The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1892-09-01
STATE NEWS.
CULLED AND Condensed FROM
OUR EXCHANGES.
AMER1cUs has received fifty bales

AMERlCUS mas received nifty bales
Of the new cotton crop.
Notwithstanding the decline in
cotton goods, the earnings of the
Sibley Cotton Mills Of Augusta for
the past year were s1O4,856 on a
paid in capital stock of s968,0OO.
Hon. VIM! HENRY, of Cbattooga
county, has been appointed Judge
of the Rome circuit, as the successor
of Judge }. w. Maddox, who has
resigned.
The Fulton county commissioners
are debating the question of build
ing1 newsjaifto accommodate $50
prisoners. The plans call for an
expenditure Of s250,000.
R. W. Price, living in the upper
part Of Jasper county, committed
suicide by placing the barrel OF d
shot gun in his mouth and pulling
the trigger with his toe. Too much
new peach brandy.
c. N. WooDALL settled in Gro
gan's district Of Milton county il
1915, and since that time has not
moved. He has the same stock Of
hogs and the same seed corn that he
mad the year he moved there, anG
neither has degenerated in the least.
At Eastman few days ago Miss
Harrell, daughter of j. A. Harrell,
lost pet hooking bird in a peculiar
manner The bird was kept in a
neat cage which sat,,on a shelf on
the porch. On retiring at night
the bird was all right, but the next
morning it was gone, and in its
stead good size rat snake was i'm.
prisoned. The snake had swallow
ed the bird and could not escape
through the bars
Another bloody crime has been
added to the record of Terrell coun-
ty. Astury Walker and Geo. Casey,
brothers>in>law, had difficulty in
which Casey was Drained. Walkers
wife, who i' Casey's sister, persisted
in refusing to obey her husband and
was put out of Walkers buggy, With
orders to remain at home. This
she refused'to do and went on to Daw-
son. Upon returning home fight
I ensued between husband and broth
en-, in which Casey received a blow
from a scantling on the head from
Walker. Walker left for parts un-
known.
By destructive fire in Augusta,
Ca, the Alexander Drug & Seed
Co., Fleming & Boyles' furniture
! warehouse, E. d. Smythe's crockery
store, Harry Halls photograph gal
lery, Joseph r. Lamar's law office,
Thos. A. Barton, wholesale music
and sewing machines, the residence
of Lerdy Miller, and the Chronicle
Office, were totally destroyed, and
Augusta DORIS clothing house
slightly damaged. The loss is rough
ly estimated at 100000. The in>
surance is about 100000. The en-
tire morning edition OF the Chronicle
was worked off while the building
was in flames. Everything was
wiped out in the shape of type and
machinery. The files of the paper
from 1910 up 70 date and the books
and subscription list were saved.
ACCORDING to strange story from
Madison county farmer named
Wilson went to mill leaving his wife
and four children at home. His
wife went TO the spring some dis
lance away carrying her babe and
leaving the other three small chill
dren at the house. Hearing screams
she laid her babe down and hurried
back to the house, where she found
two children dead and the third one
in torture. 1t is said that they had
been sticking their hands through
the floor and the chickens had bit
them. She attended the suffering
child and then vert tor her babe.
She found that it had rolled into the
spring and was drowned. Upon re-
turning to the house she found the
.hor ohild daad and swonned har-