The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-02-26
of-Hand Local Dots.

w. R. Montgomery has jus'
received a car load of Timothy Hay
Call and purchase.
-REv. Mr.. Burkhead will preach
at the Presby terian Church to night
friday.
THE lien law is dead, and the
Georgia Legislature has preached
its funeral and refuses to resurrect il
until future day.
Our Acworth letter was receiv-
cd too late for this issue. The
Irregularities Of the mails are about
IS bad as those of the males.
-VERY heavy rains have fallen
in the last few days and the water
courses must have considerably
"riz."
ALL those who want the finest,
earliest and most productive sweet
potatoe, would do we'll to call on
Leake & Hunt and buy the st. Do
mingo Yam Potato. See advertise
ment.
The Atlanta Herald donned
new dress on Saturday last, from
head to heel, which is very becoming,
as well as an evidence of increasing
prosperity. The Herald is a live
paper, always brimfull of news.
BLACK BIRDS, (but, probably,
in view of the civil rights bill, we
should say colored- birds,) in large
droves are committing larceny on
the oat fields. Thousands of them
darken the sky, woods and fields -
Sportsmen are having fine time
cunning.
A Marietta man, hearing that
the eating of certain kinds of animal
food would aid the tissues of the hui
man body-as, FIR instance calves
brains would nourish the eaters
brains, or beef's liver the eaters liv-
er--immediately gave strict orders
to his butcher that no more tongue
of any kind should be sold to his
wife or mother-in law.
WE call attention to the adver-
tisement of Messrs. Green, Manning
& Barker, who have purchased the
Blacksmith Shop of Geo. M. Man
ming, and are now busy turning out
work that gives Perfect satisfaction.
These gentlemen are well known as
clever, industrious and enterprising
men, fully determined to win sue
cess. They believe in printers ink
and invite trade, proposing to work
at very reasonable prices, and will
make to order buggies and wagons
in good style. Read their adver>
tisement and call and see them.
Our young friend, W. NJ.
Lewis, of the Kenuesaw House, has
returned from his tri p down the
country, and judging by the pleas
ant time he haG on the cars with
Miss b., (who is just from an Euro
pean tour,) and also with Miss F.
W., of Griffin, and the lavish hos
pitality bestowed upon him by the
kind people of that city, we wouldn't
be surprised if he doesn't waltz off in
that direction again soon. Young
man beware how you feast, music,
and dance with those bewitchingly
beautiful beauties of Griffin, or some
heart may be huttering in the fet-
ters of sweet captivity.
On last Saturday committee
from the Georgia Legislature sud-
denly and without intimation visited
the convicts, the boys who wear
zebra clothes, and who are now leas-
ed and at work on the Marietta and
North Georgia Railroad. The com
mittee had received information from
some source that the convicts were
poorly cared for, but their visit fully
satisfied them to the contrary and
the Chairman expressed the utmost
qualification of the humane manner
with which this unfortunate class"
are treated by the gentlemanly nian
ayers who have them in charge
The committee found the convicts
cheerful, we'll clothed and not one of
them sick, bat all in healthy con
dilion.
Every one desilous Of supplying them
. lvss with the 81. Domingo Yam Potsioe, rails
elly T.. +. Paine. Jr., had bitter call IN
Lsake a. Hunt and leave their orders, teioie
sLeg are ali sod