The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-09-01
GEORGIA GLEANINGs.

falling of house upon bin.
On M. X. Russell's place in Carr
roll county, is a chestnut tree that is
eleven feet in diameter and thirty
three feet in circumference.
A brilliant wedding is to occur
near Columbus on the lst of Sep.
, TENDER. Elk Gov. James M Smith
will lead 10 the altar Mrs Florida
Wellborn.
Col. Peterson Thweatt, of Allan
ia, ex-ComptroIler> General of Geor-
gis, died 10 Atlanta last Saturday
morning.
The majority report recommends
that the Insane Asylum at Milledge"
vile be enlarged, and that no seps,
rate establishments be authorized.
1t will take one hundred and sew
euty thousand bales of cotton to pay
for the guauo used by the State of
Georgia this year.
DeSota, opposite Rowe, now has
twentG-one stores doing a splendid
business, and yet the map makers
have never put the name of this town
down.
L l.. Waldrop, of Atlanta, was
found dead in his bed Saturday -
His death was caused by conge's
ton of his heart and brain.
Sidney Herbert writes to the Sa,
vannah Net0S, "that the longer the
present legislature remains in session,
the greater increase there is in in-
temperance"
A little daughter of Mr.. Thomas
| A. Cole, of Dawson, was burned to
death Last week in attempting to
kindle fire with kerosene.
John Stokes and Green King, of
Griffin, were badly wounded on
Tuesday by the premature explosion
of blast il a we'll in that p ace
Stokes may be fatally Injured.
Mr. James E. Meredith, an aged
gentleman of Rome, fell from the
roof of house to the ground. The
skull was not fractured, but the
shock to the brain was 80 great that
it may prove fatal.
i The Hawkinsvile Dispatch says
last Sunday morning Tess deGraf,
fenrien, on the place of Major Nc
Cormic, seven miles from Hawkins
vile, accidentally shot himself with
a pistol, from which he died the
next day.
The new locomotives recently re-
ceived for the Atlanta and West
Point railroad have paper wheels,
that 10, the filling of the wheels is of
paper the tire and socket being of
/ steel. lhese are the first that have
been introduced IN Georgia.
One of the features of the Atlanta
Cotton Exposition will be the manu-,
facture of suit of clothes from raw
cotton 10 twenty four hours. The
I cotton will be picked, ginned, spun,
dyed, woven, and made into a suit
OF clothes for Senator Brown inside
of one day.
Brother Willingham, of the Free
Press, feels complimen.ed because
somebody tried to rob him. The
fellow was evidently a stranger
around Cartrrsville, or he would
have never attempted to rob a news
paper man. We have heard of peo-
pie robbing graves, but he who would
: attempt to rob Georgia editor at
once establishes his claim to front
room in the new lunatic asylum
No matter where it is built.
The storm which ragged along the
South Atlantic coast Sunday was
almost cyclouic in it's fury. Dam.
age to the extent of about 100000
resulted 10 Charleston and suburbs,
and four persons were killed. Sat
urday night the gale made a wreck
of a number of houses in Savannah,
blowing, off portion of the Morning
News office, and flooding a section
of the city. Many lives were lost
along the rice plantations.
Mr.. Wm. McRee, substantial
farmer liv ng west of Wa:kinsville
had, with his wife and two daught
ers, gone to church Sunday nigh!
in double seated buggy, drawn by
a mule. While driving along the
road the mule became frightened
and ran away, throwing all four OF
the occupants OF the buggy out
All were hurt, and Mr.. McRee has
since died.
While Mr.. Perry aud his father,
Mr. John Perry, of Walton county,
with some negro men, were engaged
in some Vork near their engine,
which was steamed up but not run
nirg, it suddenly exploded with ia"
tai results. Mr. John Perry and
one of the negro men were killed,
and two negroes seriously wounded.
1t was thought one of the latter will
die. Mr., VIM. Perry escaped
The Kimball Exposition bill bad
no chance to get through the House,
as the memb ers had thoroughly in
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