The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-07-18
LOCAL LEAFLETS.
Picked Up Here and There and Dot.
ted Down for Journal Readers.

DIR. L. s. Hopkins, Of Townsville, Ga.
is stopping at the Elmwood for few days
Mr.. Davidson, of the firm Of ]. NJ.
High, visited our city Sunday, the guest of
d. d. McCutcheon. Come again, Mr.. D.
Mr.. R. L. Northcutt is ON two weeks
visit to St Simon Islands.
Miss Luna Cowan, daughter of Col.
Frank Cowan, of Acworth, is visiting Miss
Kate Mullins, on Church street.
Mr.. Joseph N. Brown aud wife have
rented and moved into Capt Bonnes resi-
dence on Kennesaw Avenue.
Tennis is the rage in Marietta just now
with the ladies, and base ball has captured
the boys.
We regret to learn that Mr.. John Raber
is very sicE. We trust he will soon re-
cover.
DIR. Feltons bill to establish colleges
for higher education will not pass, but die
premature death
MISS Dottie Flanders, of Atlanta is
here visiting the family of Mrs. H. D.
Phillips.
A pleasant party OF young folks picnic
ed at paper mills Tuesday night, in honor
of Miss Pearl Lynch, chaperoned by Mrs.
McCutcheon
Mrs. W. Z. McCarter Aad Miss Laura
Pardue, of Aiken, S. c., and Miss Daisy
Sale, of Augusta, are visiting the family of
Mr.. j. G. Campbell.
WHAT would this country be without
railroads? And yet there are people
fighting Railroads as if they were enemies
to the people.
Mr.. G. n. JOHNSON, Of this place, has
invented and had built a fruit drier that
has merit and excellence, and will no
doubt prove a success.
The dog law went into effect last Mon
day morning. The city has tag and
woe be Unto that dog found on the street
without the regulation collar and tag.
SoAE people think that newspapers are
run without money, O. at least we judge
SO, or they wouldn't get mad when pre-
sented with an accouns for money for
work done oy the printers.
Miss Jessie Reynolds is visiting friends
in Toledo. Ohio. She writes home that
she has been to Detroit and across the
lake into Canada, having a delightful
time.
Miss Pearl Lynch, one of Atlanta's
fsirest and accomplished daughters, is
spending few days with Miss Mamie and
Emma McCutcheon, to the delight of her
many friends.
Phillips Legion will hold it's annual
reunion at Marietta, Wednesday August
7th.-SarannaA Negs. Our esteemed
contemporary is mistaken. The reunion
will be held on August 22d.
Col. R. n Holland has been employed
as attorney for one of the leading Loan
| Companies Of Atlanta, and will be glad to
accommodate all parties desiring loans on
real estate as security.
In Oregon District, there lives gentle
man named j. R. Scott, whose age is be-
tween So and 80, who has raised eight
children, now grown and married off, and
never had death in HIS family.
Gainesville and Marietta negroes played
a game Of base ball h&e on Monday,
which ended in a rumpus and row. At
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one time, it is said, it looked as if base
ball bats would be welded in bringing the
claret from more than a dozen craniums.
Newspaper advertising is regarded these
days as indispensable to the success of any
business, and the firm that doesn't adver-
tise and use prirAr's ink, is considered
not very enterprising or liberal. Live
men have live ways and show it in push
and energy.
The peach crop is very large and fine.
The probability is that much of it will rot
and go to waste on the trees, for want OF
means to save it. Some of the finest
of the sea son were brought in Monday by
Mr.. Greer.
Colonel Towers: II have just returned
from White Path springs. 1t was SO cool
there that slept under blankets every
night. They have led a mountain stream
through the yard of the hotel and made
four foot fall over some rocks. The
sound of the running water was enough to
keep me comfortable"
On Monday last, Mr.. W. j. Manning
visited General Phillips farm to see Mr..
Arnold, who works on the farm, relative
to settlement Arnold had borrowed
some money from Manning and pawsa3.
some wood, the proceeds from the sale of
the wood to 60 to Mr.. Manning to pay the
debt. A Misunderstanding arose, about it
and some harsh words were said, When
Mr. Arnold struck Mr.. Manning on. che
head with stick of woods making bad
scalp wound and knocking him senseles@
far brief time.