The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1883-06-28

for the Oostsnauls bridge, IS 900 for
the Etowah bridge and $4,000 for
the Howard street bridge.
The 80 called Turk" is in bot
water up at Rome. He has been
arrested for vagraucy. That is the
way.
A bill will be introduced at the
next session of the Legislature by
Hon. J. 7. Jordan requiring all
executions of criminals to be pri
vate.
The three weeks'protracted meet
ings Of the Griffin Baptist church
has resulted in thirty five additions
to that congregation.
There is much uneasiness among
the planters of Southern Georgia on
account Of the cotton caterpillar ap-
pearing 80 much earlier than COM
mon.
Last Wednesday the trustees of
Monroe college unanimously elected
to the presidency ID b. J. Battle, of
Macon, late president of Mecer
University.
Fifty.six thousand and fifty dol
lars have been raised toward the
erection of Grifin's cotton factory
Work will be commenced at $65,
900.
Social Circle is to have q cotton
seed oil mill. j. O. Shepherd and
j. w. Hinton are the proprietors.-
The brick warehouse near the depot
will be used for the mill.
Atlanta has some honest thieves.
About month ego two entered a
house and stole couple of watches.
They have since repented and re
turned the stolen goods with note
of apology. Nobody knows them
brownsville has already subscribed
500, 900 towards the erection of the
new hotel. Eleven thousand dollars
more will give the town half own
ership in the structure. The bal
ance of the money is to come from
the North.
Ca:oosa Springs has been pur,
chased by Major Leyden, and the
proposed IDEA of converting the place
into a private sanitarium has been
abandoned, and as soon as a lessee
can be found The place will be opened
as usual for the reception of visitors
Thomas Gibbe wss arrested 10
HARRISON county and brought to At
lanfa, on the charge of extensive
copoterfeiting. He is supposed to
be the Lender of gang. He Yves
bound over 10 the sum Of $40, 900 to
answer the charge.
w. A. Brightwell, formerly Of
Acworth, but who has been living in
Atlanta for the last two years, was
arrested on charge of raping DR.
j. N. Cooks twelve year old dangh-
ter recently in Atlanta. Brightwell
denies the charge, and the little girl
affirms it. BrightweIl has a wife
and two children BrightweIl Oh the
preIimin Try trial was acquitted
Peter Chisholm, an old negro
caught an immense catfish at the
wharves 10 Savannah. In ate mpt
ing to unlock the fish, it stupg Peter
10 che heshy part of the calf, which
was bare. His shrieks were heard
a square off. The leg swelled very
quick J, and he had to be carried to
a physicians office, being unable to
walk.
Capt. John C. Guilford, of Quit
man county. owns the finest COW in
South west Georgia, il not the state.
The cow is half Jersey and half Dur
ham. She gave 10 one day 724
pounds of milk, which is equal 20
nine gallons and one half pound -
Capt. GuiIford says it is nothing un>
usual to milk eleven half gallons a.
a milking.
Alexander Washington Gray, a
Carroll county farmer of sixty sum-
mers, went to Sharpsburg Monday
on business, and by chance met
Mrs. Georgia Young, q widow who
had already been three times mar
ried and whom be had never seen
before. They loved at first sight and
agreed to a union at once and pro
ceeded back to Carrollton, where
they were married 10 the court
house, before 40 sppreciative audi
ence of about seventy five people.
An attempt to domesticate the
partridge is being made by VIM
Preer, of Columbus. Finding thirteen
eggs be placed them upder setting
hen, but she proved too heavy and
two Of the eggs were broken beneath
her. He took the remaining eleven
and wrapped them in cotton, and
placed them in the kitchen near the
stove, and Sunday, eleven little par
tridges were hatcbed out. They
for their mother, a young
dove, but the dove has since died
The partridges, however are doing
we'll and continue to develop.