The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-08-20
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much.
-TnE way the illicit distiller foals
the revenue officers when they visit
Pickens county is BY putting on his
wife's dress
III doesn't pan out to pay fabu>
Ious prices for the first new bale Of
cotton just for the name of the thing
and mob ldy understands this better
than our Marietta merchants.
GRADY, of the Atlanta Herald,
is the daddy of another bouncing ba-
by boy, ard he has named it "G~in
nett" in honor of the big majority
that county gave Hill.
MUMFoRD, Of the Talbotton
Standard, advises people not to let
their cattle eat sorghum cane, as it
kills them. This youthful agricul
turist has sucked the juices of the
cane many Sunday in his neigh,
boris fence corner, yet he lives.
-TnE local editor of the Savan
nah Advertiser c1nfesses that he
makes three meals on dried apples.
lie eats the apples, drinks water,
and they swell up 10 him and he is
always full. With such economy,
we see no reason why he shouldn't
be nominated for Governor
--THE Atlanta Herald and a
"Railroad Official are having
lively controversy about the killing
of Sylvester. Both have made good
points, and the articles of the "Rail>
road Official shows that he expects
the courts to deal with the matter.
No man in Georgia has grown
more in public favor than has Sena-
tor Norwood since his election to the
Senate. Blakcy NerS. Yes, and
Georgia cannot fill his place with a
better man, and you may bring your
Smiths, Hills, Trippes, aad other as
pirants ard try it, We say let well
enough alone.
-MARsCHALK, Of the Gainesville
Standard, prints constable's notice
remarkable for bad spelling. Evil
IDENTIFY there has been but few "spell,
ing bees" in that section. Marschalk,
if You undertake to publish all the
bad spelling of county officials, yen
may prepare to issue a supplement.
--TnE compromise of the Rome
bonds was defeated by forty eight
oolored men who voted against 1t.
And thas irresponsible Cuffee is all
ways defeating the wishes of the
property holders. And now vii
lingham and Fouche sits back on
their launches yelling, "chake not
your wGolly locks at US, thou cans't
not say we did it,"
"A GRAND rally and free barbe-
cue will be given in behalf of the
Marietta and North Georgia Rail-
road at Murphy. N. G., Oh the End
day of September. Distinguished
speakers and prominent railroad
men are invited. Hon. B. II. Hill
and Gen. VIM. Phillips from Geor>
gia, and Mayor StaHb, Of Knoxville,
and others, will be present. Every
body invited. We have received an
invitation from the committee.
-DR. a. Reynolds, Of Powder
Springs, made narrow escape last
week from getting hurt. His horse
backed himself and buggy off the
bridge, at Noses creek, into the va
ter, a distance of some fifteen feet.
The Doctor, however, leaped out of
the buggy before it's precipitation'
Strange to say, on getting the
horse and buggy out Of the water,
neither were hurt or damaged, and
the Doctor drove on to Marietta in
quick tins.
GEN. Longstreet has bought
property in Gainesville and becomes
a citizen of Georgia. There is no
man that was truer to the Coufed
crate cause than General Lougstreet,
but after the war, he allowed the
the lustre Of his honOrably won fame
to be dlmmed with The blackness Of
Radicalism and by oppression of his
own people, which grieved every
Southern heart If his cutting loose
from The Kellogg usurpers, means ?
desire to atone for his political
recreanoy, We hope he will be en-
couraged.
IL. I.