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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 9 1884. TWELVE PAGES.
THE HOCKING RIOTERS.
The Workmen Attacked by Four Thousand Angry
Men???The Rapid Exchange of Shots???Tho
Governor Called on for Troops???Tho
Latest From the Fits, Etc., Eto,
CoLUvnrs, Ohio, September 1.???Report* como
from Hocking Valley, Sunday morning, to the
effect that the miners at Stake Hollow made
an attack on tho guards at 2 o???clock a. m., one
of them being filled and two wounded. It
Was reported that about 3,000 miners, who
came in from the surrounding country
made tho attack. . The tclegragh
lines were nil cut, and tho sheriffs
in that vicinity were thus preventedtfrom
oommunicating with the governor in order to
call out the militia. One of the coal hoppers
svas burned during the night, entailing a loss
of about $4,000. No definite information had
been received for the reason of tho cutting off
of telegraphic communication. As soon os the
lines are repaired, direct communication will
be had with the governor. The Columbus and
Hocking Valley railroad and Coal company's
officials went down on a special train Sunday
morning. They expect further trouble later
in the day*
thk first saws ok tiie riot.
Sheriff McCarty, of Athens county, sent tho
following telegram to Governor Hoadly from
Buchtel, which is in tho neighborhood of where
the riot occurred :
Thu shooting was commenced by the rioters
-'out 2 a. m., and continued about an hour. I
l not able to judge of the number of men, or to
unnot say whether any person was killed or
wounded.
Tho sheriff isunablo to say how soon another
attack will be raado. No troops can be for
warded except on an order from tho sheriff.
Tho governor is in readiness to receivo such
order. A Nelsonville special to tho Btato
Journal, received in the afternoon says:
At three a._ m., tho guards on duty at No. 7
men. Iu tho meantime the coal hoppers wore dts*
__jo Mate Journal representative was surrounded
and ordered to leave town or suffer tho conao-
quencos.
THE KILLED AKD WOUXDBD.
Tho name of the guard killed during the
firing at Snake Iloilow is Win Hara. an cider-
luuig ui OJ1UJIU ?? nui ii.irii, uu uiucr-
ly man and a resident of Logan. Tho wound
ed guards are Jacob Left, of Logan, shot in
i the leg. and anothor, namo not given, shot in
the head. The striking miners aro concentrat
ing at Murray City, and the deputy sheriff in
charge thero has applied to the sheriff for aid.
It is thought that troops will be called out. At
all other points in tho valley everything is re
ported quiet. Murray city is about fifty miles
from Snake Hollow, and not so well guarded.
The rioters aro firing on tho guojas at tho
Sand Run and Longstreth mines. Both
?? laces have called for help and the militia at
ancestor and New Lexington havo boon or
dered to bo in readiness for marching orders.
Owing to tho cutting of the wires particulars
are obtained with-difficulty. Governor Hoad-
ley has telegraphed tho sheriffs of Athens,
Hacking anaPorry counties:
: All mcansliuyourcontrorsbouldbc rchaustod
to suppress the riotous proceedings and protect
life and property beforo the aid of the state Is
A special from Coal Centro to the Pittsburg
. Dispatch slates that Sheriff Chambers will
read the riot act to tho striking minors, and
order thorn to break camp and return to thoir
??? 'homes. Tho men aro not disposed to oboy tho
command and trouble is expected.j
TROOPS ASKED FOE.
Sheriff McCarty, of Hocking county, has
Just sent a telegram asking for troops. Tho
- ??? ~ * *n(ght, and tho Col-
governor arrived at midnl w
umbus battalion of tbo Fourteenth regimont
has been called to headquarters, and will leave
on a special train for tbo mining district as
Boon ns the train can bo put in readinoss.
Continued firing is reported at Longstrcth.
Communication by telegraph with that point
has been cut off for tho past hour.
Governor Iloadley, on arriving at his office
at midnight, received the following:
Logak, O.. September L???To Geo. Hoadly,
Governor: All means in ray power are entirely
exhausted to repress tho disorder and to protect
life and property. The strikers aro cutting all the
telegraph wires. I am worn out. Have been going
day anu night for two months. Please send mill*
tla immediately and save further bloodshed. Tho
jail is threatened.
J. T. McCaett,
Sheriff of Hocking County.
The governor at once ordered out all of the
Fourteenth regiment, the??Du(iy and the Gov
ernor???s Guards, the Lancaster, Cirelovillo and
New Lexington companies, and roplied to
Sheriff McCarty that tho troops tvero on their
way, and asking If moro wero noeded. The
Lancaster company being only 20
miles from Logan was sout to that
g lare to guard the jail. One of tho leaders in
io riot at Snake Hollow, last night, and tho
one believed to have killed O???Hara, was ar
rested and brought to jail at Logan. The mob
was coming into town to release him.
A PBZCOKCKBTBD BIOT.
McCarthy at the , depot. Everything was
quiet, and after holding a ahort interview both
retired, with tho undoratanding that thoy
would meet at 10 o???clock, to talk over the sit
uation. Sheriff McCarthy told tho governor he
expected further troublo, aud wanted tho men
on the ground, though ho had heard of no
depredations on Saturday night lurther than
some shooting and the cutting of wires bo-
tween Logan and Longstrcth. Tho
governor pressed his questions closely, and
told the sheriff that ho had nino companies o'
militia in waiting, but they would no) bo or
dered to move until Monday. In tho mean
time they would*go down amongst tho strikers
and endeavor to hold a consultation with tho
leaders. The company at Lancaster has ar
rived at Logan and was placed on duty at tbo.
jail. Some one told tho governor early in the
evening that tho trouble was.in a great degreo,
a political aflair,and he concluded uot??to order
the troops to move till he had investigated tho
matters perqpnally.
all quirr ix nocKixa valley.
Everything is quiet this, Monday, room in;
There is no authentic report of damage
person or property last night. Thero was _
rumor this morning that fifteen men had been
killed at Buchtel, but it lacks confirmation,
and thero is probably nothing in the report.
Telegraph communication Is in good shape
this morning, and it was learnod that thero
was continued firing only last night between
the strikers and the guards at Sand run and
Longstreth. It is not lcarnod,that any person
was injured.
Governor Hoadly arrived in Logan in
special train this morning, and
is disposed to learn all he can about the situa
tion before ordering moro troops on tho
ground. He was furnished with a special
train by the road, aud is accompanied by his
private secretary snd a representative or th??
associated prsss. Governor Hoadly had
consultation with tho loading citizens'of Lori
them being Judge Frlf
this morning, among mem ucmg junge moa
ner, Colonel Beth Wolby. the sheriff and
others. He says he has formed no definite
conclusion as yet from the talks ho has had,
but will make a circuit of tho mines and try to
sec the leaders on both sides. He will bo ac
companied by tho sheriff, Judge Fricsner and
others.
A COXFK8SIOX MADE.
Frank Woody, who was arrested and jailed
here for participating in tho riot on Saturday
night, and for shooti; ******' ~*???
w , ing William O???Hara, ot
tho guards, made a full confession this morn
ing in which ho gave the names of fivo or six
leaders of tho???attack of Saturday night. Sher
iff McCarty will not make public the names
of thoso implicated until thosuspected persons
have been arrested.
tnE true cause of the BIOT.
Tho situation in Hocking Valley is tho most
dangerous if the minors once organized for of
fensive measures there. Ten thousand mon
are idle, and have been so for months beenuso
of tho disagreement between them and tho
mine owners about ??? tho price to bo
paid for mining. The owners liavo adopted
the plan of working miners from olsowlicro???
Italians and others willing to accept lower
rates, and also of using machinery whero
practicable. Thus these men, in idleness,
with families dependent, see their places to
day filled by foreigners and tho last hope of
employment at any price cut off. Tho intro
duction of black-legs, os the men are called,
who work at lower rates than tho miners
claim ik Just, has been attended with some
disturbance. The mine owners have been
compelled to hlro guards to protect tho men
from violence, and tbo block-legs have beon
virtually imprisoned in tho mines. Thero bos
been talk for some time that tho miners would
concentrate and drive tho block-legs from tho
mine. Tlio work of Saturday night was the
first indication of carrying out such a pur
pose.
THE STORY OF SATURDAY XIOHT. %
A fuller account of that disturbanco says
that it culminated at half-past one o???cleck
Sunday morning, by an attack of armed
strikers variously estimated at from 75 to 100.
??? iuhuusi; rawjiiMkuu ut arum iv w iuu.
resulting in the instant killing of ono guard
and tho wounding of two others. It is known
that a good number of tho attacking party
were ??? shot, but it is impossible to ascertain
their names. Snako Hollow has been guard
ed by 35 Pinkerton guards, but a fow days
ago they were transferred to other points, and
their places filled by guards from Logan
Special trains have beon put on the railroads
fit the governor???s disposal. At a
ilato hour
last night the telegraph wire was cut so that
there is no communication with points
below Logan, except as .couriers reach south-
.era points, and send to tho city by circuitous
routes. This docs not enable the authorities
to know what is going on till.two or three
hours have elapsed, and it is believed that a
riot prevails since midnight at certain points.
The bank bosses at New Straitsville report
that no men are to bo found injtbat town. The
woaien refuse to tell thoir whereabouts. Thoy
are believed to be out in riot according to a
general and preconcerted plan. Advices are
meogre and unsatisfactory.??????
Sheriff McCarty, of Hooking county, tele-
n ??lied from Logan that he had five points
is county whero the riot is beyond his con
trol, and he is unable to get at them so as to
f ive any definite information as to what is
eingdone, The governor replied that three
hundred and fifty troops were on the way, and
more were under marching orders if needed.
THE STORY OF THR RIOT.
At midnight Saturday night 2,000 or 4,000
masked men, heavily armed, appeared at
Tenge for the many insults thrust upon
since the strike began. Their appearance was
tbe signal for firing from the guards,
which was promptly and vigorously re
plied to by the attacking party of
miners. The firing was very brisk for a few
minute* and when the smoke cleared away it
was found that O???Hara, from Logan, who was
acting as captain of the Snaka Hollow Guards,
was lying dead with several bullet holes'in his
body. Two other of the Guards had received
alight fieeh wounds. It is not known whether,
any of the miners were wounded. None were
left'on the field. It it laid that the attacking
party had ropes with which
hang the ???blackleg*,??? who had been
hang the ???blacklegs,???
repeatedly warned to desist from
working, and that they had actually placed
ropes around tbe necks of two men. This
morning David Woody, a miner living at
Kclsonvillc, was arrested, charged with com
plicity in Saturday night???s attack, and was
sent to Logan in a special car and placed in
jail.
GOYKRXOR HOADLRY???* FBBSOXAL ACTIOV.
The militia are being held, at 2:15 a. m., tor
furl hr r orders. The Lancaster company is at
Logan guarding the jail* The Cirdeville and
Now Lexington companies have been taken by
a special train to Lancaster, and all the rest
of tbe troops ordered ont are being held here.
The governor has just left on a special train
for the scene of the trouble to investigate the
matter for bimeelf, and will then* order the
troop* if be thinks necessary. It will take an
hour and a half for him to reach the point of
trouble.
Governor Hoadly arrived at Logan early
~ st by Sheriff
Bunday morning. He was met
their place* filled by guards from .
and that neighborhood, twenty-two in
her, armed with brecch-loaaing shot-guns
and a braco of revolvers apiece. At tho
time of the attack but nine guards were on
duty. They gave the alarm and opened fire.
The rest of the guards rallied aud for ton
minutes a continuous fire was kept up. Moro
than ono thousand shots were oxchangod, aud
tho strikers wero at last driven back.- Wm.
O???Hara, oi Logan, an old veteran ol tho lato
war, was doing guard duty at tho time. Tho
strikers, no doubt, knew his position, and ho
was taken by surprise. Ho was hoard to say:
???For God???s sake, gentlemen, havo nyircy,???
and was instantly shot dead, moro than forty
bufckshot entering his body, literally tearing
away his shoulders. He was an industrious
roan, much esteemed and well known in
Logan. Ho leaves a wife. Jacob Lieft, an
ex-]??olico officer of Logan, was shot
through the calf of tho log by
buckshot, but not dangerously. Adam Bower,
a German and unmarried, aged about 25 years,
was shot in the head by buckshot, receiving a
scalp wound, which is not dangerous. Barney
Donnelly, Albert Riggs and William Humph
rey, track layers, were asleep in a barn just
outside tho picket line. The barn was sur
rounded by the strikers and all three captured.
Donnelly was knocked down and badly beaten,
but the others escaped. Donnelly said thero
wero about 75 in tbe party, all masked. Somo
had their faces blackened, others had hand
kerchiefs tied over their faces and all wire
armed with shotguns, pistols and rifles. Ho
says that while he was with them one dropped
down and fell into tho arms of another,
and was carriod off. He hinks
several were badly wounded. From
Donnelley???* statement it appear* that a sec
ond attack was to be made. Jle says:
road,{a distance of about a quarter of a mile, where
reinforcements wero expected. The man who
appeared to be the leader, said: ???Boys.UUno use
to fiqht. Our reinforcements have failed to
was to intimidate the new men and run them
off.
RElXFOtCRMRXTa FOR THE fTRiaaB*.
The miners in the Ohio central region,
along Sandy creek, went out to-day on the
f retext of not giving the September advance,
t is reported that they will join the Hocking
Valley strike, befog adjacent to that region.
Dispatches from Gear, Ohio, re
. report that the
excitement in that region is growing and that
there are rumors of more outbreaks having
occured last night of which no particulars are
obtainable. Three non-union miners went to
work this morning but threats of violence
against them are growing more and more open.
fie.v??nnr TTnadlv'i mnvomnnU im nntlrnnwn
Governor Hoadly???. movements arc cot known,
though h. i. making a personal appeal to tho
striker..
ft central Pennsylvania .flairs
in tho miners' comp are quiet.
When tho sheriiT and hil deputies
arrived at the scene, the camp wa. almost de
serted, only four or five men being present. It
???cntfU, uuaj auug ui uvc tucu iretuj ????
was decided to postpone the reading of the
riot act until the companies returned. The
non-union men were allowed to go work this
morning unmolested.
At Coal Centre, Pa., the sheriff did not call
at the miners???camp, consequently thestrikers
round, and as determined as
are still on tbe ground, and as determined as
ever. Keel???s nil nee were not visited to-day,
and the officers on guard had a quiet time. A
call was made at the Empire works, but the
_ - A. _ . aAH.isItaltfin ???
non-unionists, after a peaceful consultation,
declined to come out. The event to-day was
tbe arrival at Courtney of a number of Hun
garians for tbe purpose of going to work at the
Garfield mines. No Hungarians have hereto
fore been employed in tbe district, and their
advent at this time is regarded with concern.
A camp will be established at Courtney to
morrow to prevent them from going to work.
The operators say that if the strike continues
much longer. Hungarians will be introduced
In all the mines. ,
The Wot o? Saturday Night Succeeded by
a Great Calm.
Columbus, Ohio., September 2.???The situa
tion at the mines to-day is the most quiet of
??? damage
eny time since the strike began. No
to person or property resulted from the at*.
tacks of last night. The governor has ordered
tho militia companies which woro being held
for marching older* to be dismissed ftr the
present, with tho exception of company It. of
Delaware, which will be taken to the vicinity
of the mines this afternoon to be used at dif
ferent points on tho riot.
AXOTHKR MIDNIGHT ATTACK.
Cincinnati, O., September 2.???A special to
tho Timcs-Star from Gore, Ohio, says every
thing is quiet there, and no attack is expected
in tbe day time. About a hundred strikers
moved on Buchlet lost-night, and fired on tho
guard. The fire being promptly returned, tho
strikers fled. No casualties are reported from
tho firing. Three hundred militia reported in
the valley last night, and wero placed on duty
at Snako Hollowjjond Town aud Longstreth.
The strikers report seven of their number
wounded in tlic^attack fat Longstreth Sunday
night???two fatally. Threats having beon
made to destroy tbo bridges, patrol tram
kept running during tho nignt.
A Warning to the Miners ot a Genera
Close-Out.
Columbus, O., September 4.???Superintendent
G. R. Carr, of tho Columbus, Hocking Valley
and Toledo road, has sent a long telegram of
friendly mention to Chris Evans, Stratsville,
district president of tho miners union, inform
ing him that unless tho striking miners
work within a day or two, at tho rates ol
by \
Vlllo
n w i in in u uojr vi mu, at> iuu iuiw
the operators, all the mines at Strata-
i will be abandoned by tho syndi
cate. Stratsvillo is the only mining
town of consequence in Perry county, whoso
sheriff has refused to ask for aid or take steps
toward tho protection of property. Tho oper
ators havo concluded to concentrate then
guards at the mines on tho Hocking and Ath
ens companies at two or three places, and hold
tho authorities of Perry county responsible for
the dnmago to property in that county. This
order has not been given by tho syndicate,
but it is looked for In n doy or two. A largo
number of miners in Stratsville own the prop
erty in which they live...
THK BUSINESS YEAR.
Signs of Prosperity Seen In tho Future???Com
mercinl nnd Financial Reports.
Charleston, S. C., Septombor 1.???The News
and Courier publishes a review of the trade
and commerce of Charleston tor the commer
cial year, showing a highly satisfactory con
dition of business. The receipts of cotton for
tho year were 428,301 bale*} rice, 07,470 bar
rels; naval stores 328,250 casks and barrels:
phosphate rock, crude, 100,714 tons; fer
tilizers, 143,700 tons; product of local
manufacturers, excluding fertilizers, was
$0,757,400. Tbo total trade amounted to
$0-1,501,100. There is a steady improvement
in the. condition of tho city. A large number
of new buildings aro going up, and real estate
is advancing in value. There have boon only
two commercial failures of consequence during
tbo year, and neither of these was duo to
ordinary business causes. The crop reports
from all parte of tho state show that the crops
are looking finely, and farmers are doing well.
It is confidently predicted that tho city and
tho stato will have a highly prosperous year.
S4VAKVAU REGAINS UER TITLE.
Savannah, September 1.???Tho Morning
News prints on elaborate roviow of the com
mercial progress of this city during tho twolvo
months ended midnight lost night. It allows
that this city has regained it* title of tho seo-
ond cotton port and leading naval stores mar
ket of tho world.
THE WHISKY FOOL.
Cincinnati, September 1.???Saturday night
tho last namo was secured to an agreement
which re-establishes the whisky pool. Under
the new Agreement, which went into offect to
day, and which is to be in forco for one year,
tho distillers are not permitted to go beyond
40 per cent of thoir capacity. Houles not
running may sell thoir capacity to tho pool at
stipulated prices. No member is permitted
to buy another .member's capacity. The run
ning capacity of tho pool has been floated
down from 50,000 to37,000 bushels. The.elec
tion of officers will bo held at a meeting to! bo
called soon.
New Orleans. Septombor 1.???FolIoiHjig' Is
>tton exchange report or the
tho national cot
growing crop for August, 188-1:
The month of August has proven uniaToraoio
for the cotton crop, aud tho condition hss deter
iorated, it being now W) as agninst87for July,
85 for Juno and 81 for May. In the last report it
was said in the Atlantic status, Alabama aud parts
of MiMlasippl the crop has grown rapidly, and
Is very unpjiy aud exposed to a loss of trull fi
a hot and dry spell. This fear lias been realized,
and In South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and
Mississippi the loss from shedding and rust has
been Furious, causing a decline in conditions, h
West of )lf**lydppl tho continued drought
further Injured the crop of
bringing It* condition down
that state, _ __
quite low, while Louisiana aud Arkansas
also now need rain, though tho damage has not
; uoved very serious. These two latter states, with
Tennessee, rank highest. Our meteorological ta-
blo shows a lower range of thermometer than last
B it, but rising to excessive figures last week,
c rainfall has fallen below the small figures of
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY
OF SHERMAN'S VISIT.
How Atlanta Succumbed to Overpowering Force*???
Sherman After a Beaton of Shot and Shell
Comet In and Foaeeeeee tbe Town???How
the City was Burned and Ileeurreoted
Twenty year* ago last Tuesday Sherman???s
victorious hosts marched iqto Atlanta, and
like a blue wave spread Into every nook and
corner of tho city, 80,000 strong. Tho lost
retreating cavalryman of tho dofeatod rebels
dashed down Decatur street twenty years ago
to-day to tho invigorating rattle of musketry
as Slocum???s men came from dowu Marietta
street behind them.
???Yes, sir,??? said Councilman Mahoney, ???I
saw tho last cavalryman doth down this
street followed by tho whizzfng bullet*.
As tbe confederates clattered down the street,
one man???tbe last man???dropped his mus
ket. Did ho stop to pick it upf No!
j ???* sides and soon
drove tho spurs into his horse 1
was in the midst of his fleeing companions.
Tho yanks were too close to him and the bul
lets wero flying too thick for him to lose any
time picking up a musket.???
fiow ATLANTA WAS RVSCUATRD.
It was on the first of September, 1804. The
city had been shelled for six weeks and tho
reign of terror was at its heat. Tho battle of
the 20th of July, the groat battle of the 22d
and the battlo ot Ezra church had beon
fought, tho Jonesboro fighting was over and
defeat had settled upon the confederate ban
ner. Many bouses were deserted by the
panio stricken people. For two day* the non-
enmbatanta had beon unable to get any re
liable information of tho movements of tho
two armies. On the night of tho 1st there was
on unusual clatter of horses??? hoofs in tbe city
and an increased tramp, tramp, tramp of tho
moving army ns. Hood prepared to withdraw
city he could no longor da-
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At midnight tho ordnance train and seven
ty odd car loads of powder, shells and
cartridges was run from a point near tho
center of tho city to about opposite General
Gartrell???s residence, and thereinl* began the
destruction of tbo engiuosof death they could
" " * * battle
lasts
;eu pretty good over most of tho belt ex*
backward from two to three weeks, and the crop
Ithcicforc exposed to vicissitudes from early or
even average frost. The worms have douo scarcely
any damage. Fir-king will become general froml
.he Pith to the u.th om-jitumljur, and later In the
northern part of the
TUB REPORT* RT STATES
N*w Orleans, September 1.???The national
cotton exchange???s report of tho cotton crop
for August says:
Georgia???Reports of rains have been few in Geor-
???* * the fruit on cotton plant not
crop Is not as good as lut
year, but thebottora crop promises a good average
crop, twenty days later.
Louisiana reports her acreage about the isms,
and the prospective yield less than last year. The
crop Is generally late and suffering from droi
Fop fs generally late and suffering from drouth.
??? MiMlmipl reports tho crops generally from tea
to fourteen days late. 'There has been somo sub
t???u-
I rot ton on the sandy lands. In southern Mississippi
t to crop is slightly better than last year, and (n
the eastern portion of the state the acreage Is
about the same, and the yield unchanged. Hull
worms reported In (several counties, but there Is
not much fear of tneir doing any damage.
I North Carolina reports a drouth, decreaslng.the
prospective yield. Cotton fs two weeks late, and
" nurh smaller than Inst year. No worms reported.
| licking begins generally on the 15th. Wheat and
corn crop larger and generally better than last
year.
Pouth Carolina reporta tho present condition
better than last year, but much injur&d from
rust, which may cut short the yield.
Texas???Condition generally unfavorable. The
drouth of two months has Injured the crop, paij
tlf ularly in the central portion of tbe state, aud
cut It short from one-fifth to one-third. Rain
now would not materially improve the condition, i
ily improve the v
eastern Texas, around Jefferson, the crop Is
??? * * ??? J expected than
???f ttc r, and a larger yield
last year.
Huat la reported In several localities. The
grain crop Is not much In;
having generally matured be
Injured by the drouth,
before ft came.
BIB. .JOSIll'll MKNKO 1)KAI>.
Man
An Old nnd Reapeeteri Atlanta
PaM*e?? Peacefully Away.
Mr. Joseph Menko died very suddenly at
30 o???clock, on tbe first inst., at his resi
dence, 18 Garnett street. Sunday and Mon
day be complained some, but hts trouble was
not-thought to be of a serious nature and he
did not pull offhi* clothes. Monday uigbt, a
short wnile before bis death, he appeared
to notice that be was approaching bis end, and
called bit family about nim,blessing each mem
ber in turn. He blessed hi* little grandchild,
tbe lut among those about him, and then, as
though he had completed his earthly tasks,
closed his eves and peaeefrilly passed
into the sleep of death.
Mr. Menko came to Atlanta in 1807 and
from that time to his dcatlf wa* one of tha
roost honored and respected citizens of Atlan-
a. A year ago his brother died from
. njuries received in an ^ accident,
and this death wipes away the iMt of the firm
m brothers whose name hat long been a
household word In Georgia. Mr. Menko was
prominent Odd Fellow'and vu devoted to
tbe order. ???
File Slippery Kre Glass.
B???The Bouire,??? say* the author of ???The
Hornier Bchoolmaster,??? wore one glass eye and
a wig. The glau eye vu constantly supping
out of focus, and the wig turning around side
wise on his heed whenever he addressed the
people of tbe Flat Creek District.??? Bsd spec-
acie. Parker???s Hair Balsam preserves and
promotes the growth of tbe natural hair. It
???Iso restores the natural ">lor to hair which
has faded or become gray. Clean, elegant,
beneficial, highly perfumed.
no longer use. Boom niter boom ol
thunder rentthe air and stnrtlod tho city,
shaking it as an earthquake. As r
mass of explosives would fire of
tho air for hundreds of feet up
wnrd would be, ???as if filled with a million
rockets.??? Women nnd children screamed
with terror. In tho midst of all this thero
lived near tho placo many families of very
poor people, wlioso miserable little children
ran about tho yards begging most piteously to
bo saved from the volcano of flro that overy
moment belched from tho burning ambulanco
train, flashed into the darkness far above their
bends and thgn fell backward to tho earth.
The rumble nnd thunder of the exploding ord-
nanco train was accompanied by wild shook of
locomotives as their hollers wont to pieeos
under tbo exploding hands of tho confede
rates.
When morning broko, most of tho soldiers
were gone, ouly a fow straggling cavalryinon
being left behind to bring up the roar, and
they seemed bent on getting out of town os
rapidly as possible. In tho midst of this, felio
non-combatnnts were in a state of terror and
for the greater part, remainod in doers. As
soon as tho confederates had loft town, how
ever, a horde of people from the country cams
in ond proceeded to plunder houses anti stores,
but they were quickly put to flight whou tho
first blue-coat showed up.
IHKRUAN???a AUNT IN ATLANTA.
General Shcrmnn came into Atlanta the
second day after the confederates had left it,
nnd immediately made Ilia headquarters at
tbo old Lyon house, nowRho girls??? high school
building. How many AtlantTnus to-day recall
his figure ns he passed to and fro about tho
bouse or sot on tbo shady varandah?
General Geary inodo Ills # headquarters 1*
the lovoly Rawson mansion,* and General Jofl
C. Dnvi* mado his headquarters In a heuso
about two doors below tho Jewish synagogue
on Forsvth street.
Aud then what a wondorful change camo
over Ihe city!
Within forty-eight hours overy business
house in Atlanta was occupiod by suttlcrs???
stores. There were book stores, clothing
stores, confectionery stores, drygoods stores,
aud to cap the climax, a minstrel snow onunod
on Decatur street, and two dr throe billiard
saloons were put in frill blast. There was
revelry in tho houso of death 1
On tho 4th of September General Sherman'
issued his order for all tho non-cornbatafits to
Jcrvo tbe city within ten days, and the women
and children prepared to shako tho dust of
Atlanta from their feet. Away they wont,and
Atlanta was a vast military comp, occupied
Then a season of despot ration followed.
Some of the finest hqusea in the city were torn
down and the lumber used in making shanties
for tho soldiers. Judge Erskine???s handsome
place was one to suffer Yn this way. Thore waa a
jijnni^wup ono ioHuiior in nu??w*y. inoro wmi
notable case of a soldier who sported a crystal
palace???a house mado entirely of window
???ashes.
Thus did Sherman???s troops oeeupy Atlanta
until
THAT FATAL NOVEMBER NIGHT
Sherman had prepared to leave. From tho
first entrance of the blue coats, there had been
a general belief that tho city would be burned.
Such a fate was talked of on all sides.
At lut the fatal time arrived and tho torch
was applied. A wild fire it was as the busy
little city of fifteen thousand poople was turned
over to the devouring element. All the busi
ness part of tbe city was a mass of llamo that
rapidly spread In every flirection, and when
morning dawned the amoking rqin* and tot
tering walla, and untinol-like chimneys
marked the charred spot, and as tbe last
federal disap]>cared over the brow of
Gartreli's hill stillness and desolation reigned
about the spot where Atlanta had stood. Piles
of brick from which purple smoke lastly
curled up told of the ravished eity and over ft
all the silence of death brooded.
Think of standing where the Kimball now
stands with Its seven stories towering up and
looking in every direction without seeing a
living soul, and a fow weeks later when Mr.
J. C.Hendrix rode dowu Whitehall, be solilo
quised;
???Bo desolate! I would be thankful to *eo
even a bird.???
But Atlanta to-day bts nearly sixty thous
and souls aud the bustle and crush of business
on her streets Monday was in striking con
trast to what the was when twenty years ago
her people began be gather and shuck their
coats for the labor of rebabiliatlon.
RUST IN COTTON.
The Crop of the State .Suffering Severely
From the Had Weather.
Reports sent in to the department of agri
culture show that the cotton crop of tho state,
especially in southern aud southwestern Geor
gia. is in a bad fix from rust. The nut seems
to be particularly fatal and the crop is put at
8* per cent of an average against 20 per cent a
month??? ago. This damage to the crop f* theuDht
to be due to the long rain*
and subsequent dry season. It is
estimated that Ine cotton crop will
be cut off all the way from fifteen to twenty
per cent by tbe rust. Commissioner Hender
son will bare his reports on tbe subject out in
a day or two. Tha corn crop of tbe state has
gotten along nicely, aud an average yield is
predicted.
Don???t Die In tbe House.
'???Rough on Rats??? clear* out rats, mice,
roaches, bed-bugs, flies, ante moles,chipmunks,
Special Itaslness Notices.
A CARD???To all who am suffering from error
and Indiscretions of jronth, net tog* weakness,
early decay, loss of manhood, etc., 1 will send a
recipe that will cure you, FREE OF CHARGE.
This great remedy was discovered by a missionary
in South America. Bend sell-addressed envelop
to Bry. Joskth T. Inman. Station D., New York,
mar 16 in tu th wky cow next rd ma
$10 A BALE SAVED.
The Clarke
Hy of tlir lint. It will pay for Itself lu half a day???s
work on eight bales of cotton, and gives increased
profits to all who handle cotton. Agents want'd
In all uiioccuplcd|t??rr!tnry. Foiifiirihcr Informa
tion call on our local agents or address
CLARKE SEED COTTON CLEANER M???F???GCo.,
6914 East Alabama St, Atlanta, Qa.
ATLANTA COTTON MILLS,
ATLANTA, GA.,
lugs from clean strong cottons. Ask you
??? taken???*???"
storekeeper for them and take no othor. ??? Atlant
mill* A??????4-4sheeting, ???AtlantamillsB,??? 7*8shirt
Ing. Bo sure and gut th Is.
EXCELSIOR
COOK STOVES,
THE BEST IN THE MARKET!
17 Different Sizes & Kinds.
LEADING FEATURES!
Doublo Wood Doors, Patent Wood Grates, Adju.it*-
Mo Damper, IntL-rrlinimciililo Automatic Hliclf,
Broiling Door, Htvlngliig Ifoarthplate, Hwlnglng
H110 mop. Kcvcnibfo uu ..uiiiiiiM u-hik uiuh
Piece, Double flhort ('enters. Heavy King Cover*.
Illuminated Flro Doors. Nickel Knobs, Nickel
Panels, etc. Uucqunlcd In material, In Finish aud
In Operation. ??? .
fiend for Descriptive Circular to
Hunnicutt & Bellingrath,
Cor. Penchtrco nnd Wnlton Streets,
ATLANTA, GA.
nnMf'Tjrou want a *30 i?? Hhot Repeating
UUli I Kill." for ???lfi, a 930 Ilrcoch LondlnH
Shot Gun for 1
n jjBo ua
watch for VIA, a
You ran ???*
If you
or 910, a ??1A VMM Sllrcr Watch for98.
1 vet any ol I UU these article* Free
will devoto n few hours of your leisure
ladysccurtMia 1 Hi
noon. A gentleman got"a Bllvcr Watch
for Uftren minute* work; a boy li
fl,
a Single Lantern you can start a business that
' ??? 160 every * ~ * *
** dogt
r night. Mend at
your
will pay you from flo to - >. v - l
once for otir illustrated Catalogue of Gold and
fillvi-r Watchca, Helf-coekiug, Hull Dog Kcvolvors,
fipy Glassc*, Indian Mcoutsud Arironomlcnl Tale
scopes, Telegraph Instruments, Typo Writers, Or-
gau Accordeoua, Vlolim, Ac., Ac. It may start
you on the road to wealth.
WOULD MANUFACTURING CO.
lit* Nasanu Street. New York.
GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878.
BAKER???S
Warranted ahHolutcly pure
Cocoa, fro in which the czcoaa 0f
Gil has been removed. It ba* three
Umet the ttrength of Cocoa mixed
with Htarch, Arrowroot or Hugar,
and la there tiro far mors economi
cal. It la delicious, nourishing,
atn rigth< nlng, easily digested, and
admirably adapted tor Invalid* a*
well as for person* In health.
Sold by Grocers ererynhsra.
GO., Dorclieiter, Hass.
ntOROIA, FAYETTE COUNTY-^. W. KITCII-
IT tn???s guardian of his minor children, ha* ap
plied for leave (9 sell the ,l*nd briou^n^ to. his
said minora, mid aabl application wUTbeheird c
a? Eftsr* ,n TtfSta*
Ordlnanr,
rtKOKGIA, KAYETTF. COUNTY-AMANDA J.
lY fipeer, guardian for J. W. T. Mpotr. applies for
letters of dismission from said guardianship, and
1 will poos upon her application on the flr-t Mon
day In October next. This (September 1st, PHI.
L. B. GRIUU3. Ordinary.
f tGOUGIA, FAYJCTTK COUNTY???GEORGE 8.
Mini ion. and I will mm upon hla application on
tbe flint Monday in December next. This Heptom-
her 1st, 1884. L. B. OBIOGfi, Ordinary
, Qnlck permanent cure
Nervous Debility Book * free. C'l vlale.
Agency, 106 Fulton fit., N. Y.
7t *;????ii??-w- DR, TOWNSEND???S Remedy iwa
$5
* HAY-FEVER %
ASTHMA nnd CATARRH
affl be sure In n(n*/y eaut tn a hundred, and recommend
ill Mtffercrs to nuke a Uiorojxh trial of It." M-jvel,
H:W. BEECHER.
Sold by nU druggists. For PamplUett semi to
Db. M. IL Townsend. Frotburg, MJ.
CAMPAIGN CANNON,
100 to 1,000 lbs., 9JO.OO to 9300.00,
If ADE OF STEEL, MAKE TREMENDOUS RE-
Jvl port. Perfectly sefn. V. 8. Cannon Prlmon,
93.00 a 100. fiend for Cmqnon and Gun Circu
lar. Address J. H. JOHNSON???S
*ug. &-w?peow Gun Works, Pliuburg, Fa.
THE TEST!
quireu to detect tUu presence of ammonia.
GULLETT???S MAGNOLIA
COTTON GINS,
FEEDERS AND CONDENSERS,
t"he best in use.
With increased facilities We are
prepared to supply the demand
promptly.
THOMAS M. CLARKE & CO.,
Agents, Atlanta, Ga.
aug2S??? dim thu sat tno & wkylm
VT C, HD For Men. Quick, sure, safe. Book fro
V IUUJlv Oman Agency, 106 Fulton st., N. 1
V A P irOPPT V PaintCM sure euro. Book
FuUonlt t U LLLCi free. Civlale Agcucy, 106
BARRY???S
LUXOMNI.
Tho gem ol fcmalo remedies, specially adapted
to troubles of pregnancy, used during tho last two
months ol pn-Kiiaiicy It relieve* all sense of tight-
new nnd weight, so annoying to the rendition.
Luxouiul relieves cramps, false pains, and pro
motes rest and comfort at night: It greatly ameli
orates the pangs of child birth, shortens labor, pre
vents after palux, and facilitates recovery.
For disordered aud imlufiil ra??Mintraatloa 0
it liRMic* equal, and Is a Mii??erior remedy for noo-
ralgles, convulsions, and othor troubles connected
with tbo uterine and ovarium diseases.
Luxoniul Is no liquid preparation, bat 9
combination of veorotablo plants from which ft
simple tea is made, aud In without doubt thu gea
of female remedies. Price, fMK) per package. U
BARKY MA!
SUI At, A U Ml Wvf lA/.j
Drawer 28, Atlanta. Os.
A MAGNIFICENT FARM FOR SALE OR LEASE
W???i
from Atlanta nnd 8 miles from Pucketts on Atlan-
??? " Point It.
f which ??
d Wist Point It. H.* Tho fan
an- open ami :UHl tu or.
land nriacrnare well *ot la
over and 60 acres In bermnd*
gra>s. All is in good condition and very produn
live. It H well watered, Ihim splendid improve
ments. good society, convenient school* and I* a
healthy loeallly. On the place arc 11 Milieu, .T
fort y!. Of the
orchard gras* nnd clov
i. _AM fs In good c
full
ntsof most impr<??\
Ire*
iv k & trd Is
Ira-
purticu-
Manhood Restored.
Victims of youthfullmpradti
. . Iflfliir*,. Hilling NorvoasDe-
ility, I'reninlaro Decay, anil alidi-orijera brought on
try liithm ration or*xci-M.will loam of a riiupln
A**,by atidroMliigJ. II. jtEEVPH.^ChathaiaiiL.N.Y
pcp5???dly frl sun wed dtwky
Dr.Worthimgton???s
H0LERA BRAMP
0
AND
IARRHOEAMURE
0
USED
OVZB 9S TEAM. _
.Mtj for Ohelora* Cranp. IMarrkora*
D/amUry, *tamM??r <'o??aplalat, DyafOptUa,
ond UtnU. Introd-e-a to it???? Arniy,
DrwNUrfi a
ffcl, by IviMfrOMnl O.J . .... .. ??????
Wtirtn, rarT??f*r-U??Mral| K-s-.tb B????s.r, M-ita
V. H. Tr??M??ry, ??hf. fri",?? ??u. S-H t.r I)r??M
004 !>??????!.r*. Only ??? r I- kU???? in |
0
pi|[U A spi-edyaiul Painless
x 1U1H c urc f or t | ie Opium
CURE or ^- r p' llllc ^ a * j * t *
1 Cure Guaranteed.
Address
N. B.DREWRY.M.D.
GRIFFIN, GrA.
SMITH???S
Extract of May Flower
FOR WOMEN. _
A POSITIVE Cl'RU FUR
DRUNKENNESS
dr. SAIZUMI???
Golden Specific.
It can be given In a cap of eofes or teg
Withouttlrafcnowladga of the poraontaking
It, effecting a speedy nn??l permnnent cure.
Whether the patient Is n moderate drinker
or nn alcoholic wreck. Thousands of
dmukards have beea made temperate men
who have taken the Golden Specific In their
coffee without tlieir knowledge, and to-dnp
believe they quit drinking of their own free
Will. Mo harmful effects result from Us
administration. It purifies and enrich**
the blood, allays nervousness, and Incites to
healthful action all the organs of digestion*
fleltei sndh ten ISO turn Mr**, ctaiis???
jpoxt 9AX*BI BY
MAGNUS & HIGHTOWER
. Druggists, ???
ATLANTA, OKOROIA.
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