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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION; TUESDAY. FJSBBUltY 12. 1884-TWELVE PAGES.
ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
TOE NE1VS OP THE WEEK IN THE
SOITHIRS STATES.
What the Southern Folks are Doing—The
* Latest News by Mail and Wire
to The Constitution.
Louisiana.
Xmr Oattixi. February s —/ante flrihnm, a
® X«»«. shot and killed hi. wife
then cut his own throat to day.
Mississippi.
VtCMBOao, February 8—The negroes in thi.
Ticinlij bayore-eutly been exienalreiy Tinlmhed
ih«TIJi.' ,ho Pre'ended to cure their
by he .'Wio* on ot handa. Ho to-day
r0 S be ? *v P< ! or 0,< i *oman who had come many
mtlea to be trea'ed of the hoardlngi o( several yearn.
He notrlangulahci behind the bare. 1
Arkansas.
Foil SMITH, Ark.,Febtuary7.—John Pettua waa
{ftallr ahot in the neck by John Walker near
Neilake, in Crawford county. Walker clalma the
Itet ?**., «e«Menial, and did not think tbo
i ho and Patina were rival
suitor* for the hand of the worn ah whom th*» latter
recently married, the affiir la rather auaptcioua.
Pettua did not live long enough to mako a ius:-
Florida.
Obancr shipments are coming through
with a rush. Fruit leaving Jackaoavilfe, Fia., Sat
urday at 6:30 p. m. reaches Cincinnati Tuesday, at
10:30p. ra . by the Jeaup and Atlanta short line.
Uaublo daily train* now leave JackaonvU.a by this
line, and one of ttt« trains feartua in tho morning
tnakea the trip to Cincinnati in sixty-eight tamrs
and twenty-live minutes, a dta'anc;)of 8JD m'W*,
Virginia.
Petersburg, February 4.—The handa employed
in the tobacco factories of this city, who struck on
the 14th of last month, iu consequence of a reduo.
tlou of 25 cents In their wages, returned to work
this morning In two of the largest factories, without
the reduction being restored. It is believed that
the rest of the strikers will shortly resume work.
South Carolina.
Columbia, 8. C . February 6 -A private letter
from a prominent farmer and merchant of Ninety-
Six. states that tho Florida emigration fever is rag
ingin that locality, and a considerable number of
whites and blank* bavo gone to the "land of flow
ers" to try their fortune there.
The knowh
Smalls negro,
congress.
Judge It. B. Carpenter, of Washington, D. C.,
coming back to Columbia to enter into a law pa
oersfilp with District Attorney 8am W. Melto
They will make a strong legal team.
The veteran journalist. Colonel John W. R. Pope,
is now on the sis IT of tbo Charleston News and
Courier. As soon as ho left the Register he was en
gaged by Cantata Dawron, who entrusted him with
some delicate statistical work, which he, better
than any other mau in South Carolina, can per
form.
From the Columbia, A C., Register.
A tew days ago a teacher in one of our schoolL
was exerctatug her class ta definition of woria and
tbo writing of a»ntcncra. "Deceitful," said ahe,
"means false," and ahe told one of the scholars, a
tow-headed boy, to write on hisslatn a sentence with
"diccittal" In it. He scratched his cranium,
looked at the celling, and then ran bis pencil over
the slate. "Read what you have written." tho
teacher said. "My ma has deceitful teeth," was
wh* t tho bov read. The teacher laughed and the
boys laughed, and they laughed so long it was time
that It waa Hu< • Mtabt* caw. ant) yuan* Aber-1 youn* man of Fort Mill 8 C.. who waa Jhol Mon-
crorablo waa remanded to jail to await the action day afternoon by Ford Knox, a negro desperado,
of the grand jur* tt the next term of the Lee i died thla morning at six o'clock. Large scou t log
count? circuit conn. ... parties ar« searching the country for the murderer.
JfoxrGtjMCxv, February 7 —£ataf«I*y a lynching A majoritv of the scout* are colored people,
at Lafayette, Ala., arouses ire people, and the state Salisbury, February S.-The large mill on the
pressiaotjMdemntng mobsard lynch Jaw in Ala Rimer gold mine property, near Faltabuir, wav
bama Thei (talma Times editorial protest, lndlg. I burned to the ground last Saturday uUht. it was
nanny detailing over twelvo lynching* In the last I the largest mill bouse In North Carolina, and con.
two year* in Alabama. meets hearty approval, f talued a very largo amount of machinery, includ-
. A «? ®nkno*n suspicions character waa shadowed tog • flue and coatly engine, all of which waa de
byJ olio man charies Murphy to night. Emerging J atrojed by the fire. The prope'ty had been Mo*
from king a foundry, near the depot, and being j Idle some time, the owners being non-residents of
hailed to stop, he ran, and was fired at. He / the state. The low will reach f&.Ok); amount of
FIViSi512* lhe A » t ‘ ,limft river, was seen sinking, | insurance unknown. It was the work of an incen-
Frou'lht Raleigh, N. C., Observer.
At last tldiugshavocome from K. J. Jenks. the
man who two weexs ago eloped with the little
Pearson girl from Apex. Jenks writes to a friend
in Chatham county, laying that he and the girl
to go home before they recovered.
Texas.
Austin, Tex., February 4.—Tho notorious Ben
Thompson, who, pistol in baud, recently cleared a
dining-room half filled with members ot tho late
Cattlemen's convention, and who, last night, as
sauPru W. A. Biwen. correspondent of tho San
Autouio Express, today became insult-
el at strictures in* the Austin States-
mao, entered the composing room.
proprietor of the Statesman.that he wou’d hold him
personally responsible for further publication*.
Caines replied that ho would treat him the same
as auy other man. A force of twenty men and a
number of police are stationed about too Statesman
office to-night. Thompson Is drinking heavily.
Austin. February 5—Uoarip around the lobbies
and hotels thIt creuing h brisk end interesting. It
is said that the anpropilatlon of (50.003, tobe placed
at the dlsposalof the governor, was a shrewd up k
on tho part of the legislature to throw the responsi
bility for the preservation of tho peace on the ex
ecutive.
How the governor will act Is now a matter of In-
* * * — - - J ——— and
con-
„ __ J the
fence troubles. I n any event, It will be a flue
chanco to test tho strength of the executive back
bone, and theexperimeut will he watched with iu
Austin, February 6 —Tho legislature on Monday
virtually completed the work of the session. Fence
cutting has oven made a felony, and the enclosure
of property of small land owners In a large pasture
raw auioiug wane tuu uuitt ui isuw
* utters, those moved by tho spirit of lawlessness
and communism, are turned over to the governor,
who is provided with IW,000 to use In their sup
Pl wll!ro,'February 5.—Tho Examiner of Tuesday
morning contained «q article headed "gomuihlng
Rotten," which was a scatutng assault upon the
city officials, especially In the couduct of the re
cordcr’s court. 1’eople who -read It said "thia
ought to furnl*h tome fun." Yesterday altera* on,
RecordcrlttrinkcrboffAud Ur.John E.FAgln,manager
and cal-f proprietor of the Exam
iner, met at Watkins's book store,
corner Fourth and Austin streets. The recorder
asked; "Are you responsible for that article head
ed‘Something RotteoT’" Mr. Elgin replied that
he was. The next thing the bystanders knew the
recorder's fl*t had planted a heavy blow ou Mr.
Elgin's face, and that gentleman was stumbling to
the ground. The recorder did a Utile more pound
ing, but bystanders ran tu and pulled him away.
WEaTHERfoRD, Texas, February 7—The boy
Hemphill, who waa accidentally shot by his father
at his home on Clear Fork, nine mites east of
Weatherford. two weeks ego, has died from the ef
fects of the wound. The mother of tc e child is re
ported in almost a dying condition, and tho
brother uearly frantic with grief over the sod sect-
dent. A warulug to aU to handle pistols in the
house with care. _
Alabama.
Gadsden, February 3.-A most Important trial
-waa concluded here yesterday, Iu voicing the liber
ty of the pram. In 1879, Mr. W. A. Graham, editor
of theSentiuel, wrote au article criticising Judgo
Whitlock, who waa tkcu ou the bench. The judge
waa very much exasperated and brought auit for
Hbei. Thecrae wassetln Itowsh county, a hun
dred miles distance froip the editor I home, and
haa J tut been tried. Messrs. KU U and Watdenap*
M.mi for the prosecution, and Messrs. J. if. CSfd-
85ur. H ftaSaoTiSd B F. Wilson for the do*
Until. Th, IrUl .wolre th, BWtrtI intMtthtiiKl
the remit wtueaxlouslr .wilted. Theepeech of
Mr. Denson wsa a superb effort, and evoked euthu-
«lam. Mr. Walden waa brilliant, but th® J ,lr 7 de
clared a verdict of "uot guilty, aud the liberty of
the press in Alabama was vindicated.
Tho expense of me trial has been heavy, over
twenty witnesses belugsummoned. The total runs
* . - _ * ..on t. __l » lh .1 lha Peru (Lk.U«Ut nil
up toovt
of Alabai
rights of
3 S«t«o*Srf KKa«r< —TtwieeS. NeDnuld,
of Hertford i.'oom rartmijr, tho mc»t prmperou.
eadmccei*fulaier -h»Dtof thet Mctloa, Hied ,ud-
d The trUIofVluflSweW Alebemt n Fred Wolff),
retired at 11 o'clock yesterday morale* At»oin-
turned a verdict at 1:90ip. m.,to^ay lor PJ5J-
This was the amount ola draft payable to \ lucent,
state treasurer, which was taken by VVolff-r s agent,
while to wasabaeut. 1 he charge of the court wa*
that the manner the draft was psvable was con*id
eted notice that the drsit belonged to thestate. The
verdict was in favor of WoJffe, as to the balance the
state claimed. Wolffe wUl appeal to the supreme
court, the opinion of nis couovd being, *hatunder
the circumstances said draft was uot the property of
Joseph P. Johnston, of Selma. Ala., a prominent
lawyer and recent chairman of the democratic
executive committee of the stale of Alabama,
tendered and has accepted the pfalUonol pr^ideni
• of the new National btnk of blimiugham.AU. The
stlection reflects credit ou the jU«mc«m^OBtocael
Johnston btltg considered au able flaancteruui
^ThemfaSteu^peraonsln all who occupy th^ Ttl-
lam* bnjiding.snd nine iu ih® bulWjnfknnwn
as Use old Augusta house, beverH dlohth-rta c«w
already reported occurred at tliewe hwo
both of which have been thoroughly dt»Iof«rted.
and the entire preml escieensed and well sprinkled
with lime. . .
OftuK*. February 8-la the preUmtiurT triel
of Jeu A. Abercrombie, cbui.ff «ib ktllloj
Nuibel Henry Her) Urn Friday, tie j tulle* derided
broken iu bheffidd to-day for a railroad to connect
that place with Birmingham. The western ex te n
sion of the Georgia Pacific from Columbus. Ml**,
to Blrmlugbsm, is to be comuleted and probably
meet the rtheiU.-ld road near Jasper, about forty-
five miles west oi Birmingham.
Montgomery. February 5— Martial Slrobache
departed for Washington, expertiug, j er-
haps, a reconsideraUon of tbo seuato
vote refusine to confirm him. Meantime be holds
on to the office, his term only expiring with the
present senate. Applicants for the manhalshlp ar
Retting uutnrrous. The atalwarts. hslf-brceda aud
Independents are claniortug for themselves or
ftlends. Osborn is expected to-morrow.
From the Kdwsrdvllie, Ala. btaudard.
We l* araeJ from Mr. E. N. Barker, who visited
ottr oflliM) last week, that he saw on Mr. Thomas
Roberts' pine?, near Rosewood a few days previous.
lamb was died when Mr. Barker saw it. Mr.
Roberts brought U to town Haturday. aud after ex
hibits git, had It placed in a glass Jar. and then
had the jar (Hied with alcohol or »pir ts. The
lamb hau eight distinct legs, with ouly two sets of
ribs, one heart and three kidneys. 1 he twins
jolued together at the ueck. You can see it by
calling on the sheriff.
Hot Spkixgs. February 9,—A terrib’e tragedy was
euatued ou the streets of the city this morning at
about it o'clock. Three brothers named Fra tig
Jack and William Flynn were proceeding home in
a hack when a party of seven men, armed wiib
double barrel shot suns aud Winchester titles,
stepped out from the door of the saloon and
■pttfied tire. The FI- nus were armed, but tho
ttack war totally unexpteted. Jack
Flynn was shot through ibo fore
head by a ball from a Winchester
nflo, and died In a few minutes. William wm
shot through the breast, end the wound will
probably prove fatal. Frank received a rhot
through the hand, inflicting a slight wouud.
Frank Hall, driver of the hack, was shot through
the hack oi tho neck, aud dJt dan hour afterward.
R»bert Uargreave. a bystander, was shot through
the brers* Ho will probably me. J. H. Craig, i
prominent lumberman, received a charge of buck
shot through the back, and
conflitiou is co:ifclde«c<l precarious.
Hnieulty originated some weeks ago in an
of Frank PJyun lo prevent one Doran from
openit-g a gambling h< mc. It culminated at the
time in Doran maaluga cowatdly attempt to assas
sinate Frank, failing In which he fled the city. He
returned a few nights ago, but Flynn wss unaware
of hi* pretence iu the city umll the fatal volley
ej»ehed on him. ________
Tennessee*
Chattanooga, February 6—A month ago Samuel
MlUcr mysteriously disappeared from this city
leaving a wife to whom ho had recently married,
The most diligent search and Inquiry failed to
dlioover his whereabouts. It is said ho wsa behind
with contracts which he had ou hand, and he nad
left to get r!1 of hi* creditors. Recently parties
aud contented. The letter la full of blaekgnt
Jenks enoloses in it a "cut" of the hotel at which
he Is stopping. He says the hotel haa one thouiaud
rooms.
Charlotte, N. C., February 7.—A large party of
armed men with a peck cl bloodhounds, are scour
ing the woods around Fort's nJlH for Ford Knox,
tbo negro outlaw who murdered Will Durant last
Monday. He will certainly be lynched If caught.
The negroes are iolnlcg tu the search.
From tho Charlotte, N. C\, Observer.
Thtro waa a big row at the colored graded school
yesterday when Bettie McDaniel appeared among
the startled scholais, with blood iu her eye, an<t
■ailed Into Profewor Ratley with the Intention
of reducing him to a spot of grease. It came about
in thla way: Bettie had an uuruly sou going to
school aud yesterday morning the boy had a fight
in the achoolhouae yard with another young ward
of the nation. They were parted and ordered to
go into the house. Bettin's son refused to obey,
Hudaftertcuffiiug with him a while Frofemor Rat
MORMON REVOLT.
A HIGH TIME AMONG THE>SAINTS
.IN COLORADO
Dsladed Cos vert# From Kentucky and Georgia Klok
Over the Traaea-Sensations! Exposure of tho
Shameful Methods Practiced by Mormon
Missionaries—1 bo Elder* Alarmed.
wife lo Texas, and his real uatoe is William Ham-
monel. Hammond married a young and beautiful
lady in that state, lived with her ouly a few days,
then deserted her. This was a few month* ago,
aud tho laws of that state will not grant a divorce
until tbo deserting party has been anseut twelvo
are oue and tho same person aud has two wires, «a
it is believed, there sill be an effort made to flud
him and bring him to justice. Tho matter is stir-
Mi'll UP ** 0usat * uu 1111(1 11 will not go well with
The university of the Methodist church w-~ ...
rated to day with Imposing ceremonies Bishop
Wyley presided, and the members of tbo board of
trustees of the Methodist Episcopal cducatioaal
fund wero present. It will bo the central Metho
dist university la the south. (80.000 will bo spent
this year.
The Tennessee river, at this place, Ison a regular
boom. L ite this evening its height was tweoty-
two feet and rising very rapidly. Fears of a (1 md
ere growing in the minds of tho citizens, and some
fltis of tbo city aro now several Inches underwa
ter. All the stroams above arerhiug with unpre
cedented rapidity,
Nahiyiu.k, 'icnn., February 5.—A special from
Cu'iacon. Chihuahua, Mexico, iays Judge lleury
Cooper, formerly United (Rates senator from Ten-
u« astro, was killed by robbers near that city yestor-
day. lie was manager of tho fsmoua Folk
silver mine and left hero In Novem
ber with f >00,000 to pay tot
debts oi tho concern aud start a mill. Soon after
hit arrival in Mexico he wrote back that he back
struck very rich orv, many pockets running a thous-
pose of purchasing supplies when he was
Tneminols sit rated high up in tho Sierra Madro
mountains aud the country between it aud Culla-
con is Infested with robbers.
Sunbrigut, February 6.—A terrible accident oc
curred near this place yesterday. A young man
by the name of Allen was watching at night at the
cut just right of the village aud was struck, it Is
auppttied. by No. 6 ruDUlug south and instantly
killed. He was found by the night tunnel watch
as no waa coming in Irom work. An Inquest waa
held by L. U. Hotter, and a verdict given in ac
cordance with the above facta. The body was laid
out, and as there could be' no relatives or friends
round who would take charge of it. it will be buried
Hero to-morrow. Both legs were broken above the
knee and bis neck dislocated. It is thought that he
must have been asleep.
From the Chat ta tooga, Tennessee, Tim ?*,
a prominent memoer ot the Baptist church yes
terday re»lv.*d a letter from sort Worth, lexaa
detailing another chaotcr of the Miller disappear
ance torn this city s-verel weeks atucu. Tho gen.
Human writes that Milter went under the name of
William Hammond while in Fort Worth, where hu
married a Ml*s Bloke), but only lived with her*
abort time, when he disappeared and nothing has
been hcaid of him since. He aleostatea that receut
was compelled to leave them on account of killing
a negro, who. It 1* alleged, insulted his daughter
Miller Informed Mr HelvJge, of the Alabama Great
Boutbera shop*, that he had a family In Fort Hoott,
or near that place, and nuucated that he would
not mention It to any one. it waa also ascertained
that Miller has a wife in southern Michigan, where
le is said to oe «t present Ills fonrth wife, whom
ro marneu in thi* city, is in Franklin. It is now
known beyond a doubt that the letter, introducing
if tiler to the pastor of the First Baptist church, la
* ftUMMi'is, February 7.—The jury in the case of
.At Haley, a young man charged with killing Al
exander Dunlap, an aged negro, last summer by
euttluic bis throat with a butcher knife, returned a
verdict at noon to day of not guilty. This waa
Haley’s second trial, he having been convlctad/>f
murder In the flis. degree, but anewttlalwas
granted on a taw technicality.
From the Knoxville, Tenn., Tribune.
W* heard yesterday of a sad affair which hap
pened Iu Emmett's cove, Bevler county, iMgweek.
A child, about two years old, followed Its mother
to the yard when she went to mtik, while Playing
abut the pen, waa caught by a bog, diawn lu, and
o badly hurt that ttdtad tho Injuries.
North Carolina.
CBABLorrg, February 5.—Yeatarday, near Fort
Mill iu Cabaius county, Mr. Will G. Durant at-
mptcdto arrest Ford Knox, a notorious negro
desperado. Knox aurrendeted, and watching his
ebauce, shot Mr. Durant.
As Mr. Durant fell, be drew his remaining pistol
and rlrlng irom tbo ground find three rbota In
rapid succession at the retreating negro. None of
the shots took affect, and the desperado, with an
other bloody deed added to bis record, waa once
Hg-tlu beyond the grasp of the taw. Mr Dunut re
ceived the bullet in his bowels, and though suffer
ing the keenest sjf' uy, he mounted bis horse with
the Intention of riding btek u> Fort MUL It was a
lonely ctrctch of road and no hubun aid was at
moat dying man found
hlm*elf cl«.*; to a house, and making bis way to it,
was taken In by tbe occupants. A messenger was
at once dl«patchcd lo Fort Mill, where tbe news
wsa given and two physicians, accompanied by the
wound* d msn'a wife, at once left for hla bedside.
An examination of h)s wound showed it to be of a
most tetiou* character and it waa at was at once
pronounced dangerous. It was not expected that
he could survive.
Mr. Dnraut Ua
Fo'l Mid, and ntmmvu auiugawrui iuo nw m »
lUm Pnlfv-r, of lb's city. Knox, the perpetrator of
ibe deed. I* a derperate character and U a danger
ous man, held in fesr by white aud colored people
alike This Is bta third de*-d of blood. Bometims
ago. in a fit of jeaiouay. be killed a negro man near
Inducement it would be a good thing for Governor
Jarvis to UnmedUtely offer a good reward for Knox’s
capture.
charlotte, February A—Mayor Maxwell yester
day r **ived a letter from Dr. J. L M. Curry, agent
for the Peabody educational fu«id, stating that ha
had donated the sum of thirteen hundred dollars
to the graded schools of Charlotte. This will he
good news to tbe patrons of our flourishing schools.
1 Charlotte, February 5.—Mr. Will Q. Durant, the
uu.icu him Into tbe h<m*e. In tho meantime,
nmeof tbe scholar? ran to Betlle’a house and told
about tbe trouble, wbeii she jerked up her bonnet
auu sought the professor. 8be got into the school-
house aud bt-gau* going through tho room* until
she came to the one tt;;)fc**or Ratley was in
when the unlitnbered hetfotiKUe. The unoffeud
lng tmeher tried to explain the matter in the bopo
of pocIf/Yng In r,but he rwrath only waxed warmer
•ml when tne profsssor tried to show her the door,
she gavo him it hug that almost broso his ribs,
and avery lively scrimmage ensued. Bottle, with
a woman’s instinct brought her teeth into play
and sinking them Into the professor's hand held on
like a ’poMom tu 'simmou tree in a gale. Tho
profes or was engaged In the valagloiiou* attempt
to chrke her bold loose, when another teacher
came to hi* rescue and the row was stepped. The
pirtfoi will he before the orator this morning.
From the Charlotte Ootervcr.
Mr. Louis, F. Derick, of Baltimore, who owns
the l'restdeut Madison pl<«ce, Montpelier, in Vir
ginia, gave a few p tint* snout his larra and what
he docs ou it. This historical old farm Is one of
the finest iu Virginia and embraces 1 0V> acres
of laud I.a-t season Mr. Detrick sow#d 200 sens
In wheat, from which he threshed 6,4IC bushels
clean gram. Tbe farm looks pretty much *■
did In President Madison's time, only it has be
considerably improved and 1* worsed by modem
machinery. Mr. Detriik is what iscalied a tig far
mer and is one of tbe few who are maklug for
tunes out of this occupation.
SMALL SOUTHERN ITERS.
Meridian, Misn., haa 29 lawyers.
North Carolina haa 143 newspapers.
Hind connty, Miss, has a school debt of S175.600,
Eight United States senators are natives of Ken
tucky.
Fort Davis, Texas, 1*5,203 feet above the level
the sea.
A Wartcn county, Ky., man haa a cat thirty-two
years old.
A large cotton seed oil mill will soon bo erected
in Tampa, Fla.
Live Oak, Fla., gardeners and track farmers are
preparing to plaut.
There is a man in the Mississippi legislature
named Christmas.
The North Texas spring racing circuit opens April
1, at Gainesville.
Theroare forty- four counties in Tonnesice that
have Iron iu theta.
The Memphis board of underwriters aro reported
i having disbanded.
A severe drouth Is predicted for Texas during the
coming crop season.
The population of Jacksonville and suburbs,
o* estimated at 18,740.
Tho Arkansas state Press association will be held
at Fajetteville, May 7th.
A Howard county. Atkanstf, man got 150 pounds
of houey from one bee tree.
R. H. Overall, of Coleman, Texas, is worth 92,-
000,000 In cattle and land.
Christian county, Ky., la tbe leading wheat and
tobacco county In the state.
The state press aKsoclatlon of Arkansas will bo
held at FavettevilJe. May 7tb.
Tho Grand Divisions Hons cf Temperance meets
at Athens, Tenn., April 21'Ji.
Tne Dairymen's convention will meet at Jackson,
Tcnu., februkry 13th and 14th.
Two hundred and twenty-one couples were mar*
rlcd Ju Grave* county, Ky., Ju 1883.
A rsca pony only thirteen hands high was sold
receutJy at 8ea)y, Texas, Jorfl.OCO.
Tla has been dlsoovered at King's mountain,
Cleveland county, North Carolina.
Alabama la now balldlng quite a number of
flourishing young towns aud cities.
A seventy year old lady in Bourbon county, Ken
tucky, is cutting her second set of teeth.
In 1882 Ban Antonio, Texas, shipped 7,£07,251
pounds of wool, valued at 12,WW,000,
A magistrate In Hickman county. Ky., waa paid
three coon skins for marry log * couple.
'Tla now ascertained that the oat crop of Ala
bama was not killed by the wet weather.
Tha carnival at Mobile on the 2tth and 25*.h of
February, promises to be a erilHaut affair.
Roanoke, Va., is to have a cotton factory which
will give employment to at least 860 hands.
Oil wells have been discovered near Itladon
Bprlugs, Ala., which promise great results.
TheState Medical society, of Tennessee, will hold
Its annual meeting in CUatiauonga, April 8th.
The Indications point to a larger building boom
this spring than Nashville has ever seen before.
The Alabama state democratic executive com*
mltteo will meet In Montgomery ou the 14th Inst.
A ripe watermelon was pulled near Jacksonville,
Fla., a few days ago. It neighed twelve pounds.
Pensacola. Jacksonville. Tallahassee, and other
places In Florida, speak of having public libraries.
A great proportion of the early lambs were frosen
to death o*er Kentucky during the cold weather.
Borne 2 862 new buildings wera erected In Balti
more in ltH3,at an aggiegatecoat of about |3,0UU,000.
A silk farm has been establhhed fn Powbattan
county, Virginia, by a number of Froucb families.
Tbo Into cold spell there waa non Ice In the Tal
lapoosa river, Alabama, than waa aver seen before.
In tbe panhandle of Tr xsa Ice has been gathered
and housed from the pouds eight lucheeln thick
ness.
Jefferson Davla has erected a floe monument to
Bis benefactress, Mrs. d. A. Dorsey, at Natchez,
*1l»a.
Greenville, Texas, le connected by telephone
with Dallas and all Important points in nohh
Texas,
Orangeburg, South Carolina, Is to have an arte*
klsu well to supply the town and factory with
water.
Tho republican state executive committee of Ten-
rssee wUl meet lu Nashville on the ad j( this
month.
Petri buttons are turned out by the bushel
dally eithebuttou factory in Rhea county, Ten-
learnt.
Tbe mardt gras roctetiea In Selma, Ala, are mak
ing preparations to celebrate the day in a becoming
manner.
The LeConte pear tree trade of Florida!* Increas
ing very much, the growers In Jiflenoncoituiy
will put out over two hundred thousand cuttings
this year.
In Sooth Carolina, tbe predictJoo Is, a magnifi
cent seaeou for the planting and cultivation of the
rice crop.
O. W. Went, of Texas, owns one pssturo of 125 OCO
acres, and considers a check for f100.00J a rather
small affslr.
Tbe recent cold weather killed the foliage of the
live oak trees at San Maicoe, Texas, which taan un
usual thing.*
Borne 275 Cf,7 loaded can raised in and oat of
Louhville, Ky., iu 1(83, on the various roads cen
tering there.
Bcovllle Jit Cnlpepper are already making ar*
rangementa tor tho rebuilding ot the Huwanee
Spring hotel.
The whisky sold by Louisville, Ky., dealer* lu
IV*.. amounted to 145,(0u barrels, aud waa worth
•6.900.CO0.
Mr. Herman, of Hermsuvllle, MIm . on the S. J.
and C. railroad. Is planting an orchard of 1,800
peach trees.
Mr. W. P. West, of Ravenna, Fannin county,
T»xas. has a feather bed which has been In use
eighty years.
Tbe Oxford theater at Housum.Texaa. was closed
ou the 4 b Inst by creditors. The claims against it
amount to 15,800.
There are now four coal mines In active operation
fn Laurel county, Ky., with a production cf thirty-
five carloads a day.
Tbe Fifth regiment ot Baltimore will take a trip
to New Orleans. Two hundred have been enrolled
for tne excursion.
From lha Cincinnati Knquirrr.
MjtNawx, Co mu os County. Uol., February
There la a big revolt here of Kentucktaua and
Georgians from the Mormon church. The Mor
mons la this Colorado colony are nearly all from
therouthern states. There are, as uearly as I can
make out, about two hundred Mormon missiona
ries scattered throughout tbe southern states, work
ing like heavers for the glory of tbe Mormon
church. Theclass they work upon la mostly the
comfortable, solid class of small farmers who here
homes of their own, and, without much ambition
to rise in the world, have always been ebove want
and have tho meant, by turning their property Into
cash at a ruinous sacrifice when this Mormon craze
strikes them.
It will aid those unfamiliar with the methods of
the Mormon church to proagate its faith to explain
that this missionary labor is not the sacrifice, the
sublime abnegation of private Interests that on its
face it appears to be. Stripped of all sentimental
drapery, the naked facts show It to be a ichcme
decent crop In the six years we’ve been here. can't J mused by the cowboys on horseback with their
raise fruit, end we have to haul our fire-wood Jasroos. A cow Is driven out and her calf follows *
nineteen miles." a rope is thrown and tbe cslf
x. a. LAUfi. cr Tannin c ounty, geoboia, canght by the foot and Jerked down Th* differea
owners hare tbcDown branding traps beaten rv*dy
SAVING XOVM OS PKItCKNT.tGg.
Every missionary goes at bia own expense. Why
do they want to got Why do they clamor to be
sent:
The nun who clamors to be sent as a miralonary
considers the little perquhttes. the shabby honors,
the tinseled glories and the fat dlvidcuds.
warns to go on tbe mission because it is the first
gTeat steptopreferment.
"I am not a Mormon, but my wife Is. I came ont
on her account. About fifty converts came from
that section. There wero eight Mormon mlralona-
ries working about there. My wife tbniijiht »he
could lire her religion better ont hero in Eton and
gn-aHy dtuppolnfed* n,ote * uUjr * team
"I am disappointed lu tbe climate. There Is
commonly a good snow hero every month bul July,
fod we bad boon told that tne summer was a de-
llahtful season and that big crocs wero raised,
ilieu the eldera told us that they had an arrange
ment with Hod by which the climate should be
gradually changed hero lu this Zion and made
warmer.
VEL1E n. MOYER, OK ROME, FLO VP COUNTY, GEORGIA,
•T csrne west to Join the Mormons In 187c. am a
native of Lluuoln county, Tenn , but lived In Rome
28 years; have eight children out here with me; am
awsgonmaker. I was converted to Monnonbm in
J»;6. There wero a good many Mormon mlMtoua
ries In Georgia; six er seven in theneUhborhood of
Rome. You would not think It was tne same roll-
fjfon. Blasphemy la shockingly common, and Sab-
tlpone another, but it Is
bath breaking la the rule.
"There ta great *t ** *
people here. We try
very hard, and there is much actual suffering.
V err many pi them aro suffering for food, actually
suffering. Nobody nan make crops here. Tbe
Mexicans do not do it. and th.se I uh folks can't
do It. «'■ too cold. Our wheat does not ripen till
As lougas wo thouxnt tho thing was»qu*ro
re willing to vote together, but wheu weeatne
to believe that we were being sold out. we revolted
at the last election. I was oue of the Hist revolterr,
and 1 wss immediately suminoucd to *p-
• --- •• •- discipline
for use. and tha mark of the cow is pui upon iu
calf. The pmoesy to done very rapidly, as hlch a
number as 103 an hour having been branded. The
hot iron tarns themerk into the shomder of ihe
calf Males are lassoed and thrown down* and
made steers at thesrsme time,
Tbta "rounding up" process Is generally a very
fsiriy conducted piece of basinets, though some
times (he small owner* get trlckei oui of their
calves- The term "round up" has bccomo of gen
eral use in that section, and tome minister who
wss seeking to gather in ehurch members and es
tablish his church used the expression much to the
amusement of his Georgia hearer.
There are many remarkable ft at arcs or the cattle
bufinesc. Some time without any warning a caw
will suddenly throw up her toil aud head and begin
bellowing, aud start furious^ on a rnn In a sonth-
erly direction, a* If bitten by a bee. The other*
follow suit, and the whole herd ta seen plunging
madly oiT south. The country ta subject to what
are called nonbera-ccld, cutting, pitiless winds
that bite Uke a knife. The cow ten some tnitludtlre
warning of tnese northers about three hours before
they come, feels It In her bones, as it were, before
hand, and by some mysterious inspiration of
nature strikes impetuously for gullies and bUUidee
or other shelter fur protection from the fury of the
northern. During a winter cows have drifted fifty
miles south watil Ju successive High to from norther*.
It 1s a comical Spectacle to any oue, and to the un
initiated, it puts them to wonaerlug at the fmoRtal
Desk
Thero are many drawbacks to that country. The
water is generally Dad. Water ta n/ccn carried flro
gin with to make a street* of It.
THE RISING RIVERS,.
tho
gratlon at Now York.
’EJUECUTIMO A fcEVOl.TEE.
disgusted, he spnstetJzeri—stood up openly sgslnst
broken, his crops trampled and destroyed. Next
the ditch was broken when it was hU turn to Irri
gate. He knew what it alt meant, and It only
made him the madder and tho mnro de
termined. He could not sell out; uobodjr
would buy. He might bavo got away If *
had gono quietly before the sun was up a
left his property behind him, but he couldn't
that. He wss a man of spirit, and he began
•pe k bis mind. He sntd that as soon as he cot
f et awsy he would go hack to Geontia. and h
Ike to see the Mormon church got auy more u
verts from that reaton after he had told his story
In the newspaper*. In December 'bis txdd man
died. He died away from home His body
was found two or three days after tie
mined. Tha coroner’s, jury raid
was snow-slide. Tbo i-onmer's jurv
were all good Mormons They w«-r<* alto good
neighbors, for they inristed ou laylug him our u ul
fixing him for the grave fhemtetaes, to save bin
Wife’s feel loss. Butthowlf.i medd'nd when left
alone with thooorps*, and dixcovered a bolo In tho
breast Ju«t over tho heart: but she w« a woman *
sense, aud she let tho funeral proceed quietly
— -*■- *—*- “pon hi—'
udy hi
slide,
— ..-l his
that if the man bsd been caught lu such a »
.. .. iiverlzid. Thatt
to get away from this
Colorado colon v, for It 1s only nine mile* to a "Gen
tle" village. The fare, however, back to Kentucky
where many of the colonists ate from ta ab.mi f.W
for etch Individual, and to a poor mm wtib a fam
ily IhU 1«something of an obstacle. To TenniMkO.
Georgia and Virginia tho obstacle is greater
This colony was founded about six years ago,
and the greater number of southern converts ►li.w
then has been seut here. Probably two thousand
in all have come, but there have never been so
cany here at once, and It is doubtful If there aro
more thau nine hundred southerner* here now
8omo have gone home, some bock as far ns Kausss
where they have settled oil government laud, nud
others have dtapersed to different parts of the slate.
Of tbe sixteen hundred Inhabitants claimed f.»r
the colony at present about two fifths are from
Utah They ar* sent hero because tney tinder
stand tbe Mormon motive better than lican be im
parted tosoutheniHS. .
Fully half tho southerner* in the colony have
lately broken into open revolt, and there l* every
reason to hopo that all will soon Join In denouncing
the cruel deception by which they were ludnced • -
end tlmberiese, whose firewood haa to bo hauled
nineteen miles.
TILLING rtont WOW TO TOTE,
About two months ago there was » disturbance
among them on account of arbitrary moasuras em
ployed to compel them to vote the ticket lu tl—
vember election which tbe priesthood had die
Fourteen at them had drawn up a petition to the
"Find Counsel" of the church at Halt Lako City,
praying for redress. Anti-Mormons advised them
nottownd it, but to take an iwtepom'ent course
and hold their ground. I>ed by William L Ball, of
Russ'dl county. Virgiuta, Felix B. Mayer, of Romo,
Georgia, and J. If. Tottv, oi Hickman couuty,
Tennessee, they did so, and now belt the aoutbi-rn
era lu tbe colony are wltn them, and havo wlto-
drawn from tho church, and the rest are ou the
Tne so firings these people have passed through
since leaving home, their religious disappointment,
their hopelns poverty, their heroic stand for the
right when driven to toe wall, all enUtlo them to
ICH UJJVUJI IO 14)V »»», »»»» KUUIIB ItICJJJ HI
greatest and kindest oousl'.erallou Dom "the
folks at home. '
■AMUSI. YMUtOS, OF OtUYSON COUNTY. KENTUTKY.
"Mr. I'resoni. you have heard the atmemout of
Mr. Milter. l»i you concur lri hta view*?"
"He Isn't half strong enough. You can Just say
to the folks at home, for me, (hat Instead ot fludlug
tbe Xion the Mormon mlMlouaricv told us about
out hero, we've fouud bell. You can Just my it"
hell—tbe worn kind ot a hell. Why, tnem elder
back In Kentucky need toplc'ure to us how happy
ant prosperous we'd all be out hero together In tots
R rden of paradise: bow't thero wouldn't bo noih-
g but uultv and love between us, walking In the
wavsof the Lord, and helping on* another."
JAMES M. fcl’ENCaa, FROM LOUISA, FLEMING COUNTY,
KENTUCKY.
"What Induced you southern people to break off
iron the Mormon church, Mr. Upencer?"
"Wo found out as Boon a» we got out here and
saw bow things was that we’d been taken In, and
that set ns a thinking. We found out that some
these Utah people 'mongst us here were proc
* •*---* -j*i to begin
he Mormon
... — affairs, and
te<ta us who to vote for aud who to n *t vote for,was
more than we were going o stand. VYedidn twant
tomix trade and religion." ,
' How do you menu trade and religion?'
Theee Mormons have in operative robeme for
most everything. They have a cooperative etore.
They call that /.Ion's Co operative Mercantile Insti
tute. <>! course, there can’t anybody else trade
where that U. because they rnn them out. It Ira ki
all fsfrand nice, bat you era Instead of being
owned, as yon'd think, t>y all the people. Its owiud
by two or tbre« of tha priesthood-you know they
coil all the officers of the church tbe priesthood,
shd there's a lot of them-and when they get
tbirgaall going they Just charge you two or three
price* for every thing, and If you don’ t trade at the
vo op’ they any you ere weak in the i »!tb, end tbe
first tiring yon Know you're Into eome sort of*
They havo slway* mauateu tnnuke ua vote aa tney
te°Bo°lroYwh*olTrameuTUufarran young fellers
coocludad we oad Just as good s right there ee they
bad. .too. *• bod D-lpcd build (b, church 8 ben
we append at th, damn tbe, were
mad. and Pmldepl . Bmiih Jomped op
* bench and rilled to their side to
put u» out. With that tha bishop
peeled off his coat and Jena Smitb.tho m sslonara,
peeled off hta and said he'd lay hta religion aside
till that/ oh waa done. It wo* a puny lively ecram-
bie fora while, and tb<»re wero a good many
knock-downs on boib rile*, Thera were over
thirty of them agio «• raven, but we stood our
gronnd. A il at once one of the Utah men trade a
drive at one of our bojs with a knife, but he sta»-
bad the wrong man In the to mole that waa going
n. A young teller alabbed hta own father. That
..opped the row. The man cried out tbatbe waacut
and tba women and girls flew out through the
windows and d-lora yeTtlng and screaming aud the
wounded man’s wife yalled to the elders to come
and administer the sacrament. There was blood
‘\ over the room. Tbe man wsa lying ou the floor
a puddle of blood. The man didn’t die. There
is a trial before the Juarice of the peace about the
cue. and It turned out Just as I am iciilu' you."
"Wall, what do you oouthersen propose to do
now. stay here or leaver’
* We'll leave as soon as we can; bat we are poor
people, and It coat aa about all wa bad to c >me out
bereand makes, start, and we hare only made one
priesthood. 1 wrnt, am! they told mo if 1 would
acknowledge I bad dono wrong It would be alt
right, but 1 wouldn’t apologiz>. I thought lu tank-
tu like Kfaverv. and the apolor~ — '
Inst* ad of lo them. 1 consider*!
m-tnlMod, As Jong as they worked us through our
faith and our church sympathies they had us ail
ilxht, but when wo saw that there wh* u threat
back of it you are they found they'd got hold of
powciful uuruly lot of stock to drive. There l_
ronto polygamy here, but that fs all among the
Utah people. None of us southerners havo taken
up with that abomination. Tell the iolks at homo
that we havuu'tgot that low."
The revolt has created great consternation In tho
church, and tbe moguls of Utah have been con
sulted with In regard to it. Trusted agents were
rent out front here again to day to lay new facta
before tlio big eiders at Halt Lake. There It much
excitement In consequence, and there may be sen
satloual dcvelopme. it.
JOB UROWet'S TOWN.
BY I. W. AVr.KY.
It ii getting (ho fashion to start towus. The
south is especially doing a lively buriness
this way. Noblo put up Anulston, aud a neat Job
Jt Is. Governor Colquitt has Oxantia ou tho
boards. Waltpr Gordon is making a phonomoual
success of Sheffield. Kimball has projected his
suburban village.
Well, Governor Brown has a town, and a boun
cer it is. And I proposo to toll Tun Constitution
readers about It.
Years ago Governor Brown and several other
gentlemen, among litem Colonel Morrill, Mr.
Jullua Brown, Colonel Grant aud others, sub-
Kcrlbtd in \ ho aggregate to,say f200,OCO,In tho Texas
F.irlflo railroad. They got that amount in stock,
and the same amount in land grant bouds of Texss
dirt, hntn d by tho state of Texas. Tho Investment
first turned out badly. The veuture fell off to
nothing. Thu stock tumbled until it had no mar
ket value, aud the Urol bonds fell to 20 cents on
the dollar. Tie road stopped at Fort Worth.
The gcu I -men raw their only escape In success
fully locating good lands of tho compauy, which
they were autl orlsed to pay for with said bonds.
Tho road had live millions of acres from Texas,
and a Genual ltyrne, a capable, honest, Irish cu
glneer, survey* d and located thrm* It was given
lu alternate seerious of 040 acre* each.
The town of Colorado City, built on this laud,
not thro years old yet. It haa uearly
6,0(K) people. 11 has a couple of brand new and very
largo hotels. Tho land has steadily enhanced In
value. New stores havo beou opened, new indus
tries started, new residences constructed. Now sc-
cmlo isof inhabitants are pouring In. The placo
puts ou aim, too. Tney built a court house on a lot
given them by Governor Brown. The house coat
them f27,000.- After It waa completed they were dta-
•arisfied with the bulldlog and Its location on tho
lot. Folk* generally put up with inch expensive
mlstakos. Not so this esthetic burg. It sold the
building for tlO.OOO, the material to be removed,
and has contracted for a 850,000 courthouse.
TltR CATTLE KINO OF TEXAS,
The interesting peculiarity ot thla wonderful
western town, of which our familiar Georgian ta
the founder, is tho cattle ranch business. Its cJtf-
seuahip comprises a legion c( cattle ranch kings.
Tbo country ta ooverod with a sweet, nutritious
gnus six Inches high that Iscalied' *'me»qulto,"
that Is equal to blue grass. Upou this cattle are
raised without auy cost of fcedlvg. Immense for-
tttucs have been maao at this business lu a Short
lime. This cattle business la tbo chief
resourco and backbone ot tbe section
and town. Llttlo oue cr experience an required
Ouco a year the calves are branded, and a tew
bord3:s aud horses only are needed Calves sell
readily for |!4 to 816; two year-olds frem 82U to 815;
three year olds from 840 to 145, and four ycaro-olds
from fit) to |B0. Oue hundred cows will bring from
03 to 0i calves every year. Tbe loos by death 1a nol
over 1 percent. Herds increase aud grow with
amazing rapidity. A fifth of a herd la sold ou every
year for beef. The pasturage haa been free, but
this cannot contloue, as the lauda are being bought
up aud settled, and thu growth of the cattle bust
ue»s Increases competition and dimlnlies the area.
The result will be that the cost of ca ll* raising will
be increased by the interest upon capital Invested
In land and tho expeuso of fenclug. Aa there U
ao Umber for fencing, the frnce-wlro
to be uied. The profits of the business must be
reduced materially by tbta extra cost.
To get at the profits of the businesses It muht
hereafter run, lO.OOOacna at 82 per acre, will cost
$30,000, Thla amount ot land will feed 1,500 cattle
perpetually without overstocking tba pasture and
destroying the grass. The l.fiOOcattle will cost $41,000
The fencing will cost 82 # t00. Here we have an
Investment of 8V2.500:
10,000 acres .820,000
600 caul* »-«•
Fencing land —. 2JM
812,600
• :ltig unUl tho cattle aro three year* old
the v bung 810a bead. Tne rule ta to rail one fifth
the h* td every year for beef. Ooe fifth of 1 M0
ta SOL which, at 810 a head, gives $12,000 Kstlraat-
lng the expense of herders, and repairing fence,
etc., at 82.00J,ana we have 810,OOJ net profit on tbo
Investment. This does not include the sale of
oalves and stock cattle beyond what Is needed to
keep up the number at 1,600 head.
Pome Idea can bo formed of th-j past profit In the
buriness without the cost of Investment In land
and fencing and by Uie natural Increaraoflbe
ock. Take a atari of 1,601 belter calves worth
820,000, and the Increase each year would be at tie
lowest estimate, allow iag also for lorn and for male
service, 90 per cent, or l,:tM calves, of these 1,860
calves on©-half would be heifers, thus adding, say
700 to the breeding capacity ot the rancho. The
stock doubles Itself easily every throe years.
the first throe years he would have 8,0(0
aud could sell one-fifth, or NO
eattle at fto, realizing 821,000 fn m
hta 120.000 Investment In three years, and bavtog
too cattle and calves worth 860.000, These are
phenomenal figures, but under the free pasture sys
tem, In connection with tbe Increased valued
cattle, they account for the sadden and large tot*
tunes mado.
Under tbe free pasture plan the cattle are all brand-
and tamed loose. Each owner haa bis own
brand recorded la the county, end the bread ta
pretty conclusive evidence of ownership, A cu
rious custom Is whet Is called "round up." Twice
eecb year, la the aprtng and fall, the cattle fn a
county are driven to one point. Men are sent out
Into every part of the connty who bring latte
cowaaadc-Jvea The cattle are surrounded when
of tho Fittibubo, February t»—Tho riven at this point
pas-cd tho dauaer line last night, and at noon to
d*y had reached thirty-one feet six iuebes, tho
highest stage sluco 1872. Dispatches from tbe head
waters of both rivers report that the water
ta still rising, while here It >1 creep
ing iuto the streets at tbo rate of eight inchca
per hour. Miles of property lu this city on the
south aide ami in Allegheny are submerged,
aud huudreds of famlllca have beeu compelled to
vacate their houre*. Ail tho mill* and factoriti on
the banka of both river* havo suspended
operations, and the connection between Pittsburg
aud Allegheny by street can U entirely cut off.
Tho schools lu tho first and fourth ward* have
beeu closed, Tho greatest suffering aud damage
reported in this vlclulty U la the Youghiogheny
region, where the rnlalug hamlet* and portion# of
towiialylugon low laud have beeu luubdatcd, aud
hundreds of (amlllea furred to Uraert their home*
aud fly before tho coming flood,
some places it has been louud ticcesaty
to anchor the houses to trees aud .
rocks to keep them from drilling off. The scene
along the route of the great loo gorge, which ex
tend* d thirty miles up the Youghiogheny river,
beggats description.
were piled full of lec, in many instances the heapa
being flt.ctm to twenty foot ni«n. .*0 far as can 00
learned no IItea h«r<? ta rn lost, but the pecuniary
damages will ta* Immense.
Cincinnati, February 6.—Conservative men who
yesiorday wuro unwilling lo admit mat last year’s
flood would bo duplicated, caunot bj fouud to
day. Tncro 1* no longer h doubt that tbo water
will rtach Iasi yj«r arolghu
Tbo Commercial Uexjtiv aa* the following special:
Cailettsburg, Ky., February D.— I'ho situation hero
1s deplorable. Duly oue hotel aud oue grocery sioro
art*open. Toe pvoplu aro oecupylug tho court-
hcitte and tho school houses. Tutt river taitalng
two tnclas per hour. At Kltdcy, Ohio, the iuas by
the flood will be fully equal to last year. Matty
bot}??« are swept from tholr foundations, and whole
families arehunalcso. The river ts rlstug \% Incase
per hour.* A relief committee has Lc>m otgautzad
aud tho clifzjbs aro tastug caru of their uuforrn-
us e neighbors
At Loutarlilo, at alx o'clock, tho river was rising
at tho rale of three niches au li»ur with 85 feet lu
the canal aud 83 feel ou tho falls. It Is raining
steadily. Pcop'e living on the point ate sxpecilug
water over the cut «.ff by morolbg. and aro ntovJrg
out (o escape su iuuuusttuu like mat wbfeh caught
Uu m slreping on theulghiof February 12th, 1883.
aud which caused so much damage. The flood
setuesof 1888 will doubtless be repeated. There haa
beeu ouly cue drowning case as yet, that ot Frank
Ktidemaker, by tbeovarturniug of hta skiff.
PiiTHiuiui, February 10. Blending on Du-
(Ju-ane Heights, which overlook the two
ernes, thia afernoon, one could see a spectacle
rarely spread out for view, At the base of
the hill a black fringe of mills snd factories
were idle, and tbe clouds of smoke that ordi
narily roll up from tbe grluiy throated chim
neys were not present to disturb the view.
Aa far up the Monogahela as Hazelwood,
and up the Allegheny to Bharpiburg.
the course of tbe flood could
be watched. On both rivers it
was the sarno thing. Tbe railroads along the
banka had disappeard In many places, and
her# and there a stranded car could be seen
sticking its blacktop up ont of the yellow
water. The buildings that usually stand
away hack from tb* water’s edge were sur
rounded and cut oil* from connection with
the solid earth. The bridges in some in
stances were nothing more than islands, the
water having penetrated. to tbe low spots
that exist in moat all the approaches. The
steamboats had mishtd up until their bows
almost touched tbo houiee along the wharves
and in some places were Hosting in the
slrtetH. J.Niking down the Ohio, islands
could he tjecn shrinking to
smaller proportions as the watsr rosenp
and hid the lower portions from sight. From
shore to shore the water was covered with let,
with here a log and- there the remains of a
barge or float, whirling In the midst 0/ it, as
large wreckage there was none, for the
griudiug ice and strength ot tbe water tore
everything apart. Along tho shores was pre
rented a queer view from thla elevated look*
out. Much ot tne point had disappeared and
ft was only tho two bridge* that made It
possible to say where the exact end of that
art of (he city was located. A fine 0/umbrel*
as, looking like huge mushrooms tmebed by
frost, could be seen moving along the banks
wherever the water lsft foot room. They
started at Grant street and kept on down,
moving steadily, until they seemed to center
at tbe point, or as near as it was possible to
come. That was at Short street; below there
the water wss king.
Msnrfiis, February 7 —-The Hoods that are
pouring out of the upper rivers are giving
great concern to tbe people in this section of
the Mississippi valley, who can't see any
possible averting of one of the most serious
o vw Hows that baa aver devastated the low lauds
Warning has been sent to tbe planters below
to removetheir stock to a place of safety,
which will save them thousands of dollars.
It has been raining almost steadily for the
}jut thirty-six hours, which will swell all the
interior a*reams,and add to tbe disaster which
almost upon the people below thla city.
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