The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1891-07-23
STATE NEWS.
Culled and Condensed from our Ex-
changes.

regiment at Cnlcamauga. Inelr
entire expenses were 81, 491.
Charlie Bostick OF Spalding coun-
ty has fiye-acre patch Of millet
which will net him s35 per acre.
Over 1000 widows have applied
for pensions, and $500 have been
audited.
Elberton is to have another
Methodist church. Col. e. M.
Swift gives $1,000 toward building
it. He gave $4,000 to build the
present new Methodist church.
Hon. w. H. Fish has been elect
ed by the Legislature Judge of the
Southwestern Circuit, to succeed
Judge Fort resigned.
Hon. Allen Fort, Of Americas,
having been appointed Railroad
Commissioner, has reigned the judge
ship of the Southern Circuit, to take
effect September 18th.
Last year Randolph county res
turned taxable property to the
amount Of s2,089,074. This year
she comes forward with return of
S2,507, 046, an increase of$417,972,
or nearly cool half million.
The Pickens County Herald says
the town of Fayetteville is SO over
grown with weeds that the editor of
the News can't collect cent.
Every time he chases a delinquent
the delinquent breaks for the pub
lie square and lis soon lost in the
weeds.
The Harrington property has al
ready been bought by the city coun-
Gil of Athens and the site tor the
city hall has been selected. 1t will
be placed on the corner Of College
avenue and Washington street and
will be of led pressed brick, trimm-
ed. with granite facing, and the de-
sign will be palatial. 1t will cost
about $4,000.
J. K Fuller, member of Bush
vile Alliance No. 1914, Banks
county, obtained credit for one ton
Of guano and s34 of dry goods from
his brother landlord, planted his
crop and then skipped to parts un-
known, leaving the alliance to pay
for the guano and landlord to pay
the dry goods bill.
Miller Willis OF Augusta died
from consumption at the home of
his brother-in-law R. NJ. Adams, in
Spartanburg, day or two ago, af~
ter an illness of six months. He
was brother of Maj. Ed. Willis of
Charleston, who is very wealthy,
and wanted his brother 20 live with
him, but Miller Willis preferred the
rowing life of an evangelist, and
never accepted money for his SER
vices.
The Oconee Enterprise relates a
curious story about ex-senator
James R. Lyle. The ex-senator
says that while working in his gar
den about three weeks ago jhe took
a chew of tobacco that tasted very
strong of sulphur. He chewed the
quid awhile and threw it out. He
procured some water and washed
his mouth, but the taste of sulphur
still fingered. He says since that
evening all desire to take chew of
tobacco has left him andhe has been
chewing forty-fve years.
The sixteenth annual session of
the Georgia State Horticultural So
ciety, will be held at Quitman, Ga,
July Goth and 30th. All horticul>
turalists, fruit growers, progressive
agriculturalists, and especially the
ladies of Georgia, are earnestly and
cordially invited to attend and send
such articles for exhibition as will
make the display of Georgia grown
fruits, flowers and vegetables credit
able to the skill and progress of it's
people. Rates are one full fare 60
ing and one-third OF the highest
limited fare returning, on the GER
tifcate plan, and certificates to be
endorsed by Mr.. T. L. Kensey, Sec