The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1891-10-29

Algniy spOkeH VI Uy CHe NtW LUX
Tobacco Leaf.
R. J. Rucker has sold his farm,
two miles west ct Alpharetta, to a
Mr.. Johnson Of Cobb county, the
consideration being $3.50.
I. A. BoLToN, one of the brag farm
ers of Spaulding county, says that
he has gathered 450 bushels Of corn
off of ten acres OF land.
Newton and Rockdale counties
have been placed in the Stone
Mountain circuit, and Douglas coun-
tyin the Tallapoosa circuit.
Hiram Lester who is now on ex-
hibition at Atlanta is, according to
the Atlanta Herald, 1876 years old
and is soon to marry woman of rs.
The Milledgeville Chronicle did
not appear last week, owing to a
foreclosure CT mortgage on the
office. Liabilities $4,000, assets
$4,000.
Samuel Chain, of Covington, is
50 years old, and fer the first time
in his life bought few pounds of
western bacon last week. lie has
been bailiff of the grand juries re-
gularly for about thirty years.
Blanton Johnson at Sharp Jud.
kins' gin, two miles from Cedar
town, had his arm torn to pieces
Wednesday and DR.. W. A. Chap
man, assisted by DR.. D. M. Russell,
amputated it near the shoulder.
The man who won't advertise be-
cause nobody will read his ad,
is the first one to rush around to the
editors Office and implore him to
keep out a little two line piece that
might put him or his business in a
) bad light.-Carroll Free Press.
DENNIS WALTON, young negro
about grown, had his right hand
badly mangled in Wilsey Hinton's
gin near Wilkerson in Talbot ccun-
ty Tuesday. DR.. Bardwell amputa>
ted the arm just above the wrist and
left the negro doing very well.
WHEN w. F. Quick, the Pike
county murderer, was sentenced to
be hanged on Monday, Dec. "a,
Judge Boynton told him that he
might apply for a new trial, but
even if it was granted the result
would be the same under the evil
dence that was presented in the case.
Fort VALLEY Leader: There
was dropped on the place of Will
Flowers on Tuesday calf with six
legs and two heads. The heads
separated from each other at the
neck, giving the calf two distinct
heads with a set Of eyes, teeth and
ears each.
JUDGE MATTox, of the Rome Cir
cult, says we have too much law;
that parents depend upon the State
to raise their children; that we are
fast loosing the right to boast of q
country Of liberty; that we can
scarcely step out of a public road
with out being subject to iudict-
ment..
At Lawrenceville. a day or two
ago, Stewart Huff's little child was
badly poisoned by swallowing the
seed of weed generally known
as Crimson weed" DIR. Born was
called upon and found the little fell
low suffering intensely, but sue
ceeding in relieving him by giving
an antidote. The poison had taken
such effect as to color the skin of
the child a red or purple hue.
JUST over the line in Gilmer
county lives Mrs. Martha Floyd
who is nearly 10G years old and has
never seen steam engine OF any
kind in her life and only about two
sewing machines, does not believe
in the existence of a Supreme Be-
ing and will not go near church,
is a widow OF soldier Of 1912, draws
a pension and has several hundred
dollars hid away or buried in the
ground and will not tell any one
where it is. She lives aiore and
will not have nurse TO attend her
. lis truly a curiosity. Spring Place
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