The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-02-23

Mr.. Ernest King is now fireman on
the A. 4. & N. Road.
Mrs. Wheelan has been sick for the
past week with the grip:
Mrs Harry Dewar, of Nelson, was
here Monday.
Mr.. It's. Mckinney, of Blue Ridge,
is here this week.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Hirsch,
in Monroe, Ga, boy.
For SALE.-Plymouth Rock eggs for
Matching, also three triOs at $3.50 trio
if taken at once. r. j. I. Agricola.
Hon. O. B. Stevens, State Agricultu-
raj Commissioner, was in the city on
last Saturday.
Miss Blondelle Malone, of Columbia,
S. c., is visiting the family of DR.. J. d.
Malone.
Mr. and Mrs. Collins have left what
is known as the Col. Phillips place, near
Elizabeth, and now reside in the city.
Mrs. H. w. Shaw has been sick
for the past week, threatened with
rheumatism.
Losr-A pair of gold trimmed eye.
glasses with chain attached. Liberal
reward if returned to JOURNAL office.
Mr.. Thomas Gibbes of the Techno-
logical School, Atlanta, has been at
home here for the past few days sick.
Mr.. ]. J. Lowell, Charleston, w. Va,
is visiting his sister, Mrs. G. M. Crosby.
He speaks of moving to Marietta. We
hope he will do SO.
Mrs. Jesse Permenter, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. 7. Baze-
more, returned to her home in Atlanta
last Saturday.
Opinions are divided as to the injury
done the budding fruit trees by the
freeze. Injury to considerable extent
has been done.
The Marietta JOURNAL is making a
fine record as first-class local news
paper.-Cartersville News. You are
displaying good deal of energy on
that line yourself, brother.
A little negro boy picked up hand
some fur collarette on the streets last
Thursday, and very promptly returned
1T to the lady he saw drop it.
Mrs. Handy, the wife of Methodist
minister of Rome, lost her purse con-
tanning $500 as she was boarding the
train last Saturday at Blue Ridge.
Rev. w. A. Lindsey and his vocalist,
Prof James York, are in Central Hi
nois, conducting successful revival
services.
Miss Lemma Lewis has accepted a
position in Millinery department at J.
M. Highs, Atlanta, where she will be
pleased to- see all her Marietta friends
after March LIST.
If the weather man has anything
worse in stock than he has given us, we
wish to cancel all engagements for Ma
rietta. We want sunshine and silver
dollars to come this way.
The Amicalola Marble and Power
Company, of which Judge Gober is
President and Col. w. r. Power, Sec
rotary, has bought engine No. q from
A. K. & N. Railroad to ply between the
quarry and Ball Ground, where the
branch road is being built.
The most pitiable suffering during the
cold weather was found among colored
people in "Mayestown" They let each
day provide for itself, and when the
freeze locked the wheels Of business
and they had no work or money, they
felt the pinchings of poverty to an ex-
circulating degree. Save for rainy
day.
State Entomologist, Mr.. w. NJ.
Scott, was the guest of Mr.. w. NJ. Nc
Kenzie here Friday evening and Satur-
day. Mr.. Scott examined the peach
trees in Mr.. McKenzie's orchard near
Kennesaw mountain, ard saw no evil
dence OF any destructive insect. He
found, however, that the buds on the
peachtrees, and even some of the twigs
were killed by the recent freeze. The
probability is there will be no early
peaches in this section.
The Ice King played one of his most
unexpected pranks in the elegant home
of Mr.. and Mrs. B. w. Seymour. They
were congratulating themselves that
their rooms were kept so warm there
was no danger Of the water pipes BURST
ing. The next moment the Kings de-
fiant laugh was heard--or was it the
water he released from the reservoir
as it came gurgling down, flooding
bathroom, library and hall.
In letter from Mr.. w. f. Talley, of
Millen, Ga, to his father here, Mr.. A.
H.Talley,h he says: "The Marietta JOUR-