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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION'. ATLANTA, GA* TUESDAY APRIL 13 1886
10
The First Sign
Of fnlllnihnltb, whether Id the farm of
Night Sweet* end Xervouencn, or la •
aeaie of General Wi.irluen and Lori of
Appetite. ahouM lagge.t the uio of Ager'e
Saniparltla. Thin preparation li most
effeetltro for giving' tano and atrength
to tlio enfeebled system, promoting tho
digestion and aulinilatlon of food, rut or-
log tlio norvoai forrea to their normal
com. Ion, and for purifying, ourkhiug,
and v Hollaing tho blood.
Failing Health.
Ti n peon ago my health began to I
troubled wltn a •llutremlar Lon
Sight Sweat*, WrnbucM, and Nani
Itrn troubled writfi n •llatraaafnr Lough,
Night Stream, Wrobue**, and Tfervnu.-.
ne»>. I tried rarlotn romedlei pro«rlb«<l
by dUftrmt pbyalclnni, but bacauo eo
weak that I could not so up atalra with
out Hopping to rat. My friend* reemn-
™,l ‘| r Im A ,^« 8 h^rv en'i
which I dlu, and l wn nnw pi neaiwv ini
atroog oa ever.—lift. U. L, WUfUmi,
Alexandria, Minn. %
I bar* wed Ayer'# Fcnaparllla, In my
family, for Scrofula, and know, if ft It
taken faithfully, that It trill thoroughly
cradlcamihla terrible, dlataxo. I have alto
preocrlbod It at a tonic,: . troll at an tiller,
atlre, andmuatanyUiatl llonctly bellcro
it to bo tho beat blood mcdfclno ever
compounded.—W. V. fowler, 1). V. 8.,
U. 1)., Urccnrille, Tenn.
Dyspepsia Cured.
Ijto
_ ., „ . %u _
J up to I ho tlmo Iibcpnn
taking Ayor*o Sartaparllla. I tena under
tho ctro of Torlout phrilclaiit and tried
a great many klmlt of medicine*, but
never obtained more thtn temporary re-
lief. After taking A yrr'i Hanrapnrllla for
n abort tlma, my heailtclie dlaanpeanol,
and my otomach performed It* duties inure
perfectly. To-day my hcullli It cotn-
gtotclj^raatorad.—Mary Ifarlcy, Spring-
I bare been greallr benefited by the
prompt uto of. Arer't Hnrtaparilla. It
tonoeand Invigorate* t he tyatom, regti Intel
the action of the dlgettive and tutluillatlro
organ*, and vltallxe* tho blood. It I*,
without doubt, the moil reliable blond
purifier yet dlieovercil. — n. I). Johnson,
MS Atlantlo are., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Ayers Sarsaparilla,
Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer k Co., Lowstl, Uui.
Mae 011 six Lotties, «ff.
CHATTAHOOCHEE BRICK,,CO’
ITTfiHOOCHEE - RIVER
BRICK.
Office (55! Broad- St., Atlanta, 6a.
W* *i» prepared to runiuh brtak In any qnouutj
at rrtOMtomuho itama
FLAW, oa TIUDBtD and MOULDED BM10*
A tmtnuurr.
mangy and pridmtunmimdpoappUiidUoii;
RECENT FLOODS.
Csoaot bs XstisisUd fa Dollars sad Csnts-Iaoldsots
lie t a if d that srs etranc*. Sarfoua sod Lodi,
er. us~B*40t0ri«ssftb*LOMsn4aeir*r.
iocs of Woaisa sad CUIldrso.
atriro ooTprr to Dirv.-M
Kamo tbla paper. m«xl»-wkytt
Yields 40 Per Cent Net Lint,
Open* Growing,
Very Prolific,
Large Bolls,
Withstands Dry Weather.
1250 Pounds of Seed Cotton
Yields a 500 Pound Bale.
VUU.Y TESTS!) AND NtOV» IN UN IN ALL
1* th* (lotion Bute*. Kvcre claim mode far It Wat
ttiily MMttuod. Head rorebenlarand pte the
ABUNDANT TESTIMONY.
Pritc lower than any improved Seed woo over
— — 1 * — — ‘ — — a er at* dot-
fan polled*.
The recent flood* In tbo (1 corgi* and Ala
bama rlrcrawere fruitful In IncldenU, wbllo
happily free from the great loo* of life which.
Itwaa at firat feared, would remit. In point
of material damage, Home and We*t 1’olut iaf-
fered moat, the flrot city curtaining •
Iou of *300,000 and the latter *150,000,
The flood woa peculiarly fruitful in tb» rev
elation* which it left behind It. Dr. S. MJ
Harp, of Cherokee county, In attempting to
crow tho Etowah river, at Stoele’a bridge,
while the water wm running over tho road
aome dintaaia from tho bridge, redo into a
deep hole, and In owlimning out loot hi* "pill*
lug*." Ho and other* went book to look for
bla medicine cue, n few day* later, and.
found tbc nkilcton of a man. None 'knewi
who it could be, nor how or wboo It name',
there.
A oiogular eirennutaneo occurred at Mra. M.
A. Mawn’e n.lll. in IleKalb county. A vio-
Imi min Kiel bail storm occurred there In
JK',1. At lloit.time Air. l'otriuk. Bay vru at
the mill rtitidirg for Mr. Jdaaon. Jut before
tbo min nod bull itomi cjme on, Hra. Key,
placed lu the apilog branch ajar of butter, an-'
curoly covered. The rain wuhed the Jar and I
butter Into the mill pond, where It bu lain'
In tho mud all them year* that have inter
vened ilnce then. Tlio recent raina wuhedl
everything out of tho pord except the bottom,
hy breaking the rock portloa of tbo dam, and
theotono jar of butler vraa woahed out and •
broken, litr. William lt*y being at the mill,
remembered the elrcnrnatancei of hla mother
having put tbo Jar of butter in tbo apnog,
branch and its having keen walked in tho
pond. The butter wai perlootly preaorvod.
A largo Hat boat waa wuabed up at Cromer's
mill, In Franklin county. Uappear* to be in
a good auto of prenervatiuo, and i* tbn also
of an ordinary ferry bout. Tho oldest Inhabi
tant never beard of such a but having bun
used on the pond.
Tbo git allot varloty of objects were un
earthed, however, In Tutnlln’a mound*. These
mound* sic located on the north aide of tlio
Etowah river, in Jlartow county, beiog three
In number. The largest mound is some sixty
flra feet high and measures around its boss
some eleven hundred feet. Tho others aro
ranch riotller—not mom than one-fifth a*,
large as the largest. Among,
them aro images of several kiods, sup--
ucd in bo idols before which tho makers
_jwcd down and rendered rites; pine* of ca
rtons model*, carved from atone and made of
clay; vmiuiis specimens of pottery, nod,
many oi! or carious thin**. Theao images an
rather n markable pieces of statuary, shewing
considerable skill in carving atone. The
pipe* u«cd there aroiutirhon tho aamo pat
tern u tlio modern smoker itsea. The thin
pottery thews much skill and evidences aome
kncwltdgo of dye*. Near there; bavo been
found iiuantitica of human bone*, and fa one
place was exposed a vault from which the
eyeless sockets of a grinning ghostly akoleton
looked forth upon tne world of two centu-
rlorof rest. Thom wore alio discs varying in
■1,, 'froni a dime to a dollar, tin
thicker. Throo are mattered
ground. In one of tho vaults mu found a
small picco of matting mode of cane aud ex
actly similar to a closely woven chair bottom.
Upon this matting were small places of copper
as long aa a man's linger and almost a* wide,
upon which tho skull of the dud rested. Tho
mound I, well worth teeing.
rLoaniro now* m nivm.
Figs, chlckeuo, ducks and other small ani',
mala aud birds were Wednesday and Thursday
soon (luting on small rafts around
Home. (In many of these rafts were pieced
feed, which denoted tho tender care or tome
who placed thou uufortunatu un tho llfo-ttr-
ingrafts. On Howard street a reporteruw
two largo hogs fluting in this style contented,
ly harking In tho sunshine, and a# hla but
clothes. The telephone wire*'there were
down,
Nashviub, Tenn., April 5.—(Special.]—
The river here is still rising slowly and will
continue to rise two days if no more rain fall*.
It baa been mowing and relolng here all day
bat no rain la reported shore. Tho river at
Burnoldr, Ky., li falling, but rises are re-
£ orted every whore cite above here, enough to
eep the river at this point rising slowly.
Every bonu vacated during the high water
of 1862 la now empty and people are
being cared for elewhere. No trains go south
except on the Decatur division and connec
tion with Chattanooga ii pot expected to bo
ettahllehid for two weeks The Tennessee
rivar at Jbhosonvillo la very high, tha bottoms
overflowed and great destruction reported. At
Edgefield Junction, ton miles from here, the
tiroly cut off the town f
I tho outside world.
“NEVER KNOWN TO FAIL.”
FARM LOADS,
iKKkkVm EXTRACT
—or—
‘ BEBiUnd C0PAU1A
v old. tried remedy for
•luwrhtra. giro* and all di*
•STSof the urinary otjMtv*.
It* naati porUbir form, fn
tliv.ii (YomtMl* «u t »pr«riy
IjWM (R fm|’5'*'»ly rurrt
inlbirror ftiurdav* and al
ways In lew time Ilian any
sh .trdroblsreuely ever
nature ol
wky
TO »r» THERE. ROl’K
or Bee year*, at S per cent.
light Rats net onsene-lhM what
igioyoof.otiplraweehut Writ* for
IUUORV A OU,
Vi Peeehtree, street.
nrereil tho raft, they lastly raised their heads
and saluted him with good Batumi grunt*.
There I* an lilaud in tho Ocmulgu river !
near Key’s ferry, in Jatpor county, whores
large number of cows are postured. During
tha freshet, tho island overflowed, swept them
all away, aud a row and young call wore found
a half a mile below, on land unhurt.
A rabbit wont fluting down tho Chattahoo
chee river, on a lot of trash last .Friday Dron
ing. lie tat serenely through tho nuinbor of
shots tired at him oa he paused Forttlalnc*,
looking drmly ahead as if he intendinl to emi
grate.
The Itomo Bulletin ouotes a gentleman
thus:"] havo lost everything. I aid to my wifo
at breakfast time, when you married me I waa
worth thru or four thousand dollar.. Now it >
Is all gone.’ ‘Well,' uld she, ‘wo havo four
boye, and wo have good bulth. That's all wo
need.’’
Clark Sullivan iMnta very pleasant night
at Erin mills, in tiholby county, during tho
rerut freshet. With a couple of negro boat
men ho wont ovor during tho evening to tho'
mill, which was shut six feet under water..
Hon ho got out and wu standing ou tha min
or's bed, In the olHee, over which tho water
vraa flowing to tho depth of about two foot,
when by some mietako or misadventure the
negroes fluted off and left him; Dsn
Fops, a colored man, living In Jasper
county, at U nod man’s ferry, lost hi* wifo and
children. Th* houso they were occupy
ing was silnsted on tho bank of tho Ocmuigso
river, and soma time during Tuesday night
they discovered that tho house wu surrounded
by water, and tried to make tholr escape in a
small boat. It ran against a stamp, espsixing
It and all of them were drowned except Dan.
None of the bodies bare bun recovered.
•ink micrrv loses a million poliar*.
The Cherokee Advsuce claims (hat Hut
county waa damaged to tbo oxtoat of one mil
lion dollars. 111. waters wore two fort higher
than ovor before known.
somp runvi.K Muturmcn.
Tho Carteiavlllo I'uurant holds up tho
bright aids of tho picture hy showing that
many persona have bun bsueStod, especially
thou who own river bottoms. The same may
ho said of most of the creek bottom*. On Colo
nel Tom Milner's river farm, there la dtpul-
ted a sediment that it aa rich as manure.. The
ant Is true of Dr. Baker's and Oeneral
Young's river farms. There are similar ac
counts of others. Oa Fsttil’a creak, Colonel
Howard's beautiful meadows an Increased In
volno from Et to *5 per sore. Dirk City ton's
land, nearly all of which wu under warns, is
beneflted areally. Billy Hsod’a is similarly
helped. Thru are intUncu. There are many
othcia in the same condition.
Three young men, Flamming, Felder and
•Smith, chartered, or rather i-abbaxod tore
.kiflk and proceeded acres* tha surging deep
to rearuo rabbit* ftom the drift wood aud tree
tops. They wore successful la th* rabbit buti.
urea, capturing a down or more, all of which
were dead or in tho but stages. While the
hintcra were in th* midst of tha exUUnling
fun of picking up dead rabbits. Smith's boat
sprang a leak, threw tha occupant is the wot
up to the chin and tank In a minute. Flam-
lug end Fcidrr mistrusted their own mft,m*da
a Stroke or two and reached the friendly tree
which holds tho high water board with thssug-
getlive words, "New Homs," lu big letters. By
the aid of this board they scrambled up the
tire, and for two been there they sOayed. fir.
Alba NT, OS., April 5.'—{Special.)—Flint
tlver la fuller .than for yura. The Savannah,
Florida and Western railroad keeps large
squad of bands on their bridge here removing
timber and raft that lodge against the tier*.
Hoses Hart, a respectable younr white mm,
at d four negroes were drowned this evening
while attempting to cross tho river. The boat
ran against the fonr line and cspalxwl. Tho
people living along the river bank ore moving
out. It haa been raining all day.
Mobile, Ale., April 5.—[Special.]—^Tbo main
bedy of Uio Alabama flood is now south of
Ktlnia aome 100 milea, and ail tho low lands
Lrtvieen tho Alabama and the Tom Bigboo
liters Is overflowed. Steamboatmen report
today that every plantaUon for 500 mile* up
the river is uodor water. Fortunately, owing
to the vrrt extent of the low anil marsh
lands, the flood lia* room to spruxd, aud
will not lien vary much higher than at "rel
ent, which I* yet tw# fret below the high
well r nf If-L5. These low iati.la nr* mostly
inhabited by negm *. aud they arc m- m.tout
ed to floods, being well sUDplled with ifcitr, for
tbemwlvce, and with hatteanx in which to
carry rattle to platforma erected above Utt
rrarh of tho water. The whites are not no-
nicrniis, and aro able to move to high
ground nearer which they live
than the negroes, who can stand tho maiariaof
the riverside. Ho fur no distress is reported,
and the over flowed people seem to hare food
enough for the ptcr.ent.Tho Toniblgbee river
is rising all the way- down, there bain;
seven landings out of tho water for a ill
of 300 miles.
Mobil*; Ala., A, ’ 7.—[Special.]—Bsports
locate the bend of tho flood water lu tho Ala
bama river atClaiborn, loSm'Icaabove Mobile.
The river is four and a hah 'bet above the
estreme high water mark of lBO.’r, and is sweep
ing sway warehouses, gins and dwelling* In
great numhen. Everything Is gone at Nix
on's landing, including valuable warehouse
and the store of J. C. Orooa A Co. At Haguo-
lia. P. W. I’Inees fine residence has collaps
ed. At Yellow Jacket, It. E. Maugam’i ware-
bouse, etc.,is washed away and nothing Is loft
of tho plaeo except tho dwelling, which lx tip
to the caves in wntor. J. IV. Steele's ginhousa,
at Midway, la tottering, and his property is
damaged four thonsand dollars. His residence
is gone. Gardner, Cannon & Co., at Block'*
Bluff, have lo*t their warehouu and stock of
goods, also a quantity of cotton seed. B. H.
Itlre's, a prominent merchant of Porto's
landing, Axes hla loos at $5,000 in goods and
rattle. All tho planters lose mors or lust
stock, snd most of them will bo entirely
deprived of seed for planting. Tho lower
river is reported twenty miles wide in places.
AtoKTf.oMKKY, Ala., April 5.—[Special.—Tho
great flood unow at Its highest between Selma
and Mobile. Selma is suffering great damage
BEATY SXOIT STORMS.
and loss to property. Tho country for miles
idor water, and thousands of pso-
Thir.
around is un
pie aro driven from tholr homes dally,
teen lives aro known to havo boon lost In tho
flooded district up the river from this city.
Many others doubtless perished down the
river, and tho fall of tho waters will reveal
much more destruction and death and dioaator.
In the flooded country thousands of carcasses
of drowned hones and mules and cattle
may bo seen floating with tha current. Tho
Alabama river is falling veiy slowly at this
point today. The waters havo fsllou seven
feet since list Thursday, and am still above
the highest mark on record. A strong north
west wind Is blowing today, which is con
sidered favorable to tho lower country. Hun
dreds of homeless,hungered people wore ro-
listed hero to-day. The
hut a great rush
ward tho gulf.
liavnl here to-day. Tho worst Is ovor hors,
ush of water la moving down to-
Tho trip of tho FImtuco'
Menu ninety to Helms was thrilling. An ac
count says:
Aft the T ,
and tenteff a boat
yards distant, where were found eighteen
negroes without theltrr or food. Tbo cold,
driving rain necessitated tho removal of one
woman with a child s few days old. Wo took
all aboard for more secure places.
At tb* Cox plaeo wo noat raw people ou tho
pious riaglag thstr farm belt. A boat wont
ashore over fearful breakers, and found tw*
nofrtxa In tho house, where tho water waa
two fret deep. Eight children wore ia Frau’s
targe bare, with no rations aud almost no
Jobu IV. Know, a prominent merohant
ho has been delayed In Montgomery,
first passenger to crow on u skiff from
that point to Cooeada, a distance of fifteen
miles. He paid a negro tea dollars to bring
blm across. Hcla tho first through pauongor
hr the Inuisvill* snd Naahvillo road from
Montgomery to Birmingham.
Tallaheua, Ala., April E—[Special.]—The
weather today has boon exceedingly dlaagreo-
nble. A steady rain hu been falling tinea
Monday afternoon, with oooulonol short spoils
of sleet and snow. Tho thermomoter regis
tered 40 at ft p. m.
IliuriNmiAN, Ala, April l>.—[Special.]—J.
E. Waters Is mooter of train service of tho
l-oufivllle and Nuhville railroad. It waa
tbo third night of tho flood. Tho Alabama
river was at fta highest a roaring demon,
floundering and rolling over a trackless apses,
sweeping before it everything, and carrying
death and destruction on its conrso. The roar
of tbo waters wu horrible as it mingled with
tbs dying shrieks of mu and beast, u they
floated down. A party of us went out in a
om land to i
skiff 7 miles frou
a too if ws could not
and fought the waters for aome tlao, when a
tight that chilled tho marrow in my Tory
bones wu soon. It waa the body of a woman,
strapped to tho btok of whom wu t little
child. Near tha two floated tho body of a
child, til of which wore doad. They were
toon dashed out of sight and lost.
“‘MY chip, help!'"
wu the sound that cams ovor tho rumbling of
the water. Boon a largo tree that had boon
uprooted floated down. The figure of n man
wu tern clinging to its branches by one hand.
On hit boek wu tied a child, and os ho held
on wiU. his right haad ho grasped something
in bis left half hidden under the water. His
look wu agonising and hla features distorts!
He wot called on to hare courage. He called
out feebly, 'Have my child, my Ood! tare my
child I* The boat wu allowed to drift near
enough to got at him. Ho had been holding
on by hit right hud to uto himself, and
with hU left he dung to the body of a little
girl, who wu drowned. Tho poor man had
suffered agony, and wu almost a manioc. Ha
bad been hanging in tha position found ovor
twcnty.fonr hours. When placed la the boat
be became dell, ions and raved for hla wifo
and babies. He wu token to Oooudo, where
he now ia. From hit Incoherent talk it was
ascertained his name wu Harden, and ho had
lived on a good fkrm twenty-nine miles np
tho rirer. The floods cangbt him, and with
his wife and children together they deeided
to die.
THE t'NUCAXU PBAYES,
‘Together, u the water* rose, the six per
rons huddled together and offered a solemn
prayer to Ood. Th* mother strapped one of
her bahraoa her back sad, taking tha other
in her arm*, sb* stood by hot husband, who
did tha tamo. Higher the water rue, until a
large tree ia th* yard was nproeted. On this
they climbed, and soon they were at the mer
cy of tho water. On they floated until,
through fatigue and hunger, the mother uld
the could stud it no longer. Her htuband
held her u long u ho eonld, and the fell la
the water with n sphuh. She held up tho
child that wu fteo to her hatband to reach.
He coold not do so. She wu drowned in hi*
tight. In trying to save the little one, the
child he held in hie arms Ml. and u lie
grasped Ita clothe* he did not bars strength
to held it. and it wu drowned. He wu hold
ing the child when the boot arrived. It i*
not believed th* rcecned child will lie*. Th*
husband and father may nail through. This
it on# of the many incidents of th* flood.
Th* lot* of life and th* dattraction of prop-
erty ha* not been perfectly pictured. It would
bo diflkatt to doom"
Always avoid htreh purgative pills. They
tret moke yoa tick and then leave you const),
natrd. (brier** Little Liver lull* regulate th*
bowel* and make yen well. Deso. one pill
Detroit. Mich., April O.-The present storm
IioijUoubtedly the worst experienced In this
siste for nanny yeers. Early this morninj
several attempts were made to ran the street
cars, Imt the snow drifted so rapidly that Jt
bees me impossible to keep tho track clear, and
the cars are snowed up at various points on
near’y oil the lines In the city
Traffic Is almost entirely suspended, it being
extremely difficult to navigate the streets In
any mancer. Huge drifts are reported from
oil over town, and cleaning walks is a P'CCC
superfluous work seldom indulged in. At ten
o'clock the signal service roportM fourteen
Inches on a lord, and at noon blinding shcca
of tbs "bcantlftil” still interfered with pods*-
trisnltm. The entire southern part of the state
Is covered with snow. It is announced by tho
signal service that tho prerent entertainment
Will continue throughout tonight.
POTTOt-BO, P*., April fl.—Damage to the
railroad, and tolegrapTln'* ””J. h
greater than at first reported. Wires are pros
trated Id *11 direction*. .
A special tram Coshocton, Ohio, »»J» J'/o”'
ons snow storm hot been raging almost incess
antly for two day*. More than tlx Incite* of
anew ha* Mien, but I* rapidly dlnnmsrtnfl
and ail tbo river* are Mag 6*1. F«" »™
entertained of auother floo^llke thaotof 1831.
Cbicaoo, April <i.-A heavy snow *term
accompanied by high winds resulted in prseti-
raflycutting off all telegraphic communica
tions at one timo today, betwcon tho west and
.New York. The storm center was ne.r llaf-
fslo, snd extended north Into Canada and the
south, covering Cleveland, Cincinnati, Pitts-
hnrg.Detroit and oven south of Ohio rivor.
The itoppego appeared to bo complete up to ton
•'clock thia morning. , .
Cincinnati, April 0.—Although tho damage
by the riae in tbc Ohio river haa not been
very heavy tho gravest apprehension n relt
tonight owing to the state of tbo weithcr ana
nporfs from above. It has been mowing
here constantly since .*J p. ni. yesterday and at
10 o’clock this p. m. continues. .Similar ro-
ports aro received from points above ana with
the heavy rise at Pittsburg, it Is feared that a
disastrous flood will ensuo. Tho river was
fiftvfour feet two Inches at ten o’clock to
night and stationary, but it is rising-one han-
dred miles above and there will undoubtedly
be a rise hero by tomorrow. Should the enor
mous fall of snow suddenly melt, thoro Is no <
telling when tbo rise would cease.
Toronto, Out., April 0.—A heavy wind and
snow storm haa prevailed in Ontario since
early this morning. A number of buildings
havo been unroofed, fences, signs, etc., have
been blown down, aud considerable other dam
age haa been done. Tho roof of William Boll
& Co.'a orgsn factory at Guslpli, one of the
largest buildings in that city, wt* blown off
while tho hands wore at work, and aovsral of
them injured, hut not fatally.
Dctboit, Mich., April 7.—Tho snow storm
continued until 8 o'clock this morning. To-
day ths snow is bring clssrcd sway, and It Is
expected that tomorrow will soo traffic gonor-
ally resumed. .... .. ..
The Evening Journal e Marquette special
states that wliilo tho snow is fast disappearing
at thia point, tbo icc is solid its far ssthoeyo
ran reach and two fcot thick, tho aun having
no effect upon it.
DURING THE WEEK.
Tumilay. April O.-Fotir trains collided on the
Chicago and Northwestern railway aud several
men were badly injured....Snow ttorms prevailed
in Huntington aud West Point, Miss..... Right
Honorable William E. Korstor, who was chief secre
tary for Ireland under tho previous (iladUone
ministry, In dead... Thomas K. Taylor, business
manager of the Deseret Xc*ts, Balt Lake City, has
been arrested for polygamy.
In Tint City.—The grand jury In tho United
Suites court was organised Improvements are
being added to Orant park overy day The rail'
rosd gates at the Whitehall street crossing are in
p:*ltion.... Atlanta will shortly hare an extensive
wgon establishment —The Chicago and Pitts
burg bajgball elute played a. game yesterday, the
latter club winning by a score of 6 to Oln four In
nings.
Wednesday. April 7.—Twenty-three refrigera
tors of straw berries were shipped to New York from
Savannah The king of Greece and his ministers
have decided to abandon war preparations, as
Prince Alexander has yielded to the powers... MMM
Twenty-eight cases of cholera have appeared in tho I
vicinity of A vdlcme, France Extensive prepa- |
rations arc txdng made for ceremonies at General
Grant's tomb in Riverside park, New York, on me
morial day.
In Tilt City.—A large and enthusiastic meeting
was held yesterday by tho business men of Atlanta
for the purpose of building a railroad to the coast.
Different routes were discussed-by Hawklnsvlile,
the Savannah river and by Fort Royal, Commit
tees were appointed to Investigate the different
routes. There Is not the least doubt but that At
lanta will shortly build a railroad to the coast and
tbo road will bo owned and controlled by Atlanta
... .In a game or ball between Atlantaaud Chicago,
the latter team defeated the Atlanta! by a score of
17 to 10.
Thursday* April 8.—A terrific snow storm vMt-
cd Waterford, Ont Thomas A. Thatcher, profes
sor of Latin and literature In Yale colloge, was
found dead in his bed. ..A fire in tho lumber dis
trict of Wisconsin caused a loss offjf.2,000 . Moody
and Sankoy, the evangelists, are In Lynchburg,
Ya., and are meeting with great success.... A third
member of the wolf-bUtcn party who went to Paris
to be treated by Pasteur has died,
lx thk City.—Commlatloner^of Agriculture Hen
derson says he has received no reportsasto whether
the fruit crop has been damaged by the late cold
■pell Mr. Sam W. Small, the evangelist, reached
home yesterday from Chicago with his family
Tbo railroad tracks are again clear from the recent
flood and trains are running on regular schedule
Friday, April O.—A Juvenile vagabond, who
had liceu couvieted of the muidor of a woman of
Camp do Mars, was executed in Paris with the
guiUoUnotraMra. Seventy Apache*, who lately sur
rendered to General Cook, areou their way to Fort
Marion at Bt. Augustine, Fla ....The Italian min
istry has resigned Robert G. Phillips was
hanged in ImltanapolU for wife-uurder... mM *Priee
Alexander, of Bulgaria, telegraphed to tho portc
bis formal acceptance of the protlcol limiting his
governorship of eastern Roumelia to five years.
In thk City.—In Issuing the new Georgia bonds
Treasurer Hardeman haa to write ills name 210,700
times....— Tha Knights of Labor in this city will
picnic at Powder Springs on May IMh Captain
llarry Jackson has resigned the command of the
Gate l-lty Guard.
Saturday, April 10,—There were 174 business
failures throughout the United States during the
pastyeckand fJin Canada,... James a Richmond,
president oitba Broadway. Surface railroad, was
arrested in New York on an indictment charging
him with being connected with tho Broadway
railway franchise bribery Several people wen*
drowned by the recent freshet lu and around Chat-
tanoogs A riot took place at the tier and silk
mills In Lyons, France, one woman being killed
and several wounded.
In thk city.—Commissioner Henderson haste
cetrcd letters from prominent fruit growers all
over the state, and it is the opinion of a few of
them that the crop bt« been damaged to some ex
tent by the late heavy frost The work of re
pairing 'the streets that were damaged by last
week’s flood is nearly completed.
Sunday, April 11.—Mr. Trenholm’s comm baton
as comptroller of tha currency waa slgued yester
day....The socialists of Chicago held arousing
meeting last night, which waacharaetertesd by its
incendiary utttaaucea~.—General Bheridou will
shortly visit the military posts through the south.
In tor City.—The Georgia poultry and pet stock
convention will be held In Atlanta next Thursday
and poultry breeders from all over this aud other
states will be present. The delegates will make
arrangements for a grand poultry show to be held
In this city on the 1Mb of January next aud con-
ticua for uM wwk Ai usual, the decoration
of tbs graves of the confederate soldiers will be
held on ths30th Inst., and the Ladies Memorial
association have made every preparation for the
occasion.... James Curran accidentally shot him
self through the left band. Inflicting a slight
wound.
1L Rich A ItrosT
have the best mail department In the south aud
the largest stock of dry goods and carpets in A t
laatattnrr guarantee satisfartioa oa al! orders and
wtll duplicate any bill from New York or else
where Addreta M. Rich A Bros.. 51 aod£d White
hall street. Atlanta. Ga.
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him testimony to tho troth of tho assortioh
chat ia no cite whatever will it fail to cure if
tftodlreotlonitr. itriotly tonow.daBdcarritd
hat* K*n oured bv »tingl* bottl*. with »P*r-
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doit* for * wotk or two tftm• th«i dlretre h*.
qutaoaoatttrtiomodlolno.aftorhavlngt)
throo or four dom of tb}Tonlo,atiiijfiodoi*
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