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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20
Worth Twice the Sum.

We are just in receipt ofthe Chicago Ledger,
the leading Family Paper ofthe West, which
is now entering upon its seventh volume. The
Ledger is large forty-eight column weekly
paper. printed upon bold plain type, which
can he read with ease, by either the old or young
aud is filled with choice stories and matter OF
particular interest to every household This ex-
celent journal is supplied to subscribers, pos
tage paid, for the extremely low price OF one
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the publishers oc this paper have just made a
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Three sample copies of the Ledger will be sent
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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20
A Handsome Income For An
ENERGETIC LADY OR GENTLEMAN.

The Ohio Scale Works OF Cincinnati have
lust completed and are now introducing to the
public Hands auely finished Family Scale, an
article that has always been needed in every
hou sehUld, and in communication addressed
to the publishers of this paper the proprietOrs
ask US to refer them TO some reliable party, to
introduce it for them TO the people of this Coun
ty. Ii is very seldom that new article steps
so suddenly into universal favor. Houee-keep
ers are loud in its praise. 1t is always ready,
there are no weights to get lost or to be hunted
IN. is reliable, and will not get out OF order.
The description of them 10 a handsome base
surmountrd by u column in which works sp-
raj so scientifically adjusted as to weigh any
thing up to twelve pounds with perfect accura-
cv on the top If the column is the platform on
which the articles to be weighed are placed,
and they have an adjustable indicator so that
y0u can take the tare of any vessel you may use
in w~ighing. giving you the exact net weight.
House keepers at once see their value IN weigh
ing frui,s, sugars and other independents used
in preserving, cooking etc or i'll testing the
weights of purchases from others
The Scales are made Of all Brass. are highly
peshed and are finished i'll skillfu manner
They are very attractive and take the eye OF
every one who sses them
II seems TO US that nearly every family in this
county will want one, and 10 certainly rare
onnortunity for soms smart and energetic party
10 nick M quite a nice little income during the
next few months. The company has agents IN
other counties who are easily making from
SIS 90 TO So 90 per day selling them, ana we
world recommend parties in need ot employ
ment 20 drop the OHIO SCALE WORKS. No.
l25 and III Central Avenue. Cincinnati, ~
q Postal Card, and all iafortuaiiOn etc. viii b"
cheeIfuly given them by mentioning our paper
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER

Congress will make great mis-
take if it should adjourn without
providing for the restoration of the
levee of the Mississippi river and
the reclamation of its alluvial lanos.
These levees we're cut and broken
by the Union army during the war,
and the government ought to rebuild
them. This is due not only to the
Southern people, but to the great
Northwest, whose immense territory
is drained by the father of waters
and his numberless tributaries. The
States bordering on the Mississippi
are not able to do this work them>
selves, owing to their pecuniary en-
barassments, but the Fed raj gov
eminent can do it, and not feel it.
And the Southern Congressman will
commit a serious mistake--One
which his constituents will not be
apt to overlook should he fail to
give bis earnest support to any bill
looking to this wise and needful
measure.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20
VOLUNTARY DUMBNEss FOR FIT
TY YHARgyf
Utica IN. g. Specialize III. cincinaati En-
/ guirer

Utica IN. ~ Specialize the Cincinnsti En-
quirrr.
Hayes Human, who lived two
miles east Of Utica, died to>dsy, aged
sixty six years. Although possess
ing the faculty of speech, he had not
uttered two consecutive words for
fifty years. When sixteen years
old, hearing his father swear at a
member of the family, he made a
vow that he would never speak again.
This vow was kept for seven years.
He then met with an accident, which
bruised the fingers of his left hand,
the pain drawing from him the ex-
clamation, .'Oh I" On but one other
occasion was he heard to speak.
This time the word "See" was called
forth by snake that crswled over a
sleeping child A column might be
filled by the recital of Hinman's &c
centricities. Some of his devices to
avoid conversation we're crafty in the
extreme. He wss close student,
and has left volaminous diary do
ring his fifty years Of silence. He
leaves fortune of $34 900 to a
nephew, with the admoni,ion, keep
your mouth shut" Notwithstanding
his silence, he was a great favorite
in the neighborhood in which be
lived.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20

FIVE important constitutional
amendments have just passed the
Indiana Legislature for the second
time and now go to the people for
approval. Two of the number pre-
vent the colonization of voters from
neighboring States, by registry law
recurring residence in the town for
sixty days and in the ward OF pre-
cinct for half as long, and by chang
ing the time of the State elections
from October to November when
other States are voting. The others
cut off the fees of county officers and
give the salaries according to popu
latior limit county and municipal
indebted less to two per cent. of the
valuation, and conform the State
laws to the Federal Constitution in
relation to negro suffrage. MIR.
Hendricks took a leading part 10
inducing the Legislature to adopt
the amendments. being aided by
about a dozen Democrats, aud the
Democratic Speaker, Mr.. Cauthorn.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20
PICKEN'S SHERIFF SALES.

Will be sold before the Court House door in
Jasper, PickrnS county, on the frat Tuesday
in March next, within legal sale hours, lot land
No. l03 in the 9th District and End Section Of
said county. levied on by virtue Of tifa issued
from llS2nd District G. IT.. in favor Of s. G.
Tate We. A. Is. Cowart principal, and Robert
Mealrr security, sold as the property of A b.
COwart. levy made and returned 10 me by H.
P. Long L. G.
Also at the same time and place, lot of land
No. l3S in the 18th district and 2nd SpctioD Of
sad county. levied on by virtue Of fila issu.d
from Picken's Superior Count in favor Of Mar.
tina u. Banks. Admr'x and Joseph H. Banks.
Admr Of Richard Banks vs.. William Godfrey
and Thomas Godfrey, levied Oh a. the properly
of William Godfrey. January 9th 1879.
}. f. LINDSAY, Sheriff.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20

ONE of the most prominent facts
so far elected by the cipher investi'
cation is the grossly corruptible char
acter of the Republican canvassers
in Florida and South Carolina. The
board 10 the former State was in the
market for two hundred thousand
dollars, and its decision was 10 fact
offered to the Democrats for that
amount, but the other side COM
menced bidding and the auctioned
property is now held by the fraudu
lent President. The South Caroli>
ma board did not value it's work so
highly. From sixty thousand dollars
to eighty thousand dollars was it's
price, and its agent agreed to sell
the count to Weed and Pelton, but
President>elect Tilden "sat down up
on" and crushed the life out of the
proposed sale, and the property that
was on sale is now held by the fraud
uIent President. 1t seems wholly
superhuous to draw an inference
from these facts.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20

SENATOR Butler, who returned to
Washington from South Carolina
last week, says that he rode with
Governor Hampton for two hours on
the Saturday before. The Cover.
nor is rather lowspirited, but his
physical condition continues favora>
BILE. 1t is probable that another am
pu,ation of the leg bope will be nec~
essary, as the flesh has receded and
the wound cannot heal over in its
present condition. Governor Hsmp-
ton says that be suffers more from
the old bullet wound in his hip than
from the amputation.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20
New advertisements.
sgANKRUPT SALE.

UNDER and By virtue Of an order from the
United STATES District Court for she Northern
District of Georgia, viii b. sold Oh the prsmi-
sss To the hi2hts; Bidder on Saturday the 18th
day Of March next, free from membranes, the
city lot in Marietta where A Howell now re-
sisl..s. containing two acres more or less, in
Guiding dwelling house. ont house, stabIrs, &c.
said propety bounded on the east by Cassvilis
stresf, ON the north west and south by proper
ty recently set apart to said Howell as Home
stead. Terms OF sale. one half cash, the hal
ancs IN six mouths from day 81 sale, with per
cent interest. Also, on the same day, will BE-
sold ia front Of the property, for cash, a small
strip Of land situated on the north side OF the
public square in Marietta, between The stor.
now occupied by Blackwell & Barrett and the
store occupied by Mrs. Il, f. Anderson, ssid
land new covered by the stai way bel sen said
two stores Az ofsaid prepsr;y cold as the
property Of A. Howell, Bankrupt Feb. 18th,
1919.
A.A. FLETCHER, Assignee.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20

MEXICAN BRIGANDS.- sum OF
one hundred aud forty thousand dol
lars, consisting Of remittanceS to Eu-
rope from merchants 10 Mexico, has
been captured by fifteen brigands'on
the railroad between Pueblo and Ve>
ra Cruz. About a dozen brigands
took third class tickets, seated them
selves in a carriage next to the bag
gage car, and about half an hour af-
ter starting, severed all the cars be-
hind them Leaving these on the
track, they forced the engineer to
continue at full speed up to a point
where twenty-five armed men, on
horseback, ordered a halt, whereup-
on the whole party carried off the
money on mules, killing the conduc-
tor and seriously wounding an in-
spector Of the line.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20

THOMAS Settle, Of North Carolins,
was a rank Secessionist and Confed'
crate soldier. After the war ended,
he became Republican, with live
ly se6.e of coming favors from that
party. He is now Judge of the Uni
ted States District Court of Florida.
As such, he has the power of excIud'
ing from the juries of his court all
ex Confederates, whatever their
moral worth, culture and standing.
The test oath which Democratic
Congressman are now seeking to
abolish, is the instrument of this ex~
clusion. And yet Judge Settle could
not take the oath himself if called in
as a Juror. This is an example OF
the workings of TIE Republican judi"
ciaI machinery. Is not there room
for such an amendment as is pro-
posed
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20

NATcHEz is threatened with the
same fate as Vicksburg, that of being
deserted by the rivers, and left high
and dry, an interior town, cut off
from its only outlet with the outside
world, the Mississippi The recent
rise of the river has thrown the tow
head near the Louisiana shore, and
there is now such current running
on the Louisiana side as to threaten
to cut away the bar there and throw
it uoon the Mississippi side directly
10 front of Natchez.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20
A NoprurRN man travelling

A NORTHERN man travelling on
the B. Il A. X. X. some time since,
discovered turpentine farm come
distance from the road and asked a
passenger what it was. The oblig"
ing passenger told him that it was a
Federal grave yard, and pointed out
to his astonished listener thousands
of what at that distance appeared
to be marble tombstones. The n
IN. sighed deeply, and remarked that
war was a terrible calamity, Der
rien County NesCS.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20

AND so it seems that Rhode Island,
as we'll as Massachusetts, 10 in reals
ty Democratic State, but is forced
into giving Republican majority at
the polls through the intimidation
of Democratic workingmen by Re.
publican employers. All the time
the Republican. organs have been
shrieking about intimidation" al
the South, the party managers in
Northern States have been zealously
and persistently addressing Demo
cratic workingmen somewhat as fol
loMs: "Vote the Republican ticket
or starve ~
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20

Mrs. Belva A. Lock wood, whose
admission to the bar of the Supreme
Court was authorized by the bill
which passed the Senate Friday, on
Saturday had placed on the desk OF
each Senator who voted for the bill
small bouquet of flowers, and on
the desks of Messrs. Mcdonald, Sar-
mt and Hoar, who advocated its
passage, large baskets of flowers
we're placed.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20

SENATOR RoLLINs, of New Hamp-
shire, has purchased Fort George
Island, in Florida The leland is
five miles long, with an average
breadth of one mile, and contains
almost 5000 acres, with foe beach
along the Atlantic side, extending
four miles. Is the New Hampshire
Senator going to build manufac-
turing city on the cooperative plan
in opposition to the one NJ. PETER
PAPIN is to found on the beautiful is
land Of Port Roy
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20

Thomasville Times 1t is calcula
ted that Georgia has paid this year
not less than three millions of dollars
for mules. Of this amount Thomas
county no doubt furnished her full
pro rata. Will the people of this
section never learn the important les
son of becoming Independent of the
Wes,' They have virtually become
so in so far as provisions are con
cerned now let them raise their own
stock
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20

THE Baltimore Gazette is a good
paper, but is trifie unreasonable.
1t complains that the expenses of the
House committee which went to ln~
dianapolis TO witness the interment
of Senator Morton amounted to near
ly a thousand dollars, four hundred
dollars Of which were paid to Geo.
w. Driver for liquors. Congress-
men must live, aud Col. Driver keeps
as good whisky as can be found on
the Archaeological Chronicle.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20

A gentleman, having occasion to
praise q kind>hearted lrishwomsn
for her good deeds, said to her !:
"Well, well, Kate, if there is heav-
en- in the next world you will get to
it, As quick as lightning came the
reply, with all the heartiness of the
race "God bless ye, Mr.. P,
an sure if do, I'll lave the gate
open for you"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20

A PROPOSITION is being mooted in
Florida to dispense entirely with the
municipal governments of the State,
by turning over offenders to the JUS
tees Courts, making Sheriff Mar
shaI, etc., ETC., and in this way re~
ducing the heavy taxes under which
the people are staggering. This
is better than the Mobile and Mem
phis plan of taking an alas.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20

THE Chronicle & Constitutionlist
of Saturday last, says the guano war
is settled. by the manufacturers re,
ceding from their position, and CONS
promising on the following basis
They now agree to take 500 pounds
middling cotton for ton of standard
ammoniaied guano, delivered at the
planters depot, and 400 pounds of
middling cotton for a ton of acid
phosphate, delivered at the planters
depot.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20

THE Republicans on the Potter
Committee had decided objections"
to allow Mr.. Manton Marble to ex-
hibit letters showing that the mem.
bers of the Florida Returning Board
in 1876 were for sale to the highest
bidder.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20
New Advertisene : to.
NOTICE OF ExECuTRIX.

Notice is hereby givrrf 70 all whom is may
conc m, both fiei' and creditors, ihst ON the
be mad, TO The honorable court Of urdiuary Of
Cobb County, for leave 10 sell al Of the proper
ty. both real and personal, belonging 10 the es-
tate Of David J Dobbs, decd All persons
having claims against said rsrsie will please
give notice tIierpo Al once as the law directs.
This January 2nd 1879.
MATTE j. DOBBS, Ex-cutrix
Of ID. j. Dobbs Decd.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20

Actual occurrence in a Chicago
street car; Stylish lady. holding a
lap dog. is about ready to leave the
car Dog manifests Impotence.
Lady says, in her sweetest tones
"Wait, darling, till mama puts on
her glove" Passengers roar with
laughter.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20

CONGRESSMAN Shelly, of Alabama,
set himself right on the floor of the
House last Friday, when be said 4:
Il have no sympathy generally with
these war claims. There are no
Confedsrates presenting such claims.
There are not in Alabama twenty
war claims, and we certainly will not
vote for any Alabama claim wherein
loyalty is set up
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20

Patrick Smith. colored, has been
convicted of the murder of Mr.. John
C. Lacy, in New Kent county, Vir-
ginis, and sentenced to be hung
March 10th. Another of the gang
was tried Saturday, and the remain
ing two will be on trial this week.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20

ATLANTA has formally waived her
right to have the State Fair this
year. The people are more interest
ed in local fair association, which
they expected to make great sue
cess this season.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20

AN illicit still has been unearthed
and destroyed in Spalding county
1t was located in cellar of resi-
dence, and the smoke from the same
was conducted to the kitchen chim-
ney overhead, which was provided
with false back for its passage.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20

AT Springfield, ILL.,, Tuesday night,
DR.. Frank Ryan, young dentist,
shot his wife, from whom he bad been
separated fof sometime, and then
shot himself. She may recover, but
he will probably die. The tragedy
causes a great sensation 10 Spring
fields highest social circles.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20

"What! Twenty five cents a
pound for sausages why, l can
get 'em down at Schmidt's for TWEEN
ty cents Well, den, Wy didn't
yer y 'Cause Schmidt was out of
'em.' 'Vell, NV was GU. of 'em, |
sell 'em for twenty cents too
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20

MRs. Harrison Smith, of Rockdale
county, gave her little infant by
mistake some medicine in a cup in
which there was some laudanum
which she had prepared for herself,
and the child died in twenty four
hours after. Parents cannot be too
careful in avoiding such fatal mis-
takes as this.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20
THE BROOKLYN health office

THE Brooklyn health officers
charge that number of cows suffer
ing from pleuro-pneunonia have
been taken from their stalls and
slaughtered. Their carcasses will
be held for examination by veterina-
ny surgeons.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20

Excelsior (BulIoch) county NetcS !:
"A barefooted darkey, while hoeing
cotton one day saw his toe under e
clod, and thinking it mole's head
hit it and hurt himself. After work :
ing with it a while he got tired sat
his foot on a stump and said: "Well
les pain away now, | don't care II
ding; you hurts yerself wusin yer
dus me"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20

A late St. Louis dispatch says that
a number of southern merchants are
making no preparations for spring
trade, fearing another visitation Of
yellow fever, several deaths from
which are reported to have occurred
at New Orleans and Vicksburg with
in the past few days.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20
GIVE THE NAME.

Mr.. A. w. Reese, 10 bis editorial
CORES pondence with Macon Jele-
graph and Messenger, charges that
during the recent canvass, 10 the
Seventh District, letter was written
to Senator Ferry rep }, of Mich
gan, "imploring, in the most plteous
ly pathetic terms, material aid from
the Radical Congressional Campaign
Committee for DR.. FELTON,, in bis
canvass against the Democratic nOm-
iuse and party" Mr.. Reese says
tina: Senator Ferry sent the letter to
Hon. J. A. Hubbell, Republican
member of the House from the Same
State, and also a member OF the
above named campaign committee.
Il was afterwards turned over to
Mr.. Gorham, Secretary of the COM
mittee, and also Secretary of the
Senate. GAN the persons named
agree as to the nature aud text OF
the letter, and of how eloquentIy the
writer plead for Radical money to
enable the so>called Independent
leader to carry the election" Mr..
Reese does not give the name OF the
author Of the letter, but his language
conveys the impression that Mrs.
FELTON, was the writer. In a matter
of this kind there should not be hints
or limitations. Mr.. Reese says he
does not publish it, but knows the
name ell. He should give it, by
all means.-AugaSta Chronicle and
Sentinel.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20

THE Republican House of RePre-
sentatives of Wisconsin has passed
an anti>tramp bill which establishes
the whipping post. 1t is Notifying
to know that Republicans favor this
relic of barbarism."
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20

A gentleman in Dayton, Ohio,
who ten years ago became guardian
of hi, granddaughter, and took
charge of the estate oftwenty thous>
and dollars left her by her father,
has Just surrounded it, increased to
forty thousand dollars, upon her at
tanning her majority.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20

eTTHE MARIETTA JOURNAL has a 1Ta-
er Circulation IN tie counties Of Cobb, GAer-
okee, Pudding, Douglas, Pickens, and Ait-
ton than any paper IN NORTH Georgm.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20
GEORGIA-Pa uIdirg County.

J. + Cane having applied to be- appointed
guardian Of 'ths property of Dennis i. Wills.
John w. Wills, Martha Wills Henry w
Wills and Samuel l. Wills minor heirs of John
w Wills, deceased this liz to cite ali persons
concerned to be and appear at tie term Of the
Court of Ordinary to be held next after the .x
piratlOn OF thirty DAYS from the frst putlica-
ton Of this notice and chow cause if any thew
eau why said j f Cane should not be iuirust.d
with the guardianship of the properly of said
minors. Witness my hand and official sigma.
lure. This January 5th 1879
I. e. DUNCAN. Ord'y.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20

THERE is not cent in the Virgin
ia Treasury, and the credit of the
State is hardly good enough to ena-
able it to negotiate loan.