The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-06-10

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nearly full fedged. The birds sur
yived the shock, and have been cared
for as pets. The old bird was out on
a toraging excursion at the time.
In Atlanta on ednesday evening,
at Edgewood, Miss Lizzie Hill Col
quit, the charming daughter of Sena-
tor A. IL. Colquitt, was married to
Captain William l.. Marshall, Of the
corps Of engineers L. S. army. The
marriage took place at the home of
Senator Colquitt. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Clements A.
Evans, Of Augusta.
Considerable disappointment is
manifested over the development of
Colonel George r. Browns ineligi-
bility to the position of state senator
on account of his age. 1t is said that
he will not be twenty-five years old
until November 9th. He was the
most prominent candidate in the
field and would doubtless have been
elected. 1t is not understood who
will run in his stead.
A brutal deed was committed at
Macon Friday by negro who was
driving flock Of sheep. While
driving the sheep to some butcher
pen many of them scattered when
passing the Central railroad shops,
and one of them strayed away. The
negro finally caught it, and with his
knife cut out both of its eyes. The
name of the brute could not be learn
ed
Thursday Mrs. Lucy Watson, a
widow lady about 80 years old, who
lives in Gwinnett county near the
Walton line, committed suicide by
hanging herself. She took a pillow
line, climbed upon high stump near
a pine sapling, tied the rope to the
pine, then around her neck, and
jumped off. She was dead when
found. No cause is known for the
act She had good home and was
well thought OF by her neiahb0rs.
The lost ring story comes to hand
as usual. This time the scene is laid
in Kentucky, where five years ago
William lIowes, of Moorefeld, lost
his sisters ring while fishing in a
pond. Not long ago he went shoot
ing bull frogs in the same pond, and
while cutting off the hind legs of II
big one that he had shot, what should
he see prouuding from the bullet
wound in the side of the victim but
his sisters long lost ring, with the
identifying inscription still quite leg
ible.
Three or four years ago a cyclone
passed through Harris county.
When it was gone, Il farmer, whose
entire possessions had been swept
away, found a two-year-old boy under
the shrubberry where his front gate
had been. lie was never claimed
by any one. His clothes indicated
foreign birth. Last summer the
former visited the gulf coast OF Mis-
sissippi, taking Tornado Tommy with
him. While he was there another
cyclone came along, took up the boy
and carried him into the Gulf. He
has not been seen since.
L. W. Jones, Of Baker county, has
400 acres of cotton that will average
halt the knee high, which he is cul-
tlvating with seven mules, besides
hlS corn, potatoes, sugar cane and
other crops. Every hill OF 1t Is high
ly manfred with compost, and while
he expects to gather 200 bales, an
average crop only, he contends there
IN no money in farming with free la
Dor, raising everything consumed on
the plantation except bacon, and
enough of that to supply his table all
the year. Mr.. Jones has about
twenty acres in peaches of every va
rlety. The trees are loaded down
with fruit. He expects to commence
marketing it by June 10. He has al
So plums, sand pears and other yarie-
ties OF fruit.