The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-04-02
GEORGIA GLEANINGS.

pany for delivering whisky at that
point.
The paint and oil house of A. P.
Tripod, Atlanta, was burned last
Thursday. The stock was valued at
$4,000; $4,000 insurance.
W. B. Johns, a drummer was ar
rested in Atlanta Thursday night for
burglarizing Clarke & Webster's
store.
Uncle Calvin, Clarke county jus
tice Of the peace, now charges a plug
of tobacco for marrying couples. He
made two plugs Sunday.
Morgan Brown, of Hartwell, aged
50 years, while standing on a box max
ingsome repairs to his house accident
ly fell off and broke his neck.
Coroner lIodnet and Jailer Bird
song, Of Macon, engaged in friendly
tussle Thursday, during which Hold
net fell and fractured his leg in two
places.
The city council of Gainesville
contemplates the erection Of a wind
mill on the public square for the pur-
pose ofkeeping the city cisterns filled
with water.
Coroner Haynes, ofAtlanta, is kept
on the go. lie has had ten cases last
month, not including three yesterday.
He has heldan inquest for seven con-
secutive Sundays.
Governor st. John addressed a
large audience in Atlanta on last
Thursday night on prohibition. St.
John will wake up things in the next
Presidential election.
The Sparta Ishmaelite thinks that
the present State Constitution is
founded on the vagaries of Toombs
and the demagoguery of llolcombc,
and its adoption by the people was a
piece ofmonumential idiocy.
A two year old child of Foreman
Walker, on the Western and Atlantic
railroad, was run over and horribly
mangled by train at Dalton Thurs
day morning.
A Griffin man claims to have had a
cat which kept his family supplied
with spring chickens by foraging
around among the neighboring poul-
try yards, and bringing the chickens
home to be cooked.
All the Methodist ministers Of At
lanta have signed a written protest,
and it is published in the Journal,
condemning the proposed charity
ball in the city. This is the great
question of the hour in the Gate City
at present.
The well known firm of w. A. Ju-
han q Co, of Macon, made a general
assignment Thursday night for the
benefit of their creditors. Their LA
bilities are placed at S51, 1925 So and
their assets at SIS, 462 Y. Mr.. Chas
d. Pearson was appointed assignee.
1t has just been reported that the
famous Jennings heirs have refused
100000 to stop their suit for the
estate of some one of the Jennings
family that died in England many
years ago. The amount claimed is
overSl00, 100000, and the land upon
which the city of Leeds is situated.
There are several of the Jennings
heirs in Clarke county.
An Atlanta firm Tuesday received
an envelope containing Il $5-bill and
a piece ofpaper in which was written,
Pass this up to the account of profit
and loss There was no other ex-
PLANTATION. No member of the firm
can recall any occasion upon which
the house was yictimized to the amount
Of 50, but all are Of the opinion that
some person who had stolen an arti-
Gle valued at that sum, had become
sorry Of the act andadoptcd the safest
and easiest way to make restitution.
Gainesville Courant: Last Thurs
day, while Pink lloyle, a colored man,
was blowing ON Levi Shaw's place, he
lost small tobacco sack which con
tanned thirty-six dollars in gold and
silver. lie and Mr. Shaw searched
diligentlyfor several hours without
finding it. Mr. Shaw then sent for
Jim Sproull and his dog Don" AZ |
ter some little coaXing, they succeed |
ed IN showing the dog what they want
ed. He at once began the search,
and, in less than thirty minutes, he |
found the lost money, which was
nearly covered up with loose dirt I
jim Sproull was within about thirty |
yards Of the dog when the money was
found.
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