The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-08-18

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last Sunday, was largely attended.
-TRIcKUM campmeeting takes
place on the fourth Sunday in this
month.
-BRIDGE builders will find an
advertisement in this issue that will
be of interest to them.
H. ID. McCutcheon, merchant,
has closed his store aud made appli-
cation for bankruptcy.
Bishop Beckwith preached a
very able sermon at the Episcopal
Church lat Sunday morning.
ESQUIRE Price, of Ball Ground,
Cherokee county, gave US pleasant
call yesterday.
The Convention to nominate a
candidate for Congress from the 18th
District, meets 10 Dalton the 9TH of
September.
-"Ir looks like that fellow Til
den is going to be elected" said a
Cobb county Republican-and so
Tilden is, and "s0rc" is the Radical.
JONATHAN CRossEYE will stump
the State to beat Colguitt for Gov
eruor but COlquitt will be at the
cheating"
Mas. Francis Bentley, died in
Chattanooga last week, and Mr.. Jno.
Brown, her son in-law, had her
body buried near Big Shanty on the
10th inst.
The various districts elected
delegates to the county convention
last Wednesday. The first Tuesday
in September is the time for the
convention to assemble.
IL it were to rain mush and milk
you wo2ld find persons running
around and whining about "hard
times" because it didn't rain spoons
to eat it with. Amt that SO?
-PAULDING and Walker counties
have elected Dabney delegates to
the 9TH Congressional District Cons
vention, which assemblies in Dalton
September 9TH.
We had a pleasant call last
week from Mr.. Brewster, editor of
the Canton Georgian. He repre-
sents his paper to be in a tourists
ing condition, which we are glad to
hear.
Mn. J. B. CAMPBELL announces
himself for reelection for Clerk of
Superior Court. He is not only
worthy and competent, but has filled
the office with great satisfaction to
our people.
-WHEN Jonathan Norcross, the
Radical candidate for Governor, gets
through with this race, he will
think himself "cross" between a
cross-cut saw and a cross eyed
monkey.
-THE following gentlemen were
elected to represent Acworth dis
trict in the county nominating con-
vention: NJ. G. Awtrey, D. w.
Orr, George Kendrick, S. d. Cow
en- and John McLain.
-FLoYD county has sixteen can
didates who have "anuounced' in
the Rome Courier, eight Of these are
for the Legislature. What's the
matter with the patriotic people of
Cobb county Are we to have no
known candidates, or are they too
modest to present their claims?
Mas. F. M. MYERS will give
public readings and recitations at
the Court House next Thursday
night. She is fine reader and all
who go will be delighted. Prof.
Clark will furnish the music. We
trust large audience will be pres,
ent. See advertisement.
TIE young ladies' of Marietta
solicited contributions from our citi4
zens and rendered the same as a
complimentary appreciation to the
young men of the Silver Cornet
Band, to defray the expenses of
grand illumination of the city park,
Thursday night, in celebration of
their seventh anniversary.
A YOUNG climb of the law" Of
Marietta, put on his best harness last
Sunday and went to camp"meeting,
and was looked upon by some young
ladies as preacher. This mistake
was, doubtless, owing to the fact,
that he was seen 10 a tent cleaning
with his teeth no less than one dozen