The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-04-09


greatly frightened and went to the parlor
and told her sister, Miss Kate, that the house
was on fire, Miss Kate, with a lamp, went
to the kitchen but could not enter on ac-
count OF the smoke. Her brother-in-law, Mr..
Schliings, arrived by this time, and he. too,
found that the smoke was so dense that il
was difficult to locate the fire. He got down
ON his knees and crawled into the room and
found that the fire was in a box of kindling.
lie soon eXtlnguished it. A hole was burn
ed through the box and the floor was scorch-
ed but no other damage was done. But for
Its timely discovery the result might have
been a serious conhagration.
The Marietta Paper Manufacturing Com
pany is making the best quality Of news
and book paper now on the market. 1t has
new machinery and skilled and experienced
workmen, while the superintendent, Mr.
jeff Land, has no superior in that line of
business. In wrapping paper several grades
are made and perfect satisfaction is given.
We trust our exchanges who have not tried
this mill will do SO, and they will be we'll
pleased with the quality and price. Mr.. S.
A. Anderson, the proprietor, is an energetic
and accommodating gentleman, and will
deal fairly and squarely by his customers
every time. See advertisement in another
column and correspond with him.
SOCIETY ITEMs-We would consider it
a favor if our citizens would send us all So
ciety items that may come under their OBJ
servation or knowledge, such as marriages,
parties, arrivals and departures of visitors.
relatives or friends. 1t is impossible for us
to gather these items unless you assist us by
furnishing the information And when such
news is omitted it is because we know moth.
ing of the matter, and not because we wish
to slight or offend any one. Bear this in
mind
THAT sterling democratic paper, the
Savannah Morning News, comes out as an
eight page paper, printed on new press
that prints cuts, folds and paste the paper
turning out from $4,000 to $4,000 per hour.
the News, we think, is one of the best pa
pers in the South. Ably edited and Judi.
ciously conducted We always read it with
pleasure, and wish it unbounded success. We
commend it to our readers as paper that
is worthy of their patronage
Mr.. John l.. Reed, Jr., came into our
Office the other day with some dead carp in
a box some of them weighing pound each.
He had $50 carp in his pond and in the last
few weeks over $50 of them have died. He
does not know how to account for the fatality
and has sent some of the carp to Mr.. Hen
derson at Atlanta to see if he can determine
the cause.
The Marietta Library Association at its
last meeting adopted new constitution and
bylaws and elected the following officers
President, W. E. Groves Secretary, w. L.
Sessions; Treasurer s. r. Hirsch; Finan-
cial Secretary, j. R. Greer; Librarian, DR..
B. r. Strong; Directors, Mrs w. A. Nc
Crea, Miss Annie Strong, DR. p R. Cortel-
you, DIR. B. r. Strong and B. R. Legg.
The colored Baptist Church caught on
fire from a defective hue on Sunday after
noon about = clock and when discovered
was burning brightly but slowly on the root.
The fire engine was unavailable on account
of the location, but the Hook and Ladder
Company did good service and soon extin-
guished the fire. The damage to the build
ing was about IS.
The following Wardens were elected
for St. James Episcopal Church on last
Monday: William Root, Dr. B. r. Strong,
Charles Rogers, James r. Brumby, w. A.
Copper 7. L. Hunt and DR.. VIM. Aston.
The following Delegates were elected to the
Diocesan Convention to be held in May in
Christ Church, Macon Col. P. W. Alexander,
7. l.. Hunt, and DR., B. r. Strong.
We saw a beautiful silk crazy quilt" the
other day, the handwork of Miss Daisy Cox
of this place. We don't know when we have
of seen anything of the kind to excel it in
bright and rich fabrics and artistic designs.
The work shows taste and skill and reflects
credit upon Miss Daisy industry and hand
some needle work.
Our MONDAY correspondent reports
that on last Sunday dog belonging to VIM.
Sargent went mad and bit several of his
hogs. The dog left home and made a cir
cult of ten miles biting dogs promiscuously
The dog returned home to die, after Seng
shot seven times while at large He was
finally killed with an axe.
Paul Carroll was arrested in Marietta
by Sheriff Coryell last week and lodged in
Cobb county Jail, on warrant issued from
true bill for misdemeanor found by the Pauld-
ing county grand jury some time since
Tuesday Sheriff Russom went down and
brought him to Dallas and lodged him in
Jail. Dallas Ne,c Era.
-MARRIED-On the morning of the I'd
inst, at the residence of r. W. Gable in this
place by Rev v Z. Manget, Mr.. W. T. Sc
gars to Miss Sarah Elizabeth Gable, all of
this county. They have our best wishes for
happiness and prosperity.
The telephones are putting up their
huge cedar poles for the city telephone ex-
change. The pole in front of the journal
office is As feet in length. The poles will be
painted
"A couple of coats of paint will add a
H.. i
dwelling and very large per cent to its
salable value And this applies as well to
country as to town
ATLANTA, April Sth
Temperature will fall, decidedly in the
vicinity Of this station tonight with light
frost Thursday morning
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