The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-07-18
GEORGIA GLEANlNGS.
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A BIG SNAKE WITH HORNS.
A Batch of Interesting Georgia News
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Many Readers.

One gentleman in the Glade Sec
ton of Oglethorpe county has made
seven hundred gallons of blackberry
wine and at last accounts was still
making it.
In the election for sheriff of
Montgomery county, the other day,
the populist candidate received only
L votes. The populist ship seems
to be passing in the night.
The watermelon business is GER
tainly immense in Georgia this year.
The Savannah, Florida and Western
road has hauled up to date, 1896
cars loaded with melons, against
2,107 last year.
At Perry night or two ago C. A.
Thurmond heard commotion among
his hogs. Going out he found an
alligator on the point OF killing one
of them. The alligator, NOT the pig,
is now dead.
Carrie and Ellen Padgett, two
immoral young women in the Dub
lin, Ga, neighborhood, we're order
ed to leave the community by citi-
/
zens. They refused. Carrie, a few
days later, was fished out of the
river with her feet and hands tied.
Ellen is also missing.
The Constitution says there il a
one-armed man in Georgia who can
| pillow, kick, curse add smoke ! pipe
all at the same time, and asks
"What could he do if he had the
other arm 7" Probably like many
others who have two good, strong
arms-laze around and let his wife
support him. Albany Herald.
in Jefferson county, Mrs. William
Mobiles, who gave a negro SO to
murder her husband was found gull.
ty, also the negro, Gus families,
both sentenced to hang August Is.
Dalton Joyner, colored, and Debby
Mobiles, the daughter of old Mrs.
Mobiles, were acquitted. Mary
families, colored, received life
sentence.
Recently hundreds of hogs have
died in Terrell county from cholera,
and the farmers are at loss for a
remedy. Mr.. |. FL. Virgins, a
farmer of neighboring county, to
this one, gives remedy which has
in every case OF his proved efica-
cious. He mixes lime and meal, a
gallon of the former to a peck of
the latter article, and pours it in
the slops intended for feeding. This
is allowed to stand over night.
J. r. Mercer of Dawson has re-
tanned counsel to bring a $4,000 suit
against nursery firm. A few years
ago, when planting his orchard, Mr..
Mercer bought 5000 peach trees,
which were represented tc be an
early variety that would ripen by the
middle of May. This is now July,
after the markets have been supplied
with early fruits at fancy prices, and
MIR. Mercer fnds himself with very
promising crop of green peaches on
hand and the market gradually de-
Ginning as the supply increases. The
suit will be brought in the United
States court in Tennessee.
The Editor of the Conyers Week
t ly vouches for the truth Of this snake
story: While having some oats cut
few days ago Floyd Plunkett kill
ed very large rattlesnake. having
/ twelve rattles and two large horns,
t which were about six inches long,
: and had tusks like wild boar. 1t
2 was a frightiul looking reptile, and
: came very near biting the colored
man who was cutting the grain. If
. he had it would doubtless have been
fatal. The skin OF the snake will
be stuffed aud put on exhibition at
the Atlanta Exposition. Floyd
says it will be one OF the wonders OF
the great fair. and he wants every.