The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-09-08
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cotton last week and one this week.
Mus. Pickens Tate, of Cobb
county, hrs bed quilt with 1868
pieces in it.
-TnE daughter of 6ir. Manly
was killed by lightuing near Dallas
last Friday.
-LAsr Tuesday was big day in
Marietta, and we got "A new sub
scribers to the JOURNAL.
The yellow fever has caused
quite a number of Savannah people
to flee to this city.
We call attention to the card Of
F. B. Phinizy, cotton factor, OF Au-
gusta, Ga. He will make liberal
advances on consignments.
w. P. McClatchy, assignee, Of
fers the dry goods, etc, of IL. ID.
McCutcheon, bankrupt, for sale in
this issue.
Tile three negroes killed by
the boiler explosion were buried last
Wednesday evening. An immense
crowd of colored people attended the
funeral.
We have for sale a Hoe Hand
Press, platen 23x28, bed 269x3l,
which we will sell cheap for cash.
1t is in good order
THIS JOURNAL will be sent from
now until the LIST of January, 1877,
for Fifty Cents to all new subScrb-
ers. Now is your time.
lion. Phil Cook has been re-
nominated to Congress from the Sd
district; Hon. j. IL. Blount from
the 9th district, and Hon. A. H.
Stephens from the Sth district.
THERE are men who can tell
you every word in the JOURNAL
each week, but are not Subscribers.
They are the close>fsted, penurious
sort who borrow.
ON last Friday noon a severe
rain storm prevailed in this section,
accompanied with lightning and
thunder. Some trees were blown
down.
THE Grand Lodge of the
Knights of Jericho has been in ses>
sion in Marietta this week. They
held public meeting in the Court
House last Wednesday night.
IN the article on the Sunday
School celebration appeared several
errors. The word ''commGnication"
in Miss Strickland's essay should
have been pronunciation In Mr..
CLAWS, the word "dscussed' should
have been "discoursed." --
THERE were but 81 square toed,
fiat>Hooted Democrats in Floyd
county who voted for Felton in the
primary last Saturday. Dabney
1.1G4; FELTON, %. That's the way
it runs in Floyd county Rome
Courier, ah.
I'll. NJ. HAMMETT, Esq, an
uounces himself in this issue as a
candidate for reelection to the Of
fee of Ordinary. lie is we'll and
favorably known to our people as
having made a capable and efficient
officer.
-THE secular press have stated
that the Methodist Church, North
end South, have united. This is
mistake. The recent conference on
" effected amicable fraternal rela>
lions. No union has been formed,
or doubtless will be formed.
THOSE of. our citizens who left
for the Centennial this week were
NJ. J. F. Lindley, Miss kirkpatrick,
Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson, Miss
Winters, VIM. Phillips, Jr., ChaS.
Pratt, s. C. Benedict, Mrs. c. NJ.
King. and Miss Eva King.
-LAsT Wednesday morning Mr..
Geo. Roberts horse, in this place,
became unruIy and backed himself
and buggy against a passing train,
the horse was knocked down and
buggy shafts broken. No other
damage.
-REg. n. N. EDGE, of Griffin,
declines a political office in the fol-
lowing language; 81 have long since
determined rever to entangle myself
with political affairs so far as Office
holding is concerned; fully beIiey-
ing its tendency to be antagonistic
t,my duties as a Minister of the
Gospel" Respectfully referred to
Pau Mr Eeltnn the Aisnrcanizer.