Funding for the digitization of this title was provided by R.J. Taylor, Jr. Foundation.
About The Knoxville journal. (Knoxville, Ga.) 1888-18?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1888)
GENERAL NEWS. At Madison, Tuesday, the bird hunters turned out in force and about 400 birds were bagged. A feast was given at the city 1 ball, to which a hundred tickets at a dollar apiece were sold. Last week a serious cutting scrape oc curred near 5Z ebuloD.'Jbhn Gregory ,and Jack Reid were eating oysters, anil Reid, who was a clerk in the store, refused extend credit to Gregory, by instructions from Gregory’s father. This offended Gregory and he reached around a third party and cut Reid,s throat. Mrs. Ridley grasped the arteries and held on until the doctor came, or Reid would have bled to death. Ried is in quite a critical condi¬ tion and will probably nbt recover. A negro woman 72 years old was sent from Talbct county to the Chattahoochee brick yards, last week, where she goes to serve out a two years sentence for stealing $>600. This old negress stole a thousand dollars last year, but was not prosecuted because she gave up the money. W. J. Duke of Orchard fjill lost his pocketbook at Griffin Wednesday. It con¬ tained $400 in notes and .$60 in cash. He laid it down h: the Griffin Banking Com¬ pany’s office while transacting some bus¬ iness and went off and forgot it, amd when he returned in a couple of minutes it was gone. A negro who had been around at the time is suspected of the theft, The 6-year-old son of O'fver Blackshear, colored man of Haw kinsville, was acciden • tally killed on Friday '.evening last. The boy was going to town with bis father on =« load of cotton. While going down a hill the forew heels of wagon ran into a hole, throwing the boy off, and before? the team could he Stopped the whaels ran over him, crushing his skull and'breaking his neck. A report reached Columbus Thursday night of a peculiar and fatal accident which occurred at Jernigan, fourtaen mile from Columbus. A party of negroes were .outcoon hunting early in the morning, and treed a coon near a cotton field. The was cut down and fell on a negro was picking cotton in the field, him iustftntly. The falling tree also ed a fine coon dog. FAIR PLAY!! M°GrEE BROS. Are in the ring and must have a showing Fresh Groceries. Flour, Sugar, Coffee, Drugs and Canned ‘Goods. All'grades corn and Rye liquors Home-made Peacli Brandy. Lager Peer, Imported Imported Rum ant Gin. Tobacco, Snuff and Cigars. DO YOU WANT A FARM? If so you can he suited with what is offered here. A Well Improved Farm Of 70 Acres. Good Dwelling, 7 Tenant Houses, Orchard Large Barn, all new. Nice anc Vineyard, Splendid Water and Plenty of it. Also Plantation of 320 Acres Fifty acres of well drained Bottom Lands in this tract, and Fifty acres covered with Original Timber. Good Barn on the place. ALSO A FARM of 287 ACRES. On this place are a gin house and a tenant house. Lands are producing good crops. Fences Extra Good. Ifirst Class Buyers will Find terms easy Apply to B.H.RAY, Macon. Ga. Rev. D. P. McDonald, who shot and killed Frierscn Chandler some weeks ago, has given himself up to the authorities at Blakely. ■ During a meeting At the Sam Jones tabernacle, recently, an amusing 1 incident occurred, in which an aged minister and a deck of cards figured conspicuously. The preacher referred to had need of an over¬ coat and borrowed one df the family with which he was stopping. On reaching the church he divested himself of the borrowed garment. As he pulled off the coat a pack of well worn playing cards dropped out, and it was funny to see the reverend gent reach after a ten here and a jack there and at the same time trying to be-sly about it. At Athens Tuesday Alderman Murray while in attendance on the mayor's court, had his pockets picked, and was deprived of a fine gold watch, 1 <■ li I After Forty years* to; jja 1 I experience preparation of in the more 1 than One Hundred oa Thousand applications for patents in ‘5 tries, the United the publishers States and of Foreign the Scientific! coun¬ w American for patents, continue caveats, trade-marks, to act as solicitor* copy¬ rights, etc., for the United States, aud to Germany, obtain patents in Canada, England, Their France, e/peri and all other countries •nce is unequaled- audthoir facilities are uusur ** Drawings and specifications prepared nnd filed in the'Patent Office on short notice. Terms very reasonable. No charge for examination of model* or drawings. Advice by mail free. Patefits obtained through Mucu <fcOo.a!yenoticed "“& 6 ^e S and jpi.mflidiy Castrated newspaper d^voteVfo^otenoe* &y”une^de i ile™ ur ttonllls £or °“° d °“‘ r ' JiTt pYuats mailed fr«. E. VAN ATLANTA, WINKLE & CO. MANTTFACTD GA., KE- CONDENSERS COTTON FEEDERS aM I Cotton Oil Mills and. Oil. Machinery SAW MILLS, WIND MILLS, TANKS, SHAFTING_ETC ATT, kinds of foundry work. & direct. \SaMK to us foi prices. We can save you money by purchasing “Come to Headquarters r^rkat You Want— a E. Van Winkle & GO m Atlanta, Ga. Eta ju22-3 Post Office Box 83. NEW MILLINERY GOODS. mas. M. B. FIERCE -HAS Quite a Choice Lot of Hats, Ribbons, Laees and other Novelties Also netv line of Hosiery and Fall Dress Goods. Babies' Hoods, cheap and prettv 1 have a lot of good and neat CLOAKS aud JACKETS. Prices very low. DRESSMAKING In the Latent btyles, cut by measure* My ladv friends are cordially invited to come to see nre. to oe5 Ths BeLoach Variable Friction Feed. A New and Valuble Device, Simple and Effective. -Capacity proSi ,5000 to 50,000 Feet per Day__— Hi S3 h m is : ■ BBS ife is . ^ggsgm KM'5, ® .v'-uawa- xViwiru Has only been on the market one year, hut lias become so popular that made to all parts of llie United States and inquiries coming from abroad With this mill the feed can bounder Hash and Perfect Control- It is now the most Popular as well as the most Saleable mill in the market ■Saw Mill, Portable Corn Mills and DeLoach Wa ,ter Wheels Etc. DeLoacb Mill Mf’g Co., Atlanta,Ga JSSamm , mm ■f-A''; A mmm f§ > r m li; -h ■L\ _ JM— ssJSliil n ; m mmSi ?■; r; L 4;., iggliNft ;; I % mm ' Tv w8II8i : ! U i ,..'V jus mm m ,;v\. ; Mi v "" Tr \<K -A. S i M fl ■ | m K mmm f-2 paw is Cotton Presses. And, Seed Cleaners
