The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1891-07-09
STATE NEWS.
Culled and Condensed from our Elk.
changes.

lanta Wednesday.
Hugh West, Raymond, Miss, has
been acquitted of the murder OF his
brother, Major John A. West.
The comptroller general reports
the amount OF the State school fund
for 1891 to be s935,611
Two boys drowned Sunday while
bathing-Frank Goodwin in Angus
ia, and James Green in Atlanta.
john Gilpin assasinated his broth
er-in-law,C. S. Ki]gore, near Green's
boro, on last Monday, both white.
Henry Ludwig, a German, burned
his house at Mt. Airy and hung
himself, Monday.
Clark county went dry in prohi-
bition election by majority of II,
and the whisky crowd will contest.
Griffin had a fire Monday, de-
stroying the old Georgia hotel and
buildings occupied by Osborn &
Walcott Chair Factory.
T. L. GufEord, Of Macon, Ca, tor
mer secretary of the Alliance ex-
change, has been found short in his
accounts to the amount of $1,000.
One hundred and eighteen men,
bers have been added to the ffrSe
Methodist Church in Athens during
the present year.
A clock in a Dalton residence
which has been out Of repair and si-
lent for many months mysteriously
struck the exact hour night or two
ago.
Russell & Browns single mill at
Abbeville is turning out daily av-
erage of $4,000 cypress shingles.
, The mills capacity is $4,000 shingles
per day.
Mrs. William j. Donnelly, of Da-
rien, Ca, has several hooking birds
around her premises so tame that
they fly to her window and take rails
ms from her hand.
Rev. ]. L. Lupo died suddenly at
Conyers Tuesday night OF last week.
He was superannuated methodist
preacher and was 70 years old. He
had been a member of the confer.
ence since 1858.
Quitman Free Press: The Thorn
asville Times tells of man who re-
fused $175 for a load of melons ship
ped it and got $40. The Free Press
knows one who tried to sell for s125
couldn't do so shipped and got 1926.
The Times man is more numerous
than our kind though.
Governor Northen has received a
check for $31, 900, being the first in
stallment of the appropriation made
by Congress for an agricultural COL
lege. Secretary Noble has consent
ed to allow Governor Northen to
decide what amount of the appropri-
alton shall go to the colored people,
and says that by the time the next
annual appropriation Of s17, 200 be-
comes due he will be in position to
determine whether to continue the
arrangement.
Col. carp of Georgia talking to
a Kansas City Star interviewer
about the Georgia Cracker said;
IA getleman recently told me of an
experience of his up among the
mountaineers. Ny friend was an
unusually handsome man, and the
daughters took great likeing to
him. The girls flew around and got
up the best supper the house Afford
Ell, which was poor enough at that.
After we were seated one Of the
girls turned to. my companion and
said:
stranger will you have your eggs
one.eyed or blind p
st took him some time to think
out what it meant, bat he finally man
aged to make out that the.girl meant
done on one side or turned over.
I'll take mine blind" he answered.
"Well, 10 you want them loose or
tight in the middle Z"
again he was confused, but after
another mental effort he surmised