The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-01-30

Born Houses OF the next Congress
will be Democratic for the first time
since 1868.
A committee of the Alabama Leg
islature has reported favorably on
the adoption of the MOffett bell
punch.
AUGUSTA Evening News: The
parties indicted by the grand jury
for buying and selling votes, have
given bond in the sum of $3.50 each.
THE Talbotton Standard regrets
to hear that cholera is prevailing to
considerable extent among the hogs
in Talbot county.
GEN. Beal has been elected to
Congress from the first Virginia Dis
trict to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Beverly Douglass.
THE Macon police invaded a col
ored gambling saloon in that city
Saturday night and landed forty>five
festive sports in the barracks.
Col. E. S. Keitt, of South Caro-
lima, who has been suing the New
York Times for fifty thousand dollars
damages for alleged libel, received
verdict of six cents.
"JUsT to think" said farmer the
other day, five hundred pounds OF
lint cotton for ton of guano, and
the purchaser to pay the freight from
the coast"
GHN. Butler already announces
his determination to run for Cover
nor of Massachusetts again next au>
tumn, and be is confident that this
time he "will make the trip"
THE Rome Courier reports that
the growing wheat crop in that sec
ton is looking well, despite the very
cold weather we have had. 10 the
last few days it has put on good
green appearance, and wheat that
was sown late and was not up before
the freeze, is beginning to show a
pretty good stand.
Mr. w S. d. WikIe, of Carters>
vile, au old printer and pressman,
is now manufacturing for the trade,
a superior article of roller compost
ton. Charley Wlllingham uses rol
lers made by Mr.. Wikle, and COM
mends it to printers. Price 20 and
80 cents per pound.
Or Roscoe Conkling the New
York Times remarks with elegance
and force, that "his greatness can
only be conceded on the theory that
he lives in the day of small men and
of debased political morals" The
Times is Republican and SO is Conk>
ling.
On Friday last Master jesse
O'Brien, eldest son of Mr. Matt.
O'Bren, of Columbus, was severely |
wounded while out cunning. As he
was drawing his gun through fence
it was accidentally discharged, the
load entering his right arm. The
wound is painful, but it is not thought
that amputation will be necessary.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
Mrs. Susan B. Anthony, and other
officers of the National Woman's
Suffrage Association, presented their
regular petition to the Senate last
week praying for action 10 favor of
granting to women the right to vote
Referred to the Committee on Privi>
leges aud Elections.
Mr.. Senator Hill told Governor
Colqutt that "if he would endorse
the Northeastern railroad bonds, and
there was anything said about it he
would stump the State in his defense.
Now the indications are that he will
stump the State against him. How
great n difference 81, 900 does make
in mans feelings At Phone
graph
A FATAE shooting afray occurred
in Wayne county, Mississippi, on
GROWN Tout of misun>
derStanding bet1 Fen three white
men and three negroes regarding the
possession Of certain properly. The
negroes while in ambuscade opened
fire upon the white men, killing one
and fatally injuring another. The
fire was returned aud two OF the at ,
lacking party were killed.
Ir is stated that the Chaplain of
the Maine House of Representatives
eiectified that body the other day by
praying that God would give the !
members grace "to stop speaking t
when they got through" The St. ;
Louis Republican thinks be fought !:
also to have begged that He would
teach them no, to speak at all unless
they had something to say, for if the s
average legislator never spoke ex
cept when had something worth say,
ing, and always stopped when he I
had said all he had to say, there t
would be much less complaint about
long sessions" IL
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