The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1891-09-03
STATE NEWS.
Culled and Condensed from our Ex.
changes.

in Butts superior court last week.
REV. Mr.. Culpepper is holding a
successful tent meeting at Cedar
town.
A NEW ice factory, having the Ca
pacity of twenty tons day, is being
erected at Columbus. This will be
The fourth ice factory in that city.
FULTON county taxes increased
over last year s6,279,624. The State
makes grand step forward, an in
crease over last year of S31, 427, 947.
"AND now, madam" suggested
the photographer, "please assume
pleasant expression. I know it is
difficult, but it will be only for mo-
ment, you know"
THERE lie liviugin Athens one who
is drawing pension that comes most
worthily. It is the pension granted
to soldier of the revolution. Mrs.
John III. Newton, now nearly 80
years of age, is drawing the pension
granted her father, who fought in
the colonial army under Washing
ton in the revolutionary war.
The canning factory at Griffin,
after putting up about 10000 cans
of peaches, okra, beans, etc., com>
menced Monday upon their tomato
crop. About 800 bushels were gath
cred on Tuesday morning steam was
turned on at the factory and will run
lively during the tomato season.
The management expects to put up
fully $4,000 cans of tomatoes this
season from their own patches.
WE are scarcely prepared to be-
lieve the story but it is vouched for
by his companions. A young man
last week while in the Markham in
Atlanta, walked up to the clerks
desk and asked tor a lamp, which
he wanted to carry to his room for
him and his friends to play whist
by. He was informed that there
was gas and electric lights through
out the house. Gainesville Courant-
American.
Col. j. T. WATERMAN, of the
Hawkinsville Dispatch, who has
been appointed by the Governor to
collect the States share of the d.
rect tax fund, lett for Washington
last week for that purpose. The
amount Of this tax is $50, 247, and
Col. Waterman will receipt for the
amount, make out a record of the
names of the parties that paid the
tax, which, he says, will be about
$4,000 in number, and turn it over
to the State, after which it will be
properly refunded.
DoUGLAsvILLE New South: Mr..
Whitfield Rickerson of Sand Noun
tain, Ala, lost his bright little four
year-old daughter last week under
most distressing circumstances. His
family were visiting their relative,
Mr.. Frank Mitchell, near the city.
Friday night the little one was fe-
verisb, and its mother decided to
give it dose of quinine. She was
told where the quinine was, but un-
fortunately there was morphine in
the same place, and the child was
gwen this instead of quinine. The
medicine was given about 8 o'clock
and the child died about II O'Clock
the same night, in spite of the efforts
to save its lite.
o. X. SKIFF, San Francisco
young Samson, is astonishing Saw
annah people with exhibitions of
his marvellous strength. His thighs
and forearms are as hard as iron, and
he is capable OF performing wonder
full feats. With his neck alone Skiff
claims to have lifted 1900 pounds.
He can break the hardest rock with
his fist. He can break bars of steel
with lis teeth. Mr.. Skiff would
never be taken, from his appearance,
to be anything more than an ordina-
ry man, but he is a veritable Sam
son, being able to strike a blow
equal toe 480 pounds. He said he
was born with phenomenal strength