The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1882-01-12
GEORGIA GLEANINGS.

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A. 4. Tibbs, of Dalton, are dead.
On the I'd inst, the mountains 10
Pickens county we're covered with
snow.
In Atlanta gentleman who gives
his name as Charles Finly and bis
home as Char eston, was robbed on q
Whitehall street car of q pocket,
book containing forty five dollars.
A large number of our State ex>
changes are drawing signs of genus
inc relief because 1881 has passed
away and Mother SYMPTOMS prophe
cies are still untultilled
The lshmaelIte Gays the license
for bar rooms 10 Sparta this year has
been raj, ed to $500-an increase of
5000. -Four parties have taken out
the license.
The Sandersville Courier Gays ;
From the information we can gain
thers has been a large wheat, oat
and rye crop sowed in our county
this year, and the prospect now for
big grain crop is very llattering.
The Athens Banner says the term
independents organizing sounds
rather contradictory. And Water
man In another place says the old
Democracy is good enough for him,
and will take none of DR.. Felton's
lotion in his.
S. l.. Shaw, who for some time
has been guarding at the convict
camp on the Marietta and North
Geolg ia railroad, was lately arrest
ed by the sheriff upon three war
rants, two charging him with as
sault on two copvicts, the other of
horse stealing
Mr.. Isaac Franklin, of Bibb coun.
ty, reached Atlanta with a horse
thief who stole horse from him at
his home in Bib county about two
weeks ago. Mr.. Franklin followed
the thief through Atlanta to DeKalb
county, whore he captured him
few days ago. He recovered his
horse.
The Jasper town authorities men
last Saturday and asked bar keepers
to pay the round sum Of one thous>
and dollars for license TO sell intoxi-
eating spirits within the incorporate
lin is of Jasper TIE ordinary WI
refuse to grant license, and, there
fore, the grocery business will close
in Pickens about the 9TH Of Fehrua>
~.
On Tuesday morning last Mr.. Jo'
seph Allen. a leading merchant of
Thorn aston, failed for $4,000. He
failed once before in 1874 and
about a year ago was burned. He
has creditors in Macon and Atlanta,
bu. Messrs. II. NJ. Conner & Co, of
Savannah, were his largest creditors,
and had mortgage on his store and
goods for $4,000, which they fore
closed,
Says the Walton News "a little
too much red eye was the cause of
the indefinite postpOnement of a
marriage in this county few days
ago. We admire the pluck of the
young lady If all the young ladies'
would follow her example there
would not be half so many broken
hearted women in our land. A lady
knowingly marries a drunkard
should blame no one but herself if
her lot in life is hard one"
"On Christmas eve night, says
the Gainesville Eagle when most
of the people we're engaged in antic
ipating the happy times of ;he NOR
row, or wrapped in slumber, some
others were engaged in the burglar
ling of the Airline depot. A
more daring robbery has rarely ever
been perpetrated. A young man,
Willie Rolin, was sleeping in the
telegraph office, which is only divi'
ed from the agents private office BY
thin plank partition. Notwith"
standing this. the thieves broke OPP
en- the door of the private office, roll,
ed the safe out on the platform, and
deliberately broke it open. scatter
ing the papers 10 every direction
and securing about $3.50 10 money.
They dropped one express package
of 500, or the loss would have been
mat that much greater,