The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1882-03-23

Bud Harris young white msu
who mys,eriously disappeared in
Rome about two weeks ago, was
found dead in the river.
General Toombs does not agree
with Attorney General Anderson in
bis opinion as to the invalidity of the
lessees of the State road.
Munroe Bloom, colored, was shot
and killed a, Morrow's Station on the
Central railroad, Thursday by Con-
stable Felix Anderson. He was re-
sisting arrest.
A man by the name of Jones liv-
ing near Sheffield, in Cain Creek
district, ploughed up glass jar in
his field few days ago containing
several thousand dollars 10 gold.
The Jury in the trial of Egbert
Stevenson, charged with numbering
his aunt in Gwinnett county last sum
mer, returned a verdict of guilty
and the prisoner was sentenced to be
hanged. He confessed.
The Constitution says; "Gen. P.
M. b. Young will certainly be can
didate for Congress at large, and
Judge J. w. II. Underwood will
probably contest the mountain dele
cations with him."
An incorrigible little darkey, a
thief from boyhood, of Walker ccun-
ty, named Andy Hall, only ten
years old, was sentenced to the pen
itentiary of Dade coal pits for five
years, at the recent session of the
Superior Court in that county, for
stealing a horse.
Il. A. Bean, who deserted his wife
at Newman a few days ago and went
to Atlanta with depraved female,
was tried at Newman last Tuesday
for wife deser,ion, found guilty and
sentenced to the chain gang for Il
months.
A novel suit has been started by a
citizen of Atlanta. He has been
unable, after two years of trial, to
get place for his children in the pub
lie schools. He now proposes to re
sist the payment of the school tax
by law, and has employed an sttor-
ney to take the matter ia hand.
Dublin Gazette We learn that
the candidates for the Legislature
from this county, are as thick as the
hairs on a dogs back. In fact, we
learn that every man who can spell
baker aud give out an old fashioned
hymn, is a candidate before the dear
people.
James White. of Dalton, while
preparing his gun for hunting last
Friday, rested it upon watts edge,
at Whites tannery, to remove a
wadding, and upon suddenly turning
it fell into the vat, striking the
hammer and discharging the gun in
its decent, A load passed through
Whites left arm, grazing his side
The wounded member is much
swollen and inAamed, and amputa
ton will perhaps be necessary.
Commissioner Henderson said to
Constitution reporter: 1.-The de-
crease in the sale of fertilizers this
year is surprising. There has been
less sold so far than for the same Pc
riod at any time in the lsst eight
years. The price varies in differ
ent localities. and in some places
standard fertilizers sell as low IS
four hundred pounds of middliug
cotton per ton"
Gainesville Free Press: Work on
the ore banks a. Barlow iron works
has been suspended on account of a
mortgage of 100000 being forecloS-
ed Your Uncle Joseph E. Brown
swooped down upon it. We have
not as yet learned when operations
will again commence. The car fac
tory is working on full time, although
without as many hands as before the
explosion, the engine not being of
sufficient power to work go many.
Their new engine will probably ar
rive within a month.
We learn that the man, Peter
Corbin, charged with committing an
outrage on lady in Gilmer county,
who was arrested in this place week
before last by deputy marshal King
add turned over to the sheriff of said
county, mention Of which was made
in this paper, was taken from the
Gilmer county Jail, the night after
the sheriff returned to ElIijay with
bin, by a party of masked men and
was found the next day in piece of
woods near the town with his head
completely severed from his body.
We are opposed to lynch law under
any circumstances. and hope the
story is not true Dalton Citizen.