Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-28
NOTES TAKEN N THREE STATES
But Principally in North AIab2mz-
Some1hinE About the Famous Would
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dust M trfu was very pleasant A. .
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& Dalton track. which = s0ll1 ana sL-0841- E
Frou Coautta % Ool1ewz1 tie Ink CO..
Meeting TIE Dalton ard C1&EZ21ooga
Z branches Of TIE Cd East Tennessee Be2a (
3 was the ro1ghssE part @ tAs ZIP. II beng +
E tie newest Leaving Aac1l a - q n I
we reached C1ar1zEo0Za az I'D ?. II.
Travel was good Al along the lire and
from Tie uuuerOls freight trains / should .
Judge that business was god
GOV. Bate and Judge Red are making
q Joint canvass II Tennessee and large al
dlenees attend every sppolutDs1t- L Z
{ rather refreshing 70 see such interest II
political matters. after witnessing E15
cIes II Georgia
Chattanooga Is Still improving c0Z-
uercizIlT. and many q Ire more Ef1-
guine stILl ccnsend that s1s VII Il "a
near future y rival q Atlanta.
We leave Chattanooga D. IL 1eDp1ls
and Charleston Road, Passing aro1r0 ne
base O tle famous Lookout uoUuEsI1-
There are many legends connected win
this celebrated location. and nOzs more
fabulous II i1s description ard
general details than tie faU0Zs battle
above The clouds" with -g1uDE Joe
Hooker as t1e central figure. People
hare who Know al I1e facts, and sODe q
them participants IL t1e engag9UeuL-
smile pr0dIg0usly wasu t1ey hear t1e
Comments q the enthusiastic tourists
after reading The ornate descriptions Il .
their guide books L there Is one I-LZET .
e1jOTed above another by t1s average 4
traveller il is that q being hum5ugga1-
TIE NKNPHIs AND CHARLESTON L THE
BEST EQUIPPED
. lire q ali the Easr Tennessee sTs-en. AZ f.
E least Of that I have Travelled over. TIE cars
are leW and kept II excellent order and
make their 80 miles IN twelve hours.
Z T1ey TuE % Stevenson. Alabama. from
1 Chattanooga . miles, without stopping.
Z TIE travel over this line is iunense, a.
Y hundreds Of emigTauts pass over II every
. week. IheT retain cne relic q bar5arisu
( IN their management, and that Is. they
T still persist il peuning the men and
women Up II separate cars. after war
fashion Tbere might have been a neces-
SIT i0T Il II other days. tut that nscss-
sity does n. exist now.
Huntsville. Ala, Is about 40 miles
from Chattanooga. and las long eCTCT61
the reputation q being ths prer-ies1 IL
land city N the South. Her en0rmous !
Fpring, flowing out from underneath TIE 6
nil On which the city l. 1uilded. has
long been the admiration a.
well As the wonder q al
visitors 70 this beautiful city. This pure.
clear water e conveyed By a system q ]
water works all over the city. ant The Z
-
% run dozen mills ms valuable sup
ply Of power i lot utilized a. i should Z
Be, OF would Dc IL some other cUuUuui- Z
ties. The Tennessee valley = one q the :
most fertile regions n the south. and that
portion Of il tributary 70 Huntsville i 4
amongst the best portions q il. Among :
the chief ornaments Of this city Is lis eL- :
cellent female college. the graduates O
which adOrn many Of the l0Feliest homes {
in our Southern land. II Is the principal =
city Of North Alabama and contains
about 500 inhabitants. TIE location = :
elevated and healthy. and hundreds q :
visitors seek lts cooling shades during --s
sumner.
DECATUR Is SMALL IOVS. NOT ELCEED- =
ING a THOUSAND SHABTTASTs.
but most beautifully heated q tze banks :
Of the Tennessee river. Al the intersection =
Of the Louisville and Nashville and Men
phis and Charleston Railroads. But tLere ]
il, from lis very appearance, z want = Z
thrift and enterprise and shy. = more I
easil! asked tzsn answered. It's t0En
O. hotels and eating houses. Indicating :
that ma 0rIEv q is citizens i've q = rEIs =
passeT-5y and Ws1derer. AoJ-T The DE-
pot there Is some life. but 1eT0ud thai t1e {.
impression o. ne stranger Is not pleas :,
ant.
Tuscumbia L about half way between :
Memphis and Chattanooga and : one q T
the oldest towns IN Alabama There ara
many marks which impress the 7
stranger with this indisputsble fact.
II has about so inhabitants. 3 splendid ?
school and three ctmfoI BE churches ?
with a good hotel. II has the largest :
spring, il IS said. IN the United states :
Right a. the spot where i comes gurglInE
up from under the rocks II assumes E1e -
proportions equal u many -
gress Is called upon for sppCo-
pTiatiOns 70 make naTigaole. It's 1ow far
exceeds that Of the Huntsville spring. :
AL this power runs % waste. Enterprise 3
and capital have never attempted ID use :
II. The Tennessee river Is Just one nile
and half distant and which used 70 - :
the great highway that conveyed 70 mar :
ket the rich and abundant productions Of 2
this highly faYOre[sec ton. Now q boat
is rarely seen up6% the river and every I
thing Is transported b rail-
Just two miles from the court house, ;
which, BY the way, IS che Of the finest I
buildings in the State. is the paper town I
OF Sheffield. II printers ink could have
built a town Sheffield would to-day have il
been one Of the wonders Of modern times .
The sale OF lots last May was bOomed =
Just little too much. The bubble burst !
before the great harvest was ready % Be !
gathered in. The fabulous bids for lots. 3
whether bona 71e or not, ie1t the in :
preston that the whole scheme was II I
tended TO take in tee unwaTT. In the first
>
means, who make up two-thirds Of O
every community, and are as essen /
tial 70 the growth Ct any city as capital
itself. The lots which we're sold, every I
bOdF thinks, whether true or false, were :
bought in for speculation, and no man il
the exercise Of reason believes that these =
lots would Be a good investment at higher
figures, or even at the same az which !
they were purchased. Thus many men :
who were disposed 70 invest viii not.
found that those who are directly inter- ]
ested in the scheme are still claiming
that Sheffield VIII yet be all that was
claimed for il. Others
SHAKE THEIR HEADS sUsPTCIOUsLY
when Intercepted DpOn the subject, and
some boldly declare that ii was sheer !
speculation upon the part OF the land
owners and the railroad corporation. In
justice, however, TO the enterprise. 1
viii say that there is one brick /
are hauling iron pipe for the c
water works Of the future. The railroad 7
is graded for - miles. and / believe the .
iron mas been put down, but no car has
ever been over 1t. Whatever there may =
be Of Sheffield. il is all Of the future. and
many who invested their all in a few feet !
Of land in an open field are heaTt-sick and
disappointed. A city Of bankers and :
SPECTATORS viii hardly attract the middle
classes whiting its limits. WOrkingmen
VIII 4aAuA4 seek 0OLlcs where II VIII Dc
impossible for them 10 own one. have !
been thus explicit because a great many
GeOrgians had their eyes fixed in this d.
rectIon and pUrpOsed coming hither.
The drought which has prevailed all over
the South is very severe here. The cotton
has suffered as IN Middle and Southwest
Georgia. Their corn being later than ours
is also greatly damaged. Fruit was also
a failure, and business consequently /
depressed.
Politics in this part of Alabama are a
+ little more animated than in the lower
part Of the State. Gen. Wheeler is Cd
posed in his canvass for Congress, but
every indication now points TO his cleo
ton. He is as great a terror TO the Re-
publicans now as he was to their army
during the war.
The equinoctial gales have passed and
| there has not been drop of rain in this
| section. The dust is almost intolerable.
| The ground is so hard that blowing is
| impossible, and the farmers are gloomy.
JACK PLANE.