The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-07-27

ameteuf pau players IN Georgia, Will be IN
Marietta Thursday and Friday OF this
week, and will play the nine of this city
series of three games. Thursday afternoon
at o'clock first game. Two games will be
played Friday-one in the morning at $3.50
and the other at 3 in the afternoon. The
games will be played at tAe Race Track
and an admission fee of 10 cents for each
game will be charged. Ladies free. The
home team has been very successful this
season-winning nine straight games and
have lost none. 1t will be remembered the
Marietta boys visited Gainesville last year
and were given an unmerciful drubbing by
the team of that place, and now they PROS
pose to do Gainesville up in the same
shape. Both clubs are out for blood and
some good ball may be expected.
The dwelling occupied by Conductor
Eubanks, on Roswell street. and owned by
Judge Gober. caught on fire in the roof,
from defective fue, on Thursday morn
ipg about clock, and was burning rap>
idly when discovered. The alarm was
sounded and the fire department responds
ed. The hand engine, manned by the
colored company. got in stream and did
good work, until the steam engine got to
work and poured two streams upon the
burning building. The roof was partly
burned off, but the main part of the build>
ing was saved. Mr.. Eubanks got all Of
his furniture and household goods out and
his loss will be small. His wife was ON
visit to her parents at Hoy's at the time Of
the fire. The building was fully covered
by insurance with COL w r. Power.
Hon. A. S. Clay has been invited to de-
liver an address at the Catocsa County
Sunday School Association to be held at
Stone church, August 9Th subject what
should be the real object in Sunday School
teaching ?? The Ringgold New South, in
speaking of him in an Introductory man
ner, says: Hon A. S. Clay, of Marietta,
ranks high as one of Georgias progressive
young statesman, and may be our next
Governor"
Prof j. s. Stewart went to sleep the
other night with the window of his room
up and the blinds open. He woke during
the night and man was standing at the
window. Prof. Stewart grabbed his pistol
and stuck it N the mans face. The would
be-burglar slammed the blinds too and
lodged under the house and made good
his escape, Some fellow will find himself
corpse if be peeps i'll many windows.
Hon. John A. Sibley, after an absent OF
four months, returned home last week,
minus moustache, but wearing a big
smile and carrying a number of extra
pounds Of flesh. John has been over in
South Carolina where TIlman and anti
Tillman politics are red hot and still heat>
Idng.
Look over your stock of stationery and
if you are in need of any kind of job print
ms S&'O no JOuA Oluel' we are DIS well
! prepared and can do just as good work and
at as low prices as any printing house in
the state.
All parties who were members of the
23rd Georgia Regiment living near Marie.
ia are requested to meet at the court house
in Marietta on the first Tuesday in Angus
I next to assist in making some arrangement
for the reunion of said Regiment on 3ls
August next r. L. LAwHoN.
/ Do you wish silt of clothes If so
call to see Hirsch's line.
| Keep cool if you can, ard if you can't
keep cool, keep as cool as you can, by
| buying yourself light weight coat and
vest from Read Il Virgins.
Rev. G. S. TUMLIN aud daughters. Misses
Clara and Mary, spent several days in Ma
rietta last week and this Mr.. Tumlin
preached at the Baptist Church Sunday
morning to his old congregation, all whom
were glad to see him. Mr.. Tumlin has a
warm place in the hearts of our people,
and finds cordial welcome here.
Marietta, like other towns, has her
street statesmen who discuss the stu>
pendons problems of finance profoundly,
and know exactly what the government
should do and how its affairs should be
managed to bring success; but strange to
say they have never been success them
selves.
We Lave just'received nice lot of sums
mer and midsummer light weight clay
| worsted sack and GETAWAY. suits. Our
trade has been unusually good, which re.
quired US to buy filling in lot, that will
60 remarkably cheap. Get our prices be-
fore buying READ & WIGGINs.
Rev. A. B. Vaughn, Jr, will resume
services at the Mt. Zion Baptist church
next Sunday morning, and will baptise
candidates before preaching on Sunday
morning. He will probably continue the
meeting. until Thursday following.
Mrs. C. NJ. Mcintosh, mother of Mrs. J.
M. McEMosh, Of this place, died at the
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