The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-01-29
GEORGIA GLEANINGS.


cotton, was destroyed at Fontenoy
laat week. The fire is supposed t.
have been the work of au incendiary
The Fort Valley Mirror says tina
there seems to be scarcity of farm
hands ia that section. and some o.
the planters have not as many al
they wish.
On Monday, the 18th of January
1880, George Robertson, Sr, dice
at the residence of his son, Major
George Robestson, in Black shear,
Ga Mr.. Robertson was in lis
eighty fourth year, being born in
Savannah, Ga in the year 1896.
Columbus Enquirer; "Sexton
Odom exhumed the body of young
white woman yesterday that had
been buried twenty-seven years.
She was burid in a metallic case. -
The body was well preserved and
looked quite nstural.
Wholesale removals of Federal
y fiiciaIs seems TO be the order of the
day in Atlanta. 1t is stated 10 a
special from that city to the Even
ing News, of Augusta, that the Post
master Conley, District Attorney
Farroy and Revenue Collector Clark
will be displaced. Tom Blodgett
says "aIl who are not for Sherman
must go"
The fine rock warehouse of w. @
Gholson of Lagrange, situated op>
posile the depot and containing
about 500 bales of cotton was de-
stroyed by fire on last Saturday
night. The cause is still mystery
The loss is estimated at about S40,-
600, and falls heavily upon certain
farmers, who, on account Of the fire
proof nature of the warehouse, had
failed to- insure.
Mr.. A B. SempIe, a drummer
from Louisville, KY, while sick with
a fever in Fort Valley on Wednes>
day last, took a cold bath, The
shock to his system was SO great
that it brought on pneumonia, and
on Thursday he died Though a
stranger, he.received every care, and
attention from the hospitable people
Of the town, and his remains were
sent on to Louisville by express for
intcrment.
The Greensboro Herald says
"Some of our farmers are troubled in
consequence of not having sufficient
labor to run their farms during the
present year. There are plenty of
negroes without homes, and yet they
will not hire. Our suggestion is to
let them alone ACT as independent
ly as they-and they will soon seek
employment. They cannot stand
this long, and if they can, the law
against vagrancy cannot.
The Atlanta Post says that q few
days ago, 10 that city, very
wealthy but chiIdIess woman offered
to adopt, bring up in aflllence, and
finally make her sole heir, the child
of a very poor, hard working widow,
The latter hesilated for long time
over the matter. but fnally a moth
er's love prevailed over the tempta
ton to secure wealth for her little
one, and she refused. She decided
that she would rather work to the
death FOR the support of her child
than to'be separated from it.
The HinesvilIe Gazette says that
a great many of the rice farmers
have begun TO prepare their rice
lands for the coming season. Many
who went into this business on
large scale last year have, from the
splendid success they have met with
determined to plant on still larger
scale this year. The Gazette thinks
the rice crop seems destined to be,
come the leading money crop of its
section. There was more money
made on it last year than on either
cotton or timber
The Griffin san says that Mr..
Dixon Bowen, Of Henry county,
died December 29tb, 1879, aged IS
years. lie reared family of eigh,
teen children. thirteen sons and five
daughters. Eight of his sons were
in the confederate army at one time,
and four Of them were killed in Vir
GINA. Nine are now living in less
than thirteen miles of where their
father died Over fifty OF his child
rem aud grand childrea can walk to
the old home in less than an hour
Mr.. Bowen settled in Henry county,
10 1922, and in 1880 built the house
in which he died, He was a good
citizen and neighbor. q
Joshua Nestor had saved a few
!