The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1891-07-02

breakfast Wednesday morning.
His death was caused from heart
failure.
1t is estimated that the valuation
of city property at LaGrange by the
assessors this year will reach 81 $780,
600. This is an increase of about
100000.
A negro man went init the lot of
Col. Josiah Carr, at Sparta, the 9th
er day to catch a jack, when the
beast became enraged and jumped
at the negro and bit off one of his
ears.
At Hartwell, day or two ago,
by mistake, morphine was admins.
tered TO q child by Thomas Nickery
Instead of quinine. The child slept
a day and night and then awoke all
right.
At Bainbridge Friday Ezekiel
Lomax was hanged for the murder
ct his wife. He acknowledged the
deed. The crime was committed on
March ?, Lomax smothering her
with a pillow 10 Othello.
Douglasyille New South; Mars
shall Caldwell and Postmaster Bow
den Of Salt Springs, who were seri-
ously injured by the rioters, are
both getting along we'll, considering
their wounds, although it is feared
that MIR. Caldwell will permanently
lose the power of speech.
A HARRISON county bee tree, cut
down last week, contained seventeen
gallons of honey. The honey was
stored away in hollow seven feet
long and as large around as a mans
body. Two hives were supposed to
be at work in this tree. as they were
seen going in and coming out of
both ends OF the hollow.
1t is reported that the hotels at
Cumberland Island and St. Simon's
Island are doing a aourishing busi>
ness. Last week there we're 200
people at St, Simon and 300 at Cum
berland, mostly Georgia people, and
some came from as far north as
Chattanooga. ''The Wigwams" at
India Spring, near Flovilla, has al
so got boom, about SOC people be-
ing there Sunday.
Mr.. George W. Malcolm, Sr., one
of the most prominent and best citi-
zens of Walton County, Ga, died a
horrible death from hydrophobia
last Thursday morning. On the 3rd
of June he was bitten on the nose
and face by strange and worthless
cur dog. The dog held on until it
was choked off and beaten to death
by Mr.. Malcolm with a stone. Mr..
Malcolm was about 50 years old and
did not expect any bad results to
follow. The wound healed. Tues
day of last week he had the first
symptom Of CONFUSION by the
sight of water. He said he would
die as he had hydrophobia. He
sent for all his children and had his
will wrote. Commissions continued
and he died in horrible agony on
Thursday morning. He seemed to
have superhuman strength. Six
men around his bedside could not
hold him down.
A few days since a $4,000 draft
came through the express company
from Boston on firm in Griffin.
The object the Boston firm had in
drawing through the express COM
pany was, evidently, to save the cost
of the exchange. When the draft
was presented by the agent of the
express company here payment was
promptly made, but every dollar of
it was in silver. How to handle
that amount of specie was problem
the agent was to solve. He had
made sack of heavy goods. and in.
to it he dumped his ten thousand
shining dollars, and after sealing
and properly marking the same,
dray was called to transport the
money to his Office. Two negro
men could barely place the package
upon the dray, but it was shipped
in order and will reach its owner in