The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-11-28
STATE NEWS.
Culled and Condensed from our Elk.
changes.

died at his home in Fannin county
on the 18th inst.
Hirscbfeld & Blumenrhal, dry
goods merchants of Athens, were
closed by the sheriff under a mort
gage for s7,723, held by H. B.
Clahin & Co., of New York.
Judge Henderson, the commits
sloner of agriculture, is particularly
pleased with the new law that re-
duces the inspection fees on fertil-
lzers from so cents to 10 cents a
ton.
There were foand in one night 1T
Atlanta recently, by actual count,
l,OO8 young men in attendance at
pool tables, billiard tables and other
places OF the same character, while
only ia were attending church.
a company has been organized at
Crawhsh Springs, in Walker county
to manufacture cedar pencils, there
being an abundance of praphite in
that section which can he gotten out
at a low price.
The estimated expenses OF the
city government of Atlanta for next
year are 81 100000, and the people
OF that city are making an effort to
secure the election of members of
the"city council who can be trusted
to expend that large sum wisely.
On Tuesday night the gin house
Mof R. w. Hale at Jolley, Ga, was
\Nburned to the ground, and a num-
Nberhof bales of. cotton gwere lost.
The fire is supposed to have been
the work Of an incendiary. The
loss was about $500, and the
property was insured for $1,000.
Jim Brewer Of Ebert county.
several days ago while fishing, left
several hooks set in the river and
did not return to them for quite a
while, but when he did return, his
dog had pulled two lines out, to
which were appended a couple of
fine suckers.
An election took place in Rome
and South Rome Wednesday on the
question of annexation. Rome vo-
ted overwhelmingly for annexation
and South Rome voted, by MAORI
ty, the same way. This will add
fully $500 to Rome's population.
The new territory will be known as
the fifth ward.
Mr.. John Monkey, of Statesboro,
has a valuable house cat. A few
nights ago an owl caught one of MI.
Monkeys chickens and the cat fol-
lowed, and when the owl came to
the ground the cat made fight and
succeeded in whipping out the owl
and carried the chicken back to the
house.
II is said that the total outlay
for the plant Of the Dalton Canning
Company, including operating ex-
penses the past season, was about
$4,000. The company has packed
and in stock fruit to the value of
$4,000, which, it is said, they have
only to put upon the market to
realize It's value in that much hard
cash.
There are two negro women in
i Schley county that are such rare
I exceptions to their race that they
deserve chrome. One of them.
Amelia Hixson, has lived inside The
corporation for four years without
ever coming up town. The other
one, Mary Green, has never seen a
a town, although she has lived within
a few miles Of Ellaville and WITHIN
ten miles Of Americas for 40 years.
Both Of them are healthy and work
every day.
One of the successful farmers of
dodge county did not make an ex-
hibit at the fair at Eastman last
week, but she got there I'll the
same" We refer to M. J. 7.
Hunt Of near Dubois. He runs
one horse farm, but he IS not one
horse farmer, by any means. He
made fourteen bales of cotton and
200 bushels Of corn, followed the
xl.s1osy himself and hasides made S131