The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-07-15
GEORGIA GLEANINGS.

Lightning killed a negro near
Newman and Frustrated two others.
Tax Collector, S. E Glover, aged
80 years. died in Sumter county.
Mr.. Mann, mail rider in Meri'
wether county, was struck by light
Mug and instantly killed.
Col. John A. Wimpy, formerly a
leading republican in Georgia, has
declared for Hancock.
Miss Lizze Watson of Floyd coun>
ty, aged As years, was killed by
lightning while hoeing corn.
Col M, E. Thornton has taken the
field for State Senator to represent
Cobb, Fulton and Clayton.
The Atlanta cotton factory now
employs six hundred hands and
works night and day.
Putnam county has voted on the
fence question, and decided by q
large majority to stick to the present
system.
Mad dogs are being killed in Lex
ington, and serious water famine
is threatened more serious than that
of last summer.
Senator Wallace says that Ham
cock will 9carry Pennsylvania by
over 10000 majority.
The Macon Herald is decidedly of
the opinion that Colonel Cash, who
shot and killed Colonel Shannon 10 a
duel recently 10. South Carolina
should be promptly hung.
The Atlanta grand jury on Satur'
day last found a true bill against
Hon. Dan Piitman, Ordinary Of
Fulton county, for using abusive
language to q grand juror.
The annual product of Georgia in
the rosin aud turpentine trade is
100000 barrels of turpentine and
100000 barrels of rosin, which
amounts to 100000,
While playing with pistol last
Wednesday Eugene Stephens, of
Columbus, a lad sixteen years of age
accidentally shot himself in the left
arm, inhioting painful wound. An
other warning.
Mr.. A. M. Wolihin, stabbed by
Gibson 10 Macon, has been carried
to his home in Albany. His condi-
ton is very precarious, but he long
ed to be at home. A bed was placed
in the cars for him.
# F. johnson has filed his bond
as collector of the port of Savannah.
The following gentlemen are his
bondsmen Henry Blum, F. NJ. Hull,
R. w. Woodbridge, j. II. Johnston,
DR.. G. H. Stone, DR.. J. j. Waring,
G. F. Stubbs and Sligo Meyers, all
Savannah.
The Perry HomeJ ournal announces
that a rumber of merchants and cit
liens of Perry have formed a stock
company for the purpose of erecting
bath house in Big Indian creek,
"free to the ladies" of that section.
This is all proper enough, but why
is not provisions made for the clean
liness of the gentlemen as we'll. We
will bet they need it more.
Albany News: "Mr. John Il. Lee
who was in the city yesterday, re-
ports that the ea,erpillars are doing
hazardous work on his and several
surrounding places. He took four
hands on Thursday and in very
short time gathered a bushel basket
full. This is very bad news, hat we
hope their ravages will soon be stop
ped by the free use of poison"
Jessup can boast of the champion
female "marks woman" of Georgia.
The Sentinel says that about nine
clock Saturday night Miss Johnnie
Moomaugh heard a noise among the
chickens Aiming herself with a
pistol, and carrying a lantern, she
went to see What the matter was, and
found a coachwhip snake over five
feet long, in the coop. She fired
three shots, striking the snake each
time, the last bullet going through
its head. We call that good shooting.
A writer from Scriven county in
forms us that the crops 10 that section
of the State are 10 very poor condi~
ton, owing to a long protracted
drought. He says it has not rained
since the first of May, and in conse-
quence, the corn, at the very best
cannot make more than a quarter of
a crop. Cotton also is injured to a
certain extent, though with goou
seasons from now on it will recuper-
ate. On the Eth instant severe
wind, hail and rain storm passed
through the central portion of the
county, doing much damage. The
hail belt was about two miles 10
width.