The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-03-17
GEORGIA eLsAMfNas.

The distiIlery of Cox, Hill &
Thompson at Stone Mountain, con
verts fifty bushels of cora into whis'
key daily.
Henry Dickson, colored. shot anc
killed his brother Joe, at a wedding
near Newman, last Saturday night.
1t was an ordinary whiskey murder
Miss Gorda. Furr, q beautiful Il
year old girl at Douglasville, was re-
Gently burned to death.
ES "a Houston county farmer tried re-
c6ntly to trade four cows for snuff
and on Monday purchased fifteen
dollars worth of that article, for his
own family use.
While the two little sons of H. II.
Hall, of Gainesville, were loading
an old pistol it was discharg>
ed, the ball taking effect in Harry's
leg and clipping off part of one of
Georges fingers.
Ephriam Marsh, a man 80 years
of age, committed an outrage on a
little girl IL year of age, near Trion
Factory, in Chattooga county.
Mr.. John Blankenship, near Stone
Mountain, is the owner of fine
healthy calf which has no eyes. The
place where they Ought to be is COW
cred with skin and hair.
The result of the years business
of the Muscogee Manufacturing
Company showed profit of $2l,-
069 II.
Twenty-Five negroes left Greene
county sac day las:,week for Louisi-
ana, notwithstanding the fact that
they were under contract for the
present year.
Mr.. Ed. Hutchinson, of Winter
vile, heard noise in his safe that
sounded like pistol had been shot
off which, on examination, proved
to be the explosion of bottle of
whisky.
a.. Not a bushel of corn could be
bought in Albany on Saturday, even
by those farmers who had the cash
or credit. And this, too, when it is
reported that the condition of the
planters in that section is deplorable
from the lack of both money and
credit.
A planter of Laurens CO unity sold
in Cochran on Monday last twenty
one bales of cotton at an average OF
fifty cents per bale.
The Recorder says between nine
ty and one hundred thousa I'd dollars
worth of mules have been sold in
Americus the past season.
At a negro wedding on the farm
of Wyatt Saxton, three miles from
Newman, Joe jackson, colored, kill
ed his brother last Tuesday night.
A report comes to us that man
was found dead in the woods near
Monticello, Jasper county, one day
last week. From the best informa-
ton we can gather dead man was
found with arms crossed over bis
breast, revolver was on his bosom
ore barrel of which was empty
Whether it was case of suicide OF
murder is yet TO be found out.
A Roman dropped a five dolla
gold piece in an isinerant Italian or
gan grinders hat few days ago
He was more generous than he in
tended to be, however, and on dis
covering what he had done. hunte'
up the musical son Of sunny Italj
and redeemed his piece of yellow
metal with nickel.
The death of DR.. A. l.. Hamilton
President of Andrew Female College
at Cuth bert, is announced. lii
death was from paralysis, caused BY
nicotine poisoning. DR.. H., wa'
| about fifty years of age, and wa'
widely known 10 the State.
The enterprise says at is be
yond doubt that coai mine has
been discovered within ak miles
Of Covington and not more than
hree miles from the Georgia Rail-
road. The samples Of coal are said
+" be equal 10 that of the Coal Creek
or any other mines"
TIE Dalton Citizen gives Til
. az, ng eve greatly fear the cot
N success ia this aud adjoinin:
cou, ties last year will operate to th'
dissdv 4ntage of our people-th
/ tanner. especially. many of whom
have gone wild upon the subject o
cotton planting. aud are preparing
20 put in more ground this year il