The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1892-02-04
STATE NEWS.
Culled and Condensed from our Elk.
changes.

hundred acres in tobacco this year.
LOUIS LEWIS, negro wife mur>
derer will be hanged at Macon Fri
day.
SHERIFF CALLAwAY, of Washing~
ton, has shipped two Georgia raised
dogs to Texas, for which he received
SIS.
The death is announced at Copse
Hill, near Augusta, of the widow of
the lamented Paul Hayne, which
occurred Thursday. The funeral
took place in Augusta.
Hon. John B. Benson, one of the
Oldest and most prominent citizens
CT Hartwell, died Wednesday. He
was we'll and favorably known
throughout Northeast Georgia.
NEXT month the State Agricul-
tural Society will meet at Cuthbert,
and will be an important conyoca>
ton of representative farmers. 1t
will be likely to provide for the
holding of State Fair this year.
The Weekly Press Association is
assured by the secretary that the
trip to the city of Mexico is a settled
thing for this years meeting. Just
imagine the havoc party of Geor-
gia editors will play with the cigar
cite smoking senoritas' hearts!
The colored farm hands of Wash
ington county are experiencing some
difficulty in making arrangements
for supplies this year. The ad-
vancing merchants require good Sc
curity, and but few of them can give
this.
THE farmers of Washington coun-
ty have passed resolutions urging a
!, reduction of the acreage in cotton
and the raising at home of food and
other farm supplies. They also
advocate cash basis in trading and
prohibition of speculation in farm
products.
Brunswick Times: A case was
reported on the streets Wednesday
of certain young man in this city
who some time ago married we'll
known and popular lady, ard was
visited by lady and two children
who had arrived from an adjoining
state and claimed the nice young
man as her husband and father of
her two children, much to the dis
gust of the too much married young
man and his loving wife No. 2. 1t
is said that when the young man
saw his visitors he left the house
very suddenly. Gossips are on the
qui Uioe for developments.
Dawson News: Monday Sheriff
Dave Christie went to the upper
part of the county and arrested a
white man by the name of McCarea
on the charge of bigamy. 1t is said
that McCarea has a. wife No. l and
No. 2, one of them living in Ala
bama and the other in Randolph
county. The prisoner was put in
Jail in this city, and Sheriff Bynum
of Randolph county was notified of
his arrest. McCarea is an acquaint-
ance of John Whidden, one ct the
Alabamians confined in jail here for
committing murder IN Clay county.
AT Westonia, a few days ago, Mr..
Steve Weston accidentally shot and
killed his little son. The little fellow
had been out cunning, and had kill
ed blue bird. When he returned
with the bird each of the children
OF the household claimed the trophy.
The little gunner seeing that there
was contension about it, proposed to
his father that they go out and kill
another blue bird. The father con-
sented, and took his rife, while the
little boy took hisgun. A blue bird
was soon found, and the little boy
shot it, but only wounded it. The
little fellow ran in pursuit of the
wounded bird. The father stopped
him and shot at the bird with his
rifle. The rife ball struck stump
and glanced striking the boy on the
forehead, over one Of his eyes, and
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