The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1882-11-23
GEORGIA GLEANINGs.

The LEGAL of the Montezuma
Weekly claims to have found Doo>
ly county dsrkey whose foot is tif>
teen aud three quarter inches long.
Mr.. Tolbelt Strickland, employed
at Noble machine shop at Rome,
had his right arm caught 10 the
betting on Tuesday afternoon and
broken in two places. Amputation
is thought to be necessary.
The Perry House at Americus
was destroyed by fire on Monday
night ast The building was valued
at 5000 and was partially insured
It was supposed that the fire was
caused by rats gnawing matches in
their hole.
A Mr.. Pink White few days
ago, 10 the store of one of the mer>
chants of Rome, performed the diff
fcut feat of sucking two dozen raw
eggs. He must have been, as his
name indicates, added.
Mr.. Alfred BarkSdale, OF Early
county, has satisfactorily demonstra-
ted tho problem of raising meat. He
has thirty>seven fine hogs to kill this
winter, and has not lost a single one
during the year.
Mr.. F. NJ. Robinson, of Sumpter
county, raised this year on a one
mule farm IA bales cotton, $50
bushels of corn, and $50 bushels po-
tstoes. A good showing for old
SUmp!er.
Tho citizens of Albany will en-
terrain with true Georgia hospitality
nearly two hundred delegates to the
coming session of the Southern
Georgia Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, which will
meet in that city.
In boring the artesian we'll at
Waynesboro, it is said that a stra
tum of anthracite coal, eight feet in
thickness, was pierced. One
wouIdn't have looked for it in that
quarter but, in these days it is
simply impossible to tell what fell
low may find, or what he may lose.
Cuthbsrt Enterprise Mr.. A. w.
Gillespie, had the misfortune to lose
bis gin house and screw by fire on
Thursday Of last week. The gin,
seven bales of cotton, and 1920
bushels of cotton seed were coDsum>
ed. The total loss will not fall short
of ST. 800.
Robert Nc Williams, of Campbell
county, while standing on his piazza
saw some 600 strike a match and
throw it on the fodder in the barn.
In spite of all he could do, the barn
and one mule were burned up, and
two other mules badly injured by
the flames. The mules became
frightened, and refused to leave the
stable.
The jaiIor at Swainsboro was
knocked on the head ADD killed by
uegro who was 10 jail sentenced to
be hanged in December, for muir
dering another negro who had ofen>
ded him by killing dog that be-
logged to the murderer. The ne-
gro had taken bis chair to pieces
| and struck the jailer with piece Of
| it as he came into the Jail with the
prisoners meal. After the killing
the negro went ont and hid uoder
the Jail and was recsptured. Fears
that he will be lynched are felt, and
it ia rumored that such is the ex
pressed determination.
On Sunday night, Mr.. John Can,
non, an engineer OF the Fast Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia Rail-
road, who was learning the road be-
tween here and Atlanta, narrowly
escaped terrible death. The en-
gines on these roads are coal burn
ers, and it is supposed, while the
train was at Stock bridge, that the
coal generated such quantity Of
gas that it burst open the furnace
door, sending out such volume of
fare that it enveloped Mr.. Cannon
and burned the fireman. Early
Monday morning the train arrived
ia Macon, and the injured mao was
taken to the Southern Hotel, where
his ;ujuries were attended to.
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the youthful color restored by applying Par