The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-05-11
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= You can get Mansfelds Pearl Hom'nl
and Pearl Grits at A. Is. Gilberts store.
Nix. ID. S. Blackwell has shown us SOM
wheat infested with the fly. xbs q
-DIED-Psarl the infant daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs Johu G. Brumby, on the 4th inst. w
tender cur sympathes to the bereaved parents
-W.P. ASDERsoN has commenced prepare
,ion for the erection of commodions ware
house, on his vacant lot near the railroad
AWAKE while touch my guitar" Fo
sale, new aud excellent guitar. Apply at thi
Office. f
THIS is good time to plant dogs and cats
They should be prepared with boot jack, ant
then planted under some plum tree Plant al
you can and plant deep. This branch Of agri
cuturei too much neglected
--FIRE.-We learn that the dwelling ant
kitchen of the West place, situated severa
miles east of Marietta, belonging to Mr.. Gu
Nayes, was destroyed by fire Thursday of las
week. Accidental.
AN exchange says: at is not in COOS
taste for young men to stay after ten oclocl
when visiting young ladies'" We never OBJ
served any difference in the taste after tel
o'clock. -...~a .-az'~-..---s
On last Saturday, Joe Lester, son ofJudg
Lester, was driving horse, hitched TO /. Wagon
when the horse become frightened and rupawa!
going around the North side OF the square turn
ing the corner at Mrs. Schoenthall's store, run
ming against an upright post, smashing thu
wagon to pieces. The shafts We're detachet
and the horse sped On but Joe, like little here
held on to the reins all the time, and finally
ed unhurt. e<''
GEN Phillips has returned from New
York, where he made arrangements to get irol
for our railroad at the proper time. He als'
met President Hayes during his sojourn il
Washington. Mir. Hayes informed him tha
the Southern people should be rid of carpet
baggyrs and given home rule. In his converse
| ton with the Cabinet officers, this policy wa
| the leading idea, and seemed to be the cours'
agreed upon and marked out.
-FRoM what we can learn the fruit crol
promises to be an abundant one. In view 0
this fact we trust our people will engage large
ly in drying fruit of all kinds, blackberriea ap
pies, peaches, etc, which will prove a grea
source of revenue. Last year one merchant o
Marietta paid cut $240O for dried fruit and hs
proposes to deal in it again this year. By July
this trade will open and We hope extensiv.
preparations will be made 10 dry it and buy it
Marietta settlement, i've miles from town
is as lively place among the young folks as
there is in Cobb county. The boys and girls
meet at each others house and play croqust and
when they take notion they picnic on the
Kennesaw, go afishing, etc. During the month
they have preaching on the fourth Sunday al
Monday by Rev. l. R. Branham and on the
first Sunday at Ebenezer by Rev. j. Sanges
and the I'd Sunday by the circuit rider. They
have as good singing at these churches as yor
you will find anywhere On Sunday after
noon the young people meet and practice sing
ing for the next Sunday. Bob and Ed go GU
frequently. Jos is only wishing he was TWEEN
ty years younger he could go some more.
-LARCENY-IsaacW Wesley. colored, wen
in to R. H. Marchmans store Saturday night
and then suddenly disappeared. Now ther'
is nothing strange in such action, if new pail
of shoes had net disappeared about the sam'
time. Sheriff Stephens and Mr.. Hames con
cluded they would saunter over to Isaac Yves
ley's house in Liberia and see if Isaac was il
good health. Accordingly on their arriva
these gentlemen stationed themselves one at eacl
door and knocked for admission. There wal
considerable noise in the interior and after :
short time the door was opened and there wai
Isaac just as placid and polite as one coult
wish TO see him. There was no new shoes viz
ible, not even a pair Of shoe strings. Isaac IL
sharp negro and in this instance he though
shoe his 'sin would not find him out" but h
had been watched too closely. He was told t'
reach up the chimney and get the shoes
Isaac promptly obeyed and consequently thu
shoes were returned to Mr.. Marc Imam ant
Isaac to the Jail house.