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HI'S i lias. C v ©a*-* . W* it V?. a ,. -f £& t 3 -fJ* V> •*< par.es Says p r papr !,' l I'tt ■: i it. \ f IvJli 'j u• 1 -- - ■-•> ~ ornit r ■ »ftup tj. colonist of ' riE STEAKS jOltM AXIOM ' • vT J; V-TS rv 2 i •«'7! IM VK * |;lAlfc SslfiCTiOiN. "'; ,V i ...i i*T -- IlorO'h flh J .-I" »- I k :»f ' \ flmtip sh.. - '•'>• FT- ( * - "■'■*7 '< ge Little. ).: '..i ■ < • .«t. Mini by --- r - o j T rorrset J ■ rf<;.t . ,un •• v, s in town, : > - tv- •*»*! 1**«1 on ■s.ini for * .•; of the water '*sour<‘t - to., -.■* T - ntou. He • 1 , viAIU . N : ' #r> e*n l*e I'.nd ,: *' • clear free* •.♦o'iv r- at-. rioen, threw • : oi ver« are two ;• iri■ ■' u*hel nse-as '■ vallev aa , . i! be found . bouse*, *a«l r , ...,-* with fine lh* farmer’s old *»d firm ■ ; ;•; ; i g ■;! . m t ha. ;. . *t>kowt e-ree-k irv keen in • v. y year*, and y a half mile . and Sitton’s. • i near Sitton's vein of iron f. '.out creek at •entoue springs 01 tong the moun tou will find .rings, running i'lt o sand stones 0 cliffs that are 0 -ad, _ on tap of the - ■•■.: ;s a large, l>old re ■. ....2 os out of the h i ' - m down into a ■ak a - io: jee and disap yijars, and co out again in the talloy i w is about six I diameter, and by the joe of pip' jil ; easily run to the iwe . no f e will throw the water over »:.-y ?ix-atory building without the aid o: engines. ‘’Tgwn creek n.ses only a mile i»d % half frosn town. It «cmes out from under n h*>avr limestone cliff and afford* enough water to run r, mill. The tanner’s of the town are fu-nished water by thin stream.and h aa laugw-vuough for ailiMoat stay purpose. ‘*T!he gvo-fogifcal pfruc-tu.ro of the ’oaty iis peculiar. l» the dk*>rt cjssi ato't! >f three miles you pas* -..•ver eight different gwdogical for "nations, and tbis *f course gives ua the differwut kinds o>6 water®. ‘•The chalybeate springs- a-w of Ljrequcnt occurrence, and tie *u>l imr spring has* i’>v.g baea known and has made Trento-n a fun© 'ution ».s a health resort. This spring ia in the corporate limits and orJnr about 200 yards from the depot, and only across the r ence i'roua the Dade Normal Institute building. ‘‘The Alabama white sulphur spring, where a sa»j« Iwis been built, and has. fa* - years b**a a re sort for peopll* from Now Ctrseans, Meridian.Tiiiacaloosa, Biruuingbasn, Chattanooga and othes Bcuatham eicies. ViRE CLAT. “Near thia spring is found the famous clay, which Montague has for years supplied his fir© brick and sewer pipe work, and which has made him independently rich A large bed of which lies at the foundation of the success of Fort Pavue, Ala., where is said to have been expended or works for the purpose of utilizing at. “The summer resorts on top of Lookout mountain are famous, and are extending gradually down to Rising Fawn. As to the health tulnes* aud delightfulrtess ot Look out mountain, I). P. Hunt, of Cin cinnati, 0., said to a Chattanooga Evening News reported last Mon day : '■Never in my life Lave 1 : spettt*a .score,summer* a«MHt hrifrgs to me a feeling ctf sadness when I contemplate my depart” re,* which must- l>e sooner or later. I. have been on the go* traveling continually for the past ten years, and I say with emphasi* aud perfect candor that f have never seen such a delightful and health giving climate than on Lookout mountain. ’ j “It must be remembered Jthat Trenton is only about fourteen mile# South of this pointy and its eiimate is 4 its wjttaL’"' repost FRc»?e tr:f, hall, of new \ OKS. “The following is a report made by Prof. Jame 6 Hall in 1862, and who has been State Geologist of the State of New York for the past fifty years on the Empire State Iron ; <fe Coal company, which is only two j miles South of Trenton, which un ! fortunately fell into the hands of I English hairs and cannot now be secured, says: “ ‘lt would be superfluous to say anything further on the advan tages of your position. They can not be overstated. 1 have never <een in *uch dose proximity and abundance tho coal and iron ore in I any ro- ion of the country.’” i UEPORT OK KKOF. CJHAS. B. HITCH COCK, OK NEW IUMCSHIIig. ; “Now here is a report bv Prof. ' Chas. H. Hitcheock, State Geolo gist of New who Late i IVtexamined the coal aud iron of vlurrison, throe miles N»atL of Trenton. He says: “ ‘Plenty of coal suitable foe icoe i in snsalting tho iron can he made available within the di.sla.a-ce of two-oi throe rmle-s from th© iron , outcrop. Witlwxst further details it is very clot r that these lands, especially ;.at their jirwsent low valuation can be highly recommended for ablw investment. AN EXPEET’S OPINION. 1 Kn>m *he Chtt-anoogA Hreni o({ Txknton, Oct. B—Knowing that the opimon of an expert is worth more than that of hundreds of other moo, the New* reporter sought an interview with an eminent geologists “Dr. Little, ] am informed that yoUt tsave served os titate geolog'is t of (Jeivrgia. In oaj iufiwuiation correct?” ‘ I have served in that capacity ' <evi»n years fn thin State,” [ “Then vow oaght to kpow whether coni aud iron exist iu Trenton. Wilt you care to inform the publi- ?*’ “J hav* so ottjjeclfen whatever, .’he public-have a right to know,and .<hey should be correctly informed. And the aame public have a right t<» require correct information a* to the ex'eut of tha natural resoim-as of Trenton, and knowing th.u th«y wi'l tretter know whether to make In veatmenta. “I have a map of all the coal arid iron along Lookout, W> 1* and Jones valleys from WauhldcM© to Birmingham and beyond. I know the thickness and location of the veiaa a »t every point of importance. 1 also know ti>e location of every cos! me*-- : vre yet developed, and the means ©f neecss to this valley through the o (Bintain. At this plsce the hills on .each able a# the Alabama S uthern ratlrnsd hears a vein of iron th*t will 1 avt r*?c four feet in thicknes*, that dip ut-d< x the hills along the foot of th« mountain ranges. This iron .pass©* entirely through them and 'through the mountains aud comes out uu tha other side. The hilli south of M<>rriaon switch are within one mil© of the railmatf on each aide. Hay hHve been worked at some places and the ore sold to the fur iibCesof ITkattanooga, Rising Fawn nnd other place*. The grsateat ex tent to which any of then) have been opened is ai Morrison’s. B >nd and Morrison mined about fifty feet off the watt side of the vein at that plsce for the distance of a mile. They e-'Uidgo on to the creek and tneo through the mountain. The vein is from four to flv* feet thick. It will average four feet. Both ridge* at Trentoo bear this ore. “Two mile* west of the town there are Ihrte veins or maasuras of coal, and at high point© there is annthsr. Tha upper continuous vein is known as the Pennington. It varrias from two to four aud oae-kalf f©et. 11 an excellent ««.Si u foul. AV»' flity feet below th«l i tt«.- t -l» Rrk vein, varrytir,: fr’ous'fo.jr 1 1 > fi • | et in tbicktins*. ! •> ont- -f ill *. from which - i -ic .U*» iir-.-d ia hp Rt*ing F -wii :.r,u C ukti tn'-oga ftiroHces F' - u > ' - • ji-.dred fpHt t*el<>W ! f -t th* * 3\- eragieg fotar -» ' - i • > prlue «. pal coal now bt in v . ' i u jii-iovs o&oiud furn i - . una west to B%v <•'< * •• bs' eof twenty uii>« s’- ;i ‘ ■ : ‘ f ’ 1 1 lat uralOpeitiogr ■' ’< ‘-H i» town in the- v 1 vV rid* Ontion on tr. - - 4 1 Ua~ uooga milriiH •- t-h up. The nth ri:.i n road is fr<-B» Mmr. • \ i-V u'rr* 1 Tow u tr.-ek n liey 'to bt«venson. i ta*.- twenty mii«” ••‘►a through c« a ’*• • • ire. L'liere ieanotr- in'*, and another Q-»k Gap lual w i th© Dade county i >Ch would be frnoi. * tu let gth and e >. <■ al ■ ‘Shell mounds •‘O.i tho ea* * .iral opeuiog throu > atn by the way o Jnd naountam anti i jV * about three u i» a met>aur»< are i»* ♦ °f Sand wiouutum. THKNTON liETIi - "4a a Bi KM. “From youi two placet which <: M»*- aesaes the super;u -fs>n makitjg?” I “There is bu’ ' B’r inlughmn. Ii 2 **» >n the thickiipss-d bey at* two feet thne *• 1 . but they are fi ’ 4 la their coal, whiu- are on© aud iwo mi- At Btriuingham tu tat ural opening fi« t !t has a belter dia: > iV» a raiir >a«l to tht> mge ■ would be overo i*. ▲ SITPKt “Bu» a* a site i I* vastly superior. tek* drainage; Trent - don has sn abundant*-- i*n ufacturern »Q 1 r«: the advantage in the A»d wholrrotufl wate*- h a«> reason why Trent-- mne as proaperoua s© h vhen it has as many out -’’ Boys WsntctJ Terkr Haute, I 17. Thi« afternoon 8* •», of Bullivae county. r» y in search of two boy*. Bul lock and Oscar M.i iine teen, who are char. our dprofjobu F-trm . ards of aevauty, at Sheltni •♦nty mile© wiuth of here, rday morning. Former oys ter store. At 4 o’- rday morning hP waa fou tho street in front of • Ilia skull was fractured, t >yo were in the store late I*S' r- ai« supposed to have quarrel**)*; with the old man. Tliey fl <)..-■ ’a rm ing from Shelburn, c ng *is way. The sheriff immediately cnri<* here, but a vigorous search f 1c o find them here. They nre vileutly Rveiding the larger towns,