The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1891-03-26
STATE NEWS.
Culled and Condensed from our Elk.
changes.

Mrs. Mary Jane Dillingham;, of
Ellijay is the crazy quilt champion.
She is eighty years old, but in the
last two months she has pieced two
quilts. One has 22,55O, pieces in it
and the other 1000.
Henry Roper and Joe Wyatt
broke Jail at Cumming on the 10Th
inst, and made good their escape.
The sheriff and mechanic were in
the Jail at work when the prisoners
made break for the door, and as
they passed they slammed it too and
locked it leaving the sheriff impris-
oned in the Jail, where he remained
until his cries brought friend, who
liberated him.
A merchant of Newton, Baker
county, who has been several times
victimized by burglars, set a trap
gun in his store last Saturday. 1t
was double-barrel shotgun loaded
with eighteen buckshot. During
the night the report OF gun was
heard, butno attention was paid to
it until morning, when dead bur-
glar was found in a kneeling posture
under the window at which the gun
had been placed. The deceased was
negro. Fred Sapp, former deck
hand on Flint river steamer.
On Monday last, in Macon, Till
man Roberts was married to Mamie
Hort. The singular feature of the
affair is that Mamie is R. Tillman's
aunt. The groom is twenty-five
years of age and his aunt is one year
older. After the ceremony somebody
or something suggested thai the
marriage might be illegal and a
friend of the couple went to Judge
Wiley and inquired. The answer
was a shock to the young couple and
immediate steps will be taken to
have the marriage set aside if that
shall be found necessary.
DR.. Philpot has two homemade
electric batteries. He and his wife
were at the Hilman electric shaft a
week or ten days ago, anu the doc
tor rolled two balls of mud taken
from the bottom. of the shaft. A
person can take one of these balls in
each hand and then place his thumbs
together and he will feel a decided
tingling sensation in his hands.
The doctor brought, also, quart
bottle that is completely enveloped
in mud taken from the shaft and if
you clasp both hands around the
bottle slight electric shock can be
felt. @9@
The recent.accident at Triton, on
the Georgia Southern, in which
Adam Arnold, negro fireman was
killed, will probably result in some
novel litigation in the courts. A
few weeks before the accident Ar
mold married the stewardess at the
union depot in Macon, mulatto
woman with Indian blood. While
the latter was arranging to bring
suit for damages she was astodnded
to hear that $4,000 suit had al
ready been entered by negro woz
man living at Albany, who claimed
to have been married to Arnold. 1t
developes that there is still another
claimant at Kiser, N. c. All of these
woman will want settlement with
the road.
About two weeks ago the store
and postofice at Marnard's mill, in
Monroe county was broken into and
robbed of a small amount Of. post
Office funds and considerable
quantity of goods. A few days ago
the goods were found secreted in a
pine thicket about one mile from
the mill. A watch was set on the
place and at night two negroes went
to the spot after the stolen plumber.
They were hailed but ran. A shot
in the direction of the tugitives
brought one of them down, but the
other escaped. The wounded negro
died a few hours afterward. He
was found to be stranger in the
community. Marks on his ankles
indicated that he had been a chain