The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1883-02-15

Of the National Republican Comm it {
tee, died on last Saturday, at Hart
ford, Coma.
Erections of buildings at night by
means Of the electric light is becom~
ing quite a COMMON thing all over
the country.
Augusta has about a dozen China
men engaged in prosperous business.
They accumulate very rapid y, and
are worth from 5000 to $4,000
each.
The juice of toe COW tree of south
America has been analysed by a |
French chemist, who fuds that it
really possesses many of the consti>
tuents of cows milk
Emory Speer's name has been
sent into the Senate, by President
Arthur, for District Attorney of the
Northern district of Georgia-Big-
by having resigned.
Six Sorviceable cannon were made
Of ice during the carnival at Mon-
treal. Plsnks two inches in thick
ness were shattered and iron balls
were thrown q quarter Of mile by
these guns.
At recent execution 10 Japan
thirteen strokes of sword were nee
essary to bshead the victim. The
edge Of The instrument had been
bluutod purposeIy, so that sgony OF
the doomed might be as great as
possible.
Verdict of Baltimore Coroner's
Jury over a desd coiored woman
1--WE find that she came to her
death through natural causes -
cramp colo, produced by eating
sausage for breakfast-snd in the
opinion Of the jury the sausage was
good"
A private telegram to the Post
Office department announces that
the Birmingham Post Office robbers
were captured recently at Nash
vile, 81, 900 worth of stan; and
$4,000 worth of Post office orders
were found in their possession.
A prolonged meeting of the friends
Of Colonel Polk was held Saturday
evening in Nashville at which it WAS
determined not only to provide for
the defauiting Treasurer release Oh
bond, but also to reimburse the State
for tho moneys embezzIed by him
1t 10 expected that the necessary
bail Of $4,000 will be provided for
at once and Colonel Polk released.
The trouble 49, there is to much
of what we cali surface public opin
ion in the great republic. People
have one set Of opinions for public
and an other for private use. Every
man knows the extent of bis own
insioceiity, but does not know the
extent of bis neighbours and it hap
pens, sometimes. that show of opiu-
ions amounts to nothing.
Probably the only man in the
United S.ates who has used greens
backs for gun wadding is j. L. Shir-
ley OF Dallas county, Texas. He
went hunting with $500 in currency
in his pocket, and used paper for
waddiug, He was loading from the
wrong pocket, however, and had
shot away over $50 of his money
before be discovered his mistake,
The Savannah News has a piece
headed another good man gone
wrong 1t was doubtless a bad
man showing his band. - Marietta
Jo10mal. If the News refuses to ac~
oept the amendment, offer it as q
substitute and we'll help you carry
it. Good men don't steal.-Macon
Telegraph
Correct. When men steal it is
because they are thieves at heart.
Recently, Walcott, the quail eat
er Of New York, finished his thir
tieth brsce Of qeails in thirty icons
secutiye days, making two quail q
day for Thirty days. There are
doubtless thousands of people all !
over the country who imagine they |
can perform this gastronomic feat,
but let them Try il. Or, even one
quail a day for thirty days. Wal
colt is probob!y the only man on the
continent who has ever performed
the feat under a wager.
Very little can be said in favor Of
the pistol. II every weapon Of this
kind in the country could be broken
up, aud the handles converted i1to
kindling, and the barrels beaten in>
TO piov ahare5, we would be i'm
measafably batter off Possibly
some other device Of Satan would
eoon succeed it, bat there is hardly
a chance tLat even the prince Of
darkness could conceive an instru-