The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-06-06
STATE NEWS.


Rev. N. Keff Smith, of Atlanta,
has been called to the charge of
Dairen Presbyterian church.
There is some talk Of building a
cotton factory in Butler. The mon
ey men Of Butler are in for it.
The FIRST peaches seen at Gordon
this season were brought in by Low
Hardy, Monday morning Of last
week.
The sulphur spring near Trenton
has been sold. Fort Payne, Ala,
and eastern parties bought it. The
spring and the land in the same en-
closure brought $4,000.
] The Dade County Times says,
Mr.. Pete Mutt Of that county, has q
chicken-eating mule. He eats them
raw, and will chase fat hen for
! mile, if necessary to catch her.
At Trenton, last week, John P.
Jacoway sold the E. 7. Rogers house
and lot to Mr.. Allen of New Or
leans, La, for $1,000 cash. On the
first Tuesday in May MIR. Jacoway
bought it at sheriff's sale for 5000.
1t is reported at Macon that La
mar, Rankin & Lamar have sold all
the receipts of the S. s. S. to a
western firm for s1,000,OO0, and
Lamar, Rankin & Lamar reserve all
accounts and bills now on the books
and their plant worth 100000.
The New England Land, Coal,
Iron and Manufacturing Company
has invested $4,000 in coal and
iron lands in Dade county. Nor
rison, q station three miles north of
Trenton, on the Alabama Great
Southern railroad, is on the tract.
There they will found a town, to be
tealled Littleton.
The Georgia School of Technolo-
gy, at Atlanta, is at work in earnest.
The students have been organized
I'm In classes for six or seven months,
and the boys are getting some skill
in the shops. There are about 12O
Of them in all, and they are divided
.nto sections, so as to give each boy
twenty hours week in the shop.
The Dalton Citizen says: Tun-
incl Hill, upon the W. & A., is
shout to experience a real live
boom" 1t is currently reported
that syndicate of opulent New
Englanders has purchased large
tracts of mineral lands in that vi
Unity and will proceed to locate
furnaces and other industries and
vert emigration to that section.
The Georgia Press Association
"a in Macon on the 28th ult., and
lore taking their departure on an
Kcursion west, elected the follow
kg officers for the present year:
+ resident, ]. III. Estill of Savan-
nj b; LIST vice-president, w. L. Gless-
nj /, of Americas; I'd vice-presi-
deynt, T. L. CAN'T, of Athens; treas
nj Ter, S. r. Weston, of Albany; re-
ceFding secretary, J. W. Chapman,
OH Washington; corresponding Sec
re9ary, w. S. N. Neal, of Marietta.
Mrs. Sarah A. Barwick of San
dtFsville has secured pension from
TIC United States government.
Her claim was BASED upon the
death Of her son, Wyley, which &C.
CURED by accident at Mcpherson
barracks near Atlanta. The pen
sion begins from October, 1884, run
ming from that date to March, 1886,
at IS per month, and from March,
49, So to date at s12, making the
accumulation to date about 5000,
and due monthly hereafter So for
life.
Charley Klink Chapman, son of
]. P. Chapman, of Americas, is one
oftEe heirs of Capt. KJink who re-
Gently died in Columbus. The es-
tatc<s valued at $3.50, 900. During
Mr. Kinks life he was bosom
fried Of Bugg Chapman, who is
yer. much affected by his death.
Afr the war, when Mr.. Chapman
cam, home ragged and without a
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