The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-03-04
EUREKA SPRINGS ARKANSAS.

BENToNyILLE, Ark Jan. 2l, 1880
Having just returaed from the
celebrated Eureka Springs, / send
the Brunswieker a short sketch OF
what | saw and learned while there,
EUREKA SPRINGS
are in Carroll county. Ark fifty
miles from Pierce City aud forty
miles from BentonviIle, near the
head of Leatherwood Creek in the
White River Hills. These Springs
were discovered by an old bear hun
ter named jackson, who while hunt
ing, usually camped in a small cave
near them. Jacksou's eyes became
sore and he found a cure for them in
the watars of the spling, and for
years afterwards sold the spring Wa
ter as q specific for sore eyes The
secret finally leaked out and jack
sons neighborS tried the water for
other diseases, and finding that il
cured them, spread the news, and
sometime la spring the excitement
began to spread abroad. Crowds
flocked to the place, and to day Eo-
reka Spring water is creating The
greatest excitement Of any medicinal
water known 1t 10 daily perform
ing more cures than any other medi
cinal water discovered, aud the PEG
pie from far aud near are daily car
rying their sick thiiher and having
them restored to health. 1t is litern
ally a fact that the sick are healed,
the blind receive their sight and the
lame leap for joy, after having tested
the curative powers Of the waters of
the springs. All over the city you
meet persons praising the waters
and rejoicing over their wonderful
restoration to health after years of
suffering. The diseases tor which
the waters seem TO be specific are
rheu nati8m, kidney diseases, scrofu
la, chronic sores, paralysis, sore eyes,
piles and female diSeases-iudeed
most all chronic diseases that human
flesh is heir to are cured by them as
if by magic.
At the springs a city has sprang
into existence 50 quickly as to aston
ish all who visit it. On the fourth
day of July last there was rot a
house standing at Eureka Springs
to day about eleven bundled finished
houses stand there and about half as
many more are in courte of con-
struction. The population of the
city is about 5000 and still they
come. There are the usual business
houses required in such place ADD
a number of hotels and boarding
houses, but there sra not half
enough to supply the demand. Sew
eral large hotels are now being erect
ed, and it is thought that by next
spring all who visit the place can
be accommodated. Senator Lloyd,
of Neosho, Mo-, is building a first
class hotel A by "a feet and 81 sto
ries high, to be called the Arlington;
hotel fully as large is under
way, and both are TO be completed
in two months !; a church will be
finished soon and an opera house
will be built next spring. So you
see this young city is already puts
ting on city airs. 1t will DC incor-
porated soon, and then the rowdy
element will have to take seat
There is a line of coaches running
from Pierce City, Benton
vile and Fey etteville. Board is
from 81 80 to $50 per week. Lum-
Der is plenty and cheap. There are
three saw mills within three miles OF
the city, the hills around are cover
ed with the best of pine and cedar
timber, and lumber is delivered 10
any part of tho city at $l.00 per hun
dred feet.
| appeud few of the great num-
Der of remarkable cures that came
under my notice while at Eureka
Springs: Capt. Ingram, of Kansas,
a case of spasmodic asthma of five
years standing-well and hearty af
ter five weeks at the springs. VIM.
Hall, of Arkansas chronic erysipe-
las for fourteen years four weeks
at the springs, now we'll. j. P. Cook
of Illinois paralysis in both body
and mind, attended with fits COM
pletely helpless /; four months at the
springs; mind restored, fits ceased,
and can walk about the house. Mag
nolia Grow, IA beautiful, intelligent
little girl aged nine years.: scrofu-
la for six years four months at the
spring now attending school and
nearly entirely well. Missouri Heg
man: scaId head for one year head
as raw as piece of beef; four
months at the springs-now has a
beautiful head of hair growing cut
and hardly a visible mark of the
disease. j. G. Collins, formerly d
professor in college in Mississippi
epilepsy for two years, so severe as
to paraIyze both body and mind,
could not stand alone or speak audi-
bly, when brought to the springs
some six weeks since now able to
walk with ease, and speech and
mind completely restored. j. o
Cross rheumatism for twelve years;
most of the time nearly HELPLESS