The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-10-02
GEoRGIA CLEANING.

H. V. Johnson is sixty seven.
Troup county corn crop is short.
LaGronge's military has played
out.
The Butler Herald wants Martin
j. Crawford for next Governor.
The wife of Judge John Erskine,
of Atlanta, is dead.
Two negroes murdered another
one near Macon on Saturday. The
murderers were arrested.
The bill sppropriating S2,0S0 as
the expenses Of the Goldsmith im>
parchment trial, passed.
The late w. A. Rawsou, of At,
lanta left an estate valued at $780,
900.
The Morgan Mine, in Oglethorpe
county, is about to be sold for S2O,~
900.
10 Macon no child will be allowed
at the public school unless its father
has paid poll tax.
The Waynesboro Expositor says
The corn crop is short, and there is
no demand for seed oats.
L. d. Beall, who was caught in a
gin in Spalding county, died from
the effects of his injuries.
Both the female colleges in La>
Grange have more pupils the pres
ent session than for many years past.
Oconee county is out of debt, and
has two thousand dollars in the treas
ury besides.
Mr.. Jack Harris, of Barlow coun>
ty, was severely injured last week
by being caught. 10 cotton gin.
Rev. E. w. Warren of Richmond,
Va, he's accepted call from the
Macon Baptist Church.
The Southern cotton crop this
year is much finer than has
been raised heretofore. Buyers say
il is tip top.
Denis Kearney called on Grant in
San Francisco, and sent up his card,
but the latter gentleman refused to
see the great workingman.
DR.. d. w. Clark was, found dead
in his bed in bis room in Augusta, on
Saturday morning last. He had
been in bad health for come time.
The Macon Telegraph says that
the prospects for the coming State
Fair are very encouraging, and the
indications are that IL will be one Of
best exhibitions of the kind ever
held in Georgia.
The first race for the O'Leary belt
and $500 in cash prizes will begin
at Madison Square Garden, New
York, on the 9th of October
Twenty-Five contestants and five
substitutes have been selected, in &C
cordance with the rules Of the belt.
Asa Gum, the alleged Defoor
murderer, is reported to have been
quite gloomy for the past few days.
He had, says the Atlanta dispatch,
built great hopes on the testimony
Of several negro witnesses, but when
he found they were going to tell the
truth be weakened.
WE learn says the Atlanta Consti-
tuition that Mr. Stephens is Of the
opinion that the disqualifyiug clause
of the sentence passed upon the late
acknowledgements by the high court
Of impeachment is unduly severe
He says, moreover, that if he had
been a member Of the senate he
would havo voted against disqualifi
cation.
A little boy about elk years old
was lost in Augusta on Thursday,
and Immediately the alarm was given
to the Central Telephone Office, and
the occurrence was telephoned all
over thu city in very short time.
In this way ell the watcbmen on their
| beats were informed of the affair,
and the little fellow was speedily
found.
"There's many Slip" etc. A
young lady of Newton county, re-
ports the Social Circle Vidette, had
two beaux, to both of whom she gave
encouragement. She had become
engaged to be married to one of them
on Tuesday night last, and the young
man had even purchased his license.
On Sunday morning, however, the
other one came to see her, and pro-
posed immediate marriage. She
consented, and in few moments the
twain were made one. The swair
who got left, takes the matter very
philosophically tits said.