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GRIFFIN, GEORG IA, U S. A.
Griffin iB the beet and most promising little
it/in the th. It* record lor the past
half decade, ite man/ new enterprises in oper¬
ation, building and contwnplated, prove this
0 be a business etateiBent and not a hyper-
otical description.
Daring that time it haa built and pnt into
meet successful operation a 9100,000 cotton
actor/ and with thia /ear started the wheels
01 a second of more than twice that capital,
(t haa pnt np a large iron and brass foundry,
a fertiliser factor/, an immense ice and bot¬
tling works, a sash and blind factory
broom factor/, opened np the finest granite
quarry in the United States, and now has
oar large oil mills in more or less advanced
stages ol construction, with an aggregate on
thorUed capital of over half a million dollars,
ft is patting np the finest system of electric
ghting that can be procured, and has ap¬
plied for two arters tor street railways. It
has secured another railroad ninety miles long,
and while located on the greatest system in
the Soath, the Central, has secured connec¬
tion with its important.- the East Ten¬
nessee, Virginia and Oeor . U has obtain-
d^direet independent cou, < , lion with Chat
tmouga and the Went, d -libreak groan
safe*days fora fourth iond, connecting
with a fourth independent system.
With its five white sad iourcoloied church
es.it has recently completed a 9l(M>00 new
Presbyterian church. It has increased its pop-
aUtion by neariy one fifth. It has attracted
around its borders fruit growers from nearly
♦very State in the Union, until it is now sur¬
rounded on nearly every aide by orchards
and vineyards. It has put np the largest
nit evaporators in ths Stats. It is the horns
ol the grape and its wine making capacity has
doable^ every year. It has successfully in
aagarMsd a system of public schools, with a
seven years curriculum, second to none.
This is part of ths record of a half decade
and oissply shows the progress of an already
admirable city with the natural advantages
of having ths finest climate, summer and
•inter, in the world. '
Griffin is the county seat of Spalding coun¬
ty, situated in west Middle Georgia, with a
ealthy, fertile and rolling country, 1150 feet
above sea level. By the census of 1890, it
will have at alow estimate between6 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¬
sirable settlers, who will not be any lees wel
come if.the/bring mousy to help build np the
wn. There is about only one thing we
need badly just now, and that is a big hotel
ffe have several small ones, but their acco m
■editions are entirely too limited for our
Mine s, pleasure and health seekig ngueets
I you ass anybody that wants a good local
tion for a hotel in ths Soath, Just mention
Griflln.
Griffin it ths place where the Gairrix News
■ published—daily and weekly—the beet news¬
paper in the Empire State o! Georgia. Please
ariose stamps in sending for sample copies
aad de scriptiv s pamphlet of Griffin.
This brief akatch is written April 13th, 1889,
and will have to he changed in s few month
oembrass new enterprises commenced and
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY?
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HENRY C. PEEPLES*.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HAMPTON, OKOBOlA.
Practices in all the State and Federal
onrts. oet9d£wly
JOHN J. HUNT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
•form, beoboia.
White’s Office, Clothing 81 Hilt Street, Store. Up Stairs, mar22d&wly over J. H.
fHOS. R. MILLS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WUl practice in the State and Federal
Court*. Office over George ft Hartnett’s
corner. nov2tf
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■* D. STBWA* T. WOBT.T. T A KIEL.
STEWART & DANIEL
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Over George A Hartnett’s, Griffin, Ga.
Will practice in the State and Federal
rts. julyl9dtf
CLEVELAND * GARLAND,
DENTISTS,
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ANOTBi PLOT
> Assassinate the Imperial
Family of Russia.
Notorious Nihilist Leader Ar¬
rested at Warsaw.
Document# Implicating Person* High In
the Cssr's Favor Found on Hls Person.
Sensational Humor from Spain—Mrs.
Slaybrlclt’s Friend* Working Hard to
Secure Her Pardon —Talmago In Cejp-
•tentluople—-Iv-.-ign Notes.
London, Jan. 0.— The arrest of the
notorious Nihilist leader, Pierra Gross,
at Warsaw, has been productive of dis¬
closures far more startling than any of
the alarming revelations -which have
come to the polico within the last few
days, appalling as they have been.
Damaging Kvide.rce.
From letters and documents found
concealed in his clothing the most damn¬
ing evidence is obtained against many
persons high in imjierial favor and
authority, of contemplating, alone, not but the assas¬
sination the czar the mur¬
der of the entire reigning family as well.
Han/ Conspirators Arrested.
Already many into custody of the conspirators and have
been taken those still at
large by relentless are under police espionage officials or being tracked end
to the of
will their lodgtpent aim certainly in prison, their whence they
wt go to death.
Several apprehended of the while implicated attempting persons were
to leave
the country. „
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LA TES T FRO M SPAIN.
Correspondents Seem to Hava Revolution*
on Hand Ready for Use.
London, Jan. 6.— The country from
which the most startling rumors are
launched just now is Spain. Two or
three new ministries are formed there
daily, spondents,' if one and can believe revolutions confident kept corre¬
are on
scriber tap to be demanded. produced when a new sub¬
is
This is the Latest.
The last story is that the late fire at
the opera house, supposedly of the electrical due to the
ing mismanagement murderous light¬
apparatus, panic, was during a which the plot to
create a queen
regent and the Infanta Isabella were to
seized upon
the occasion to dilate upon each inherent
wickedness with as much zest as if they
believed the story.
This the is former, the tendency and of Republicanism be taken ah
instance cry of what terrible may deeds as Reds
the
are capable of. The latter faction charge
the clergy with desiring to remove the
mother of the young king because she is
a foreigner and cannot be ruled by the
priesthood sirable. as readily as is thought de¬
Hu a Will of Hls Own.
The mind of the infant monarch must
be formed while it is sufficiently plastic.
shows Already tendencies the young toward sprig independence of royalty
and self-will, and there is great
that if he is not placed at once
sufficiently proper guardianship imbued with he can that never be
tionable submission the church unques¬ which
to
should be the pre-eminent characteristic
of the good kin gs of Spain .
Testimonial ta Stanley.
London, Jan. 8.—Representatives of
the meeting American colony and decided in London held a
testimonial Friday Henry M. Stanley, to present
a to the
African explorer, upon his arrival here.
The testimonial will be a superb electro-
silver shield, bearing in its center the
coat of arms of the United States. Em¬
blazoned on panels around this center-
piece will be representations of the chief
incidents Stanley’s career.
Wont a Pardon for Mrs. Maybriclc.
London, Jan. 6.—New and energetic
efforts are bing made here by the friends
of Mrs. Maverick on her behalf, and
have of already'resulted material in the bringing to
light many during facts trial. that did
not come out the Should
these stand the test of investigation
Home Secretary Matthews will be urged
to recommend the queen to grant a full
and free pardon to the unfortunate
woman.
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Bernhardt’* “Joan of 4rc.”
Paris, Jan. 6.—Bernhardt’s “Joan of
Arc” is hailed' af >a very great Buoeess.
The dungeon scene and the endeavors at
the judges to show that Joan is a witch
are The especially impersonation vigorous based and dramatic.
is upon the
heroine theory of Baatren sahject Le hallucinations. Page that the
was to M,
Gounod has expressed himself as en¬
chanted with Bernhardt.
Reception to Talmage. ,
Constantinople, Jan. 8.—A public
reception was tendered Rev. T. DeWitt
Brooklyn, Talmage, D. D., Fri&y and Mrs. Talmage, of
here by United States
Minister Hirsch. Among those present
were Minister Hirsch, Consul General
Sweeney, college, and the members of the American
and residents many of this prominent city, including visitors
a
large number of ladies.
Wreak oa the Panama Railroad.
Panama, Jan. 6.—A collision occurred
Thursday railroad. night at San Pablo on the Pan¬
ama A special train having on
board A. L. Rives, the general superin¬
tendent of road, ran into a freight train.
The engineers of two trains are believed
to be mortally wounded, and Mr. Rives
and six other persons were injured more
or less seriously._
Battle Between Chinese and Formosan*.
London, Jan. 6,—Reports received
from Shanghai Chinese are that an expeditionary
force of fought the natives near
100 Takow, of the in Chinese the Island and of 400 Formosa, of the and
For¬
mosans were k illed.
Minister Bald’s Vacation.
Paris, Jan. ft—'The report that Minis¬
Reid k about to go to America is
on his project days to spend home. his annual
of sixty at He will
leave here, however, before Febru¬
at the earliest
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To Be Reinstated.
Washington, Jan. 6.—Walker Blaine
Friday that Chief would Clerk be Lee, removed of the
ana department, Sevillon A. Brown, his prede¬
reinstated. Mr. Brown has been
in red estate during .Mr,
incumbency,
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GEORGIA TUESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 7 1890.
CHEAP 1 CHINESE DOCTORS.
, ! - —-
, fteXfor
Chicago Doctor* Dmit Heathen
Practitioner.
Chicago, Jan. 6.—The medical pro¬
fession fears it is about to come into
competition with Chinese cheap labor.
Che Fang Yuhe, a Chinaman, died with¬
out the services of a regularly licensed
physic ui_, having been attended by Dr.
I^c, a Celestial physican, aad until the
coroner has sat upon Che Fang Yuhe
cannot be determined officially officially _ that ho is
dead. He died of consumj Qsumpdon, and all
the doctors to America dca &ftddn*f1tave
saved him; but but the the regular regular doctors are
after Health Dr. Lee, Co tf' “
says: “I suppose that if Dr. Lee is a
regular Chinese g| I
musn’t think the Chia sst are teds.,
There is no doubt that their drugs inti*?-.'] are
efficacious and that there is virtue
pharjnaeopia.” Dr Tomlinson, of the - /<• ,
health depart¬
ment, who has charge of the matter,
says a Chinese diploma will not do
at all.
“But suppose he is a competent man,
according, asked. to Chinese medical ethics?”
was
“Dont’t make any difference. He
can’t practice medicine in Illinois unless
he posses an examination and gets a
license. - • )
STOLE F OR SANT A CLAUS. ’
Christmas presents Which Ware Far-
lolucl from Various Store*.
Booth Bay Harbor, Me,, Jan. ft—
The sodden flight of a wall known
woman of this town and her husband,
leaving behind them their six children,
fa»8 brought a curious storp to light! Ah
i woman i
means she sent to the Sunday school iff
the church which she attended th* two
eight packages in all, and some of them
were The very church costly article*. people
astounded when, Christmas were simply
stable called them eve, a con¬
them upon and informed
that all the presents had beep stolen
by the had woman, visited who, the for some days pre¬
vious, had stores in town and
taken away any article which she
could purloin without detection. When
the distribntion of prizes took place she
was present at the church and seemed
somewhat astonished when none of her
presents was awarded or named. She
Inquired let the reason and was told enough
to her know she had been found out
That evening it leaked out that a war¬
rant for her arrest was to be issued, and
at midnight she fled with her husband.
COWBOYS AND INOiA W8~AT WAR
Over Hie Ambuscade oaS IttsmptiJ
Murder of White*.
Santo Fe, N. M., Jan. 8.—Sunday, as
John and Ike Cox and Jack Smiffi were
riding across the sins, east of Henry
Kifflin’s ranch, in San Juan county, they
were fired upon by a band of Navajo
Indiana. Monday these men, accompa¬
nied by Henry Wood and six others,
AUUHSUB, AUUI
changed, The Indians and t fired Indian was killed,
from ambush on the
second day, and forced the cowboys to
retreat T
The trouble grew out at the fact that
the cowboys found an Indian in pauee-
sum of a freshly butchered steer, and,
when accused of kf*' "* * - -
did not deny it, but
of abusive language, ____ _ _ .
and as the
turned to leave fired a shot after
Much feeling is manifested
Indian i agent for allowing his ’
the reservation, and further
trouble is anticipated. f
IN A STA RVING CO NDITION.
Hundreds of People Reported Destitute
In the Strults of Belle Isle.
Halifax,JN. S., Jan. 8.—The steamer
Harlow arrived here Friday night from
the west coast of Newfoundland. She
reports that while she was at “----
a messenger arrived from FI
straits of Belle Isle, With inf.
the government that about l!
were in a starving relief condition, would keep and that
only from immediate perishing. A them
steamer was Sent,
but was prevented by the ice from reach¬
ing possible the destitute reach harbor. the place by It may yet be
to way of ! the
west coast_
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THE “HERMITA GE.”
Andrew Jackson’s Old He
From M oon y .
of Tennessee
of the meccas
The fund of $150,000 needed for this pur
pose is to be raised by admitting 100,000
fund. membere subscribing $1.50 each to the
.....
Now They Are After ClzarettSO.
Richmond, Vs., Jan. It is stated
on apparently ths best authority that
Allen A Ginter have sold their mriNasive
cigarette tobacco works at Richmond and their
factories elsewhere to a syndi¬
cate of New Ycnrk and English capital¬
ists. The new company has $25,000,000
capital. All the leading cigarette maim-
cera, and even the firm which manu¬
factures the machinery for the making
cigarett es was gobbled up.
Negroes Appealing to the Soweto.
mittee Birmingham, Ala., Jin. HepdbUcans ft—A com¬
of prominent negro
asking „ signatures _ the to > a a petition petition to the
to reject nomination of Dis¬
Attorney 3 Parsons; R. L. Houston,
1 Marshal
in Walters, big off
a
we
traitors to the
negroes claim that
to make
Edmunds, Et
New on
New York, Jan. ft—A private 1
J ^
ill MOVE.
Thousands of Negroes Leaving
the CaroUiuta for Good
To Seek New Homes In Other
Southern States.
•snap W» Worft hs tfo Phosphate Mines
of Florida,
Plantations While Others Peek MSI Loot, Louisiana, Kmpio/we.t ao the
of Arkansas and
•tatatoHareB^y
Atlanta, (3a, Jam ft—About 2,000
I came into tills city Friday, gad
sa*4
will work on
Will Their DreOUSs Me Realised T
They come from North Carolina, and
are induced to leave their homes by
agents who visit the planters. These
agents have issued guady circulars with
engravings showing the negro first to
poverty at his oh! home, aad second,
under his own vine and fig tree, with
Others doing hi s wopk.
Bound tar Florida.
Charleston, 8. it., Jan. $.— Superin¬
tendent Royall, of the Atlantic Coast
line, says that during the past week his
road has carried over 4,000 negroes to
Florida. They am mostly aide bodied
workmen, and many have their wives
and children along.
' fe Tokeu hut Trader Oootroet.
They are taken out under contract to
work in the newly discovered phosphate
mines or in the turpentine woods. They
will obtain more than doable the wages
they now get as tern laborers.
Jut Bogus.
The railroad people say that this is the
beginding of an exodus, and that they
will be busy for weeks moving the
negroes already contracted for.
' AGRICU LTURAL R EPORT.
Area, Product aad Value at the Prlectpol
Cereal*.
Washington, Jan. 8.—The December
report of the department of agriculture
contains a detailed statement of the esti¬
mates of the principal cereals by states,
including area, product aad value. The
reported area of com, 78,819,651 acres,
represents an increase of* I-S per oent.
over the acreage of 1888 . the wheat
acreage, 88,1*8, 8“ --- sl> * «
oent greater than
The revision
area Washington, in Iowa, aad Nebraska, Oregon'__
Kansas and Dakota. a larger Dairying breadth in
yearsbeeu and meat
production wheat have growing for the encroach¬
ing on the on eastern
side of great spring wheat belt, as
former reports have shown. Wide
fluctuations in breadth at wheat in Kan¬
sas, Illinois and other states, occurring
from year to year, are the result of varf-
able meteorological conditions. Eco-
nomic considerations, especially changes
ftfdktifbuti The acreage acreage of STfe placed P<SC * Uariy
482,316 perceflti”*]" acres, an increase of'
The The yield yield per acre corn is
______fop iels, or
MA _ ' product '
west of the Mississippi, Iowa
rank scre-%9,508,000 to anpregat* produced and yield
per bushels and ;3I.3
yield per acre. The variation
current expectation of the last six
months is not over 1 per oent The
total product, as estimated is 490,580,000
bushels. The product of oats is 751,615.-
000 bushels, at the rate of 27.4 bushels
per The acre.
3,450,000;«M) aggregate <4 all cereals is about
bushel* bushels, or at least 68
per capita.
CONTRADICTED.
Che Statement of a High Death Bate of
btataus Educated la the Beet.
Washington, Jan. 6.—Oapt R. H.
Pratt, superintendent of the great in¬
dustrial school at Carlisle, Pa., referring
to a statement in the press that from
80 to 70 per cent, of returned 8kmx
die within four years after rose-
os Ptne
aggney^studeata lwk home prior to
Jan. t, Some of them have been
home nine yearn. The mart careful in-
shows that thirty-two ore living
-, which is leas than 20 per oent. of
We hate i covering pupil* a much from Standing longer perk
Cheyenne, no Crow Creek Bock,
or agencies.
4' FOUR MEN ROASTED.
fiappestrt to Have Been lataxleotod Whea
Their Cobb* Bore#4.
Paducah, By., Jan. 6.—Four loggers
were burned to death at Babes Gamp, up
the Tennessee river, seventy-five miles
from Paducah Thursday night by their
cabin taking fire. Two at them were
brothers named Dyer, and the others
named Colton and Somers. It is sup¬
posed toe cabin they ignited were from afl the in t o chimney. xic a t ed when
the Indianapolis, Jan. ft—John Hicks,
much-advertised seven-term oon-
84 vict, whose patriarchal appearance and
years have have won woo him hu pttyfgg friends,
came to Indiana Dolia New Year’s rears eve,
by invitation tation of ofSec , Sec char&ss. reto ry Johnson, of
the stats board of Ha bad
just prisonment, completed his seventh d term of inl¬
and exp re s s e a desire to
lead an an honest hom life the remainder of
ton, to
found
Year's
like
' CRtoroir,
Th
Da'
BUSIN £88 PROSP ECTS.
The Mew is*r ifon. With u *V»ltu« »/
. ■ i-.i Great CuitiLleiie*.
New York. Jun. G. —It. G. Dun fit
Company’s weekly revie v of trade nays:
The new year opens with a most confi¬
dent feeling, prevalent iu all para of the
, and yet witli some features that
is especial strained caution. The money
at the east, rX dose 5 at
‘ Other r
Btrt the western ad points in the faily sup- of
van.-e bank
fates, and the sign* of possible
speculation acc abroad, resulting reader from excessive
outlook here the money
less dear.
The heavy disbursements
*94,718,
cent
present relief. give
show Reports that from other centers of trade all
k having a’depressing unseaaona ,bly war but in
mrily ta closed
are for repair*. Chicago
foots hi*7,000,000, up transa ct io ns in 1889 $1,135,000,000 amounting
to in 1988, I against
a gain of 81-2 per cent.; in
cured meats the gain has besn 100 per
cent, aad in dressed beef, lard and
cheese large, but flour receipts an
smaller, with an incm * '
The dry goods trade
the previous yean, with
St Louis notes the largest
on record, end receipts of grain mid pro¬
duce limited only by tile transporting
power of tire railroads. At Milwaukee
there is aaaatieaM as to the near future,
and the weather causes slow collections,
and similar fears at Detroit At Kansas
City and Omaha business is fair for tire
season.
The chief industries an oa the whole
unusually ment of cotton p rospero mill u s. dividends A fuller for15$ state¬
indicates that they were larger than in
an^prevtotayear of sped*prices. ^ »
and consumption of boots and times is
prodigious, prices but overproduction pushes
too tow for healthy profits. The
iron trade pauses at this season, but
prices combination are firm at previous quotations. A
raised the price of of glass window producers glass higher has
than for the past five years, and expect
to make the business profitable. Copper
is selling at 14 l-4c for lake, with incras-
ing is still consumption. the cloud The woolen business
ried at the chief in the cities sky, stocks car¬ be
over prove to
22,000,000 pounds more than a year ago,
and sales at Boston for 1889 108,000^000 ware 184.-
000,000 previous pounds against for
the year, a decrease of needy
20 per cent. '
Produce markets have been dull. The
decline in prices of all commodities,
fTOirn Jan. 1 to Jan. 1, was about 4 1-2
any 92 years. Ante average of ior iww was
per cent below that 1888.
The stock market has been weakened
by week monetary bu pressure for the past two
s, Mhe swa ge of prices is |5^>er
larger justify earnings
of last fully that advance ad it the prices
recent year stringency, were were not no with too high, oontiderabto and the
but little depression foreign account, in railroad have caused
The stocks.
than treasury to has has tnkm put out the only $100,000
more to past week,
tiie large disbursement* for the new
year having not been felt yet, but the
eating Foreign a large addition to circulation.
trade continues heavy, ex¬
ports for fit* weeks at New York falling
only 1.8 per cent below those of the
cess of $20,000,000 or mote kafc** In exports “ex¬
over The imports failures for in December. 188* numbered 18,882
in toe United States, or one to every
ninety-seven in firms, forty-five and 1,777 to Canada,
or one every firms. Hie
aggregate tE? liabilities were $148,784,887 in
United States, against $123,829,478
to 1888, and $14,718,288 in Canada,
against during $14,091,189. The business fail-
ms the last seven days number
DIPHTH ERIA’S RA VAGES.
St. Jena*, H. F„ Report* S.1JO Coses aad
4*7 Death* la Rich teen Month*.
Ottawa, Ont. Jan. 8.-Latest advice*
from St. Johns, N. F., indicate that aa
yet the local authorities have been una¬
ble to check the terrible devastations of
diphtheria eighteen in that colony, during the
past months. In that time there
neve been within the city limits 2,084
cases, limits as 401 deaths, and and outside the city
108 cases 28 daubs. There
were over 80 cases last week and but
only 1 death.
The government has spared ao ex-
the disease have
the oeretess hah
people, foe and to their violation of foe l
of board of health. Another cause,
no doubt, was foe imperfect sewerage of
the city. .
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THRO UGH A BR IDGE.
Twenty-Two ^_C*r# and Twelve M
^ Aboard—Several Killed.
, Wali.etthvtllx,
4 Tex., Jan. ft A
—
freight train of twenty-two can on the
San Antonio and Aransas Pass road
Thursday went through night. the bridge at this place
There were a dozen
men on the cm. Up to Friday night
seven had-been taken out, four of them
not have seriously not injured. Four more bodies
yet been recovered. It is re¬
ported that the bodies at three dead men
nave been found about seven miles be¬
low here, in the river.
A Faith Cnrlst’s Cries*.
with tl»e ma’i plant typhoid fever,
iperease forme i be,- h. m lido, ery foe an is aboeas slowly but has
on r
sure! v dying for th* want of medicine,
which she cannot have because her
father, the Rev. George R. Penny, trusts
in God. to drive away the terrible dis¬
ease. TM'towtfis earned away with in-
km. Doctors without number have
i their services free of charge, but
b^faS
“Ottr Mnre r.H ^ . \ - f
New York, Jan. 8 — Manager Sawyer,
toe Broadway toeatae, says Chat be
nothing more about the Mary A
(L1
■ ; i'
OccniN mi the West Side of foe
Sierra Nevada .
Least Sevan Llvep Known
to Have Baan i.O'%
othfn May IO Burial lu the Drift—Peat
Dm Viler* ant a Catholic Church De-
m.GUTi.xl by th* Km.ra.oa. Weight a4
Su.»*— ?i St Fraret Anuther At
f IU This, |* About t* P M il tjl
Iota he Valley.
SuanmCiTT, Cfo, Jen. ft—An enor-
mou - quantity foe of snow suddenly thun¬
dered down mountain side here Fri¬
day, bearing trierytitto^ before It, and
causing the death of at least seven per¬
sona. Fora day *r two past fears had
been entertained that a huge mass of
■now, which hod accumulated at what
is known a» butts’ flume, might give
way, should a further fall take place.
The weather had, however, remained
dear, and people were slowly becoming
reassured. [ k:>
Hod Re TIom ta Keoapo.
Jnrt b.-fote noon Friday, however, the
citizeui suddenly heard a subdued null¬
ing sound as W of a strong wind among
trees, (to looking up toward Butt's
Some they saw their danger, and every¬
body took to, flight. lanylatl/lA Those in the im-
fUUUlAlv esaaoAlata frniiL vittv'H UI fl«A ***v IffillvsRuQvf ft eftQ^W ri m * s e Os n ■
v f
bad not sufficient time to make their es¬
cape^, and of these seven were oter-
The Victims. i ■
The victims are as f<fllows:
Mrs. Rich, with her little son and
fonrittor.
Miss Ryan, of Downieville.
lbs. J. T. Mooney and daughter.
Miss Etoel i-owgtaw
The Kaorinoue P e r e a .
The farce of the snowstide was
great that tog trees to its path were
■napped like twigs. Four houses were
crushed flat aad the Catholic church was
also reduced to ruins.
Death List May Be Increased.
Besides those whose names are
given several were caught by the land-
alidejand one Chinaman and a little girl
are still buried. It is not known whether
they are dead. Several others were in¬
jured. Two of tiie victims were alive
when dug out of tiie snow, but died
very soon. , .
Pears at Another Avalanche.
It is fsered that another tremendous
took of snow neer Butte* flume may
give way. Should it do so still greater
disaster is certain to ensue.
HE AVY R AiN8
Over
Bf. Louis, Jan. ft—The following was
received Saturday afternoon from Pied¬
mont, Mo.:
The heaviest rates have prevailed In
this section. Black river is higher than
it has been for fifteen years, and covers
all the bottom lands on either side to a
depth farm is at entirely from four to
inun
away attd much a to
mills of the Wayne
located on the river four
thk place, were entirely
Theytost touch of their 1--- , _
• Uallrisod TraSto Kespend#*; ’ .
eisner way
are now
gers waiting have been to he carried south
them here thirty-six 1
Almost B t«.. D«t.
Every iiotel, private boarding hio
and restaurant has been taxed to its
most to fired foe hundreds at people that
have been dumped into this
last two days.
Greenville Reported Under Water.
It was rumored on the streets Friday
that the St. Francis was out at its banks
and the water three feet drop in foe
streets of Gree nville. ; ,
UNLIKE THE EAST. ;
Very Cold Weather and Heavy ttaews
Re p orted tram the West.
Sacramento, Cal., Jan. ft-Tfo fall
of snow in the Sierra Nevada Inoun-
tains along the line of the Central Paoiflo
railroad, according to reports received
here, foet is the unprecedented, level
feet or. Emigrant at Gap. Summit, and twelve
at The road
been kept ( omparatirely (dear tor
t«sm /./ 4|»t. | m lanpafl Htafodataw *
company. There ha* boon little in-
terruptioa travel ___
to thus far thia winter,
lire recent fall of snow, however, has
blocked the rood to some parts,
trains are overdue two days, but are ex¬
pected to reach here In few days.
A« Lew e* SS Below in 1
foe Mt>nL, coldest Jan. 8.—Thursday
in'Mon e so far this reason
tana, the Aw
low There at is some but ^ints little snow as 88 reported to east¬
ern and central Montana, but there is
of some the delay to traffic to the western part
state. Considerable suffering is
already though reported on some of the ranges,
confine d to limite d areas.
All Train* Delayed.
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 6.—The over¬
land trains are all delayed to eastern
Pacific Waehmgtou by snow storms. Northern
t ains are about eighteen horns
late. The weather ia-the coldest known
here for yean.
Dradwoop, S. Dak.. Jan. ft—The
Death of* PklULIphia Dtviae.
Philadelphia, fan. *.—Rev.
Street D. Harper, Pmibyterian pastor church, of tire North ■
tiie foremost
Friw yterian minister of thin city, died
suite-. to the cite ly of from heart ' Atlantic failure while CSt. . Cite kite returning train
on a
lit wa s 68 years ■
' !■■ Bty Yoksliau* ,
at
Nkv. Voua- Ian. ft-NellieBly arri Jto'
Yokfo ata tt, Friday. She
San Francisco, Jan. 20.
Train* on the
sded by mow. m . U
,
e«as34r““*r’?r-
by cars at]
fthm
world Mirny
Cabal's
burned at Wi
P olice Jn
-sS“ .■.......
chewing gum.
triuSy »a»!o00,000 fo^tota
transferred to New York «
^bSen P fc^ht
worth of
chief justice of
elector on the
^TSSS
and
Thirty-third
Scottish Kib
rttyof
A lei
in
Invsstiffatti have ffitafo
arrived there
Th l a S ,
t
■ ■H ■ ■
'.foes I
Greek faith.
<
cawed
for the safe)
erty of the t
team,
tarn^d^broply,, ^ge harrow, turned 1
his head to "
harrow. 1
and
one riWiBB
ttaatfowth.' --
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