The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-12-07
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MORPHINE GIVEN FOR QuININE,
Death Results from The Terrible Mis-.
take. Other Items Of News Worth
Your While to Read.

All Caf1ludu AOL Iuc CuCcI CdLAurut
of the Farmers Congress.
The South Georgia conference,
Of the Methodist church South,
meets in Dawson on the 18th, inst.
The revenue officers captured two
blockade stills and three negroes
within three miles of Woodstock last
Monday morning week.
Glib Wilson, a moonshiner who has
been in Jail in Atlanta for some time
started for his home in Union county,
but got drunk on the way and froze
to death in fence corner.
A rich vein of gold was struck at
the Davis mine, a few miles from
Canton, last week, and work is going
on in earnest there now. 1t is
thought that this will prove one of
the best paying mines in the county.
Quite number of citizens from
the country are seeking homes at
Roswell for the purpose of educa-
ting their children, and houses are
in demand. DIR. G. A. Vinson has
sold his house and lot on Canton
street to Prot. Morris, of Milton
county.
John Gibbs, respected citizen
of the eastern part of Gilmer county,
dropped dead at his home on Sum
day morning last. He had been
hauling wood the day before and
was thrown by runaway team and
nurt, but it was thought rot seri>
ously. The next morning he at
tempted to walk out OF the house
and dropped dead at the door.
A fatal mistake, resulting in the
death of a good citizen, occurred at
Mr.. Shockley's, 4 miles from here,
on the Chattahoochee river, last
Thursday night. Mr.. Shockley had
a corn shocking, and among those
there was Mr.. Abe Reynolds, who
was seized with sudden attack Of
sickness. He was carried into the
house, and a dose Of what was sup,
posed to be quinine was given him.
But terrible binder was made.
The drug was arsenic, instead of
quinine. Mr.. Reynolds went into
convulsions and died in great pain
in less than an h3ur.--Gainesville
Eagle.
Greensboro Herald-J ournal: We'd
nesday evening r. H. Champion
was loading his gun, the barrel
being turned toward the open door.
Seeing his wife and little son COM
ing, he turned the barrel away from
the door, toward the fire place. His
daughter, Miss Rosa, was sitting in
a chair almost in range of the guns
now position and by some means
the load was discharged, SCATTERING
the mantle just beyond her head.
One small shot entered the young
lady's lip and the conclusion stunn-
ed her for awhile. The wound was
trifing, but it is certainly fortunate
the gun was not in range of her
head.
Rev. Charles Johnston was hang
ed Fridy at Swainsboro, Emanuel
county, for the murder of Rev. Will.
liam Shields. They were negro ri
walls and the murder grew out of
jealousy over girl who thought
more ofShields than of Johnston.
Six thousand people witnessed the
execution. Flying jennies and fake
shows were side attractions. John
ston preached his own funeral SER
mon. He got the crowd to join him
in singing, he 'linins" the hymn.
Then he had them kneel with him
and pray. He asked all who wished
him we'll to hold up their hands,
and nearly every hand was raised.
Johnstan said he was happy, and he
seemed to feel that he was the hero
of the hour.