The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-01-23
LOCAL LEAFLETS.
Picked Up Here and There and Dot
ted Down for Journal Readers.

usouSht With II heavy frost.
The school girls are studying Ia
Grippe
-Four good jarH horses for sale, for cash
or on time: HESRY MEtvngT
The farmer who spends his money for
whisky and tobacco instead Of his county
paper, will not succeed very rapidly.
Sunday 18th was Gen. Lees birthday
made legal holiday by the Georgia
Legislature.
Mr. Maxwell informs us that the hotel
project is working admirably, and sub
scriptions are being made readily.
Mr.. W. ]. NJ. Hames has rendered his
resignation as Chief of the Fire Departs
ment
Mr.. Whitlock has Just recovered from
the grip He is satisfied with his expe,
rience.
Miss Ruth Dunwody has returned from
her visit to Townsville, Macon and other
points.
HE Methodist Sunday-school will give
social entertainment at Brantley II SEES
sions' hall Friday night
Mr.. Charley Henderson's two-story new
residence is completed and presents a
handsome appearance.
MISS Mary Towers and little Mary Dean
Towers have returned from visit to Biz
minGham aud Rome.
Mr.. Garrett and his daughter, Miss
Mamie, arrived in the city Sunday after.
noon on visit to Mr.. George Lacys.
Col. Moultrie NJ. Sessions has bought
of Mr.. f. Reid the Granting brick resi-
dence on Cemetery street. paying $4,000
tor the same. He will move into it to. day.
| HOUSE and lot to rent, on TrammelI
street, rooms, and all necessary convens
fences. Large garden and outhouses.
POSSESSION given Immediately. Enquire
of W. E. Granting.
La Grippe has struck the town and quite
a number Of our citizens are wrestling with
1T In all the agony of broken bone fever
1t lasts about three days and leaves one
feeling little worse for wear and tear"
A number of school children have it.
viii the Council give as back our old
kerosene lamp on Lawrence street? 1t
will help relieve the darkness, as there
don't seem to be enough electric lights to
go around
| The man who makes his money in this
community and trots off to spend it in
Atlanta for article Of merchandise or a Job
of printing is not working to sustain home
enterprises or to build up his town.
CONGRESS- should make an appropriation
at once to finish the work on Cemetery
street. We trust Congressman Clements
will give it his attention.
Don't be caught by flaming advertise
ments of SO called leading drug stores, but
come and see us when in town. We will
treat you all right at Palace Drug Store.
Il NJ. HAMsETT, Agent
SEVERAL tunnels and very high trestles
consumes good deal OF labor and money
for the Knoxville Southern to connect with
the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad.
Mr.. H. S Anderson has bought the
building now used by Mr. J. Spilman for
livery stable. Mr. Anderson speaks of
putting brick building there
The next meeting of the Marietta Whist
Club will be held at Mr.. McCrea's on Tues
day evening, Jan. 2Sth from "A to 10
o'clock.
w. M. Scott, of Atlanta, will sell at
auction "a lots in the Maxwell addition, in
Marietta, on Thursday, February 9th, 1890.
These lots are certainly the most desirable
in the city for residences. and are in FIVE
and ten minutes walk from the depot. They
lay between Mr.. Erwin Maxwell S residence
and Col L. N. Trammelps.
The sale OF the R. G. Kerr farm has
been postponed until the first Tuesday in
March, as will be seen by the advertisement
in another column. This valuable proper
ty consists of 1863 acres lying on the Can
ton road north of Marietta. Parties desir-
ing additional information about the same
will please call on me at my office.
IL. N. HOLLAND
Attorney and Agent for Executor
Mr.. Edgar Talley. son Of Mr.. Alopzoa
Talley, is now in the dairy business with
Mr.. S. @. Atkinson in Brunswick. He is
ayoung man Of fine business sense up
right in character and worthy young
man, and we trust he will meet with sue
cess in his new home.
Men who never move never run against
anything; and when a man is dead and bu-
ried nothing never runs against him. To
be run against is proof Of position, to run
against is proof ofprogress. The tree which
bears the best fruit will be surrounded with
the most clubs, and the man who has the
strongest conviction of right usually has
the most enemies.
NOTICE. We have consolidated our
tailoring business and can Low be founo
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