The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1883-02-15

elected President. Mr.. Bussey de-
clined re election.
Mr.. J. A. Huff, who fell from
train at Atlanta week ago and broke
his left leg, on Wednesday had to
suffer amputation of the member be-
low the knee.
The new court house at Atlanta
will be Ornameuted with an illumina-
ted clock to cost about $1,000. The
court house is very nearly completed
and the April term of the court will
be held in the new building.
Some miscreant made an attempt
to wreck train near Calhoun, on
Western and Atlantic Road, one
one night last week, by placing a
large piece of timber across the
track. The engineer discovered it
in time, however to avert what
might have been a terrible accident.
The East and West Railroad now
in course of construction, is being
vigorously pushed to completion by
Captain West, of Cedartown, its in~
domitable proprietor. Its western
terminus was commenced some time
since on the Coosa river, at point
near Greensport, Ala, and has been
constructed to within ten miles of
Cross Plains.
1t has been ascertained that the
woman that threw her infant from
the car window as the train was
leaving the depot at Macon a few
days since is named Miss Babe
Smith, and that she lives about four
miles from Jackson. She has been
arrested and is now in Jail.
Mr.. r. II. Vaughn, of Pulaski
county, cultivated Lass year fifty
acres of pine land. On eighteen
acres of bis farm he made eighteen
bales of cotton, and from twenty six
acres he gathered 700 bushels of
corn. He also made 200 gallons
of syrup and raised $500 pounds of
meat.
A brakeman named John Burris
met with terrible death at Cohuttsh
on the East Tennessee, Virginia e.
Georgia Railroad, last Tuesday.
He was in the act of coupling cars
and was canght between the bum
pers and crushed into lifeless mass.
He had ouIy secured bis position the
day before.
Ben Watkins, C we'll known char
acter of Couyers, was shot there on
Saturday night by Alfred Smith,
who has since made his escape
Both parties are white men. Watt
kns wac shot 10 the breast, and will
probably die. Both men we're drunk
at the time of the shooting, which
| occurred in a barr0Om.
Rufus H. King, a young man
about eighteen years old, forged a
ten dollar money order belonging to
the Estey Organ Company, about
three weeks ago. He was tried and
convicted Wednesday in the United
States Court at Atlanta sentenced
to two years in the penitentiary,
and fined $4,000. King is from
North Carolina, where he has very
respectable connections. His broth
err, however, is serving a term 10
the penitentisry for robbing the
United States mail.
At Wrightsville, few days ago,
while Mr.. Hilson was from home,
two of his little boys got hold of
pistol, and while handling it, it fred
off, the ball lodging in one of the
little fellows breasts. The father
beipg absent, this frightened their
mother into spssms, and when her
husband returned she was found to
be in a critical condition. She re
NAMED in this condition for two
days when she died.
Boss Jones was dangerously shot
at Dallas on the 9th inst. by Steve
Moore, a bsrkeeper of that place.
The difficulty occurred in w. K. Car
ter's bar. Several shots were fired
and Jones, in addition to a pistol
shot wound, received several ugly
gashes over the head and face, in
flicted by blows with pistol or
some other weapon. There seems
to have been some bad feeling pre-
viously existing between them. -
Alf Rogers, beiog at the time in the
bar, received the contents of one
chamber in bis right arm. Mr..
Jones died on lest Saturday.
The Atlanta Constitution states |
tina; the Marietta and North GeOr- !
gis railroad is the great route for
quail hunters. The other day there
was two thousand dollars worth of
dogs leash valuat;on) in the baggage
car on tina. road, attended by $4,000 |
worth of negroes lold valustiOn). !
On the return trip that they had
So, so worth of birds, which they
counted while eating $50 worth Of
lunch.