The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-01
LOCAL LEAFLETS.

day.
Strawberries almost gone, but then flies
aud mosquitoes will soon be here.
THE barber shop brick building has re-
ceved new coat of paint.
Seeing is not always believing. There are
many men you csn see and yet not believe.
New honey is coming into market at 123
cents per pound.
Ray. Mr.. Jones, pastor of the Presbyterian
church at Celartown, was in our city Tuesday.
"A crowd ofyoung people went on picnic
iaunt to Concord last Tuesday.
THE pupils of Prof Lanes school went on
picnic excursion to Powder Springs last Sat
urday.
WE learn that Mr.. j. p. Dobbs has secur-
ed All experienced and skillful miner to work
in his gold mine near this place.
THE war between Russia and Turkey is
still progressing. Gen. Whatyoucallhsname is
still attempting to cross the Danube
BABY CARRIAGES for sale at r Hirsch's
store. Call and examine and you will be pleas
ed in make and price.
THE Marietta Silver Cornet Band gave
their first open air concert in the park Monday
evening.
THE drying of fruit this year should be
au important item with our people. Mr. Wade
White will buy 100, 900 pounds of dried fruit.
Mi ED. GLOVER had bis hand painfully
mashed in Wilder & Glover's Shoe Factory
last Wednesday, but not dangerously.
Our young friend, James Howell, haa four
acres of wheat that 10 said to be very fine, will
probably make twenty bushels to the acre.
MIR. BAYLIss CARNEs, we learn, fell from
a scaffold at Kennesaw Mills, Wednesday morn
ing, and received severe injury.
THE religious services at the Methodist
Church during the week have been well at
tended.
WE learn that colored man of Cherokee
county by the name of McMulen is worth at
least ten thousand dollars that he has made
farming since the war.
THE weather has been decidedly cool for
the past week. Up North they have had
heavy fall of snow, which doubtless accounts
for the cool weather here.
Two iiinerant negroes, one OF them named
George Washington, were arrested and placed
in Jail at Dallas, the other day, for insulting
some white ladies.
Cotton seems to be Of sorry growth this
season, while corn is climbing right along
The best corn we have seen.so far is on the farm
of Mr.. Bradley on Dallas road.
We are now doing job work at great re-
duction. cheaper and in a superior style than
it can be done elsewhere. Examine our apeci
mems and get our prices.
Gov. Colquitt passed through our city last
Monday, in company with DIR. Little, Judge
Sessions and Judge Hammstt, to attend the
Railroad meeting at Canton Tuesday.
Ar meeting of the Phi Kappa Society. of
the State University, at Athens, H. D. Smith
of Cobb county, was elected Senior Msdalist,
and Richard VIM, of Marietta, elected Junior
Medalist of the Society.
"A Marietta lady went out in her yard a
few mornings ago and discovered a large snake
swallowing one Of her young chickens. After
a fruitless effort to kill it, his snakeship glded
under the house.
WITHOUT fishing for compliment by re-
turn mail, we must say that without doubt the
MARIETTA JOURNAL is the best country paper
in the State. Our scissors play havoc with it
every wsek.-HartaceN San.
"A WOMAN who went to Kansas a few years
ago writes back that she has done as we'll as
could be expected under the circumstances.
She has had three husbands two pair Of twins
and the ague.
THE Methodist Sunday School will have
picnic at the grove near Judge Sessions resi-
dence to-day. One lady proposes TO carry
along box of crackers and kit Of mackerel
for the benefit of Prof. Lane.
IT is almost impossible to view the rear
elevation of the stylish young mans shirt col
lar without thinking Of the business revival
that would take place il our merchants could
utilize this white expsnse for advertising pur-
poses.
AS botanist, eur friend, Mr.. L. s. North |
cult, is quite proficient and hard to turn down. |
What few plants and herbs he don't know the
names of. Mr. Allen Winn can come in as
prompter, while as chemist and mneralo |
gst we will put Maj. w. T. Winn down against
any of them. We discovered these traits dur |
a couple hours ramble with these gentleman.
"A LARGE congregation was in attendance |
at the Methodist Church last Sunday morning, |
there being no services at the Baptist and Pres |
byterian churches. Rev. w. f. Glenn preach |
ed sermon that morning for ability, forcible- |
ness and sensible truths could not have been |
improved upon. 1t was highly complimented |
by all who heard it.
&C. g. FIFE, ESQ.,, writing from Lake City,
Fla, under date of May "a, 1877, to a gentle
man of this place, says: II am running farm
l.ere, planted cotton and it came up and died.
have 80 or 40 acres in corn, half of which is
pretty good from knee to head high, looking
well The spring has been quite cool and
pleasant for planters. Tropical fruits are rails