The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-10-22

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-THE wife of Mr.. JAS l.. Cren-
shaw died in Atlanta last Tuesday.
"A LODGE of Knights of Honor
was organized in Marietta last Sat
urday, by Mr.. Hill, of Atlanta.
The North Georgia Conference
of the Methodist Church South, con
venes in Griffin on the ID of De
cember next.
The Marietta Lodge of the
Knights of Jericho have thirteen
candidates to initiate at their regular
meeting next Monday night.
We are glad to learn Mr.. Geo,
Coolers school is in a furnishing
condition. His notice in another
column explains itself Read it.
-REv. W. +. Glenn, pastor of
the Methodist Church, preached a
sermon last Sunday of unusual abili-
ty and excellence.
= Mr.. H. X. ShackIeford, of Ats
lanta, organized lodge of Good
Iemplars at Graysville, Pauldipg
county, last Saturday.
-MR. MACDUFFE has been Civ
ing a series of lectures in this place
during the week of a most interest
log nature.
Our young friend, Desc Rey-
nolds, of Powder Springs, left for
Philadelphia last Monday, where he
will take course of dentistry lee
lures. We wish him success.
w. r. Montgomery has just re-
ceived large ST. ok of cheese, also
an excellent lot of finely flushed
saddles and harness. Call and see
him
"A FRIEND informs the JOURNAL
that Mr. J. B. Perry, of Greenwood,
Ark, formerly of Cobb, during the
present year got eighteen swarms OF
of bees from four stands. This is
ahead of anything of the kind we
ever heard of.
Ma. Warren, revenue officer,
who last week seized a box Of cigars
from Mr. Geo. Lacy, of Big Shanty,
because the revenue license was not
kept in view, has found out the error
of his ways and returned the cigars
to the owner.
A Mr.. Stephens, from near Ac
worth, was brought to Marietta last
Friday, bound with ropes, for the
purpose of sending him to the Iuna>
tic asylum, but that institution being
crowded, he was carried back home,
The Memphis papers announc-
ed few days ago that just after the
departure of Ilowe's London Circus
from that and other cities, flood of
counterfeits were discovered. We
learn, since the circus left Marietta,
several spurious bills have turned up
in this city.
The illicit distiIler, Posey C.
Towery, who escaped from our jail
last Sunday evening week, wac caps
tured in Lumpkin county last Mon
day, and he once more resides be-
hind the bars. Sheriff Stephens
says Towery will have to commence
at the beginning and serve his full
time out.
--MR. L. T. Cheves, who was
Agent at this place for the sale of
the Singer Sewing Machine, left for
parts unknown last Sunday evening.
Messrs. Leonard and Camp came up
from Atlanta last Monday, and upon
investigation found that Mr.. Cheves
had defaulted to the amount of sew
eral hundred dollars. Efforts to
apprehend him are being made.
WE received letter the other
day, with this sentence; "Charles
Allen is in Poughkeepsie practiciug
dentistry; Geo. Camp and Howard
Van Wyck in Albany, N. Y, attend
ing law school, and Walter Camp is
in New York studying medicine
Will Williams is coming on, | UNI
derstant Whoop>la let 'em come.
Plenty loom for two or three more
but it is crowded.
We take pleasure in calling at
tention to the advertisement of the
Cotton States Life Insurance Com
pany in to-day's paper. 1t is a
Georgia company and the only one
in the State, hence it has peculiar
claims on the people of Georgia.
Tho agency has Sheen placed with