The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-07-17
GEORGIA GLEANINGS.

n young gent III OSielhorPe mas
paid out 500 for dogs since Christ
mas.
A man near Rome killed rattle
snake ten feet long with thirty>fve
rattles.
Mr.. J. P. Trawick, of Hancock
county, was drowned while fishing
recently.
The citizens along tho Savannah
river say it is as low as it has been
in thirty years.
A little child of Mr.. Adam Plann>
kuche was drowned in mill pond
on Friday last near Dalton.
1t is estimated that $250,000 of
improvements are going on in Allan
ia at present.
A negro boy, near Dublin, while
bathing, was bitten under water by
a moccasin snake, from which he
died.
! A Sumpter county farmer last
week, at seventy five yards, killed
an OK with a Smith & Wesson re,
peater.
THE Sparta Times says: 'Ifsome
enterprising company with capital
would buy the splendid factory prop
erty here they might wake up
young gold mine"
The Sandersvile Herald says
"Plant peas and supplement your
short corn crop Peas planted now,
especially ift themselves, with good
seasons will do we'll"
Miss Lizzie Logan, daughter of the
policeman in Americas, at recent
Sunday School exhibition, repeated
209 verses from the Bible without a
word of prompting.
Henry DAILY, we'll known mer-
chant of Augusta, died suddenly on
Thursday afternoon at the Augusta
Hotel. He had just taken a bath, |
in the barber shop attached to the
hotel. lie was about sixty two years
of age.
The jury in the case of Ab. Gib>
500, who shot and killed Frencby
Coleman, on November 3, 1878, in
Macon returned a verdict Of ''not
guilty"
Friday night body of armed men
took from the jail in Fayetteville the
negro Winship, who one week ago ,
tried to rape niece Of DR.. Dodd.
Winship was carried to Flint Ridge |
Church, four miles north Of Fay ette-
vile, and there hung to tree on
the roadside.
Waynesboro Herald "On Friday
last one of the largest hauls Of the
fnny tribe we have ever seen was
taken from the mill pond of Colonel
James Barrett. There were at least
twelve bushels of fine trout, Dream
and suckers taken at two hauls OF
the seine.
Waynesboro Herald Gone day
last week two children, about eight
years of age, boy and girl, became
involved in quarrel ou one of Judge
Corker's places, wher the girl whip~
ped the boy. The latter, not salts
fed with the turn affairs had taken,
repaired to a closet 10 the room
where a pistol was kept, and taking
effect in her left eye, producing death
in about two hours. The Coroner's
Jury rendered verdict of mansiaug-
ter; but on account Of the youthful
ness of the party nc arrest was
made"
Mr.. Henry Neltns, Of Dougherty
county, had his pigs deyonred by
aIligators accompanied by three
farm hands, provided with spades,
and a shot gun, he proceeded to a
dried up pond, where alligator caves
filled with water were numerous
In baillng gu, one cave, eight young
alligators we're killed, and 0G large
fish, 10 water moccasins and 3 eelS
were secured. Not finding the old
alligator, they commenced digging
about twelve feet from the mouth OF
the cave. At depth Of nine feet his
'gatorship was reached. A large
hook was fastened into his body, az d
be was drawn out and forty buck
shot ended his career. At another
cave the same means were employed
and when reached the alligator rush
ed upon the party, but was prompts
ly dispatched. Four young gators
we're also disposed of at the latter
cave, making a total of sixteen ALI
gators killed by Mr.. Nelms in two
days. Albany Advertiser.