The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1873-11-21

TINE hangs so heavily on an Al
bany mans hands that he is training
two wild cats to the domesticity o.
other cats.
! A LITTLE negro put his little hea'
in a sugar mill in Pulaski county th'
other day which resulted in tuner
al.
A COTTON and grain warehouse i
one Of the improvements OF Carriers
vile.
Iris reported that the lessees o
the State Road contemplate surren
dcring their lease. The business o
the road is said to have fallen OF
one-half.
TWELVE hundred acres Of Elber
county land was knocked down las
sale day at $4,000.
SOCIAL Circle has welcomed the
cold snap with a very lively fire.
TIM Murphy, the Atlanta detec-
tive, went to Griffin few days age
and Speer, of the Star, Immediately
left the city.
DIR. Black burn, of the Barnesville
Patriot, shouts "victory or death,
at the next State Fair II not kill
ed with a Pike, it is thought hc will
die a natural death.
MISS Howard, daughter of the
Rev. c. w. Howard, of Barlow
county, entered sixty-four coops OF
chickens of her own raising, at the
State Fair.-GriGn Star. Now,
here is a chance for some Methodist
preacher to marry a girl that car
tickle his palate with "fried chicken
the balance of his days. She's
girl to our own liking, and if w
we're half as good looking ne Reese
of the Telegraph, we would Knee
in humble duplication at her feet.
HAPPY HAM--Mr. II. w. J. Ham,
ex editor of tho Eastman Times, was
married last Sunday, the 10th, to
Miss Anna f. Cook, of Jefferson
county. We are glad this Ham has
at last boon Cooked May he never
be "canvassed" by the "boiling''
troubles OF the cooks" hot fires.
THE bird of freedom, gray eagle,
measuring five feet from tip to tip,
has been killed near Rome.
LANDS in Merriwether bring from
ten 10 twelve dollars per acre.
THE Great Eastern balloon man
fractured a leg at Valdosta while
experimenting with his great gas
bag.
LEE Smith, negro, was hung for
murder at Preston last Friday. The
Same gallows upon which Spann and
Susan Eberhart were executed was
used.
THE Atlanta Constitution Gays
DeKalb county mule with lofty as
pirations recently strayed off, and
was found at tho end of two days on
top of Stone Mountain. He was
doubtless looking for WILDLY, who
exhibits similar symptoms of ass
pirations.
WM. A. JUDE, a native Of New
York, but employed in the Euro
pean House, at Savannah, was found
dead in his bed last Saturday morn
ing. Heart disease.
A coLoRED prisoner was born [ In
the Richmond county Jail Tues
day night. 1t is the first time a
prisoner ever got in Jail in that way.
Chronicle d Sentinel. Yes, and
the jailor ought to be prosecuted for
''falss imprisonment" for it is appa-
rent that "birth" 10 no crime, if SO
where would the editor Of the Chron-
Gle BET
THE Gainesville Eagle says the
mountains in Northeast Georgia
above that poin. are covered with
snow.
WHITE county farmers are seiiIn Z
corn at 80 cents a bushel.
Two cases Of small pox in Macon
last Wednesday.
LARGE tocks Of wild pigeons roost
in the vicinity of Gainesville.
A MAN living near the line OF Mer>
riwether and Talbot counties, a hus-
band and father. sold ten bales of
cotton, pocketed the money, went
back home, banded up his clothes
and run away with the daughter of