The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-03-24
GEORGIA NEWS.

GEORGIA NEWS.
The farmers of Liberty county
are cultivating rice on larger scale
this year than usual.
The Macon Telegraph comes
nut squarely for Col. Tbos, Harde>
man for Governor.
The health of Hon. Alex. H.
Stephens is no better. He will
probably never leave his home
alive.
- Brinkley, the Newman wife,
murderer, gets a new trial upon the
ground of newly discovered evi,
dence
"A man by the name of jenkins
was run over by passenger train
on the Air Line Railroad and killed.
He was supposed to be drunk.
"A little child of Mr.. Stubbs, of
Brooks county, was-burned to death
he other day. Two or three small
children were left in the house alone,
and hence the terrible accident.
The original Bill Arp, of Floyd
county, has emigrated to Arkansas.
Some people act as Though the soil
of Georgia wasn't rich enough to be
buried in.
The Albany News says that the
planters of Baker are well up with
the season in the crop affairs, and
their lands we're never in better
condition for planting as growing.
Labor is ample and efficient, and the
prospect is good, though money is
not, and credit is played out.
THIS is bad time for nevspa-
pers The Atlanta Courier suspend
ed last week One good paper is
about as much as that place, or any
other place, can support these times
of stringency. One good paper with
concentrated patronage, will do more
for place, than two starved out
bantl,ngs.
1t is limited that the Hon. Pat
Walsh, of the Augusta Chronicle, is
weary of service in the Georgia
House of Representatives, and de
sIres to get in the Senate to rest him
self. At this rate it won't be long
before the Peagreen element will
have exclusive control of the lower
house.
The girls in Lac q ge Female
College have fun. An American
gymnasium has been introduced in
the institution. This sort of thing is
a long way ahead of croqust as an
amusement. Croquet, if you will
remember, appeals more directly to
the intellect.
We said a few weeks ago that
Joe Wsrdwell picked up five dollars
on the street; so he did. Fully one
dozen people have called on him for
the money, giving description, etc
Now the secret of the matter is that
Joe fist dropped the money, and
then picked it up again just as any
other sensible man would have done.
-Eat0ntOR Messenger.
THE Gainesville Eagle means bus
mess in advocacy of Constitution
al Convention. 1t proposes to make
the question a live issue next fall
1t suggests that at the next election
the people should demand pledge
from every candidate for whom they
vote for either branch of the Gener>
al Assembly that be is in favor of a
Convention, and will vote for it
when the question arises before the
General Assembly"
George Woods, OF the Hawkins
Vile Dispatch, is never behind his
contemporaries. He says it is rela
ted of man who bought a side of
meat on a credit. in HawkinsyiIe.
the other day. that he placed it on
his head, walked up to the picture
gallery of Mr.. CofeId and asked that
gentleman to take his picture just
as he stood The poor fellow said
he never expected to have any meat
again, and he wanted a picture to
hand down to his children to prove
that there had Eeen a time when
they had meat.