The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-10-19
GEORGIA GLEANINGS.

Gently been entered through hs win
.dows by burglars.
9 "A negro 'possom hunter burnt
about two hundred panels Of fence
in Newton county, recently.
I A four year old negro child fell
in veil in Baker county recently
and was drowned. HU
Two forty-acrc lots in HARRISON
county are valued at 100000, on
account Of their mineral properties
4-Mr.Lee Terrell, one of-Stewart's
best and most substantial farmers,
will make over six hundred gallons
of wine.
General Toombs has returne d
to his home at Washington, Wilkes
county, after q brief sojourn at New
York and the ionalgapital.
The fine residenceaof Col. j. H,
EAanir1, at LAGRANGE, was burned
recently, withAthe entire furniture,
InBared for Sc, 900. 7et 'gololqnea
There are some appreciative
men ia. the land, for instance Mr.
Adolph Joseph, who subscribed for
one thousand copies of the last issue
Of the OIL Capital.
"A Montezuma lady recently
kindIed fire in her stove, and
shortly afterward, upon opening the
doors, found y her pet Ton ms Get I sl baked
Mr.. David Dickson, last year,
gathered about 1900 bales of cotton
FROM { aboutp the same amount of
land, which this year win not make
moro than 500 bales.
"A woman n AIMED Jennie Hinson
was sfoahdSdead in her bed at Macon,
Friday morning. 1t is supposed she
took an overdose Of morphine, to end
a miserable existence. - sa
REV. Jacob. Young of Irwin
county, has discovered a new varie-
ty of oats, which he says will stand
freezes, and weighs several pounds
more to the bushel than the ordinary
rust~proof cat. II is of red color,
will not rust, and is very prolific,
IN Coll Lockett, OF Deugherty, is
making convict labor pay. He is
reported to have made corn enough
to do him next year, and the, Albany
News thinks he will raise enough
meat to. feed all bis hands, Il
Mr.. J. J. Durham, of Newtol
county, was badly hurt at Narbleval
near Little Rock, BY thefran away 0
a mule he was driving. The ANNA
became frightened and dashed int
the train which was approaching
breaking MrsDurham's leg above th'
ankle and dislocating his arm. 4
barnes, who was the third par
ty charged with the murder Of Rozi
err, of Sparta, was tried at,the recen
term Of Hancock Superior Court ant
acquitted. The two Others, wht
have been convicted, and to whom
the Supreme Court have granted {
new trial, will probably be acquitte'
ohstths testimony which has sssvss'
Barnes. - .
Mr.. Youngblood, one of the bes
farmers Of Wilkinson county, 'ha
lost seventy<fve head of hogs from
cholera within the past ten day ,ant
Deputy Sheriff Wright, of the same
county, has lost thirty>seven heat
from the same disease. 1t is though
the poisonous mushroom is the cans'
Of the fatality. s1f 50, . mixture o
saItpetre and sulphur in the food i
said to be speciic. 48IT on
Last Thursday Frank Jones suf
fered s'the extreme penalty the
law at Jeffersonviile Sheriff Stoke
conducted the execution, which wa
Witnessed BY a, crowd Of about thre'
thousand people. The doomed mar
protested his innocence, and only
thirty seconds beforeshe was launch
ed into eternity upon being told thai
the moment bad arrived for his exc
cqtion, he said to MIR. Griffin, II sol
emily declare that the k Hing 2
Peyton Chapman by me was acct