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Chattanooga „ PART OF Ol/R COLUMNS Wtf,I, UK DEVOTED TO A SHORT DESCRIPTION - OF OUK SOUTHERN CITIES AND THElliCOMMERCIAL ADVANTAGES. L N A 1 U Rh to . , seems especally prepared the upon which the city 01 Ghatta nooga is located as the site lor great couime.rcial and industrial center. At the base ot grand o d Lookout Mountain; all but sur rounded by high ridges and high er mountains, broken through hero and there by fertile valleys; half encompassed by the majes tic curve ol a grant river; in close proximity to almost inexhausti ble deposits of iron and coal ; near dense forests of hard and soit wood timber; with farming lauds in the valleys and grazing lands on the lull-sides, it is not surprising that here should be located in a city whose past 19 record of pluck and energy and whose future gives commercial promise or iiiahufacturing and importance greater than that °* an iy other city in the bouth. Chattanooga is appropriately termed the“ Plucky City. I he .seat of government of Hamilton Oounty, is situated on the lenn essee River, in latitude 85 degrees and 15 minutes west. It ism a rolling valley at an elevaton of nearly 700 feet above sea level, and almost 100 feet above low mark on the fiver. Throughout the city the streets rise and fall in Jar undulation, so that the . 1 drainage is iperfect. Where the heavier commerce is tfiuisagted the streets are paved with gi Ahite aild ‘ aS phalt, and towards the su •luirbs tliese are superseded by asphalt, vitrified briejk, and evenly crushed, .hard rolled 'macadam.' Tho busi ness hoiifees are ornamental in theif height and solidity of appearance, as well as in their design and material. -Block After Hilbefc of ittrem line, the .principal thnroqgh- fren, faros; interspersod tall at, office ijoeiVt point by arch buildings of the latest itect iiVe. . y-' r '" A' visit to the suburbs' will Convince, the stranger that tile people, who make up the .population of Chattanooga live in their own homes. ‘Electric railways operated under a system of transfer, one may ride ftom htlier oim e.nd of the for pity five ,to cents any orner. end enci lor nve ,,ccuts, pierce,every:part, ol thecity and adjacent sub.u r ban tew n*i i ke the airterie^ of the hnmnir body, ; and »o»re can getfrohl other any ppintLsbLT’hbtibiy to aity cnuckly* everV ‘ KnSK and- -o that .man,yon find sqpye eouvcu- epuveu lent spot lor Jus home, limy ever humble has station in life may be. .There are $$ J# 4 -,fifths • of tb(> •tip f.si'ecial- ) 'Cotttiges, beautified Iy* with vines and; shade trees, which Hio o.Mii D OHUPes to.gcowi m any kind 'Also, 1 beyond Chattanooga mature* is 'h ot only a. city of homes but palafial homes'.' - ^ ..On the terraces, in the city and suburbs and upon The surrounding ridges are that, cost for t«Uep-—residences of stone, tirick, alid residences of ' every material that houses '(•jin'tie sjgiis built varied of. and Tlie of tile are architects, can produce, aisled,bv the native artistic of the owners. The interiors are even more strik ingthan ’passer-hy. t.hnft part which greets the The early history of this neigii horhpod is derived mainly from legends of the aborigines, there fpre, more or less, obscure. 11 is •learned, however, from “Mar tinfq,Louisiana’^ that, as early as 1678 many of tli -'D colonists in Vir > 1 lit i ’ > ft under ---ilia, Englisbhijsr.uje.m 1 chafing , the Atr tlaatic Frovincys, determined to move further, towards the setting sun,--and “Emigrants' began to sr-ek a route to it thVough the ‘in Wrinr, and down Hit- Teniiessee (and Oln'o 1 ) * * * “A higher degree of nautical •■S 7 . ?• gZgZ&i < __ 55 -- v '-' ABBEVILLE CHRONItteE. adventure, by men unaccustoin ef j to navagation, through the Boiling Fot . the skillet, the g uc j^ the j\i usc le Shoals, more than f w0 thousand miles down an urieX pi ore( i r i V er, both banks of vvere, at these places, in Bie 0 CCU p anC y G f Indians, was more than an adventure; it was an enterprise, in which every move ment was accompanied with j at ,g er an( j probable disaster,” 'i'j, roug b this channel, several y eara i a t e r, Tennessee received some of the oldest American fain j] ics _ Ramsey, in his “Annals of r r enn essee,” says of the Tennessee B j ver a p this point that the pass a g e o f this river through the sev orjrl ranges of the Cumberland Mountains forms one of the most remar ] ;a blo features in Ameri can topography. It is unique, romatic and picturesque varigtited, — pre senting and views At ohffe' At tlje^great £ ,r ran d sublime. 0 „k 0U t Mountain conuuepces a ser ; e8 c ,f rapids, where. iu,jt,$ tor tuous windings alongtliei base of aevera | moirfitain .ranges,> t he Tennessee River, contracted into a nar f 0W chanAel, cliffs hemhTUd 'tb/ttierihir in’ by projecting ajid 'iaghbs precipices F of solid stone, " m,f7 \ _ t lit <r ril ‘< ~7 in ii*y ig t>t”vi \i ' r ]L :THVc i, ‘Jn l ! o- 5 9 y.\ fifj'ifjt. Ln to'n • ■fw V.flRfG V n h h • n ‘.i flw v'>! [lu- j u <),C , ■ lj,.i ’(t'ifnil -*s Wf>'g *I*»y "•r.X&tl i ,-to j 1 ovjrij jfitii hovoio ■ .d g.t v d ! bii ft- t r&tih *»d t h*>y >llti h v,t.‘> v ii'nd'u iiSn;- 1 .tohoGf:) efihiil. rt! 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' m MARKET vSTRKLT IN 1867 with TmmuRlWHfsu vH.ly-tndp from 'shore tiCshot-Pj cro-Mtipg in' its r‘, lP htiuldci;-' M and litasftcs. of rock,, a siicye.^sioii oC cgtaLavts ;uul For x'hiu's'-after the whites had b‘airie<i a fbAtbold, the jdace Vas ronspiciihtis only as a . thy fieet^.of llathoats to latuLiyid f-J.y uj'.Wgr night, ratfier thyiih.Mir imijnter.; the . treacherous,;*ijtre,ssti and- murderous savages rArciiiwirl the mountain in darkness. >f'Wre gave it the name of “The tl4fi«jh|a' Land irtJSf; !U ihfftl^frlv in the v miitMo* wlMt^W -ks’ “Ross’ more ilaVirduTirTl- trdWfc?” " L a named for an educated Cherokee Chief, John Ross, who lived where his somewhat pretentious log house still stands, four miles from Chattanooga, ville, at what is now Ross Georgia, just over the Tennessee State Line. There is a popular tradition that in this house Chief Ross translated the New Testament into the Cherokee dialect and had charge of a mis sum. It is a.matter ok however, that about 18_0 several missions were established along the crest and eastern slopes ot the elevation east of tin* city , which received and still retains the name of Missionary ( popularly Mission) Kidge. In the year 1808 the surrendered possession of the country and were removed to the Indian Territory. It was then that the name of the settlement was changed from Ross’ Landing to Chattanooga, and in 1841 the Legislature granted it a charter as a city. There was then a pop ulation of about 500 inhabitants, including whites, Negroes and In dians. Chattanoogi occupies a of unbounded mineral wealth, and is at the same time the ural gateway to the groat, South, Its advantages as astrategic point were early recognized by leading military authorities during the &«*»«» late war. The fact that the pros landing for early v'- v navigation «* »> of j Tennessee is not. the only one that suggested it, as a place future iniportance. .It was on ‘tne’ one regjiiy available path through the mountain ranges and on the line of the old stage route lending from Nashville, Tonnes to Augusta, Georgia. MARhMitofflKkU . ....... J»N,d ... 8 b..J, TW first stWinlnMt .espne Ghntlam.ogu -.probably in 1886. which They increased in 1tumhW;vrit-y most jiiiiportanf rapnllv, adjunct -Hn'd wore a to 'fradei’.’gdmriierc^ and first travel. In oiitll-t coiinietipn Vu with South' tlie railway tjte in 1819-50, the rim made Chatt-a-msgra a great cotton mart, where all tlie (;ottq/i grow,a , <»n, |hy rich priiiriesami in 1 lit? hiyttom lands of North Alabama, a*- far down asd.Decatur, was handled'for .re khipmeriti fhe to Atlanta, (I corgi ir and >sontlyeast sAabt.ar.L'’-In thfi im 'mW other railroads wer'4' l.llflf 'rt-akl/ ingto Nashville and the latter being built to Bristol in I 860 , frantically all the rail wav lines in tho State then either reached Chattanooga direct or made near connections. The rapid advance in railroad building and inauiifacturimr re ceived a sudden check at the out break of the war, at which time Chattanooga returned a property assessment of about $ 1 ,> 200 , 000 , which included the value of about 000 slaves. Curing the years of the war all real values were destroyed, and there was no Hvil government except what ex jsted by toleration of the military power. The first census taken after the close of the war, that of 1870, gave the population of Ghatta nooga, as 6,07iL of which 8,872 where whites and 2,221 negroes. In 1880 the population f was Tho 12,- 870, and in 8 !K), 20,100. precentage af negroes has steadi ly decreased since the census of 1870 was taken, however, and at ttle present time the number of negroes in Chattanooga is per haps less, proportionately, than in any other Southern city. The figures above mentioned refer to the city proper. But a new con dition of affairs lias arisen since J880, which requires some exuJa natioh at this point. Within the past, ten years a number of su up •***.» adjacent '»«», to 1 he "r city ol , Cliata nooga, in may instances divided from thvxity.;i>?me$ iPnJLv by a street. These suburban towns are trie feacjVfTV,i lines,, ) # mu) their and inhabit- elec car ants are for the most part con meted with tlm-rity in a business way. In tact, th(*se towns are m- tcgnil parts of flic city of!('»»a4t« ut.,w»»im-takmg. noogg,jqr starwm«.y#pt.that .rl6VM«M»u . 1 at ion of tho city ami suburbs may; at tho present time,- he placed in" tlie neighborhood of 50^)00,' Cstjniqt^. bitted Mannflictu'r^s’ upotj'a conservative haVe, advantage ina n.imltcr ol u/^'instai.^s, the existance taken ot tIiesh'hdHqrl/Afi built, their factories towns' ahd to evade have so as municipal taxes, yet at 'the. same p'.. ,„u .,, 101 , 11 ;,™ ‘.7 ,,1 rh-it. ; • W ■ sh.ippn)g,rate-V, v . t A. . belt ; mmalinp- the city gives theffi ufNT/e'aHimtrt'a^s railroad frontage. ‘ v Enthralled by Music. r“ T")UT the major spirnVdl locket} reflectively »uit O =" ,1)i; ririll t>’ s'mokv h*••tktiiU -know about tk»>. Yhe man who hiki midm bet -why. you don’t amn-to anything ki-Hous iti his cluitn, in inquirecL “ 1 V» square ug»dbit"nnf Mtre.m 11 '• TUW doeBiEt provetknHtlHuft,ipn«*ir 'btr Y" 1 1tie iimjor unswemt..: f(gi bourse it/s h •woinlcrful thing whiell he givex out as Irtith. but u man of Lfof. tk-hwfyek's s land lag is etititled to claim almpsf anything and the» toifooi us all i»y proving n." ■•»•«•••• “Weil.” said the oUver, who *«»«*<-om liamjpcnplmti 1 ami. not in thc mAlieal oorp^-’I ciin only look updnltt ns prepo.— IcrouRi It'slutereotiug,yoil knoiv -rsn lv intiirattiiig. DY angoodo atwry uW tknt nfi Orphi'iis nud tho. rrioks anul,|tnei4i .irvd things »v 111 eh b« enllml rot hfui by his.-playing. Vos, npd tp my mind tbsm’s just about at much fsctinli,” The major leaned back in htaiobfclr and iihe ItunpUght of thaiichUirponi, niiljug u|iip(i liisigouien ouk lmive# and upoii liiis calm, t,bpnphtrcpn,oefill«g face. I, ijuiiiuilBil Hie last trapasLPtnnrWhpO *mll«-wAieh tl i t tod across and iwtm R«we. "Tiio Onplicos bmuiioss isMli't.unP'ltei td(v,eH|t«r. Kennedy,” .Impiodc i ViOln ? ttiu not ipoking, foil, old, I Um se nous about ,n. imn.Mi 1 V .vvp - 1 "'iaviv ivltqlvwjpip.wpifcfc.fcv.W* • 4 q,i.,oI,tUe.privfiig.;wj?w WIH.WV’ AyvI.Jf.T ,tl»e iy«ti«;./tokyi|i„r l ferV4 lft bi-wliT tit <>pr tulh-” ,, f!l ifiePfUflff Jf®iW.O'iPW Mfi/h®-WtW 0 ^.^ ^ trill iliq, Jlo S | 4eym} . : . 1 ’ , .1 il'i I . i'l* ht-ivws ststv mfd, H ••“MjAWm^iWWI , ivt-.wiimip, luidnds-K'r ,ero.”,|hfi Awa/vt qfflgk(BKS}o*9,tw V?m wkyMv,4ia '.Ogd bm , (liia < r’ laiuuux rp much us desert aud Great cinders of rocks, bn rued under Klin which was In ami 11JVfvil^>V\1ikff the uplands were rough, ^jirprprtl made of coke. Still, nil this has to do with the storv. It- puly m w ; ffis *m ’ \vfiaL ! tf hod Ihing fit to be made into a cemetery when we buried Lieut. er, who, ns I satf, had been killed of his own men, a fellow named Italian, maybe; Austriun, commcpj^l something out of the enlisted men. J ' natal u.ibience Hus was on a day Tied to the post of institution, as and Smijji. wfw.det nUeJ. cring I.', over 1)p to j® turn V t%Y/steps (ear-old 1.(>L who 'sloop With'a eouidn’t |'ianv, started plav Soulji as soon as look off his cap and^UpWjilttf bovl^-fo' •k-fitW'uM listening. The attentWWWStWM and at last the i:, the house was called He was a statue, I tel) ntwiffcf. statue;.immovable, rapt, wenfdplhe An hour or so afterward 1 stilltlfflere V. liuk.w and saw he was 'i-iening, listening, listening, hcv'pi ivered and explode d up o instrument. "A- I viewed turn "■cant came hurrying up ToTr™house (|i.«i(f)i/nk •’hiic'tK'ribl^.' rt^hfui .i 1 i struck him ami was arrested. V-ftWfihriWm**- WHti ! W ( r«f» i r I!;, rZfi vergeant and of f:iilhtg.*K<fcflrsr. 'W'.rfiMfaw <«s-l* tjeomi 4 .- -mlifiH iti'H tn»'f*c-1 ■wit- Mnr<*l man’s 1 (<or.<*nt*l|int> * -"|irl H «Yehi|t'«ee«fj#tll to itnhtWit o'9ifI umm»W! i*soWbIIriffg-'m«»v<t<**n. i«•G-Gibr.-iup.gWM* ■.uiieiAoH-Mo ivr. 93 ti.nwd M»».--i-.*fil / .(•')(.•.,(Grmie ir i weuhln’t- tntlf -nl>o.it : '-.if c '-t-awyi* he hittiflMmpeMed; nUIkiK'WttS'U'-flasSffuV^ ore.th**>1«Wf^<Mfe prtrtMfV-- with, himi Music of unv kind over poe -2%Mrf‘/f' ,u llim- , 11 ' EEeWWfisk hift'lhnt of h'dA'Rng'fkft him wkeh"a 'eot-net l 'iiid wnn'm-MV TW'l>rfR , le’'en;i 1 U;fbHf 1 t''(l I .L”’ j.„n : 'div!.T?l tLV UiHWMmh t „ l)W p',, . sl rn ,.vd.i.«lc The .u 4 pje -was ,*.u.*|>, l nV><-tk*m»o iyiim.,, wfilliW* ^ivviiid.-ihfUft. |ilaj|ie4.*K,iv mojbwd-de4««rdIi)io*bof UisMKiiiier.bwlitswsiiiMMi-rMd wiW'Wfls dnwiu.daiio.he 4 , vdli c«i.b.tore,the i ho iy „w a e,( t *..in.,Mt.(ir |ll(Vi jrhioh the ifatbec/ mi*«Mh.sii<HiW "’ e ,ask of Arming hie uaisur 8 fashion % of whan he .lend man h«.l hoped tWW «I»14 «-a« h? havrri""^ truce ol the Creative power. (/ ) ; "fcle told roe that my boy’s mouth organ had driven nil tliongbl ol ios, hos pital errand out of Ida mind, arid when the sergeant came un<J interrupted his devotions lie wanted to kill him. "Well, that's really what, happened inter. The hand was at practice one night and Hpulji, an usual, was listening. Liept. Wheeler, coming .alot'g, called tho pain to him, ug one knows for what purpose, lie reputed to hear Ids *u perlor, anil Wheeler walked over to him and spoke to him again, rattier sharply, 1 .imagine. Soulji turned on him and beut him to death. When the guard found him the officer had just strength enough to name hip murderer, ami died. t'The man-hunt which was carried on during all that night, the next day and the following (light, was a thing long to tie rpuu-qiliered, l might say that the ordinary discipline and routine of the garrison was abandoned for llie time, and all hands were out in the The soldiers did not like Soulji on ac count of hta mysterious and uncanny ways, .while Wh,<wJ*r was a beloved offi cer. The utter lack of reason for the murder was another infuriating thing. So, very, very liiucb like a mob the tom ma.nd spread over the country and into the coke-built mountain* and the old voloanoes and water-boles and searolied for the inlawing lunik., It was all in vain, however. The mom ing of the second day came arid we had to acknowledge that he had got away xciokm the line to the south. So the ch**,e wus disoon tinued and the command was set in readiness for jfJvingtJiVheeler a soldier’s funeral. We srHigM out ns favorable a spot as vve could, ntibrt of sciilineJ point above a little, HcuMhig thread of a river, tujjtj .yr^eije the only patch of green in all the area we had Irav : we d-iig his gray#, 1 ffhO: yiMXiiBiiawh; marched down .,(.rom t )thp,({yvsft, a matter,, i should,pay, rrpe khIh;Sr .Jh.WitSiiflo.long a (listtinge ti tutu *, ,1'drD U'I!)V 88 usd) ,o(dlo !, ^ •wz. ■= 5 e - ___- _ t nvs&m T, m sz&- -i t,»t T i !ki t; j A > c \ r r < Wl gl f t v fe : , i Ims ’h '^1 eWMkx fW* 4 Ml> ^ f *S*' k,fr ’ firpl iiH 'f {C^Mj 11 fiClD : >. Ay mk NI WALKED INTO THE MIDST iy geipyl OF US. a country for the con of .he l*md, holdt.alk so .he the lender U, . we drew near to the the .native noteo ''T Wtac '' reimot HpfWc lmt * Wa ** Imndsoemed % °“ " lH, ‘ "' 6 wHd 1 SUC w1,M1 1‘ rnu “ c 1 ,1< W( ' vttr re ‘ ,w| “ d V “^ th * 1 T °^ 'SWYr Is a man and his life tU*vMU«fa has to expect now or wss » <d,w, ff e frMn « w «t softnew rose. Mdooe ! » lu,0 ‘ i ‘ Ho P® coining up out , * <>s< * rt *° H re6t is**.dt-iul IVheef kW*S&»i\d dw 11 -’ * uln< l marched on to the open swung around, still [Saying, (it'that..very moment a face ap overhanging promon BWgw; ? nd as we all stood, sur inat >!!ity to speak or move, a soldier form appeared and highi^nil.eyt.h Wtd#)IWalked .l.-iliiliB “Soulji told me on IUouifgkiit iboftue hi:ex«(u i11 1 ,ivifojctr mhhatiisnJataHj tliat fvei,fflOMlf,l. liav«i(en< apeiUeilral. iM'illnfl a eoidier's knowledge of the burial serv ice <>£, !< > hear i he hand play oru« more. Min Bering’ in (MllnoWti'WV'fi JiiVf,‘M(>f , )TiUl?dftVhe lyadc.l ai ^' u „^ l, ( n ^’. !•«<) . b«en e ie c ?© t , ed man ‘.‘I'li^alrent^Ao^ s st range influence, $*,0 nijd find $Jh Touted is j,7C'L*fYtiaA, l1 P>?... h‘ hjf y Jj .TT a 2> T’/.’f.J, a, ' hicapo nccord. Safalu*. 'uynt. Tln-rt, of.Jmliu was. f. lufd Tiifrf'irlfeu'^goTern- t«. dfi^.H crtinmlly not Kr ' fier a ful i,'fndia. i^fe«bgliV.'<u^?^Wra.rpost W mALtherc arMW.noo tree* ^|®lk%#mfn of fire in ftV§. 9 packet of the njJWP^Sm whi’e th government $ 2 .ooo to $3 soo R year o.. t ,oI,th M ynflt*. WflT?,pf l ff- fhwp^t v i* iprrp^.^vtp.ihi. WM'lM* WrviWW** «»Rngm^^pjia^.pnn nr«r (V«prIgi ra »''>'»'» 81 \ivi>l).Ja ma l! ,n .:n ;; !. nn'i 1 y rUllllvl^'riil,'CMM)ii|i>4tt«* , TE'ArunMinyepep ^laW4e'.m^:'¥ri^, ,: itIrtI'iIfadi : i 25ct 8 >gno . - ■■■ •» I rwwsv* S ia,Uonstipation ana Tndi gestion. Fc-'nlatrs tki l iver. Price, 25 cts.