The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-01-05
Gbs Hlarietta yOnrnal.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

A sack OF hour was stolen out OF the
depot on Monday.
Mr.. j. Bella Campbell of Atlanta was
here Tuesday.
Mr.. J. B. White left Moaday for
Montgomery, Ala, to work at the
marble business.
Mr.. Walter Mayfield has gone to
Blue Bidge to open up shooting gal
lcry.
Mrs. Nancy Leard, of Bowersville,
Ga, is visiting her son, Mr.. Charles
Leard
MARRIED-On Christmas day, Mr.. H.
Chadwick to Miss Eva Spicy, Rev. d.
J. Maddox officiating.
Rev. J. T. Jenkins was too sick to
take part in the services at the Baptist
church Tuesday night.
Miss Julia Swords, beautiful young
lady of Social Circle, is visiting her UNI
Gle, Mr.. III. J. Warning, on Lemon st.
Ex-Sheriff Bishop has moved to his
farm on Canton road. He made an eff
ficient and clever officer, and he has
the best wishes of our people.
Misses Foster Jones and Margaret
Coggins, of Canton, spent Tuesday
night and Wednesday here with Miss
Elma Reynolds.
Mr.. Robert Jones, ofCanton, enroute
to the University at Athens, visited
Mr.. Houston Mcintosh here Tuesday
night and Wednesday,
Mr.. Hiram Butler had family re-
union at Kennesaw on last Sunday.
Col. r. N. Holland, of this place, made
an address. 1t was pleasant occa-
sion.
Mr.. j. n. CAN'T visited his father,
Mr.. j d. CAN'T, the first of the week,
and also took stock in his. store in the
country.
Anna Chapman, colored, claims that
Jesse Love, colored, assaulted her with
knife on Monday night 9th ult, in
Mayestown, cutting her person slight
ly.
A very pleasant entertainment was
given at the residence of Mr.. Sam
Jones in Elizabeth last Thursday eve
ming, at which number of Marietta
people attended.
Ebernezer Morris, colored boy was
arrested for striking Dock Garner, a
white boy, on the head with baseball
bat, making bad wound. The latter
Is the son of Mr.. Cap Garner.
Mr.. J. w. L. Brown, of Gainesville,
sent to Mr.. Joseph M. Brown, of this
place. bronze turkey weighing Al
pounds, during the holidays.
Mamie Lenard, an old colored wo-
man, was found dead in bed in Hol-
landtown on the oath ult. Coroner
Lyon held an inquest.
Mrs. L. H. Hughes has sold out her
store and property in Waycross, Ga and
moved back to Marietta, accompanied
by her family and Mrs. Dora Merriman,
occupying the house with her daugh-
ter, Mrs Chamberlain, on Washington
avenue.
Our esteemed friend, Mr.. Claud
Jones, who has been with Legg Bros.
so long, has accepted q position with
Rhodes 4 Bowman, of Atlanta, and
will be travelling solicitor for that
firm. his numerous friends in Mari
eta wish him great success.
Mr.. E. M. Barnes, of Lost Mountain.
told us that one day last week he saw
flock of one hundred wild geese. in
about one hundred yards of the ground,
going south. This is little remark
able from the fact that wild geese gen.
orally go south early in the season.
Why should law and order be sus-
pended on Christmas and the town
turned over to people to whoop, yell.
shoot, get drunk and make noise gem
orally? Why shouldn't the law that is
applicable to every day in the year be
applied on Christmas day? 1t seems
an idea prevails that the day Christ
was born should be one of license and
liberty.
NJ The handsomest doll carriage ever
brought to Marietta was sold by our
dfnggist, Mr.. Crosby, to Mrs. Tennent.
IttRps sent as Christmas present to
litt Miss Jean Gales Ward, the year
old N&p-daughter of Mrs. d. T. Ward
nee Miss Virgie Ogden. Itwas shipped
to Franklinton, n. O. Miss Dollie who
occupied the handsome equippage, was
s'blondz saeauty," attired in the very