The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-11-18
AUSTELL.

Mrs. NJ. NJ Scott, of Dalton, is visiting
her son W. W. Scott of this place.
MIR. ]. B. Thompson and family have
moved back to Atlanta to spend the winter.
They will return in the spring.
e. W. Medlock's residence on Oak Hill
is nearing completion and when completed
will be quite handsome residence.
One of our young men tooka flying trip
up the Ga. Pacific last week to meet his girl
who was enroute home.
We are sorry to note that our friend
R. E. Wilson is very unwell but hope not
serious and that he. will be all right again
in few days.
-Thompson's hotels nearing completion
and it will not be long before Austell can
boast of a first class hotel in every respect.
"A pleasant sociable was given by the
young ladies of Austell Tuesday evening
Nov. l4th at the residence of Mr.. R. w.
Perkinson's. There was quite large crowd
present. Refreshments were served during
the evening. This party will be remember
ed by all present as one ofthe most pleasant
OF the season. jim
Our village, while making but little
noise abroad, continues to grow very rapid.
ly. At least dozen new and substantial
cottages have been built within the past two
months and more than dozen families have
become citizens within the same period.
There is not vacant house in town and
number could be rented any time to good
tenants If some enterprising man with CAPT
tai would only build them. The ]. B.
Thompson house will be finished by the first
OF January next and will be one of the
handsomest and best finished hotels in the
State. The building is of brick, three stor-
les high. Electric call bells, water in every
room, gas, and in fact all modern conven-
fences and comforts to make it first class
IN every particular. W. T. Dozier has sold
the Dozier House to Geo. W. Perkerson and
expects to take charge of and run the
Thompson.
Mr.. Perkerson is making some needed
improvements on his purchase and will soon
Our enterprising townsman, ]. B. Hum
phrles, has opened out his Lithia, Salt
spring within seventy FIVE yards of the Bow
den Lithia, where he has found an abun-
dance OF as pure water as ever flowed and
said by every one who has tried it to be the
same as Bowden Litha. This spring will
add greatly to our town As it is only
three-fourths of mile from the Depot OF
the G. p and E. T. Railways The water
is clear as crystal and all can get it free.
Mr. d. says he will never charge for it.
-Messrs. N. A. Morse and John D. Per
kerson have purchased machinery in st.
Louis and will soon have in full blast
Mandatory of Excelsior our forests
Astounding in woods best adapted to its
manufacture.
-Dobbs & Shelverton's chair factory is
running to its full capacity and they find it
difficult to keep up with their orders.
The Atlanta chair factory, which has
been shut down for the past few months, is
to again start up with enlarged capital and
facilities, which guarantees for many OF
our citizens constant employment.
With our factories, mills, gins, brick
yards, go-ahead merchants, live and pro-
gressive citizens, fine schools and good
churches and last and not least our Austell
LitLia (Salt) Springs, with all its health Civ
ing properties, we will'continne to boon"
and invite both capital and labor to come
and join and help us to make our town all
that the most sanguine could wish for
-DIED-Thursday last, Mrs. Rebecca
Dutton, aged 40 years Unknown to few of
us she died stranger in strange land"
and fills paupers grave in the town GENE
terry. Her death deserves more than pass
ing notice She leaves three little children.
girls. The oldest not yet fifteen, the second
ten and the Youngest six. Her husband
deserted her Sept. 1885, taking with him
her two boys, John aged sixteen and Billie
aged eleven. Thereby robbing her of her
| only chance of support. Broken down in
health, daily wasting away caused by the
perfdy Of her husband she came here a
few weeks since and went to work with her
little family, bottoming chairs, but soon the
malady had worked such Roadway upon her
system, she had to give up work and take
her bed, where she fingered for weeks slow
| ly but surely dying horrible death. On
her death bed she told her attending physi-
clan of her past life and sufferings and often
spoke in kindest terms of her husband and
wished he was with her if he would only do
right These are the facts as gathered by
your correspondent from the Oldest daugh.
ter and others. Let the press pass Dutton
| around, SIMoS.