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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-08-09
THE DEATH PENALTY.

New York has taken the initiative
in the new scientific method of put
ting away murderers. By the law
recently signed by Governor Hill,
any one who kills his fellow, after
the first of next year, must, on con-
viction, go straight to prison and
stay until, by means to be designated
by the warden thereof, an electric
shock is to be sent through him and
he is to find sudden and painless
death. There is to be no notoriety,
no flowers, no visits from the silly,
sentimental women; no pomp or
pagentry, no chance for boasting OF
displaying gameness, nothing, in
short, but cold and quiet death,
such as dogs meet I'm the public
pound, with none to care and none
to be tempted to emulate their ex-
ample. 1t is serious question
whether the manner of execution
makes much difference in the num-
Der of criminals to be executed.
History" says the Charleston
World, SHOWS that men committed
crime just as much in Siam, where
stake driven through the body is
the agonizing means Of death; in
Portugal and China, with it's slow
strangulation in old London, with
its various horrid modes of death,
and the old Roman countries, with
their CHASTITY crucifxion, as they
did in Spain, wits it's quick and
painless garrote."
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-08-09
A FURNITURE FACTORY.
LET US BE UP AND DOING.
And Push Marietta Forward i'm Pros
porous Enterprises.

The furniture factory urged upon
our people by a correspondent from
Rome, gave facts that should have
put some one to thinking in regard
to building an enterprise of that
kind in Marietta. We have time
and again attempted to encourage
and enthuse some one to engage in
the manufacture of furniture here.
but so tar our efforts have met with
poor results. This is not the fault
of the editor, but the fault of the
people, who fail to catch the spirit
OF the progress of the times. To
make Marietta commercial city
we must not only sell real estate
and merchandise, but we must in
augurate and put in operation in
dustrial and mechanical enterprises
that will induce people to come
here and give them work after
they get here. For man to be a
good tenent and pay his rent prompt
ly, he must have remunerative en-
ployment for him to be good GUS
toner at store, he must have mon
ey and he must have employment to
earn that money; to be "a depositor
in bank he must have work to
earn a surplus. There must be
work for the idle but industrious
mechanics and laboring men. Start
halt dozen manufacturing enter
prises here, and you will have placed
your town on basis of permanent
prosperity and growth that will re-
main with the ages. 1t will increase
real estate In values and double the
business of every merchant and put
shekels in the pocket of every pro-
tessional and business man. These
statements will be recognized by
everybody as indisputable facts,
then why not some of the leading
spirits of our town take hold of these
matters and from these shadowy
suggestions, materialize real, throb-
bling moving, enterprises that will
rebound to the good of the investor
and the people generally? We need
leaders in movements of this kind,
and until our people organize and
act in concert and unity there will
be state of lethargy that does not
augur well for the future. We have
a live, growing town, full of clever
refined people; with beautiful homes
that captivate the artistic eye of
every visitor, while our natural ad-
vantages in healthy climate, pure
water and high elevation, are all
that heart could wish, but let us not
be content with these, but supple
ment them with enterprises and in
situations that will crown the "Gem
City" with every possible good.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-08-09
STATE NEWS.
Cnlled and Condensed from our Ex.
changes.

NEW cotton is being marketed in
the towns in lower Georgia.
DR.. Geo. w. Chrisolm, of Cedar
town, is dead.
THE Hand company's gold mines,
near Dahlonega, have been sold for
s1,250,0OO.
The tax returns, which are nearly
all in, indicate an increase of S10.-
100000 in Georgia's wealth the
past year.
The melor. growers of Brooks
county have paid the transportation
companies 100000 during the pres
ent season.
A COAL mine has been discovered
near Rome, Ga. 1t is also thought
that petroleum or natural gas is in
the bowels of the earth there and
an effort will be made to discover it.
Mary Brown, the 12-year-old
negro girl who was slot at Atlanta a
few nights ago by Anderson Phelps
(colored), who fred upon her with a
pistol thinking that she was a burglar
died Friday morning.
A rich vein of tin has been discov-
cred in an adjoining county, not
more than 20 miles from Gainesville.
The ore from this vein has been sub
mitted to an expert, who says that
it will assay from 20 to % per cent.
of pure tin, and that the supply is
almost inexhaustible.
About dark Saturday evening
"Sam Weber, the yard engine Of
the Western and Atlantic railroad
ran over DIR. John S. Wilson, a
real estate agent of Atlanta, anC
mashed off his legs just below the
knees. The accident occurred at tn,
Whitehall street crossing, and DR.
Wilson was in the act of crossin,
the track when the engine strucl
him. Both feet were amputated.
Last Saturday Mr.. Newport Har
RIG killed a large eagle. He saw i
on tree near his house and sho
at it twice with shot gun, but the
shot seemed to have no effect. He
then tried it with rifle and killed
it. When shot it fastened it's taIons
to the limb it was sitting Oh, and
died with its head hanging down
ward, and Mr.. Harris telled the
tree to get it. 1t measured Esix feet
from tip to tip of its wings, and its
talOns were one and half inches
long.-Milton Democrat.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-08-09
LARGEST in THE WORLD.
Decatur Chronicle

There is an item going the rounds
of the press that Hon. Primns
Jones, of Baker county, raised a
watermelon last year that weighed
eighty-five pounds, and that it was
the largest ever raised in Georgia.
The youth that wrote that item has
certainly never read much. Mr..
John G. Miller, of this county, rails
ed several melons last year that
weighed over eighty-five pounds,
and raised one that weighed one
hundred and twenty-five pounds.
Mr.. Miller received the premium,
fifty dollars, for the largest melon
raised in the world, last year.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-08-09
A PAYING INDUSTRY.
Why Not Start One in Marietta!

THE Journal has been urging
small industries upon Marietta and
Cobb county people for a long while.
a single and lath factory establish
ed here worlo pay handsomely In
Habersham county. Ga, there are
forty-one shingle mills in less than
ten miles of Toccoa, each averaging
about 5000 per day. making the to-
tai amount nearly 250,000 every
day. They are all sold and shipped
as fast as turned out. One dealer,
E. P. Simpson, has sold over o.
100000 shingles il the past eleven
months. making m average of
100000 per month. His sales in
that time ON shingles alone have
amounted to over SIS, 900. This en-
terprise furnishes shingles to Allan
ia, Chattanooga, and other cities.
Taking into consideration the fine
timbers we have in this section,
especially along the line of the Ma
rietta and NORTH Georgia Railroad,
this should be an incentive to some
one to engage in this business here
at once. The man who does so will
supply the trade Of this section and
put dollars in his pocket.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-08-09
BUSTLE REFORM.

The hustle reform has followed
Mrs. Cleveland to Marion, Mass,
and that town is now torn up over it.
When the mistress of the white house
alighted from the train at Marion, it
was noticed that she wore no hustle,
but its absence was satisfactorily
accounted for. When she appeared
at the wealthy Mr.. Nickerson's
entertainment the next day without
that article of dress, however, there
was considerable excitement, and it
dawned upon the inhabitants of the
sleepy little town that the hustle had
been permanently discarded by the
first lady Of the land. Itdidnot take
many of them long to follow the
example, and the Marion milliners
who have on hand a big lot of bus
ties are likely to lose money.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-08-09
THE PEOPLE AND THE SCHOOLS.

In recent communication to
Science, Mr.. Edward Il. Boyer, a
principal of one Of the New York
grammar-schools has done a good
service in placing the responsibility
for the over-pressure and excessive
work imposed upon their pupils
upon those most directly to blame,
the parents themselves. There is
too much shifting Of responsibility
in this matter. The teachers claim,
and with some reason, that they
must complete the courses assigned
by the school committee, and the
school committee are inclined to
place the blame upon the Legisla-
ture in setting too high a standard
for the public schools; but the fact
remains, that not only IN New York
City, but in every city or large town
in the country, the course Of study
in the public schools are too numer-
Gus and too difficult for the average
pupil to creditably complete without
serious injury to bis health. AS
Mr.. Boyer says, it is only necessary
for the people to demand change,
and that change will be Immediately
made.
The schools ere to-day just what
the people, through apathy, indifer-
ence, carelessness, and ignorance,
have permitted them to become,
one vast machine; a treadmill,
teachers treading the wheel, happy
innocent children the grist, superin-
tendents for task-nasters, and the
product a mass of automatons.
You, the people of New York
City, are directly responsible for the
larger part of all the evils that exist
in the common-sohool system. Your
children attend them: you hear
from them daily reports Of the man
ner in which they are educationally
crammed; you see them at home,
wearing out their young lives in
preparing lessons tor the next days
Rotations and, if some wise teach
er reduces the tasks assigned flor
home-study, you immediately begin
to inquire why your children have
no more books, and why they have
so few lesson to learn at home.
know you do this, for / have
heard you talk just that way. In
vain have / pleaded with you for
the little ones. In vain have told
you that five hours daily attention
to books, to recitations, to instruc4
ton, is all that any growing child
can safely endure "No, no" you
cry, ''give them more lessons give
them tasks to Dc at homcs" and
your children 20 through their
school-liyes with the shadow Of the
coming task always falling upon the
task just finished The gentle,
obedient, loving, and affectionatc
little ones suffer; while the dear
bad boys wont even make an effort,
and thrive accordingly. The teach
er can sometimes 60 home with his
work finished for the day the pupil
never.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-08-09

The gypsies of Pennsylvania teach
young bears to dance by placing
them on heated iron plates while the
trainer plays on the fiddle. The
bear lifting up his legs alternately to
escape the heat, iavoluntarily OBJ
serves the time marked by the violin,
and eventually learns to lift his legs
when he hears the music.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-08-09

Wichita, Kan, is reported to be
becoming a "desert waste" SO to
speak. People are said to be leaving
there by dozens, and landed proprie-
tors are unable to dispose of their
property tany price. Thus another
"boom city" succumbs to the inevita-
BILE. A few spectators have made
fortunes in Wichita, but the masses
of working people who went there to
make a living find themselves stran-
ded. Boom cities are bad places to
move to. Come to a solid city like
Marietta.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-08-09

One day last week Mr.. Robert
Craft, of Ebert county, took his gun
and started to go around his fathers
plantation in search Of game. He
had not gone far until he heard some
thing in a corn field near by. He
watched to see what it was, and
finally saw several coons that were
helping themselves to corn. lie took
after them and ran them up a tree,
where he shot four, and the fifth one
jumped out, almost jumping on him,
when he shot it also before it got
away.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-08-09

1t appears to be we'll established
fact that syndicates have been form
ed and secured control of all the
cotton bagging for the maturing
cotton and that farmers will be re-
equired to pay fully 80 per cent.
more for bagging than they hvve
been expecting.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-08-09

Wife; "Now, that you have
bought COW, who will milk it?'
Husband: ooh he says the calf
does that. So we'll have all the
milk we want"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-08-09

Marrying by proxy is what may
by considered a proximate bliss.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-08-09

A lively corpse-a deadhead.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-03-28
4 IIsNONIER.

ED. JOURNAL.-SOme one made al
inquiry in this mornings Statesman
and forgot to give his full name, an
oversight presume for the benefit
Of the public; since all are curious
to know. | will give his name in full,
to wit: "Dis Honesty" The
fcigncd inquiry was evidently in
tended as a stab at our worthy
county treasurer, whose every official
act as treasurer ha, stood the test
Of honest scrutiny, both in the
courts and by the intelligent tax
payers. The insinuations of Mr..
Dis Honesty are unjust, without
any foundation in fact, and only
rs Il thrust for political
effect just on the eve Of the county
FAIR PLAY.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-03-28
rrprBL1cAN RALLY.

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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-03-28
AU,EFUL BILL.

I'm tine senate, a few days ago, Mr.
FRYE reported back favorably the
house bin authorizing the president
to arrange conference for the
purpose Of promoting arbitration,
and to encourage reciprocal COM
mcrcinl relations between the
. United States aud Mexico, Central
and South America and Brazil.
Such measure would largely cX-
tend our commercial relations, and
liz il favored 10y the strictcst sect Of
prutcctioni-t-. Mr. Blaine, during
/ his last presidential canvass, sketch
ed such plan, which was favorably
received by his hearers. II may be
described M an American com
mcrcinl policy, an enlargement Of
the principle which binds all the
states Of this union i'm domestic
relations 10 the entire American
continent, us the zollvcrcin bound
together the German states. IL is
apparent 10 every thinking mind
that our present tariff system is not
approved by popular sentiment, and
is not productive Of the best result
II enhances the cost Of living, but
does not adequately protect our
home workmcu from competition !
with foreign rivals. A tax is inn
posed on imported products, but |
foreign labor isudmittcd free. Many |
Of these immigrant lahorcrs and |
mechanics are low priced, and these
are employed at a rate Of wages
which will not support the Amcr-
can workman This has led to the
saying that protection does not
protect, - and has caused such serious
detection from the republican ranks.
A commercial system which en-
braces all the states on the Amcri-
can continent, would be an enlarge
mcut Of our foreign market, and an
Of our trade relations to
existing conditions, Europe is sep
autcd from Us 10y a wide ocean, and
II forms another geographical and !
commercial system; but the Ameri-
cun states have u community Of
and the trade reciprocity |
between them should he free and |
The action of the
senate ON thi, important measure |
will be- watched with interest.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-03-28
CuoosE coon MEN,


Tomorrow the republican county
convention Ior Marion county
meets h lh'Nrl'N. It's business Is To
elect delegates to the state c"n'en-
loh' To nominate hN' delegates To
the ''H'-lNl"r'' ana "l'' '' select
"Np''an'0 '"r the various county
"l'l''', we """lu urE' upon the
convention L" Nar 'n n''nu the lIl.
p'''an' '"'' 'ho' oh the wisdom "I
'h''' "'or- "'"h'l hinges 'h' sue
''.~' "i V'' r'p"o'''1" party at the
polls. ''m'''''~ n'''' To the average
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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-03-28

the physical functions, is training
au army Of total ab-taincr- whose
future votes at the polls will de
tcrniue the doom Of this destructive
agent
There is no need for any one to
lose temper over the struggle. The
prohibitiouist- are pittcd against
the saloon interest, and the Ameri-
can people are arbiters of the strife.
There is no question but the award
will bra wise one; and all the best
oru- can DO j. to work according to
our -oundc-t judgment and trust TO
God for the result.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-03-28
WEDNESDAY MARCH 2s, Iss
nErrnLIcAN corNn CONVENTION

For Marion county will bc held
at the opera house in Salem ON
Thursday, March 10Th, 1885, at II
o'clock IT, m for the purpose Of
clcctiug II delegates 10 the state
con,, 'tipn to bee held in Portland
the llun day Of April 1855, and 10
nominate five candidate for the
Legislature, county clerk sheriff,
recorder. treasurer school supcrin-
tcudcnt, twocommi--ioncr-, ,u-Sc--or,
survcyornud coroner and 10 transact
any other business that may prop
crly come before the convention.
Primmics will be- held ON Saturday,
March 2lth
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-03-28

lur,iom Boa Northern Wisconsin
aud Minnesota >yilcoutiuuy-. such
i' lhr auuouuVm,ut Ne published
Yesterday and Jhi, ha, h,cu the
hUntu U yh, di,l0Jchy, nom that
Nsi'n i1g "a wvy6 I0,t such q visit
wiiou aurr O. WiuJvF of unusual
severity, i,s ~uVu, di,coumgvmruJ
to th, IsVpIy az tho-s states. and
thyD &, uo wonder that they turn
their vNp m Jhi, dip,,tion when
sal aud climate hvor the htors o,
tar huslandulau.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-03-28
FOR Sale

a ,ood lu'u frame Horse N,vtr. Good
ur AN u,t>, num ouc to nul capacity. Al
wr the low priv, ol sO Ddl az the lNcih,
Cider, Vinegar a Fruit pU~cr,IuE COM,
pNuN n uIuys. Salem. Uuyguu.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-03-28

DAVID SIMPSON,
Chr'u, Co. Cen. Com



Inc Portland News works itscl
INT" state of great rage over IN,
missionary visits to this state o
p'"hl'l'l"h lecturers. The editor
H''7 IA tan m-idlou- plan 10 deliver
oregon over to the democracy and
nc ',n"un'rs It with a vehcmcncl
"h''n ''d' I" the conclusion that
n' Is really alarmed at the strategy.
HN'''l'I'loi 0I Johns proposed
"'''' "' uoprwlrs with scvcncet
''N'u''. Tie rates the eloquent
Si.""'' '' va rank domagogur' and
u''ll''" 'utnvonI. oud rvvlycs
'h' "'' "nl exploded story that
"''"' n'' 'po0wrN hr "tirrd his
'''''''- "'hr national wpuhliUu
committee I'r the mudrst sum ut
f-'"'' "u''h Was very promptly
'l,'''u'
'"' ''' "' 'opp"'' st. 'ohn to hc
"' ''7' '"' h'l''umh COS thr News
"'l''. n N''", V''' a''' not Wlrcl his
l,''"'vn'' with tine audiences hr
."dn-~'7 llrl' brought here a7 am
rh"uN' 'p'ahrI md o~ large
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-03-28
BENSON'S EXPRESS.

I ENNE ORDERS At INNCF'S IT\-
4 yTN stable, CORNER uf state and Front
>tNryts. ur uu slatput t,,ruvr Statruud com
myurAl strvyt> rpnmpt attention aud
cHuv EUUuUlvyt
". \, BENSON.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-03-28
DIED

HARRlTT-At his home two miles west
ufSulcm, In Polk county, Of brain fever,
Rev. j. Harrltt, aged ~ years.
The funeral procession will start from
the house at 10 a. IN. Tomorrow iCThur,-
day. The funeral services viii be held at
Irnu at T. m
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-03-28
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Too thy county Court uf thy ~tatruT O,,gon.
Wl Marion County.
ln thc matter of tby estate oi AndrOw
hyiu, dvvA>cd
N0lioy Is hrroN given that I have filcd
ma uuAl AestuuL aud that Nnnda, thg
Ith dsN ul NAN, l>,N 40 DO a. m. has hsgn
set hr hearing oh'vytiou, tu the same.
JlltA HKtN.
k"Rr.HuHHtR
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-03-28
BORN.

HIGGENBOTTOM.-m Salem, Oregon,
March y, lSSS, 10 the wife of Oliver lIig-
gcnhuttOm; II son.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-03-28
GENERAL BANKING,

Exchange on Portland, san Francesca,
bought and sold. state, County and CITY
warrants bought. Farmers are cordially
invited to deposit Bnd transact business
with us. Liberal advances made on
wheat. wool, hops and other property at
reasonable rates. Insurance on such Sc
curity can be- obtained at the Oahh III
most reliable companies.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-03-28
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
First National Bank
SALEM, OREGON.

EN. y. LADUE, IIes!iGiellt. ellt T.
DIR. j. REYNOLDS, VICE fISslqgiiS' ItS,'s,'i,in,.
JOHN MOIR, ''Nii'0'
Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-07
Octoeer ana Novemher.

Few people living have ever seen in Con-
 necticut such rainy October as this last
 month if its character is to be judged merely by the surprising number of rainy days. But the total rainfall after all did not greatly ex- ceed the average depth-under seven inches, against five inches for the average. It was not often downpour, 80 much as daily light rain, with the air dark and chilly from first to last. It brought none of the genial October days of pleasant sunshine lighting up the gold and scarlet trees. Inded the naples showed almost as little inclination to red leaves this year as did the beeches or the elms or the butternuts; it was almost all 8 common yellow-looking mess of fading foli- age. It is pretty much all gone now and Novembers genial first week has found the trees nearly bare, but the fields as green as in summer. A pleasanter first six days of Mo- vember we have rarely seen. The Japanese Woodbine, one of the modern botanical ac- quisitions from that peculiar country which has so finely developed such attractive varie- ties of the chrysanthemum, has this year kept it's fine red color on s1nward- facing brick walls in city residence streets till the present time. Houses all embowered in this spread. ing, clinging, ivy handed vine so that nothing but the windows are uncovered make pret- ty show in the vines autumnal red. There are sweet-pea vines still retaining some of their beautiful blossoms after more than three months of unbroken bloom.-Hartford Times.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-07
HARTFoRD's HARRISON VETERANS.

The Harrison Veterans of 1s40, the Wide Awakes of 1860 and the Union Veterans of 1861, of Hartford, have been notable fea- lures in this campaign. The 1840 Veterans have attended every public meeting at Allyn Hall.