The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-04-03
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of-Hand Local Dots.
Our city cemetery is in very

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creditable condition at this time
The first Of April the usual
number of tricks we're practiced up
on the unsuspecting.
-THE amount of counting done
on the sly in Marietta, would aston
ish the oldest inhabitant could he
but zee without spectacles.
THOSE sensible and enterpris-
ing young men, Messrs. Leake Il
Hunt, have ali attractive ADVERTISE
ment in this issue. They mean bus
mess.
"A MAN with monkey and a
hand-organ have been on the streets
during the week. The Darwinian
specimen of undeveloped man was
active in amusing the little folks.
THE subscribers to the stock of
the Marietta & North Georgia Rail
road will do well to read the call for
the first installment of each share.
Go up to the Captains office and
meet your payments promptly if you
wish to see the Road built.
-DIED.-Mr. Mackey Brown,
father Of Ex-Governor Joseph E.
Brown, died suddenly at his resi-
dence in Cherokee county at ten
o'clock P. NJ, on the night of the
oath inst, in the seventy eighth
year Of his age.
The ladies have made charge
upon the bachelors Club, and af-
ter warm contest the Club suffered
defeat and now remain willing caps
tives under the potent influence OF
female smiles.
Mr.. Massey has just returned
from Cherokee Superior Court with
very large number of new sub
scribers. Railroad fever is raging
considerably up there and speeches
and subscriptions are plentiful. lie
will give an account of his trip next
issue.
-MARRIED-On Sunday morning
the 29th inst, at the residence OF
the brides mother, Mr.. Daniel Z.
Anderson to Miss Lizzie B. Malone,
all of Cobb county. We wish the
young couple long life and abundant
happiness.
The few "whiners" who take
umbrage at something's we write,
can shave their opinion" and wei
come. for we are sure we don't want
it.
.'Wih. or without, offence TO friends or toes,
We sketch the world exactly as 1t goes.
ALREADY parties are speaking
for conductor and baggage smasher
positions on our new railroad. Some
have put in bids for Superintendent,
but say if they cannot get that Of
fee, they are willing to guard the
convicts.
Ting Atlanta Herald announces
that they have abandoned the use Of
"gas" and now use kerosene lamps"
in their office. Are we to infer
from this sudden disuse of "gas" in
the Herald office that Col. Hans
Wimberly Grady has at last ex-.
4austed himselfi Alas! alas
DIR. W. H. FELTON,, Of Barlow
county, is named in the Rome pa
pers as the suitable man for Con-
grcss from that District.-SGvanndb
Advertiser Republican. F-e-lton-
Felton-Oh, yes! Everybody un-
doubtedly knows Doctor FELTON,, but
the "Rome papers," who in the
thunder are theyf
A LARGE and enthusiastic Rail-
road meeting was held at the Court
House on Saturday night. Coils.
Pennington of Rome, Gen. Phillips
and Col. Hubert, addressed the
meeting on the advantages and bene
fits of the Narrow Guage Railway
system. The speeches were highly.
complimented. especially that Of Col.
hubert.
SOME of our country friends
have wonderful rare taste or mighty
bad judgement, or they wouldn t
load their wagons with guano and
then pile nice sacks of -four on top of
said odoriferous vegetable sprouter.
They may prefer to have their bis
cults made to rise" with such yeast
but those sacks of -four could not
be more Objectionable to our taste
than if they had been put to bed
with a half dozen strong, able
bodied billy goats. But every