The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-06-26
Off Hand Local Dots.


THE Park fence has been very beautifully
painted.
-OUR Sheriff carries disabled foot and
Two crutches, the result of an accident.
A MOONLIGHT excursion to Kennesaw
Mountain is next on docket.
THE Silver Cornet Band will play in the
City Park every Friday evening at o'clock.
IDLE negro boys swarm our streets like in
Sects. Where is the vagrant law
MOONLIGHT nights courtship and parties,
now add to the happiness of lads and lassies.
the death of Henry WEIGH at Roswell on the
22d inst.
THE fishing party returned last Saturday
night, right side up with care, and in good or
der, having had pleasant time.
-MR. d. Washburns leaves for Davenport,
Iowa, his old home. We regret to lose SO val
liable citizen.
I'm view of Summers Civil Rights Bill, we
win take the precaution to say, that the Color
ed-berries'' are now ripe and in market" They
are usually denominated black berries.
The name of the lady who was hurt at
Smyrna by an engine, is Mrs. Call. Her hlls
band was in town Saturday talking about SUE
ing for damages.
WILDLY, Of the Atlanta Constitution is not
only an unterrifed reporter at Banquet, but
IS as modest as maiden with mouthful of de-
iectable chewing gum.
AN old lady, aged "a, walked seven miles
TO town and presented one of our young men a
nice boquet of hollyhocks. He loves flowers,
especially OF this plant
BECAUSE Henry Grady offers some chick
ems and eggs for sale. the Rome Commercial
says poultryroiser is a farmer Is that what
you know about farminga
A CAR load of pretty girls from Staunton,
Va, College, passed through here Friday night
and were met by number of friends. Misses
Rood and Camp. of Marietta, arrived on the
same train.
-THE Marietta Journal is print I'd on paper
manufactured by the Marietta Paper Mills, and
comes TO lis in an improved condition, neatly
and iastefully printed.-Cartersvill Standard
and Erpress
ON the recent press jamboree" we met
: our friend "Broad-Axe" Hawkins, of the Gov
ington Enterprise, and, Lay-Hooper like, we
went down the river and buried the "hatchet."
ils is jolly companion and clever fellow
-PRoF. !. S. Nichols and Mr. A. C. Heggie
Of this place, left for New York last week the
first to enlist capitalists to build fine hotel in
Marietta, and the latter to buy fine blooded
horses. We hope both will be successful.
THE w. g. A. Railroad has commenced
the construction Of a building for saloons, ex-
press and telegraph Offices, on the old site OPP
posite the Depot. The foundation has been
built
THE Beethoven Society and Freyer's Or
chestra concert has been postponed until the
middle of July. This will give strangers and
pleasure seekers, who visit our CITY about thai
time, an opportunity to attend.
MONDAY was the longest day in the year,
especially to the young man who had to wait
until that night to receive from fair lips the
answer that sealed his fate to single or double
b!essedness. lie now wears green cravat.
PRoF. Griener, the glass blower, has been
lelighting our citizens this week with his curl
osities, such as glass locomotives in operation,
ships. and glass spun finer than silk. Two
a o1.ef
AFTER making hearty meal of tender,
well-seasot,ed hash, and then find a huge wing
ed, thick cr,,sted black bug nesting In said bo-
vine mutilations, it is calculated to make more
steel.riobed stomach than ye locals. go back on
the clashes" of cremation.
"A NEGRO man was jailed in this place on
Monday for stealing watch from Mr. Runyan
in the country. Capt Lyon found the watch
on the negl o'a person and turned him over to
the proper authorities. There is in Jail also q
white man for stealing a COW, and he can now
ask sambo "what time is p and Sambo can re
ply "About milkin' time 'speck."
A CORRESPONDENT of the Chronicle &
Sentinel says Col. Geo. N. Lester has already
announced himself as an independent candid
ate for Congress from this District.--Carters-
rifle Standard We think this all a mistake.
If Col Lesterhas announced himself an "inde-
pendent candidate for Congress we are at the
first oft. 1t lie conceded though that his name
will be prominently urged for the nomination.
The Atlanta Herald still moves on in the
even tenor Of its way, having secured enough
hands without Union printers by selling in
terests in the Herald to former Union printers
who resigned their membership; all Of which
go to show that necessity is the mother Of in
vsntion. Grady is equal to any emergency and
we are glad the Herald has waded out Of the
deep waters of its troubles.
Now, Cumming, Ga, is soon to have
paper. By Jehosiphat! This newspaper bus
iness is getting u be a luxury that only the
rich can afford. II must be highly remunsra-
,ivel We are thinking Of filling our pockets
with half dozen italic spaces, q couple Of bre-
vier roller moulds and page Of patent medi-
cine cure -alIs, and at once take possession Of
the only unoecapied field for legitimate Journal
ism. and infiict upon an unfortunate public,
.Ti.e Lickskillet Tri- Weekly Triangle
=PERsoSs sending Us communications sug-
gesting candidates for Office, to insure insertion
must also send the cash to pay for the same
We are not running paper for glory, bat for
money. We eanno. allow our columns TO De
used to advance one mans interest any more
than another. Wemake no preference. Those
who are to be benefited must foot the printers
BILL. Our columns can be used by any candid