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C|p|iarailton Disit or
BY D. W. D. BOULLY.
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 30.187 ft
Tornado Reminiscences.
A writer in the Talbotton Stand
ard, who has visited Baugh’* Shop
and Mt Airy, says a rooster was
found, after tire 'Storm, wedged be
tween two sapling*. and perfectly
nude, save three "tail feathers, which
had the appearance of having been
twisted at the rate of eighteen hun
dred evolutions per minute. My in
formant also told of a young man
whom the cyclone balanced across a
pole, shucked off his clothes, hoots
and socks, shampooed his head 'th
sand and shingles, and that young
gentleman vowed the stars were pour
ing around him like sheet lightning,
while his toes were popping in the
wind like wagnsi whips sod his nose
and eats were “ whistling down
breaks ”
The Milledgcville Every Sa'nrday
has had a conversation with Mr. T.
J, Hall, who resides about six miles
east of Milledgeville, in the track of
the great tornado on the 20th ult.
Aware of ita approach, he ran from
bis dwelling, threw himself on the
ground, clasping firmly with inter
locked fingers a pine stomp near by;
and a young man redding with him
emh.oed the stump similnily just
above Mr. Halt. In a very fuw ino
r-i-mts the tornado arrived, and Mr.
Hall knew .nothing until lie found
himself leriving after the monster
had passed, at the distance of one'
hundred and fifty yard* from the pine
•tump. Ilis companion was
twice that distance; and when they
were able to rejoin tlm family, their
faces were so blackened and swollen
that they were not recognized at first.
Both bad received considerable inju
ries, The hacks of Mr. Hall’s hands
locked by interlaced fingers were
presented to the first blow of the fury
of the blast; snd we saw them still
aore from the dozens of grains of
sand and fins gravel which were liter
ally driven into the flesh.
Mr. Massey, of ITancoek county,
when he saw the storin coming, made
a frantic effort to save his wife and
child. He ran into the house, and
seizing them, attempted to got them
Out of doors; hut before he reached
the door, the wails crushed in. He
th-nsi toward the door, and
Wt.< himself caught in the timbers.
When the storm had passed, he dis
covered his wife lying near him with
her brains crushed out. Ilis child,
and only one, about two years old,
he found in the garden with a fearful
hole tom in its side. It was dead.
Miss Sallie Berry had been blown
into the top of a pine tree, which had
fallen near by. Her legs woro broken
in seven places, and she was othcr
wiae awfully mangled. She lived
four houra. A negro man on the
plaee ran to tho nearest house for
help, and when neighbors arrived
they found Mr. Massey, who was
badly hurt, sitting beside his dead
wife, with his dead child in his anus,
and the dying girl lying near him.
J. H. Hamilton. —Whenever we
enter the store of this gentleman, in
Columbus, we find him and his clerks
busy. We account for it from the
i-ic; that he behoves in advertising,
Sells his goods at reasonable figures,
and gives prompt at tention to orders.
Messrs. Jefferson ami Ogletree, his
saletiucn, are always polite and at
tentive to customers, and anxious to
wait upon them.
MT The daily papers delight to
take the country weeklies to tusk for
their typographical and other errors,
but the following, from the Macon
Telegraph, “heads” anything we
have seen for some time:
The Madison KomoumaUtys Mr*,
a KtJ AnnSaffold, of that place, died
last Friday, aged eighty-two years,
bhe came to Mad mod to live in Janu
ary, 1814, and daTus Lockktt-11.
asp A. Serr.—On died in the room
aho had occupied sixty-one years.
C. A. Lovklacr. —Tbe many
friends of this young gentleman re
gretted to see hint leave Hamilton,
bat will be glad to learn that he has
been, and still is, doing well ii) Co
lumboK. Hs is now in the clothing
store of Thornton A Acee, where he
will be pleased to see hh Harris
county friends.
Eagle A Phenix Cos., of ,
Columbus, expeet to build a SIO,OOO j
brick warehouse this summer, for the 1
storage of their cotton.
The Cblouibus board of trade
is in ft bad way.. It has failed to or
ganise at three successive meetings,
.owing to the absence of a quorum.
-
Too Ban—A young-lady sent B*’"
roa, of the Franklin Xews, a package;,
w hach, on opening, he found teoon
taiu u spoonful of guano tied tip in a
rtg.
A Trip to Mount Airy.
Rev. Mr. Johnston being called to
Mt. Airy on Sunday, to conduct the
funeral services of Mrs. Bradshaw,
we accepted the invitation of a seat
in his buggy.
Oti our way wc stopped at Dr.
Bruce's, where we had the pleasure
of meeting his two brothers—Mr.
Bruce, of Talbot county, and
Dr. Robt. J. Bruce, of Thomasville,
with whom we spent a few minutes
in social converse. The latter showed
ns some fine specimens of the Early
Rose potato. They had about at
tained to their full size, and were of
this year’s growth.
On the road wc noticed a good
many plums and peaches on the trees,
and think that the former crop will
exceed that of last year. We aaw
*ome fair wheat and corn, although
it was small for the season.
Towards sunset we drew rein in
front of the showy residence of Mr.
I. 11. Bills, where it is hardly neces
sary to say that we were warmly wel
comed, as any one knows this who
has ever spent a night in his cheerful
family circle.
Mr. Pitts has one of the best and
most forward gardens we have seen,
and Mrs. Pitts showed us the first
bean bloom w'S have heard of this
year. Had it not been for the hail,
whroh damaged the slants considera
bly, die eqPd perliapsnare exlMbUed
young beans.
Awontmine o’clock Monday morn
ing wo arrived-at where Mount Airy
"psed to bg. Althotqfh its former site
has been somewhat, cleared of the de-
4>ris, there still exist demoralizing ev-
Hdenffes of the terrible tornado. lin
lagine the scene at Mr. place,
and you have the view at Mt. Airy—
Shmt nmo felled, twisted and inter
locHp trees; the same fragments of
lumtspr, furniture, clothing, etc.; the
same picture of fearful, complete des
olation and destruction.
We saw the pine tree into which a
piece of plank had been driven four
inches by the wind, ns also the tree
into which a large sill had penetrated
some two or more feet. A block
with the piece of plank m it had been
cut out of the former by Capt. Calver,
of the signal service, and sent on to
Washington; tho sill had been taken
out of the other tree, and was lying
on the ground beside it.
Those injured by tho storm are
gradually getting well. Hev. Mr.
McGee, whose jaw was dislocated, is
still quite weak, but is slowly recov
ering his strength.
We were glad to see that the peo
ple wero recovering from the effects
of the storm, and that rebuilding was
going on. The house of Mr. J. M.
Bradshaw has been restored. Anew
dwelling has been built on the site of
that formerly occupied by Dr. Neal,
and a ham and dwelling have been
erected on Maj. Eppes* place. A
small house has also been put up on
Capt. Kennon’s place, and the store
house will soon be rebuilt.
Rev. Mr. Johnston, at his last ap
pointment, took his stand in the barn
door of Maj. Eppes, and from there
preached to the congregation gath
ered on the outside. We triist that
the church will be rebuilt.
About ten o’clock Mrs. Bradshaw’s
funeral took place. Several friends
and neighbors had gathered to pay
their last tribute of respect to the
departed wife and mother. Ah ! how
onr heart went out in sympathy for
the little children, thus enrly bereft
of their host earthly friend! May
their Heavenly Friend protect and
comfort them!
Mr. Bradshaw has been severely
tried, of late. Abont a year ago his
family were scourged by typhoid fe
ver, which carried oAT his oldest, son,
and almost caused tbe death of bis
wife. Then the desolating typhoon
struck him, destroying and carrying
off the larger portion of his dwelling
and its contents. His wife was se-)
verely bruised, and one of his boys
badly burl iu the head, from which
he has not yet fully recovered. Now
ho is called to mourn the loss of his I
dear companion. Our nfllieted trieud
has the sympathies of all.
On our retarn home, we accepted
the invitation of Mr. Ingram to stop
and dine with him, and we sat down
to oae of the best meals we bavt eat
in sometime. Mr. Ingram was one
of those in the store when it was de
stroyed, but had the good fortune to
escape injury.
W • found Maj. Eppes here, where
he has been boarding since the storm.
We regretted to fearn that he was
quite feeble, and hope his health will
improve.
After leaving Waverly Hall, where
vre had a short chat with Messrs.
Fitts and Stanford, nothing occurred
worthy of note, and having I>r. Jon
kins’ excellent traveling horse, we
made good time, and got home before
sundew n, feeling all the better for
the trip.
Memorial Day.
Ed. Visitor. —lt was your corres
pondent’s good fortune to he in Co
lumbus on the the 26th, and witness
he impres-ivo memorial ceremonies.
Business was suspended, and at the
timu appointed, the Opera lloii6e was
crowded from pit to dome with the
lieauty and chivalry of Columbus—
fail women and brave men. The
two military companies turned outiu
full uniform, which made quite a dis
play. The music, vocal and instru
mental, was charming, and was waft
ed o’er the soul like the “sweet
breath of the South.”
Of the address of Col. Hardeman,
suffice it to say, it was all his repu
tation as a public speaker had led
his large audience to anticipate. It
was replete with beautiful metaphor,
glowing eloquence and truo pairiot
irm. The tribute of the speaker to
the memory of that pure and excel
lent woman, Mrs. Williams, to whom
the country is indebted for the inaug
uration of these memorial ceremonies,
was chaste, glowing and beautiful.
From the Opera House, the large
concourse, civil and military, moved,
to the sound of martial music, to the
city of the dead, where they strewed
the floral offerings upon the dreamless
beds of the heroes who sleep their
last sleep—who have fought their
last battle.
Impressive and appropriate are
these memorial ceremonies; may they
long be observed, and keep green in
the memory of generations to come
the heroic valor of those dead heroes
whose names and, deeds should not
w illiugly be let die. Cataula.
Letter from “Jam.”
Valley Flains, Ga,, )
April 28, 1875. j
Ed. Visitor—l send you a few
squibs for publication.
A gallant young gent of Valley
Plains, who was more than anxious
to display his knowledge of history
before some of the most gifted fair
ones of Talbot and Harris, offered to
bet his heart that neither of them
could make an egg stand on its end.
None, as they pretended, could see
the point, so young America brought
in the egg, and all gazed with won
der at the miracle he was going to
perform. Ho apparently tried to
make it “stick,” but no go; so, imag
ining himself a second Columbus, be
gently tapped it on the end, with the
intention of making it stand, when,
to the astonishment of the young la
dies, the contents of a rotten egg
were scattered in every direction
over the carpet of the gay parlor.
Harris county can boast of one
family (J/rs. Wm. Copeland’s) who
never used a bought ham, or a barrel
of bought flour, hut have never been
without either of their own raising.
At a oertain school in Harris, the
children complained to their parents
that their teacher was not capacitated
to instruct them in their respective
studies. The'patrons, “smelling a
mouse,” met at the schooHionse on
.Monday morning to inquire into the
matter. The teacher arrived, an ex
anigrmion wop gone through, and the
pedagogue
the patrons iuforined him that his
services were no longer desired. He
arose and told them that “ if he could
not teach school, he knew very well
what he could do—he could ditch like
forty.” We glory in his spunk.
The store-house that was blown
down will soon bo completed again.
Jam.
Bio Fkks.— lt is said that Gen.
Toombs never crosses a court-house
door for less than $5,000, and that
Judge Lochranc will not take a case
for a smaller fee than SIO,OOO. Ben.
Hill got a fee of SIOO,OOO in the Met
calf case, and $25,000 for his manage
ment of Kimball’s cases. Lochranc
got $40,000 in the Brunswick and
I Albany railroad case, and $15,000
from Mrs. Kimball in the Kimball
House case. Lochrane’s fee as attor
ney for Clews, iu tho case of Henry
Clews <& Cos. vs. the Cherokee rail
road, involving $275,000, was $25,000.
Cool Thkkt. —Wo learn that Mr.
J. 1). Ely, of this county, bail a horse
horse stolen from him in broad day
light, in Columbus, a few Sundays
ago. He hitched his horse in front
of Mr. J. M. Russell’s, and after stay
ing in the house a few minutes, came
out to find his horse gone. Some
negroes saw a man take the horse off,
but he did it so coolly, that they
thought the animal was his. Pursuit
was made, bnt the thief escaped.
Darwin G. Jonhs. —Tins gentle
man has had a card in the Visitor
for some time past, to which we
again call attention. He makes a su
perior article of vinegar and sweet
cider, for which lie was awarded the
first premium at our last State fair.
His prices suit the times, and his
manner of doing business is upright
laud hosprtblSf
Matters in Georgia.
From the way Mumford, of the
Talbotton Standard, spells, we judge
he has not yet joined a bee or felt
its sting.
The Press says that the West
Point female college cost $3,613.80.
A girl living at Palmetto, while
gathering maple blossoms recently,
fell from a tree upon a sharp snag,
which penetrated her heart, and
killed her almost instantly.
The Times says that an old country
darkey recently visited Columbus,
and seeing a bunch of bananas hang
ing in front of a 6tore, ejaculated :
“Goramityl massa, can’t you cut
one ob deni ar cowcnmbers an’ lerame
lmb de seed fur to plant f ”
Mr. S. Burnam, of Houston county,
recently fell dead while fishing.
The Greenville Vindicator tells of
a man near Mountville who is feed
ing his stock on corn he raised in
1872. The corn ho raised in 1873-4
is yet untouched. Ho has plenty of
fodder, which he sells to the all-cot
ton men at $2 perewt.
The sheriff of Chattooga county
lately captured an escaped negro pris
oner by an ingenious device. Learn
ing that the negro had gone turkey
hunting, he went into the woods, and
began imitating the call of a go bbler.
The negro soon hove in sight, and
when the sheriff appeared with bis
revolver the former surrendered.
The Lawrenceville Herald lias seen
the tap root of a cotton stalk three
feet long, and it is thought at least a
foot was left in the ground when it
was pulled np. This explodes the
theory that the roots do not go down
more than a foot, and shows the ne
cessity of subsoiling.
Liberty county is the possessor of
a girl of thirteen who weighs 148
pounds.
A man and a woman in Atlanta
lately dropped dead within a few
hours of each other.
A relic of the tornado has been
left at the office of the Monticello
Banner in the shape of a composition,
which appears to have been written
by a youth at Mt. Airy, in Harris
county, Ga., and which was blown
from that place to the plantation of
Mr. W. 11. Goolsby, in Jasper county,
a distance of nearly one hundred
miles. It was seut by Mr. Robert
Gordon, a very responsible gentle
man, who teaches school in that neigh
borhood. An execution and other
papers from the same county have
been picked up on adjoining planta
tions.
Col. John R. Jones, a prominent
citizen of Terrell county, was assassi
nated at his home one night lately.
He was sitting with his back to a
window reading a paper, and was
shot by some unknown fiend and
killed instantly. Col. Jones resided
about five miles from Dawson, near
Dover.
The Pullman sleeping car business,
says the Atlanta Herald, has played
out in this section. Every since nig
gers have been allowed to occupy
.berths, the white folks have been dis
posed to l*t them occupy them.
In Hancock county a bureau was
carried a distance of nine miles by tho
tornado, and left iu the yard of a Mr.
Dunn.
Hog cholera is prevailing to an
alarming extent in Ilall and the adja
cent counties.
The murrain has made its appear
ance in Dalton, from which several
valuable cows have died within the
past week or two.
The Athens Watchman says that
Mrs Jane Meader*, of Banks county,
is now about ninety years old, and
has eleven living children—the young
est forty-eight years old, and the old
est about seventy. One of her chil
dren is a preacher, and sevetal of the
grandchildren. She has ninety-one
grandchildren, one hundred and fifty
five great-grandchildren, ad fifteen
or twenty great great-grandchildren.
Augusta’s contributions to tbe tor
nado sufferers has reached $8,077.10
in cash, besides clothing, jrovisions,
etc.
A Floyd county goose lirs per
formed the feat of banning out
twelve geese from ten eggi—so says
the Rome Commercial.
Fulton county is out of debt with
ten thousand dollars in hr treasury.
More than 3,000 partidges have
been killed in Newton county since
the first of September.
A Jasper county calf ha a horn on
its under lip, and anothe - has two
pairs of cars.
In Houston county, latey, General
Barefield, a negro, died atthe age of
one hundred aud twentyfive years,
according to his count.
Dooly county oomes forward with
Oftts thro and a half feet kgh
Matters in General.
Hon. Elbert Herriug, of New York,
is perhaps the oldest lawyer in this
country. He will be 98 next July.
He was a judge seventy years ago,
and Charles O’Conor, himself an old
man, studied law in ids office.
A recent explosion of giant pow
der in San Francisco blew to pieces
a number of buildings, and the ruins
subsequently took fire. Anumberof
persons were crushed and burnt to
death.
Three steamboats were burnt in
New Orleans on the 23d, and several
lives lost.
In New York, on the 23d, one man
was killed and several injured by the
fall of a building which was being re
paired.
Five hundred negro families re
cently emigrated to Kansas from
Nashville, Tenn.
The burning of a mill at Mananuk,
Pa., on the 24th, throws over 400
persons out of employment.
The United States currency now in
circulation amounts to $424,148,-
136.92.
Barnum says he will put six bal
loons in Donaldson’s charge this year,
and try to cross the Atlantic. The
largest balloon will hold 70,000 cubic
feet of gas.
There were 5,459 marriages in Chi
cago during 1874. The return makes
no mention of the divorces.
The father of Charlie "Rosa is said
to be a monomaniac now, the pursuit
of his lost child having diseased his
brain.
The cost cf the St. Louis Bridge,
including tunned and approaches for
highways and railroads, is $7,716,610.
Seventy millions of dollars would
not be an exaggerated estimate of
the losses by fire in the United States
for the year 1874.
The widow of Gen. Polk died in
New Orleans the other day.
It is estimated that no less than
one thousand spelling b’s have been
held in the United States since the
mania first began.
A hog weighing 900 pounds was
killed at Maysville, Ky., lately.
New Orleans estimates her coming
sugar crop at 200,000 hogsheads.
A farmer in Brown connty, Texas,
was driving oxen with a rope which
he had twisted around the fingers of
his right hand, when ,lhe animals
took fright and ran. The driver was
pulled up against a tree with such
force that all the fingers of the hand
to which the rope was attached were
torn off.
All the members of a family in Phil
adelphia wer® poisoned recently, by
eating canned frnit. They wereseized
with frequent and violent purging,
but were soon relieved by medical
aid. It is believed that the effect
was produced by copperas, which had
been found in the sealed can. •
One thousand children took part in
the last Nashville spelling match.
The hot springs of Arkansas are
fifty-four in number.
There were thirty-four suicides in
St. Louis during the year 1874.
The annual cost of the- hospitals
and poor-houses of Paris is $6,000,000.
Three hundred thousand immi
grants have moved into Texas since
last October.
Six thousand tons of iron are to be
used in the construction of the cen
tennial building.
The hog crop of next fall bids fair
to be equal, if not larger, than that of
last year, in the West,
A half century ago an old gentle
man in Southern Massachusetts cans,
ed every shingle wilh which ho cov
ered bis roof to be first dipped in
boiling whale oil. The other day his
grandchildren replaced the shingles
on the old mansion for the first time,
and found many of them in a perfect
state of preservation.
The Ohio Grangers claim that
their organization has saved them
$1,500,000 during the past twelve
months.
A little girl in San Francisco, Cali
fornia, accidentally forced a needle
into her chest while leaning against
a window sill. A physician was
called, but was unsuccessful ia finding
the needle, although search wan made
and the integuments of the chest di
vided to the breast bone, immediately
over the wound. The child had brok
en it off in an effort to extricate it her
self. The needle had entered the
chest, from which it was quite impos
sible to extricate it. The child died
in a few days, and an autopsy revealed
a wonnd iu the right venticle of the
heart, produced by the needle.
Tbe Eufaula (Ala.) Times announ
ces the closing of the liquor Shops in
that city under stress of a license fee
of S4QO per
FOR THE SPRING OF 1875
J. S. JONES’
Cash Dry Goods House,
COLUMBUS, GA..
The undersigned calls the attention of customers to his new and attractive i_ .
ceived. It embraces everything new and durable. Having vWted
at a most advantageous tune, I can offer great inducements. S Northern marked
Wide soft-finished Bleached Cottons at 10, 12£, 15, 18, and 20
Bleached and unbleached Sheetings, Pillow casings, Tickings, etc.
Large line of Cassimeres, both American and imported.
In Dress Goom may be found Chinese Grass cloths, Linen Suiting TANARUS,
• ■ Mo "“ r '- Gr " , “ n “" “ and tSs
Towd., *
Fine assortment of Hosiery, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Embroideries and Lacea
Orders by mail or otherwise shall have prompt attention. J. S. JONKS
N. H. BARDEN,
Souitii side of t-lae IF'-u.Toiio Square,
Keeps constantly on hand, Cheap for Cash,
BACON, Sugar-cured HAMS, SHOULDERS, LARD, FLOUR
NUTS XlUbdsS of f reßh Gar(3en SEED
Good assortment of NAILS, Brandy Peaches, Chow Chow *
ooda, Soap, Powder and Shot, <fcc., &c.,
AkiLiL ima eisis ®asie<i
c. H. Coo always on band, and will take pleasure in waiting on customers. f ebM
J. H. HAMILTON,
WHOLESALE & RETAIL GROCER
Junction Franklin, Warren and Oglethorpe Sts., Columbus, Ga.
I be* lecve m? friends and the public that I have on hand a large tock r
GKOOER)E9 IND PROVISIONS,
Consisting, in part, of FLOUR, of all grades, at $6.25 to $8.50 per barrel
k sea5 ea J 8 ’ Li i rd .’ Su s* r Coffee, Florida Syrup and Molassea
Itfxin war™ * i0 ‘ Ce ° l ° f Pianting Potatoe3 > Li <P°rs, Winw)
From this date my terms will be strictly cash, except to prompt payin*
customers, and prices to suit. No charge for drayage. Respectfully,
J. H. HAMILTON.
I. L. POLLARD, E. T. HARRIS,
Former, y of Virginia Store. Of Harris county, Ga.
MEW G-IIOOERY STORE.
POLLARD & HARRIS,
Old stand of J, K. Redd <& Cos., next door to Chattahoochee Nat. Bank.
A Full Line of FRESH GROCERIES and STAPLE DRY
GOODS Just Received.
Having bouerht our goods for cash, we shall sell them on a cash basts, guaranteeing aw
prices to be as low as any house in the city. Give us a call, and we will do our best topieast.
Te7ms Strictly Cash. No Charge for Drayage.
00116 6m HILLARD & HARRIS, Columbus, Ga.
A- WITRCH- C- M- KISSEL
WITTICH & KINSEL,
PRACTICAL WA.TCHMAKERS,
JEWELERS til IHttiIWIIS,
NO. 67 BROAD STREET, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
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CLOCKS, |C Am
JEWELRY,
wMI,
•All of tlio Xiatest Manufactures.
An entirely new stock of the best goods and the latest styles has been recently bought i
New York, and is hereby offered at the Lowest Cash Prices.
Diamonds, gold and silver Spectacles and Eve-Glasses, gold and silver Thimbles, ladies ant
gents Chains, plain and fancy Gold Rings of beautiful workmanship, and every
variety of article found in a’ First-class Jewelry Store.
Stencil Plates of every description cut at short notice.
Sole Agents for the celebrated Diamond Pebbled Spectacles and Eye-glasses, and Ageat*
for the Arundel Pebble Specks, which are slightly colored, and in high favor with every
body using specks or eve-glasses.
.Watch, Clock and Jewelry repairing In all its branches. Hair Jewelry, Society Badges.
Diamond setting, or any new work made to order at reasonable charges.
Engraving promptly executed. oct24-lyr
DRUGS! DRUGS!!
My friends and patrons will still find me at my old stand,
IQO Broad Street, Oolumtotxs, Ofrcw-%
with a full stock of
Drugs, Patent Medicines, Best Kerosene Oil,
Lamp Goods, Toilet Articles, Perfumery, Fine Tea*,
Spices, Potash, Toilet and Laundry Soaps, Imported and
Domestic B ities and Pure Liquors, for medical purposes, and in
fact everything in the Drug line.
lam offering great inducements to the Jobbing Trade. Physicians will do well to exw
ine my stock. I propose to sell at a small profit, and most have the cask for these
Thanking you for past and soliciting future patronage, I am respectfully,
oTla A. M. MUHFOS, ftMn