The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-06-09
GEORGIA GLEANINos.

ma Heynolds,of Dalton, are married.
A tramp was knocked from
train near Atlanta and had his arm
broken.
One little negro struck another 10
the back of the head With a brick bat
in Augusta, and killed him.
The people OF TaIbo. will vote on
the question of fence or no fence on
the first Monday in July
j. w. FolIansbee, the alleged big
mist, was bound over to The superior
court 10 Atlanta ia the sum of three
thousand dollars.
The Cuthbert Appeal says: A. j.
Moye sold l67 bales of cotton on
Wednesday in one lot for cash He
was forced to send dray to the
depot for the small fraction of specie,
about one hundred and forty pounds.
The Walton County News states
that the little boy of Rev. J. G. Bur-
ton, of Social Circle, who swallowed
button some ten days ago, died
last Thursday aud was buried Fri,
day evening.
/ Col. Avery's new book, q history
of the past twenty-five years in
Georgia, will soon be published. It
promises to be exceedingly interest
ing, and we shall anxious!y await it's
appearance.
A fire at Jouesboro destroyed
Jones & Loyd's wagon and buggy
factory, and also Harris & Waldrop's
grain and hay house. The former
lost about $1,000, and the latter
$500, 10 excess of insurance.
About sixty hands are busy at
work on the Cotton Exposition
blilding. The Executive Commit,
tee let the contract to Mr.. f. e..
Healy, the man who built the Gus.
tom house. The main building is to
cost $40, 900
1t cost Charles Craft, Will Collum
and Thomas Green just $40 in
lump to disturb the religious exer-
cises a, Evans Chapel, Atlanta Ca,
last Sunday night. They pulled
cats tail and she furnished the music
One of them imitation the parson' 8
voice calling up the mourners.
A little child of DR.. X. w. Mills
obtained bottle of solution of carr
bolic acid from his saddle bags and
attempted to drink it. The mother
hearing the child scream ran to it
and found it almost 10 Iifeless con-
dition. The child suffered most ter
ribly until four o'clock when death
came to its relief.
A convention Of the sheriffs of the
different counties of the State will be
held 10 Atlanta on the 4th of July
next, for the purpose of adopting
measures leading to more efficien.
and speedy execution of the crimi~
nal laws of the State, and such 9TH
err matter as may come before the
convention.
Two little boys, Clarence Gross
and Ollie DOminy we're wrestling
in Dublin and fell 90 their Sides
Willie got up leaving Clarence on
the ground. The bystanders noticed
that he did mot stir and approaching
they found he las dead. He died
without moan, struggle or any
other indication that anything was
| the matter with him.
At temperance meeting in At
Ianta it was determined to call a
state convention of the temperance
meu of the state to meet in Atlanta
on the fourth of July. The follow
ing executive committee was chosen:
J. D. Cunningham, chairman: J, g.
Thrower, G. I Dodd, Jonathan
Norcross, B. K. L Timmona, K. P.
Zimmerman and W. g WILDLY,
Secretary. The call for the con
vention has been sent to all parts Of
State.
I he Dawson Journal learns that 9
little negro child on the plantation of
DR. b r. Reeves came to it's death
one day last week under very pecu>
liar circumstances 1t seems that 2
cat had caught garter snake and
carried it alive into the house where
the child was sitting alone on the
floor. The child, in its admiration
for the snake, took it up in it's hands
and was bitten by the reptile on the
arm, and from the effects of the bite
the child died, Notwithstanding all
toe efforts that we're made to afford
relief