The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1882-07-20
GEORGIA cLEANINGs.


Mr.. David Adams, of Rome, COM
mitted suicide by taking laudanum.
The wife OF ex>Gov. Charles j. !
Jenkins is dead.
The "no fencc" ticket was defeat
ed in Fayette county.
The boiler of the Oostanaua ice
factory, at Rome, exploded Thurs
day killing Alex Wooley, colored,
and woundiug Mr.. z. I. Taylor.
Mr. Toon Powell's grain crop. in
Oglethorpe county, amount to 3d.
600 bushels, and is probably the
largest single crop Of whea! and oats
ever raised in Georgia.
The Grand Lodge /. o. 9. +. of
Georgia will meet at Griffin in Au-
gust. The Grifinites are preparing
to give fraternal hospitality to
the members of the body.
The Americas Recorder is printed
on paper 90 per cent. o. which 10
pine wood. The paper is soft,
smooth and clear, and takes the i'm
preston remarkably free.
The popular excursion point in
North Georgia at this time is Tsllu-
lab Falls. The wild beauty of the
scenery there is not surpassed by
that of any other spot 10 America.
Mr.. Robert Young, of Troupe
county, had his RICH. arm crushed
by some machinery, last week. 1t
was amputated by Drs. Galway
and BOugh.
Young Mr. Speer enjoyed uuwon
ted distinction on Tuesday. His
name figured in bold black type on
the editorial page of the New York
Sun as one of the Democrats ~ who
supported Robiuson's steal.
Burrell Champion, a negro, re-
Gently sentenced to the penitentiary
and man of very bad character,
the other day escaped from Mr..
Smiths camp, in Oglethorpe county,
and had not been recaptured at la
test accounts.
Atlanta Constitution Mr.. William
Jones, a fireman on the Western
and Atlantic railroad, accidentally
swallowed a silver half dollar few
days ago, and now he is suffering
the most excruciating pains 10 con
sequence.
1t is reported that Mr.. Julius
Brown, of Atlanta, has sold the
charter of the Griffin, Monticello and
Madison Road to the Cole combins~
ton for 100000 Mr.. Brown
bought the charter about year ago
for $4,000. Pretty good for
young operator.
Considerable excitement exists at
Fairburn, Campbell county, caused
by the arrest of two negroes charg
ed with an outrageous assault upon
a white child, twelve years Old
The Villains have bean sent to Cow
eta county Jail for safe>keeping, and
if the facts turn out as stated, will
suffer the extreme penalty of the
law.
Rebecca Goldberg, the wife of
Russian Jew, committed suicide in
Athens Saturday night by cutting
her throat from ear to ear with a
pocket knife, Her head was almost
severed, and the body presented
most horrifying sight. A mirror
and two knives were in a cradle by
the side Of her young infant, No
cause is assigned for the deed.
A new railroad will soon be sur
veyed from Gainesville to Dalton,
and the rumor is that it will be i'm
mediately build by a syndicate
which is fully able to accomplish the
task. Mr.. B. NJ. Hall, the civil en-
gineer for the company, expects to
begin the survey before many weeks
so as to complete it by the first of
October.
On Friday last, j. d. Garrison, a
young man about twenty-one years
of age, son of j. f. Garrison, who
resides near Gilsville, Banks coun-
ty, after loading his gun and press
ing the cap down on the tube, one
Of the barrels fired, knocking the
weapon to the ground, which caused
the other barrel to fire, the oontents
of which entered the body near the
hip. After suffering until Saturday
morning, he died, and was buried |
Sunday morning.
On Tuesday last Deputy Sheriff
Doles, of Muscogee county, armed
with a warrant for the arrest of one
Pittman Collins on a charge of
sheep stealing, proceeded to execute
the same. The Sheriff found Col
Inns at work On the river, four miles
from Columbus, being on barge in
the middle of the river. The sher
if approached the barge on bat>
eau, and Collins, anticipating his
arrest, jumped into the river and
was drowned.
A business man of this place last
fall bsrgaiued with number of
planters to furnish them with seed
-n,Lnnt nnH 70 tnkn for his nov one