The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1891-02-12
STATE NEWS.
Culled and Condensed from our Elk.
changes.

There is some indignation among
the laboring people at Brunswick
because the new sewerage contract
ors have imported 100 Italians to do
the work. :.
A negro woman in Sumpter coun-
ty last week gave birth to triplets,
all boys, each weighing exactly ten
pounds. The woman is proud OF her
boys and has named them Crisp,
Gordon and Cleveland.
Postmaster. Baker, at Davisboro,
has been found shortin his accounts
about $3.50. The deficit has been
good, but Baker has been arrested
by the federal authority.
1t has just been disclosed at Rome
that June Davis, who is about %
years old, and Miss Helen M. Smith
were secretly married at midnight
last October after party given in
honor of Miss Smiths birthday.
A colorea woman named Emma
Berry was murdered by her husband
at Columbus Tuesday night. He
cut her throat with a razor after
pleasantly calling her up stairs to
her room. He escaped.
There are two counties of Georgia
that hayn't lawyer. That's a re-
markable fact, says the Thomasville
Times, but it is fact. The two coun-
ties are Echols and Charlton. The
returns for 1890 show further that
Charlton has neither doctor nor a
dentist. -
1t now transpires that the mineral
discovered near Oostanaula, Ca, by
Mr.. N. B. Griffin is tin and lead,
with the tin in the greater quantity.
Mr.. Griffin forwarded specimen of
his find to the Smithsonian Institute
shortly after his discovery and has
just received information that the
specimen contains tin and lead in
paying quantities. The mine will
be developed. 1873 #ta
The other night at South Newport,
in the upper portion Of Mcintosh
county, burglars effected on en-
trance into store, and made for the
safe. With rare dehcacy of feel
ing they RETAINED from blowing
open the safe for tear of disturbing
the slumbers of the clerk, whose
room was overhead, but picked it
up and carried it out into field
near by. They secured 800 and a
fine gold watch.
In the Bib Superior Court, We'd
ne3day, the jury in the case of Lee
Lowenthal, charged with the murder
of Herman Bohnefeld, returned a
verdict of acquittal. Judge Miller
was evidently disgusted with the
verdict, as he said to the jury after
the verdict was read: cit is for
tunate thing for this young man,
gentlemen, that you have taken this
view ofhis case, for had you found
him guilty I should have sentenced
him to the full term. 1t all lay
with the jury
Sandersville Progress A Con-
test is now before the courts of this
county involving an estate worth
about $4,000. And old lady made
will leaving her property to one
set Of children. Afterwards she de-
cided to leave it to another set, and
instead of making second will she
had deeds written giving share to
each. Instead of destroying the will
she tore it partly across the sigma
ture of the Witnesses, thinking no
doubt that she was tearing off her
signature, or was destroying the va
lieity of the will. She died about
six months ago, and in the bottom
of her trunk the will and deeds were
found. One set of children claimed
the property according to the will,
the other according to the deeds.
The case was before the last supe-
ri0r court Of this county, and the
jury decided in favor OF the will.
Those in whose favor the deeds were
made out are fighting the case. A