The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1882-06-15
GEORGIA GLBANINGs.
Augusta has a bicycle club.


A Jersey bull was sold 10 Atlanta
the other day for 81, 200
Reports from all Of lower Georgia
represent all crops to be 10 a
fourishing condition.
The Georgia Pacific has been
completed to the 40th mile post from
Atlanta.
1T is reported that lice, in consid-
cradle quantities, have been found
on the cotton in Schley county.
The peach crop of Georgia the
present year will prove to be the
largest ever known in the State.
The oat crop of Hancock county
this year 10 estimated at one million
bushels.
A Savannah darkey, Henry Nor,
cross, has had an eye put out by
missile from an Alabama sling.
On Monday evening Mr.. Henry
Gerghsn was fatally gored by bull
about three miIes from Savannah.
]. M. Timmons, convict guard,
forged an order of $40 on w. B.
Lee, of Covington, got the money
and skipped.
A Clarke county lady was mar
ried before she was thirteen years
of sge, was a mother at fourteen
years and widow a. fifteen years.
Mr.. James Aiken, of jackson,
Butts county, was kicked by mule
on Wednesday last, from the effects
of which be died Oh Thursday.
Two young farmers of Lowndes
county have recently received ST.
900 on the sale of the produce of
their truck farms this season.
John B. Cough, the world famed
temperance orator, is to deliver the
annual commencement address at
Emory College.
The North Georgia folks are ask ;
ing the Governor to appoint a day
of general thanksgiving for the rich
harvest of grain that has been reap
ed in this section.
A little son of Mr.. J. ID. Posey,
who lives near Montezums, was
thrown from a mule the other day,
and received such injuries as to
cause his death in a day or two.
There were seven burglaries com
mitted 10 Crawfordville one nigh!
last week, and quite a quantity Of
groceries, dry goods and money
stolen.
On the authority of Mr.. G. j,
Wadsworth, of Rome, there is mul
berry tree growing in Floyd county,
which six men cannot reach around
and the fruit of this tree alone fat
tened twenty-five hogs last season.
Gainesville Southr0n sour goic
fields need 90 more putting by news
papers or the pioneer miners. The
fifty stamp mills and the millions o.
capital 10 the hands of enterprisine
men are doing the work for us -
Each week brings in new men o
intelligence, with capitol to work
out our Frightening destiny"
Late Wednesday evening five
prisoners confued in the Jail at Co.
dsrtown overpowered the jailer and
made their escape. AS soon as pos
sible assistance was obtained, and 10
short while four of the number
were recaptured, but at last accounts
the fifth one had not been heard
from.
1t is said a rich strike has just
been made the famous old Msgruder
mines, in Lincoln county, in the
shape of four and half foot vein
of silver asssying $3.50 to the ton.
The vein bears unmistakable evi
dence of being true assure, and
the owners of the mine are very
happy over their good fortune.
Mr.. G. w. Tucker, of Campbell
county, had the misfortune of losing
his threshiug machine by fire near
Parker's Mill on Tuesday last. The
men engaged in tbreshing wheat
had gone to dinner, and IN their
return found the machine in flames,
which was totally destroyed, with
about fifty bushels of wheat.
Cotton is two weeks backward,
with irregular stands, by conse-
quence of unreasonable weather.
From 10 TO Is per cent. less in acre
age has been planted, which per-
centsge has increased the corn and
smaller grain area. Corn is good
and promising. An abundant yield
in wheat and oats has been realized
by harvest. Some reports name as
high as fifty bushels of oats to the
acre-sn unusual yield for our lands.
The North Georgia Citizen says ::
Farming could be made to pay bet
ter in this section than it does. As
we have said before this is not cot
ton country-is is more of a grain,
grass and stock country. The Irish
potato grows finely here and it's cul>
tivation could be made very profita-
BILE. An acre of ground that will
nroduoa q halo nf cOtton wi nrOduee