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Pennsylvania Correspondence,
The nfiraht Boom” on the Rise—Outlawry
in Pennsylvania.
LiaoNtKR Valley, Pa., )
Nov. 11,1879. f
Editor Courier: That recent politi
cal events and results in Ohio, New
York, Pennsylvania and elsewhere have
given the Grant boom a boost is a ques
tion now pretty definitely settled. The
outlook, therefore, for the future of the
Republic was nSVtor more gloomy.
Tiie "stalwarts’’ are having things pret
ty much their own way. We are now,
more than ever, convinced that we were
right four years ago when we took the
ground that it would yet be necessary
to hurl the Radioal party from power
at the point of the bayonet. The tame
submission of the Democratic party to
fraud and perjury in 1876, is now bear-
iag its fruit. We thought it was a mis
take then; we are sure of it now. The
sooner we prepare to meet what is in
store for us, the better. The Republi
can programme is evidently to inaugu
rate Grant, irrespective of his election,
tad then continue him in office. If the
maamvering of the Radical leaders for
the last two years doesn’t mean that, it
rimply meariB nothing. The intention
is to make Grant .the next President, or
Dictator, rather, and the days of the
Republic will'then be numbered. The
first step in that direction was the seat-
iegof the White House Fraud, who haa
been drawing President Tilden’s. salary
for the last three years. This move
ment upon the part of the Radioal lead
us, seconded by the Great Fraud him
«lf, was simply made with a view to
ascertain how much encroachm -;nt upon
their rights the people would stand j
wd having found out that we tamely
submitted to that, we may now expect
something still stronger. Every cir
cumstance proves this argument to be
correct.
And a demonstration still more detri-
®ental to the rights of the State* and
•o liberties of the people will now
be made. Will we submit?
(“at ib the question. God forbid. If we
self-government is a thing of the
Pest, ana we deserve the abject slavery
st vill be morally certain to follow.
6 encroachments of Great Britain
“Pen the rights of the colonies, which
brought on a watftesuUing in our in-
ependence, wero mild and even putri-
? lc w Ren compared with the present
U ntl0U8 of the Radical leaders,
11. e / e ^ er3 with which they propose to
su, US are now being forged out.
T ‘ U . we wear them? We think out.
6 time has now arrived, we think,
' C T k 0 obliged to take the
lca ‘ party on its own ground.
I “°dy knows that the Radical par-
I and 7 a ' Ways * )oen a brute force party
, 1 it comes to a tept of brute force
, ffee C the Radical party and the
c mpi0U8 o1 ’ self-government in this
I Th 'i' Ve ' lave uo f eare f° r the result,
a this lest will be made, and that
I The^t ° nB ’ We moral Iy certain.
, 8 ru BBle is between self-government
l l0t h &aaro ' ly ' The colors representing
I 8 are now fl y' n g from their re
| gj n lv (’ rai »parts. Let the battle be-
. 6 are ready for action. We
f orc , Want one—but if the issue is
«ud« Up ° n . us w a are ready to meet it,
Ou, „j t6 . rta ‘ n n °t a doubt of the result
8Uus »k l< ' 9 therefore is, stand to your
the en« 60 1881 comes; and when
my °P ens fire return it prompt
ly and vigorously, and the God of bat
tles will carry us through to complete
triumph. Our cause is just, and must
win. The arch-enemy of self-govern
ment will be signally and ignominous-
ly defeated if we are but true to our
selves, and rally every available recruit.
We now change the subject for a mo
ment to say a word in regard to lawless
ness in this State, We have silently
watched its progress hero for a long
time, and feel prepared to take the
ground that it is on the increase. We
can remember the time when acts of
violence, such as so frequently shock
communities, were almost unkuown;
but now they are of almost daily occur
rence. At Greensburg, our county Beat,
about twelve o’elock on Monday night,
November 3d, a row was kicked up
which resulted in the shooting of Tom
Clark, a mulatto and noted gambler.
The circumstances, which we gathered
in Greensburg a few days afterward, are
as follows: Clark, in company with
four white sooundrels, had been spend
ing the night in drinking and gambling.
About midnight a dispute arose over a
bet that had been made, and after a few
choice phrases had been exchanged, a
general knock-down with chairs com
menoed in the den. Finally, in order
to have more room, we suppose, the
party rushed out into the street, and
afier cutting and slashing away for a
while there, the fatal shot was fired by
one Brady MoCullougb, than whom a
more notorious rough never went un
hung. McCullough had received a very
ugly gash in the forehead previous to
the time of his firing the shot that kill
ed Clark; henoe, immediately after fir
ing the fatal shot, he hastened to the of-
fioe of Dr. J. W. Anawalt to have his
wound dressed. The night was
dark, and all* of these roughs claim to
have been in blissful ignorance of the
fact that any one was shot until the
dead body was found in the morning.
Of course they all knew that a shot had
been fired, but claim that is all they
knew about it till morning, which
either may or may not be true. The
parties were all intoxicated. The mur
derer was lodged in jail to await his
trial. Clark was shot through the heart,
and must have died immediately. Sim
ilar scenes, of late, enacted nearly all
over our State. Over about Mount
Pleasant, in this county, they are defy
ing the law and resisting airest. There
has been a howl set up over lawlessness
at the South. This has been done by
the Radical press here. We had better
look at our ewn condition and mind our
own business.
In conclusion, the Stalwarts have car
ried our State onoe more. "Money
makes the mare go.” Our county tick
et is elected, with the exception of the
President Judge; he is a Republican.
This is owning to the fact that the Re
publican candidate—Judge Hunter—
was rather popular, and Stewart, the
Democratic candidate, rather objection
able. Key-Stone.
A Remarkable Woman-
.1,3:
Baltimore Qaiotte.
A most remarkable woman died in
Washington on Saturday last—a sort of
link between the presente and the
historic past. It was Mrs. Margaret
Eaton, once the wife General John H.
Eaton, secretary of war under President
Jackson, and the veritable ‘Peggy
whose social status brokeup one cabinet
and came near destroying an admims-
m this state, and was eighty-one years
of age ot the time of her deatn. She
first married an officer of the navy
tration. She was born at Bladensburg
named Timberlake. After his death
she married General Eaton and became
famous as one of the most beautiful
women of the period. In the day of
her glory she was more widely known
and celebrated than Madame Patterson-
Bonaparte. During Jackson’s adminis
tration she did the honors of the white
house, Mrs. Jackson being an invalid,
And exeroised so eminent an authority
that she made and unmade cabinets at
her pleasure. She was politically and
socially the most famous woman of
America, and will ever stand alone as
suoh, for the existence of any one paral
lel is nowdays an impossibility. After
the death of General Eaton and when
she was a grandmother, Mrs. Eaton was
for a third time married, to *n Italian
dancing master, Buohagnam, who after
wards eloped with her granddaughter,
taking a good share of her money, and
mant TtaW. where he lived in amu-
Millions of Pleeons at the His*
torio Pigeon Roost in
Scott County, Ind.
Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.
New Albany, Nov. 7.—To-day a
party of hunters left this city for the
celebrated Pigeon Roost, in Scott coun
ty, where, it is said, acres of timber are
covered nightly with wild pigeons.
For the p_a3t soventy-five years this
noted locality has been a roosting-place
for pigeons, and millions of these birds
congregate there nightly during the sea
son of their visits to this section of the
country. They fly away of mornings
to their feeding places in the woods and
fields of Indiana and Kentucky, distant
from the roost in many instances from
100 to 300 miles returning again at
night, the arrivals often continuing up
to midnight. •
The timber on thousands of acres
covered by this roost, is broken down
badly, large limbs being snapped off
like reeds by the accumulated weight
of the birds upon them. Throughout
the entire night there iB heard the
cracking and crashing of limbs, tho
hum and flurry and drumming of wings,
the explosion of fire-arms, and the con
fusion and bedlamic thrashing sounds
caused by people beating the birds from
the trees with long poles ; but all this
slaughter seems to make no diminution
in the vast flocks that congregate at this
roost.
This Scott county pigeon roost is his
toric ground. It was in this neighbor
hood that the most barbarous slaughter
that darkened the pioneer days of
Southern Indiana occurred. In Septem
ber, 1812, a party of thirty Potawotamie
Indians made an invasion into this sec
tion of the State. In the Pigeon Roost
neighborhood was a settlement, with a
total population of thirty souls. The
Indians attacked this settlement, kill
ing and scalped twenty-four of the thirty
settlers, most of them women and chil
dren, and then burning the bodies of
their victims in the cabins, which they
fired. Mrs. Beadle and her two chil
dren, and three members of a family
named Collins, were all that escaped.
Mrs. Beadle carried the news to the set
tlers in Clark county, and next day a
large company of the militia started in
pursuit of the savages, coming up with
them just as they had reached the north
bank of the Musoatic river in their
canoes. The river was at high flood,
and the pursuers, having no boats, were
compelled to give up the pursuit.
This was the last incursion of Indians
made into Southern Indiana. In the
local history of the State this savage
slaughter has ever since been designated
as the Pigeon Roost Massacre.
The Planet Mars.
N. y. Herald.
Poets seem to take special interest in
the planet Mars regarded as a miniature
world. Tennyson long since sang of
The snow poles of moonless Mars/’
and by the way, he is said to be angry
with Professor Asaph Hall for spoiling
this euphonious description, Wendell
Holmes tells how
'-The mows that glittered on the dish of Mare
Ilavo melted, and the planet’l fiery orb
Bolle in the crimeon «utumor of its year,”
Albeit science has not been very prone
to accept the “scarlet vegetation” theory
of the French astronomer, at present it
is spring time in the northern hemis
phere of Mars and “fall’’ in the southern,
yet the planet is as ruddy as we could
expect it to be if both hemispheies were
covered with rosy vegetation. It
might be interesting to inquire where
Charles Reade learned that (as he tells
us in “The Coming Man”) Mars is rosy
at certain months, and that “it is (not
.“it might possibly be”) pink vegetation
which gives that color at fixed periods.”
Astronomy knows nothing about these
certain months and fixed periods,
though astronomers have observed so
muon as this, that the more clearly
the lands and seas of Mars are visible
—in other words, the clearer the
Martian sky the ruddier the plante
lookB, irrespective altogether of the
Martain seasons.
m — w
The death is announced, in Paris, at
the ripe age of 94, of Mr. Dejean, the
proprietor of the circus in the Champr
Elysees and on th9 boulevards. Hi
started in life as a butcher’s apprentice,
and his good looks drew all the cooks in
the neighborhood to tho shop of his
masters, who, on retiring, left him the
business. Having amassed a comforta
ble fortune, he started the oirous, kept
it going for a half a century, and real
ized very large profits. He was remark
able for his herculean strength and for
his attachment to the Napoleon family
which the late emperor requited by
making Mr. Dejean an officer of the
Legion of Honor. Of his strength,
stories are told that border on the mar
velous, in which fiction mingles very
largely with fact. Thus it is stated that
soon after starting the circus a tiger es
caped from a menagerie he was exhibit
ing, and made straight for him. De-
jean quietly opened his arms, and then
(yticura
REMEDIES
Haro speodily and permanently curod Humors
of the Skin and Scaip of Children and Infanta
a filiated sinco birth.
The treatment preicrlbed in suoh caaes is mild
doses ol tho Cunuuni Rebolvekt, a perfectly
■afe yet powerful blood purifier, and the external
uao of CiJTiooRi, the great skin euro. Tho Cu-
Ticuna Soap should be the only aoap applloil to
tho diseased skin for oicaneing purposes.
HUMOR 0N~A CHILD.
Since BirtU Cured, after faithful Medical
Treatment had Failed.
Messrs. Weeks t Potter: Gentlemon—My
little sod, two years of age, has bad a humor os
one side of his face sines he was born, which
during tbe lost tour months has spread over the
ontire sido of tbe faee, the chin, ear and sido of
the head. It must havo itched and irritated him
a great deal, as he scratched the surface all the
time, no matter what was applied. I used many
remedies by advise of friends and my physician
without benefit until I found Cuticura. which
immediately allayed the itching and inflamma
tion, and entirely cured him.
Respectfully, JOHN L. SURRY,
With Walworth Manufacturing Co.
Boston, April 15,1878.
Note.—Once cured, tho akin may bo rendered
aoft and fair by using Cuticura Soap for toilet or
nursery purposes.
CHILDREN AND INFANTS.
Mure Cures ol Skin ami Scalp Affections by
the Cuticura Remedies.
Fred, l-'uhrer, Etq., Caihter Stock Growers’ Na
tional Bank, Puoblo, Colorado, writes: “I am so
well pleased with its effeota on my baby that I
cannot nffod to he without it in my house It 1.
a wonderful cure, and is bound to become r. ry
popular as soon a. Its viitucs are known to the
masses.”
J. B. Weeks, Esq, Town Treasurer, St. Ubans,
Vt., say. In a letter dated May 28: "It Works to
a charm on my baby*, faeo and head. Cured the
head entirely, and has nearly cleaned the faoo
of sores. I have recommended it to sororal, and
Dr. Plant haa ordered it tor them ”
M. M. Chick, Eiq-, 41 Franklin St., Boston,
■ays: “My little daughter, aighleeo months old,
has what, the doetort call Ecsema. Wo have
tried ’moat everything and at laat have used Cu-
TicuttA, and she Is almost a now child and we
feel very happy.”
pricklTbeat.
Incidental to tlie Texan Climate.
Messrs. Weeks A Fottor: Gentlemen—En
closed please find one dollar for a large box of
Cuticura. The email one thdt I received some
time ago has been very efficaoious, especially in
Prickly Heat or Rash, as some people call It. I
am noising it abont. Yours truly,
THOMAS W. BUCKLEY.
Macon, Texas, Sept. 22, 1879.
tlon. It heals all cuts, bruises and abras
tho skin, restoros tho hair when destroyed by
Bcalp diseases, removes dandruff and keeps tho
eealp elean and the hair soft and pliable. It is
as agreeable ae it is effective, and Is ably assisted
in every ease by the Cuticura Soap, which is par
ticularly recommended to mothers for cleansing
tho skin and scalp of infants and cbildrsn. It Is
Toilet as well as Medicinal, and is the most fra-
jrant and refreshing Soap for tho nursory and
lath of any yet prepared.
Parents have our assurance that these reme
dies oontain nothing injurious to the youngest
infant, evidences of which may be found in the
eertifioates of Dr. Hayes and Prof. Merrick ac
companying each remedy.
Tho Cuticura Ranamxs sro prepared by
Weeks A Potter, Chemists and Druggists, 380
Washington Street, Boston, and are for sole by
all Drnggists. Price of Cuticura, small boxes
60 conta j targe boxes, containing two a-d one-
half times the quantity of small, $1. IiasoLvmr
$1 per bottle. Cuticura Soap, 25 cents; by
mail, 30 oontsi 3 cokey, 76 cento.
went to"ltafy, where he lived in afflu- -'hen he reopened them
ence. Mrs. EatonhMresidedinW^h "ger fell dead at his feet, smothered
Baoss®®? aF5 in bi ”“ tac ‘'
suffered for the necessities of life. In
a romance written some years ago hy
Mme. Lasselle entitled “Magdalen, the
Enchantress,” she figuresias the heroine.
See will be laid to rest m Oak Hill
cemetery to-morrow, where, she was
crowned queen of the May sixty-five
years ago,
“Hqw are you Smith?” said Jones.
Smith pretends not to Vnow him, and
replies hesitatingly: “Sir, you have the
advantage of me." "Yes,” retorts
Jones, "I suppose anybody has that s
f ot common sense.” Smith looks un-
appy.
HARDY, 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 inches
“ “ 4 ply, 8, 10, 12 and 14 inches.
RUBBER PACKING, 1-8, 3-16 and 1-4 inches.
*©*Strictly Beat Goods Made.
HEMP PACKING/—MANILLA ROPE—LACE LEATHER—CUT LACINGS—
VPRIOHT MILL SAWS—CROSS CUT SAWS—ONE MAN CROSS CUT
SAWS-SAW SWAGES-FILES—RELT RIVETS—FINE HAMMERS—
WRENCHES, <bc., making Complete Line of Mill Furnishings,
OUR PRICES ARE ALWAYS RICHT.
eOLLINe. They destroy all tendency
’v to Inflammation by drawing
VOLTAIC B9EUClFI0from tho systom morbid or
h. , _ TC -.c unwholesome matter, thus
**JlST*bl»* preventing or curing Rheu
matism, Neuralgia, end Sciatica. Worn over the
it of the Stomach, they prevent Ague and Liver
’ains, Inflammation of the Liver and Kidneys,
BiliouB Colic, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Cramps,
and Pains. nov7twwlm
Clocks! Tick! Tick! Tick!
ALLEN & McOSKER
JUST RECEIVED
A Large and Beautiful As
sortment of Clo: s,
INCLUDING THE
LATEST AND MOST UNIQUE STYLES.
Prices Ranging from $1 to $15.
CONSTANTLY RECEIVING ALL THE LATEST
AND MOST NOBBY STYLES OF
BRIDAL PRESENTS, FINE JEWELRY,
Silverware, &c.
ALL GOODS SOLD ENGRAVED FREE BY US.
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In connection with
our immense etoek, wo
have added a Milline
ry Department, where
will always bo found
a lull line ol Fall and
Winter Stylio, em
bracing Trimmod and
Untrimmod Shapes in
Straw and Felt Hats.
See our New Stylo
Pattern Hats. This
department will be
under tho control of
Miss ABBIE WEBB,
assisted by
Mas. E. BURNETT,
who will be pleased
to see all of their
friends. Will con
stantly rocelve all of
the Latest Novelties
as they appoar.
GREAT OPENING
— OF THE —
GRYSTAL PALACE,
13 Shorter Block,
U STORE! NEW HOODS!
NEW STYLES IN
DRESS GOODS, CASH
MERES, ALPACAS, LARGE
VARIETY CHEAP DRESS GOODS,
IMMENSE ASSORTMENT SHAWLS,
CLOAKS, REPELLANTS, LADIES’
UNDERWEAR, FLANNELS,
CANTONS AND DO
MESTICS, JEANS,
OASSIMERES, BLANKETS, COMFORTABLES
Separate departments for Clothing, Boots,
Shoes and Hats. Complete etoek Gent’s Fur
nishing Goods.
DAVIS & CO.
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Call and soe our
line of Gloves before
buying. The cheap
est line of Thtee-
Button Kid Glovee in
the city, that we war
rant. Ladies' Neek
Woar, Ties, Bows,
Silk and Lace Fis-
chus, Collars and
Cuffs, Linen and
Bilk Handkerchiefs,
Hambntgs, Ribbons,
Hosiery and Ladies’
Linen. Laces ol all
kinds, Corsets, Dress
Trimmings, and ev
erything usually kept
in a first olssa Dry
Goods House.
J. T. CAHILL,
MANUFACTURER OF
H AND BRASS CASTINGS,
HOLLOWWARE, GRATES,
Mill Castings* Fencing, &c.
Architectural Work
-AND-
Building* Casting's
A SPECIALITY,
Offioe — Railroad Avenue, between
7th and 8th Streets,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
jun28 tw6m
1879. FAIL & WINTER TRADE. 1879.
New Goods. Fine Goods.
MRS. T. B WILLIAMS,
M I TLm L.IIVE £1 ,
No. 61 Broad Street, Rome, Ga.
in the past, I am proud to say that I am better prepared to attend to their wants than ever
beloro. I have now in store and to arrive Bonnets, Hats, Flowers, Flumes, Silks, Velvets, Plushes,
Ribbons, Ornaments, Hair Goods, Zephyrs, Combs, Notions, eta., etc., which I have seleoted in
person in the Northern markets. My Goods are in tho Latest Styles, and I have my Trimming
dono will, good material by experienced milliners. Call and axamlne my goods and get my prices
before purchasing elsewhere. ( wti7 tw wif
James G. Dailey,
UNDERTAKER’S WARE-ROOMS,
(On second story)
96 Broad Street.
R. T. HOYT.
H. D. COTHRAN
HOYT & COTHRAN,
■Wholesale Druggists,
ROME, GEORGIA.,
HAVE JUST RECEIVED A CAR LOAD W
GRASS AND FIELD 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.
jul 10 twwtf
A FINE AND WELL SELEtiTBD STOCK
of Metallic, Walnut, Grained and Stained
Colins, Burial Robes and Coffin Trimmings, al
ways on hand. Neatest Hearses furnished for
funerals. All orders filled with dispatch, day
or night. Residence, corner Court »nd King
streets.
ALSO, DEALER IN
FIRST-CLASS FURNITURE OF AU KINDS.
jul 5 twt marie
ALBIN OMBERG,
Bookseller, Stationer & Printer
No. 33 Broad Street,
Has just received a Large Stock
CROQUET SETS, BASE BALLS, ETC
A LARGE STOCK WALL PAPER.
tap WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES.-**
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