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atb. ito'Hff the Central, has secured connec- ■
tisphrtaut rlii* lie .East Ten-
tanooga ML Ond and fhe the WmL West, and ttnd willhron wifi break tr ground ffeniMii
Ua Jew day* lor a fourth road, connecting
with Al* a n Innefh fourth indonondani independent atmfnm system.
With it* five white and fourcolored church¬
es, It has recently completed a* $10,000 new
-Presbyterian church. Itjias increased its pqp-
station o* by by nearly nearly____________________ one fifth. It has attracted
around itsbordersfrnit growers from nearly
every State in the Union, until it is now sar¬
rounded on nearly every side by orchards
and vineyards. It has put up the largest
fruit evaporator# in the State. It is the home
of thegrape audits winemakingcapaeity has
doubled every year. It has snccmsfuily in-
Tim iftpartxof die record of ahalf decade
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and simply show* progress of an already
admirable city, with the natural advantages
of having the finest climate, summer and
winter, in the world.
Griffin is the county seat of Spalding coun¬
ty, situated in west Middle Georgia, with a
healthy, fertile and rotting country, 1150 feet
shove sea level. By the census of 1890, it
will have at alow estimate between 6 000 and
7,000 people, and they are all of the right
sort—wide-awake, up to the times, ready to
welcome strangers and anxious to secure de-
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paper in the EmpireState of Georgia. Please
enclose stamps in sending for sample copies,
and descriptive pamphlet of Griffin.)
This brief sketch is writtenAprill2th, 1889,
and will have to be changed in a few months
to embrace new enterprises commenced and
completed,’
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY.
HENRY C. PEEPLES,
ATTORNEY At LAW
HAMPTON, GEORGIA.
Practice# in all the State and Fedt
Courts. oct9d*wl
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
eariviN, Georgia.
Office, 81 Hill Street, Up Stairs, over J. H.
White’s Clothing Store. mar22d<twly
_ THOS. R. MILLS!
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Will practice in the State and Federal
Court*. Office over George k Hartnett 8
comer. nov2tf
JOHN rt STEWART. ROBt. T. DANIEL.
STEWART & DANIEL.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Over George k Hartnett’s, Griffin, Ga.
Will practice in the State and Federal
Courts. julylbdtf
D. L PARMER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
HOTEL CURTIS
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA,
Cruder ifew Management
A. 6 . DANIEL, Prep’r.
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San Francisco, April 1
Hsaress amid
agine, e, anuu the tne roaring roaring of or the me storm
the hardship of the elements, the a
and stripes being run up with a ring
cheer, and while the gallant tars u
being swept into the sea by dozens,
Banner” mingling with the awful tur¬
moil of the- storm. The Vandalia had
distracted attention from the ,two other;
nien-ttf-war, which still remained afloat,:
but about 4 o’clock in the afternoon the-
positions of the Trenton and Olga had!
changed and they were almost on the!
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flagship. The Olga’s bowsprit and figure-
^^j th Trenton s quarter were
The -j^ntop was not able to get ou t
into the bay again after her collision with
the Olga. In half an hour the Trenton
bad drifted on to within a few yards of
the Vandalia’s bow, and the men who
too Vandalm!” was toe carytoat warmed
the The hearts of died the dying men in the the rigging.
shout away upon storm,
and there arose from the quivering marts
of the sunken ship a response so feeble
that it was scarcely heard upon the shore,
The men who felt they themselves were looking
death in the face aroused to
the effort and united in a faint cheer for
the flagship. Those who were standing
on the shore listened in silence, for that
feeble cry was the saddest they had ever
heard. Every heart was melted to pity,
The sound of music next came across
the water. The Trenton band Banner.* was play-
ing “The Star Spangled A
a time as this. An indescribable feeling
came over the hundreds of Americans cm
toe nSarMtS^minSed For 1 ^^^ only
howl of the storm. a moment
were they silent, and then they broke
forthwith a cry that rent tl»e air
and readied each of toe struggling
men on the rigging of the Van-
dalia — men who had exhausted every
means during the whole of that awful
day of rendering some assistance to their
comrades, now seemed inspired to greater
ing torrent of water that broke upon toe
shore, and knew that no boat could live
in such a sea. Bravely as the Samoans of them
had acted, there was not one such'a
who would certain again venture **th would into befall
surf where
them. Three afficenriwbo had been un¬
tiring in their efforts during the day,
lieutenant Sherman and Ensigns Purcell
and Jones, launch procured toe a moment boat and the got it
should ready subside. to sea
Notwitostandingthe tremendous force
of the waves, the Trenton dragged fairly struck hack
slowly, and when her stem
the side of the Vandalia, there was no
shock, and she gradually swung around
broadside to the sunken ship. As soon
as the vessels touched, the men In the
mizsen rigging crawled out on the yard
and jumped to the deck of the Trenton.
‘Hie men escaped just in time, for as
the last one left toe yards, toe mizzen¬
mast of the Vandalia fell with a crash on
the side next to the shore. The men on
the mainmast next escaped in toe same
way. Tlie men in thrown the foremast from the escaped decA
by means, of a line
of the Trerfton. The mainmast of toe
Vandalia fell soon after the mizzenmast,
and it was believed that several men
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the Trenton had dung to the Vandalia’s
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