The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-02-02
GEORGIA GLEANINGS.
Culled and Condensed from
Our Exchanges.
REPUBLICAN POSTMASTER RESIGNS.
Another Postmaster Killed lin Runa-
way..HOIbrOOk, the Slayer Of Wal
raven. Acquitted.

Justifable Notwithstanding
some other fellows sister.
Mr.. Parks Holbrooks, who killed
George Walraven in Fulton county,
has been tried and acquitted.
W.. P. WIGGINs, postmaster at Nc
Eachern, Brooks county, was killed
by being thrown against tree from
his buggy Saturday. His horses
ran with the buggy and became un-
manageable. Mr.. Gore who was
with him was seriously hurt.
CHARLES A. RANKIN, of Lithonia,
accidentally shot himself Thursday
night. He had pistol in his hand
and was going upstairs to his room
when he dropped it. The bail en-
tered his thigh, striking bone and
ranged upward. While the wound
is very painful it is not serious.
DR.. Holmes sanitarian of Rome
was burned to the ground at l
o'clock Thursday morning. Fifteen
inmates escaped in their night cloth
es. The loss is $4,000, but the
building is fully insured. The con-
hagration is the work of an incendi-
airy.
BUTLER HERALD: Mrs. Bryant,
the wife of Cullin Bryant, died at
her home six miles west of town
Saturday night. Mr.. Bryant is
ninety-six years of age and walked
to town Sunday morning to secure
coffin for his wife. She was a
good lady and had many friends. .
THE prohibition election, which
was to have taken place in Stewart
county Oh Feb. IA, is postponed
until fall on account of the last leg
islature passing the local option law,
requiring prohibitory elections to
be held only every four years. Two
elections of this kind have been
held within the past seven or eight
years, and the prohibirionists were
victorious each time.
DOUGLAS county was formed by
the Georgia Legislature about 1870,
and the building of a new court
house, new Jail ard the numerous
bridges that had to be built through
out, SO involved the county finan-
cially that heavy debt hung over
the county for years. A few days
ago the county treasurer, Hon. Sam
Shannon, announced that the coun-
ty was out of debt and had S361.50
to her credit.
ONE of the most partisan Repub-
licans in Carroll county is Zachariah
T. Allen, Of Villa RIGA. He was
among one OF the first appointees
after the Inauguration of President
Harrison. He was appointed post
master at Villa RIGA. Allen knew
his head would go early after Mr..
Cleveland's Inauguration, so he has
been casting about of late to find
some Democrat upon wnom he
could depend for Job after March
4 and resign in his favor. So on
Saturday Allen sent in his resigna>
ton and recommended the appoint
ment of J. F. Henderson, a mer-
chant OF the town. There is some
excitement in Villa RIGA over the
matter. Some of the Democrats say
that so ratid a Republican as Allen
cannot dictate who shall be their
postmaster during Democratic ad.
mlnistration. They say Allen thinks
because Henderson is Democrat
the administration will not remove
him, and hence he can be the post
master. This same thing has hap
pened at Bremen and Douglasville
The postmasters at these two towns
have resigned and recommended the
appointment of certain Democrats
The Democrats of all three places
say the Republicans cannot dictate
to them in such way.