The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1873-09-26
Georgia News.

-ON the 18th inst., a terrible rain and wind
storm prevailed in Thcmasville, blowing down
trees, and houses and doing $4,000 damage.
The Central Railroad was washed 80 badly
that freight train was thrown from the track,
killing VIM. =. Story, engineer Thomas Scott,
fireman, and David Newton, a train hand. On
the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, trees were
blown across the track IN great numbers, thor
oughly bloekading the road At Quitman
store houses were nnroofea ann damaged At
cambridge, Carlo, Boston, aud other points on
the coast of Georgia, the storm did its work
effectually, levelling houses TO the ground and
destroying cotton by the acre.
WAEDEIL- Phillips and Lay Hooper duels
were the most extensive paper combats ever
Tough. in Georgia, Alabama or Florida No
blood split, but plenty think wasted.
---SERENADlNs Is done in Columbus by con-
tract,
THERE is areyival among the Baptists of
Forsyth. and one among the Methodists ofFoit
Valley.
This farmers around Columbus are raising
their own hay.
-THE Rabun Gap Short Line Railroad Com
pany was organized in Franklin, N. G., the
other day.
THE negroes employed by an Augusta
building firm struck for higher wages, and
other negroes were put in their places, and
the strikers are without situations.
CHARLES J. Trippe, clerk for Myers q
Marcus. OF Augusta, absconded the other day,
endeavored to obtain payment on forged draft
Tor one thousand dollars from H. b. Claftn a.
Co.
--REv, Dr. Means, Of Oxford, rhymes out
near column about railroad conductors.
THE post Office at Union Springs was rob
be6 Friday night ef$l66 in stamps and $40 in
money.
AARON Bond the Savannah negro who
attempted TO violate little girl in Macon, has
been arrested in Columbus.
Los and "Nide.inge are two words now
puzzling the minds Of Columbnsles.
--Barnesvlle Forsyth and Griffin are having
triangular fight about their facilities for sell
ing and buying cotton.
Mr.. j. J. Clay offers a special premium Of
one hundred dollars for the best rider at the
State Fair We viii put A. O. Heggie, OF
Cobb, into win that prize
FRANK EVANS, Of the Albany News, has
returned to his post of duty, after jannt up
and down the railroads hunting sweetheart
which he failed to find
Governor Smith and Ex-Governor John
son are not OH friendly terms and correspon-
dence between the two has been kept up some
time No danger of duel, as i: would be nm
becoming the Executive offs great State, and
johnson is opposed to that mode OF settling
difficulties.
ATLANTA has $4,000 cracker trade,
and by Christmas she will have cotton tac-
tory in operation, to be bnilt and owned by
Clark Howell g. Sons of that city, Two thou
sand spindles are to be put in operation at once
and thread made for the first twelve months,
Next year looms will be put up and cloth man
ufactured.
SAVANNAH will soon have paper mill in
operation. Savannah has banking capital OF
only about 81, 800, 900, and yet she handles at
least fifty million dollars worth of cotton alone.
&C. II. C. Willingham has sold his interest
in the Griffin Star to the irrepressible Fitch
THE caterpillara are still assisting the
planters in picking their cotton in this State,
Alabama. Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida.
GRIFFIN is chock full Of new babies and
are to be named in few days. Speer we
think ought to be made to give somebody's ba
by new Dress provided It wouldn't kill the
infant to wear Speer's name.
Mr.. McNamara, of Griffin, while at work
on new storehouse, fell distance of thirty
six feet, going to the cellar, passing through
three sets Of sleepers of the floor of the building
breaking one arm and badly bruising his per-
son.
"A party of negroes visited Mr.. Hendricks
place, in Lincoln county, and undertook to ku.
klnx darkey named Bill Ferguson. Bill shot
one very severely and made bis escape.
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