The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-07-06
GEORGIA GLEANINGS.
Culled and Condensed from
Our Exchanges.
DEATHS, ACCIDENTS AND MURDERS.
A Variety of News Items Gathered and
Put in a Readable Form for Our
Numerous Readers.

Julia Force has been acquitted on
the ground of insanity. She goes
to the insane asylum.
The sale Of the Central Railroad,
under Judge Jackson's decision
will occur about the first of Febru-
airy next.
The veterans q the gallant AID
Georgia regiment will hold their
annual reunion on July % at Jug
Tavern.
harrison Towns, chief cook at
Kattenhorn & Days French restau>
rant at Atlanta, dropped dead Thurs
day morning in the kitchen of the
restaurant, on Wall street.
Crops along the Georgia road,
passengers say, are very ine. Cot
ton is looking quite we'll and corn
gives every promise of abundant
harvests.
Quitman, Ca, reports uine- year.
old colored boy who, just for the tun
of the thing, beat the life out of a
brother in black, who Nas only two
and half years old.
A Lee county negro, while fishing
in the Muckalee swamps, hauled up
tin can containing several pieces
OF old silver money. Fishing in
that section is now more popular
than ever.
Tom Cochran, negro who was
working as pillow hand on John Y.
loves plantation, few miles from
East Macon, on the Milledgeville
rad, was kicked to death by mule
Thursday.
Whigham Grit: Some unknown
parties gave Dave Cofeld severe
whipping Monday night. 1t was
hardly for anything that Dave had
DONE. because we have never seen
linn do anything. Especially work.
Burglars have been plying their
vocation at Donalsonville, Decatur
county, and E. M. Putnam, mer-
chant, had his store robbed of $500
on Tuesday night of last week. Mr..
Putnam offers 500 reward for. the
arrest OF the guilty party.
The Miller property at No. g.
Peachtree street, at Atlanta. was
sold Friday at auction under receiv-
er's sale, for S27, 1852. The sale was
fer cash, and the purchaser was
Charles A. Dayis, of Greensboro.
the property was sold at the rate of
$1,006 per front foot.
The first fatal or even very serious
accident that has yet happened on
the electric car line at Rome, occur
red Wednesday few minutes after
7 o'clock a. 10. Eonus Duncan,
fourteen year-old-boy was ground
and mashed to death near the cor
ner of Third avenue on Broad street.
He was the son of Joe Duncan, a
wel!>known carpenter.
Melons went forward by the
thousands from South Georgia last
week. 1t is said that the growers
on the Albany division can't get
cars fast enough. When a train of
empties rolls into a station or side
track perfect scramble takes place
among the shippers to see who shall
get the cars.
Shiloh's Cure, the Great Cough aud
Group Cure, is tor sale by US. Pocket size
contains twenty FIVE doses, only 25c Chill
dren love i. H. NJ. HAMMETT, Agent.
Sidney Wise, a mulatto woman,
tried hard to destroy the oversight
Of Ed Lewis at Swainsboro last
Tuesday night. While Ed was
sleeping she stole into his room and
poured solution of potash over his
face and eyes. One eye is out and
gone. and if he does not die the
chances are that he will not sec any
more.
Captain Sweeney, U. S. A., San Diego,
Cal, says: "Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy is
the first medicine have ever found that
would do me any good " Price so cents.
Sold by 81. M. Hammett, Agent.
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.