The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-29
LOCAL LEAFLETS.
FISHING parties are numerous.

Gainesville tor the next two months.
TUE Methodist Sunday School has been
chsuged from evening to morning. w. p.
McClatchy is the efficient superintendent.
The mineral springs on the premises Of
DR.. Slrons's is visited frequently by young and
old.
AS one tried to sleep Sunday afternoon, he
came to the conclusion that the flies were all at
Monochrome absent.
The first new wheat brought to town was
by L. C. Mcclellan of this place. II was
ground at the Kennesaw Mills.
MIR. w. II. Tucker is stocking Kennesaw
mountain with goats. A drove passed through
town last Tuesday destined for his place
Quarterly meeting begins at Methodist
Church next Saturday. Rev. S. p. Richard,
sou will preach Sunday morning.
Our Joe is off on trip to Cherokee coun-
ty and will solicit subscribers for the Journal
and take pay in wheat.
WE will do your job printing cheaper and
better than it can be done elsewhere. Try and
be convinced.
TIE Living Age, published at Atlanta and
Acworh, is now a Dead Age, for want of pat
ronage.
Our Joe in taking the census of the town,
recorded six pair Of twins -one white and five
colored
CAN be had, Iostetter's Bitters, Planta-
ton Bitters, London Porter at the store of
j.. C. 4 w. C. MCCLELLAN.
DAUGHTERS of Rebecca Lodge l. O. O. F.
are requested to meet at Odd Fellows Hall to-
night, (Friday) at s o'clock.
The total official vote of the State is as
follows; For convention, 1899; no conven-
ton, 81, los. Majority for convention, 8, 234.
The Atlanta Constitution has commenced
the publication of biographical sketches ofdele.
gates elected to the constitutional convention.
They are exceedingly interesting.
THE brick kitchen to the Jail is about com
peted j. w. Henderson was the contractor
for the woodwork. and II. b Wallis brick
work.
THE East Tennessee. Va. & Ga. Railroad
have an advertisement in ills issue setting
forth the schedule Of their fast lire to New
york.
ANTHONY GoBLE was hung at Elliay,
Gilmer county, last Friday for the murder Of
man named Brown. The Sheriff resigned and
the Coroner had to perform the execution.
W. c. Mansfield, who has been spending
some time in our city, returned to Cleveland,
Tenn, last Wednesday, where he has large
Touring mill.
-Messrs. Green and Hardage were in town
Wednesday and Thursday with their travelling
thresher. They threshed out wheat tor A.
Howell and F. N. Graves.
Miss Anna Carter, edition Of the DeKalb
County News, is carrying on very sweet cor
respondence with Joe A. Logan. Joe is con-
siderably anna mated, although not yet mated.
lie will Cart 'er home before great while.
Mn A. Howell is having another, story
built to his mill and proposes 10 run flour mill
with the capacity Of turning out one hundred
barrels Of flour per day. Mr. L Black is the
contractor for the woodwor
TIE Presbyterian Sunday School held
their picnic at Clovers Grove last Friday and
had very nice time. Judge Van Wyck, the
efficient superintendent, gave the scholars
free tide to the grove and return.
THERE will be Sunday School conven
tion composed of the churches ard Sunday
Schools in the MONDAY and Middle Cherokee
Association, at Marietta, commencing on FIJI.
day before the fifth Sunday in July next. See
announcement on first page.
IN melee, last Monday, two miles above
town, Hamp Blaukensbip was stabbed with
knife and struck on the head with a pi"ce OF
buggy shaft, making severe and dangerous
wounds. Ike Young and George Shugart were
arrested as the parties implicated. 40
The farmers of the marietta settlement"
have cut their wheat and all ARE busy thresh
ing out. They say it is the largest crop since
1864, when Sherman came along with his bum
mers and destroyed it. They have as fine
prospect for corn and cotton as can be shown in
Cobb county.
L. G. & w. C. Mcclellan keep all kinds of
bitters, wines and WHISTLES, for medical or do
nestle use, pure and of the finest quality. You
don't have 10 send off to get what you want,
you can get it from them. Read what they
have to say about it in another column.
"A SWEET little humming bird flew into our
office Wednesday and in his efforts to get out,
he imprisoned himself between two window
glasses, consequently we had the pleasure of
scrutinizing him very closely before giving him
his freedom again. God could have made
prettier bird than the tiny hummipg bird,
but He didn't do it.
Nix. H. d. McCutcheon, of this place, has
discovered good way to destroy the peslifer-
GUS fly. He takes an empty sugar barrel and
leaves the top open--fies by the thousand
congregate in the barrel, then he takes an old
coffee sack and cautiously throws it over the
top of the barrel and then pours boiling water
on the seive-lixe sack, and thus by steamine
process he destroys the flies. He has slain his
thousands this way. Try it.
-"BUMB bnmb! bumb y went the bass
drum in the city. park Monday evening; and
off went Wslraven's horse, with dray attach
ed, dashing frantically towards the square from
Mr. Blacks shop, running against an awning
post fronting II. C. Whites store. detaching
himself from the demoralized wagon and run
ming up Atlanta street short distance and
stopped. Bnt little damage done.
Ar the recent commencement exercises OF
the Lagrange Female College, the Reporter
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