The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-01-15
of-Hand Local Dots.

"A SLIGHT sprinkIing Of the
beautiful snow" last Saturday.
THOSE who promised to pay US
in wood, will please bring it forward.
AFTER this issue those who fail
to get the JOURNAL may know they
are in arrears.
-McCUTCHEoN & Co., have NOV
ed into their new store house, near
the Court House.
-REv. Mr.. Barnwell, the new
Episcopal preacher, officiated last
Sunday at the St. James Church.
THE county Jail is getting un-
comfortably full of criminals, al,
though it was cleared at the last sit
ting of the Court.
THE nimble thief is at large in
Marietta. Persons in this city have
to sleep with doors shut and one eye
open.
THE Helen D'Este theatrical
troupe will give an entertainment at
Nichols Hall on Monday night
See advertisement in another column.
--THE lecture of Col Geo. Les,
ter, last Monday night, was a very
fine effort, full Of grand and elo-
quent thoughts, and we trust he can
be induced to repeat it.
III is as unwise to stop and re-
flute every SANDER originated by
evil minds, as it would be TO stop
and kick every dog that barks at
you as you pass along the streets.
Ting Gainesville Southron, a
new and neat paper has been re-
ceived. 1t is decided Improvement
on any paper heretofore published
in Gainesville.
The ground has been slick,
slicker, slickerest, for several days
during the first of the week. Sew
eral persons very suddenly sat down
on the sidewalk in very undigni-
fled manner. 80
Mn. w. F. OGDEN. tho ad-
vance agent of the Helen D'Este
troupe, has billed the town. Be
sides being faithful and energetic
agent, he is quite genius, as we'll
as clever, affable and gentlemanly.
Long may he wave
WIN. Roof, the well-known
druggist, has just received a large
assortment of fresh, genuine garden
seed, of the best varieties. Call and
see him and buy your seed from
him.
-NIGHT burgIaries are getting
common here of late. We have
heard, of several houses being enters
ed and robbed. Last week Mr.. Tol-
bert Carnes' house was robbed Of a
good supply of provisions, by some
unknown thief.
Miss Nellie Wade, of Early
county, exhibited sausage, at the
Damascus Fair, twenty one feet
long.-Atlanta Commonwealth.
There are enough dogs in Mari
eta for some of our lady readers to
give us a good item like the above.
-ACwoRTH last Saturday elected
q "dry" municipal ticket. We learn
legal authority has closed whisky out
of Powder Springs. The law pro-
hibits the sale of the "ardent" near
er than one mile of Smyrna, and
there is not bar room in Roswell.
1t looks like Cobb county is striving
to be the "Banner County in tenn
perance as well as agriculture.
-CEDARTowN lays claim to the
P. G. in g., and the man who dares
to contradict it, will be invited to
face two barreled gun for a short
space of time. Neal, of the Mariet>
ia JOURNAL, will please bear this in
mind.-EGpreSS.
In face of beauty's witching
smiles, we will have to say bring
out your "two barrel gun" and don't
larry or B. D. Lay>ed about it.
The following officers were
elected in Cherokee county last
week: Sheriff, NJ. P. Morris !;
Clerk, J. w. Hudson; Tax Coliec-
tor, Thad. Dupree; Tax Receiver,
N. ]. Wilson; Surveyor, Hawkins ;
Coroner, VIM. Rampley.