The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1886-01-28

before Supreme Court of the
tAi ates.
Gainesville boy tried the
sexperiment of sticking his tongue
to piece Of coll irorsaAst week,
His father thawed him! bse with
d pan of hot wateE,~ :"
.-Atlanta's real estate men,
since the prohibition contesNhave
he prospect An tbs .Wesnas
: some.of her liquor men think of
settling in Griffin.
"A negro girl, living near Ca
milla, answers to the name Of Ma
ME Baker Qneen Victoria South
ern Belle Atlantic Beauty. She is
the color of a black cat in deep
we'll.
"A Sumter county negro who
lost his mule hitched himself up
to the pillow and was driven across
the stubble fields by his wife In
this way he made four bales of
cotton and enough truck to live
on.
! The store Of john P. Davis,
eight miles east of Albany, was
burned on Monday, and is now
supposed to have been the work of
an incendiary. Loss, $1,000; no
Insurance.
The Savannah News says that
the candidates for the gubernato-
rial honors are taking a rest. We
ftrust they will rest till the Con-
vention' meets-that is we want
all to rest except our man.
A young man went from near
Columbus to Marion count to
steal abride on last Monday night,
but the old man caught on to his
manmuvers, and turned loose the
contents Of four chambers Of a re-
volver at him and he left without
her.
SIS
An old man, living on the line
of Jackson and Banks counties,
informed his family that when he
died he wanted to be buried on
the side Of the road where he fed
his hogs. His wish was carried
out, and he is buried where for
years he fed his swine.
Wiley Baldwin, Of Dawson,
has a wildcat that is very docile
and playful. Some Sunday after
noon, when Mr. Baldwin returns
from church, that playful animal
is going to take him by the right
hand and make him lose all his re-
ligion.-Thomson Journal.
Every county that goes for
prohibition gives birth to more il
llcit distilleries. When the sale
of whiskey is generally restricted
throughout the State, it will re-
quire an army OF United States
Marshals to look after the moon
sinners. -Dablin Gazette.
: Miss Nancy Black, of Carroll
ton, has in hen possession a black
quart bottle of the old style, (which
was brought across the briny deep
from old Ireland about the year
1855, and has been in use on this
continent about 200 years. The
bottle is very much worn.
"A young maA in Columbus,
Mr.. Walter Pease, fell at the skat-
ing rink and broke his arm. A
young man in Barnesrille, while
skating on the lee on q lake i'll that
town, fell and broke his thigh.
But still the skates roll on and
the doctors smile with joy.
During the recent cold wealth
er, in Il mill pond near Sylvabia,
a terrapin pat his head out Of the
water to get little fresh air, and
The water fcoze SO quick that he
couldn't draw his head BACK, and
there he stuck tight and fast for
three days, until Mr.. Mills, resi1-
ing near, broke the ice and reliey-
cd him.
Judge Parkersonsays the jug
Trade between this and noigLbor-
ing wet towns has fallen off won
aarfolly and be predicts that it
will eventually wear itsolf o4t
A ol,,er men, who have been ac-
cQstomed all their lives to taking
drink, and can't get over the
hahit. nass awnv. aud the bows