The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-05-04
LOCAL LEAFLETS.

wheat in this county
A crowd of picnickers go to Roswell TO-
day.
You can get Mansfield $ Pearl Hominy
and Pearl Grits at A. b. Gilberts store.
WIN. G. Brownlow, died at his home in
Knoxville Tenn, on last Sunday.
THE Mum Party was held last Tuesday
night at Nichols Hall.
Our young friend, Richard Winn, stu
dent of State University, is home on visit.
THE Railroad refuses to grant halt fare
to picnckers, consequently there will be few
picncs from Atlanta.
WAKE while l touch my guitar" For
sale, new and excellent guitar. Apply at this
Office.
SOME of our farmers tell us that there was
frost last Tuesday morning. 1t is thought it
done no damage to fruit.
The Living Age, Whidby's paper, is to
be removed from Atlanta to Acworlh, and pub
lished by Mr.. Marschalk.
USE MANsFIELD's Pearl Grits and Pearl
Hominy 1t is much sweeter than western
kin-dried. Ask your grocer fol them.
SKATING Rink will be open tonight (Fri-
day. at McCutchson's Hall. Admission ten
cents. F{EEl {4l
| -FlRE-The dwelling aud kitchen of Mrs.
Nancy Barker, three miles from Marietta near
Kennesaw Mountain, were destroyed by fire, on
last Wednesday night. z
| j. P. Dobbs, an esteemed citizen, left for
Tyler, Texas, last Wednesday evening. on a
prospecting tour. He will return in thirty
days. Ef98tf4i
| JOE Tucker is now taking the census Of
the city The girls never get over nineteen,
consequently if women suffrage was made a
law none of them would ever get old enough to
vote.
| IT has been found that sweet oil will cure
the bite of rattlesnake, and there is no longer
any use for fishing excursionists to carry
around quart bottles containing the. other anti
dote.
| THE election for ratification of the amend
ment to the Constitution declaring Bullock 8
bogus bonds null and void, held last Tuesday,
called out only small vote, the people as a
general thing being too busy with farm work to
turn out The following is the vote of Mariet-
ia precinct: For Ratification, 1876.
Mr.. A. L. Rollins furnishes us with val
liable remedy for kidney worms in hogs" "
which he has tried with success and never
known to fail. He had hog broken down in
the lons and gave it two doses Of .calome atd
on the third day the hog was up, walking about
and is now perfectly well.
AN Engineer who resides in this city, was
dreaming the other night that he was OIL an ex-
ira schedule, to Chattanooga aud back. On his
return, he dreamed that on reaching Mariet-
ia, the engine jumped the track, and he had to
lump to save his life. Just at this moment
there was fearful noise in his bed room, and
our young engineer was laundering upon the
| floor under the baby carriage. HIS wife want
| ed to know "W hats the matterY" lie yelled
back "The engines off the track"
-ARREsTED.-Alfre Hinton, COL, who
shot at and dubbed with gun, Mr.. j. L.. Ran
dell, worthy citizen of Acworth, Oh the 18th
ult, was arrested last Wednesday by our etfic-
lent Sheriff, w. P. Stephens Hinton is notofi-
Gus for rascaliiy, aud since the brutal assault on
| Mr.. Randell, has avoided arrest, but on the
day named, Sheriff Stephens, by strategetic
| frank movement come up on him in the woods
and demanded a surrender. He started to run
but seeing pistol in threatening attitude, he
stopped and was handcufed before he could
get over his complete surprise and awful scare.
He is now in Jail.
-ALADY of Marietta who has beautiful
flower garden, also had an old hen that fire
quently got into it, destroying her plants. She
told her little boy to "Go out and knock her
head off," Of course she didn't mean it, aud
neither did the little boy think she did, but he
up with rock and contrary to his own expec
tations, he struck the old hen ON the head and
she keeled over. The little fellow with tears
in his eyes picked up the hen and went blub-
! bering into the house saying "You told me to
knock herr head off, but didn't go to do
it; boo, hoo hoo!' The good lady considera-
bly, vexed at the literal obedience in carrying
out her order, desistsd from usag the switch
and forgave the young Goah for staying her
best hen, as freely as did George Washington
father forgive him for cutting the cherry tree
with his little Ratchet