The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-01-10
Gives a Few Notes and
Observations.
GEORGE ", OLIVER, OF ATHENS,
Was the Confederate Soldier who Res.
cued Federal During the
Late War.


DEAR JOURNAL How strangely
it sounds to say 1895. Eve been
trying ever since the year came in
to get used to it, but have written
the date 1894 nearly every time l
had occasion to write it, putting my
self a'whole year behind the age.
The New Year is here, however, all
the same, and | watched for It's COM
ing and saw it, or rather heard it,
come in To us who waited in our
pleasant meeting of prayer the New
Year seemed invested with halo of
light and arched with "bow of
promise; outside it came amid
ringing of bells, firing of guns, and
blowing of steam whistles, welcomed
by all filled with bright hopes for
ale especially the young.
Now let me before the year gets
any older wish you and your readers,
Editors and correspondents, ali q
bright and happy New Year-a year
| filed with good things for you all.
The New Year day passed off in
comparatively quiet manner here in
this city. There was very little
drunkenness and no disorder. All
day long the ponds and creeks and
the Potomac fats were covered with
skaters, enjoying the first good freeze
of the season.
The White House was thronged
for several hours during the early
part of the day by bodies of the
citizens end local organizations de,
sirous of paying their respects to tae
President of the United States and
his sweet-faced, queenly lady, who
stood By her husbands side all
through the reception and gave
vigorous hand shake ana pleasant
word to each one who passed. When
| went home, after having been one
of that throng, my wife asked me
how MIS-. Cleveland was dressed.
Now, gust think OF her asking me
such a question How was she
dressed [ could not tell, to save
me -oniy cher face was dressed in
smiles She might have worn a |
calico gown and gingham apron, l
would lot have seen them with that
sweet face before me.
Have any of you lost uog? II
have found ooe-a handsome affec>
tionate little fellow. He followed
me home the other day and could |
not drive him away from me. |
hadn't the heart to give him over to
the dog catchers, SO took him in
and fed him, hoping some one would
advertise him, but the fates seem to
have intended him to be mine. L
have called him by every dog name
in the dictionary but he does not
respond. Then / tried the names
of the members of the present Cons
gress on him, all to no purpose. |
Some of them made him growl, some
he treated with Indifference, but to !
none of them did he wag his tail. |
So Pve just named him "Prince"
for short and he accepts. Its good |
thing to have friends, even among
dogs.
The political sensation of the day
is the apparent reconciliation OF
President Cleveland and Senator
Hill as evidenced by their meeting
at the Cabinet dinner at the White
House on Thursday evening. 1t is
somewhat of surprise, but have
no objections to their reconciliation,
have you?
Another sensation hers at present
is the tearing down O. the old, his.
toric "Blahe mansion" on Lafayette
square-the building in which the
attempt to assasinate Secretary
Seward was made.-the building in
which Mr.. Blaine and two of his
children died. 1t is a plain brick
structure but will soon disappear
and upon its site is TO be erected
one of the finest theatres in the
country. The property has been
very advantageonsly sold by Mrs.
Blaine and leased for theatre pur-
poses for ninetYnine years. One
feature OF the new theatre will be a
root garden which it is proposed to
make very attractive and run daring
the hot summer months.
You will remember that in nv
last letter told you e4 brave ex,
Confederate Georgian who rescued
q Noundcd ard periehing "Yankeen