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UYINAY THURSDAY
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AS SECOSD-CI \*s MATTE I *. AT TFE
Fc.-Torrrcr at Indian Sprint., Ga.
INDI AN SPRING, G A,, MRCII a? j ?ig"l
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LOCAL MATTER
WANTED
A rood r *m ,t hand-for which cs&h Till
tlav 1 - —■
—■ -it*
WA learn Gnat omfi friend Mr. J*
V. \ S'. ./V' a:’:.!;':! G.;,; ; M n.
.lA rcf-k, has liot I mza w i ir
health, and b uaabh to leave his
rcorn. ♦
Am. 11. P'-r.en. Fdwlerville,
V:ch., esv(i: I_havc not rested for
months than I aid L-3t night. The
'•Onlv Lur.cc Pad 5 has helped me
‘ id •
•** - <***>•&***+■
V*> tit Aia/ii ) see litile Charley
Douglass who bar Wen sutlerina
with inilamatorv P.Leumetjsm,- is
abb to he up agam. W© Ik ■ It
will }>e spare-l tic- in I- lort *n* <f n
long spell oi 'the painful desease
mu!., rcvv Up a useful man his wor-.
g. parents one n.vcring to make
hi had a pleasant- call by our
-bud I. \V Nolen one of ‘Butts
--.T:' y.', eye vef men. and Ins
estimable lady, or: Mon lay nu 1 ra
ng last. W : always ei joy a c
vernalion with tlrem, G oi- ho l est
Pace and smiling cc tmtenance is a
’rue index \6 th.ir moLla Warts, i
r.d a. my of sunshine, a 2 way • mi- ]
low ntludr u. re sene
Penn tor Mahon:, was asked the
. ‘h. dav how he liked the senate.
,"Olisaid he, t; if to-day is a fair
fiir.*n*. of fcn&torial hfe it is go
th g. to be very sup id lor nun Why,
for two hours a hail dozen of them
kept jumping no. jabbering away
•I one another, and for the life of
-“xii I con’d not understand vhat
hey were driving at (the question
vrs on a point f ordey). One fel
o -o with a bellowing sort of a voice
and a head veiy flat at the back.
:opt saying We same china over
.and over again, repeating himsel
. least fifty times. It was really
;is ■ than a gathering cf old wo
vv.en at' a >church. • -
attorney General andeeson has
dw arded to the Governor an o
‘r inion on the validity of the delayed
county officers bonds which concha
lee . foilon 3 The special agreement
bv which many county
officials in default in the
matter of filling .their bonds and
’ heir securities propose to waive all
•ho objections ic the bonds filed as
hot being statutory, does not, of
course, injuriously “affect- the pub
♦lie interest/’ but is promotive of it
nor do I perceive it can injure inas
much as claims due the State are
entitled to priority of payment ove
•■h: 1 due individuals, whether tuca
chains grow out cf common law u or
statutory bonds. These conclusions
conduct me to the conclusion that
"he special agreement '"proposed
Gould be binding. On the whole I ad
vise that if these taiby officials vol
uffarilv tender sueli an agreement,
uul an ogreementalsn that the Leg
islature may, enact laws consi
dered appropriate for the summary
enforcement of the the obligation
f vested by the bonds filed that the
bonds 1 0 aeeepma. i inclose the
from of such an agreement a- is
indicated.
DO YOU WANT THEM.
fee v oral different kinds of Sewing
Machines now arriving a: Alto
Vista.
A full supply of ready mixed
paints lor sale, at Alio Vista.
One ew Double seat buggy for
,* ale at Alto Vi si a
Arv Goeds, Groceries. Hardware,
Tinware, Shoes, Hate, Tobacco,
£egaG and SiuitV, for smc 'at Alto
Vista.
The Paragon patent churn for
•ale at Alta Vista.
1 \ \ls CV IK", to the dollar good
o ... ... ,-.,0',-. •- 4 * ~ y ->v. v.
at Alto Vista.
There is a very gratifying degree
f interest throughout the south
mmvbVc ei in connection with the
coining con or. ?. x £ no—, m -vt
lanta, the prime mover in wmeh
i. Mr. Edward Atkinson, of tin*,
citw The plans ol tor building
drawn under the personal super*
Vision of Mr. Atkinson have been
accepted and the location decided
upon. The building will represent
a model cotton factory, which after
e;:h Aiden will be bought by a
lire Eubseriplicns ere coming
read> sub nearly dd allotted
i
; dvxripticn lists uu 12. mb, he
.I'." _g i. weUiT spot m urn no.i-t,
i:r ft.anta since he visited it in 18-
\{ fu-*: the proposed sc he die 5
jis to have President Byw-, ; . o\\i
. ex• on, -near ?n a.snah-oleloth?
j Ml the nighi v f *1- ”xy->
j ffG *’••• wttw in which was
J growing in the field tU* day W-fom
• the picking, gininy, and'-wavin'r-' to
: ■‘ r and >nc before n
A oht‘•;f., *
t ' i: - o* • various
! ;?*- ~oa - s -w-.n ' Jv :il Pc part of
: ■U r ‘\Vp<Y-j ,<,rt .’u ]|,E> 0 (,) t 1 ! . .
j • - Op, Hit '■* ).- .; .
■
i f i- ,i )r-,iotun*' :oi ‘i.rVi-." ec-f
--i t0li ; R ]V'- G- ; cun.-::'.]* nbi b.-.' .bh-;bp.
: to mrrffdi a InSndhbor
iff rnoluncr -- ‘ion, } U ei w-iune
iff** ■ Cj '■ :■ I■■ - j.rf'.'-'U: hr InaUifig avt
‘ tiioritio: in the Miss is*, ‘rpi valley. The
! fi'fiff* ;, re pvlV-il no. h-ui-.-h.-'-l find
i tea n ’-to tne tni'-liia*'. It j - riffue Iff at
, P'dlin- up the G tore the hoi! - ar.*
ffj< -d imp.-wm d*o yuGity <.f the fft
’ ; the CGtO 1. ovposilloj,
: -b> -aw; aot.ch' -v ~tyo ' r.jf now
vo;Ui<>.,3 for the euitnre and haiid’irw
‘-'i . ‘U- gW-fh ;-j, > ];>, Goj;r-.TITUTTON.
th: gpjffin monttgello &
v? ALISON HA f LKOD A
UAJX.
A c-.-u -.a u; LrU S C msiitffr.n has
this to .my.
b y ff’dff 1 djat yt uioycment is on
... !• ii:d i.;c Efnirtn, Madir-on r°iroal
ft n early uy . fr.d*- hi, .i licard one
,:i *‘>-y ffSiormy that trains
y ! aha., ov>-i p.itt roiui v,lthin
; : " '* ; “ S'■ VI, is not
: v '; •• lo f thh w üb. Wc sunk
rl , fi!/■ a- it nTioii it was
y . f ua;iieo, atid n <•',>• have' quite a
’’ '"‘b .* v .:y please. (hit our
: i u *..on t a ivo us the Griffin
ea , a SlAullxm railroad.
. r ' r \- i : y're}-, i; sad and touch
‘jV" ■ 01 devoti-m has just reach
‘ n "' . -*- J I briefly ry o t p f ,
TANARUS" bu; Veal, of Flat c ’l,o;i!y } n >>
‘ .'i for sum- -wet.Vs saffer
'** ' * ( s • ' 'l'lSUjl
*-'*G V'i f ck .U.'.” Wus H‘])'. rfed to he
1 ‘ ■ • ■•}.’. da. iVS- :•. (;•}iSfl fj,n
nr - .vho Vs ;a! v< ?U , p
( .). , j ’ ,
j-*• “■ ’-( s. As srvni as
•'f' evff teotlior’s.-coiiditloo,
!•• i. <;p < !’t fot hod, rod,
OVf-H*’ r, !V : hi -h •T. - : p". , ,
v ' ; ffh *\'4 3 ‘‘‘'"-1 yd ydaffiji TANARUS, Cm 1 ‘hi,
!:ve. A*it the tax on bis sW'-ne-ib
1 V‘ il! ' 1 ; '’ r • :;l •’ - ' '-h eiiti a dan-
V'. a-; ladnpse u-os id so -csnlt of "i.is ex-
M'suvf. For ev'”at disband ■d , db.jfi
s: y Viff 1 ! a /’y-e-l OCUT.-J, ta-sal and
v ’ '-pT-n i, vmtjss : nsr eon
'.ff'h l;G mother th *, v.-hiie
-nu < .v’g.ng to the lit do spark rf life
•* ‘‘ the* t?dge o i (ks^oiution
thl ' J>l • - j ~" ,
1 ,l ' loot, l>ut their efforts oroved
I 10 av; 'loath bad pointed his black
dine*, aa. ; ■ . oid tn.s •*io' , di*r • soul
| -'T'O’iy Neal vent out to its God.
It c eei diujiy oin of the -addost eas-e.s I
y called upon to ejiroin
and i iorth thedeep’Ost sviupatlis i
ayu th - y firs coe nrinity. * Youn*> |
'vas just entering tlu estate <'i j
nanliood, heiiig twenty years' of age. 1 !
1; IP 'C promise of a bright future, but j
-a all ended now. •*
As mndpated in n.v moi-niny notes, *
lam pained ; to announce the death of
’ and • 1 ;opee Neale whicli c*ccuricdt this i
a tier noon. J Ims in one day mother and
• 'H dose gone ?<• enotft • w<ri*l together.*!
1 -*•- bio' ay lir-s fie- deepest, syinputhy of
me good people of 1 lii - eitv.
:•i ii hacox cv r.orxswxc k pail
' ROAR. •
As <i C-onst ant ion reporter was ylanc
- bojmt ul ,-<-?■ er at *
i’H'• **ha.a hi::, yesterday Ins optics
:ellupcm ‘ i? . S. is. agentM. &B. R.
R. v - * •* -a- * * *
f 'C'..-n you icl! no the route taken bv
this survey?”
“Oh, yes,”
“TScil, begin v ith vour exit from Ha
con . ’ ’
"tie come out of Maceon bv (he Au
guy.a road bridge . then up 'Walnut creek
Vi ' !; ” - ."s ; easy He ot Wuhmt creek
; 3 bhitchm o 1 till, m Jones coumy;
' e cr-u-s the creek, and thou on
hi •*- t ide pu- h ■ to Finnev’s, also
■ it _ Up t a this point the
iou . .an t ; curdy n -\v one, but here we
■ old survey and follow it up
to Round Oak; irosn R uu ; >J:ik we
v.xi reach Hillsboro, in Jasper county;
a,so Winfred, also in Jasper. The next
"..i :s ivey s ferry, on {lie Ocrnulget
Over, . Thus ferry,'be the way. is just
miles west of Indian Springs. At
Ivey’s terry v o cross the river, enter
Bu. . comity, then passing through
Wcrtuvillo reach Vainly R*kLc Jn [j eu .
•y county. N ext is Brushy Knob, Koek
’edar <' . De
ixa :> couii' \. i bis brinus us to Ai!a i
t *■* . * ’
‘‘Where do.you enter Atlanta?”
‘ About two miles from the city limits
' v e strike Retrenchment creek, an*
tceeyiag on the west Tide of this stream
too it par.’:del nth the Georgia
Between Peudldon’s guano works
yid tne cemetery a j unction could be
formed with tire < I cored a road. ’out 1
guvs.- this v in k-y.-1
“ A acre do y -u enter Fuhon eountv?”
“At McKee’s store.”
iter v u’u enter town on the (eor
;ua load? ’
’T’aiallcl itii that road—yes; we
come in kr the ol ’ tub pond .uYbSou
nd i property “
iio-v is the rouw, in U; rough, I
“A* —. y*'-. J There are places that
w;.l require . deal oi work, bu
my gMcim thing hue work • 1! be
iigui. To rest can Re buff Without;
workim* enou di Red u*6r>::i me water ■
trom ire V '-'-k. v:t this, road h man
pi,ice- will mke no uror-- labor tlian l
•hiyjgu ‘o give the ‘minimum grade.' :
- ... . ’.ic -OiMtry is as favorable to the
Oußuling oi . raiiro id as tould t,e.”
“X.w ou bridge many g reamsl*
Tiiei’e will be u bridge a* Kev ’s ter- 1
ry, another across Cotton Indian river,
and yet another over Yellow river.”
“What is your grade per mile?”
' m low < onsiaeie lis thirty-.
.'C \ exi feet to the in Be, though .4 fifty- ]
loot grade may R“ Hopted ”
‘ Have vou ipmiy deep ec s?—though I
I yiy.s not. front v. hat \on U*\v ..aid ”1
; “An oeepe-* eutlis fifty Act. I be*'
hc'y :: ?m ;• mm: hundred fee:
- ■ - .. v K.i n
tAik- m *•-*'
THov them eA.
bi no laigOi.i c-ae *.• iit-ui* tne
bridgei Andi mi* mix a Taif mmm
loiK? ’
Til - ' ' .ffff DEC Iff ShfmvrANNJ
- ■ Th j
Th?;*e VGcmfi-.s ego the stocks of cotton at |
our poor .d:ov, . and e. - . o ddauble yffii* j
•ae.-i.y- ... compared with 1880* and thi- c j
he.. ,o; . da nG. ''it* ibe ■■ - i aor* l
dina 7 c}..-; . p ; < : th- ue*d.licr through* ]
but the south This *luticiy*jat:y ii to
js ii 3€ : i lout atj * j ;both in I.ivei-paol and
add donsep antis rices remained firm
until. adcr the roads became passable,;]
it v* X.- dircos f’icd tb.at in a large portion
oi the cotton country about one-third o
die < rop had bc*??n stored on the planta
tions. • The bad -weather, therefore, \va.
in -.<>::• aiA-l protitaddf* to the planter
pit- were enabled to c- . their cotton tc
miod ; but id* J; dnie begun, when i 1
ijeeamt* evident that those whose es:i*
-nut'- -of ri s e end a half millions of baba:
were several hundred thousand short,
hi December lust, in .spite of the bad
weather that had htetcrially interfered
with picking, Tun ( on*st/ti'tiox ven
tured to predict that tlic present crop
would reach six jnittion bales/ All that
tune ihereceipK at the jnoi te were away
below the figures ! for the previous year,
and on that acc >unt many'cotton-bnyer
•vere disposed, to •■riileisf our estimate.
Fast week the. receipts at the ports were
oia* hundred tin mV*, ml against fifty
thousand for the same week . last year,
and tiie revised hsthmne of ’tlipse who
have made it then besides to watch tin.
crops is that tin crop wfL roach scvei;!
millions nf bdeu .Taking* everything i.
: into consideration, this is certainly a
reasonable estimate. It is reaeenable.
also, to suppose that if the weather oi
the last fail and wiut cr had been a:
propitious us the weather of the prece
ding fall and winter, the yield would
have reached seven millions -of bales
Much of the late ffop vies destroyed it
the field-by the htorms, and fn som.,
sections considerable was lost owing t
the difficulty of procuring sufficient la bo
to pick, the crop. This was- pc .'t’cularlv
die case in portions of northern Louis
iana and lower Mississippi.
These fi;Mires are interesting to the
I cotton-plahters of tiie south, for if tin
j present crop-■ readies 0,500,000 bales, a
]is confident!j ••'x|.<ected, there v ill l>e ;
j .st]r_r.his or not- les- .than 800,000 bales
| aim ttr.s Surplus—or the prospects there
i-ol—and the general belief that the ac
j reage de-voic- 1 ’ ■ cotton will be agaii
i increased the present year—will eombiin
t - .•- kee !> the nru.-e do\v t., ;> >,,iu o
lie proll
> iucod to a nun mm, jiric s will be reg •
• cated oy 1 ! ."-.at o pr<"]->ubb ’ui'aliv' J
| die surplus i(•]:•; ‘Splitiipi- tin* excess o.
j -.uppiy over the demands .of con sump
i don. * -
y and bis should be taken into consider
j ation bv the farmers who will shortb
j • egin the woiA* oi )'>itcliing th-dr crops
i Ah a general Fling they .are not- dispose*.,
j to take the‘advice of newspapers, bu
!we have been careful to present duh
| what appear to be the facts of the situa
j tion. The price of the whole crop will
j be regulated by the probable surplus,
i and if there is a probability that the* nex;
: crop will reach seven millions of bales:
J (and, indeed it is somethine more than
a probability already) prices will sui,
themselves to the prospect, and they will
-lot be as rummerative as planters' inav
i desire. ...
WE CANT TAKE ANY STOCK
DOWNW ITU IT.
Tile“Htll Mattone, Tilt."
Wc see a great deal in our ex
changes in regard to the Hill ana
Mahone controversy or rather “ITil
and Mahone nonsence we might
say, \Yg tlii-rik it very silly and
nonsenclcal for the press all ovei
tiie South ' to applaud Bon Hill
every time he opens his month to
demean somebody, that has more
brains and more common genet
than himself. We don’t mean by
this that lie hasn’t got brains and
common sence enough, but we
mean that we don’t-think he should
let his self conceit so elevate him
in his own estimation as to imag
ine that no one has anv but him.
V/c expect to see Ben Hill em
bracing General Mahono and hold
ing him up as one of the greatest
i men of the age, if we-should be so
i fortunate as to live a few years
longer, and hence we can’t take
any pleasure in his‘-slinging mud’
at a great and good man, and we
can’t see how any confederate sol
dier can feel anything hut mortifi
cation when the name of Malione
or Longstreet, is held up to redicule
or reproach. Why it is, that our
people can’t cultivate a spirit ol
Toleration, which is one of the
mom beautiful flowers of civiliza
tion, is more than we can cornpre-
Jciid. We never hear the name ol
dahone, or Longstreet, called but
I vhat our mind reverts loth Armyol
; Xortbeen Va,. with its sad, but ev
er to be cherised memories, of field
and flood, of slush and blood, its
privations and starvations, its x icto
ries and defeats its rise and fall,
its maimed and its slain, and ev
erything that those suffered who
belonged to it. which inspired a
feeling of brotherhood, that causes
a feeling of indignation whenever
one of its honored survivors is as
' sailed, especially for no other cause
mar. a (tiliMence oi political opin
ion. Its but natural that we would
huid di-wren- views about the fi
nance the sufrage.the tariff and
many other tilings pe Tailing to the
managomeut of this grout ixyouhlic.
And we never hear the name of
Ben Hill called, but what our mind
reverts to the tunc when L reveled
in his Luxury around ihe eon.nx-
r ate Capital while Mahone anu
his comrades held the lines, and
suffered ihe hardships in defence
of the South, and in connection w ith
these thoughts w*e cal! t 6 mind the
useless abuse by this self conceited
egotistical Leafier of a defunct sen
timent, heaped upon oi hurled at
m-Goveruor Brown, who had the
lore-sight to look beyettid the passion
anti i -i tit si our oi the dm . and point
■ 't •he road tc ucace anu yipepe*!-
~......
‘■'General 3?ahco* a tianoif
lever! nererl! Away
ne that would make km .yccuoa
3on,and shame on the ore? -Off
woillb bolievc it. he out yi id
south's noble defenders, lie is one
■v- YersiniaG honored sons- and he
tvriW be found working for the
if his country Ids home and ins
people.
. We ask all who doubt him. to
vait and watch him and see n ao
lon’t prove what we iivedict. to be
rue. and if we are deceived tnen
will be time enough to consign him
o the tomb, with ■‘•Tildas and Ar
nold."
WHY THE SOUTH IS GROY ING
POORER.
It is of the utmost importance that
wvery good citine should meet the
issue of misfortune in our much
loved South with a? much promptit
ide and fortitude as we would he
* ready and aejoice to Wellcome the
■ Jaw of a prosperous era, In this
I lien let us be solid. •
Is the South growing poorer ? Mr.
Stephens says so and he is right too
; l believe Now why is the South grow
ling poorer ? Let us get at the
disease and then seek the remedy
j Now there are a combination of
j. anises retarding our prosperity, but
! die trouble of all is our failure
r to make agriculture profitable Why
i this ? Well the principle reason
| is that we use commercial fertilizers.
& Let us consider this assertion well
[and il true Abandon their use.Sup
oose I offer A. five dollars to cuT me
Give cords of wood or for
yen cords 1 will give - you the same
Vimoimt. Now A. Not wishing to do
Ii small business hires a l and for two
• dollars to help him and cuts the ten
■ords and J pay him the five dollars
Lor the ten cords of wood which I
I void and as readily have given for the
mve You readily admit that to be
>aci financiering. Well the world
says to file South we want your cot
-7.0n —we must have it. We will
lay one hundred and fifty
million dollars for three
nillion bates of cotton or if you
ire ter to he like the woodchopper
vve will pay you the same amount
for four million and a half bales
\\ r ell the Southern’ planter does not
tike the small business so he puts
tii say eight hundred thousand dol
lars to buy guano to make the extra
ynilfion and a half bales for which he
gets nothing and which costs him
jne hundred thousand dollars for
.licking alone. Now I know person-]
illy hundreds of planters who put :
i-iX dollars worth of gurmo on land '
tliat would be high at one dollar per
acre and many of them are making
;his investment on land that dosnt
belong to them or that is mortgaged
for supplies tc make cotton for Low-
AllTooms. If this kind of futures
pays then we can‘t growl ai Wall
Greet bulls'and bears.
Another way in which commerci
al fertilizers work us serious injury
is that thev are generally sold by
onr country merchants and they
require the farmer to pay the gua
no notes first and often have to carry
the farmer, s account over with them
antil another season, when it is paid
oy a hue dill in the sand.
■ Let us take another iLem that 1
-Claim has done much to make the
South poorer. Before going farther
;iov ever let me assert that we are the
easiest people on the globe imposed
upon and can be talked into a iniost
mything. Let us t hen take Georgia
as one of the Southern State to illus
trate my. point. I believe we have
me hundred and thirty-eight count
ies and I venture the assertion that
.here are an average one liunbaed
and fifty sewing machines in each
•oimty in Geoagia. So at low estim
ate, we have 20,700 sewing ma
in (ieorgie estimated cost of $1,006,
7)60.
Then take lightning rods patent
churns, patent wash tubs patent
medicines and mean whisky and I
think we have the prime- causes. It
• s true we might have our ox-yokes
uiow and ax handies made North,
<ti.r send our fruits and vegetables
There to l.e caned for our winter
use, but we might stand the latter,
but the former will irnpovrish tn yet
more and more.
The money thus spent i- doing
us a positive injury, and it all goes
away from our midst and returns
no more. Now. i will admit that
rhave but roughly drawn the out
'
impress•_ 1 uponthe public. .1 ; ux
iously with for the general pros
perity of our people.. ’ They -arc;
{oiling and striving not to sec how
rnucif money they can make, but
how much cotton : an*l the more
cotton they make the les- money they
qer. These are our maladies; let <wr
v.-Xc imii name some remedies. —t or.
f ef. Mess.
- Mu. A. Shelbdrtox, of Tlilledge
\ille will be in cur town next week,
and all that have a machine need
ing repair, advance their interest to
call and iC'Ctitt liL services.
H.ni, wnY.i • * d:P o’, t-v:
2 * th<
TUL I LCGND DLLUGE '
SPREADS BBSTRVOTIOK IN ROME.
BILL AHP STANDS I'PON THE HILL
TOPS ALAK OFF AND MEASURES
. THE RISING I-LOOI > THAT
('LASTED THE FATAL CITY
TANARUS() ITS IVATERY FJ: 1! AF
Till' AFTER-PALM.
I drop you a lew lines frmn am
ongs the hills of Home. Hills are
a good invention, especially in a
freshen Rome rejoices in bev hills.
Standing upon the Ararat J sur
veyed the wild waste of* waters
that surrounded this beautiful
city and covered the low grounds
and the plains, and I didn’t feel
like singing an ode to tile “sweet
vale of Avocn, where the placid
waters meet." hut 1 did feel like ex
claiming, in the language of that
oilier good old hymn—
“ Lo. on a narrow neck of land
Twixt two unboundless seas I stand.”
It was a grand sight, and beauti
ful, but damage and distress fol
lowed in its wake. To the thought
less and the secure it was a splen
did holiday ho school, no work,
no trains mil, no rumbling of drays
or rolling wheels no busy hum of
, machinery steam whistles no
sounds at i ll but the rippling mur
mur of angry waters. It. seemed
like thin day, for there was no trace
or business, nq cotton corning to
town, lio wo d-haiders, no beef
hanging on the market stall. Weill,
I did smell some guano, but I be
lieve that perfumes tqe air as much
one day as annother. It didn’t seem
exactly like Sunday. cither. for
there war -no himday-school, or
church, or bells a- ringing, and lit
tle 1 mats were hurrying to and fro
in the .streets, taking people from
their windows or sailing into the
open sk at s where goods were being
lifted higher and higher upon the
counters, and tin shelves ; v, agons'
and buggies moved about in the
water slow! y and Cautiously carry-!
ing some sick body or sown vain a- j
hies from the household or the stove.!
Giddy hoys mounted upon gay
♦ chargers galloped fu vioii sI y are 11 nci.
ever and anon stopping on some
eminence to survey tlie watery ex
panse and admire the poetry of
equestrian morion and the fit of
beautiful legs to the saddle. Th
rise was sudden and unprecedented.
-Joe Norris i-s the oldest' inhabitant
and is a close observer and never
tells unnecessary lies and Jew -nay
the like was never known since the
day that old Jake Herndon tied his
dug-out to a gum tree oil‘court house
hill in the month of Jane 1800,
when it was hot devilish hot. and
she thermoneater as he called it,
stood at 250 degrees in tne shade
‘far and height." Old Jake used
to set all day prectiv much on a
bench that was beside the door of
town doggery' and we used to take
strangers there to hear him tell
ah'ait that freshet and his far and
height thermo neater and how the
Coosa river was nothing but a spring
branch when he was a boy, and he
would get enthusiastic mi talking
about the old Injun times, and
he had told Ids yarns so often he
belive cm, and no gentleman over
thought of disbelieving or demon’
anything to the old man's face.
Joe says all that was before lie can
remember, and -Too is old enough
to remember a aged ways back. He
was bom sometime after old N.oah’s
flood and not long before Jake
Herndon's, and N considered the
most reliable myl aged inhabitant.
Old fattier Norton is the orthodox
on all modern things, and his water
works are all ov ■: the town and
when he says tin* U.v i- coming
up higher its n coming, and when
he say- its going down you can go
home and go to bed, and you need
n’t send out a pigeon from the win
dow. All night long tie-, insinuat
in * waters kept - ret pin and
swelling up; excited merchants
watched the i.i >od and measured its
rise for every hour. About mid
night it had reached the old land
marks, and. seemed about to stop,
but so mi after the Oo.stanan la got
her back up and come, along down
with a rolling tide and pitched into
11 If, BROOM HEAD <fc < 0.,
Snoccs.-ors i o LONGLEY A ROBINSON,
Otiv , :,rbi Ware room, 2b DECATUR Strat t. ATLANTA. GEORGIA,
DOORS. HAH 11. BLINDS.
MOULDINGS, BRACKETS. STAIR RAILS,
NEWELS, SCROLLS. BALUSTERS,
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE, NAILS, MIXED PAINT,
PURE WHITE LEAD, LINSEED OIL, Colors of all Kinds, Dry ami
in Oil GLASS, PUTTY, GLAZIERS’ POINTS, KAL
SOMTNDUE, PAPER BORDERS
a: v cknrisr.bs.
BUILDERS’ SUPPL V HoUSK
the Tffowah most furiously and tq
overburdened Coosa kickys oar of
the breeching and tlic swelling flood
fell back and letiotichea hi wei
t he t o'wn . F eople whov 1 • rillo ba A
thinking the water rvig: t pcTry
get in the front yao 1, woke up h
find it in their* beds. Ngnr.ie of
distress were seen flying here my
window Ducks uni chicken?
were seen floating around in theii
coops or perished apen the outhonoe
roofs. The old cow lowed mourn
fully in her stall. Many garden
fences were gone and paling pickets
'pointed their tips just above the
sheet of waters, The Howard
street bridge left its maorings jn. i
before the break of day. Rumor -
came thick and fast’that variour
persons were carried away with it
and that Captain Perkins dwelling
ing house, with his wife and chil
dren, has washed away in the night
and the most awful screams we re
heard as they swept down to swift
destruction. Many draadful cat -
unities were reported, and the truth'
could not be known, for a dark anc:
dismal fog covered the earth like
a funeral pall and no one could see
across the river. But happily these
wild rumors proved untrue. B\
and by the genial sun came out
to look upon the scene and people
began to gather on the hillsides and
exchange news and greetings, Cat,
tie and” horses were driven to safe]
quarters. The hogs in Rameys
stable wouldn't come out but swan
round and round until they grab
bed a pig, and- putting him in i\
wagon made him spueal and drove
off and the whole herd followed
the wagon‘to a higher and dryer
land. An humble Isrealke walked
the banisters.and sat upon his gate
post the picture of patience on a
monument, while through his open
door was visible two dripping gan
ders standing upon one log on th
stair case. A jolly Dutchman blood
on the roof of his piazza and shout
ed lustily, “a potc. n pole, mire
kingtnm for a poteh Young men
waded knee deep in the stores to
give the goods another hoist, and
aide bodied darkies were hired at a
dollar an hour. Roliektng hoys
cruised around in bateaux and got
turned over ift the frolic and one
darkey tried the fun of getting,
drowned without reason or excuse
Convalescing mumps crept out with
jaws tied up and looked glooming!y
around. Ever and annon a hous*
or a barn or fodder stack on a flat
boat mingled with the drift- as it
floated down and dispatches earn’
at intervals from above and h<
low that another bridge had gone
All day long women and cliildrev
and bedding were removed from
1 chamber window * nnd found bos'
I * "
pital welcome in safer quarters.
Bad floods can't keep on rising
and at last the waters began slow
ly to abate. Great damage has beeu
done and the poor will be distress
ed for a time, but by and by tin
wreck v/ill disappear and new
bridges will be built and commerce
and trade be renewed and the
, sound of busy wheels bp heard
again and all nature put on hei
loveliness and the exciting scenes
of March 18th pass away from
memory. Memphis has almost
forgotten her pestilence and com
pared with that this little flood h
nothing. But Rome is hard to beat
on a freshet, though 1 dont think
her people are disposed to brag
about it, and lake fronts*are at <
discount while they last, Bill Arc
For bargains, ip sash, doors
blinds, and all kinds of builders
supplies address B. H. Broomhead
A Cos.; successors to Longly & Rob
inson Atlanta they will, by prompt
attention to business and fair deal
ing merit the patronage of tin.
public. See their ad in another
bd umu.
NEW BAR!
1 havo now opwnod ray.new bar in (hr.
Mclntosh House at Indian .Springand
am ready to s ;i rve the public, I will keep
on hand the very best and Mnest brand-,
of liquors wines and brandies the marker
affords, choice cigars &c. ! v dr. McCord
farniliu’ly known as ’‘Cook” McCord
will preside as “mixologist” 1 will
com in lie to serve the public at my ol<i
stand in Jackson.
t. .1. .1. EAHTON.