The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-06-26
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GEORGIA NEWS.

Atlanta.
Mr.. Williams, of Laurens coun-
ty, son in law of William Wammock,
Of Washington county, was killed by
lightning on last Tuesday afternoon.
The residence of Hon. w. p.
Price, at Dablonega, was destroyed
by fire ON Sunday night. Loss
SO, 800. No insurance.
A telegram from Griffin states
that Hon. James G. Freeman was
renominated for Congress from the
Fifth District by the Republican
Convention convened in that city.
Col. J. L. TAFT, of Montgomery, |
Ala, who was appointed a COM
missioner to Europe, in conjunction
with Col. Tiff, by the Direct Trade
and Emigration Convention, sailed
from New York on Thursday.
"A reunion of the Banks County
Guards is called for August 18th, at
Mineral Spring, above Honor. Each
member is asked to bring three days
rations and blanket, and friends
are requested to furnish wbiskey.
Information gathered from all
Joints tn Decatur county represents
a very promising condition of the
growing crops. Corn is excellent
and is nearly made. Cotton has
been unusually well worked, and
bids fair for good yield.
Professor Guttenberger and
Col. Thos. c. Nesbet, two of Macon's
we'll known and most esteemed
citizens, are lying seriously i'll, and
little hope in INDUCED in for the
recovery of either of these well
known gentlemen.
The Chronicle and Sentinel
SAYS a horse walked across the
Savannah river from the Georgia to
the South Carolina side, on Saturday. |
They walk across the Chattahoochee
at Columbus, from the Georgia to
the Alabama side, every day.
Rev. Father Cafferty, who has
been the Catholic minister of At
Ianta parish for some time, has been
promoted to the charge of St. Pat
rick's Church in Savannah, and to
be Secretary of Bishop Gross. He
is young man of intelligence and
great usefulness. He preached his
farewell sermon Sunday.
Gov. Smith says that the Macon
and Brunswick and North and South
| railroads are making expenses. He
.L6s hopes he will be able to sell them
both next winter. 1t requires six
months notice to dispose of them
While openly declaring that not a
cent from the treasury will go to the
road, he entertains the idea that the
parties buying may effect some
arrangement by which the North
and South may be continued to La
Grange. He had no doubt but that
the right of way would be paid for
from the earnings.
Atlanta has captured a counter>
feiter of nickles.
General w. NJ. Browne has
become political editor ofthe Macon
Star. sa@@ s@~
Three Elberton negroes violated
female of their own color and are
in Jail.
-Four more colored people have
returned from Liberia to Hawkins
vile, disguised and poor,
John Woody, a Republican,
has superseded Meaders, the Demo
cratic postmaster Of Dahlonega.
--Dooly county owns cow only !
five years old that has had four
calves, and three of them are now
living.
A guileless Atlanta man recent
ly saw chrome advertised for "50'
cents" sent on the money, and
received the jack of clubs.
The Farmers Saving Associa-
ton, composed of the Changers of
Cherokee Georgia and North Ala
bama, will meet in Rome on the 10Th
of July.
r.. J. Woods, of LaGrange, has
owned copper mine for forty years,
latent and undoveloped. About four
weeks ago he struck a rich wien,
and now won't sell half an interest
for $4,000.
The annual meeting of the
Grand Chapter of the Sigma Alpha
Epsilon Society OF the United States |
we'll be held in Augusta in August.
Over one hundred delegates, rep
resenting nearly every college In
the Union, are expected to be
present.
On the evening of the 10th
there was quite thunder storm IN
Crawfordville, and Mrs. Lanneau,
wife of Captain B. NJ. Lanneau,
l-siiad hx- an alac.