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mt Courier. M dW inbll. proprietor. “ WISDOM, JUSTICE, AND MODERATION." FOUR DOLLARS PER ANNUM. 0 SERIES, ROME, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1879, VOL. 18, NO. 127 flduritt imil gtawmminl .WSOUPATBD APRIL 10. 1879. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTIONS. for the weekly. on* y fAr - S II months Three months.. FOR THE TRI-WEEKLY. $4 00 . 2 00 . 1 00 0»e ijli months ^Tn^vearly, strictly In advance, the price ^Sj^wlllbetlW. CONTRACT RATES OF ADVERTISING. 4 00 8 00 12 00 20 00 one months 7 50 15 00 0 n« square one month .... * le square three months 0M square six months......... Oae«q“* re twelve months.., e-Mrth column one mot One-foutthcolumn tlireo months.. me-foorth column six months 27 00 One-fourth column twelve months SO 00 One-hell column one Feats in Mid Air. An Amateur Acrobat oil a Tight Rope Across Passaic Palls. New York Sun. Some weeks ago Harry Leslie walked across the chasm under the Passaic Falls in Paterson on a tight rope. Geo. W. Dobbs, an acrobat of Paterson, vt hose father is now dead, was once city marshal, immediately advertised that he would do all that Leslie did, and more too. Dobbs kept his word, and surprised the Patursonians. Then Dobbs advertised another performance of the kind that was to be yet more startling, on September the 4th. This was post poned on account of stormy weather until yesterday. Yesterday a great throng gathered at the falls, many having come from long distances to witness Dobbs’ perform ance. There were more free spectators i month 15 00 One-half column three months 27 00 one-half column six months..........; 60 00 OM-tolf column twelve months . : 80 00 On, column ono month 27 00 Onecoluranthroo months 60 00 Onecolumn six months . 80 00 On,column twelve months. 120 00 Tim foresolng rates are for either Weekly or JWe£wy When published In both papers, 60 Scentailtlonal upon table rates. Washington Letter. Washington, Sept. 16,1$79. There was a bad and threatening bolt from the New York State Convention last week, made up of certain leaders and followers of the Tammany Hall section of the Democracy of New York city, But it was then evident, and is now certain, that outside of the city the bolt had few sympathizers and less sup- i, and it is now equally certain that only a email portion of the city Democracy will follow John Kelly and companions into the camp of the enemy, Mr. Kelly announced, when he received the bolters’ nomination for (lovernor, that his purpose was to ruin the party if he could not rule it. That is not the talk that rulers make, or that Democrats approve. Mr. Kelly [and those of the Tammany organiza tion who follow him will find, long be fore election day, that, though the party may he necessary to them, they are not necessary to the party. Victory can be [achieved without them, and will be. The National Board of Health traces [a very favorable distinction between [the yellow fever of 1878 and that of. the 'resent year. Another advantage we iow have is in the much more prompt 'fforts to check the disease. The Ho.w- "Is anticipate an increase in the num r of new cases at Memphis, but with he financial and other aid offered they mfidently expect to prevent any such pneral spread of the disease as in 1878. There will he a grand reoeption for |en. Grant when he reaches San Fran- iseo, whioh will bo probably during 'h'l week. It will be all the heartier ranse it will have no partisan com 'lesion whatever. The absurd scheme f turning the Radical party of the hole country into a recoception com mittee to meet the. General at San Francisco has been, abandoned. If Nrds mean anything, Gen. Grant is fit °T the Presidential race by his own ^declarations. Mr. Hayes seems to “perceive a NMe duty’’in relation to the political fj be proposed to make while on Western tour. He wishes to deliver h hat his “Order No.” which prohibits dials from meddling in politics stands 31 e way. But everybody now un- freUnda that the order was that of iLT ant ' tba ^ the Secrotary bull- Hayes into signing it. Mr. 4 fes can aafely disregard an order of P“ Secretary, certainly, and he will f\ ! . y a w'de public curiosity by * ln gtha speech. Besides, he will Asserting his independence of Schurz, 1 *'■ will he a good thing. _ Nemo. A Fatal Kiss. Id ling vp t01 ? ^ emocr at: T'he death Py Yen'ow t f nn, ° Wilkins, Qf Memphis, * fidSTv* 8 as p athetic a8 u f'wk vomit ' 11 tbe intervals of the fWbanri i i 0 P a8l P 8 i Bhe besought her and he, with a de- Kcomni? j 1 I probab iy cost him his •boat h?8 P n 6d i ^ be lbe<1 with her arms Fed with and bo is now P r08 ‘ [Greater malignant pestilence, [hat h» a °, ve bath no man than this Wends" Wl his life for his U given _ the life of this husband lor she woo tosave that of his wife— lhea gonv ni' b k yo ? d b< >Pe—but to cheer pith a kL i moments on earth kti’on in o?® a b oy spending his va- "Wed/ co< tntry: pie, |t a woodchuqk out of his ^ that nigl,tH> Unk{ W0 sle P t in the on the hills than paying ones in the inclosure. A rope about an inch and a half in diameter was stretched from bank to bank, below the falls, being fastened to two trees 224 feet apart. The wator foamed and eddied seventy feet below, sharp-cornered bowldeis themselves a little below the surface. After some preliminary performances by two or three acrobats, Dobbs dressed tights and carrying a thirty-six pound balanoing-pole, started across the chasm. He seemed perfectly cool, and his paoe was almost a run. Then he orossed back, walking backward on the rope. Next he opened a bottle of wine, poured out Beveral glasses for spectators, and going to the centre of the rope, poured the remainder of the wine into a glass, drank to those on shore, who swallowed their wine at the same time. As Dobbs threw the bottle high into the air a sharp report was heard, and there was a frightened cry from the spectators, who thought the rope had snapped asunder. But the flying bottle was shattered to pieces, and then it was seen that the report came from a gun in the hands of Chris tian Rineharat, who stood on the shore. Dobbs threw twelve glass balls into the air, and Rinehardt shattered them all, in accordance with a fifty dollar wager. Dobbs had advertised to carry a twelve years old boy across on his back, but the city authorities forbade the act, and Dobbs obeyed them, although the chosen boy cried to go. Dobbs had ar ranged to walk across in a sack and with peach baskets on his feet, but some of the spectators interfered and persuaded Dobbs’ friends to take the saok and baskots away. Then Dobbs put a small hoop over his ankles, which prevented him from stepping more than a few inches, and walked across and back, throwning cakes at the ladies on the shbrs. Feats by the other gymnasts followed; one, oalled the “iron-jawed man,” being pulled across the river on a rope stretched over from Morris Mountain, while he supported himself by his teeth, and fired revolv ers, waived flags, and threw glass balls to shoot at. Later in the afternoon Dobbs repeat ed his performances, and in the evening there was a flying trapeze aot, in which a performer named Mat Loxley, in taking a sixty feet leap, missed his aim and fell among the spectators, breaking his nrm and dislocating his jaw. That ended the performance. How Maine was Carried by the Radicals. A Portland correspondent of the Hart ford Times writes to that paper as fol lows : Not all the votes which were cost for Davis were secured from love of the Re publican cause or admiration of an hon est dollar, or party prejudice, or fear of Democratic ascendency. It is a shamo to be obliged to record that there was much bulldozing of a “civilized sort” resorted to by wealthy firms and rich corporations and manufacturing estab lishments upon their poor employeo. Many workmen were discharged for avowing their purpose to vote the Green back ticket. Many cases of this nature can be named to the shame of the State and our New England civilization. Then the votes of many army and navy pensioners were influenced by threats of the examining surgeons and others, that if they did not vote the Republi can ticket their pensions should be with drawn. This disgraceful appliance is thought to have added materially to the vote for Davis. The search of Con- ;ressional committees for cases of bull- lozing and intimidating voters would be promptly rewarded by a visit to Maine. It would seem that Congress should take some notice of the threats made to the disabled defenders of the Union, and it is understood that the case of one pensioner in Oxford county, who was cut off on account of joining the Greenback party, will be presented before Congress early in the next sea- ~ ! on. Just as Effectually. There is no swear words in the Sioux language, it 1b said. But don’t let your sympathy go out to the poor red man on that account. He doesn’t feel the loss of them. When anything doesn’t please him—when, after carefully sharpening his lead pencil, the point snaps off—in stead of relieving himself with a string of oaths, he mutters two or three terri ble-looking, five-story words with bay windows and mansard roof, and rushes out and soalps a pale face. ThissootheB his angry feelings just as effectually as if he had all the profanity of the French language at his command. (uticura REMEDIES Infallibly Cure all Skin and Scalp Dis eases, Scaly Eruptions, Itchlngs, and Irritations. The testimonials of permanent euros of Skin and Sealp Diseases, which have been the torture of a lifetime, by the Outicura Remedies, are more wonderful than any ever before performed by any methods or remedies known to the med ical profession. Cutloura Resolvent, a powerful Blood Purifier, is the only purifying accent which finds its way into the circulating fluid and thenee through the oil and sweat glands to the surfaee of tho ■kin, tbuB destroying ths poltonous elements with whioh. these vessels havo been daily oharged. Cutloura, Tho Great Skin Cure, applied exter nally, arrests all unnatural or morbid growths which oover the surface of the diseased glands and tubes with Sealy, Itching and Irritating Humors, tpeedilylt rsmoves them, leaving the poreaopen, healthy and free from diseased par ticles of matter. Thus internally and externally do these great remedies aot in conjunction, performing cures that have astonished the most noted physicians of the day. SALTRHEUM~FOR 30 YEARS On the Head, Face and Greater Part of tho Body, Cured. Messrs. Weeks A Potter: Gentlemen—I have been a great sufferer with Sait Rheum for 30 years, commencing in my head and face and extending over the greater part of my body. I have taken gallons of medicines for the blood of different kinds and tried good physicians, all of which did me no good, ana I came to the oonelu sion that I eould not' bo eared. But a friend called my attention to an artiole in the Union on skin diseases, and I got a box of Gutioura. The first application was a great relief, and the third took the soales all off, and I felt like a new man. I have need three SO cent boxes and my skin Is smooth, and I consider myself en tirely cured. Hoping that this may bo aeon by some one efflioted as I have been (il there is any) is my earnest wish. And I cheerfully reo- ommend it to all persona sffiioted with like dis eases. Yours truly, B. WILSON LORD. Agawam, Man., Sept. P, 1878. The Ouiioura Soap ehculd bo used for aleans- ing all diseased aurfacos, as most soaps are in jurious to the skin. 1879. FALL & WINTER TRADE. 1879. New Goods. Fine Goods. MRS. T. BfwiLLIAMS, M IULIKTER, No. 61 Broad Street, Rome, Ga. 'T'HANKING MY MANY CUSTOMERS F.ORTHE LIBERAL PATRONAGE GIVEN ME 1 in the past, I am proud to say that I am better prepared to attond to liielr wants than ever before. I have now In atoro and to arrive Bonnets, Hats, Flowers, Plumes, Silks, Velvets, Plushes, Ribbons, Ornaments, Hair Goods, Zephyrs, Oombs, Notions, etc.,ote., which I bavo soleoied in S ereon in the Northern markets. My Goods are in the Latest Styles, end I have my Trimming' one with good material by experienced mlllinera. Call and examine my goods and goi my pricos before purchasing elsewhere. (octl7 tw wtl HARRY, BOWIE & CO., WHOLESALE HARDWARE DEALERS, BROAD STREET, ROME, GA. WE CARRY IN STOCK RUBBER BELTING, 3 ply, 2, 2 1-2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 incheB; | “ 4 ply, 8, 10, 12 and 14 inches. RUBBER PACKING, 1-8, 3-16 and 1-4 inches. •©“Strictly Best Goods Made. HEMP PACKING-MANILLA HOPE—LACE LEATHER— CUT LACINGS— UPRIGHT MILL SAWS—CROSS CUT SAWS—ONE MAN CROSS CUT SAWS—SAW SWAGES—FILES—BELT RIVETS-PINE HAMMERS— WRENCHES, die,, making Complete Line of Mill Furnishings. , OUR PRICES ARE ALWAYS RICHT. LEPROSY. A Modern Miracle. Astonishing Results from tho Use of CUT1CUBA. Messrs. Weeks A Potter t Gentlemen — We have a ease of Loproiy in our poorhonse whioh Is being cared by your Cutlonra remedies. The county had employed all of our doctori and had sent to Now York for advice, but to no avail. Tho patient eommenced using the Cuticura and immediately began getting better. He had been confined to his bed for two and ono-half years. Had not had his clothes on miniDg stock market west of the thi> tlms - Rooky Mountains. Six of its columns wheTha walked there would at least one filled with closely printed lists of An evening newspaper in San Fran cisco gives a glimpse of the state of the OLDEST AJSTD BEST DR. J. BRADFORD’S Liver & Dyspeptic Medicine The Real Issues. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. There are a great many Democratic platforms and planks, but it seems to vfs the real, vital issues of the day can be touched in a few questions. Shall the Democratic majorjty rule, or must it submit to a Republican mi nority ? ... Shall the will of the people be obey ed, or the will of a few daring political desperadoes ? Shall a party be continued in power whioh openly refuses to obey both the law of the land and the votes and voioes of the people? Shall the Republican party own this republic as if in fee simple? Shall Grantism, imperialism and cor ruption take the place of honest local self-government ? Shall the people not only condone fraud and crime, but elevate and pro mote its perpetrators ? Shall tho minority party, now )n power, submit to the majority 1 Shall the South bo governed by lie- publicans from Washington, mstoad ot governing itself? Shall there be real ppaoe, reconcilia tion and patriotism among the people or must there be eternal hatred flue Shall centralisation and sectional fa naticism accomplish what secession failed to accomplish ? The railroad drawbridge scene in Boucicault’s new play at Booth s thea- ater, according to a New York corre spondent, is received with more ap plause than “Booth’s best acting in the house of his misfortunes was ever re- warded with,” and he makes this sug gestion: “If machinery is bo much more effective than men and women in exciting an nudienpe, how long will it ha t\efove somebody will in^a trage dian of wheels, springs and bellows to go by steam power ? ^ The Oodar Grove district, of Walker *“* *»■ are I shares in various mining companies on which assessments are overdue, and which are advertised to be sold as di rected by law because their owners re fuse or are unable to make further pay ment on them. On some of the Btock the assessments are as low as two cents a share, and on others as high as 82. Nearly 160,000 delinquent shares were advertised in a reefint number of the newspaper ia question. Saratoga correspondence New York Sun: It is an odd fapt that but few bridal parties come to Saratoga. The effects of the waters are not only unro- ro antic—they discourage amatory feel ing. Love letters may come to Sarato ga—they are never written here, while novels and flirtations are at a discount. If they will only take the water, emo tional people can safely depend upon the Spa to keep them out of mischief. Tho Florida canal project is not dead. The capitalists interested are now re ported to have made up their minds that it would be useless to ask for ex emption from taxation, and would be content with a simple grant, for whioh Durpose and extra session of the LegU- ature is likely to he oalled. Mr. Eugene Speer, formerly of Ma con, and well known throughout the. State, has been appointed Tally Cletk of the House of Representatives at Washington. It is the same place whioh has heretofore been filled by Col onel A. R. Lamar, and the salary is 82, 500 per annum. “I wish I were you about two hours,” she said, with great tenderness, “And why, my dear?” he asked with considerable interest. “Because,” she said, toying affection ately with his watch chain, “because then I would buy my wife a new bon net.” m “Where do all the flies come from ?.” querulously demanded old Mr. Gunny- bags, waving his hands frantioally aver his tormented head. “That isn’t the question,” replied his equally tormented partner; “when are they going back again ? That’s what I want to know.” In February next year there will be five Sundays. This fact occurs but three times in a century. Thus after 1880, we will havo to wait until 1960 beforo the shortest month of the year can again boast of five Sundays. The manner in which the “organized” Democrats are cleaning out the Augean stable at Atlanta shows that there is virtue and intelligence enough in the party to purify it and elevate it,—Mari etta Journal, At the Jaokson, Tenn., fair there ia to be a foot race run by nine widowers- It is to be a milo dash, and the prize is to be a widow. This is a Prompt and Certain Cure for all Diseases of the Liver Such as Dyspepsia, Headache, Chills and Fever, &c, Loot week h. m for tb. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED IN EVERT CA8E, OR MONET RETURNED. FOR SALE BY DRUGGISTS GENERALLY. J. Gk YEISER, Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Garden Seeds, &c., Sole Proprietor, Rome, Ga. R. T. Hoyt, Wholeoale and Retail Agent for Rome, Go. fcbl tw wly quart of ados come off o( him. Thi. happened every day. We think it ia a wonderful cure. We do not aay he ia cured, but he la in a fair way to be eured, to aay the leaat. Youra truly, DUNNING BROTHERS, Druggiata and Bookaellera. Allegan, Mich., Feb. 11,1878. Note.—Mosara. Dunning Brother? are thor oughly reliable gentlemen, and were unknown to no prior to the receipt of this letter. We firmly believe this Cutioura will permanently cure this very severe ease of Leprosy, aa It has done many others. Prepared by Weeks A Potter, Chemists and Druggists, 360 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., and for sale by all Drngglata and Dealers. Priee of CuTicuna, small boxes. 60 cents; targe boxes con-alnlng two and one-halt times the quantity of email, $1. Resolvent, $1 per battle. Cun- cura Soar, 26 cents per cake; by mall, 30 cents; 3 eakss, 76 cent*. llUe. Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Weak and Sore Lungs, V0UAIC CHeLECTKO Coughs and Colds. Weak b, . .__ 0 c Baok. Stomach and Bowels, r MSTtV'-° Dyspasia, Shooting Pains through the Loins and Back, Spasms or Fit., and Nervous, Museuler and Spinal Affections, relieved and eured when every other plaster, liniment, lotion and eleotrioal applianee fails. sepOtwwlm COMMON SENSE VIEWS FOREIGN LANDS. BY M. DWINELL. T . Pages, now ready for sals, la well printed on good paper and neatly hound in muslin. It embraces a series of Letters written (rent the most interesting cities of Southern .Europe; from Alexandria, Cairo and the Pyramids, la Egypt; from Jaffa, Jerusalem. Bethlehem, Beth any, Mount of Olivos, Jericho, River Jordan, Dead Sea, &o-, ia Pale.tine; Smyrna and An- eient Rphesua, in Syria; from Constantinople, Vienna, Switzerland, Ao., In Bnrope. Also, a series from the Western part of Amerloa, from Omaha to Ban Franoiaoo and including a visit to the famous Yosemite Falls. This Volume will be sent by mail, free of postage, on receipt of $1 60. Addrese Couataa Office, Rome, Qa., or it nan be bought at the Book Store*. “P. O. 3?.” “PUl of Ferfeetloti.» It is a hard“PlU” for the Old-Time Sewing Machine Companies to take, hut when the WHITE MACHINE comes in direct Com petition with them they are obliged to haul in their old Machines. They don’t find any second hand, made over White Machines, neither can you buy a White on two or three years time. They are sold for Cash, or on short time, at lotvest possible price. They are so constructed that Ihe Lost Motion in all the wearing parts, caused from long and constant use can be taken up by the simple turning of a scretv,'there fore they are obliged to outlast any other Machine, not provided with this necessary device, Statements of Agents of other Maohines to the Contrary Notwithstanding. Tlioy have more space under the arm, and are the lightest I-umtiitg Machine made. Therefore pay no attention to what others say, hut try them yourself and buy the White if you want the best. For sale by julSt twwti E. C. HOUGH, Rome, Ga. R. T. HOYT. II. D. COTHRAN HOYT & COTHRAN, Wholesale Druggists, ROME, GEORGIA, HAVE JUST RECEIVED A CAR LOAD OF GRASS AND EIEL33 SEEDS, INCLUDING CLOVER, TIMOTHY, HERDS’, BLUE AND ORCHARD- GRASS, BARLEY AND RYE, (and Oats to arrive.) Which they Offer to the Trade at Lowest Possible Figures. juliotwwtf ROBERTSON, TAYLOR & CO., SUCCESSORS TO QE0. W. WILLIAMS & CO., COTTON 1 FACTORS WHOLESALE GROCERS, -AND - GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, \ & 3 HavneSt., Charleston, S. 0., WILL GIVE ALL BUSINESS TJIF.IR MOST CAREFUL ATTENTION. Consignwf.nts, ap Cotton Somcitsd, jul ldtw-lm ALBIN OMBERG, Bookseller, Stationer kSl Printer TVo. 33 Broad Street, Has just received a Large Stock CROQUET SETS, BASE BALLS, ETC. A LAKGE STOCK WALL PAPER. a,r».lw-wly' -WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES.-©*