The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-07-20

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ter the young man got into the lot
he saw that the bull was mad and
meant mischief. The young man
made an effort to escape but the in.
furiated animal caught him before
he could get out and gored him to
death before assistance could reach
MIN. Hooks body was terribly
torn. He lived long enough to tell
the story of his death.
A farmer mimic certain store
the other dsy and asked the pro-
prietor if he wanted to buy some
fresh Eutter. The merchant told
him that he would ask his wife it
she needed any, SO he stepped to
the telephone and calling up his.
wife, talked to her few seconds
through the phone, then turning to
the countryman, who was standing
with HE hands in his pockets, his
eyes stretched and his face very red,
told him that his wife said that she
did not need any butter. The in
dignant countryman blurted out I:
"Loox here, mister, if you don't
want any butter why didn't you say
so? ANT such gol burned fool
as to think you've gotyour wife shut
up in that little box" And turn
ing he started out leaving the mer-
chant speechless.--Albany Herald.
The Swainsboro Pine Forest says:
Last Tuesday we saw an old negro
woman sitting under the oak in front
of the court house, putting away at
her pipe and grumbling about hav-
ing to come to court. She said
CPS 81 years old, has got fourteen
children, sixty-nine grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren. 1
don't know how to do thing in the
world but wash, scour and drink my
coffee and smoke my pipe, land never
had to go to court before in my lite. :"
Her lame is Amy Carswell, and she
lives few miles above town. She
was only brought here as witness,
but was arrested while here for con-
cealing stolen goods.
Last Tuesday evening negro
named Robert Jones wrote a note
to Mrs. ]. F. Stallings, of Barnes
vile, and signed Mr.. Stallings' name
requesting her to send him $40.
This note he carried himself, and on
presenting it was refused the money
on the grounds that it was not Mr..
Stallings' writing. He came back
to town and had Geo. McKenny
to write this note; eyes, | said so,
Jas. Stallings.'' Claiming to Nc
Kenney to be Jas. Stallings, and
told Mrs. Stallings that MIR. Stall
ings had one of the clerks in Mr..
Kennedy's store to write it, as he
was busy. She gave him che $40
and came Immediately down town
to see her husband, who knew moth
ing about it. Mr.. Staliings then
went in pursuit of the thief and
overlook him but he ran. Mr..
Stallings shot four times at the tu-
gitive but did not get him. He now
offers $40 reward for his arrest.
Last Monday night a widow lady
with FIVE children got off a train at
GAINESVILLE and went to the hotel to
spend the night. Tuesday morning
she told Mr.. Hodges, the new man
ager of the hotel, that on the previ-
Gus day see had been robbed of all
her money, and could 60 no further.
Mr.. Hodges told a few citizens, and
in few moments J. T.. Hunt, j. w.
Stafford and J. G.. Smith hal COL
lected enough to send her on her
way rejoicing. Her name was Mrs.
E. H. Merit, of Bedding, Mich, and
one of her daughters was dying with
consumption.
CHARLEY EIsEMAN, of Atlanta, q
years old, accidentally shot himself
near Milledgeville last Friday, while
climbing over fence, the hammer
striking a rail, which caused the
Y gun to discharge. The load entered
his head and killed him instantly.
At Mount Valley, Kansas, Thurs