The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-07-27
GEORGIA GLEANINGS.
Culled and Condensed from
Our Exchanges.
KILLED A Man FOR A DOG.
His Wife Suicides, and the Husband
Follows Suit. Other Items
of Interest.

HARRY BILL has surrendered and
been locked up again.
A. Schneider's Pine Level vine
yard, near Hawkinsville, has turned
out fine crop of grapes this year.
He has shipped 1900 pounds of
grapes and will make at least 1900
gallons Of wine.
Colonel John s. Gambler of Edge
wood has already decided to oppose
Livingston IN his race for Represen-
tstivefrom the Fifth District, and
is quietly working among his friends
in DeKalb and other counties.
The stockholders and creditors of
the Atlanta Commission and Provi-
sion Company want receiver to
take charge of their affairs. Mana
ger Murphy has disappeared and
the assets will not amount to more
than $4,000 The capital stock
was $4,000.
At Vidalia, Montgomery County,
Ca, James Jockey shot a dog be-
longing to James Strickland, a
neighbor. When Strickland learn
ed OF his dog being shot he procured
gun and went to Jockeys house
and killed him while at supper.
Strickland is now in Jail.
AT McRae, three weeks ago, Mrs.
Wilson committed suicide by taxing
Morphine, leaving husband and
six or seven little children. On last
Saturday her husband, Walter Will
son, committed suicide by placing
pistol in his mouth and shooting,
the bail penetrating the brain.
A most distressing accident &C.
cured last Friday about two miles
from Carbonate. John Saylors
was feeding threshing machine,
when in attempting to adjust some
part OF the machinery, he accident
ally stepped into the mouth Of the
thresher where the wheat is fed in.
He made an effort to extricate it,
and called for assistance, but before
the thresher could be stopped, the
rapidly revolving teeth had literally
torn his foot from the ankle joint.
Drs. Gordon and Bivings, of this
city, were sent for and attended
him. They say it was one of the
worst accidents of the kind they
have ever seen.-Dalton Citizen.
Miss Corinne Stocker, society edi-
tor Of the Atlanta Journal, and Miss
Mile Rutherford, o. Lucy Cobb In.
stitute, at Athens, nave been APP
pointed members OF the board of
lady jurors, to decide upon awards
at the Worlds Fair. They will
represent Georgia among the $50
women judges at the talr, who will
come from every quarter of the
globe. 100000 was appropriated
by Congress to pay these ladies for
their services at the fair, where they
will DE engaged for about two
months.
BRYAN LAWRENCE, Of Augusta,
tells this story and gives his word
that it is true. At his butcher pens
Mr.. Lawrence has two fine terriers,
"Punch" and ''Knock EN-" Thurs
day afternoon as the hands were
preparing the hot water for cleans
ing hogs, noise resembling that of
small dog was heard in the furnace.
The furnace has a chimney 30 feet
high. Its fire is used to heata large
caldrcn, into which hogs are thrown
after being killed, preparatory to
removing the hair from the pork.
The fire was under full Roadway
wien the noise alluded to was heard.
The hands quickly quenched the
flames and searched for punch
"Knock- EN-" was on hand-but the
dog could not be found. 1t was
taken for granted that. the pet had
been turned TO cinders and he was