The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-01-26

A-ouls wrought Iron Range 20. nave
been making Marietta headquarters
and stopping at the Elmwood Hotel.
Last week, the superintendent, Mr.. J.
E. Sharpe, visited Columbus, Ca, and
while there he was happily married on
| the 10Th inst, to Miss Eugenia Burrus,
| a beautiful blonde. They are at the
Elmwood, where they have been re-
ceiving the congratulations of their
friends. The Journal extends its good
wishes.
! Mr.. George B. Nigh on last Sunday
discovered blaze shoot out from his
barn. He rushed Immediately to the
scene, and found his hay urning. He
dashed bucket of water on the ceiling
and top of the hay, which had ten
dency to check it, when he picked I'D
quantity of hay and turned it over which
had the effect to smother out the
fire. He fought manfully for some
time and extinguished the blaze. He
thinks it originated by spontaneous
combustion.
United States Deputy Marshal Gal
loway, Mr.. Clarence Galloway and Mr..
Heck Davis captured fifty gallon
still on a farm near Chattahoochee
river on last Thursday. There were
about 500 gallons of beer. Mr.. r. L.
Barber came up while they were there
and was arrested. He confessed that
he was running the still. He lives in
Atlanta. He was bound over by Com
missioner Lester, and was placed in
Atlanta Jail.
The bargains in Winter Goods at
Read & DuPre's will be the talk of the
town and county. Call and buy what
you want before they are gone.
For SALE-A two horse wagon and
harness, used one year or will exchange
for good one horse wagon and harness.
For information apply ut Journal office.
Tuesday night Mr.. Pope, of the
Southern Bell Telephone Co., had quite
a number of our citizens present by in
vitation to listen to the long distance
telephone connection with New York.
1t is remarkable to stand in Marietta
and talk topeople hundreds of miles
away. Music could be heard at Mont
gomery and Birmingham, Alabama.
Science is great though, and the inven-
tons of man are wonderful. Mr.. and
Mrs. Pope served nice refreshments, Il
number of ladies being present.
Rev. J. T. Jenkins is moving around
among the people and getting acquaint-
ed. He casually remarked the other
day that he had found about forty
Baptists in the city who had moved
here and had not put their letters in
the church at this place. He will try
to get them to do so, and they will be
a blessing to the church and the church
a blessing to them.
Mr.. +. M. Barnes, of Lost Mountain,
was in town Saturday, and he said he
was at Mr.. H. H. Clay's place the other
day, and in tearing down the pillars of
an old honse, built many years ago by
Mr.. David Newell, rock was taken out
that had upon it the indentation of q
dogs track. The rock had at one time
been soft, and evidently became petri-
fled.
| Call and see what we have left in
Winter Goods, and if we have what
you want you can buy it at such great
bargain you will go home, look up
your friends and send them to Read Il
DuPre's store to get bargains as you
did.
Judge Gober has added more land to
his extensive peach orchards in Pick
ems county. He is working about
twenty-five hands there now, setting
out trees and getting orchards in good
condition.
FAIR WARNING.-All who owe me are
requested to come forward and make
settlement by the first of February
~A1A "CSCN'OS INV puiA w OldU ClIllC w III
be placed in the hands Of collector.
w. H. MUNcY.
Don't buy dollars worth of goods
elsewhere until you have seen the bar
gains we are giving to close out all
our winter stock. Read & DuPre.
Distilling and whisky drinking are
proving terror to the citizens in the
eastern part of the county, and some
half dozen citizens have banded to-
gether to break it up, and to secure
good order in that neighborhood, SO we
have been informed.
Mr. A. Howell, who has been visiting
his children in Chattanooga, returned
home Sunday, accompanied by Mr..
James G. Howell who spent the day
here, returning to Chattanooga Sunday
| night.
! We are going tn close ont oil orr