The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-06-05
GEORGIA GLFANING5.

GbO LGA3 GIL AN lNd5.
A negro and mule in Morgan
comfy were killed by Lightning last
week.
twenty-five Georgia counties
have spolen by their grand iuries
10 favor Of Molies iiqnor law and a
dog law.
Mr.. Samuel II Bush, of Pike
county, recently died from shell
would in the shoulder received dur,
ing ;he war
1t is stated that the area in corn
being rated a, 100, that in cotton in
the whole State is reported at 96, or
per cent, less than that in corn,
Middle Georgia having IL per cent.
more land in cotton than 10 corn !;
Southwest Georgia per cent. more;
North Georgia 20 per cent. less :;
East Georgia % per cent, less, and
Southeast Georgia y per cent, less.
The areas in oats aud wheat. CON
pared in the same way with that in
corn, are respectively 80 and 81.
A fatal and distressing accident
occurred on the place of Mr.. Y. Il.
Lumsden. ia Talbot county, last
week. A negro man named Aleck
Litte, with au old gun in his hand,
was walking through his house when
the hammer caught 10 his clothes 10
some way, aud discharged the weap-
on. The whole load penetrated the
head and face of his little boy, five
years old, who was standing or play.
ing near his father at the time. The
child was killed Instantly, and the
poor father, wild with grief fell down
and tainted The Talbotton Stan-
dad says: 1.-The same colored man
had little child burned to death
about two years ago. The whole
community sympathize with the poor
fellow"
The Oglethorpe Echo gives the
following history OF the Independent
Chiefian of the Etowah: 1t will DO
remembered that Mr.. w. Ii. FELTON,,
Congressman from the Seventh Dis
trict, is a native Of OgIethorpe coun
ty. We recently interviewed an old
gentleman who knew him as a boy
and who was a close neighbor to the
Feltons. In reply to our inquiry he
said Eyes; | know Bill FELTON,
Mighty well, and he was the most
unpromising youth | ever saw He
had good mother, lose greatest
trouble was her son. She was am
bilious for him, and I've known her
t, drive the truant to school with a
cow hide ia hand. He turned out
poorly 10 college and more than once
wore tho dunce-cap in our old field
school The neigbbors were all glad
when he moved out OF the settlement.
And YOU say he is now member Of
Congress "Well, the neighbors al
ways predicted that he would either
DO hung or come to some bad end. "
The lrwinton SoutheyHer and Ap-
,e0l tells of the terrible death Of Mr..
Caes Wood. farmer Of that county,
which occurred on Friday evening
of last week. 1t seemI that during
the day he had pIo~ed with mule
that he had hired from neighbor,
and at the close Of the day had start
ed home with the animal Unhitch-
Jog from The pillow, the gear still on
the mule, Mr. Wood mounted to ride
home, sitting sideways without sad
die. The mule became frightened
and jumping suddenly to one side,
threw Mr. Wood back wards, striking
his head heavily against the ground
10 falling one of hi, feet became en-
tangled in with the trace chain.
The mule whired around rapidly
and Mr. Woods head repeatedly
struck the fence with such force as
to knock several rails from it. The
animal then commenced to run and
had gone more than half mile be-
fore he was stopped by some one
meeting him When stopped Mr.
| Wood was found still hanging to the
trace chain perfectly dead. The un~
fortunate man had been married on
ly about a year, and leaves wife
and child to mourn his loss.