The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-19
GEoRGIA GLEANINGs.

The question of fence or no fence
are now exercising the citizen OF
Hampton county.
Mr.. D. NJ. / obey, of Columbus has
refused 500 for twin calves born a
few days ago.
The capacity of the Enterprise
Factory at Augusta will be increased
from 10000 to 10000 spindles.
Dalton consumes about seventy
five kegs of lager beer day, and
yet business is dull.
Finer fish than have been seen for
several years are being captured
from North Georgia streams.
A COW belonging to Mr.. Jeff Britt,
of Gwinrett county, gave birth to
FIVE calves few days go. She died.
The eleventh thousand edition of
Uncle Remus has just been issued
1t is one of the most popular books
now in the market.
The Conyers Enquirer says that
Mr.. Nat Bell, of that county, is the
happy father of triplcts, girl child
reD.
No one has yet taken chaage of
CatOosa Springs, and it looks as
though this popular resort will not
be open this season.
la Elmore county six mad dogs
were killed in one day. What is
this year the matter with the dogs 10
Georgia, that 80 many Of them go
madg
The Lagrange cooking club is on
the same plan as pound parties -
Each member contributes dish of
some kind of eatables instead of
pound.
There is a movement on foot TO
organize company with S250,OOO
capital, to build mammoth hotel of
first class character at some eligible
point 10 Savannah.
Henrietta Cato stabbed and killed
Elsie Hill, with a pocket knife, Oh
Mr.. w. H. Partridge's Walker place,
nine miles west of Albany few
nights since.
From two cows, since the first OF
December, Mrs. E. Higgins, of the
Sixth District of Carroll county has
sold eighty five pounds of butter,
besides having plenty for her own
table.
90 the plantation of West and
Huntington, five miles southwest Of
Cedartown, on Sunday afternoon,
during a thunder storm, Mrs Bra
zier and Miss Prince we're killed by
lightning.
Major E. A. Wilcox, formerly OF
Macon, has been sppointed me sen
ger in the Ilouseyof Representatives
to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Major Sam CIeghorn, late
of Columbus. The salary is 81 200
per aDnum.
A few days ago two white men,
Milt Hart and Jerse Register, fought
With knives in Sumter county Both
are lying at the point of DEATH
Register is cut badly, the wound
penetrating the liver. Hart was al
most completely diSembOweled.
CartersviIie has brighter prospects
to day than she ever had Her
mineral interests are being looked
after by eager capitalits, who are
buying up all the iron and Manganese
banks in Barlow and adjoining coun-
ties.
The Gainesville Southern is happy
to say that the prospect for fine
peach crop is good, and other fruits
never promised better. 1t says fur
Their: Indeed everything looks
we'll for prosperous year for far
mers. We have never seen wheat
rye, etc, look better at this time Of
year
The SandersvilIe Mercury says
that on Tuesday afternoon last Bob
Jenkins, colored, cut and killed
Dick Adkins, also colored, on Messrs
TerriIl and Martins place, about 3
miles from that city. The coroner s
inquest rendered verdict of murder,
and a warrant was issued for the ar
rest Of Jenkins, who is still at large.
| The Sparta IShmealite speak WISE
ly when it says: The wealth of a
State cannot be judged of by the
number Of bales Of cotton its planters
produce. Some people in Georgia
plunge head long into debt, to the
extent of twelve or fifteen hundred
dollars, for the privilege of raising
the worth of a thousand dollars in
cotton, We suppose this is done
because cotton is king
Wednesday night Of last week the
gin house of Mrs. N. J. Mcmillan,
on bis place a. Firzsimmons' land
ing, some thirty five miles from Col
umbus, was destroyed by fire. There
were over twenty five hundred
bushels OF corp, large quantity OF
fodder and farm, implements in the
house, al Of which were consumed.
Ii is thought 10 baVe been The ~ork
of an incendiary.