The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1883-01-11
GEORGIA GLEANINGs.
The Butts county stock law will
90 iuto operation on the Goth inst.

pany, in Atlanta, is down with a case
Of small pox sol the most malignant
type" according to the Posi- Appeal. !
The editor of the SummerviIle
Gazette was treated on Christmas
day with q slice Of 10 pound water
melon, preserved for the occasion
by Mr.. John Dalton.
The deaths 10 Atlanta for the
year 1882 numbered 998, Of whom
4l2 were white, and $50 negroes
This is about forty to the 1000 of
population, bat much less than that
ratio among the whites alone.
Larry Gantt is now sole proprie-
Tor Of the Athens Banoer Larry
is 2 whole team. He is a good
Democrat, and used to compose his
locale aud editorials while standing
at the case. -EG50ni01a Messenger.
The Washington Gazette says
awe know a gentleman Of this couu
ty who has bought three thousand
dollar plantation, paying for it en-
iirely with oats, aud has plen'y OF
cats yet on hand
The city court of Savannah is the
first to carry into execution the iate>
ly passed law of the State against
pointing fire arms a! another person.
William Clearly has' been fined by
that court fifty dollars for the of
Tense.
The court house in Gainesville
was destroyed on the ID by fire.
1t is supposed to be the work of a
Roman candle, as the boys had been
firing a great many Of them the
night before. Tho records were al
saved.
4 somnambuiistie girl got out Of
bed at Pfeecott, MINI, and walked
across half mile Of ice and snow
to the railroad station, clad in her
night clothes only, and was waiting
for a train when awakened.
The election Of Captain w. G.
Raoul TO The presidency of the Gem
tral Railroad and Banking Company
Is q step which speaks we'll for the
judgement of the stockholders, and
is full Of promise for the future
Capt. RaouI is q thorough railroad
man.
Some newspapers are wasting q
good deal of editorial labor on the
Mormon problem. If these editors
would send q cargo Of Georgia old
maids and hoodwink the Mormons
into marrying them, they would
soon settle the problem, 80 far as
the luckless husbands were concern.
ed. Griffin SuU.
The Sparta Town council have
put the liquor license for the present
year at 500 and limited the mum
Der to three, and these are to be 10
Gated on the back streets. Mr. Sill
Yer and Mr.. Cobb, and Ms Fi,z
gerald, all complied with the ordi
nance and plaoked dowa the $50
each for the privilege.
Whisky, assisted by a young man
named Wal Saith, of Jasper county
in Covingtou, succeeded ia raising
q row with q young man OF Coviug
ton, named James Banks. in which
Banks was murdered. a negro at
tempted to arrest the slayer, and be
was killed. The sheriff then came
up and at the point of bis pistol car
ried the murderer to jail.
Rome Couri5r: The Cherokee
railroad having been leased fer
nioety nine years by the new com
pany now building the extension to
the coal fields OF Alabama, the name
eff the above ROAD has been changed
to that by which the entire line will
be known when completed-the
East and West railroad of Alabama
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