The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-05-04
GEORGIA GLEANINGS.
Culled and Condensed from
Our Exchanges.
DOUGLASI|LLE PRISONERS ESCAPE.
Killed Her Husband by the Accidental
Discharge of Gun. A Negro Kills
a White Man.

Prof. W. Y. Yeates has been APP
pointed State Geolegist.
John Forester, one of the Pick
ems county men seLt to the peniten-
tiary tor burning houses, has been
pardoned.
Ed DURANT and Walter Howard.
two newspaper men of Atlanta, are
making race on bicycles TO Chica-
go. The winner gets 800, and the
loser $50.
Whenra woman gets mad with her
husband she should take a mouthful
of water and hold it until she is in
a good humor. How about the man
we are the lawyer on the other
side and can't give an opinion.
The Madison Pharmacy Company,
as drug store, was burned Friday
night with most of its contents.
The stock of drugs, stationery, ETC.,
was insured for $1,000 and on the
store there waa insurance of 5000.
W. K. DENNIS of Talbotton has
ten acres planted in tomatoes and a
large area in okra and cabbage. He
will havea tomato cannery in opera
ton when the season arrives. Mr..
Dennis has heretofore been large
cotton planter, but this year will
plant4ao cotton at all.
Wednesday night, of last week
during the rain storm five prison ers
escaped from the Jail, at Douglass
vile. Two prisoners sawed through
the iron bars of the jail and let three
out of their cells from the outside.
Teose who escaped are Bob Bradford,
Will Afford, Alf Brackus, Tom Bur-
ris. colored, and Dan Newsome,
white
A frightful and fatal accident hap
Lened at NJ. j. Doby's residence, five
miles south ofSuwannee, last Thurs
day. His sons wife, in attempting
to hand gun out of the window.
with which to shoot p hawk, was
instantly killed by the accidental
discharge of the gun Just as it had
reached her husbands hands.
A special to the Chronicle from
Millen, Ca, says Frank Francis, a
we'll tC-do- white farmer near Hern.
don, was killed by Ed Sumner, col~
ored. Sumner beat Francis head
into pulp with a singletree ana
then laid the corpse in the burrows
where he was plowing. Mrs. Fran
els, accompanied by her little child
rem, found the body in the field. The
murderer was captured and is now
in Jail at Waynesboro.
LAST Tuesday afternoon L. II.
Hadden OF Avera was carrying a
huge piece OF timber on his shout
der, and hot knowing that his little
6'year-old boy was running along
by his side, threw the piece of tim
Der off his shoulder, which fell upon
the child, killing it almost instantly.
Mr.. MADDEN has some defect in his
eye sight, and it being almost dark
he did not discover his child until it
was too late.
THERE'S 800 bill on deposit in
the peoples Bank, at Talbotton,
which could be identified by a GER
tain mark. A man came into the
bank to have check cashed, and
Mr.. Beall paid him this bill. In
short while another man brought in
the same bill, and had it placed to
his credit on deposit. In few min
utes Mr.. Beall had paid out this bill
again, and presently it was again de-
posted. This paying out and re-
ceiving back was continued until
Mr. Beall had paid out $500 with
the same 800 bill, in less than one
hour. How many times it may have
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