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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY APRIL 22,1884- TWELVE PAGES.
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WRECKED.
A FEARFUL PLUNGE TO DEATH.
Western and Atlantic.
until he had been icorpa. tor bottta. About seven
o'clock yereerday morning conductor Johnron.who
waa an intimate friend of McD.uald, vent to hU
vlfcmd u gently ai posslblu broke the news
her. Her grief pines description. She was do
voted to her hurband and believea that hts death
has ended all pleasures for her. Last night the
was qulle low from grief.
Ed McCullough, the 11 reman, had j nit attained his
majority. McCulloch had been drlng on a snitch
engine In Atlanta and wu killed while making
his second trip ou the road. Mr. McDoaall???a reg
ular fireman was a Mr. BuUngtoit, bnt whex
. hts last trip war to be made be found It lucoarex-
Two Terrible Accidents on thel , *??? ,w * oou,, ' ldUoCuUou * hWM * ut >* Uiu <e a
| hts place. McCullough did not want togor.nd
objected strenuously, bht was Dually persuaded
He went bet wilt be brought back a oerpso,
In less than a quarter oCau hoar alter the freight
train wentdown the paeeenger train due la Atlanta
<at 3:40 aw., came rushing along the read orer
which tho freight had gone In aalety, lire train
was coraroaed of i mail car,-r-ru uMunce and two
sleepers. Engineer Kverett -res at the throttle and
besldotlm rode Fireman Marion Bukr. Conduc
tor Jar.ce was la charge,axd aa the train rolled
to Its doom he went through the coaches looking
after the comfort ol his passengers. Two mites
north ol Btg Shanty, while running rapidly and
easy. Engineer Grerett-felt his engine qulrer and
at trie same instant begin to sink down. Quickly
he reallsrd that he was
without but behoving that ho had
gene too lar to stop he gase dill engine all the
steam there mre-ln the bolter, end closing his eyes
prepared to sseot the contequrnce. Tho itukfug
usatlon was soontsassod, but It was followed by
a motion ol the engine which woraed both men
that the ponderous machine was going over.
Knowing that-lt meant death to remain longer at;
their posts both-seen sprang-through thodarkneas
and the rain to the ground. The englno wu upon
an embalmment and the engineer rolled down
the solid earth. He was wot stnnned, and getting.
AN AWFUL DEATH IN THE FLAMES.
FRIGHTFUL RESULTS OF MOW.
DAY???S STORM.
Litres Cost Through the State. 3
and About the City.
AW:D0 o???clock Tuesday morning seetten A "of
freight train No. 8 left Big Shanty for Atlanta.
Tho-cnglne was coder the control of Mr. S. -A., ??? . . . ..... , . ,
McDonald, au engineer otabilUr and worth,-wfco u P?? n ??U feet'he saw that hts engine was lying,
had .'or his fireman Hr. Kd McCulloch, while the up0 ??? ,u ??? d0 ???oUonleaa. while the tender had
train was under the-lommsad of Conductor Tbeo *u*PP??i??*omopllag UMt and wu hanging down
dors Corrle. When tho train passed away from Cig | A ??? b ?????? w U ' 1 ' b0 be " d ,b8 mKl
fibenty the ralo wu ponrtag dewn but thetreiu???s
crew wu happy for a few atom hours only wese re-
plUlul cry.
"Oh, my God! let me out. Break <
oulred to put them, homj aud give them rest- So 1 1 ???* b* rnl ???fi *??death."
thought the grew and woes Conductor Gorrle I'-atnl7 the volco cbvto from the mall -car which
waved his lantern Engineer McDcoald WM hanging orer tho opening. Forgetting-hi,
.placed his hand! upas the throttle of his engine owa d ??? ger lb# breT0 ?? n * ln0af *P??ug ??i> the
and in an ??? Instant sMrtefi on his last run, I bank, and ???rlth apiece o! tho renter-which had
- Uttlo dreamtrg t hen df the terrible death that wu be8, ??? br8!,!m oB - b0i!in tr f ln ?? ??? kno ??* ?? bol ??
i In store tortlm and kia fireman, with whom ho tb8 ??* r ' he wu tkE ?? engaged the
wu chatting pi raaanUy. ' | earth began crnmUiug away beneath bis (set, and
Two mllei so uth of Big -Shanty there Is a deep ??? ??? be ??? r(h 1811 'heopeulng grew larger and larger,
fill about on e hundred yard. long.-At some Bttt u ??? nlud,ul * hls d ?????8 8t h0 knocked and
potnte thotf.ll I a tully thirty feoQ-ind it tho mid- hneekedarnm the car began sinking. As the car
die there 4r a 1 arge stone culvert, made lor ???nk?? carried wtth it the dirt upon -which Bn-
passage of ast nail rivulet. The track at that place * ,D * er Feeling '-falmrelf
runa almost n orthaufi south. 'The grotretdoir the I slut lug he reaUtsd his danger-and tried
eut Is hls Jt and a -heavy -volume of water | J^P??* and auoceedei only
fir wing from -it would travel
with greet fc see, Tkehcavy rein Tuesday morn-
hard cllmbloc- At that lice
openlsg-wu only about twenty feet and the tender
ingproluce a more water than the culvert could ?? n d??eltcoach sdono occcupled it. But u the
carry aray, and tneresclt w?? that about fifty feet down it drew the baggage car
of the AH w aa washed out. There wu no watch, wlu, ls - This made tho opening larger and soon
man nearer ths. Blgfitanty, -and the-wtshout wu UM> b * e8 " E ' ) c,r ????? followed by the smoking car
not detecte fi until tne train was In It Aa the on-
gtne relied on to ike-CU or-ombankment the engi
neer gevo als euglaefall-away, and like lightning
It duhed onward. Tno nl*b: wu dark and the
headlight wu of little aervice, owing to tno heavy
rain, and
whlefc mat only partly over. The gap by this
rime wu fully alxty feet. The ears did uol go
down rapidly and it la good that they
did not for bad the7 followed
ono -another quickly the loss ef- llfe would
havo- been- fearful. Immediately after the mall
tub -via uriNQ aerse-into v.sHicu-suta ENul.vr jooeohrllted-over, the mall ecattor caught fire, and
???PX.BXODE I In a-eeconitiecar was Ouruiogfcrlgfctly. The car
wunotieen by the engineer. Tho opening was I wasdl-ed with mall matter and Ihe-flro made
lally flit y feet wide, and when the englno reached I ,wl * t kea fi way. The coapk wu tooa ontlrely de-
the edf ,o It gave a plunge which carried lt I stroyed.and tien the baggage-oo.r,wn!eh was also on
nearly 'over. The tender and - freight car. I dropped Into Its place. This war also quickly
foltcwe- i, but thefr vreight-dravr the englno from J?????? toyed '??*?? amokin* car dropped
itacilgtit hold upon tho opposite fcenlk and In an I d ?* n to tbe . h?? 110 ??? 1 04 the -burning pit.
Instant engine, tender and ours went down. Tho I lb ? b ??? d , e 1 f B * d J caught the .ladles??? coach
fat! was a terrible-one and the rattling of the |*???fi* l kaaoniinrlydeatruyed.
breaking irons and timbers wore heard above the I Wb ??? uh ?? ??????l 1 * 10 bru * 8 'oosofrom.lho tonder the
nohie of the aierm, telling the terrible story ol b ???>??* d ??? d ???h-???r noil, and tho cars
death and dciuucdon. When the englno I ??????loed ??u the oppoalte side ef tho gap, Tho slop wu
went down the engineer and hls fire, j *d<tooa. lud i??ld all on board that-someliug wu
-man were at thefr poets and were burled beneath I WKlD *- ??? Conductor James rac alttlag lu the front
tho mass of Iron and Habers. - Tne engine wu PU |. I fi>?? l*dfb????? car and wu pinned -tight by the seats
<??? Uog sixteen lretghacars an&w. cab. - Fifteen ol the j dtrwn together. Me called lor
??? core followed the engine, la Its tereiSle descent, I h8lp - ,n<l u ????M.relt*vod quickly
- iwhlle the sixteenth hung ever the edge ol the I u ??? ,0 * ded - k ??* Passengers. Tho .unloading wu
??? chum preventing the cab from galea down and J dcnt: hurriedly. Aa the pascengerewero leaving
thereby raving tho Uvea ol the conductor and two I u ??? **??? lb " wb8cU werB alowly rolling forward
-.brakesmen. I carrying the can nearer and u oarer to the terrible
Axxaemxcusa. | plt-whlohwraa growing lareoreeustanUy. Finally
??? The crash wu a terrible one and te those who {everybody wu out and then the two deepen were
???wereln ihecab II wasiuggoiureoldcc.h and dan-1 uncouplad. By this rime tho burning mall coach
xer. With speed they hurried from the car and by | gave p enty of light, and kellerlug thru tho entire
-the llghtof their lauternsaecured a faint Idea of the 1 tralu-would burn the two sleepers were pushed
horrors of theaeefdenLiTulhe men theSrst thought I bank aiid-th.e ladles given uata therein,
???wuol their engineer and-fireman. Tun darkness j The scene ptesented Megan ??description,
wu too Intense to discover any) The burnlu'cire, the crying womenand the ctlee
-things ootolT tact with-lend calls they tried to I forJit-Jp from the bnmlng-eare alhwem to make
learn if they were alive. Their calls seen red no I np-lho awful tableau. Aa soon as the pasaongen
-response and tkecUllneac wu rropbetie ol the I won removed Conductor fames began to see the
tenth. Finally oanductor-Corrfo andik's brake-1 extant of the damage. Uesooc .asoertitaed thst
men, Mr. Lem Harris and Mr. Jim -iur.rrlogton I hlscugluoornnd fireman Had escape-1 death. He
separated and so light lha bottom ol the fill.
??? There they found
<: caariiiDDr-wevutuix-scaTcoMruccx,
While theirpatfaa werestrewn.witn haocn, flour,
..grata and boxes. Feeling certain that dftvy were
alone with the dead the three men wendeil their
-way-bask to the sab where each told what-he had
learne???.. Onaof them was tken aeet to-K-.rieita
and Intelligence of the terrib-a accident war wired
to the road???s ofilco la this . city. Tho
road..quickly equipped
found mall agents, Ed IUUtand J..W, Ulllipalo
audjfrou jhera ho learned that Mr. H..1. Merrill,
the.mnil weigher, had gone down wlthal e car.
. naiTU ib nr -shasua.
To every one who beare , ibis
sru.|??jentiihat the man wu dead that bo had
been-uuutedaltre. Mr.???Hills said that.Ur. Mer
rill had comidetcd weighing the malic rnd had
aoughl.lbe .front end of tho car where, ho laid
down and wool to sleep. Ac the. otr started In lu
wit'klnff train I as mv.uu uemu iu
??? Jamci A An I tortlbl8 <loecoat the mail agents .called .hfm aud
dwion7Mr7Vl,nu7 Ut, oiiley. uxd olha offl' 1011 xho u door ***> *???
data of the road wore mtiir in th?? umnn 'tm.. I Aueiiil truce aa he w?? called,but the case
. dais of the road were <n route to the scene. Tho
train had a clear track, and like lightning ltgpcd
???on toward tho first wroot. There the officers??? tyca
were greeted by a horrible sight. The dry was* -ar
lu Che centetcf the car broke loose,rolled forward
and fastened bln In the front end of the car where
hodtcl lamcdtaulyaf.ertko.oir went over tho
-care, yet In that opening there were Ifiext care,
AM IBOIXT. A TSBOU, AMD -TST0, DIAL , XtB.
The eogtns wu reared up agalnct the embank
ment furthest from It when Itmade the leap,show-
and bright] and every detail could be plainly e*:n. ltm *^Irorndhetr futeninM-tnto the.mall and
The opening wu about Ally f*it loot - I t*!?? u <bc,c,t WM -fi fi* m ** Hearraggied hast but
barely enough to a/a-ompioH???. tao frelM???t bl ??? * treaB k wuxot aufflclenuo,move the heavy
1 cue Mihlcu iuipdacncd him. kio c??U??d loudly for
help and hla cries wt*a dihUcttlog to
those art# .heard them, diauculug Oc-
ceuae they cog-'d giro him no txUx!
log that ltcaits near clearing the chasm. - Oa the I Mr * l 14 * 1 eighteen jaata of Hla
engine wu the tender, and upon .tie tendjr wens '* ,her ???* ld< ???* 0,1 Fatvrs atreet Jut .lulde the city
-the fifteen care, all broken and torn to fmtmenuj j lSl b ** ldt b,aM ??? ^ lb ?? rlef - ???* Ul
wo small rtn some cases tha??? 1{ j lather It a chaplalu In the Untied matec army,
twin ho intfoaslble to aaoertaln to what r* nd bM ???????'U^lngla Atlanta oairaanorewhl.o.
-road soma cars kelong TuspUntors were ^t. j??-'oung Merrill Aadnui- recenUy onto red. aha rati-
scred around for yards while the contents .a! tho f Jr a> m,1 ??? ie, ' ,,oe -
.swsa covered the???,-onnd Tkeslxteenllvcar knng I A P* ,t ,,uw * 8 death of Mrl Merrill;
with the,front end over the opining while the rear ?? k)e,8 *P 8 waaariraeuloni. Mall Agent Hllii wuj
end wu straight nr iu the air. -Bafore lire officials I 4 *' 1 ,n ,bs breast, Mai Agent ttblosple wu
arrived Conductor Currie had organized a tfluad I wacrnded In the fiace, Bug.ge Muttr Haaklua
of men and began t search for the dead men. I hl * l8, ??????a broken iCfrua Adaxeq a porter.
Open the arrival of the wrecking tialn I h 44 * 11 ??? le,t hMMl b ??n??-??? d blmmous Buou ???u
this force waiincreaa-d and with xenewad ardor b ???" /??? ,b8 ???????????? Bnglc .or Evereu wu also
the hunt weal on. AIIday theaeueh cocUuutf I Injured.
bat up(oala ocloak Ust right the dead men had Mr Koal *- lh ?? maneger for the f'ullman
not been fc nnfl Theavreck la fnUy thirty feet j 8 * ,8d * p ">J r . w h ?? want up ycaterdsymnnUug,^-KM
high. The englae last the bottom aad upon t t I aboard and atter hi. arrival he gave agrephie ao-
the txndecand cars are.yacked, Therx-uaresup- j^ouriri the at el-lent. Baldhe:
posed to be i;i the engineand before they can be I. ??? ?? was the mo-t horrible thlcg 1 ever taw. The
rescued every car and the heavy tender will have I * 8 ** bt wtek wu all you have heard. It wu bad
to be removed. Thfs wilt require fully twenty- ?????????Kh.btt the other was worse. YaniesEreret
four hours work Their death must have teen ,elt *??? r ??? d ??? toMn * ???? d *F Pluck got over all
hcrrlble, batit la believed that It wu instant. I riakl - The road rank until evarytklng wan. down.
They died in the dark without an eye upon theta I The burolcg-are were awful. The shrieks of pwr
and the atory of that death will never be known In [ Coffin must have been terrible. The engine fa
lie details. I now Uylu* half on and half at Ure embankment.
Tits naan but popbd. I lhegoplaf-illyjfifty feet deep, and Ike rslle ere
last night the sesroa lit tbe deed men wu still I hanging bentower the edges of the qhum like
going oo, aud their bodiei will be brought to At-; reeds. Tke remains of Merrill, charftd.god I guess
lauta.u soon u recjrered. The aocldtat brings I beyond recogultloe. could bo aeea lyingxeroee the
???orrow to two families and ends the lives of two (trucks of a car, hell covered by dirt and car
good, iodustrlcue men. Mr. McDonald resided Iu j whee's. After he wu dead a pair of trucks, which
tanyeue The train brings ono ol Ibo heaviest
and most valuable metis that comes to Atlanta.
flKcnerally wclghsabont 2.600,pounds and Is most
ly written matter. It brings the Nashville and
Chattanooga mall, and tho heavy weatern malls,
and tho eutom malls for the south. A call was
yesterday made at tho Atlanta posloflleo Post
master Wilson of course could not tell anything
about the mall, but says that it will give tho In
spectors lota ol work.
FuiWXBT Bxibcii, April 15.???Daring the terrible
rainstorm the homo of Mr. Worth Strickland,
near this place, wu struck with lightning, killing
Mr. Strl-'Urad In.tanUyand terribly shocking hls
child. The child may recover-
TIB VKUSOBS KILLED DV THE STORX.
UurnB, April H.-Nowa hu reached this
city this afternoon that a most terrible cyclono vis
ited upper Pike aud the eastern portion ol Meri
wether, near Sandtowa, about three o'clock this
morning. The same old, but sad atory of houses
being blown to utooi; troos, fences aad every
thing, lvent srift the msd fury ol the whirring
wind. Six persona are kuown to have been killed
on Luke Powell???s place, uear Sandtowa. Mules,
horses, calves all gone Four negroes were killed
ou Mr. Poweil'a place In Meriwether. Numbers of
persona were fatally wounded. The direction of
the storm wu northeut- Itdlvlded, went around
(rrtfflii, but the display of cleetriclty and deafen-
log peala ol tbunder, wu moat atartliog here.
BB3B-) CIIILDRXB TO MU) BY THE WINDS.
LaOkaboe, April IS ???A cycloue pusse-l ono
and a ball miles southeast of town about 1 o'clock
last night On tho Hamilton road, where It crossed,
tho homo ol John Blown, colored, was moved from
Its'foundation. At Mr. J. W. Cooper a plantation,
two miles from town, hls gin house aud tome out
hotiua were destroyed. Fife miles from town, on
tbo OrcenviUe road, Mr, A. E. Kobertsoris gin
nery, barns, stables, some lout houses occupied by
negroes, timbers and fencing were scattered broad
caat. It la alio reported that several negro chil
dren had been bl >wn away and ono horse killed,
Fnrtber on, It struck tbe house ol Mr, Pete Nelson,
dcstroylngeverycblng except the dwelling huuio,
killing some mntee and breaking tho thigh ol a
negro man. A negro girl was killed ou Dr, Beas
ley's farm, sndother destruction to properly.
Athens, April t3.???A negro wu killed by Hs-ht
ning at a alore-about six miles from Athena feev-
oral had come Into the store to get out at therein,
when llghtntas struck tha chimney and ran-down
on the Inside, 'jho negro, Ueorge Johnson, wu
leaning against the chimney, and the llghtiring hit
him on the lop of tbe head, passing down tla body
to the floor. He died Instantly. Anothcrtwy had
his foot on the side of tho plsce, and -it tore hla
shoe to pleoes without hurting him,
houses swan a vat.
Hooa!hk.uu.e, Oa., April 15.???About alx miles'
below here a cyclone pused from strsibwesl t-:
northeast. Daniel Owen'a houses were destroyed
and bars burnt up. Aloxander Allison lost all Ms
bulldlogc but hls dwolllng. Rnffln Sooker have
no house-staudlog Ibis morning. Fank Blalock
damaged, > Jamas Dollar wu not left -one piece t.f
timber -upon another. J. Allsabrobka lost hit
chimney.). - Bill Woolroof had hla houao blown
away. Mrs. Frances Woofirool Ion???, all her out
hous -florid dwolllng barxuel Whatley bad all hla
housea blown away and narrowly escaped death.
William Humphrlzoa lost, togetheriVllh hls dwell
ing, every house on bis plaoo. - Union-church
(Baprial) wu blown tofatoms.
CoMYER'CfilTS UV.
CeirsxBi, April 15 ???Many ladles ret up all night,
so badly frightened were they by the -Incessant
lightning.
TBE S'LOOD ATBIttStnUHAU,
BsmimsUAM, Ala., April 16???The heaviest rain
J, Jones's house and C. D, Purcell's thrfps wero
destroyed. The residence and shop ol J. II. Jor
dan, the Methodist district high school building,
and tho Methodist church were considerably
damaged. Mrs, Hltchcrson'a house wu destroy
cd, aud her collarbone broken. Much other prop
erty wu destroyed and a number ol persona
Jared.
IB THE CITY AMD EUBWHESK.
When morning dawned thousands ol propetty
owners worcla a state ol feverish Impatience until
they surveyed tho situation and ascertained the
exient of their losses. That they had raitalnsd
serious damage from the wind, rain aud lightning
they did not doubt, aa the ovtilonce of their
senses assured them that the visita
tion of the night before had been (weep
ing and terrlde. So strong and so general was this
ballot that lt was same hours before people could
ho convinced that Atlanta had emerged from tbe
Hoed without suffering any Injuries worth apeak-
Ingot. IteeemiIncredible, but tho storm wu
more of a benefit than anything else to the city,
doing the work of a whole brigade of sanitary
spectora.
The torceol the rain may he faintly understood
when It la stated that In aomo localities in tho
northern part el Ihecltythe macadam in theatreeta
wu torn or washed out to the depth ol a foot.
At ono time Immense balUtouea came straight
down, falling through chimneys and rolling over
the floors,
THE BIVKS AMD 0111EB EirFLEI.
???lam Just from tbe Cbattahoocnee," said
gentleman yesterdsy morning to a ContrrrurioM
man, "and I tell you It la a sight."
??????now does It took?"
???Well, I uw lt at tho railroad bridge,
river Is hall a tulle wide there, every, bit ol ball
mile, and alleortaot debris mar be seen floating
down. Of oturie there wero plenty of other thing!
tike fences, outhouses, furniture, untie, logs,
eto.
'Pretty heavy."
"Yea Mode mo think of Clncfnuatl and hot'
flood."
centleman who had followed
sea lor five yoara
yeiterfiuy that he never In any tropical storm uw
such a heavy rainfall u that -s! yesterday morn
ing.
The Air Line, Central, Weil Point and Georgia
roads luckily oojprd wither: t any serious cense
qmnccs. The Eut TennesLeo,Virginia audGeorgia
people expect to have their road all right txelde ol
tSTOdaya. The damage Is-maluly botween Ausioll
and Borne and consists of the washing away cf two
email trestles and the wuhlng of tha embank-
meuts.
GBORGIA JUSTICE.
The
What lha Hrao-S Ssrlw aad Vanatr Oamaristlaaera
'Vlad,
Tbo county commissi mere of Schley ny that
tbreo fonrlhs cf tho paupera In thatcounty are ne
groes They uy that while It la tree that tbo ma
jority of them ereroalavea whon Urey were young
but they have been free for nineteen years, which
la long enough Ume to mako something to main
tain themrelvea when too old to work. Tho effect
of tho county faadfog them whea halplesi, works
shad ttfixence upon the younger class, who are
1iot, wlik some exceptions accumulating any
property, but trite and profligate all of their
youDgerriaya, knowing that ibe country will rare
(or them when old and Infirm. Tnt-y t-ay about
four bandied dollars lor boll tax
which goes lostfiool Itai lr children, but will nfmu
allow ae execution Issued firs ; <ho< have but lit
tle else <0 ??y eu. At least half of Ibe expenaoof
tberovrulaeOaigcablelo negro ateallug, pistol
oariyluff.Dghuauddlvoroea which will font an
sbuut -lx or eight hundred dollsrr, added to their
ever known In thlsscctlou bugan falling hero last P???? of the,pauper fuud. shosia that they gel about
t , twelve or lour-eon hundred d-ilUra annually out
this city at 81 Kick street. U s leaves a wife and
alx children to mourn hls untimely death. He
wu about forty years of age and wu known all
along the road It la utd of Mm by hla asm pan-
Iona that he know evary tie and cattle goasd on
the real between Atlanta and Chattanooga, flia
Ufa hu bean one of toil and dtvo(Joa to hla ftmflr,
and hls death leaves them comparatively wall off.
Hie wife U a moat estimable lady, and knew
nothing ol her bnfband'j awful and tngis dutfe
wu all that was left of the car which burns! on
the track, rolled down on him. Why. to ate those
car wheels turning alowly, rolling along to the
openlcgu the burning balowmade room for theca,
wu terrible. I tell you lt wu eat
awful siiht, and eaa a man wants to see only
oat lime In hls life. The remains will probably
be recovered to night. Tbe road ofllcUle ue do
ing all In their power.
The mill that wsadeatroyed wu ???, ilapor.
night at seven o'clock, oontlnclng until oleven p
u. The ralnlall wufiro Inches lu that lime. Vil
lage-creek. Ihe source ol tho water suppt7 lor thla
city, roee nearly seven foot in Ihe pump honse in
fuar'koara' time, extlngulahlng the firunud doing
conalderable damage to tho englno. Coalburg
brlCec. over this creek, wu washed several feet out
ol fine.'Tho houses near the creek were Inundated
anddaxalUea narrowly ceeapnd drowning by climb
ing to the top of the houec. Alt-the railroads
leading here were badly dam tged, end tho wires
are down, making lt Impossible to got fall parilcu
lars The Georgia I'.clflc bad bad waahouU between
htve-and Anniston, delaying alt the-trains.
the Tsaaoca-oTiriax.
Gc-tho Alabama and Greet Southern, at Atalla,
sixty miles above -here, -tbo light
ning struck tho depot -and hotel
???etllns firo to and copeumlng both, with
the freight, book's and papers. Too Inmates nar
rowly eicaped. Tru-aeillo on ibo same road,
the (resole wuhel away, and ths road bed wu
terribly wuhed. On the Loulaville and Nashville,
near-UlountSprlngi, tha tseclle was washed away,
and tho freight train coming south ran Into Ihe
creak, -drowning conductor Beseem and
verelr Injuring Ihe engineer aud-fireman,
tbo tsolus on the Alabama Great d-uihern and
Loetavllle aud Nuhvllle gulag north and east, are
sidetracked here, and cannot -move for two days.
Pratt'a railroad had a washout-three hundred
yards long, and wuotberwlao badly damaged,
Tho farmers suffered great damaifu to crops born
Jiut-oomlug up wu washed finely away, nectasl
taring another planting,
IBIVE PIUONS KILLED OK CHHLEY.
CiUNUV, Ga??? April 15 ???A teroflo cyclone muck
Ihe southern portion of Chlpley at 2 o'clock this
morning, sweeping everything in ??? its. path. Ik
course sraa from aouthweal to northeast. The loss
life and property wu great, ffu Uhl, ley the
honaea destroyed wero thoae of Mrs Champluu, Hr.
E. Thornton, K, F. Me shee, R B Traylor, A, J.
livlu, W???.-fl Layfi-ld, John Laughed and A. F.
Hamptnn. -Ore mile aud a half eut of Cbli-ly the
retldeacae! Johu Langford, Mre. Mary,Oasis and
Mr. J. W. Culpepper, were dutroyod. Thelollew-
log Is a list of the dead:
MB. LEE AJ.FOBD,
MB8. JOHN LANUFOKD, and
TWDC'tiiUUlKN.
Tbe won ruled are. Mre. Lee Alford stad seven
children injured painfully; A. J. train, Drought
bofitdly Injured; William Langford, bruUtd
pah. fully (n ihu chest; Mre. Mary lliwii was tears
fully lacerated; .Hr. J. E, Thornton, asm biulacd
and mauyothasslujnred aUghlly. A eunner was
despatched to the. home of Mr. Alford's parents at
West Point,and.hls mother arrived here shoot
ran withlaostnlag. Iu Hamilton t??-day liberal
subsilpdour ware made for tho relitrf of tbe
cyclone sufferers, lit la expected that Columbus
will extend a helping hand. A mass meeting of
dtlsena wu bold at Uto city hall lo-nlgbl arid com-
xilttees were appointed tocanveaa tblsand adjoin
Irgcounllea far the relief of the rafferere. Tala Is
as e of the moat disastrous cjclones that hu eeer
sll'ick Harrisoojnty.
i-tro ttaB.no nowM
Enns, April lf-~J)l??intcbes received to-nlgtd
???tale that at the Alabamafurnace, on Ihe AnnUtsu
and / tleutlc railway, tbo bridge gave way while
twoaen were standing so it, and both wero
drowned. Along Cbooeolooco creek
deatruk tlon by wind aosl water is very great. The
track oe the Eut Tenneame railroad at Weavers
and other stations is ceeipletelr rabmeeged. Bait-
road travel la entirely suspended.
Hobs, Oa, April 15.???tha details of last night's
eteim sracemiug In. It was very severe In ell
portion! ol tbe county. A Urge number of
buna end outhouses were blown down aid a vast
amount ol fanciogdeitroysl. Vaobere of ci'ilea
andhereu ware killed end ait; Injured. In
mreml Instanoee barns were struck bf llghlafng
and totally or parrially destroyed.
earn of lou ol life ot
Injury to person Is yet reported.
THSCICLCBS IB busualm.
Vasoxb, Mbs, April 15.???Tbe town of Black
Hawk, eighteen miles west of here, wu atrotk by
acyelone yesterday ef enrocn. W. w. Browti'e
andE. Cripple???s dwelling end oothonree were
destroyed end Ms. Brewer's daughter seriously In
jured. Dr. BliteU???a oDee wu demolished.'
J. B. Stealer's dwelling and sawmill were un-
roofed and hi* it&lct sod outhouau deatroje
auuually-eut
of -he taxes- paid by the -bites which la about half
except fhilta. Thoae 11-dluKS am -sunny lb- at
(eulltui of ihenigrophlltawbnarealwr- '
alter the luteicatul the colored man,
THS CONDITION OK KLOYD.
Blnoe May-1 lilt he tax onlUctor hu cnllecled-oa
account ol larca 1882,19,188-98; on account of tenet
1883. fl~. C50D3.
lie baa alro turned over to tho county school
comtnfulooer, by order of Mr. Orr, coatmlaafoncr
for the stale,-18,9C7 79, of which amount 12590 fa
noil tag. There la a balance In lha treuury of
There has boon rxncnded fur county
"Ouring the year gg----??? ??????
public tohoola
county during . _
Of this number 81 wero wklio and 39 were colon d.
7 he whole number olohlldren In tne oouuty -be-
The coun-tr alms hnuac coutalna 39 Inmates,
whileseufi-3colurad. tbegraud Jury repotla 1
clurena u being unfavoraole to tbe oew road la
-iiaaaD countv ??aaai> raott.
The grand Juiy dcolarrathe Jail bo unsafe and
altcgotber unfit for Its purporo. Tbe lax ooltactor
hu turned orer a little orer 10,000. The pan pet
farm la to good condition, but ihe ordinary la
warned tognard well aud watch carefully Ibo sir
luo and uoralltr of tbo Inmau-a of tho fann. J. B
Ware and T. M. AWlcr are tho new arhuol
commtasloeen for tho county. The
lax to be levied for tbo next
year was fixed at 13 000, The balance In Ibe treas
ury is 14,091.90
???WASBEM cover IB IkWIOM,
In Ibe charge to me grand Jury Judge E. U. Pot-
tie dwelt at considerable lena'h on the sanctity of
theJerorta earn, and lmprnK-d the greet Impor
tance of eaereay lu (htir dellbcrall-ina Tbe lew
gnvcrnlng the salt) of wnl.ky was thoroughly suit-
related by him. and the Jury eloquently exbacied
GPICU OF ??? HK PHBBS.
From tho Dalton, Ue., Cliixin,
Boarding school girls are now raving about via
lout sod sugared lose leaves.
From tbo Marlon, Gs., Sentinel.
Professor Forrester's acnool girls are hard to beef
playing lownball. At lout that???s what we beard.
From tbe Warrexton, Oa., cupper.
There la uld to be in town a man ao stingy that
on going to bed at night ho atapa hla clock to keep
It from wearing aut.
From IbeCiawford, (la, Monitor.
There have bscn about 20 persona marrle-1 In tbe
lut two years who attended the Brlghtwell mills
picnic. Let's go Ibis lima.
Cwnpuiy Nbopw.
Mr. M. U. BhotToer, 1???oaimutersnd Justice
of th* Peace. Company 8hop% Alamance
Co., N 0., writer, he haa used kf. J scobs Oil
for rheumatism, cuts, swellrd ankles and
knees, pains In the Itsckand sore throat.
One or two application! Id each cave has al
wayajcnred.aniJ ha believes tbe Great German
Remedy la the beet in tbe world. "As long
as I can get if,"be adds, ???I never Intend to be
without It,???
Larks btioy l-lsr-rs sf tkt SlslSss lists.
J. Kreimtr Is not e heepy mao. Ilebouaht ticket
1.28] s-f tee March ll-h drawing ol Ihe Lnni-tana
Blau* Lottery, bnt placed so ll-ll- dependence nr-on
hla Inca that he forthwith avid half of It tu John
Kartell s illsanmlthof ill auramenlnstree', and
0 P. Bobbins, a machines' llsli-g at 612 LeeveE-
wnr-h atreet Tne ticket drew the uriid prise,
ItOOOO, and Kralmer la not In the b at of humor,
Ihlsls the f mrth rime wl-hle a few months llist
ran Frinrisca-s have been the winners of Valuable
priaas ???dsn Fraeclico. Oal. Chronicle. March 1
SlTHE GREAT GERMAN!
REMEDY
FOR PAIN.
Rellovea and cures
RHEUMATISM,
Neuralgla f
Sciatica, Lumbago,
BACKACHE,
HEADACHE, TOOTIIICnE,
SORE * HROAT,
QUINSY, SWELLINGS,
SPHAINfl,
8orene>??, Cuu, Brulaev,
FROSTBITES,
im Mai
other bodi!
and pains.
FIFTY CENTS A BOTTLE.
Sold by all Dnurfftata and .
Dealers. Directions In It |
languages.
The Charies A. Vogeler Co.
?????? a. tooam * oa >
Bfvltlmortff Hd, 1 V.lr/ l ??
A MEDICINE CHEST
VO HOUSEHOLD
SHOULD BE WITHOUT
THR OLD GRANDMOTHER
When colled to the bedelde of the Uttle child iu V
for Mullein and make a tea and at onee rellore }%m
cure for Croup. Whooping Coueh, Cold and cm*
imnptlon. Price 28c. and81. Thle with Dr. Mf*
gere??? Southern Remedy, an equally efBcaclor.a roiil-
edy for Crerop, Colic, Diarrhoea, Dyrentery, eal
children BuiT-rlng from ihe effect* of teething pea*
sent* a lltue Midicine Chf>t no houeehold ???hooM
without for the speed r nam
??? ??? tag
f???no
WALTER A. TAYLOR,
sudden attack*
bowel*. A&kyour druggist* for them.
tmea by WALTER A. TA
Atlanta, Ga??? Proprietor Taylor's Premium Cclncn*,
ESTATE-
We recommend tho following Real fistato Agent*
a* reliable and capable. Wrlto to them for what
you want in country or city real estate for homes,
or Investment or Information.???[Kds. Constitution.
RICE & ???WILSON,
7 S'. Oread Nlrcet, Adnuln, On.
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
BUY AND SELL
REAL ESTATE
for parties on Commission.
We Sell cither at Private or Public Outcry
infcrmatlon furnished at adtatanoe on snrillcatlon.
GREEN APPLE3,
Iaten In Ihe spring time, or any other teaaoa tv n-
able to give ono i bowel trouble, which can he
ipre-llly checked by the me ol Dr. Blgcen' Noeth-
eni remedy, the great aoedflo that will c-rulnlr
euro cramp nolle, diarrhoea, dyientery. and restore
the little ono gradually wasting away from rha ef
fects of teething. This, with a bottle of Tartar**
Cherokee Rrmrdy of Hweet Gum and Mullein com
bining the stimulating expectorant principle of
tho sweet gum with the demulcent healing one of
tho mullein, for the cure of croup, wbonelne
conxh, colda and comnmptlon, prevents s Otril
???iDtciBk exist no beuaehold ihonld be wltkeW
for rbe sp-rdy relief of anddrn and dsn*eroM
a???laokaol tholnngaand bowels. Ask yont -1 roe-
gilt for them. Mannfsctnre-t by
WALTKR A. TATI OS.
Prorrleter Taylor???, Premium rotogae, Atlor.ix. m,
ow -exh ns Id foe Mweel Onre
HDSOLUTFLY 1
THEBEST.l
LIGHTNING SEWER! ;
Twa tkoaaudatlMbesamlnnte. Tbeoery-
aheolntelr erst-eln-s Newlnx MarhlnelntlS-
IMOHPHINE HABIT
?????? PK. II. II. KAK*. of (>.??? IVQalnryy
w ??? ??? mP ?????????llomw,????woften?? B??t??*'lrwb??rtbr
*nrmi??Manre kl^eir qa lrll f sad o^aW??4/. Fortoatlao.
qlMSayl ???aSnriaw ill fpwai iwr???al fcaMloiSiwWjii JlifMi
SAM???L W. GOODE,
ATTORNEY AT IAW
??? AND .
REAL ESTATE AGENT, 1 ' AYKTrK
9 Ijfwhom Itmsy concern:
... ***???* iairatriz of Edward W Lcacb. Hr, dir??*i
lae form applied to the undesigned f
tell the Und* belonging to the rotate of *i
L*1 Slnrlottn Nlrrrt, At!nnf????. tin.
I Rent. B iv, 8e)i and KxchanKO Property on
Cnnm???BlnM Examine Title* and pr-|Mire Abstracts.
COUNTY???YO A LI
Mary a Lescuv admin-
' i??ed. ha* lo
- for leave to
rotate of **ld docoss*
A PPT7F
ili JLVIZj Li.costlyboxof I
will help all, of otthor sex, to morex
J cents for post*
receive free a
T Kood* which
... , imonaytlgjQ
away than anything else la this world. Fortunes
await tho workem absolutely sure. At once oddrem
Trot A ??V>-. Aogn??ta. Maine.
???THE BEST IS CHEAPEST.???
??????threshers;*"" 111
HonePoien \
Clover Hullert
THOS.A. FRIERSON.
REAL ESTATE
and
RENTING AGENT, |
K??. Wall Ntreet, Atlnutn, Un. | malted taall aactlona. > Write for rnRBtnoa. Pamphlet
andPrtrta to Tbo Anltmon A Taylor Oa, Manaflpld. Ohio,
I BUY, SELL, EXCHANGE & BENT | ChAMBEBLIN, JoHNSON &Co
BucceMors to Chamberlin, Boynton & Co.
66 AND 68 WHITEHALL STREET,
ATLANTA, OA- |
IrnrjffMt Dealers In Ocorcfa In
DRY GOODS,'
Fine Dress Goods,
WHITE GOODS, ETC.
CARPETS 1 CARPETS!
??? HOUSE-FURBISHING GOODS,
Lace Curtains, Window Shades^
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, - ^
SHOES!
GENT8, LADIES, CIIILDEEN'fC
Refe-to Banker* M??rchant**nddMiien*ot Atlanta
8QUTHERN METHODIST PUBLISHING HOUSE,
NASHVILLE, TENN.
The l.*trgeftt Book htnnufacturing Establishment in
the South. A full assortment of tho better class of
miscellaneous books constantly on hand. Theological
hooks, and Sunday-school song-books and libraries i
specially. ohrll , tan Advocate.
General organ of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South. Twenty pages each week. A pure paper for
the old and young. Only $4 a year.
Smitlay-schoo! Periodical*.
Eight periodicals for Sunday-school teachers and I I C LI A PC
sehclars; different grades and prices; issued weekly, | tDilUiaO I JllULu
monthly, and Quarterly. 1
Catalogue or books and specimens of Christian
Advocate and Sunday-school Periodicals sent free
to any address.
Estimates furnished on all kinds of Book and Job
Printing. Address
8outhern Methodist Publishing House,
NASHVILLE, TENN.
FLORAL GIFTS!
50 GMDSMI M BSLrS9??;
print*tl,IOr, II r u ikN,il,f. r *
r unt ICIntr. Jtlrnren
Irarw mw4 lair* I
)t a .,#l, I IrN irf t
[ frle-MtUla 4??
SnnT ??rn??n unn i
I Mim ??(.a, i
Irlaln IliHr 5
r irarkillM. iirid'v
hm af Naw|9lr??, ttrla,
Agents for Bnttorricx's Patterns.
CHAMBSHLIN, JOHNSON A CO.
I
Roseau
???arnra^l 1
I Fuehslsa j
Maaxly 1.000,000 PLANTS ??e oataa
FRANCIS MORAT,
a
syptut tmpsrior Court, Hoptember Term. l??x??-
Llbel for Dlrorco-H. F. Turner rscbArlfsTurnor.
... the stale, It is ordered by
the court that said daftndant appear at th* next
term of tbli court aud put In defense. If any h*
hts. Furtherordered that publication of this order
be had In The Atlanta Cunstltuiiou ones a month
for four month* before the next term of this court.
September it, 186S
ij iheumrt. fl. HARRIS.
j. h a a. o.
tlfy that the above and fon going Is a true ana cor>
let oopy, *e appears of record In my offloe.
t??Jv??.n under my hand and seal of nfflro this Fej
lea bar tt. USS. A. JL BTuK EJ,
ft ?? O
\X I ironiMnvgnuipA Portunr. New
fill J IlluntriitPil fe'iildc to Itnpld
?????? w Wee till,.'100 *uystomnkouold>
??????Free, J. Lynn A Co.. 7U7 llPMutvay, New V urk*
PRY GOODS MisSw ?? firam PriLfcm
J/X1UE* HeNT ytKK.aUo when de
. rinid samples of Dtrs* uoodt
HI I Iff. Woolon*. from Un* largest
* d finest stock in this country.
Write te
RY MATL. LfoiDis.MADSRiCofKlIi
ANGER
Treated sciontlUcaJIy
and cured without tbe
knife. Hook ou treat*
meat sent free.
Dra. Orntimy A XorrU
m w. hm eg, ftnrfnain,a
EOROIA, JtflPKR COUNTY-ORD1N kGr/
* OOcr, Janaaty IS, 1MI John 8. ritewsrt. ad-
l*irator of James Miewart, reprroents that Jse
6m fully discharged th??* duties of hts sal i fruit,
and prays for letters of dlsmlNston. This It, there
fore, to notify all persons c*jncernsd. toshowcansa,
S|>4???i'iHi liiikiumN Ifstircs.
A CARD ???Toall who aresufferiug from error
tod Indiscrstions of youth, nervous weakness, ear-
iy de^ty, loo of manhood. Ae., I will sendarrdp*
that wUl cure you. FREE OF CHARGE. This great
remedy was discovered by a missionary In roath
America, head self addressed envelope to Rev
Jostru T. Ixma* Station D, New York.
m??r!4-en *h wkveaw
C l ROROIA, FAYKTTRCOOKTY.???J. T. TRAVII
JT adarlolstraiorof C. E.Travis deroestd, applle
lor letters of dismission from a*ld administration
and I will pa** upon said application on the firs!
Monday la May next, at my office this February
4th, UAL U B. GRlfiQS.
Ordinary.
KOKUIA. FAVETTB COUNTV.-M. L. Blrf
If'
wTili*
wise. sdmitiLtrator de boots non of W. L
Mavis, apn its for di*mL??ton tri m said adtaln-
lstra'lor., ana I w??.U p*M npon said appUcAtlon os
the first Monday la Htj * ext ?? ???'q^ j , q5 iik *
??? OrfiJnur-
ATLANTA LOTTON Mills,
ATLANTA, OA.,
M ark the hk-*t tint winch and flniRT
lues from dean s??rung ootions. Ask your
storekeeper for them and take no other. "Atlanta
mills s'* ?? 4*he9*tlH/. "Alis a mliU n," y t ??hirv
???vx ???nrmnniLizi*
mHitpyrnmu
EjiY* ivanaxT otutu^ppi
rsuffmanwauikx WIHiiUM
1M??J#lH*9lWipi
samp Sill???l??wja asMSisjwr
4i>h9uijim*wiji????
nmuMe'a
ssaa
01 as ?????' a 'OJtWrflgao
THEBE???S MUSIC IN THF. AIR1
As tho season approaches for a change of ra'men
we would sgsiu call tho aitentlon of PHrent* to out
LargeHprlngd-ock of Ciys'and Children???s School
aud Dress attlts, which aro being sold at very
moderate prices
It is noeditv* to remind yon that our clothing
L well-undo, for that Is now a well recognlzea
When you aro out looklog up* throo goods, re*
member not to buy till you havo seen onr Stock.
A. 0. M. GAY,
Clothier, Merchant Tailor *nd Hatter,
37 I???.nclitre. Hlreel, Atlnura, St,
SHAFTING,PULLEYS
HANGERS, COUPLINGS.
J. M. KLINGiSLbMITH,
???GENERAI. AGENT-
ECLIPSE WIND ENGINES, |
PUMPS, TANKS, Etc.
67 PEACHTREE STREET.
AIUXTA. WA.
HILL GEARING, SAW MILLSk
f CABTOfGM
A ND AM, KIND3 OF M ACR1NRRT CA8TIN-
/k. E- glnro and other maokln
Northern prioro dnpMoated and f..???
Write us for prices before placing yours
WINSHIP & BRO.,
ra.B4.ra aw* ???a.klaUta
ATLANTA, - ??? OEOROIg