The age-herald., 1901-04-20
STORM AT DECATUR.
It's Story With All Other Happenings SRl ot slsssf Of the City. asa ''a5'NH.

It's Story With All Other Happenings Ssl ot slssst Of the City. as s'ai5'a.E. New Decatur April ts. s.-tSpecial. 1.-The most severe wind and raln ,strom for
 many years visitedrthi section last night
 and today,g ssi3 a gsa seia -a-tSf .lsea;9e so The. steamer, Matte was blown from
 her moorings at the foot of Bank street
 and was swept down. the Tennessee river
 by the gales The little craft was found later two miles below the city. unin1ured,
 where she had, been blown to the north bank, and lodged among some over hang ing trees. : lsEoE 6i,41as sszi go s-
 i No oneo was on, board the steamer at the time,st4ls la sa., sSs. aaat giss sa Many trees and fences were blown down but no lives, SO far as known. were lost. The Tennessee river. is rising steadily and the farmers in the bottom lands are very, much ,disheartened. {. as their plant Ing will be greatly retarded ,lisas4 4ss s'J. E. Burton hh Of Athens, who owns. a iargs roller fiouring mfll at that place,
 was here yesterday for the purpose of looking over the ground with a view to establishing mili in this city. He ex-
 pressed himself as being most favorably
 impressed with the Decaturs. especially
 on account of the shipping facilities both
 By rail and river. He VIII possibly move
 his mill from Athens here and inctease its capacity, ......,,.s -...,i..,h ss.,,3
 Wednesday, afternoon Frank, the 13- year-old son of Probate Judge w. E.
 Skeggs,i left the sGordon school in this
 city, where he, has been gotng to school all winter, and his whereabouts are un- known. His leaving school caused but It. tie ureasiness at the time as his parents
 supposed that he had gone fishing to Swan Lake, just across the river from the city. When night came 'on and Frank did not return his father became alarmed and. thinking perhaps that Frank. ike many other boys, had decided to run away from home, though he had no reason for
 Telegrams were sent toadifferent places but as yet he has not been located. ln- squiries were made of train men in the
 railroad yards, and the only information | obtained was that a boy answering | Franks description had been seen in the | Louisville and Nashville yards on last | wednesday, afternoon about o'clock, but he. was not seen to board a train by any l of the yard men. sfist NAHfe s3sNfHs N7a s,A3 se. 5s,i.Slsai aa.ls--l I ssRss,. z fA~ Y
 The steamer Avalon. which. runs on the | Tennessee river between Chattanooga, Tenn, and Paduca, Ky, arrived here from Chattanooga On her down trip yesterday | at D. m. She was five hours late on ac- count of a heavy wind and rain storm. On board were a large party of Chatta- | noogaf b usinessa men. who were making the, trip for, the purpose of, holding con | ferences with the business men of the
 most important towns along the river in
 regard to freight rates. the schedule of
 the Avalon; etc.s s'i 'AF'-s.e
 A stop of only few minutes was made saDeeatur, on account of the bad state of the sweather, and for this reason the conference was deferred until future date. yssrv.s,s asf-p- e ftgfA .Ha& .itlsftsf
 The steamer Avalon is new boat which was put in the Tennessee. river trade a few months ago by the business men of Chattanooga The venture has proved a most profitable one. besides 1t has been the means of ,asgreet saving in
 freight rates to the business men along the river. Ng