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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GAn TUESDAY APRIL 6,1886
A DESTRUCTIVE FLOOD
WHICH EXTENDS FROM VIROINIA
TO LOUISIANA.
Bringing Death. Cbaoe and Confusion- Incident. Oo-
ctmBrnConnected WHhtbo Flood-r.tu.tlo
fierie. of lb# duFtrero-Tbo Romano, of*
Root. Benin* In Ibo 8t roots of Dittos.
TDK FLOOD IN GEORGIA.
The floods for (he post week have been tin
preeedented in Georgia, Alabama and Teoncs*
•re. On Tuesday the weather bureau at
Washington reported that for tho first tfrao
since the bureau via established the whole
United State* was cloudy. There was not a
ray of sunshine anywhere. It was universal
rain as Auras the signal service was heard
from. The result has been terrible floods, the
foil story of which is found below:
GJtJCJtT DA WAG* JJf WJEST POINT.
Wkst Point, Ga., March 30.—[Special.]— A
steamboat is now plying the streets of this
city, and the water is five feet deep in most of
the bouses. When the river rose out of its
banks yesterday, and the rain kept pouring
down inces«antlx, it became evident that the
town would be flooded. The water soon
reached the Chattahoochee house and rose to
the depth of three feat ou the floor. This
inominj: it mi over the counters Ju thestonx.
The lut-1« limits bad worked ail night in tho
vs. 1 :, he; c cf saving tl:a;ulvct fco.u iojs, but
not less than a hundred tbous ind dollar* worth
of golds were destroyed. The dead
bodies of three colored men have boon
dragged In, bnt as yet their identity has not
been established. Full details will bs sent
later.
Wept Point, Ga, March 31.—[Special.]—
My nr telegram yesterday was scut in tho
midst of tho wildest excitement incident to tho
rushing waters deluging our beautiful city.
Our citizens were aroused by the faithful
eld watcbtnsn, Gus 8haw, who baa heretofore
Krli our monitor when the urn fiend has in*
vadid os, and tbev were railed out to pack
their got da from the relentless deluge which
war seen to be Inevitable. In conseqnenco of
tbe Midden and rapid rl«o of the river many of
cur merchants had not the time to elovate
their storks abovo high water mark.
At \ nVIork yesterday p. in., the magnlil*
rent toll bridge fell victim to tho ruth Ion
waters, being lifted noitluufy from Its pillars
and float'd ill one solid iiism down to tho
Chattabcochce, finding lodgment three miles
below on Magnolia island. It we* Interesting to
■ce tbe steamers of the West Point navigation
company ploughing their way through tho
street*, many smaller crafts being busy in
transferring passengers and provisions from
plate to pitee.
It was n and sight to witness the sick taken
from thrirlxd*. and removed in small boats.
About two hundred families bad to abandon
their homes, many m tho night. Private rest*
deuces in the flat are full of water, much of
the furniture being mined.
HEAVY MIM IN ROME.
Pome. Ga., Mnrt-h 30,—[Hpodal.] -Romo Is
threatened with the grrateit freshet known In
her history. Nine* Friday night U is estimated
that there has been a rainfall of more than six
Inches, nearly two Inchea more than preceded
tbe great freshet of 18H1. Worst of all, the
end is not yet The rain still continnes, and
at noon Is Pouring In torrent*.
Early this morning tho middla section of the
new bridge of the Homo and Carrollton rail
way washed away, and is now lodged against
be piers of Broad street bridge.
Rome, Ga, April 2.—[Special.}— 1 The
ua , April lopcciai.j—-x no waters
which have been raging In Rome since Tues
day last, are recoeding. and tho hill city poo*
pie are beginning to amlle again.
One who has not seen the destitution and
desolation caused by the flood enu havo no
Idea of the situation. From the Central lioi
to the river Is on^ sheet of ^uddy water, w\
Brunt th* stream, «ud bar. over,body coir
gregstes ud discusses tho situation, prrapoct*
•oa" It-M*. Nnr this throng a hundrod
•klflt are moored, Hen h«vo ball*
•nd equipped those w»tor riders, »nd nr. now
Ttsplngaamall fortune by conveying poonlo
.eroundtolook >t tbo roof, of their boo aw, or
to bunt n houn that baa floated sway.
A ride down Broad otrcct In ona of thoao
Vcnlrian gondolaa, made out ofGoorgla plno
makes a cold shiver run dowu the passonger's
back. Stores with closed door* and good*
floating about, are all that greet* tho eye.
The number of houses under water cannot
be given. It Is aafe to My that one-half of
Rome Is submerged.
Such a sccno haa novor before been witness*
fd In Rome. Not lew than twenty dwoltlag
liouicg have been swept away. In DsSoto.now
the fourth ward, many house* aro rove red to
others have been sweet away.
rain which began here Sunday night has con
tinued with but little interruption. It fell in
torrents today, and tbe Chattahoocheo river Is
higher than it hM been since lb?0.
Tbe engine and two cam of a construction
train went through the trestle approaching the
Tallapoosa river, on the (Columbus and West
ern railroad, last night. Engineer John
Bridges had his leg broken, and between fifteen
and twenty neeroes are mis-dng. No details
ran be obtained here in regard to tho accident.
There are eight or ten washouts ou this road,
and the da mag o I* said to hn nearlv $100,000.
Calhoun, Ga., March 30.—[Special.]— 1 The
rain still continues. It has rained almost in
cessantly here since Saturday night. The in
dications are that it will continue all night at
least. The water courses in this section aro
swollen to an alarming extent, being now
higher than at any time during the freshet
which destroyed 25.000 bushels of corn for
Gordon coonty last full.
Newnan, Ga., March 30.—[Special.]— 1 Tho
rainfall here baa been incessant since Sunday
night, and the whole country is under water.
Tbe damsge to the farma Is very heavy.
Large areas of upland, which had been pre
pared for planting, has been washed
off, and hundreds of tons of guano is thus
lost.
There Is a big washout on tho Savannah,
Giiflln and Noitb Alabama railroad sir miles
jvut or here, nnd no trains have passod today.
It will take a week after tho weather clears
off to »«•; sir ihe load fa that trains can pass.
Sparta, Ga., March »i.—fdpeeial.l—The
iin fed uty l ard nil day and J*»; wight. In
the alter in <»u Mitt Elba Moates, ono of tho
jcurgJrdics trfco attend tho school at Sparta,
flatted for her home, which is in tho suburbs
of the town. On her way there ft was neret-
Mry for her to cress liy mean* of a foot-log,
the factory branch, which wa* very much
swollen by the recent rain*. She had Just got
ten over the main current of tho stream when
she slipped and foil Into tbo roaring, rushing
torrent. Master Edward Bruce, who happened
at that moment to bo in sight, ran down to tho
stream and gallantly Jumped in to aavo her.
Before he reached her, howover, aho had been
wrsbed a long way down tbo branch, and wa*
totally infeasible.
Monroe, Ga., March 50.—[Special.]— 1 This
town is entirely cut ofl from tho outaido world.
There were no train* todav a**' 1 ro roil!.
The scrota Cedar creek and Mulberry
river are WAsht-d away, and other bridge*
badly damaged. Up to 2 o’clock n. in., only
seven hrIdgtK in tho county have been hoard
ftvm—six out of tho seven bridge* aro gone.
OOiULOKfc.’* ANOKY WATERS.
MAroN. Ga., March 31.—[Special.!—All day
yotuday tho liver kept creeping steadily
upward toward high water in irk, aud yester
day afternoon angry clouds swept along tho
w< Mi in horizon, and tho low mnttcred growl
ingof the distant thunder came reverberating
acrosa tbe bill*.
torrents of water, and tho bridges in the
vicinity of the mountain are in danger.
Chattanooga, April 1.—A special from
Gadsden reporta the Coosa river higher than
for many years, the flood in places extending
for miles. Tbo water la in the engine room of
the Ccota .furnace. Houses, rafts, farniture
and all kinds of effects are constantly pasting
down the stream. The river con
tinues to rise two inches an hour.
It Is now At a greater height than any
time since 1 u 75. The suburbs are inundated,
nnd the large factories have suspended opera
tions. Tbe water coven the fifth ward, and
several hundred houaea there are in water
Then came a fow sharp gusts, a fow blinding
flashes, followed by a deluge of rain that kept
falling a* tho night dragged wearily along. At
nine p m. your correspondent vlsitod tho Eist
Macon flats, where wan beheld an appalling
slate oi confusion, ditoruer nnd dismay. Hus
hsnds were rowing for tho shorn, tboir frail
hwits Isdin with lludt wivcj and children,
st.d by the aid of lantetim they rmnaged to
avoid the obstruction:!, in the w.iy of /lasting
fences, logs and brush with which tho angry
waters wire laden. It was a torribio experi
ence. So sudden wan tho risu that families
Were made aware of tho fact by sudden deluge
of inrusliing waves that inundated tho huUd-
ingsand floated tho lighter article fof furni.
turc. It was a miracle how bo many escaped.
Ben Spikes' boat, with threo women
and a little boy in it, wa* tied to a hilf-
submerged bouse, the inmates trying to savo
something from tbo wreck, Tbo man wa* in
side; when a log struck the boat it parted Its
mootings and tho threo womuu wore shot out
Into the whirling water. Mrs.
Spikes grasped the oar, and with
ajeailng that wm truly heroic, she rowed for
lifo. The others began to sere am and wf
their hands, but above the
t flood, ‘ ‘
came
seep quiet! Alibis not’TostP" Under
bridge and In the midst of the angry current | Tho
from one to ten feet deep. At 10p.m, dispatcher
from points above report* the river falling at
Knoxville, London, Athens, and Charleston,
ard station aiy at Rock wood. Dayton, Ten-
SKssec, is under seven feet of water, and tho
damage is great.
Chattanooga, April 2.—A colored man was
drowned at 10 a. m. Both gasworks aro in
undated and there will be no gas tonight. Tho
waterworks are also under water. The sup
ply in the reservoirs will be exhausted In
twenty-four hours.
It is estimated that five thousand people are
homeless in this city, though they nave com
fortable quarters and relief committees are
supplying the necessities of life. The fifth
ward is completely under water, and hundreds
of crafts of every description are passing to
and fro from the Market street railroad cross-
teg to Lookout mountain and Missionary
Chattanooga, April 3.—Tho river at 11
a. m., registers 521 feet and was sta
tionary. The river will begin falling by 0 p.
m. Some five thousand persons who aro home
less are well cared for by the Cltixens relief
committee. Tbe third person was drowned late
last night. It Ih now five days
since a mail reached this city and it will prob
ably ho two days more until tho railroads will
have perfected Arrangements for the transfer
of paiiiicngcrs, mail and express by boat*.
Chattanooga, Tcnu., April 4—[Special.]—
Tho river began to fail at 11 o’clock yeator-
da y, and up to noon today had receded less
than eighteen inches.
Still it is holding at least 5,000 persons from
their homes, and will not be within its banks
before Wednesday.
The delayed mails from tho east
will arrive by boat tomorrow! Tho ga* works
announce that they] will furnish ’gas tomor
row night. No trains will bo ablo to roach tho
city before Wednesday.
The heaviest losers in this city are Fay or-
weather & Lodcw, at whoso tannery much
damsge has been done to the bark. Their loss
is estimated at $20,000.
Knoxville, Tenn., March 31.—The Ten
nessee river at this point at 8 p. in. was thirty-
five feet above the low water mark, and rising
very slowly. No rain has fallen in East Ten
nessee since midnight last night, and the flood
and fallen in. Men, women and
children have been at work all day making !
sand bags and striving to stop the flood |
on the streets, but up to 10 p, tn. without a vail.
Specials from Talladega to the Advertiser
report one hundred thousand dollars damsge
to bridges, railroads and residences in that
county. In the town some negro families are
in the upper stories of their houses, surround
ed by water and refusing to move. They are
in danger of being drowned.
Montgomery*, Ala., March 31.—[Special.]— __
The situation from the floods has grown more | this afternoon, and blew down threo negro
critical in Alabama today. People retired I cabin* on the plantation of Mr. V.M. Johnson,
Howell was swept to the ground. His son
George was seriously, perhaps fatally hurt, by
a falling chimney.
PALMETTO, Ga., March 30.—[Special.]—A
cyclone passed about three miles south of hero
about two o’clock today, striking the dweliiog
house of Wash Tsbum, colored, and blowing
the house entirely to pieces, and blowing
everything he had away. He and bis wife
and baby were dangerously injured by tho
blowing timbers.
A wind storm passed over Lee county, Ala.,
in seeming safety last night, and
waked at 3 o'clock this morning with water
lushing through their residences. Many peo
ple escaped with nothing but their night
clothes, and now only the house tope are visi
ble. The only means of moving the people
from the flooded districts is row boat*.
North of Montgomery a wide extent of
country Is under water. The people are hud
dled on the housetops, and some have been
•wept away and drowned. A great many mules,
hones and cattle have been drowned, and the
loss of property inestimable. The convicts
•nd guards were rescued from the state farm
today. If aid bad not reached them this
mornlngther would have perished in the
flood. The Alabama river is higher than ever
known before, and the north side of the city is
being inundated.
A special to the Advertiser reports tho
bridge on the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia railroad over the Tallapoosa river,
washed away. Tho damage iu Talladega
county is estfmatsd at 1200,000. Many thou
sand dollars' worth of stock aro drowned, aud
bouses are swept away. One negro was
drowned near this city today, and it Is feared
many others have perished. Whole families
are shut off and water-bound with no means of
escape.
The mayor of Montgomery hM issued a call
for belp for the homeless and destitute, many
being without food or shelter. Business hero
Is at a standstill. Reports are meagre vet, but
full account* will show disastrous results from
the flood. The streams are all overflowing.
The waters are stiii rising nnd the whole coun
try is in a fever of excitement.
Wetumpka, Ala., March [Special]—
The Coosa is rising four feet hourly at five p.
m. this evening, lmmenso raft* of drowned
muler, cattle and hogs floating by the bridge,
threatened it. At seven the Wetumpka bridge
was swept off. Tho loss is $25,000. The town
is cut in t *o.
Tuscaloosa, Ala., March 31.—[Special.]—
The Black Warrior river Js 01 feet above low
water mark, the highest overflow in 53 years,
or over half a century. Tho oldest citizens
state tbst tho freshet of 1833 was 05 foot high.
Both groat overflows occurred in March. *
, near Smith's station. The extent of the dam-
age cannot be learned. It is still raining here,
and the night ia dark and gloomy.
in. A church filled with negroes, attending
a funeral, was demolished, wounding many
inmate*. In all four person* aro reported
killed aud ten wounded. The direction of the
cyclone wa* northeast. The wires are down
In several directions, and this, coupled with tho
pouring rate, makes the collection of news
unsatisfactory.
Helena, Ark., Hatch 30.—A tornado of
pnmual velocity airept through thla section
•art evening, doing considerable damage. In
this city quite a number of buildings were
blown down and tnmed over. The Atlantic
beer garden waa blown over on the roof of a
one-story frame honao adjoining, crashing
through the roof and aetting Ore to it from a
cooking stove. By great effort the Ire waa
extinguished before it had time to spreed.
The wail* of the Helena opera house and
other large buildings, remnanta of tho late
lire, were mown to the ground. The coal
licet was swept ont into the river, and tho dlt-
iresa signals of tho boat* added to tha con
fusion. Tho county court boom wa* un
roofed and stripped of its window blind*.
The glam door* and window* were ■mashed in
like egg ibell*. The direction of the tornado
was from west to east.
From partlr* who hare coma to the city
since the tornado, it ia learned that west of
the hill*, which act aa a barrier to the city, it
was more violent than hers, leveling the
honiee before it. It i> impossible to travel on
many of the roads leading from the city wo*t
and northwest, except on foot, owing to the
trees blown acres* them. Ho serions damage
to life waa done that can be learned. Owing
to tbo losses being scatteied, it it impossible to
estimate them.
SAWDEBSVII.LK, 0*., March 31.—[Special.]—
Tuesday night a terrible wind storm swept
over tbe southwestern portion of this county,
blowing down pino trees for mltea, and in
many places obstructing tho public reads to
DR. JOHN BULL’S
Sitl’sTfliicSfn
FOR THE CURE OP
FEVER and AGUE
Or CHILLS and FEVEft,
AND AU. MALARIAL DISEASE8.
The proprietor of this celebrated medlelng
lastly dtlmi for It a enparlerlty over all rem
edies ever offs red to the publio forthe SAFE.
CIBTAUf, SP2ZDY and PEBMAHZNT ran
(t Ague and Paver,or Chilli and Fever,wheth
er of ehort erlongetauding. Hs refers to tha
entire Western and Southern country to hear
him testimony to tha truth ef tha assertion
that in no east whatever will it fall to cure It
the directions ar* strictly followtdaivd carried
sat In a great many earn a tingle dost ha*
been snOolent for a onre, and whela families
have haan cored by a single bottla, with a per
fect restoration of tho general health. It la,
however, prudent, and us tvary east more cer
tain to cart, If its use ll continue d in emsller
doete for a weak or two altar tha disease haa
boon ohooked, mom especially in difficult and
long-standing easts. Usually this medicine
will aot require any aid to kttp the bowels la
good order. Should the patient, however, re*
qnlroaoathartiomodlolno. after havingtakoa
threo or four doses of tho Tonlo, a single doaa
Of KENT'S VEGETABLE PAULY FILLS
will ho sufficient. Uto no other,
rm. john sows
SMITH'S TONIC SYRUP,
BULL'S SARSAPARILLA,
BULL’S WORM DESTROYER,
Tho Popular Remedies of tho oar.
Principal OSes. Ml kata St., L0C1SYIM.*,IT.
eurl — Cm cl Don tbur A why top col u rm
haa about reached its height.
AT THE »A BRIER UlfK
Nashville, Tenn., March :ti.—[Special.]—
At ten o'clock tonight tbo river reached tho
danger line, forty feet, and it it now rising at
tlio rate of an Inch and a half au hour.
Nashville, Tenn., April 8.—fdpoclal.]—It
began raining here again early this morning,
and this added to tire heavy rains sines yes
terday throughout* tho upucr counties, haa
aroused gravo apprehensions as to tho result
bore, and created much alarm smoug tbe mill
men and lumber mon generally.
In ronsequeneo of the rain and high tide in
the river, two hundred more families wore
forced tills morning to movo out of the I.ick
branch depression, some In boat, and othort in
vehicles.
. ... . - — - , that they were impassable. The fences on
great many famine* were driven out of tboir I many plantation, were blown away. The
bonscs. The iron bridgo boro is standing, but I dwellings were shaken with terrific force, bnt
tbo prcrsiire of tbo drift against tbe plors it I none were demolished,
very great. Tho town of North l-ort, across I Cochran, Os., April 1.—[Special.]—A
the river, ia under wator. All bust- | cyclone passed from southwest two miles bo.
low here. Its width waa about three hundred
f arde. No lives were loot as yet heard of.
mmenso damage was done in demolishing
fences, timbers end some out honsea. Dr. Hor-
gnn, K. Cook and W. A. Morgan are tho great
est sufferers heard from.
ia
nesa there is stopped. Boats tray
creo tho streets. Tbo current is now
rstimated to bo running at tbe rato of twentv-
four miles an hour. Tho farmers below will
suffer eomo loss. Deports coma in of some
stork drowned. l’eoplo have taken
reftigo in trees and on housetops, and
»;*ny have been ewept away and drown-
| td. On the Goodwin place, sis miles
from this r!ty,today a white man named nan-
son and a negro named Willis, was drowned.
Tho negro had taken refuge in a tree. Han
son went to his tuccorin a boat. Tbe boatcap-
| sized and both perished ia the waters. A no-
f rowoman was drowned at Murray's quarter,on
allapoota river this murnfng. It
DAMAGE IN CANADA.
Moktheal, April 4.—Advioes from all parts
of the province report great damage as tho
result of freshets andjflooda. The Grey none
will be heavy loeere by damage to their con
vent at Chateangny, which was inundated and
scrionaiy damaged by ice. The water rose so
rapidly that the sisters and pupils who were
in the diningroom on the main floor, taking
A ftmily retired last night, and slumbered so I estimated that several thousand people, most- I breakfast were compelled to rash up stairs to
soundly that they did notawake until latothls I iy colored have been driven from their I nvo their live*. A rescue
morning. Upon awakening they discovered
that the water waa several inches deep under
and around their beds, where they were com
pelled to remain until taken out by tbe assist
ance of the boats.
Nashville. Tenn.. Anril 3.—It ni
homes by tbe rash of waters. Tho lots
is incalculable. Many houses have been
swept awey, and hundreds of farma devastated
I by the floods Cattle and atock of all kinds
. have perished by the thousand, and the river
Is dotted with Unfit in <y rirratna fin anma
party was organ-
tzed and tho Inmates of the convent were
taken from windows and conveyed in boats to
high land.
Karmen lost their livestock, tho water
rising so rapidly that ail they could do was to
rave themselves. Tbe Yamaaka broke up at
dge, How-
tbe roof, andol
lata Tuesday night nroad street ....
ard street bridge and tbe Kast Tennessee rail-
reed bridge were swept ont of cabinet.
There were many thrilling sad hair
breadth escapes, and many deeds of
heroism. People wbo thought themselves
tafe were awakened In the night, and had to
lire for their lives Homo cut theirway out of
the roofs Usov sick people had to ba removed
Id Utters wbloh were placed on boats. Many
pcor families last all. Home did not oven save
» change of clothes. Tbo suffering Is intones.
Was swept, with tbo log tin- ] the highest known, that of 1883, Over ono I clrcd and fifty^rcocuctMiegrees.^Nta^noirocs
tied in Ita l>ow. Bennett Jodch, th*f*ar1o3a I bundled famllie* have been forced out of I were drowned on one plantation The War-
i fitecr. and Henrr Ward hotn,n thwHm, I itnrnr« ttuU* » j I .1 / * *»i»nv«uun. ado war-
herself to the Inevitablo'dcatT, ’tiTst muri o«"ur I SfUeSSSUSi ’1*^0*1X301 I l«n“" ,n " e ' “ nt,nn “ CTCep * 1
I The steamer 8. D. Fite. fromC.f I Felma. Ala., April 3,-Tho river at this
the hundreds th*t thronged tho river bank, I rey Fork river, reporta that stream higher I point ha* ceased to rise, after rising two feet
fitdao rinmkliHf*. i\ ,h °v ?° l f ar ^* , ° I tliao everbcforc. lmmenso quantities of com I higher tlmt at any timowithln the recollection
eriirn /n 1 .11 "“'ll 11 v " I A 10 ?* th ; l -*'l^ , .? w “ UnK ,h , | l IB,en * h!w fcoon I el tho oldest inhabitants. The destruction or
ercr * lnt0 Oa ciltly hotwoou | destroyed, inflicting serious loss onjtho farm. ( property has been great allalongthe river and
tbe bridges, aud tho women were saved. 1 era of that section. All tho I L...„ n™ a... ri m?* inonver, an°
This evening at (I o'clock it waa reported
(bat a woman and her two days old U thy were
In a house by tho river bank. W. II. ’Jonos
liiirrbaied a boat and sent for them nml tho
boat rapiised. Mayor Price offered flv© dol
lars reward for the men. ilurrlson, a negro
weut and brought threo Jto the shorn
lie wm rewarded by fifteen dollars
MJ»ra Bottle Toole, Mary Anglin, and Matt
Jones wrro brought ont of house* tlmt wer*
•WBPtsway.
ers of that section. All tbo bouses, fences and
outhouses along tho river bottom have bom
swept away and a number of familic* drown
ed, though tho particulars cannot bo sccurod,
owing to tho prevailing high water aud com
munication cut off.
Nashville. Tenn., April 4.—[Special.]—At
midnight the water in tho river has reached
48 feet, only six fret below the highest water
known, that of 1882. Hundrod* of pooplo
have been driven from homo, boddoi those
who left before, and it Is now thought over
..... „„„ r-dShraly took a boat and a Jug of whisky I ten thousand pcoplo aro temporarily home-
IVople who thought themsolvcs I 0,l {n ,> 'i 0 "*. th * buildings yojtordsy [ leas. Every skiff obtainable has becuinuse
vskened in the night, and had to I * ft 1 ,,n0 * n - . llhl '’?» l »pei»cd, but be reached I »H day moving out tho flooded families.
‘ ■ » bouse, wfccro lie took refuge. William I Heavy rains above have swollen tho Cumbor-
HteJph nnd M Gilmore were rescued I land, and tlie river at I’ofnt Ilarnelde, which
later, and the useuen naked Hhealy If ho I wee rising two and a half inches an hour
wanted to come out. Ife expressed liimaolfaa I early this morning, was rising four inches an
satisfied with hlasitrronndlngs and declined to | hour at the last report. Tho fail at Carthage
but for once it Is among the rich, and not tbo
poor. In soma instances holes had to
be cut In the roofs to get tha people out. In
Driiota thirty cases of measles wore removed
In beats, and frequently tbe rase wa* moved
theieioiid time.
Bales of colton, box ears and hog* oa rafts
B S?5* d * ,bcut th * >rieeta. Tbo people are
CEfrriui.
On the banks of thn Ktowah stand tho
wart rooms of Bxttay & Hamilton.. Thao*
S ntlemen conduct a largo whelaaale and re-
1 grocery l.uslnera, and handle hales and
naltsefcotton.They had probablyonethouiaiid
live hundred balm of cotton in tbo warehouse
when the water begin to show tbst a flood
was brewing. Mr. Hatley ia one of tbe most
energetic men in tbe bill city. He haa push
anil pluck enough for a half dozen men. aod
when he realised his Impending danger lie
hired a colour of negroes and went to work,
lie packed hlscottou up above high water
mark. and when be observed that tbe wafer
ma Mill coni ng up, he chopped holm through
the roof of the warehouse and lined the
rotten out. During this time a great many
balm began to float ont and steamers ware put
Jo work gathering the floating balm In. The
teak waa a hard one, bnt nearly all of the cot
ton was saved. The Arm’s stock of grooerim
was quite low but was eonaid-
' r * bl 7 damaged. l'robably Battey
Hamilton* can come nearer telling their
loss than any one In Borne, and it is put down
by them at from *8,000 to $10,000.
Mayor Knot is a young man (kill of dlacre-
t on and enterprise, end during the trying
ttaim, together with Mayor IVo Tem John U
Ihrmturij has twen devoted to hie work for tho
"85 Mayor Knox says.
tartfe&s *» u Ruder $000,000,
but be that is it may, we will be equal to tho
emergency. I am of the opinion that when
sue water goes down and our merehaots can
* n T“ , J** , e they they will ma that they havo
*° n * ocl *-. Anyhow, nobody will bo
V.A I.v ry merchant in Home can nay his
is.W~ «—
^^^.’“dVoLTOfeWry"
m. ="■ r ; ll * nd “*- Bread. HowaJd!
Bouth and other street* present a remarkable
***** ®7«nr store U filled
with wet foods of ovary description. On th*
porebm and fence, are strung goods hawing
" P w? • , *7- MfreBaukk^rkaand laborers
are busy as bees endeavoringto aavo as much
as possible from damage. The onora boom
andmher halte and roctna are Iliad with wet
XMKhaadise. Oa Howard and South streets
S“ "? S’*!?** ^ Farniture, pianos and
houiehuld treasures an bring washed and
•leased, while tbe fleoraare aooared and carp,
eta hung up to dry.
_ THEOCOH THE TEESTI.K.
Couxips, Ga, March 30.-[8pec!aIJ.-The
many lives havo been lost. Tho steamer Oar-
tier, In the employ of Cntsens, has brought In
•lout 300 people, mainly negroes, picked up
from homo tops and tree tona in the over
flowed districts. _____
KOItTIK CAUOL1NA WASHED.
Asheville, N. C, March 31.—[Special.]—A
rainfall almost Incessant has continued hero
ftom Saturday morning until today. The
heaviest rain fell for two hours that has visited
this section In yenrs. Tho streams aro greatly
swollen, and much damage is reported. Tho
French Broad river has damaged the Western
North Carolina railroad an immense amount.
In Tuckasetfs river, near Charlotte, on Sat
urday night, four persons lost their lives by
the capsizing of a boat. Tho river waa raging
and all were drowned. Their bodies havo not
A NARROW KSCAPE.
Judge D. B. Bradford, of Millsdgevills,
cams down ftom Boms last night and took s
room at tho Kimball,
“I came mlgbty near getting drowned,’'
iid the jndge, looking ruefully at hit stained
ahirt,
"It happened this way,” he caid in answer
to n question. "I waa in Homo yesterday.
Tho rlty waa flooded. The people were as
bill* as indigo and a* busy as hues. They were
Setting I heir foods above high wafer mark by
putting thorn threo feot above tbo Boon. I
wanted to como to Atlanta and waa assured by
Mr. Bamiey, of Borne, that he could tsko mo
to lUllstation with safety. A party of four
waa made an, consisting of Mr. L. W. Drosrry,
of Atlanta, Mr. It. W. Hood, of Borne, Professor
Agostini, of Atlanta, and myself. Wo left
about midday in a close carriage and before
we bad gotten out of Floyd connty wo got
into a creek and were washed some dlstanco
down. Wo managed to escape and pro
ceeded in safety to a stream
known ns Tom's' crock. In
crossing that stream tho carrtago struck*
stump, the water came all over us and tho
konesbrokeloosobomtho carriage. Wo got
ont on top tho earrings and tho driver and
horces escaped to tbe bank. By leading the
horses In and taking us ont ono at a time we
ATLANTA BRIDGE WORKS
GRANT WILKINS,
C!vU Engineer and Contracting Agent*
Bridges, Roofs and lorn Tables,
Iron Work for Building*, Jail*, Etc.
Substructure* and Foundations a Specialty;
Specifications, Plana and Xnimatea Punished on
Applies Hon.Ian H dAwky tf
_ *«| n ShMmtea <4 ths i.IVKit,
Si STOMACHsadBOWgLS:
urea wVnmu,.
low. stow spirit* b Is esi# ot th* BEST AL
TERATIVE* anti PURIFIERS OP THI .
BLOOD, and la A VALUABLK YOHIO.
8TADIGER’Q AURANTII
Ramis tosnPraaahta FitosSI.OO psstouia
' O.F.8TADIQER, Proprietor,
>40 80. PROMT ST., Philadelphia, PM
Warn* thi, psrer. m artiMAwkam fl n r m
W.ANTED IN ATLANTA
An energetic bnsinesv woman to
solicit and take orders for Th®
MAD A SI K G K I H WOLD
Fatent Skirt Hnpn
set*. These const* r
setisfled with hlssorroumllng*, and declined to | hour at tho last report. Tho fall at Carthago I *«t been found ^ althonoh °io2. ctlfJ'n) I f n ,g ot '“ d «d at last but we left the carriage
comeont. later Jim Eddndgo and Hilliard ha. been checked, and after remamiugsta. ?«XcnKarcki?ifer?hs^.l^ih.^fL. •? Tom’, creek. We flnrily made ourwayto
O Connor went out to resmn.ti.om imt ...... I tion.n. fees h-i-c nao-a .i l 1 pave oecnacarcning tor them since the castas* I Hall station and nnvi fe, it- ir.n
O'Connor wtnl out to rescue them, but thotr
■mat ca| sized aud they wore forcod to seek
shelter In tree*. Mayor Trice canto down and
offend flv© dollars to any ono who would go.
John Bowers quickly added live more, and Kd
Harrison took a boat and launched out on
tho roaring rlvcraa tbo shadows of night fell
U|wn the drear waste of wafer. Long and pa
tiently bo battled with tho waves, anil at last
Rftmittl, having saved two of tho men, Ssiph
there, and so wore Hmtard? "(VCon-* I - foe south bound pMsengcrduo hero yoitor- I I ‘hock up, and it isbcilcvcd'thar'tho” "bigger
Dther boats os- | «“«»®d wuridetrackmL The Fj^KimmcIl tbo nw- .bareof 1 Atlanta’s Sherman rata have gone
aonth end of tbo road near Carthage at tnsalo I I glimmering to tho Gnlfof Mexico.
Iho water overflowed seven feet, washing the 1 1 " *"> ; 1
tresUe away. . Engine No. lip, Engineer
tionary for a brief period, the river began
rising rapidly this afternoon.
ALABAMA OVERFLOWED.
THE DAHAtlE AT MR1HHOIIAM.
Birwroram, Ala., March 30.—[Special]—
It hoe rained In north Alabeua three days
Luid nlghta. The trains on the Loniarillo and
Nuhville, the Alabama Great Southern and
tbe Georgia Tsclflc railroads have been do-
tayed.
trepbe. The name, of tbe victims are: Wm.
Cook, of Gram; Miteboll Bnckoner, of Hittlo
Book, Madison County; Franklin Barnaoy,
of Tenncsoce, and Afiaa Anna Jenkins, of
Swain connty.
Mr. J. L, Ktmmell, formerly of Waahington
City, drove hie buggy into tho ford of Swan-
nonoa river, five milee abovo here, at hts
Arm. The booming stream carried tbe bug-
llall station aod were cared for by Mr. Hall.
Today wo walked five milee to Kingston aud
luckily caught a train coming into Atlanta.”
For some yean Atlanta haa numbered among
her population conntlen long-tailed, gray rata
of enormous slzo,known as the Sherman rata,
because of the fact that they "came hero with
Sherman’s army.” These rats have mado
their nests in tbe big sewers and have man
aged to stay above high inter mark. The
nine of Monday and Tuesday filled the sewers
tenalTcly advertised and sold by
lady canvassers tbe past ten yean,
which, with their anperiortty,
has created a large demand fee
them throughout the United State*,
end enjr lad, who gtvcHhcr time and
. „. energy to canvassing for them can
toon build up a permanent and profitable bust-
tory assigned her. Wo bave a lane number" <5
agents who ore making a grand success selling
these goods, snd wo desire such in every town.
Address HUE. GRISWOLD A CO., IM3ftroa£
way. New York. Mention this paper, apifewklm
nor and Joo Mason. Other
sayed to relievo them, aud even tha"hnros I south end of tho road near Carthago at tresato I ro ^ el > eocspe*. Hews* taken ont of tho
llanison tried again but no boat could llveon J>*o water overflowed seven feri!"traohlng the I Jlln'has feBon'redM 1 * bortl7 r “ torcd - - Vo
those wafers with the wind blowing a gale and I Vi** 1 *? ,wm F- Engino No. 110, Engineer
sunken fence* mol rafts of driftwood coining I Nrawloy, was the flrat section of No. il paaaen. I ^
down the maddened rur reuL Un to I * cr ' wkich followed. The time waa ona o’elook I f™! . nc * r| J *■> down. Communication
four o'clock, Sbenlr, who had been *• “•. Tto went over tho trestle and 1 ... —z .c. ..
tomfrllwl to lean* bis hoiue brriuso of its fall* I ,MI ^ water. Tbe fireman swam
Inf,and remained olteRinx to atroe,continued I En *te«cr Frawley took th© sigual I THUNDER IN VIROINIA.
to talk to others, one of whom w*s perched on I ** *® r f m f* c K «teppcd th© I Daxvili.x. Vo- March 11 Timm ... -
a chimney, »urroumlo<l by twreml chickens I W ater extinguished tho liKhtsand I *
and a cat, and the other in tho crotch ofa I Sainpened tho matches in hi* pockets. He i I>crB i,i , n l * mo " , L n|f '
tree. Suddenly he ceased talking and his I •‘cored sticks and rocks and threw at tho on- I » Wh J h ’T*™
com pan iona braid a dull splash and all was I •*“••>>* attracted the engineer of tbo pat- I ¥!?**•, A
over. Jack Beeves, ono of the re«eol..* ».r*“ I senger train, wbo stopped. Frawler ii .l "w I ?•?.“«-!? W SR o®.».»rnnk leaning
was*'- ‘
down
Wet* _ __ _
The shore where so mray °rongregs}c.i ra is*d^ I ^ * 1>'»T*E** aroi-hd MowroongRV. I f.f^whieh'began 1 threonhont 1 th^"' rh n £t".
•tried now. Tho bodies of tho men havo not Uostoomerv, Ala., March 30.-(Spectal.]- I " J/!i. T f“P .ff.
brrn found, Ono who weut out iu a boat lat© I ^ ews^fromthe surrounding country i* th© 1 ^s** 1 .cnUnlnatea liat night and this
THREE LION STQRIES.
From tho Iltttbnrg Dispatch.
“I wm exhibiting In tho city of Baltimore.
We were playing a piece In which one of my tigers
was to suddenly leap from abovo upon me as if to
kill me. After it would Jump onto me wc would
roll around on th© floor, to all appearances on*
gsfed in mortal combat. The theater in which wo
were playing bad a largo pit, and U was filled al*
newt to suflocation that evening with boys and
and was flying for the pit when I caught him by
the tail and honied him back. I ncodu’t tell you
that standing room was made mighty «iuicktnthat
nit when th*v u« tho mminu''
i honied him back.
ing room was made ..
pit when they saw the animal coming. 1
_ Drttsbach heard Forre?t fay bo bad never felt
rear, and one evening took For *
fear, and one evening took Forrest he
After pawing through long and devious dark pas
sages, Drletooch opened a door and said: “This
stows, sewing roach in ra, and other'articles! I done on one side and most of the residences I ... . .
One of his shoes wm found among tbe I °teei. so that men are aepirated I ^3*k W v^Iv.
" ■ I from -heir femllU M.n, ^Monroe M I jTJ.hS’&S^k^ rad” ZC SSJ
it home with him.
- w .. devtoos dark
. i opened a door and said: “
way, Mr. Formt. ft At Forrest entered the door
was slammed behind him. Forrest felt something
. touch his leg tn the darkness, and reaching dowu
bis hand touched what he thought was a cat’s
back, which he gently stroked. A rasping growl
gnetcd tho motion, and ho saw two fiery eyeballs
branches. It is supposed that he sank thoro. their flunillra. Many retidenoea on the . u miner than ewr known .nd other
Castessville, Oa^April 3.-r8pfeUl.)- | ^lll^ h“J?w1niS5rc\reTr n .?«lfer d ?"»“• are ororfloirinE their buka Tho i
. renMl from the Tumlio mound- Th. „t " U f«r f«t d “p fn pubiio ' d “ traction of ^ '* *«“•
The water has i
darknets. Forrest replied, “Not a bit;” when the
lion-tamer said something, and tbe grow]
deepened and the back began to arch.
Forte*t held, out tor a few minutes, when
he exclaimed, “Now let me oat, you in-
field, and bu left uncovoraf acres'ofckulTiTand I reTarT'S^aS wire toifftom hfre thta^rSi 0 I '^VcViv^ViTA'rmL-n, flood at this I
bones. Borne of these are gigantic. If iho whole I noo n f or |j, e 0 f »h 0 fufferiu# Htw f I w«*snw>d M feet at 7 a. ra. In the oarly I old not dare to mow a finger, while the lion kept
frame is In proportion to two thigh bonoe that srer© I freonent intervals last nieht in.?? Jilf?' I morning a rapid rise took place, and the dam- I nibbing against his leg. Formt finalIy promhwd
found, Ihclr owner murt have stoo.1 fourteen hot I Jnl?en^report ridtafeoraluLMra M* In th* lower part of tbo city to heavy. At LfKKRtS’Sgi “ Drtcsboob would let Mm
^ h -, l ' r “ " ,4 Wetu'mpK.’but astae'bMt* h.vo’.lf thU bourthe river is falltue. Fully oncthird '’tLmIou ktS «« to rome extent a pracUeal
rtid awar’it was tmpDoasthlo to ra^.r of Bi^ond and All*Eh.nv railroad, Jokeroi *t,“*o«lIlOT, when he TriexTbmui
bnried in small vaults built of stones. Tho whole I g j- na i- y on th© P steto° tk JS ,Wer «i2° I from P° lnt t0 Bnchanan, 40 miles, is sab* I in Broadway. New York, he had entered a den of
* tt i n f waouL a row®* | SSU .2L J&* I merged, and all the tremlinx has been wrashed I going, through the customary
THE TENNKVSLE RIVER FLOODS.
UXDE1MIKDED UY WATER.
shove this eity, on Coosa
river. a number of convicts
and their guards are huddled In tbe upper stor
ies of tho building, which aro surrounded by
a waste of waters.
merged, aud all the treesiing bu been wuhed
| awey. _____
Tbe Clyclon.-. Path.
LaGiakof, Ga, March 30.—[Special.]—
I About 1 o’clock a severe hnrric.no etrnek our |
— _ — -—_ ..jrouEh the customary
pertpnrance one .Saturday Mist, when ho *u
suddenly stretched upon bistock snd . lane
Brazilian User wu on hi, throw, ud the other au-
Im.l, were wildly dashing about the rage. Drle.
bach', vclce wa. heard calling fna aid tn a hoanc
manner. . The eudlencc beeufle excited, and
Chattakoooa.Texh. March 31.—[Special.]- I , I ,’ , * UTlll ‘> » ntannfectnriog town fiftoen town, doing much damage, blowing the tin I women shrieked. Several keeper- ran to the
At midnight tho situation is very gloomy and “ U *t S'™?.** 10 **•$“■» ” v *r, iv badly roof off of the Baptist church and Mowing EgUjg-By 1 ®!* •-•**?■* -as dragged
the early report received from7bSv" rand7ra ^ ^ h^'tS'ui'fi.SSIo,^,
U more so. Hlawosoe© rim at ('hart n I m » 5^*°^ ( around tbe dwclltegt. Most all the chimneys I old hie blood. Iu* was hastily taken upstair!
Is thirty .four fret huT 1 n “ tlcitou ?» m A5 U ® ^e today and to the residences wet© blown down. Thor© where a physician, whr
uJa t i T 9% “J ih * the *** Tenneao© I added to the flood already. It broke through I was no great damage den© to any one. Th© I ?*a»focd him and said
bridge is in great danger. Twenty heavily I tbe levee on the east side of the creek and heaviest damag* donewae In the cemetery I —■—r -,-r-r— — j
iriaded ear* were run in the bridge to-night to wsfer la now rushing through the main Several hansom* monument* were mrenFwl%^$ ri emSt%Stouri hISS
weight it down. Tbe tracks of the Nuhville “5”*^ ft* r Wch [• <“» ***** °P to down snd some of them rained. tairitog Ub&Sdswm SSfeSdudom
and Chattanooga, tbe Alabama Great Bouthero ?L d *P h .?Lii , " ,Y * f *“- 3 oc,ock brier Stoee Molxtaiv, Ga, March 30.—[SpocUI.] I hUeieare.but thrir vmpathyimed u "
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