The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-09-18
GEORGIA CLEANING.

one thousand dollars.
The city fathers of West Point
have raised their retail liquor license
to $500.
On the 9Th of October the Gate
City Guards will leave Atlanta for
their grand tour to the Northern
cities,
There are in Chatham county Jail
eighty four prisoners, of whom thir
ty-four daily serve on the chain gang,
and there is not case of sickness
among the number.
James d. Burgess, of Oglethorpe,
has four acres in cotton, aud good
judges say it will make seven bales ;
and field of corn that will average
twenty five bushels to the acre.
In the Alligood neighborhood, in
the Mills District OF Laurens county,
there were counted last week sixty
carcasses of sheep killed by dogs
The Cedar Grove district, of Wal
ker county, the Egypt of the "gable
end" of Georgia, made twenty-four
thousand two hundred bushels of
wheat this year.
Greensboro Herald: Diptheria
has been prevailing to an alarming
extent in our community. BY the
skill of our physicians, however, but
few deaths have occurred.
Between Sharon and Raytown is
a row of walnut trees in straight
line said to have been planted by a
tame squirrel that stole the walnuts
out of the house, and hid them 10 the
fence corners,
The people of Savannah are maxi
ing great preparations for the hum
dredth anniversary of the death OF
Sergeant Jasper, who fell 10 defence
of that city on the 9th of October,
1873.
The building of the branch road
to Laurenceville, Georgia, for which
proposals for the grading have been
invited, will make seven branch
roads from the Air Line between At
lanta and Charlotte.
Griffin has received fifty bales Of
new cotton so far. BY this time last
year the receipts there were about
five hundred bales. This is evidence
of the back wardness of the crop.
Col Willis A. Hawkins, Of Amer
icus, was seriously hurt about FIVE
miles from that town, few days
ago, by his horse running away with
him as he was returning from Dooly
court.
Several car loads of iron have arr
rived 10 Columbus for the North aud
South Railroad. The time specified
for completing the grading over Pine
Mountain is October Let, and at that
time the work Of laying the track
will be begun.
Burnt corn is certain and speedy
cure for hcg cholera. Make pile
Of corn on the cobs, scorch it efec>
tuaIIy, and give the hogs free access
to it. The remedy has been tried in
a number of cases and never failed.
Col. G. II. Hoover has tract of
ten acres of land, near Hampton, on
which he raised last year eleven bale 8
of cotton. From the same tract this
year he has already gathered five
baIes, and expects to get ten bales
and over.
About five miles from Adairsvile,
was the scene of one of the most
dreadful affairs that has taken place
in the history Of the county, which
resulted in the death Of Mr.. William
Holm, young gentleman of ster-
ling worth, at the hands Of Mr.. II.
Davis, a neighbor Of Holm.
From Baker county come most
gloomy reports. Messrs. Fleming,
Davis, Couch, Galloway, Solano and
others state positively that not more
than oue-tbird OF crop cau be gath
cred, go severe are are the yavsges
Of the caterpillar. Mr.. Lark, of
that county, who planted six hundred
acres 10 cotton, offers 20 take ore
hundred bales for the crop.
We see from the Harmony Pro-
gyesS that at the last weeks session
of the Madison Superior Court five
negro boys, charged with "Ku>KIux-
ing" or whipping 10 terrible man
ner an old negro man and his wife,
some few months ago, were tried.
The burden ofevidence being against
them, they were found guilty and
sentenced to twelve months each,
in the chain gang.