Newspaper abstracts from the 1880's for Marion County, GA

Newspaper Abstracts mentioning Marion County GA

1880's

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Trish Elliott-Kashima, County Coordinator

Mr Joel Dobson, an old and respected citizen of Marion County, breathed his last breath at his home in that county, on the 20th instant. For many years his health has been bad. He was the father of Col Dobson of Smithville, and had a large family of children. For long years he was an exemplary member of the Primitive Baptist Church.

On Friday last, as Mrs Newell Tullis, of Marion County, was going to the Baptist Assoc at Buena Vista, in a buggy, a guinea fowl flew by, scared the mule, which ran away, throwing Mrs Tullis out, breaking an arm, and otherwise bruising her person. She was attended to, and her wounds dressed, and at last accounts she was doing well.

Wesleyan Christian Advocate 1885
Mrs. Georgia C. C. Short died at home in Marion Co Georgia May 10, 1885, daughter of W. H. W. and Susan C. Morgan, born Marion County, October 26, 1860, married M. E. Short Nov 18, 1881, left 10 day old son

May 22, Buena Vista, Our town has been visited the past week by Mrs Rylander of Americus, Miss Fannie Weaver and Mrs Crouch of Dawson, Mrs Harvey of Oglethorpe, Misses Leila and Annie Brown and Messrs Cyrus Daniel and Walter Brown of Talbot, relatives of miss Mary Brown, whose illness I reported to you several days past and who died on the afternoon of the 21st.

Another new store house is being erected in our town by Col Daniel Farris, one of our enterprising citizens. Vacant residence lots are selling constantly for the erection of new residences for the coming summer and fall; among the recent purchasers I mention Mr W B Herndon of Pineville.

The Cleveland Baseball Club of this place has received and accepted a challenge from the club at Ellaville to play a match game on the 1st of June.

Another mad dog on the place of Mr Dick Donan was promptly shot by Mr Donan; no ill effects reported from the bites of the dog reported 10 or 15 days ago.

Excursion trains will be run from this point to Sandersville both on the 29th and 30th instants, the last named day being for the benefit of the colored people, who will go en masse.

While other towns and cities are forced to bore great depths at huge expense for mineral water, we simply dig an ordinary well here and obtain the desired results, as is proven by the well dug by Mr A B Jackson, of our town, near the depot. The water has not been analyzed, thought experts declare it strongly impregnated with iron and sulphur.

Mr Wm Williams has exchanged his hotel, and other property in this place with his brother, Mr S J Williams, for a mill and small farm in the County of Schley. We welcome Mr Williams to our town, and from what we know of his wife, feel satisfied that she knows how to keep a hotel.

Little over one year ago Messers Homer and George Tharpe left this county to try their fortunes in Mississippi carrying with them as laborers a dozen or more young colored men from this county. Among the number are Hunter Butt, of this place. he is well and favorably known here, being a bright and intelligent mulatto, ever polite and obliging . Today his mother received the sad news from Hunter himself that he had been arrested and carried to Greenville on the charge of murder, having killed a white man at a negro frolic.

Buena Vista high School is conducted by Prof R V Forrester, assisted by his wife and daughter. Average attendance is about 100.

Churches in Buena Vista: Primitive Baptist, Rev Bennett Stewart; Methodist, Rev Bascom Sentell; Missionary Baptist, Rev Mancrief.

Town officers: W J Crawford, President of council; Councilmen: T W Harvey, D M Hall, Jas Dunham, Robert Donan; Marshal, J C Rigsby.

Businesses: F H Buchanan (dry goods, grocers, provisions); D M Hall & Co (drugs and medicines); Rushin & Co (groceries), J M Lowe (dry goods, shoes, groceries), J E Moore (dry goods, clothing and millinery), M Hair & Son (general merchandise), Robert Donan (drugs and medicines), Mrs A C Atkins (millinery), A C Atkins (jeweler), J R Minter and Co (groceries), Clements and McCall (groceries and provisions), J J Jones (commercial fertilizers), Jas Dunham (cotton warehouse and commercial fertilizers), Clemens & McCall (cotton warehouse), Jenkins and Jackson (livery stable), W R Hair (dentist), S Z Williams & Sons (groceries), Dan. Faris (shoemaker), J C Rigsby (buggies and wagon repair), Wm McCrary (blacksmith), Anderson Taylor (buggies and wagons repaired).

Buena Vista Patriot: A gentleman in town received a letter the other day from Oliver Jones. He was on board the steamer S S Holland on the English channel, and was en route for South Africa, where he was going to engage in the business of civil engineering. The letter also stated that he would go from there to South America. It will be remembered that Jones killed Mitson Melton about 6 years ago. he was arrested and placed in jail, but escaped through a small hole he made in the iron door, and went west where he has been unknown to the authorities here, until his departure for Africa.

Mr Matthew Melton, a prominent farmer who lives about six miles Northeast of Buena Vista, was in the city on a business trip. He is hale and hearty though he passed through the heats of eighty one summers. He says that he never rode a mile on a railroad in his life and he attributes his longevity and good health to be in some measure due to that fact.