The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-04-09
GEORGIA GLEANINGS.

Farmers are terribly behind with
their work in northeastern Georgia.
But they will catch up yet, and we
hope all of them will make good crops.
There are about thirty hands en-
ployed in each match factory of
Gainesville. Their wages average s.
per week, making $4,000 it puts out
there per month.
While crossing a creek on his way
to Cumming, in a buggy, drummer
named James Skinner, came near be-
ing drown ed. He lost his sample
case, and one Of the horses.
A seven-year-old boy of NJ. V. Jor-
dan, near Carrollton, was bitten by
mad dog about seventy days ago. On
Monday night it died with every symp-
tom Of hydrophobia.
James Mcdonald, woodchopper
Of Atlanta, who was addicted to IL
quor, was killed by passenger train
near his home, two miles from the
city, Friday night on W & A R. r.
Governor Mcdaniel has sent in
structlon to the county commissioners
of Greene county declaring the office
of county tax collector vacant, and
for them to proceed to fill the place
according to law.
Miss Bette Daniel, of Franklin,
Heard county, was born blind, and
for nineteen years did not see. She
went to Atlanta six weeks ago for
treatment, and her sight has Ebeen
restored to such an extent that she
can walk about the city and see the
houses, horses, carriages, people, etc.
A good joke is told on a sheriff of
a neighboring county, who went out
in the country to ''level' on a mule,
but being told that the mules great
age exempted him from a levy, the
sheriff retraced his steps to town, a
distance of nine miles to examine the
code in reference thereto. He found
that mules age was no bar to le-
Wy, and went back and foundIthat the
mule was non est, the owner having
ayailed himself Of the interim in run
ming the mule off.-Mdcon Telegram.
A mad stone possessed by Mr.. j.
L. Butler, of Charlotte, N. c., is said
to have effected several cures of by
drophobia. 1t was applied to a citi-
zen of York, S. c., and stuck to the
wound so firmlyas to require strength
to pull it off. 1t is claimed that the
stone possesses the peculiar property
of drawing out the poison from mad
dog bite, absorbing the poison in its
pores, and that it will adhere to a
wound as long as any poison remains.
AS soon as the stone ceases to adhere
all the poison has been drawn out and
the victim need fear no danger of an
attack Of hydrophobia. The mad
stone which is in Mr.. Buffers possess
| sion is about the size Of an English
walnut, though not so round, and is
as smooth as polished glass. Mr.. But.
Ter bought it many years ago from a
man in Western North Carolina, who
had received it as heritage from his
father, but who sold it for pecuniary
gain.
The Supreme Court has finally set
tied very important suit. The case
was oen against Mr.. J. w. RenfrOe,
late State Treasurer, for some $685.
600 of interest charged to have been
received by him on the State depos-
its. The Supreme Court decides that
| his bondsmen are not liable for the
money. The Legislature instructed
suit. The reason for the decision is
that the interest was received in vio-
lation Of law, and not in the legal
way, and therefore the bondsmen are
not liable. Had the money have
come into the Treasury in the Ordina-
ry course of matters, and been appro-
priated, the securities would have
been liable. But the law does not
authorize such interest, and the prop
er method of penalty was prosecution
Of the Treasurer for such offence, I'M
der penalty of a $500 fine. 1t will
thus be seen that after long and te-
dious litigation Mr.. Renfroe has come
free.