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CI.AEF.vi L?, Trks., .Inn. 5. 1889.
Mr. Editor;—Tbinkhg that •
*hort aermnt o' h pleurae t : p l tk
a d.iiingjiln hclidsys. might he of
ia u.f’at i<> -ome, ut lanat, uf th* Ob
aM>'er’K reed®**, 1 an constrained to
far it.
■ la ftirpiov with my friet'd Mr
pi.iodumr. 1 left ('lgrk'vii I<*. D-C.2*,
f : H< n<• r<m, J£v . t'eyir w hich
M<. G rxipi n f-xb-K W hti to
•nr over 7 *•<<*> I < nr-* 'O' tbrie, mii ad
place on lire jiue between Twines
see am! Kentucky, where tlu? road
from Nashville to Sf.. Louis cross
es l'!:c toad from Louisville to Mem
phis, though both roads a*e con
trolled by the same company.
After leaving Guthrie the first
important station is. Hopkinsville.
r pleasant little city of perhaps
•ome four or live thousa and inhabi
tints, and also the location of the
Kentucky Lunatic Asylum. For
perhaps forty or fifty miles in this
section the road runs through aflat
rolling country, which doesn’t ap
pear to be very fertile—seems to
have been settled for quite a long
while and has a worn out appear
ance! The next town I mention
is Darlington, which is important
from its coal mines, which are ex
pensively worked.
Jladisonville is a thriving town,
and the last, 1 mention till we
reach Henderson It is a grnviug
city of 10,000 population, situat'd
on the south side of the Ohio; there
is a large cotton manufactory
here, and also tobacco factories
Tobacco in this sect ion holds about
tli© same place in tha farmer's
iealo of crops, a cotton does in
Georgia. It is the principal motl
ey crop.
The most i it crest mg obje't per
haps is the L. *& N It. 11. com
party's bridge across the Ohio. It
is byilt of iron and was couepieted
in 1884 at a cost of $3,000 000. So
I was informed. The middle span
is something over 500 feet, lone,
which was the longest, oilier than
su|pension bridges, in the world,
till the new bridge was built at
Cincinnati, whose main span is
some feet linger.
My friend’s home, where ]
spnr most of my time, is six miles
HMst of Henderson, near the jane
tion of Green river with th* Ohio
Though so near by land, the dis
lance on the river is twenty miles
from Henderson to mouth of the
Gie m
Twelve miles above Henderson,
©n the north bank of the Ohio is
4the thriving city of Evansville,
one of the most flourishing cities
in Indiana. YY'e boarded the steam
er Kate Adams at the mouth of
Green river and in an hour were
landed at Evansville, the distance
down the river being nine miles
Evansville is a city of some 35,000
or -iO.OOO population. It has rath
cr undid appearance. I saw no
buddings there which equal in size
and finish, some in Nashville and
Atlanta, A great many important
streets are not paved, and as it was
raining the day I was there, they
vero exceedingly muddy. I also
visited and spent a night at Now--'
burg, a little town fifteen miles
w J ,
above Evansville, on the Indiana
sd#. It is a pleasant little town
■of 1500 inhabitants Detween the
Ohio nnd Green rivers is a vast
si retch of bot tom land, where corn
is raised almost exclusively It
overflows at times and many of the
buildings are put on pots several
feet above tho ground. At tho
mouth of Green river I saw them
loading a corn barge, which car
ried 10 090 bushels to be shipped
down to Louisiana. A man told
me that a few days before they had
tilled one of 30.000 bushels capaci
tv. Corn is worth 35 cents, he told
rue.
< i recti river is 300 or *IOO yards
wide at its mouth, and takes it's
•name from the color of the water,
which is u beautiful, greenish cast,
vtitry different from the rather mud
dy Ohio. The boats run as far as
Howling Green. It is said to be
the deepest river in Kent ucky, and
this together with the fact that it
is narrow an 1 protected from the
winds, makes it a harbor for the
boats in the winter when the Ohio
freezes so they can not run.
The soil, generally along the
Ohio is very rich, but much of it is
quite low and marshy, especially is
litis true around Henderson and
along the railroad for many miles
Ibis side. They raise forty to fifty
bushels of c >rn per acre and an av
erAge of 709 lbs. of tobacco, which
is worth from four to five cents per
lb. Thus they realize an average
of from S3O to $35 per acre on
their tobacco, though I was told
that some of the heal farmers dou
bled or trebled tha! amount.
1 made many very pleasant ac
quaintances Some of whom I
sh ill not soon forgeL
It seemed to me that the moral
t mush'd in the county (outsitin of
tiie towns of which I sav nothin*;)
where 1 was, is very low I was
at a social galheriiig where there
Were considerable evidences ol
Linking, while card-playing was
nearly all the evening.
They composed of the best people
'of the neighborhood. While you, in
Banks,are much further removed
from any large town, yet for cul
ture, intelligence, refinement and
morality, you are far superior to
he comma any l visited.
But, lest L consume too maeb ol
your vpatble space, I wiil cle*e by
- yiegthst tve returned to Clarksville
h v ng ben %<y a we-k. fe lia*
bat it bad been pla'*an*l v and profit*
ibly epent. R R Ti.Lroeo.
Trsvein g on tiis Trank.
Gold w i c'ter lbt never keep time
vsv* long been * favorite inaaH of ee
suing transportation; but the Amefi
nn trunk is new coming into fashion
is a iiitdium of railroad octntnumoa
don. The padlock critic of the Indi
r.spol's Journal eays:
: ‘-Do you know that if a man has o
navy trunk he ova sorumimes travel
i longdistance on a railroad without
ricket or my money?** said a ji.naa
man yesterday, who had recent iy
mad* his way back to Texas with ho
a f*.w dollars. “When l reached St
LbC is I ha a bat five cents in niy puek
et, and I did not know ft uian there 1
cot Id 2'k f;r a loan. 1 went to t'h*
t cki t *’f:it aud making kaowu n<
cot’ottioti, acki'ii him how I could g t
to lid anspoha. ‘Hive you a t unk' 1
he asked. 1 toid him i ha*’, au-i he
said be world introdneo mo to the
con Inctor, When the coodue'er cam--
np I wes introduced, and he a*do! tn°
for mv cheek to uiy trank, wlioh I
gave him, emr be thm gave m* p
smaller t*’ck%t, width he R id *oii
get rnv truck ra I.idi<n*p<di*. I < ••-
el him how tuaoh the trunk won!
co-t me when I went to get it out
■uid be taiii tpver, i'olUi*. Well, i
pot through nil rip!*', when 1 jre-
HMited tietekot f< r the ttutik it eo 1
00* nine dollars instead of revcti. 1
have b-en womfring ever sn■ who
pot the money; hut I didn’t cure, fo<
l •< gia<t to pet buck >0 (rdiioapn
it*, evea on th-* terms.**
Tho SollOtl< t^UeftlluQ.
One of the liveliest d.scnstdou* tha 1
the Georgia Semue has aver tmd, took
place over tie public school bill. Tbt
hill provided for the use of text hooks
throughout tho state, with an an,end
meet o the effect that, ail things be
ing rqtnl, the preference should fi r e<
he given Georgia’s authors, arid thet.
to Southern authors. Senator oihba
wanted to strike out the clause “all
tilings being equal, ’’ and leave it com
pnlsory with the state ir.hool conimie
sio". to usa nothing Uut t< xt honks by
southern authors without regard to tlm
difl’etemo in price and men it of such
bo-.'ks and those offered by northern
au'hnr* He -aid in the course ot ISi.
speech that there was no* a book pnt
1 fstied north ot the Wasonnad l) xun’-
line that "-a- not fttli of teeiiona i-m
Abet crfiei'lpiable.diKCKH-ioii, Seriatio
Hairia off*ied Mrilhati'u'r prov and ng
theta preference should be givm 1 1 •
< tit lie •it !>••' k, atol that, it it wa •
li-U'ot necrs'ai v to | meha-e any north
it to <k, the si h- ol eomiii'-s on
-I,all e to it that they c ni'am toi'h
mg ot a H'-c ioit tl nature. Ttre etueuo
111 oi p>' vil
V n** *• L id n >e </ V *rk City.
Th • total TK US'imi and( rrn'
A'.*c i il. c; . -t N w Y'rk in
188 t §1 20a.y41.Hi5. in 1887. *>f
Itil 334 In'* Ot iei estate, $1 2tJ4
491,8^1)—• liw * ir an inciea e m ( .in
;eu ot 50 550 784 dollars But a*
be at sensed is hs< than two thirds o'
he market value, the whole is not
.vi nO less than two billion ddlar*
IGal and persona! property within th*
municipality has grown ihnmgicn
'he past decade more than foity mil
lion per anontu. The books in the
..fries of tbo commirsioner of taxer and
assessments state tbo amount of tx>
paid by real estate holder at t!>
rate of-two dollars aad sixteen cents
on every haadred of tbe saaeesed V ila
ation. Bit these figure* do not son.
stitnt* a trustworthy standard in the
dnei miration ut market values, for
•he asserted reason that some assess*
ui?o j s in down town wards are of
more than market value; ia other
wards of only oi> third, other* one-
Kalf, and atiil other* two-thirds,
cant lots are asnossed at from 20 to 36
per runt, improved property from 58
to 70 per cent. i real value. Icrquit
able an the assessment* are, it i yet
trnt>, as a firmed by ax Mayor Wil
lim It. Grace, tht “upon theiptcies
of ptorerfcy can taxes he levied with
more rq;*litv as to value nor with
tie* let eosncee oi speedy a; and tq’iita! h
codec in tbau Upon real property
The valuation p seed npoa personal
aUato from ail sourer* i rot more
ihau nine'ecu per cent, of tbe valua
tion placed upon real property and
the taxes from this source are most
diftieoit of colledkoß. Of the annual
city budget, whiah gencrallr annuals
to irons 3.1.00*0,000 to 34 OuO.OOi) dol
lars, the taxation impose J a pda real
estate supplies more than lour-fifthe.
Hardman & Comp’y,
• HARMONY GROVE,
DEALERS IS
HardwarE & CutlcrY.
Our L’ne of Stoves. Tinware, Agriculsnral Impleiu tats, E 0., cm n>t b
* .it
•hand in better Qiality nd DnrnSihty. elsewhere. Wo also k-ep good linn
ofgons for the F *ll trsdo. Call and examine nnr slock and piice p . !!♦
Consult your Interests by Buying your
DRUGs AND MEDICINES
FROM
Wade And Sledge,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
We eell at th lowest possible ptitta and gnrantee every r <• < *u b- abso
lutely Pure, O'der* I v Mad will reraive prompt ti'tpntion. TANARUS, n-nuhtd* It#
name an and place.—WADE & SLEDGE, Druggists and I’haimacist*.
Between ILtdgson Bros., and Tolmadge Bros,, Clsyto i
W. A. Ouillian & Cos,
Harmon Y GRovE,
dealers in
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
And Plantation Supplies-
Our stock of D v Goods. Cl'othiu < tl us, Bim and Slue# "au not bo aut
passed in Durability a*d l r > u P*w W keep in k all tat the fa:mor
needs. Onr Lute of staple groceries m We keep a fail line ol
Fancy groceries, DOtior.e, etc. Also Baggng, Ties aad unos. Country
Pioda'e taken in exchange for good*. Call sad examine onr aonda. 1®
Athens Music House,
114 Claytoa Street, Next Door to Poetoflioe, Athena, Georgia.
Haselton & Dozier, Proprietors.
And all kind* of Mnaioal Instruments at the very lowest pticoe for C**K
or on tho Installment plan.
Written gnrantee n all inetramoate sold, fipeeial reduced rates to ebohreb
re and Bnnday school*. #
Piotnrcs and Pietnr* Frame* o enceielty. All eises and rty!e| of Frames
mads to order at abort notice. Bay from ns and *ave egeote’ cotamissisos.
Keeps alwtys on hand the nest makee of
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