DOESKINS, j FRENCH A ENGLISH CASSIMERES, DIAGONALS, ETC., ETC., anti have a Bill stock Cheviot Tweeds Jhr spring suitings, and will always keen on hand the latest novelties and designs. Will ul-o keep a tine selection Meu’J Furnishing Goods, such as IF 1 ! UNTIE SHIRTS, COLLARS AND CUFFS, .. LISLE & FANCY UNDERSHIRT?, * DRAWERS AND HALF flOSE, of foreign manufacture, Neck Wear, Umbrellas, and Frite Walking Canes. In fact everything that is kept in a first-class clothing emporium. Call and examine their goods und prices be fore purchasing elsewhere. mcii20-6m U. S. MAIL UiL The undersigned is now running a splendid new Mail and Passenger Coach BETWEEN THE ia and Northeastern Railroad. and would be pleased to carry passengers (who have such baggago as they can handle them- eekes) to and .rom the Depots and all other points on their route. The coach will call at the Hotels with all out going mails. No drumming for passengers. Fare xu cents. ineh27-lm J. S. WILLIFORD. U|«18-ls73-tf Carncsville, Ga. BUSXX7ESS CAFFS. WINN, —WITH— GROOVER, STUBBS & GO, Cotton Factors ami General Commission 31 irritants. Savannah, Ga. Bagiring, Ties, Ropo and other supplies fur nished. Also, liberal cash advances made on consignments for sale or shipment to Liverpool or Nortlvcrn ports. may 80-1875-tf A-RTSXUn EVAITS, Practical Watclimaker. n .XS removed to his old stnnd at the A tie Orug Store, where lie will bo glad to see ltis customers, old and now, who wish fine do"e on Watches, Clocks, and Jewelry. All work warranted. f>d>20-6m. ARTHUR EVANS. THE UNDERSIGNED IS PREPARED- TO FURNISH MARBLE OR GRANITE Cut to any designs they arc desired, Plain or Elaborate Monnment>,' Head and Foot Stones with side pieces. Marble or Granite Box Toombs, Cradle Toombs, Vases or Statuary. Marble or Granite Vnults for Cemetnry arid ot ter purposes, designs uud prices furnished at the Marble Yard. A.R. ROBERTSON, ,jnne20.tf. Athens. Ga. JjIVURT AND SALE STABLE. Currlages, Bttgglen & horses for lure. Terms reasonable. E. M. WHITEHFAD, •tov26-187Wf 8hingt0n, Wi!k0SC ' ,l,,,,y ’ Ga ' The Kennesaw uazette, A Monthly Paper, Published at ATLANTA, Gr A.. Devoted to Railroad interests, Literaturo Wit uud Humor. Fifty cents a year. Cliromo to every subscriber. Address KENNESAW GAZETTE. mch27-tf Atlanta, Ga.. LEGAL BLANKS, Neatly printed and for sale at this office. The HacalflcrBt Koathrm Hotel Baratd to the Qrouad—Ttrrifie LoaaoTUfe aad Deatractlon or Property—Panic In the Upper Stories— SuffocaUun ; Frantic and Fatal Leaps From the Window*—Fifty Hen and Women Perish la the Flames— Nearly floe Million or Dol lar* Cone. ‘ * St. Louis, April 11. -The South- era’ Hotel’ wits burned at two o’clock this morning. Appalling loss of life, first supposed to be 200, now reduces to 50. Many persons were killed jumping from the third, fourth and fifth story wiudpfvs, Kale Claxtou, whoso narrowly escaped frotii the Brooklyn horror, broke both legs jumping from the third story. The fire originated in the upper stories. The windows in the upper stories were crowded with shrieking nieu and women, whom it seemed impos- stble to save. A few were rescued fry ladders placed , oil the. Fourth street portico, hut on the ether three sides of the building, bounded by Fifth, Walnut and Elm streets, the longest ladders fell far short of reaching the windows. Mr. Peter Blow, son of the former Minister to Brazil, was deeping in Lis room on the sixth floor, and succeeded, after strenuous exertions, in escaping with his life aud a broken arm. The building was six stories in height, and Mr. Blow thinks that the in mates of the twp upper stories of the building must have perished. Two men, unrecognized, were killed by jumping from the third story win- ; dows, ami a third one was badly mangled. Five women were rescued I rom the sixth story of the Fourth street side by the heroic efforts of the firemen, who, after ascending the patent ladders, succeeded in getting a rope to the half suffocated creat ures. The fire is said to have originated in the store rooms It is supposed that forty to fifty men were burned to death directly, or first Suffocated. The fire originated iu the store room in the basement, and the flames first came ^through the gwuiijjLfloor.igiortJi of die mice, ami iu’ten minutes had ascended the elevators and rotunda, ami spread over the sixth story, occupied by em ployees, mostly women. The smoke was so dense in some of the halls that gas jels were extinguished, which rendered egress even to those most familiar with the building, a matter of great difficulty. The density of the smoke in the halls drove many guests and boarders hack intotlicir rooms, and they rushed to the win dows as a means of escape. Ladders were raised as soon as possible, and women and children, with nothing but their night clothes on, were thus taken from the burning building. Some fainted from fright, and others sunk exhausted to the ground from nervous prostration The ladders generally were t.oo short to reach the fifth and sixth stories, but by hoisting them ou the one-story balcony on the north side ot the building these floors wer reached, and all those at the windows rescued. The Skinner fire escape was also brought promptly into service, and was the means of saving many lives. While this work was going on some frightful scenes occurred. One man, who had been occupying a window on the Walnut street front of the hotel, became desperate at the seeming delay in effecting his escape. With nervous hands he tore the sheets from his bed into strips and tied them together, fastening this improvised rope to the window sill, and disregarding the fact that it did not reach more-'’than twenty feei, he let himself down hand over ' band. Men below who saw his position turned away thdir faces to avoid witnessing the sicken ing event that was inevitable. Final ly lie reached the end of the rope, and then for the first time he seemed to realize his position. He stopped, threw his head back, revealing a ghastly face, f and swung slowly to and fro, swayed by the breeze which the roaring flames above created, his finite swinging around convulsive ly as though to catch upon some thing, then he let go, and groans went up from hundreds as he whirled round and Found, and finally struck on the stonh flagging with a sicken ing thnd. He was carried to a sa loon across'the street and died in a few moment. Two other men jumped from the fourth story windows, one of whom seemed not to be danger ously hurt. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. The fire engines are still playing on the fire.-U A forc^ has been organ ized to search for dead bodies, and several bodies, have - already been taken fron»4the ruins in A more or less burned «ondition, hut have not yet been Identified; also several dead bodied at the morgue await identification. Mrs. Moran, a servant was killed by jumping from a win dow. George Frank Gouley, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Freemasonsihf Missouri, is supposed to have pembpd. Six persons, whose nanutf a.4 4fu :-:S known*, were killed; either by jumpin '' from windows suffocated by smoke, and dragged out of the burning building. It difficult to procure the names of the dead, but it is hoped that a complete or nearly complete list will lie ote tamed this afternoon. Sidmore Hay den, Superintendent of the Ameri can Express stabl.is is among the killed; also, Henry Ilnzen, Deputy Auditor of the Missouri Pacific Rail road Company. An Englishman named Adams, said to be a conunis sioner of education, was identified at the morgue. A woman at a fifth story window on Fifth street became panic stricken, jumped out and alighted on her feet. She was carried to the St. Louis Hotel and is still alive. Her husband, who had been standing by her side, then tore up the bedding, let a loop so made out of the window ; to this the firemen attached a rope, which the man hauled up, making it fast to the window sill an 1 safely descended by it. A man named J. E. Wilson jumped fr<un a fourth story window and was killed. Andrew Ensman and Mrs. Scott nut deaths the same way. The mortality among the fe* male help of the hotel is very great. There were two hundred of them, all of whom were lodged in the upper story of the building. The panic among them was perfectly terrible. A number jumped from the upper window on Elm street or near the side of the house. Kate Claxtou, the actress, had another escape, hut was uninjured. Among those known to he saved were H. Kretz, Texas; Dr. Gerlact, German Consul, jumped from a window and broke a leg ; his wife is unhurt; Charles Ticnan lost his life attempting to save another. Philip Gerald, a hoarder at the hotel, was brought out alive hut entirely bereft of reason. At a quarter-past two, or about half an hour after the fire was discov ered, the entire roof was ablaze and tho flames were rapidly descending to the lower stories. A half an hour later the floors and interior walls he'- gan to fall, the roof fell in. f here est hotels in the country except the Walnut street front and parts of Fourth and Fifth streets faces. Loss on the building and contents, $750,- 000 and 81,000,000. Insurance un known. No other Southern names than the Texan among the names of the lost or saved except T. T. Lion, Mobile, saved; Fred Cook, ’New Orleans, saved. Kate Claxton had sufficient pres ence of mind to wrap her head and face in wet towels and walked and rolled down stairs. Except a few bruises she is safe. Miss Claxton lost everything. Her engagement began in St. Louis Monday evening, in the “ Two Orphans.” The report that several bodies were taken from the ruins this morning is false. The firemen have not yet suc ceeded in cooling the debris suffi ciently to enable search. Mr. Adams referred to in the previous dispatoh was Rev. A. A. Adams, incumbent of a parish in Berkshire, England He was on his way from Florida to California. His remains await the order of friends. Lettie Allen, an actress from the East and a guest of Miss Clifton, of the Olympic Compa ny, is among the saved. H. F. or H M. Clark, a railway conductor, to gether with wile and child, are among the killed. Milton Noble, actor, and Miss Frankie McClellan, the actress were saved, the latter very seriously injured. The former was mainly in struraental in saving the lives of dfles'vfTiS’Aaere kiLthls ’ same floor himself. Great crowds of people hav- thronged the vicinity. St. Lotus, April 11.—Anicng the saved is Jos. J. Davis, of Augusta, Georgia. St. I.ouis, April 11.—The Rich momi Fire association had a %5,OOU risk in the Southern hotel. Boston, April 11.—Boston insur ance companies have §57,000 risks on the Southern hotel, of St. Louis. KELLOGG. The Race Problem. [Frctn the Baltimore Sun.l Horace Greeley, who did more for the colored mail than any of his con temporaries, frankly told the negroes after they had been enfranchised that their future was largely in their own hands, or ill Mr. Greeley’s own home ly phrase, they had to “ root hog ol die ” No belter advice could he given the colored people or any other class of men. There is no gov ernment on the face of the earth which undertakes to help its subjects get a l.ving, unless France, in past days, may have been an exception, and no one pretends that her experi ment was successful. Now that the men of Mr, Greeley’s liberal and com mon sense way of thinking are in the government it may be well for them to let it be known, as indeed many stupid Republican partisans are be ginning to comprehend, that the Federal Government did all it could legitimately do in enforcing negro enfranchisement upon the South The rest must he left for colored men ♦o do, as it is left for white men to do This is best socially as well as politically for all parties. In his in augural Mr. Hayes said truly enough * hiit the welfare ot the South, as does that of every other part of the coun try, depends upon the attractions it can afford to labov and immigration and capital. At the same time if the colored laborers will follow Horace Greeley’s advice to “root hog or die’’ the South will not he in as much need f imported labor as other sections Some Ineendlarj Remark* from a Carpet-bagger. Washington, April 13.—Kellogg still haunts the corridors of Willard’s Hotel watching the political events in his own State. He does not con ceal his indignation at the course pursued by Chamberlain, and says that his surrender was that of an ar rant coward. “ Why,’’ said he yes terday, “ do you think that if Pack ard had his headquarters outside of a large city like New Orleans that he mould he pressed to the wall without covering his retreat with something more formidable than a uewspaper blast? Not a hit of it. I tell you that if Packard was outside the city say Plaqucminc parish—he would never surrender, because he could have 15,000 negroes who would re spond to his call. The white league may push Packard to the wall, and Hayes may give him away, but he ain’t going to he snuffed out like Chamberlain. When the time for action comes the white league, in stead of making their demonstration in New Orleans, will have a division in the rear to look after, as every wench has her bottle of coal oil and match ready to set it ablaze as the order is given that the time to make the music lively has come.” AND NOW HE CRAWFISHES. Governor Kellogg denies the truth of an alleged interview with h’ra re garding affairs in Louisiana tele graphed hence, in which implication iir-hl^cndtary-^ntimcnts-were wrong fully attributed to him. Frltlaj’s Doing*' lit Carolina. Charleston, April 13.—The heav iest gale ami rain storm known since 1851 has prevailed here during the pas’. 21 hours. Considerable damage was done to the wharves, hut the damage to the shipping is so far slight. The tides are very high, and much of the lower portion of the city is submerged. Railroad trains have all stopped in consequence of the damage to the tracks. Accounts from all sections of the interior give gloomy reports ot the planting prospects. The cold and ex cessive rains of the past two weeks have delayed the work of the planters, and it is feared that to day’s storm which was general throughout the state, will inflict serious injury. -t: s~s'£. The Quo Warranto.—A New York dispatch says that gentlemen fully in the confidence of Governor Tilden, and from an interview with him, aver that tie institution of legal proceedings to oust President Hayc- haS been strongly adveeated by David Dudley Field and freely discussed by friends of Mr. Tilden, hut that Mr. Tilden himself l as never seriously thought of such a thing. Mr. Tilden said to-day that he had never directly or indirectly advised such a proceed ing or encouraged it. Mr. Field urged that evidence is certainly at- . tamable by the overthrow of the Cham berlian ami Packard governments which would establish Tilden’s claim beyond doubt before any judicial tri bunal. Mr. Tilden, however, steadi ly discountenances the idea, and of course nothing will he done against his protest. He says in so many words that any attempt to question Mr. Hayes’ right iu view of the press cut situation would be an assault upon the tranquillity of the country. Left to itself— that is, without out side interference—negro labor is val uable to the South, and there is enough of it, if rightly directed, to relieve anxiety on the subject of las hor. The two rac.s are there essen tial to each other, and what really is now nothing left of one of the fin. benefits one benefits both. SORE NOSES, Catarrh, Sore Throat, a sure cure is Dr. J. II. Mc Lean’s Catarrh Snuff. It is a new antisceptic principle, never fails. Tri al boxes, by mail 50c. Dr. J. H. McLean, 314 Chestnut, St. Louis, Me.

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The Athens weekly Georgian. (Athens, Ga.) 1875-1877, April 17, 1877, Image 1