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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 " aaaassassSS SaSSWS-S 1 PATENTS Thos P. Simp C. No pay ask _ __ „ talucd. Write for Inventor's Guide. 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