The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-04-30
LOCAL LEAFLETS.
Clean up your back-yards.

was recently killed in Marietta.
Pure Wine for sale by W. J. NJ. HAMEs.
Fishing parties are making foot prints
IN the mud of creek banks.
bargains in ladies' mems an children's
shoes at McCutcheons.
The gardens are doing finely under the
genial spring weather we have had lately.
Several telephone boxes have been put
up in town during this week.
-Picnics are budding and will soon bloom
into full grown bouquet of enjoyment and
red bugs
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P Young returned
from the New Orleans Exposition last Mon
day.
decoration day. was very poorly observ-
ed here, there being no cermonies and very
few flowers distributedon the graves.
Mr.. L. S. Northcutt has greatly improv-
ed his residence, on Dallas street by adding
another story to it.
There is young lady in our town who
has such a small foot that her sweetheart
insists that he be allowed to wear one of her
shoes as a charm on his watch chain.
Capt. Hrkstall, of Uvalde county, Tex
as and Mr. Eagen of Mississippi are spend
ing few weeks in the city
| The Marietta Marble Company are now
laying the brick foundation for frame build
ing which when completed will be 800 feet
| long.
Miss Lizzie Winters, alright and charm
ing young lady of Marietta, visited her sister
at the Southern Female College this week.
Lagrange Reporter.
The picnic to be given by the young
men of Oregon District, on Saturday, I'd of
May, is to be held at York's bridge, on Sand
Town road, instead of at Mud Creek, as was
| stated in last weeks issue
The warm refreshing showers Saturday
| afternoon and Tuesday morning have caused
vegetation to grow with amazing rapidity.
Marietta wrapped in her mantle of green is
the prettiest city in North Georgia
Farm of GAO acres four miles from Ma
rietta, Ca for sale by
J. l. CHAMBERLAIx.
Mr.. A. H. Legg was in the city several
days last and this week. While enroute
from Houston, Texas, he stopped in New
Orleans and viewed the Exposition He is
now on 4 visit to Morrstown, Tenn
1t is to be hoped that all the Sunday
Schools in the county will send delegates to
the Sunday school quarterly meeting which
meets here next Saturday and Sunday.
Under the law all Executors, admins
traitors and guardians are required to make
annual returns to the Ordinary on or by
the first Monday in July in each and every
year. Executors, &C., therefore, must have
their returns filed in proper time
"A nice line of straw hats Just received
at Sessions, Handy & Cos
Rev. J. R. Sanges now breaches nearly
every Sunday at the Olinville church He
is greatly encouraged at the prospect of sue
cess. Mr.. Sanges has given up his other APP
pointments in order that he may devote his
entire time to this one field
Mr.. Marion Manning continues to in
| struct his classes in vocal music He is
well pleased with their progress. The eff.
tects of his training are already perceptible
in the singing at church. Sometimes a
hymn well sung impresses one quite as much
as the sermon.
This town is literally alive with worth
less, NANCY dogs, bowling and prowling at
will day and night, liable to- 90 mad, and
bite some member OF our families or our
neighbors and friends Is there no way to
decrease the number and protect the lives Of
the people against this increasing nuisance =?
Coffee, Sugar, Rice, in fact all Groceries
at rock bottom prices, at McCutcheon's
Mr. Harry Haynes, formerly of Mariet-
ia, has been seriously ill with pneumonia
during the past two weeks. At one time his
recovery was hardly considered possible by
his physicians and friends, but we are glad
to state he is thought to have passed the
CTlSeS vi HIS lcCtdSc anu Is HOW Ill u Idlr way
to recover. He is now in Atlanta.
Judge James R. Brown, of Canton, was
in the city last Friday He has agreed to
postpone the hearing of the bill for injunc-
ton and the appointment of permanent
receiver In case OF nerr VS.. Memmler until
llth of May. This was done to give coun-
sci proper time to prepare themselves and
| get up evidence.
-McCutcheon has Flour, Meal, Hams,
| &c, to sell low as the lowest.
The big cities of &c orgia-Atlanta, Ma
con, Savannah and Augusta-have alarming
and serious cases of base ball fever. A
| large number of able-bodied young men
have been attacked by the malady and have
not struck a lick of work in weeks. 1t
spreads as rapidly as small pox from city to
city. 1t behooves the city authorities to en-
force a rigid quarantine against the invasion
of this dread disease that is taking off, so
many young men in the bloom Of vigorous
manhood. We hope Marietta will be thor
oughly vaccinated so as not to catch it.
Many of our citizens are in favor ofes-
tablishing a county court in Cobb. They
say it would be able to transact large
amount of business which is now done by
the Superior court, and that the cost would
not be near so great to the county.
Many of the criminals who lie in Jail for
months and are fed at the expense of the
county could be tried and disposed of at
once.
-Messrs Clay, VIM Phillips and SEES
sions were employed this week to go to At
: lanta and defend twenty-five prisoners from
| Cborol,ea countv now on trial in the United