The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-06-12
STATE NEWS.
Culled and Condensed from our Elk.
changes.

Georgia has 2,160 sub-Alliances.
Houston county. has elected dele
gates for Tom Hardeman for COVER
nor.
Gainesville, Ga, voted last week
to issue bonds for water works, sew
ers and electric lights. There we're
only two votes against the measur e.
Mrs. Whitney, about 70 years old,
living just beyond the line Rock
dale, in Henry county, has, so it is
said, never seen train in her life.
The first car load Of Georgia mel
ons was shipped Thursday from
Pelham to Omaha. Shipments from
now on will be made daily. @It
The wife Of Hon. John B. Good
wyn of Newman gave birth to trip
lets Wednesday. All are girls,
weighing six and halt pounds each
at birth.
Ebert Roberts, of Jones county,
who attracted much attention by
wearing a dress and at the same
time havinga flowing beard, died
Wednesday.
The outfit Of theiCedartowr Citi-
zen, which stopped publication over
a month ago, is soon to be moved
to Cave Spring, and Editor Bigham
will start new paper at this place.
DR.. A. J. Battle, formerly presi-
dent Of Mercer University, has ac-
cepted the position Of assistant
president of Shorter College at
Rome, with DR.. Gwaltney, begin
ming next fall. 5 7
The Belt Line Street railroad at
Savannah has been purchased BY a
syndicate of Nashville capitalists.
The same syndicate is negotiating
for the purchase of the City and
Suburban and Coast Line railroads.
w. P. lowers, Of Webster county,
is grinding up seven hundred BUSH
els Of COW peas and will use them as
a fertilizer for his cotton. As he
can sell these peas for IS cents per
bushel, it appears to be a costly
experiment.
Saturday afternoon a swarm of
bees lit on Frank Hollis soda foun-
tain at Montezuma, and broke up
his trade for the afternoon. Sui
phur fumes routed them after a
while. Several little boys began
fighting them and. the bees used
their business end on them. 81
Nature plays queer freaks with
the flower seeds sent out by the ag-
ricultural department at Washing
ton. A man who received pack
age of seeds labeled "giant pansy''
planted them in a flower bed and
soon had a small crop Of turnips,
while number of seeds labeled
''doublepinks" produced long-neck-
ed squashes
AS the train was running from
Barnett to Washington, Thursday,
it ran over two children, aged 6 and
4 years, near Frlckler station. 1t
cut off the leg of the elder one, a
girl, and the entire train passed
over the younger one without injur-
ing The child. 1t is supposed the
children we're asleep on the track.
They were children OF MI. Fergu-
son, a farmer of the county.
That was a remarkable faith cure
over in Macon county, and it is sub
Stimulated by good authority. An
old man named J. M. Cloud has
been affected with a cancer on his
neck for long time, and it grew to
be nearly as large as saucer. He
gradually grew worse and he knew
his time in this world was growing
short. The exercise of faith through
prayer by himself and friends for his
restoration had the desired effect,
and the cancer gradually grew
smaller until It healed up. The
people over in that section firmly
believe in the faith cure in the
case.
CAN'T SLEEP NIGHTS