The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-05-01
STATE NEWS.
Eulled and Condensed from our Elk.
changes.


= Capt. George W. Maddox died at
Emerson, Barlow county, last week.
Hon. David Mayer, of Atlanta,
died last week.
There are now 1850 inmates 1t
our lunatic asylum, about 500 Of
whom are colored.
A paper bag factory is to be estab-
lshed at Athens BY Northern CAPT
talists. a ..,-ee .--gs.
Rev. J. W. Roberts, pastor Of the
Methodist church at Gainesville,
and Miss Minnie Oslin, were mar
ried in Gainesville on the 23rd ult.
Mr.. Edgar H. Orr, Brunswick's
superintendent of public schools,
has announced himself as an appli-
can't for Judge Hooks position of
state superintendent of education.
The Central railroad will receive
new locomotive every day for the
next three weeks, and in June and
July will receive twenty more, max
ing forty in all, the total costing
s320,000.I IA
The manufacture of ochre is get
ting to be quite an industry at
Gainesville. There are two mills
and behind with their orders. The
ochre beds in the country are nu-
merous and valuable. 81
Sumter county is scourged with
millions of feas, from the attacks of
which small animals and chickens
are said to be dying by hundreds.
The flea is of the Mexican variety,
brought here by the hundred on
Texas and Mexican horses scat
tered over the countryct late years.
Another enterprise has been
added to the large list Of those now
in operation in Rome. The capital
stock of this new corporation is
100000, and it is to be known as
the American Valve Company. Ev-
cry description of valves will be
manufactured, and branch Offices
will be located in several Northern
cities. - ,et
Judge Maddox, Of the Rome Cir
cult, and the bar of Rome, will
make an effort to have the next
Legislature change the circuit SO
that it will include only the coun-
ties of Floyd, Chattooga and Gordon.
Judge Floyd says that the circuit
has twice the litigation Of any other
in the State, more railroads and
$4,000 more population. sih
In the matter of public parks, Sa-
vannah is the model of Georgia
cities, and is well worthy of close
imitation. 1t has. in all twenty-sev-
en- parks, with an area Of seventy
six acres, of which one eighth of an
acre is in fountains. Two hundred
thousand dollars have been expend-
ed on them in improvements, ex-
elusive of maintenance. The entire
annual cost Of the maintenance of
these parks is SOS, 900.
The old story of Richard III. of
England having been born with
teeth has been revived by the recent
birth of q child to parents of German
origin in Quitman, Ga, which pos
sesses a complete set. They are
well formed, milk white teeth, bnt
show signs of softening already and
early decay, and are SO closely
crowded together as to make the
child's mouth almost deformity
and only to be shut with difficulty.
A lean, half-starved cur belong
ing to a negro living near the gas
works suddenly went mad at Macon
Tuesday. First, the dog attacked a
negro child that was playing in the
yard, seized its arm and dragged it
under the house. The arm was
badly torn by the infuriated animal.
Then the dog bit Jersey COW that
was being driven by and tried to
bite every one who came near A
railroad man shot ut the dog twice,
but it was finally killed by being
run over by a dray, the owner Of
which was trying to get out of its
way The child ia not expected to