The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-10-06
Gbe Marietta yonrnal.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

A vast amount Of hay saved in Cobb
county this year.
better grade of cotton is coming
in now.
Mr.. John Hall has resigned as fore
man of the batting department Of the
Marietta Paper Manufacturing Co
Mr.. Blair, son and daughter, of
Knoxville, Tennessee, were at Mrs.
Brumby's last week.
A full car load of chickens and eggs
came over the A. X 4 n. Monday for
Atlanta.
Mr.. John NJ. KcKinney, of Blue
Ridge has opened a produce commission
house here, opposite the court house,
with Mr.. Langley in charge.
Lieutenant Alex Lawrence was visit
ing his parents here Saturday. He has
resigned from the Third Georgia regi-
ment, and will return to Savannah and
practice law.
A little boy in Marietta while pray
ing at his mothers knee, and trying to
think of all the things which he would
like for God to send him, made pa
thetic appeal to be granted big water
melon for Christmas.
Captain S. V. Sanford, of Company
d., Third Georgia. Regiment, has re-
signed, and resumed his place AS SUI
perintendent of the public schools here.
Prof. Buell. Starks, temporarily engage
ed, returns to Conyers.
Editor Walker, of the Acworth Post,
attended the speaking and barbecue
here Saturday and also gave us II pleas
ant call. He is making the Post a
bright and newsy paper, credit to
the thriving town of Acworth
Mr.. W. G. Huggard hadt town Thurs
day stalk of cotton with l23 bolls or
it. He has number of acres in cotton
equally as fine and promising, and
shows what industry can do. He
bought his guano from Anderson Bros
Hon. Elem DuBignon, chairman OF
the State Democratic Executive Com.
mittee, was in Marietta Saturday af-
ternoon enroute from Alpharetta
where he made speech. He was &C.
companied by Mr.. Cramer, of the At.
lanta Constitution.
A colored woman, who says her name
is Mrs. John A. Logan" of Quincy
H., and recently from Chattanooga
made speech on the square the other
day. On Friday she was rather wrathy
because a colored man said he knew
her and he would like to break hel
neck with stick She talked of COW.
hiding him.
Saturday, as Mr. T. y. Crowder anG
little son were riding towards theil
home at kennesaw, negro boy named
Tony Banks, on Kennesaw Avenue
threw rock, without provocation, and
struck young Crowder on the back OF
the head, making a bad cash. A good
deal OF excitement was caused by it
The negro boy escaped arrest
Mr.. W. K. Seago, of New Orleans
who is in the city. sent out 1900 sam.
pies of rice through the Marietta post
office one day last week. Owing tc
the yellow fever at his home the quar-.
lntlne regulations would have caused
the packages to be perforated and the
rice would have spilled out, but by
using the mails here that is obviated
lie sends out small samples every year
from New Orleans, consuming about
ten barrels of rice annually that way
Mr.. W I, Mosher, the baker. had q
blg trade last week He baked about
1900 loaves of bread and vast ouan.
tlty OF cakes, pies and rolls He sup
piled l250 loaves of bread for the Dem.
ocratic barbecue. When spread out in
his store there was pile of it covering
wide space. He had WarIick to pho
tograph it. His bakery is new and
clean and kept so. Everything is in q
presentable condition, and a person car
eat his bread with a relish,
The marriage, which over-Zealous
friends had planned all unknown to the
principal actors Ito be- for last Sunday
afternoon, Oct. ID, failed to materialize
The Lady assigned to the fortunate DO.
sition of bride in this instance saws
that she was not allowed sufficient
time to get ready, and thinks her
friends ought to have let her into the
secret sooner. II they had done this
she says no doubt but that she would
now be enjoying the double distilled
essence of honeymoonial bliss instead
Of still hanging on to the doubtful Joys
of maidenhood.
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