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The Me Con nilj Ifeekli) Tim.
MAGME Cm,
r l\ HANID MOI N'TA IN NKA ii
TUENTGn.
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'■iiinc of thi Charnbcrs Grand in
Their blatantite and
\ doriiirii'md D-ule Count jr’s
Mineral KehOtvrimo,
S'nff Por’e r sponit<’nce of Tfh* Civiftknootjn
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Ti ertov, ()‘ < . I? —Thi* vipirjiv
bids Mr to t>. eotno fnvu* f r ii
raves. There ftr* of tT to,
soot" of,which i b io; rate tin heaxtof
the mo'ffltHlo.' ImT-ed, n't e nr ti.O
react mo far into the bowels of tie
erect upheaval* that all past exploi
ter jinrPhid have failed to reafeh theii
bournes,*
In c(*mt ary with a party of ten I
explored Mag bee cave yesterday. Ii
start s into the fodt of Bind mountain
about one and a half miles from I hie
plOve, and where it ends is only, so
f ir, » surmise. Our psrty went in
about a half mjje, and siiil the Cave
coin si is largt as near the ttpe -
i lie. Spue-, of the chaw bars iu His
cav , rwac .ed by, kiw uarroto pae
i gvs v. *-e g; a*tid -in fiver Stalactie
and .‘SialiguntH miorquieuts. prs
queuilv the-e ieieo-s of atone, for me 11
t>y 1 iie co diriuoUM drop ling of thej
watei , penetrated throu htbeiot sj
fbov ,|r*-H( uedrfrotis the jLortu jo le*
floor of ilte cave. 'iTei!,. ijt otbe
danders, t *"»*> fur in a glittering f* *-
toou 0.1 Him whuia above. other rootns
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they nine the position of fiesc .
and stih it; others they Were in shape
of rot rough surface on ine cmitim
giving it very touch the appe.iranc.
(f L oC'Usia U altoi .y in-some ot to*
ioitp-r cftamne'S wire ledges qr roc It s
• : f uic.' trail >1 tea and II :u es vet \
much lik>* butoan, station* d ar.oumt
on the ledge?, si me like
sentineloflters sst ting with tfiei
their nuo'tels around them, lik<
writable monks,
Norton in those caves will be ms'-
ters of great intetest : ‘o future bul
- and e£T >rts are t > t.e made t
preserve WtHio. ,Taf im a ,W(' expk)f.
ed is somewhat noon! f >r its saltpe
t< r, as vast quantities of it wer
t*keo mu durit g the war arid used
I’u th«j m irmftelu oof powder. Toi
ls certainly a fruitful fi-id for th<
geologist, as it is not only rich in
erop-rtWts, hut here he can penetrate
the very bowels of tire earth and,
it w ore, examine its internal anato
my.
i)a D tt county SiiNEiiXra.
1 had a very pleasant chat this
morning with Dr. Little, who is here
iuveatig tttug the in n rai deposits of
this section. Among other things he
ssid :
“Ilade county is the second it
mineral in the "fate. The deposits of
coal in Sand m nots'n are almost in
exhaustible. 1 estirnire that in this
mountain there are 6t> 000 seres of
rod deposits, the vein vsrytng tu
thickness from thrse to six feet. On
a safe estimate this deposit will yield
12,000 tons to the acre. Y«< you can
*afwly say there is 800,00(1,000 tuns of
TRENTO'’, GA., SATURDX'Sf, OCtOBE’TIO 1331
Icol in fi'ls tin.in.: a* J< , and within
liir*y lid lev ~f Chao a tt.nga. Ot
lie wes, side of the range, where the
reiipHSHee rivar cuts in cLse to llie
i in* *tn t * 1 11 , it con lie mined, an I
tiirotigp n entire leaded directly m
hosts fr'irn tiie 01 'utn of the ‘min*,
rids tides ,4 the 'to a I d> -
| oo's ts'd i'ttic* ofhPr’afde of the vallet
I ; t* ■' k"tit range.
‘Tac uej **“.*&& of ii on ofc of
j -hvtt i;i t!‘f iess extent. The rfem of
iron ore, \ irving surety,
abor.t three fp,e:t.'thick and <yf ?'
very fne quality. Tijecoa] is of a
i verv'e - coding a I'i‘ty. ■,
i “Thei‘o iieah o a eif-Ytiu'ao'ris bed
,of line c'.av crat at. vari
dufvplareH aior;g Sand moiintain;
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I ft is the same quality 'used hv the
Montagfie *’orks and is suitable
j ,
, for fi r e briak -»ad sewer pipes.
I This clay dep'okit is jgt some places
i thirty feet thirds.
! '‘.Building 'ston’C ? Why, there
are mountains of it and of a very
desirable qualify. Pome of it can
be seen in theebimney* hereabouts
that have withstood the weather
I for half a century and a;e now as
perfect as when first erected. This
j fcs a ‘‘air test of its quality.
1 lI A practical route for a railroad-,
from Stevenson to Dalton, has been
iqimd crossing this valley. It
in all probability be built add
wiU be a very important mineral
•road. }>a •> ing - 1 Kroijgb the richest
; mineral section in tue State of
! Georgia.”
«?02Vl) BLOODED >1 UK I) L It.
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! A Broil ;'r of‘Manager Loftffc @bi>t
and. «•, illed in St. Louis.
| Mpecfftt to The I)ai UI I'lMks.
St. Louiq 0-Hi‘ «r 10. —Frink Lof
:ig t h o hnr of 01a 1g« L »fus, of the
v G'e a d hnsa ball team, was -kot
: Hi>d killed wilh< n f provoeaM >o, to
, it'j h L-f G vva a '* olm \ and <>n
I my Heij t‘i J P’d Heroes Die slice 1
o a *;d on t, d hnftyht a cigar. As
he was coming out, the door'he acc : -
stopped on IPhu] Mcßride's
foot. Mcßbideiaa son o'f rt ptotilf
iii*nt atloroey, and, although hut
twenty->ne, is ft noted tough. He
followed L ftis out on the Sidewalk
and shot him d“rtd
Trpnton can well oe proud of her
mineral wster. The sulphur teate’r i*
commented upon and br«t,g *d shorn
,bv every man, woman and 'child
I who visits 'he place. U like sum:
1 sulphur v>' tt i' is d»cidelv p'ess
| ant to the taste and has not the fl vnr
of aged eggs. A gallon of this water
can he drank before hreskfast with
exoeriericing anv id effects H w
evpr very few drink more than e
quart.
Col. Williams offers a regard for
k iy party who Will make oath that
he did not get his mon 'j b worth
and a aqgare meal at his hotel, and
indignantly denies that he put four
men In one bed on last Monday
nigh«. Every man had a pleasant
nDce to sleep—even if it was on the
fl tor.
FUklOl'S FARMERS.
BLOODY FIGHT BETWEEN AL
LIANCE MEMBERS AND
villagers.
Three Men Killed Two Mortal!?
WrromfrH Several Badly Hurt—
Both Sides Claim to be Jus
tified—The Little Town
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in a Panic.
MXNTG' MKtIY, AT,A., Oct. 15 -lr, !
, a ffffljcult.v at Dot hen yesteuDy sev
en, men were shot-, two sre dosrl m <i
soother dying. Thfe trouble aron
t'Ctween the town council and the
dtkyil)'n of the farri ers’ warehouse,
the lat er refusing to the ifeeust
requir«d by the town auti* r rtie
They were several times arrested for
violating the ordinance anti ft ted, 1
a.id this caused the trouble between,
the farmers and the town. Both,
marshal- w ere shot ai d one will do ,
audtwo draymen, defying the last,
were kifled. Tronhle was expect G
last night and the town was wt-f' ;
guarded. Mauy enraged farmers ar*
in town h -day, hot p.ll is quiet.
FULLKIi DifiTAlL-*.
Atlanta, Ga.,. Cci, Ifi —At JO
i.’docK .an ingot the C mstitulto
started out a special engine fmi.-, j
B iinhridge, in charge of C • E. B
Ru-sell, to invt’a the rumored
110 at D .then, in Ijanrv Coßiitv . I
Ala. Tlte engine reached that piaetf
at 1 o’ftiock this hnorniiig. The facta j
ware to be found as follows',. ' j
The EtymerGs Alliance of Hem
county had established tt w »reh .1,-*
at Dothan. The town authorities had
sought to collect a license from the
drays fthich they employed, as frotr,
the drays employed by other business
houses. George H. Stringer, mana
ger of the farmers’’ warehouse, to test'
the iaw undertook to drive one of
the drays himself, when he w»s ar
fesled and his trial set for yesterday.
The Alliance men attended the trial
in force, and B. Stringer, a re Mi >. e
of Get rge 11. S ringer,, Ute man to tie j
tried flourished a «one and rnada for (
the otarsfiab
This started the trouble when aj
susilade of shots took place. G“<>. M.
Stringer and Jeff Walker, of the Al
liance forte, fell dead, and Peier 1
Tew, G’reen Stringer an’rt B Stringer
Were seriously wounded. Marshal
J. L Domingoes sn Deputy Mar
-Ital Park P*)w'6 ! and a (Awn tm tt,
W, B. Craddock, were mortally
wounded. The lettor which I'elgned
the rest of the day watt indescribable.
People Were IY) har a I night of'ft r»-
•<evMal of h • altapk'. Toe la risers
ci*ifri that the toMvn people tfeftted'
'hem w'ro’ngffofiy. and claim that 'he
riot Was inl&vitai te under the pr V -
cniuii given.
A Trip to'Cdie CiTv.
On yesterd «y a party consisting of
Dr. Georg. L tie. A. G. Bleb man,
J Mime Williams and H. L. Davi*
m*de a trip to *le City to inspect
ltd* Dade coal mines located at that
point. A* the mine* the party wa«
taken fn charge by genial Captain
Penlay, who showed the parly
through the mine*. Here are c m
ducted the moat extensive coal tuiu-,
G g operation in the H'lti’h. Thff
C»ai is very »'rtt>eri<>r 'fir opkb’g,
he (witttnsny sp> iv'C/ '.irnr^'ip"
• go nverw n*-d a r »> htl'ldivg sft no*e
.i>"ts to meet ttie iit-mand n r 'h> ir
Ift Li toe n*-w ovtt'irMsg.'tm' f-fttiy
niii,l tue ar-.iit': of tciml to tie aim ‘t
vet and ot uiiiiur.n chick'.e*s o'f
ui fee*. Li the t/!d rft iie or *M.he
upi ” .* tliey term tr. Hie cal ts
j nmen-e, rnuning'frori f> et to it
it in I'hit'kires*. Ttm et riipany
oik ftitfl convicts t o more lhan
Mil tree taUiii, and they
, S»ve wot Red “the slope* for twenty
>ears, there 13 no dimiouation of the
•oil and ,; .t will dt übtiess be work, d
■or t»tte Irfindred years yet with the
nine results. Tuts establishes the
Sand mountain coal tb'M as the most
tellable in the S uth. The veins
'no 1 # being operated at Cole Ciiy is
tditif’ and ,is thp same
that is opened two ml e-i west of the
r court h use at Trenton. The dis-
from Trenton to iC tie City is
av, milea ui d the road v* ry rough m
nine hot the magnificent
1 vie** & thin season of ?htf year, will '
1 rf>b«y one for tt.e tr-rrihle sltake up
of'thH “scrub Hhtldie nag*,” aqd al
: t,oui. h iti*. a iea triW Jur \ day or
two nave to inks riwtt‘ I!™!* 1 'at ind
i/ig they do not ro. ‘retThvrrip.
J‘ LOCAL AFFAIRS, y
c!r. Lovering s‘ it** t at the ex
cifAbont at F »rt p*y ,e was uo'img
to (Gfr wit 1 e at Tten
o*m ki"J.. U j .T^nlfi
mnfe pi operty then he harf all tie
time 10 1 i- ion own.
A'p'ftio slaicfricnt oT too fesourc**
of i’reu oiad he iff! tiefline vie ui
wil s' ow t' » w.'fan'c trusts with
the woi 1 l iti the rn*riuf ,c tv * of iron,
and can forni-ti me -L' i el States
with tt e fi test of building rock.
The boom is still fat ami sassy.
Who says the boom is defc;l ?
C H Gilbert, of Fvfft P >“.VO,
r>*-a 4fi DIM) worth of propc- y f s
terday.
Work wii he cnmoqenced at M -t
--ri.-O i’s nvx! week.
The excitement ih town yesterday
was caused by Breaking a Texas
ponv to work to a cart.
W. A. BdonUUds representing the
Baltimore Manufacturers E cord, of
Baltimore, Md., was in town yester
iay. ®
Cap'. S. C. B sler, who left ht re for
Ohio last We*k, teJegraphs back that
party from that State, c insisting
il manufacture^B w 11
s ton leave fwr this place.
Mr, Sims, t f (ha .at o ga. Wh-i
csrn* hero to survey land-, nude fcnl
nr fore he T.e ha 1 been iu town five
• nun.
S( iffOCOVI fusion exists in rogard to
he Wi'rtih of the 9 reds, b n ever>-
hiog will soon tic atijtw.cd anil w*
► h*ll have no more trnunle. In
many'Oases the owners ofceriain lots
greed to give enffie.ieUt grou d to
widen out the airevts hi titty feet
while the adj 'itiirtg I-f ow,*rs uu
derstood tl*ey Were to give sufficient
ground for tUe alryat to jbf tiftrly luet
fid*. '