The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-02-28
STATE NEWS.
Culled and Condensed from our Elk.
changes.

Col. A. B. Culberson, of Atlanta,
died Sunday morning.
A. 7. Hardin, prominent citizen
of Rome, died Wednesday.
GAINESVILLE is going to have
100000 cotton mill. The stock is
subscribed.
Rev. George E. Bonner, pastor Of
Grace Methodist church, Atlanta,
GA, died on Friday. He leaves a
wife.
Colonel L. M. Lamar, United
States marshal for the Southern
district of Georgia, died in Macon
Monday afternoon.
A new disease is prevalent in por-
tions of the state among the horses
and is proving fatal in nearly every
case.
The committee has decided to
open the state fair at Macon on
Wednesday, Oct. %, and close on
Friday, Nov. 1.
While out hunting Wednesday W.
L. English of Oglethorpe accidental
ly shot himself through the left
hand, necessitating amputation.
James M. Smith of Oglethorpe
county has an orchard of 10000
trees, and is this spring intending to
plant 10000 more.
Charles Porter, a young white
man, swung on to a passing car in
Columbus, fell between the wheels
and was killed, his body being fear
fully mangled.
At Irwinton a man who stole and
hid a jug of whisky, ran his hand
into steel trap that had been put
in the place of the jug during his
absence by friend of the owner
who had witnessed the theft:
At Cedartown, on Wednesday of
last week, Lou Watts, colored, who
murdered her husband on January
7, was tried tor murder, and a SEN
tence of Imprisonment for life i'm
posed.
John L. Conley, son of Ex-Gov-
ernor Conley, OF Atlanta has been
convicted of selling moltgaged prop
erty, and sentenced to pay either
$4,000 fine or serve twelve months
on the county chain gang.
Gainesville Eagle We call the
attention of the farmers of this Sec
ton to the clark industry" Any
man with his boys, or few hired
hands, in one months time, can
gather from SO to 100 cords of bark,
which will bring him as much money
as 10 or II bales of cotton.
Jesse Charles, ST., of Gilmer
county has recently secured a claim
against the government for $500 for
mules and wagons used in the Flori
da war by his father. The claim
has been before the court of claims
in Washington for 40 years.
One unusual incident during
court at Lafayette was imposing a
fine ofS100 and costs upon an enter
prising young merchant, who had
been selling a cider which was
proved to be intoxicating. A petit
ton as long as mans body was
presented to Judge Miner to reduce
the fine, but without avail.
J. B. Childs, farmer in Ebert
county, has never bought bushel
of corn, pound Of meat, lard, -four,
or soap, except for toilet purposes,
since the war, and has now years
supply Of all these things on hand.
He makes plenty to do him and to
spare, and makes good cotton crops
besides. He commenced farming
on poor land after the war, and he
made success of it all the time.
On last Tuesday as the north
bound passenger train for Albany
left the depot at Camilla, two or
three little boys were on the track.
Seeing the train approaching at a
very rapid rate they went running
up the track, when one of the boys
stumped his toe and fell fiat on his
face. The engineer seeing the boy
fo1I reversed his lever and applied