The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-09-17
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was offered tor probate before our
rogate Coffin, 0: Weschester county,
New York, last Saturday. The real
and personal estate is estimated in
the paper presented at 50, 100000 in
the United States and 50, 100000 in
Europe.
THOSE four ministers who drank
and paid for eleven glasses Of grog
Yesterday 10 New York "backet
shops" for the purpose of convictIng
as many liquor sellers, may soon be
expected to try the panel houses and
other disrcputable pieces. ''Plou'
frauds, even in white chokers, never
yet helped the cause Of religion
Hartford Times
THE Governor Of Georgia has made
fifty two acquisitions this year upon
Governors Of other States for the
rendition Of fugit;ves from Justice
| The demands made upon Governor
Smith by Executive authorities OF
other States is hardly one fifth of the
above number. This shows with
what fine hand justice is admins
tered in this State. The wicked are
made to flee.
A Washington dispatch says;
General Sherman contemplates re-
vised edition of his Memoirs, and has
written TO some officers, whom he
misrepresented in the first edition,
promising to corrct some OF the err
rors in second If this is true les
cumseh has a Herculean task before
him. To correct all his mstatements
would require volume as large as
his original book.
Poor AMEs he seems born to be
snubbed. Last summer he begged
the President to send troops to Vicks-
burg to keep the peace and insure a
quiet election. Gen. Grant declined,
the peace was preserved, and on the
18th day of August we had the most
quiet election ever held in this-Statc.
The indications are that the cowardly
murderer is to be snubbed again
His application for troops bids fair
to meet the fate of his cell las: yesr.
Will the fool never learn any sense !
BUSINESS men of all classes should
wake up to their interests at this
time. and remember that advertis-
ing is one Of The items that should
not be forgotten, in order to enhance
those interests. Advertising gives
certain dignity TO the article adver-
tised. 1t confers a kind of value it
never before possessed. 1t makes
the article conspicuous, places 1T on
record. briugs it before the public,
and creates for it statute in the
community.
TIE recent compulsory school
law passed by the New Jersey Leg
,slature is now in full force. 1t re-
ouies parents and guardians who
have children between five and eigh-
teen under their control to send SAID
children to school at least twelve
weeks in each school year. Those
who do not comply forfeit aud pay
for the first offence s. each sobSe
onent offence in the same year So a
week for not more than twelve
weeks.
KELLY. the "Motor" man, is thus
photographed by u Orld correspon-
dent: An athletic, six feet to an inch,
with the loins of Hercules and the
shoulders of Atlas. Above, Apollo 5
head, a Sicil;an's hair, and creoIe's
complexion. Eyes brown, piercing
and miscellaneous. A mustache aud
Imperial as blue black as his locks,
which were matted on his broad fore
head by the sweat Of midday walk.
Diamonds blaz"d in his shirt front
and on his finger. His right hand
grip left the impress of steel graunt-
let, and his manner was that OF one
overcharged with electricity like an
eel.
THE New York Tribune seems to
have a spite against colleges. Hear
the graduate of the tall tower relate
his experience:
If the colleges educate few mas
ter minds for professional and litera
ry life, they also spoil great many
excellent farmers and business men.
How many third and fonrth>rate
farmers and tradesmen if they had
not gone to college and learned to
look down upon their fathers calling!
Medirocity cannot be developed into
genius by a college forcing process
any more than a dandeIion under
glass can become rose geranium.
TIE Cincinnati Enquirer read the
Geographic repor. of Jeff. Davis
speech with pleasure, and is not
afraid of defeating Bill Aliens elec~
ton by saying this about it:
THERE is tender thread Of loyal
ty and hopeful union sentiment run
ming through it which thrills us with
delight. There was time when we
looked upon jeff as bette noir. but
now that he has turned out patriot
of the very highest order, We can
contemplate an announcement OF an
in1nnlnh sneech frnm him with COM