The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-06-07
GEORGIA AFFAIRS

he general average CT wheat IN
Floyd county will be,about : BUSH
els to the acre.
Sunday School sport in Griffin is
Linning strips Of paper to the coat
tails of young men.
A Mr.. Jackson was shot and kill
ed by John Carter, in Decatur
county, Saturday night, while he
was at the supper table. Whisky.
Atlanta Constitution speaks of a
"Radical RockafelIow" as a ''bad
man." He prejudiced the negroes
there to vote against an appropria-
ton of $4,000 to 0giethorpe, a
matter in which thsy had no inter
est.
Dr. Harrison Westmoreland es-
capped from tho chain gang, Sunday
night last, ont was re,captured, in
Atlanta, and carried back.
In Atlanta, on Both ult., Willie
w. Rogers to Miss Hattie Benja-
min.
Dogs are taxed in Griffin at 81
per head. A tax or nox vomica,
one the other, ought to be introduce
ed to thin out dogs in Marietta, for
we think there are about 400 roam
ing at will in this burg.
In Carrolton, on the 10Th ult., Mr..
Henry Paugh to Miss Josephene
Fielder He Paughed until she
gently took his Paugh in hers, and
noIthey are happy.
Augusta is excited over a horned
frog from Texas. 1t eats flies.
Troup county will yield more
wheat than for years past.
In Ebert county the grasshoppers
have made waste of corn and cot
ton fields.
New wheat in Rome at So per
bushel
The brass band in Madison are
out every night mew-sicing.
1t is now stated that Ponce de
Leon Spring, in Atlanta, will turn
white hair black. It may turn white
hair black, but it won't turn red
hair black, for Harris dipped his
head in there fifteen or twenty times
and it still retains its fiery color.
Americas has received 5000
bushels more Western corn this seas
on, than any in the past.
The lessees of the State Road in
tend to run a telegraph line to Ca
toosa Springs.
The peach trees are shedding
their fruit in Talbot county.
Rev. DR.. Wills preached at the
Presbyterian Church, in this place,
last Sunday.
A large basket, trimmed and lined
with flowers, filled with ripe cher
ries, raisins, candies, lemons, &c.,
was presented, last Monday night,
to Mr.. Willie c. Mansfield, Worthy
Recording Secretary of Minnehaha
Lodge, by Miss Matte Marchman,
worthy member of the same Lodge.
1t was nicely executed and attract
ed much attention.
A carpet-bagger, named Clark,
skedaddIed from Griffin, and credi-
tors thereabouts mourn.
Newman calls loudly for town
clock.
1T is hard to convince people
that kerosene is dangerous. A ne
gro girl attempted to light fire with
kerosene, in Augusta, and coroner
made an inquest,
A man from Texas, was drugged
and robbed, in Columbus, of $l52
and a railroad ticket to New York.
Mr.. Ed. Kuttner, of Dawson, has
had verdict for 5000 given him
against the town council of that
place, because his house was cut
down by some of the citizens in or
der to stop a fire, Marietta take
warning and buy fire engine.
The 'Covington Enterprise says
child of Mr.. w. G. Dorsey of that
county was scalded to death a few
days ago by falling into bucket Of
boiling water.
Mr.. f. M. Means, of Oxford, has
cut $500 pounds of clover off Of less
than three-fourths of an acre.
Wheat harvesting is going on in
various portions of the State.
In cleaning out well, in Atlanta,
a dea d infant was drawn up.