The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-06-26
The Illumination of the

( The Illumination OF the Park Friday night
/ WAS superior in beauty aud splendor 70 any
/ former illumination OF that attractive place -
Lieut.. Darlington King. with his associates of
| the Marietta RiflemeG worked assiduously and
energriicaly and success WAS the result. II
+ was migni6cently grand, with its hundreds Of
flashing candles, variegated chinese lanterns
and irsnspar-ncies. On all sides We heard
nothing bu, eSclamations OF sppr~cia,iye al
mirslion The Silver Comei Band, from the
+ brilliantly illuminated muse stand, sent forth
! the sweetest strains OF music, soul inspiring 70
! The happy rhroug that pIon,rnaded the ave-
nups. The ice cream and lemonade stands
melted son.s $50. The boys finished up the
evening with grand hop, and all went home
! faiigned with pleasure.
Tins Marietta High School, conducted by
| Prof V +. Mang~t and his talented wife, had
! It's closing exercises ON Thursday. Friday and
| Saturday nights Owing 10 sickness Of both
-,iitors, We were not preseu, ouly On the fret
Hieht. consequently we srs much to our regret.
deprived of thu necessary material to speak OF
| Ties. exercises in detail The school is a very
large uns, composed Of bays aud girls, and
they have improved their time 10 degree Of
proficiency that reflects credit upoa both pupils
and teachers The exercises were very inter.
.sting, interpreted with essays determinations.
! diagagues snd tableaux scenes The songs
| and mnsie were fine and pleased all. The
Court House was literally crowded and Jam
ned, showing wha, high appreciation this
! school and its teachers arr hid by our citizens
SHERIfr Stephens. on last Thursday
night at a eOlored enter, anlnent arrested Dick
Stnbhs the negro who stole mule from Mr.
Drsw,y McGinuis of Calhoun. he also arrested
Ebert Robinson a suspicious companion.
Stubs made desperate effort to get away, but
the muscular strength Of MI Stephens was
too p,eat pressure for Stubhs aud he sue
| cumbed Sheriff Stephens csnied the couple
| to Atlanta last Friday aud turned them over to
the authorities, where they were wanted for
burglary. The stolen mule has been recovered
aud returned to its owner. Thieves had better
keep shy of Marietta, if they don't want to be
picked up Ivy our vigant Sheriff
A YOUNG gent engaged to accompany q
young lady to the Illumination Friday nigh,
and feeling unwell hr lay down to take nap
before supper (he don't tax. ~. telling the col
ored boy 10 arouse him at s O'Clock certain
The servant forgot it and when he walked, il
was | o'clock. His wrath was bounded ON the
east by rampageous rage, on the west by TEN
peat uous ferOci,y, on the north 10y Illuminating
imprecations aud on the south by bloodthirsiy
revenge. lie speui the balance Of the night ia
writing hn apology aud in framing funeral
tribute to the memory Of the doomed servant
aud " hen day came he FASTENED out and pro-
cured the necessary instruments of torture, and
returning he called the servant to his room,
locked the door and prayed for il, strapped il
down aud commenced work. He bored its
head with bung-borer ON top and lished the
liver out with a pair OF pothooks drew its
stomach out through It's lefi ear with cork
screw grabbed ia the ceFrebrllum for the
base end Of it's nervous system and fastened it
On to a rod aud reelrd it's nerves out
turned its head wr"u9 side out through lis
mouth and rammed it down the ,horax sliced
an aperture under the arms and drew out It's
ears for wings, raised The window anil pitched
it Out and sent the mangled corpus Topping off
to glory. The young lady waited in the parlsr
until IL and finally gave out the idea Of attend
ing the festivities, owing to heterogeneous
caneatenaliou Of unfortuitous circumstances.