The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-12-11

Plains, in Greene county, IoT t"'ea'N
ening to expose theft
Rome on the % elected NJ. A
Novin Mayor, giving him 1856 votes
TO l75 for ". +. Ayor.
Hogs are dying with the cholera
in Sumter county. One man lost :or
y head by this disease.
There are now in use, on The
Western aud Atlantic Railroad more
than fifty locomotives and five hun-
bred cars.
The stockholders of the Central
Railroad, have a meeting in Savan-
nah on the 18Th Of December, going
free from the 10Th to the 18th, and
returning free by the 2Oth'
IN old colored woman in Liberty
couoty, conjured 38 warts from
liitlo boys hand by rubbing grains
Of corn on the warts aud carrying
the corn off with her. In seven
days the warts disappeared.
Last Sunday morning Robt. Hans
cock, Of Talbot county, struck
Nathan Ison on the head with a
stone, killing him. Hancock claims
to have acted ia self defonse, but es'
oeped from 3 constable all The came.
Mr. Ben. G. Keudrick, a young
farmer of Talbot county, raised with
two pIows this year, q bales OF cot
ton, 1870 hushoia of corn, 100 bushels
# peas, 60 bushels Of oats, 30 bush~
els of wheat, and 70 bushels Of pos
ta,oes, clearing over S !, 600
Horace, the little son Of Mrs. S.
w. Tucker, met with a serious &C
cident on Last Monday, being run
over by two horse wagon heavily
loaded with lumber, 1t was thought
at the time he was fatally Injured,
but up to this writing, Thursday
morning, he seems to be getting
along finely and bids fair to recover
- CavrolHon Times
On Sunday night last as Col o
Bower. of Irwintou ienteEed his Office
be was knorked down by gang OF
robbers, HIS key taken from him
and bis safe robbed Of ore thousand
two hundred dollars Colonel b is
County School Commissioner, and
the money belonged to the school
fund There IS no clue to the per-
petators Of the crime.
A difficulty occurred last week at
Buena Vista between Mr.. Cobb Mel
ton, a citizen Of DooIy county, end
an lri Imam named James Ford ---
The latter had been drinking con,
sidorabIy, and made an attack on
Melton with knife Melton then
drew pistol, and firing on Ford
mortally wounded him, and he died
within an hour. Verdict: ''Justiti
able homicide"
Ga Tuesday night last the resi-
dancs Of NJ w. Q Williams Of the
Fif,eeutl, district of Sumter county,
was eut red while the family were
at supper, aud q trunk c,ntailng
several hundred dollars in money and
some valuable papers were stolen
Most OF the moUey belonged 10
widow lady who had deposited it
With Mr.. Williams for safe keeping
In ali places where q newspaper
is published, every business man
ought 10 advertise in it. even it 1t is
uolhiug more than a card stating his
name aud tho Iina Of business ia
which he is engaged 1t helps sus
tain tie paper and less the people at
a distance know the town Is l.il of
business men The paper finds lis
way into thousands of places where
q hand bill cauno, reach. a card in
newspaper is travelling signboard
and can be seen b. every reader,
The Brunswick Advertised tells Of
the sudden death Of Mr.. Rober!
Gooaaead under very peculiar cic
cumstance. Some da,s ago he was
taken wi.h an affec i'm of the throat,
from which be dled in few hours
Ills throat began to swell and his
breathing became difficult In bis
efforts to ges breath, he paced the
house from one part 10 another frau~
ticaliy, and finally, unable longer to
bold up, yielded to the inevitable,
and died from actual inability to
force air into his lungs
Rome Courier: Before many
weeks, Mr.. Lang Bowie will be tuFo-
Jog out pig iron at Stonewsli fur
mace, and Mes5rs. Pennington and
Stiltwsll will have E.ns in full blast
Both these furnaces are GA the 5. r..
& ID. r. r, Down the Coosa
river. the lessees Of Round Mountsia
furnace is pushing along rapidly,
aud before long our steamboats, will
fiod freight a; that point Il will
come in we'll as cotton goes cut
Cornwall is being overhauled and
fitted up for work again, which also
help river freighls.