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tfJR MESSENGER.
I.AFAYfTTE, GEORGIA.
FtwV'UA'i Morris* Ai>ril 3,1884
;e?is PAPERr^n;s
K KwwßLt. k tVa N«w*p«per Adver
ti,nn* Bureau (10 Sprue* Street.
szt,*s 'JEW vQBiC.
i.O*AI BRIEFS.
Bssurs to fi-cSmUo> Worm Oil.
The measl.s teem to have died
out.
A fine lot of fl-»vr ju«t received
M A CHASTAIN.
Bring me your produce I will
slway* pay the highest market
driue in trade. M A CHiw»i».
When you need Fancv or F»in.-
ly Groceries, give me a trial.
M A Chatain.
The people appreciate Prut. Pear
son us tfsohtr. Us had eleven
i e-v scholars last Monday.
If you hsve eggs, baiter,or chick
en* for sa'e at any time within the
next three months, bu vure to call
on L F Tuurnian
Irish and sw* of potatoes. Fresh
Garden sc‘cds, onion sets, and new
lot of Bedsteads at
It F Thurman’s.
A full assortment of C< (Fine and
CiakeU in stock from the cheapest
to Ue Guest.
I’HnMPJOK HII.ES.
Summerville, (ia.
Married March 30. h 1884 by
II L Duncan E q., at th« residence
of JT,Woods fobs Harriet Elisabeth
Mira to Augustus Calvin M i yili of
Malrer couuty.
From the ccrrospondont of the
Savar nah M. min? N -wa ws c py
the following mention of Hon. J 0
Cl:merits: ‘'Mr. Clements Samr
day added another to the Georgia
members who hnv raised their vio
ces against the whiskey bi 1. In
a stort speech he presented an ex
pos tiori nf hi* view* on that side,
a: d attracted universal attention.
Toe wiii-key m>n will rot again
bricg up iliPir measure nn il after
the D.-uiccnLccicciis on the tar
iff.”
THE CYCLONE.
Terrblo of the Terrible.
The right of April Ist will be
memorable in Walker Coun'y f«r
theseverity of ttie storm of hail
that fell, for the deluge of wa'er
that followed it, and for the ds
structiou wrought by the cyol me,
The hail came down in a size and
sty e that few had evur *e*n or
heard. Numberless pains oi
glass were broken. Our cyclin'*
notes are limited. The whirlwind
preceded the bail. It crossed tie
mountain *t the cave lot, blowing
d vu J«e PettiJohna house On
the D xon farm it wrecked h's sa »
mill, amt stables, and leveled the
ihiaineyeof the dwelling. Ai
Jrtmts Hale’s on lha Broomtowu
road, tue ut buildi' g-, cri'.qsmek*
house, etc-, went down. Ttie east
sod w«.t f-oca were b ath bio vu
into the road-
On the widow Ransom's place
Aleck Andorsju’e bouse was blown
down and ourut up. The house »t
the mill, o cupitd by fctilss II m
niond was destroyed aud the stone
oLimu y leveled.
Oa he Sun iner»il!e road nn the
G W Wilton place, s tree crushed
tbs house of James Jackson. His
wife was struck on the head by a
piece of timber utd badly butt
John Wilson lost his bam, and the
old Cipets Wilton house was
blown down. A large gate pos!
that had been ;Uu* i" the ground
tws feet and well lamped was
drawn out. On the Alabama mad,
the buck house known as the Cal
hottn House. and all the out budd
ing’s were enl ; rcly demolished. W.
A. Martin was s-riuusly hurt. Mr.
Marliu’s little eight year old b>>
was buried about f or feet iu the
ruin of brick and plunk but saved
bv bis father. The escape of ihe
family w«» fc ndrae'e.
A short distance southeast of
tbi scene of d -a-t>r in a tract of
f.reat, some fifty or sixty acrr3 in
«xtent, e.ery tree but one lies fl it
with the ground—a single pi"e
seppling stands in the centre of
litre circie of dtsoia'ion. Lack of
space will r.ol allow a det 't'edm n
ti'jn of the wholes le desttnotion
of timtier, houses, fenas anu other
property.
Iw We-t Armuchek —Ail the
hi usee on Y >ucg ai d Wall'll s
pi. ces excer' their dwelling housi-s
were u*'erly dernoli-hed. On#
dw-Tirg house "0 Si er.eei B »mar s
p.rtCc I t wri dews, e*y ; g the in
bub taut* entirely dsUilutv. Adam
Oiiffin, nn the C e nen’s place,was
left wiibout hou»eoi barn,his t>»rn
bring btfrivt with all his com
T .muss Neman w»* struck by n
piece of fly in.- tinder aid >* >.v
hurt. Several dwGWs blown
down and their inhabitants left
with out protection, be. ee- blown
down nCross the entire vadey, cov
er’ng a bei* of nearly two rnil**,t‘>e
main cyclone wue about three
hundred yard* wide. Tbouoai.de
of large tree* tying a ros« *ach oth
ei iu every direi t‘n Tue whole
scene is cue of inextricable confu
sion. A ball of rumbling fire wae
seen ju«t in font es the whirlwind.
luimeore branches of tree* were
torn from their trunks end carried
huudrtds of yarde. The very ele
enente seemed on fire, The winde
seemed confused, blowing n w
south, now east. The general di
rection of the cyclone whs from
southwest to northeast. Tke etnru*
lasted from five to ten minutes,
leaving utter drsoietion in its
track.
Pond .Spring, M ir. 31,1884
J'ditor Mctsefir/rr.
The weather for «he past few
days h»s be»n pieaeaut, end a con
tinuant* of the same for a f«w
mors days, will certainly wind up
the gru nbling about no chance to
plough. *an’t get ibe ir ground in
tix to plant and a thousand and
one other hindrra-cts that are
said to te in the «r, I s*e noth
ing now that cou'd deter the go
ahaad farmer, only tho genial ray*
o( tns warm sun.
Several of the farmers in this le
; c.tlity have turned tleir attend' n
to the cattle fcusin* ss. Calves that
m w sell h r five to twenty do! ars,
e mld wh«n I was a hoy, he bougui
forse’-euty-fite cents a'd consider
ed a high price at tha'; hence, vou
-ee what diflerenc i thirty to (orty
years time has brought about.
There aro some lino static being
fraught, into tht country, but the
man who has to work at $lO to sls
p«r month for his grnb, will never
he able lo purchase a horn of one
of those lice breed*—Jerseys and
Short Horns.
J 0 Hall has the finest ca'f 1 ev
er aaw—toe is only fourteen mouths
old and will weigh all of 1,( 00 ib*.
J M L»e has a Jey cow that
produces 3 pounds of b itier a day.
Buck says t e cream is so rich that
it has to be cut out mth a knifs
into small pieces in ordirthat the
churn dasher cau be forced tl rough
it.”
The fie hing sea-on is about j
here, and preparatioß* are being
made as fast as posihle to u e«t it.
The poor red worms will eufftr
end die f< r the two incoming
months. II jwever tbi* cm all be
done while corn s growing as it
will grow so fast that it will keep
the w-edg c okeil down.
I rec-ived a letter from my old
fri-nd DTHsII, the other day,
stating that he was at Vinit*, In
dian Territi ry. hunt'ngand fisbi- g
ai d haying a good time generally.
Though bad nothing to taK* along
with him on those excursions that
would cur* sn»K* bites. D ive, that
row you mentioned was occasioned
by your absence, so Tom says. Tom
says yon told it and Hal says Torn
told it, therefore could not amica
tily (elllothe matter without your
pr<s nee, therefore have deferred
the matter unl.l your return. I
guns you had better purchase a
gr p sack full of eeT-ahooters and
be prepared to meet those hostile
pentlemen on your return. How
ever, you know their nature and
cun govern yourself accordingly.
Perhaps » little Cordial would au
swerall purpose*.
From gome cause or other, there
isconeiderab esii'Knes* in the coun
try and an occasional death.
Mrs. Lewis Osborn, who lives
near Crawfish, died of fever on tie
29'h inst. I uidrtstand that Mr.
Osborn, had been living in Arkan
sas, a-d bad only be«n living in
this county about two wsiks. His
wife contracted tLe fatal disiase in
•he above mentioned Slate.
Will 1 relaud and lady have
both been quite »ick, bot are now
r- covering.
Tiiis d*y two wesK's, Ave Gleen
and J R O imp will leove us for
| the Indiau Territory to loo* at the
country; will be gone at oh one
month. I wjuldnot be surprised
to eee them return, minus their
sculps.
The roede bate dri<-d up now,
that mu can discover half tie
wspon and te»m above th" grourj.
Foi two months peat, ihe oniy way
io tall whee a wagon wa- pa*s’ng
! wag lo notice the sinking of the
mud in the roed as the wagon was
j drawn frem under it.
There ie consi-ier#bleex«ntena*n
get ling op between snrg' un ink
ers. O-e p-ir*y aey* te *ill nuts
I for the fourth. Bi'l P-rith says
! rath-r than he out doue. hswitl
! make for the seed and atrip them
' h meed; l e ca 1 lo k for a deelirn
in ll.is nrlici* r*xt fall.
I beni 1 1 u Ir* candidates bud
ding out; oppose in a month ot an
| they will >• in full nlnnoi as lie
hi'iog trot s are about over.
The long promised and looked
ifor Willie Miz< and his saw nil 1 ,
will he hero this week. Then I guts*
! there will be no excuse fi r net
bui ditg new hou.es and repairing
old ones. Also the dilapidated ft Id
and garden f<nc*s will liavu a
chance for renewal in ihe line if
improvements.
John Limber.
Thirteen Year*' D. sdcpsla.
“1 stiff red with dt sp-p-'a for 13
years.” Wri es John Albright Esq.
of co!umbus, Ohio. ‘‘.Sinuirdun
Neruine cured roe.” Ar it always
curr» secli disorders. At diug
giata.
Bring me y ur ehi' Ken*, eg, s
butter, rags, beeiwax. tailow, peas,
or any bauer ji>u niav nave, I wi|l
give you highest m irket prig-.
M A Cha*tai.v.
OurJTeiepnone
We advertise, free of charge,
Ist. For anyl ody - eslrays tl.at coiuo
into a neighborhood.
2nd. For subscribers in general—lost
property, estiajs, public sales, other
than legal.
rj. For farmer subscribers—anything
that they, as faroieis, may want to
buy or sell.
If a man's business is publio, an ihe
want* to leach tho public, the adver
tisement must he paiu lor,
John C Coin, four ndles south of
llntrgold, has th'rty-five head of
cattle for sale —from one to three
old. Call and look at thrra. 35
The popu ar Jack —h’ ick Dia
mond —belongirg to J W. & L. (J.
M.irgan, will stand the tueastt! sea
son at J hn M rgin's. 35
W W Gilbreath, six mites nnth
west ot town near the Duu G .p,l as
a young cow with first calf f>r anle
Wnl take $27 i:r her, and she is a
bargain nt t iat price.
C A W st, at Rutherford C>nrt
ground, in C-iestnut B'lat District
fas a good cow with n vou ui calf
for aaln. Will take S3O. 36
J T Thurman, Valley Store, has
an ei.jht year old mere, for sals, or
will sv-ap fir a year old mule
ol . 36
W 0 McWhorter, two mi es west
nf town l as a good cow, wi h -
ond calf for sale. 39
For sain—E ghtT acres of tho
B;ri jklß'id place on Lookout Motii
t tin, one mile tel w the Neai Gap
Appiv to S.*rry Barns, near VVa
terviße. 80
J DA lams, fntl-tt Gap, has a
go d yoonx cow I r sale, with
second < elf, thr b d iva old. 36
NuTICK —All persona lire herei.j
notified not to bite nr employ Tho
Mattoy. Col., without inv Ci«*i«i t
or permission As I tiav* a writ
ten contract with turn controlling
hig labor tor the j rerent ye»r.
Aril the 4ih 188*
Joseph Irwin,
M»h Marv Owen’* shawl i- at
Mr. A Beairds, Dug Gap; Duck
Creek Valiev.
At W L Beaird’s, Duck Cieck
Valley, uear Dug Gap, has an oil
cloth table cloth at his house
Supposed to belong ta Mr. Black
well.
That Haiman plough-i'.Ock and
twister you took from roy field
neat Lee’s lower mill, as you came
from Chattanooga on Saturday
night March 15ih, is ina ktd and
can he identified. It has been
used one season. 'I be stock was nev
er painted. B■, bring it back and
get the two frisb rived, or newr
dnaty red-oak cbi' keu coop slats
that ha* you: name on one of them.
I think you wear a No. 9 boot or
shoe with tap sole. I don’t know j
wh-ther you had a h g dog and .
little dog with you or nut when j
you got the plow (Friends wII |
pl.;ft-e look after this matter a* it’s
not the first off-nce ) 35
J B Henderson.
BZtRTO 3m| j&jg i-jOf
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WlH c
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
A »nnrrf or rnr» >y
Hrtngiu «CM» whulwimiMH. More economical
ihon Ik*. kio«i., and cannot be mild la
compeillloi. wIIT. Ibe mol:nude «f low fr»f,ekn*t
I wria*.i ■'•«** ar pHo*ha»e i-.wdr-r*. rtoL o 00l t
IN *»«. kOFAt Bai»o row*«»i:o., W*B-«rct
it f. 00t 12 ic'tmipg
Oaier Long Staple Siia Cotton.
T it' ki'i jit ti|in elehralod Cot
mu is now iejlt d tii'in two to
no dud u p-r t osnel. 1 ftn 1 r.r—
m.iii uny tjuwt'i'j’ icquind. P’i
sons tukirif fivv l.liiMn t r wore i an
hhxh tliv’.u on time, wi !i no o puja
ids No* Ist. If any dssirs to Uk
ill m on sharsa you m i do so and
uni ha» < all ii s cotton ami uuo
loutih of tbe a vd. ttis oth*-r thiee
to mills to lie d. l xered a: Ringgold
next f.ll sa< k» fori isbed .be .
<l. K R s tit A t . i
ftJ it. 0/1 Lit.
(lasing tint.
N’W is Hie time to ttcn c but’
esiiis. M e lii e »t<n k of Or.
lx .oi’s Vii l e o so l out tit cost
fir ■ ash,
R F R iikHson.
Trion F C' ft Us.
We h*ve frvent over *100.000.00 in deforcing
our riKltt to the Durham Dull MOtir tru-le-mark.
Undoubtedly be in to-day the most valuable BnJI
In the world. Now it stnnda to reason that we
couldn’t afford to protect him so fhorouehly if
SiI.ACKUbXI/N BULL IMKIIAM To.
ncco* of which he is the representative, wasn't
the BEST Nukokiuic Tobacco ever made.
The sale* of Blackwell's Bull Durham Smoking
Tobacco far exceed the*® of any other brand in
the world, simply twcauße it has neon, is, and will
be, the bewt thnt can In- made All dealers have it
Look lor UaUo-iuark ot the Bull on every package.
3E3L. W. PiEUGIiS..,
SUCCESSOR TO.
McMIIXIN & riUOE,
DEALERS IN
3300 ts c&? Slioss.
fhrv keep the be-t good* in «rnl»
dies IfliNttmanilcliilrcn'iittm' *boe* a
<al i and «rt him when joh t ome lo low n.
IR._ W. PRICE.
X2I wrl’f* -'r'-ct <'• ui'l l n m'ti'i T n'ii>.i"p,
11. P. SHELTON. •' T. HOWARD
SHELTON & HOWARD,
-Wliolt'HUlc Mftnnf cturer* of—
SaMes, ir», Mars,
—AM) DK.AI.EUH !N
Naddlery I lawlwHfe.
The leading merehanl* keep Ihcw £<-«<!«. A«k lb
them, they are Hie hot.
828 Market Street, CHATTANOOGA, TENN
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TEE GREAT ID 01 FRIGE MSS,
I EUGENE IIA3IMEL, Proprietor,
IDE-AXLEOR, xisr
uSigniND GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, |
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\V ISKTE MHIUTX, IjADEW 1 EORWE * *,
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FAACYHOME, UOXIERY,
COLLARS, | KIO.OLOVES,
CIFIS, | EAC’KM,
JEWELRY. j .AIHROIDERIE*.
SORNcR SEVENTH MARKET STS., M. BLOCK & CO.’S KE?/ BU!LCIfiG,
Chattanooga, ----- Tennessee. |
m SMI .H OB FRICE El
S““ 11 tmmmtmmmm *aM*«-i*«*ifcai.
WAITED.
100 M n Wo an in d (’Mldr.ii
to ptrU jt f iwbetrii’*. ,'a'i 'Hi t'
$ I*so t" 8 -0.) |t r d .y. Work
even dll' • Uhi i :Jr> In.use lo *'-.l
nil iel cp in. All n o SU V 'it iill
uittiisb .I " lint tur n n wry inv.
.Xil• s* Wi. IHi :Cl fit OUB flintd il
I’lllinn B ding ni l dll' I l'i i | t
IHrlm't till! lilt*)' will l>H I'l'OVld It
•or. Fnnt Finn, mi M *«i(vi Rid*.
O'iivo McFirt nds On I-m n mi
d es. Lik3a» & M’l.i.eh.
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ii ■i.irr I- 1
Can’t B t'xi’d!
THE WONDERFUL
BEE HIVE SYRUP.
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UOrUJIS. HO.VRSFXFSS. AS
TilM A f'ROn* Thrlil'NHSiS
OF TUT Flll'S'l IHFFI
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ALL PISFASKS 11F
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THIC WONDER.
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Bee Hive Syrup,
ConrpontiA of Honey, Tar and Tolu*
lr, is delightful to tako, Clear lilt
0»V*l»d, Sweet like Honov, perfectly
harmless and relieves like a ehmu.
< tiildren will ask for it. Kvory bottle
*itir»nte«l lo give SMlit.sfaction. I*
beats anything us ft* expoetotant, with
out M -kctiing the HotMioh. Minis ern
and Public Soeakois will fin i it the
vvrv ifti'ig to k*‘p I Ill'll voices* eltr.r.
Price 25 Cents a Bottle.
I'IIKCAREi) KY
M, BLOCK & Cl)., CHATTANOOGA.,
And for Suit* by
B. F. THURMAN,
L.iK Hi.
Music House of Mam
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liORRISON 4 WOODWARD/
Successors to Ruoff & Co.,
Market Btre>'t< l?rai Bti'road C/hmuo CE ATTi'KCCOA. TISIEKI&
Si a mif'»r l m ers of
Jroora, Saa h , Rcnr waul Window frame*
t 1 ;. n I Ira, RiaiAds £Pat!»i- lorn, IWuMldln**, Floorinjs
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And Dealers In—
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Clitzcd ilaili. may 3 82; ly
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DAIL.Y SIVCZ^rZZp
Importers and Maiiufuciurers of
Italian ami ,iin«*riran Warble, Foreign aad Do
niealie Urnnite.
MONUMENTS, TOMB-STcNES
a\i i ««\ e;it i s <■ :k m eti;wy wo n u.
Building Slone Constantly «n Band
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