The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-08-21
GEORGIA GLEANINGS.


train Saturday night near Atlanta.
Poultice of peach leaves, applied
to nail wounds, will cure lockjaw.
Caterpillars have made their ap
pearance in Mitchell, Dougherty and
Baker counties.
Committees have been appointed
and are investigating all the depart
men,s at the State capital.
A man near HawkinsvilIe made
twelve hundred gallons of wine off
of two and quarter acres OF land
planted in grapes.
The Governor has issued procla~
nation Offering reward for the caps
ture of Rowe, the HARRISON county
murderer, who recently escaped
from the train while he was being
taken to Atlanta.
Prosperity seems to be the order
every where in Georgia now. The
Macon Telegraph says that more
money is being invested there in
improvements than has been the
case since war.
Dublin Post: We are informed
by reliable gentleman that there is
colored woman 50 years of age
going to school at Carsonvile. Of
course she expects to be educated
out of the county school fund.
A man named Gordy, Of Epson
county, was arrested at his residence
few days since, on the charge of
having killed a Mr.. johnson, Of
Pike county, some months since
He was placed in Zebulon jail.
The Cochran Enterprise hears OF
man living about four miles north
of that place who never had hair
on his head, nor a tooth in his
mouth. Nevertheless he has large
family of which he takes good care.
THREE Macon girls of the Aetho
dist persuasion, having met together
at Catoosa Springs, at night before
retiring concluded to pray for the
welfare of their lovers ; but the first
one had not gone very far along in
her petition when it was discovered
that they were all engaged to the
same man. The religious exercises
we're at once terminated.
The Hawkinsv;lIe Dispatch is iu>
formed that a fearful epidemic Of tJ>
Dhoid fever is now raging in Pierce
and Charlton counties. In the last
named county fifteen deaths have
occurred in two families. In one
neighborhood in Pierce county thin
teen deaths have occurred since the
disease made its appearance, and
five deaths have taken place in one
family. The disease is very fatal.
CartersvilIe Express; Tuesday
evening Mr.. John l.. Moon stepped
aboard the accommodation train at
Allatoona with large stone in his
hand which glistened with silver. -
He had just made a blast from the
cut Of the railroad track one and q
half miles below AilatoHna and dis
covered that he struck the richest
silver vein yet found in that locality.
Many tests have been made OF spec
linens taken from this vein, which
show that they contain ~ per cent
Of lead, and siIve to the arount Of
S43.50 to the ton Of ore.
Dalton Headlight: We are told
that there is g prospect for five iIleN
climate children in the camp Of the
Mormon saints in this county. If
this be so there was probably cause
for an enraged community taking
cognizance of an evil which the gov
ernor had promised to protect by the
strong arm of the law which guaran-
tees immunity to evil doors who
come in the guise Of religionlsts.
The saints in this county are arrangN
ing to leave the sooner the better,
if that is the way they have COM
menced to serve the Lord.
Young man, learn to wait. If you
undertake to act hen before she 10
ready you will have your labor for