The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-09-08
TOWN TALK

How is cotton to-day is the first cues
ton the farmer asks upon his arrival
IA shrewd buyer and man with level
head declares cotton is obliged to advance,
Have it in bales and ready for the market
as it is also more secure against fire
The view from the Pos. Office last Mon.
day was Just enormous. How. (h)ard he
tried to see.
The concert promises To be grand af-
fair and the selections what we have heard,
are beautiful The musical talent Of our
city is hard to excel
The beautiful nights have brought out
several moonlight riders.
Our section is blessed by the non-appear-
ance of storms and cyclones, such as has
wrecked the fortunes and caused such loss
of life on the Atlantic coast.
..Weare pleased to state that Mr., Harry
Messick, who has been quite i'll, is conva-
descent.
Mrs. /. c. Mcclellan has rented Mrs.
Duncan's resi- ience for the coming winter.
She will move this week.
we regret to learn that DR.. VIM, Cooke,
who had an operation performed ON his eyes
by Dr. Calhoun. is not improved
80. Mr.. NJ. c. Whillock and his daughter
Miss Carrie left last week for trip through
the west
In moving the telegraph line back out
OF the way of the new switch soon TO be
laid, some large and splendid oaks in front
of Mr. A. S. Lowell's residence had to be
cut down, and again the beauties of nature
have to succumb to the wants of man,
IAN order for five hundred receipts given
in the morning, beautifully printed, bound
in five volumes, and delivered in the alter
noon of same day Moral Enterprise and
dispatch ofhome institutions.
Mrs j. w. Thompson, of Atlanta, is
in the city.
An exchange says The most beauti-
Cul woman at Saratoga this season is Mrs.
Story, of New Orleans She dresses richly
and in fine taste The stones of her ear
rings are next in size to those worn by Mrs.
Knickerbocker Mrs s. spent several
summers in our city with her mother Mrs.
Campbell.
"A colored man working at Kennesaw
Mills had thirty dollars stolen out of his
trunk last Friday.
Every baby in town is claimed to be
the prettiest. Would it not be well to have
an entry fee and offer premium to he de
cided by disinterested parties, as the ques-
ton should be settled at once. Seats in
the gallery should be reserved for old bach
elors
The Atlanta Cotton Exposition have
purchased number of boilers similar to
those used at Kennesaw Mills to supply
steam for the machinery department
...Messrs Brumby g. Bro. have decided
to sell no more chairs at retail. Their Gus
toners claim it as a protection.
THE Little Mary" whose throttle was
closed the last time by as noble a fellow as
ever lived, and who, by his unselfishness,
saved the lives of Others but himself did
not save, still stands on the side-track sad
looking sight. Hundreds have visited the
scene Of the accident, and all wonder that
the loss of life was Lot greater.
Mr.. G. w. Boyd of Springfield, Ohio,
is at Kennesaw House, and has become as
ISOLATED in the cotton and warehouse bust
ness with Mr.. A. A. Fletcher. We wei
come him in our midst.
Several of our merchants and citizens
went to Atlanta during the past week and
INDUCED in cotton futures with success.
The coach being built for the M. " N.
G. r. r. by Mr.. C. T. Shepard will be
ready for the track in few days.
ONCE A WEEK.