The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1883-04-26
GEORGIA GLEANINGS.
Cows are dying ofmurrain in Chat"


suspended, the Journal buying its
patronage and good will
The Americus Oil Mill turns out
$50 gallons of oil every twenty four
hours.
The Baptist of Georgia have
contributed $3l.500 during the past
year for various missionary purposes.
Dogs will be impounded in Athens
between May LIST and October lst,
unless they are muzzled.
The store of j. A. Anderson, of
Thomas county, was broken into and
the safe robbed of 81, $50.
A terrible fire at Indian Springs
destroyed the Mcintosh House and
most of the village. No lives we're
lost.
Two fine puppies for which Mr..
Foster, of Macon, had been offered
$50 each, went mad the other day
and he had them killed.
Enoch Freeman, who, while at
work in the Floyd chain gang, kill
ed another convict, lobe Ware, by
two violent blows on the head with
a shovel has been sentenced to hang
June
Thursday last the bond of the
State Of Georgia was made by Act
Jog Governor Boyntou to the Trus,
tees of the State University for the
sum of $4,000. This consum % ates
the gift of Senator Brown to the
State
J. T. Danforth, of Ben Hills dis
trict owns half Jersey calf, thirteen
months old, that is giving milk al
though she has never had a calf
A few weeks ago the calls udder be-
gan to swell and Mr.. Danforth had
her MIXED with success.
A disastrous fire occurred at
HawkinsviIle, Ga, April 10Th, which
broke out in the bar and grocery of
R. O. Lancaster & Co, destroying
eight business houses. including the
News office, John Fale & Co, A c
Pipkin, R o. Lancaster & Co , Ell
Taylor & Co., H E Taylor & Son,
J P Kiuchen and J. B King.
The estimated loss is about S25, 900
or $4,000; all partially insured
except Fale & Co., Pipkiu and
Kinchen.
The Hartwel! Sun, reliable story
teller, brings this: A few weeks ago
while DR.. Page was paying pro
fessionsl visit to family 10 this
county, be mentioned something of
the death of Cnrist, and to bic aston>
ishmont, a bog fifteen years old with
all simplicity told him that he had
never heard OF the man Christ, or
anything about him. The Doctor
with a heart full of sympathy, began
and told the uuenlightened youth all
be knew of the birth, life. death
burial and resurrection of Christ -
The boy gave the doctor the strict
est attention while he related the
story. and no doubt the little sermon
preached there will greatly benefit
both parties.
The following extract from the
Constitution cannot be too strongly
endorsed, or too widely circulated in
Georgia "Tbe remedy for dogs is
with the Legislature, and, indirectly,
that enlightened body is responsible
for any serious result of the present
epzoo,ic character of the disease
! The worthless, vagabond ours that
are now wandering over the State,
in couples and in droves, eDdanger.
ing the lives of men, women and
children, and destroying the sheep,
ought to be killed out by taxation.
There is no man too poor to pay a
tax on q valuable dog, provided he
owns one, and the result of such a
tax would be to destroy all the
worthless dogs in the State"
A man named Henry Robertson
or Williams or Hodge hos been ar
rested for breaking open the safe OF
J. N. Cooper, merchant of La
Grange, and stealing there from SIS
Robertson has been identified as a
Kentucky counterfeiter and Ken
tucky United States marshal has aP-
piled for him J. l.. Ware the La-
Grange mar hal, who caught Robert
son refused to give him up. Judge
McCay issued a habeas corpus for
Robertson. But Judge McCay re-
handed Robertson to the State au-
thorities The decision is most i'm
portant recognizing the general rule
that the Federal Courts cannot inter
fere with the administration of a
State criminal law unless 10 special
cases
1t is queer for Texans to be buy
ing cattle in Georgia Says the
Albany NeacS and AdUertiSer: "A
squad of Texans have been riding
about through his section for several
weeks past buying OPP stock cattle to
ship to Texa4. Some of them were
in The city yesterday, aud we learn
ID that they have already bought
4 900 head, which they will now be
| gin to herd and ship 10 Fort Worth
from which point they will be taken
to some of the prairie ranches of that
S,ate We learn that an average