The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-10-16
GEORGIA CLEANING,


among the dealers in Hawkinsville,
aud in consequence light is cheap in
that city. Good oil is offered at
twelve and half cent per gallon.
A heavy cot was made by the
House Tuesday, when it reduced the
appropriation for the Agricultural
Department from $l3, 600 to So 900,
including salaries and all other ex-
penses.
A little girl was accidentally shot
in Macon by her little brother, jim
mic Valentine, on Wednesday, while
the latter was playing with a pistol
which he did not know was loaded.
On Thursday she was in a critical
condition.
The Cartersville Free Press is
most positively assured by a gentle"
man Of the utmost veracity, who is a
capitalist himself, that there will be
a cotton mill established in Carters>
vile early in the next year that is
to say, the operations for building it
will be commenced after Christmas,
The Americus Republican says
that on Monday morning last Miss
Mary Jane Snellgrove, young lady
residing with her aged mother in the
Seventeenth district of Sumter coun>
ty, committed suicide by taking
strychnine.
THE Greensboro Herald says
there is more sickness in Greene
county than ever was known before,
and that the death rate is alarming.
Diptheria seems to be the prevailing
disease, and it attacks both old and
young.
Greensboro Herald: Farmers
say that they can't understand why
fabrics go up and the staple go down.
1t does look little curious, but then
the bulls and bears don't look after
fabrics, but let the manufactures
take care of that, while they go for
the staple--so it goes"
Atlanta Gazette Osgood Sanders
says that the uncle be was named
after left him mule and a negro,
and that the mule threw him and the
negro whipped him. After standing
this for several years the mule died
and the negro was set free.
The Atlanta Factory was started
less than four months ago. 1t has
sold readily every yard of cloth it
could manufacture, until it has had
every spindle and loom at work bus
lily. And now it receives an order
from one firm 10 New York for over
$4,000 worth of goods, giving it
three months of steady employment.
Walton County Vidette; "a terri
BILE accident happened near Walnut
Grove, in this county, OF last We'd
nesday, we learn, to little son of
Mr.. Gus Cannon. While driving
the gin he attempted to take ride
on the large king post arms of the
gearing of the gin, and was caught
in the cogs of the machinery, and
his little life was crushed out Of him
His head was the member caught in
the cogs, and be was killed instantly
Franklin Nes0S: "One day last
week lady by the name of Hines,
living seven miles below town, on
the west side of the river, gave her
little child an empty match box to
play with. The child was about
eighteen months old, and finding
some water in a pan, the little fellow
filed the match box with water from
the pan and drank freely Of it. In
a short time the mother noticed
something wrong with her child, and
Immediately sent for physician,
who did all he could to combat the
OBJECTS of the poison, bat to no pur~
pose, and the unfortunate child died.
THE Rome Courier tells "wbat an
old man can do" 1t says that Mr.
Berry Jackson. who is eighty years
old, rented land from George z. Bur-
nett, in Floyd county, this year.
He has already picked and brought
to Rome two bales of cotton and has
about three more 10 the field. He
has also made plenty Of corn to do
him, and forty bushels of wheat. All
this has been done by bis own labor.
His wife is blind and not only could
not help him, but needed much OF
his time and assistance.
One Of the most remarkable incl
dents of true tenacity was verified
in a red fox chase in Johnson coun
ty last week. The chase lasted for
S or ten hours, and every dog was
entirely exhausted but one, and be
held on until both he and the fox
we're run down, when they positive-
" laid down close to each other, and
every time The fox would move or
attempt to get up, the dog would
move towards it, but could not quite
get hold Of reynard, who by the as
sistance of the hunters, was captured.
Dublin Gazette.
THE largest dime as well as the largest
Hielel bar of soap at HALEY BROS.