The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-06-15
GEORGIA GLEANINGS
Culled and Condensed from
Our Exchanges.


The lie CGnte pear trees around
Albany are bearing unusually large
fruit this season, but the trees are
not very bur1ened
. CAPT. HUGH STARNEs, the recent
ly elected state horticulturist, with
his family, are now at home to their
friends at Experiment, near Griffin.
A man living near Orange, Chero-
kee county, in crossing Cileco creek
last week in his buggy discovered,
after getting across 81 pound fish
that had jumped into his buggy.
A matrimonial alliance club has
been formed in McDonough. The
object is to secure desirable hus-
bands and wives for its members.
The entrance fee is $40 and the
money in the treasury is to be given
to the one who first wins mate.
John Woods, of Augusta, who had
been very respondent for some time
past, committed suicide by shooting
himself through the head at his
home in Summerville. He was six
ty years of age and came to Augusta
from Birmingham FIVE years ago.
A drove Of cattle, some of which
have been bitten by mad dog, are
supposed to be for sale in. Atlanta.
The matter has been reported to the
police department and the patrol
men have been instructed to keep a
close watch for them.
A white man paid nickel at
Buchanan's store at Columbus
Thursday for as many crcumbers as
he could eat. After storing away a
half dozen he was offered IS cents
to stop, but not until he had de-
voured eight, each ot.which weighed
nearly pound, did he give up and
go his way.
B, W. Stone, secretary Of the
South Georgia Pear Growers Asso-
citation, has lately gotten a new es-
innate of the pear crop in South
Georgia. He says the yield will be
over 10000 barrels. Mr.. Stone has
also made arrangements for procur-
ing barrels and crates
The salary OF the professors Of
Mercer University next year will
be $500 per annum. This is a
slight increase over what the pay
has been. The salary of the presi,
dent will be $4,000 per annum and
house furnished free. The aver
age age OF the faculty chosen Tor
next year will be "a years.
F. W. Miller and J. G. Bryan
have filed application tor a charter
for the National Railroad:and Equip
ment Company of Atlanta. The
company proposes to manufacture
all sorts OF railway equipment.
The capital stock will be $1,000,
With the privilege of increasing it to
SIS, 100000.
A Bulletin assured from the ex-
detrimental farm of Texas shows that
cotton can be produced and picked
by hand IN that state at the low cost
400 cents a pound, and it the crop
is gathered by machinery it can be
grown at 2.12 cents pound. Now
this plainly shows that the farmers
of Georgia are doing a bad business
when they. undertake to compete
with Texas in raising cotton.-War-
renton Clipper.
A peculiar story comes from tle
vicinity of Eagle Cliff, in upper
Walker county. Several weeks ago
citizen OF that community, J. W.
Massey, was very i'll with fever. He
wanted to be baptized and, as this
could not be done during his illness,
he requested that as soon as he died
his body be immersed. He said he
bad neglected it during his life time
and wanted his dead body baptized
as lesson of warning to the living.
A few days ago he died and on the
day Of the funeral at Hixon's Grove
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