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Huxthr, Local Editor. W. T. CONN & CO., W HOLESALE DEALERS in Sta ple and Fancy Groceries, Tobac cos. Cigars, &c. Milledgeville, Ga., Feb. 20th, 1869. 5 Gra The Edwards House, O FFERS the best accommodations for Transient and Regular Board ers. Special inducements for College students. WARREN EDWARDS. Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 1, ’86. 26 ly WOOD YARD! W°OD ^'iv^TSER. Milledgeville, August 3rd, 1886. [4 tf THE EARTHQUAKE. On Thursday, 31st August, the res idents of this city were made to expe rience the startling sensations attend ant upon a veritable earthquake and one which, for its intensity and alarm ing manifestations, has never been equalled in this region in all its past historv. since its settlement by white people. The writer was sitting quiet- lv reading at home, at the time men tioned, no one else being on the prem ises except the cook in the kitchen, when the windows began to rattle and the floor to move apparently with an up and down motion and at the same time there was a dull roaring to be heard almost like a coal burning locomotive at a distance. The idea at once occurred to us that it was an earthquake and we went to the door in a short time to hear more distinct- lv the roaring sound mentioned above. The violence of the shaking still con tinuing, we went out into the street, when we heard loud screaming in one direction and shouts and cries in va rious directions. All the people of the town were evidently aroused and greatly excited and alarmed—very manv being out in the streets. The first shock occurred at about 9.25 o'clock, sun time, and lasted we thought, nearly, if not quite a minute. After going to* a neighboring house to try and quiet the fears of some la dies who we feared would be greatly frightened, we returned home, resum ed our reading and took notes of suc ceeding shocks, which occurred as follows: as above stated the first shock, by sun time, occurred at 9.25 o'clock, at 9.40 there was another not nearlv so severe, at 9.50 there was an other* then at 10 o’clock another, at 10.20 another, at 10.28 another, and at 12.45 another. All these -were noted by the writer w ho then retired to bed and went to sleep. A member ot our family noticed another shock at 4.20 o’clock, and another shock was ob served in various places in tow r n at 8 o’clock Wednesday morning, and at ten minutes before 5 o clock in the afternoon still another slight shock was noticed. Other shocks were no ticed at about 11 o'clock Wednesday night, Thursday morning at 4 o'clock and Friday night at 104 o'clock, the latter being a more notable one than the others. On Saturday night an other shock occurred at 9 o’clock and till another on Sunday night at 10:30. The earthquake while doing no great damage, left its marks in va rious parts of our city. At the old McComb Hotel, the top of one chimney Fell off and a good many brick fell off several other chimneys. In the Oco nee house the plaster ing fell in a num- Miss Rosa Mapp, the eldest daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mapp, of this city, has been visiting the family of Gen. C. Irvine Walker, relatives of theirs, at Summerville, S. C., twenty- two miles North-West of Charleston When it was ascertained that no com munication with that city could be obtained, Miss Rosa’s parents were greatly concerned about their daught er’s safety. They were finally howev er greatly relieved by a telegram from Columbia, S. C., saying that she and Gen. Walker’s family had reached that city in safety, but that the house in which they had lived in Summer ville had been destroyed. On Satur day morning last, Miss Rosa, accom panied by her cousin, young Mr. Wilson Walker, arrived in this city and in a short time the writer had the pleasure of an interview with them Miss Rosa, when the great shock came, ran hastily from her room and thereby her life was probably saved for in a few moments the house was so complete a wreck, although not wholly shaken to pieces, that every body feared to enter it, as there still remained a continuous shaking of the j clothing, provisions, bedding, furniture and other property of the family were covered up in the ruins of the dwelling and probably at this writing, (Saturday,) it so remains. At the time of our visit, Mrs. Mapp was gening material to supply the loss of her daughter’s wardrobe. The young refugees related many interesting incidents of the earth quake in Summerville, which, it seems well settled, was about the very cen tral point of the disturbance. Many cracks in the earth was observed, mostly running nearly North and South, from which after a time water began and continued to run, bringing with it a blueish mud mixed with gravel. The young lady informed us that the water was warm, showing that it must have come from a depth of two, three or four thousand feet; calculating by the known increase of the temperature of the earth, as we penetrate into its depths. The house of Gen. Walker was removed bodily two or three feet, there being that space between it and the steps at the front door, which remained unmoved. The general wreckage of all the dwell ings at Sunnnersville is the more re markable, as they were all frame buildings, the town being largely composed of summer residences of the wealthier citizens of Charleston, who availed themselves of the railroad to pass to and from that city, where they still attended to their business during the summer. If they had been built of brick, the loss of life would inevitably have been fearful. One remarkable fact was mentioned by young Mr. Walker, to the effect that the colored people were attend ing services in one of their churches, near where he lived, at the time of the earthquake, and that amid the general destruction of houses, that building was almost without a sign of injury. He did not visit the church himself but saw some of the white cit izens coming out of it who had been making an investigation and they as sured him that it was so. Our limited space compels us to refrain from re lating other interesting facts and expe- ; riences "which we gathered in our pleas ant and instructive interview. IPiiM P. J. CLINE & CO •9 Have been opening and marking new goods for the past week. Messrs. Cline and Goodman have returned from New York where they have visited all the Eastern factories, and they have bought a Tremendous Stock of DRY GOODS, ‘‘Conservative Methods.”—-Our neighbor of the “Chronicle” takes a short paragraph, which -we copied from an exchange and endorsed by placing it among our local items, as a text for a sermon on the duties and responsibilities of the press. We take it, our young friend intended, not so much to lecture us, as to lay down a ber of the up stairs’ rooms, and the ; platform for his own future guidance; plastering was cracked in nearly all a11 wj»<* w f wl8 J h , h ™ Godspeed.- he other rooms and passages. The : We will simply add, that in a long himneys of the Edwards’ house were : connection w ith the press, we have nuch shattered for a distance below he tops; the building known as the >ld Darien Bank showed the effects of j he shaking up by the walls cracking j nd bulging slightly out of line; the i & esidence of Mr. Bagley suffered a ood deal by the fall of plastering and ricks from* the chimneys, and some f the bricks fell on a box of matches n an upstairs mantlepiece and set -lein on fire, but they fortunately urned up without setting the house n fire. The walls of the old State ouse were cracked and it will re- bi r e an examination by an expert to ^ .vhat amount of damage it suffer- j».nd what repairs are needed. Be es these few buildings that were kaaged there are doubtless quite a -.Juiber of others in various parts of M if city of which we have heard no ' iort,* which suffered in a similar inner. 3rreat alarm and even extreme ter- : was experienced by many per is, and some remained in the eets, for quite a length of time, er the first shock, fearing to go ck into their houses lest another d worse one should follow. Among many incidents of the occasion, »re were doubtless many more or less r'icrous that will furnish laughter to lise who participated in or witness- Mthem. ^■he inmates of the old McComb el were loudly called upon by a ■fileman to come out at once in the ^ et, while the shock was in full e . ’ The call was promptly obeyed one spirited little lady, as she was ung quick time down the stairs, reminded by a friend that she had closed her door. “Oh gracious!” cried “no human being would 1 anything at such a time as this,” she lost no time in getting out oors. any persons experienced nausea he stomach who were otherwise ood health and the fright was Rless injurious to those who were ned to their beds by sickness, -entleman living some ten miles of here informed us that his wife verv seriously effected by the |i'iqua‘ke; so much so that he had ^minister stimulants and use hot cations freely to keep her from ,; an( i he is persuaded she had a narrow escape. always brought into the discharge of our duty a conscientious regard for the best interests of the community, and while we have many times been betrayed into the use of harsh lan guage in heated contests, which real ly added nothing to the success of the cause and would have been better un written, we have never regretted the use of kind and soft words; and as we muse in the mellowing twilight of approaching age, we feel more inclin ed than ever before to use persuasion instead of force. Young men for war, old men for counsel. and they will be able to give the people Meat, Avant’s. salt and lard, cheap at Wanted. PLANTATION near Milledgeville. jl Three to five hundred acres—state price and mention improvements, if any. Address CASH, Care of this office. Milledgeville, Ga., Sept. 7, ’80. 9 it this Fall. Messrs. Lyons and Bannon from the Macon store, left last Saturday, for New York where they will remain several weeks, and whenever there is anything in the way of New and for nnnwTY tpparttppp to be had, we will be certain to get them. Now is the time to l at the New York GroceryiStore, S ee T. L. Avant’s New Stock. We are authorized to announce the name of Arthur I. Butts for County Treasurer, at the ensuing election in January next. J*if 26,1886. 3 tde n OR TAX COLLECTOR. :0: I HEREBY announce myself as a candidate for Tax Collector at the election next January. As I have nothing to fall back upon but my friends I think it best to let them know it in time J. W. BUTTS. Aug. 8th, 1886. [5 t de FOR COUNTtTtREASURER. We are authorized to announce the name of John M. Edwards for Coun ty Treasurer. Election, in January next. * COMMENCE BUYING YOUR FALL GOODS; You can make them up at your leisure. Don't wait until cold weather, and you will not be so pressed to get them ready. We can’t mention all the pretty things we have opened, but we promise to keep you posted. Come and see us, we will take pleasure in showing. you through, O Aug. 4th, 1886. 4 tde To theVoters of Baldwin County. A T the solicitation of many friends I hereby announce myself as a can didate for the Legislature. T. H. KENAN. July 27th, 1886. 3 tde. Milledgeville, Ga., Aug. 24, 1886. PETER J, CLINE & C0„ Milledgeville, Macon and Griffin... 10 ly