The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1891-09-17
STATE NEWS.
Called and Condensed from cur Elk.
changes.

The young Democrats of Ameri-
Gus and Sumter county have organ
lied club, and the greatest en-
thusiasm prevails.
Mr.. T. L. HUNT, prominent
shoe dealer of Maccn, has made an
assignment. His liabilities are
about SIS, 900 and assets about the
the same.
MRS. ORA MCKEE has entered
suit in Floyd Superior Court to COM
peli her husband to pay alimony.
Since her trial for poisoning Mrs.
Wimpee her husband has not liv-
ed with her. She resides with
her father in Rome, while her hus-
band, T.. D. Mckee, is doing bust
ness near Birmingham, Ala.
PINE FOREST: The little son Of
John G. Williamson, living near
Williamson bridge, in this county,
while walking through the field last
Saturday morning was bitten on the
ankle bya rattle snake. Everything
was done that human skill could
invent, but the child died next
morning about daylight. DR.. G. L.
Smith was called, but owing to the
long distance, got there too late.
THE local editor of the Carnes-
vile Enterprise has a one-legged
rooster that he has made nice ar
tifcial leg for, and he is as sprightly
as any other chicken on his fathers
place. When he first lost his leg
he was small and was very awkward
ami travelled with much difficulty,
but since-he has been wearing the
artificial limb, he gets about as we'll
as any chicken and is able to scratch
for his living.
GRIFFIN CALL; On Tuesday
evening the remains Of a child,
probably eight years of age, were
brought to this city from Macon to
be buried. The remains were &C.
companied by the father, who at one
time resided in Griffin but whose
name is withheld. This father,
while discharging the saddest duty
ever performed by a parent to an
offspring in this life, was so drunk
the police had to carry him from the
open grave where Che little body
had to rest till the resurrection
morn.
Mr., JAMES GRIER, who lives about
FIVE miles east of Dawson, has tur-
key gobler that is curiosity. Mr..
Grier's turkeys consisted of two hens
and the gobbler. The hens made
nests about seventy-fve yards apart
in Mr.. Grier's melon patch, laid
their nests full of eggs and went to
setting. The gobbler got lonesome,
and concluded that the proper thing
for him to do was to set also. He
got an equal distance between the
two turkey hens, squatted over a
guina watermelon and Get for six
weeks before he vas discovered
Mr.. G-ier thought that his gobblel
had been stolen, and was utterly
astonished when he found him in
the patch trying to hatch out young
melons.
The Central railroad night ex.
press, which left Savannah at Sic
o'clock Friday night, was held ur
FIVE miles west of the city by two
masked robbers, who were on the
train. Express Messenger Coulter
was forced at the point OF their pis-
tolls to open the small safe in the
express car, and two through pack
ages of money and several local
packages were secured. The large
sealed safe, which was locked in
Savannah and could not be unlock.
ed by the messenger until reaching
Macon, was hot touched. The rob.
bers jumped from the train short
distance beyond the Charleston anG
Savannah railroad crossing, and
firing their pistols to intimidate the
railroad crew and passengers, dis
appeared in the direction Of South
over junction. No violence was
offered the passengers.