The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-02-13
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of-Hand Local Dots.

was IN our city last Tuesday.
--"Dad- burnett" all, Alf. Burnett
will be here Monday night.
"A MAN with an old-fashioned
hand organ, was grinding out music
on the streets last Tuesday. lie
had no monkey--or at least we saw
none of the original ancestry of the
human family that Darwin so elo-
quently speaks Of.
ATTENTION FIREMEN. There
will be meeting of the members Of
the Marietta Fire Company on Sat-
urday night, 18th inst, in City
Council Room for the purpose of or
ganization. Our JOE.
-RUNAwAY.-The horse attach
ed to Col. ]. d. WaddelPs pheton,
on Saturday evening, was frighten-
ed into first class runaway. AT
ter dashing along several streets, he
was brought to a standstil The
vehicle was broken in several places.
"A NEGRO man picked up rope
this week and secretly walked off
with it. Just think of it-for this
simple act, he is now pecring cross
eyed through the bars of our county
Jail. We forgot to state that there
was horse at one end of the rope.
Our friend N. G. Gignilliat re-
opened his store on last Wednesday.
Having satisfactorily settled all his
liabilities with his creditors, he re-
sumes business freed from all en-
barassments and at the same stand
he can always be found with plenty
of goods at cheap prices. For the
next thirty days. he will sell his
winter stock of goods at cost prices.
THE "foot-pads" or ''dead beats"
that call upon US for 'free lunches"
aye quite numerous this season.
They pitifully state they are far
from home and without money, and
that they will work at anything !;
but You have only to ask them to
chop a load of wood, when they re-
specially decline your charity.
-"OUR Joe" is stirring things up
generally AROUND Marietta. He is
sxerting himself in rssorganiaing
she Silver Cornet Band and has
about succeeded. lie is also making
efforts to get fire engine, and as
Sunday School Agent, in drumming
up new scholars, he is distinguishing
himself.
Hon. w. D. Anderson is now
Superintendent of the Methodist
sunday School, and under hia eftic-
lent management, the School is in
creasing in numbers and being en-
Unused with new life The School
meets Sunday morning at 8 o'clock.
The young ladies of the place should
all Join the Bible class taught by
AR. Anderson and the yoHng men
will be sure 10 attend in large num-
bers.
"A NEW PAPER.-The prospec-
tus of the Gainesville Sentinel is
before us, announcing that it will
go on "picket duty" about the first
4! March, with P. II. Brewster and
o. 7. Heath, as proprietors and ed
itors. We welcome our friend
Brewster back into the link splash
ing" profession, wishing success to
his new enterprise, for we know he
will, in guarding the interests of the
nsqpie, pFoys 9 faithful sentinel
apon the vateh:pwer,"
"A YOUNG man Of this place, who
is noted for good looks and good ma
ture has a sweetheart living in the
rural precincts. several miles from
Marietta. Dressed in his best and
mounted on fine horse, he rode off
in sweet anticipations Of a good tine;
lie arrived at the house, and, as
was his custom, he unsaddled his
horse and turned him loose in the
cow lot. He spent pleasant even
ing with his fair divinity, but the
horse it seemed had equally as good
llpg for be had nos only eat the u.s.
uaI amount of corn and fodder, but
had actually killed the finest mich
cow in the lot, and when the old la
DIV found out what had befailen her
COW, you better believe that young
mans .'cream to bonny-ciabber
vent" To go back there, ar pay
FOR si,s Cow Is the solcan problem.
Either horn, (not of the cow, bat of
the dilemma is bad enough, but if he