The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-08-23
MARIETTA MATTERS.

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Miss Ida Young of Lexington, is here
visiting her friend Miss Addie Dobbs.
Mr.. B. D. Brantley, ST., of Blackshear,
visited Judge Sessions family last week.
For SALE-Two gentle horses and one
two horse spring wagon. j. A. MANGEr.
COL j. R. Towers has been confined to
his home the past week sick.
Rev. c. c. Leman is now rector of St.
Johns Cathedral, Quincy, Ill.
AN elegant line of dress goods all shades
just received at A. B. & w. W. Springer's s.
Miss Addie Dobbs after pleasant stay
of two weeks at Salt Springs, returned
home last Friday.
DR.. P. R. Cortelyou has moved into his
elegant new residence on Church street,
nearly opposite the Presbyterian Church.
MISS E. J. Cortelyou, of Cumberland
Island, is visiting DR.. p R Cortelyou's
family.
Miss Bertha Holland a beautiful young
lady of Atlanta is visiting Miss Mamie
Shepard
MISS Annie Lee Green one of Norcross'
most beautiful and charming young ladies,
is visiting the Misses Manning on Gene
terry street
If we patronize people at home they
will patronize us; if we patropize people
abroad they have usually no indictment
to return the compliment
WASHING the face, it is said, in water.
melon juice, will remove freckles and
whiten the skin, and some of our Marietta
girls are trying the experiment.
BUGGIEs cheap and fine and Harness to
match at MANNING Bros.
You can find the Boss Cracker at r. L..
Northcutts. 1t is the finest cracker on
the market.
Mr. j. II. Mountain manager of the NJ.
& n. Ga. R. L. & |. Co., has sold the
John B. Goodwin farm of IS acres to Mr..
r. B. Goodman. 1t is said that there is a
good iron mine on the land.
WE learn that the boarding house at
Nelson, Ga, on NJ. & N. Ga R. r., was
burned one night last week. The inmates
escaped in their night apparel, many los
ing everything.
The contested election case of Fence
or No Fence was continued from last
Wednesday until next Friday the oath
inst. The trial thus far has consumed
two days, and considerable interest is be.
ing manifested in the result.
WAGONS, Buggies, Road Carts and Har.
ness at Manning Bros, Northeast Corner
Square.
handle. JOHN A. SIBLEY,
COTTAGE HILI..DAIRY.
DR. |. j. M. Goss has bought the Geo
NJ. Lacy house on Atlanta street, paying
$l025 for the same. Mr. j. H Mountain
of the Marietta and North Georgia Real
Estate and Investment Company made
the sale.
The Star Alliance Lodge, of Cobb, have
resolved not to use cotton bagging at the
present trust prices and will use a sub
stitute, and they ask the other Alliance
Lodges to take action on the matter and
cooperate with them.
The Marietta Male Academy opens next
Monday 9th inst. We urge prompt and
full attendance. Let our people rally to
this school and by liberal patronage in.
crease its powers of usefulness. Prof
Harris has an able corps of teachers and
will do everything to build up the school
and our people should do their part.
! AN exchange says Newspapers are
worth more to town, more ITO the mer.
chants, and more to the country than a
railroad. They are the source Of general
information concerning the town and
county in which they are published, and
the source Of reference as to what the bust
ness men OF the town are doing. The town
derives more benefit from newspaper
than newspaper derives from town"
If you have never tried the Lotus Flour
you don't know what you have missed
Give it a trial and will guarantee you will
use no other.
For RENT-A nice farm 2! miles from
town, 8 room house, good barn, stables
and servants house, orchard of fine fruits
and splendid water. The farm has 40
acres Of wood lot with splendid pasture
the rest cleared. Apply to
MISS MARIA IRWIN.
CoBB county has more fine horses than
any county in the State, but now and then
you see scrub that makes the contrast
more shrinking We saw man driving a
blind horse, on Friday, hitched to wagon
The poor horses ribs stuck out like bus
tie, and yet the man drove that animal as il
he had nothing to be ashamed of. No man
has right to drive horse to death. Il
he cannot feed it he had better sell it tc
some one that can,
THE Marietta Journal has been enlarged
to an SPACE paper, and is particularly
lively in its get.up and advocacy of the