The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-09-06

dan, of Townsville, at Fincastle,
Va, day or two ago.
ONE firm in Hawkinsville sub
scribes and pays for twenty-three
papers, among them the three lead
ing dallies OF Georgia, for which
they have been paying $40 each per
annum.
Georgia will elect State officers
and Legislature and vote upon a
proposed constitutional amendment
to increase the number of Supreme
court judges from three to five on
Wednesday, October 3. Congress
men will be elected Tuesday, Nov.
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"Those who smile at yellow fever
should experience the sensation of
having the disease once,' said Rev.
j. o. Branch, D. D., at Amerlcus
Thursday. Il have had the fever
twice-once at Tampa and once at
Key West. If 10000 crosscut saws
were run across the backbone, the
pain could be no worse.
The course of true loves not run
ming smooth happened to young
man OF Athens who went to Madi-
son county Tuesday to get married.
He went to Gam, Murry & Co.'S.
livery stable and hired a magnif-
cent landau with four white steeds
attached. The whip cracked and
away they went over into Madison
county. On arriving at the home
of the young lady, it was found that
she was attending church several
miles away and had no intention
! whatever of getting married.
A gentleman of Athens recites an
instance OF wonderful memory.
While he was at college years ago
he had heard a professor state that
he could read an article in paper
and then repeat it verbatim. The
narrator was anxious to test him,
and one day walking up, said: eff
you have no objection, | should like
to have you read this piece on know
nothingism and repeat it to me-"
The professor took the paper, read
the article of column and half in
a. few moments, and then repeated
it without an error.
As James Campbell, most wor-
thy negro Of Morgan county, was
working in the fields near the home
Of Reuben Rogers, he heard the
well-known "song" of the dreadful
rattlesnake. He advanced upon the
monster with stick in hand, and
struck him a blow, and, as he
thought, killed it. Thinking the
reptile was dead, the negro advanc-
ed closer to him, when the snake
struck him blow upon the hand,
burying his fangs in his flesh. The
negro gave up the fight and ran to
the home Of Reuben Rogers and
told him what had happened. Hay
ing no whisky Mr.. Rogers ran about
three-quarters of mile to his near
est neighbours to procure some.
When he returned with the liquor
the negro was speeches.. He suf-
tered most intense agony, and
Thursday morning he died
Rich Mason dangerously stabbed
a man named Handy at Hanging
dog, in Cherokee county, N. c., last
Friday, the result of an old feud.
They met at the voting precinct
where the election was being held
on the railroad question and after a
few hot words had been exchanged
Handy drew a pistol and shot
Mason over the left eye, the ball
glancing upward which probably
saved Mason's life. Mason then
went at Handy with an open knife
and stabbed him thirteen times, the
most dangerous wound inflicted be-
ing under the left nipple. Handy
is not expected to live. Mason is
the man who killed SUIT Miller at
Ducktown and is regarded as a
peaceable but very dangerous man
when once aroused.-Blue Ride
! Post.