The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-04-10
of-Hand Local Dots.
BUDS and flowers are plentiful.

THE Railroad survey il the next move.
"A SLIM attendance on sale day, owing to
incsssant rain.
SPRING has brought out the usual nun
ber Of drummers.
MANY of our citizens have made valuable
improvements to their dwellings
--W.P. Anderson and others bid in the
Academy Building sale day for $1345-
--soME of our rret,iest Marietta girls are
visiting neighboring towns.
-sEpIzooTIC colds" are perambulating
through the nostrils of some Of our people.
The Louisville Lottery gave one man in
this place n fortune of $40.
TIKI wheat crop is represented to be very
fine in this section.
THE scarcity of local items in this COM
munity il positively tantalizipg.
THE Silver Cornrt Band is making cred
liable progress in practicing new music.
-LEr every one have in mind the deeora-
ton If the Confederate dead
THE Presbyterian Church had four access
joins To its membership last Sunday morning
"A big lot of Coffees and all sorts and prices
Teas. Sugars &c. at McClatchy g. Reynolds.
j, A. G. Anderson's stallion, Steele" is
one Of the finest animals in the county.
READ Tax Receivers notice and be gov
erned accordingly.
-REy. D. /. Buttolph, OF the Presbyterian
church. preach ed fine sermon Sunday morn
ing from the text, "What think We of Christ ~
Pic MICS are in contemplation for the first
of May. The Good Tempars have appointed
committee TO arrange programme
THE trains that pass through this place
now, obey the Code Of Georgia by keeping up
persistent and noisy whistling until they clear
the town.
Col. J. W. Robertson, President of the
Macon L. Brunswick Railroad, has been ON a
visit home for several days. He is in fine
health.
The able and jealous minister OF the
Methodist Church, Rev. W. f. Glenn, purposes
to commence a protracted meeting during next
week.
Mn NJ B Whituure of this place shows
us bunch OF clover two feet high, ver,lant and
of vigorous growth This puts Cobb forward
as the Banner County in clover raising.
THE whisky retail Incense has been put
to $500 per annum in Canton. and consequent
" there is moi bar room inside the corporate
limits.
RAISING FINE-blooded chickens is an en-
crossing pursuit among some of our best cltl-
q gems. Sanbo. not to be outdone, raised" few
the other night by lifting them off the roost.
The Court House to be built at Canton,
Cherokee county, was contracted for by OK
ford & CO., Of Dalton, who agree to complete
the building for 81 $50.
III is comforting to know that cream nation
is 10 be more vigorously discussed as the YER
/. slant grass enriehes the milk of the cows who
craze On the commons. 1t is enough to earn
our living, let alone to urn our dead.
"A LOTTERY man with photographs has
b.rl 'ioing" this burg. You paid fifty cents
for a card and drew what ever the back OF the
card called for, and chance-takers more fire.
( uu.ntly received blanks than dollars.
THE circulation of the JOURNAL is rapidly
increasing. We wet down eleven additional
onires this week. Our new railroad affords
new interest. Keep the ball in motion. Let
every man subscribe and send us the local
news oi his section.
-CAgTERsvILLE modestly claims the hap
by distinguishing privilege of furnishing the
uexi Representative from the 7th Compression
;onal District but as she has done that thing
every time since the war, it is confidently be-
lieved she will signaly fail this time. The
9TH District includes many counties and not
Barlow alone. Cobb county has an Anderson,
a Lester aud Waddrll, that for brains. states
nanship, and olatory. may be eqnailed but not
excell.d The Convention must consider that
i,ls ;ice demands u selection from some other
county than liariow.
-EvERnBoDY and their wives, cousins,
sisters and aunts were in town on Wednesday
N see the Circus. TWAS a cloudy, damp day,
hut all thu old rheumatics, crlppes and neii
r,i.,;cs we're on hand to see the show. People
who refuse to attend church ON Indictment
weather. came miles to stand in mud and water
nm The streets 10 see the procession Circus
can draw more people together. than molasses
can draw flies in hot weather. -Four horses at
tachedto circns wagon runaway stampeding
III. crowd. As the frightened horses dashed
along Knocking down fences, the living mass
og human beings, like the Red Sea, divided and
,,,l,.d over in the mud, and the rlinaways pass
.d safely on without harming any one. An
autside fight between white man aud negro
attracted a large crowd Both the belligerents
Aau,;sbed knives and then promenaded with
,he policpmrn. The white man gave bond and
The negro was locked up. The Circus was
.a;,Jy attended owing to bad weather and the
scarcity Of ..sponduIix." 1t was in many re-
s,.se,. a merirorins and ereditable show. Hav-
;,o ;,,st started out, it is not yet Giant among
ne s.l,ows. hut promises to be Lady Sebas-
tian in the management Of hsry Pegasus ana
her littIe daughter as bare baekrider, received
hearty applause Sanders, the Canpsell cOun-
=, ,,e,..lsss coutortionist worked himself into
MANY shapes and performed fsats that astonisi'-
a ,,a exeeIlea. The beautiful blonde as
wire walker aud mid-air irapeze performer
VAS quite skiIIfaI, active and grseetui and hsr
u.r1s we're decidedly the most ATTRACTIVE lea
sars. af The chow. The New Orleans Brothers
l., ,,.s;r muscular feats and traprze perform
anrrs thrilled the spectators as well as pleased.
I.dv Jvaustta as rider aud lsspist Won the
nleas;ng rneores of the audience. Romeo %
b.s,lan a. rider, Happy Jack LaWtop -
Clown. and Riley a. JuggIsr. aidwell Inc
-. ,x.rs few in number. The men were