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Item* of Interest.
There is talk of fitting up an opera house
in Marietta.
At Albany, Tuesday, a horse being ridden
by Tom Nelson, was suddenly paralyzed
and its hoofs gave way, turning up to its
fetlocks, while the horse online dawn on its
ankle bone. It was a singular accident,
Frank Thornton, o i of^gs ftfcjh tjton lias in his
possession a coupl# which are curi
ositics. They have two shells; the yolk wfeite is
inclosed in the snaaller.oue and the
areiiud it in tpe largei^ ^he eggs are as
large as a goose egg,- whieli they, closely
resemble. e
The dress of Willie Campbell, a niede of
E* B. Ssy, and a^vuiul in M-ss Julia Adams
school at Eatonton. caught od fire las'
Mondayin ‘he seh-oi r< Miss Adams
succeeded li extingiusluivi the flume with
out injury to tho -'did. hut was not so for
tunate hersell. One of her hands was pain
fully burned. Bat for the prompt-action
of the teacher, Willie would have been
seriously,: if not fetaliy. burned.
Bozeman Taylor: the man who killed Dr.
Robson and seriously . wounded Richard
Gone, in Washington county some time ago
has given hins-ff up-to-the sh ,j riffof-Bala
win county, arid now languishes, iu Baifl.,
win(s jail. It is -anderstood-■: that , Taylot
w-ill he kept there until the time of his trial
in Washington county superior court, prdb : .
ably to protect him from mop violence.
Taylor .asserts that t,he killing, was ia self
defense.
A well known fat ale;, flying below -Rl
bertown. a few week ago, began tho circu
lation of most slanderously fake reports
about highly respectabis ladies—several of
them married and one dead—living in that
section. These stories came to the ears of
the ,citizens, when a party of gentlemen
waited on the slanderer and gave him
twenty-four hours in wiiicq to leave the
county, and never to set foot on their soil
again. Reacted on this warning and de¬
parted for parts unknown, leaving behind
a wife anb several children, in must depend
ent circum stances,.
The Messrs. Hamricks, from near Villa
Rica, Carroll county, passed through Ccd
artown Friday with a negro they had ar
rested in Cherokee county, Alabama, who
h-d stolen a mule from a negro near Villa
Rica, The mule which he bad stolen was
recovered, The prisoner had shot himself
through the hand i i trying to wrench the
officer’s pistol from his hand at the time of
arrest. The davkey had sold on time, and
when he returned from his money the offi¬
cers had tracked him up and were in wail¬
ing, and atter stubborn resistance, arrested
him*
Last Saturday Will Wallace of Harris
county stole $79 from A, M.- Eady & Co¬
ot Wost Point, pocketed the mouey for two
bales of cottou which he sold for a negro,
hired a horse and buggy and fled. He re¬
turned to.Harris county, and going to the
residence of Richard Bazomore, stold his
daughter and started out in search of , the
nearest magistrate. , The buggy broke down
however, and Wallace took the.young lady
to the house of the nearest ueigbbor and
left for Hamilton under the pretense of go¬
ing fpr a marriage license. He has not been
seen giuce, and it is learped that in addi¬
tion to his other crimes he has forsaken a
wife and children in Lee,county, Ala. Wal¬
lace is the.man who was published as hav¬
ing stolen, money in LaGrango, and w ho is
supposed to be in Atlanta. .„ u<
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KNOXVILLE, GEORGIA., 5 JAN. 18,- ^883
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There is a. woman living in Havt county
who has six breasts, all of which have af¬
forded life-giving fluid to her cbildten.
She has two daughters each of whom hav
four breasts. Three women with fourteen
breasts is a novelty that few conntjes can
boast of. Let the fourlegged chickens
take a.back seat, 1
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At Amerious Thursday a drunken .negro
entered the residence'ol'W- W. Guerry, and
was ordered oht sevcral times by her.- He
rofussed to go, when she called her son.
WalteriGurrry- Before he could get to
them the negro dealt her a severe blow on
the head. Guerry seeing this, ran -out,
picked up a rail, and knocked the colored
man down. He was afterward picked up
and placed in the gaard house.
At Columbus Friday night little Ethel,
the 3-year-old daughter of Mr. C. W. Pope,
fell in the fire, and was badly burned, at
their home on Bose Hill. Pope had left
the house for a few minutes, leaving three
children in the room, the oldest one being
about 7 years of age. Their screams ‘at¬
tracted the attention of the neighbors, who
aOtl rendered all possible assis¬
tance. - The little girl is in a critical ■ con¬
dition
At Atlanta Wednesday rooming early,
between 12 and I o’clock, a little- boy
named Pelt Knox was shot on Havnos
street by an unknown party. It seems that
he, in company with a number ef little
boys and girls, Avas returning from a party
on Haynes street. There are parts of the
street where the gaslights are far, between
ar.d the shadows' heavy. A.&. the oaowd
were going throgh one ot these pianos a
pistol shot was heard, and little Pett.in the
rear ot the party; cried out that he was shot.
Examination .showed that ho was shot
through tiie leg below the knee,and unable
to walk homo. There is no clew whatever
as tq who did the shooting.
John S.-Baker,-of Webster county, says
that he succeeded in making on a two mule
farm, thirty bales of cotton, 900 busbelo Of
corn, and all that ho can eat in the potato
and syrup line. He has not yet killed Lis
hogs, and says that all he will slay will
weigh over 300 and some of them 400
pounds. He has his best cotba yet to sell,
and wid hold it for the top of the market.
Alfred Floyd (colored), who lives on J.
B. Price's piac®, near Leary, had some
words with his wife about another colored
roan, and he became angry and took hi a
gun and shot a load of shot into her thigh
and bowels. He was so c'osa to her that
the bed clothing she was lying in bed took
fire fron the gun. Dr. Gaorge was called
to attend her, and he thinks she will not
live. Floyd ha3 been arrested and placed
in jail.
CULLODEN
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J. S. SEARCY, Principal. .
The spring term of Culloden Male and
Female Institute will begin on Jan-7,
1889; Practical book keeping and Spen¬
cerian penmanship, art and music taught
by Xuitipn^l competent teachers
,50* 2 Q0 and 2 50per month
NUMBER 51.
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The lots are laid off in convenient shape and tiib. land iidl *
well. Lots-are ou and near the railroad track and are nearly
ONE MILE FROM KNOXVILLE.
Soipe ' building will commeece at once, and the new towa -‘
started, tiet a move on you and buy oiiq of those
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lit these days of booms the fast man is die ene who gets-toerat- *
rights and their motto when a bargain is offered is to
BUY AT ONCE ?
Tiii3 property cs n never be worth less than it : s now, and 1
the probability is that, it will soon enhance rapidly, and you •
will find ;.Jb» that hateYnade
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Tbia.property is offered for sale at Knoxville by
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Also new line of Hosiery and Fall' Dress Goods. Babies' Hoods, cheap and prettTf'~ -
1 have a lot of good and neat- CLOAKS and JACKETS. Prices very low.
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Iri the Latest styles, cut by measure- My ladv friends are cordially invited
cqme to see me. to oc6
i The- DeLoach Variable
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this the can be Eash and Perfect Control- It is bow the sues;
Popular as well as the most Saleable mill in the market
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