The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1900-03-08

nesaw. Mr.. Bishop had to go to Cher
okee county to make the arrest. He
found the negro in the woods with a
gun in his hands ready to shoot squir-
rel. Mr.. Bishop slipped up and grab
bed the gun and told the negro to sur
render. The negro said, Hold on, dat
gun is cooked !" Turn it loose p said
Mr.. Bishop. The negro did so and
broke into run. Mr.. Bishop fired the
gun at the fleeing fugitive and took
after him. After running him down q
creek and through swamps, he caught
him. He was brought to Marietta and
turned over to Sheriff Bishop, who car
ried him to Kennesaw, where he was
tried before Justice OF the Peace and
bound over. He is now in jail here.
A Marietta citizen came down on the
6 AS train the other night in company
with Rev. Sam Jones. He became so
engrossed in conversation that he did
not observe that he had reached
Marietta, and when the conductor came
through the train at Smyrna, he said,
Colonel, why didn't you get off at
homer" 81 intend to, when l get
there " he responded. do you know
that you are at Smyrna ?" He didn't,
but thought he was at Kennesaw. He
went on to Atlanta and came back
home on the 8 O'Clock train.
The local bar of Marietta at q meet
ing agreed for the adjournment of
Cobb Superior Court next week to July,
when the new court house will be ready
for occupancy. The probability is that
Judge Gober will accede to their wishes
and will only hold two or three days
court; clear the jail, hear some petit
tions and adjourn.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company has conspicuous advertise
mert in this issue, to which we call at
tention Mr.. Smith the manager of the
Marietta office is quite a nice gentle
man and if you will see him he will give
you rates that will be of benefit to you.
Read the advertisement.
Mr.. John d. Northcutt, travelling
salesman for the Marietta Knitting
Mills, sold 5000 dozen hose in one day
in New Orleans last week. This is a
fine record and shows how the excel
lent goods of this mill are meeting with
ready sale.
The Presby terrain Mission day school
and Sunday school are now located in
Mr.. Coker's house on Locust street.
This is grand work our Presbyterian
friends are doing, and we wish such
missions were established in various
parts of the city.
The yard of the Baptist church will
be greatly beautified with marble
coping, avenues, etc. Mr.. James Hill
burn has drawn the plans and they
show to good advantage. This elegant
church edifice will be the more attrac-
tive when these concentrations are
made.
The lesson taught by the great play.
Faust, is more lasting than any sermon
ever preached. No one ever witnessed
it without going away determined to
be better man. 1t is endorsed by the
leading clergy of our country. To-
night, at opera house.
Mr.. viii A. Florence has returned
from New York where he bought big
stock of goods for Florence Bros, King
& Go. He stopped in Washington City
and hobnobbed with Congressman and
had big time generally
DIED.-Mr. Marion n. Phillips died
in Acworth on last Monday afternoon,
aged 20 years. He was one of Ac-
worth's most prominent merci ants
He leaves wife and three children.
He was an uncle of Mrs. Il. +. Butler,
of this place
At "a hearing before Mr. George d.
Anderson, referee in bankruptcy, last
Saturday in this place, Mr.. J. B. Lyon
WAS appointed trustee of the property
of Mr.. G. t. Cocker, Of Ball Ground
WHO has been adjudged a bankrupt
with liabilities of $1,000, and assets
$1,000.
Mr.. J D. Easterlin, of the Southern
Bell Telephone Company, of Atlanta
has bought of Mr.. r. NJ. Mcneil hi,
farm, near Little Kennesaw Mountain
formerly owned by Mrs. Harwood anC
will move here at once.
Gel. and Mrs. P D McCleskey lef
Sunday for Alpharetta. Mr.. McCies
key is rttending Milton court, anC
Mrs. McCleskey will be the guest O
her sister. Mrs E F. Simpson, for th,
next six weeks
! The large smoke stack at the electri,
light plant was placed in position Sun
day. Mr.. Pat McGarry had force O