The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-13

IF you Wlsn 10 teacn OOy pa
thence, let him go fishing.
A Madison paper thinks that an
article of guano is worthless which
the agent is afraid to advertise.
MEN grow weaker by every con
sent to wrong, stronger by every re-
sistance of wrong.
Indians never kiss each other, and
having seen few Indians we can't
blame them.
Arthur E. Murphy committed sui
eide by shooting himself through the
head, in Knoxville, Friday morning.
ATLANTA exempts sixty men of
each military company from active
street duty.
Judge w. B. Fleming has been
nominated by the Democratic Con
gressional Convention of the First to
fill the uuexpired term of Hon. Ju-
liam Hat idge.
The first thing that some women
will do when they get to heaven will
be to look and see if their wings are
cut bias, while the wings of other an
gels are gored.
A young man named Garrett, who
was visiting young lady Butler last
Saturday night, was called out and
fatally stabbed by young man
named Jack Shivbolster.
A mules head does not contain
brain capable of culture and refined
rearing, but it is wonderful to what
an extent the other end of him can
be reared.
THE new French President, M.
Grevy, has domestic troubles. For
years he has been separated from his
wife, and not long since his daughter
acquired unenviable notoriety with
Capoul, the famous tenor.
A DR.. Charles McAuiffe, at
Wrightsville, Green county, Illinois,
on Monday last, killed his uncle in
difficulty about family matters. He
was arrested, and on his way to Jail
was seized by mob aud lynched.
THE various Philadelphia soup so-
cieties feed about 10000 persons
daily, some 2, 255 gallons of soup and
1871 pounds of bread being required
for the purpose. No wonder the
city is overrun with tramps.
president Davis" the Richmond
(Va.,) State says, ''has been a man
of many sorrows, and has been sore
ly tried by adversely, but has borne
himself with heroic patience to the
end, and kept the faith"
BURGLARS are on the rampage in
Hampton, Henry county. Two
stores were broken open ole night
last week, and over $500, besides
various articles Of merchandise, were
stolen. So fsrthere has been no clue
to the robbers.
Texas ranks third among the wool
producing States, having 1874, 600
sheep, and so tresding closely on the
heels of Ohio Nueces county, Tex
as, has more sheep in its limits than
any county in the Union, they nuns
bering 10000.
Tho bone business of Western
Texas is an extensive industry.
Cattle die and buffalo are killed, and
their bones are gathered. A San
Antonian shipped 1888 tons at enc
time, receiving therefor one dollar
and seventy five cents per ton.
TIE most forcible temperance lec>
ture this week comes from Green
witch, Connecticut. A young man
named Denton went home intoxica-
ted, put his feet into the oven to
warm them, fell asleep and woke up
in few hours to find his feet literal>
ly roasted, 80 much so that one of
them will have to be amputated.
Two men named Henderson and
Lockhart had quarrel 10 Goliad,
Texas, when Lockhart caught Hem
derson's arm and fired six shots into
him, killing him instantly A broth~
er of Henderson Immediately closed
with Lock hart and fred six shots in>
to his body, also killing him instant
ly.
The reported order of the English
Government preventing the importa-
ton Of American cattle has had no
effect on the shipments from New
York. On Wednesday one hundred
and eighty one head of cattle went
out on the Canada for London, and
the Australia, which sails to day, has
already engagements for one hun
dred and seventy head of cattle.
Gov. Vance has pardoned the on>
ly Hebrew in the North Carolina
penitentiary. lie was under a ten
years sentence for manslaughter
The Governor endors ID upon the pa
per: II take pleasure in saying that
sign the pardon ia pardon 10 part
recognition of the good and law
abiding character of our Jewish Cit
izens, this being the frat serious
case ever brought TO my notice on
the part of any of that people. l