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ROME, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25,* 1879.
3NSOLIDATED APRIL IQ. 1876.
SATES of subscriptions.
cob THE WHEKLY.
Among the exolted crowd that visited
the office of the Helena (Mont.) Inde
pendent for news concerning the Ute
outbreak, there stood a tall, handsome
youth of twenty-three years, the strange
whiteness of whose hair became at onee
qqo year t JJ comment. This young man
glX IflOBtUi.
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The Wonderful Electric Lamp.
Cioeloasli Commercial.
t • • t What of the Edison
lamp? It can be made at a coat of twen
ty-five cents. In its simplest form it
is as cheap a9 a gas tip. It is a plain
glass globe, about the size of a small
orange or large lemon. In the bottom
is fitted a metallic stoppor, through
which the copper wires pass, and a strip
of carbonized paper, shaped like a liorso-
ihoo, Connects the wires. The air is ex
hausted in the globe. Turn on 'the elec
tricity, which is quite as simple an op
eration as turning on gas, and the car
bon becomes and re males luminous,
giving out a soft, brilliant, powerful
light, and the wick endures. No limit
to its endurance has been found. No
matches are needed to strike a light.
You touoh the key and there is your il
lumination. The glass globe does not
become heated. It grows warm, but by
no possibility can there by any combus
tion. Break the glass and the light is
instantly and utterly extinguished.
The moment the air enters, the light is
out. It would be perfectly safe, there
fore, to use such a light in a powder
magazine. It will be of inestimable ad
vantage on shipboard. It can be em
ployed with the happiest results in mines
heretofore extra hazardous. It will, by
at once abolishing the use of matches
in our houses, and introducing alight
that ueihter heats nor enkindles, vastly
reduce the liability of fires, and thus
speedily put down the rates of insurance.
This light will do away with the neces
sity of heat in well lighted apartments.
Ooe can produce a dazzling illumina
tion without changing the temperature.
As there is no combustion, there is no
smoke, so that this is the light long
nought for picture galleries. Wherever
»wire can be stretched, light may be
cheaply produced, so there will be no
excuse for dark alleys. This will be
the terror of burglars, for by the noiseless
touching of a key, not only an ap&rt-
® en [| M an entire house, may be in-
tantly flooded with light, to the terror
nd discomfiture of all who seek dark-
eess that thoy may do evil.
118 a light that does not harm the
i.vfl * nd Ahat may be shaded and regu
al Pleasure—combining the soft-
L ? d i atn P the splendor
01 the but iung of carbon points.
A Cold Wave.
cote 8 ®. N. VDecember 21.-A
i. - 8t , ru ok this city this morning.
ih erm l 0l ? ok Saturda y afternoon, the
S “ 0 . te , r8 , t(i " d at abave zero,
ioo l , 0 °l° c k Sunday morning it was
were lt ?iT ,f5°: Twelve freight trains
C1 y do and Syra-
light the by .u he . extreme cold. To
»t9n’nln , w .^ a ier 18 naoderating, and
terstood^ this evening the thermome-
p.„ a 4 above zero.
CK :PsrE L D ? 0 ' 21.-Dispatches
that the . Hll f Bon to-night, show
“ewarTh „. r ,s - ^ clo8ed - The
y here to-night is 3° below zero.
A Narrow Escape.
was John Laefarr, who had noj long
ago hired himself as a ranchman with
Charles D. Hart, three miles out of
Helena. Laefarr was importuned by
an Independent reporter to tell “the
story of his gray topknot.” He, at the
age of nineteen years, was one of the
seven packers who left Fort Lincoln in
1875 to ride with Gen: Custer along the
Little Big Horn. When the fight of
that bright, but disastrous summer
morning opened, Laefarr, with his com
panions, happened to be three miles
away from the command. In ' a few
moments after the sound of the ■combat
reached him, a band of Sioux sprang
from the gross within a few feet of them.
Laeiarr noosed a rope, placed it in the
mouth of the nearest horse, and leaping
upon the animal’s back, plunged his
Bpura into the flank. As he hugged his
horse he saw his six companions go
down, one after the other. One bullet
out of the hundred that followed him
tore through his neck, another cut a
deep furrow across his cheek, a third
imbedded itself .in his thigh, and a
fourth killed his horse. The desperate
boy shot an approaching Indian and
ran for a belt of timber half a mile dis
tant. Barefooted, weak and faint from
the loss of blood, he outran his pur
suers and reached the woods, where he
hid for three days.. He was at last found
by three friendly Crow Indians and
taken by them to Fort Lincoln, where
he told of the massaore. It was not
until he had reached the fort that he
knew of the change in his hair, which,
before bis terrible suffering, was as
black os a raven’s wing. Laefarr has
since been living at yarious points on
the plains. He does not like to go over
the story of his wonderful adventure.
Beware of Strangers who Recog
nize Tou in New York.
A well-known lawyer of this city re
ceived a check for eollection for $1,500.
It was sent to him by an old and relia
ble collection bureau in New York, aud
the lawyer supposed it was all right
and went to collect the money. He
called on the bank on which the check
was drawn and fonnd that T. F. Scott,
who had drawn it, had no mouey there,
but the following remarkable story was
then made public. Mr. T. F. Scott, on
elderly man, is one of the wealthy and
respected merchants of this city. He
was in New York a few days ago, when
a young man accosted him on Broad
way, who called him by name, and said
he was a nephew of John Shoenberger,
of Pittsburg. He persuaded Mr. Scott
to go with him into a room on the top of
a tall building somewhere on Broad
way to identify Jiim, as he said he had
drawn a lottery prize. The old confi
dence game was then played, but Mr.
Scott would not lose any money and
attempted to leave the room, but a bur
ly negro prevented him. The young
man and another man demanded 81,-
600, and said if they did not get the
money lie would soon be floating in the
East river. He had only a little mon
ey, but they said his check would do.
He agreed to this, but drew the check
on a bank where he had no deposit,
and was then released by the men, who
seemed to know his financial standing.
The old gentleman left New York hur
riedly and did not have time to hunt
the mon up again. Naturally, the check
wa9 not paid.—Ex.
8 o’clock 20 -~f ja8 t evening about
it the wh 8 8te u.mahip Mobile arrived
^mins-nf and waa welcomed by the
and cheering r n ° n ’ b !°. win K of whistles
This is th /- of a m, xltitudo assembled.
netUne tL ( E'° n< T, 8 f e !? ra8hi P of di-
Sts ma j 6 .. e f n . Mobile and Liverpool.
Mobile fr ° m Queenstown to
boure,and eighteen
fills. bourB i n a severe
profitable 18 maimed, can furnish,
ships of tha^f oy ? l . eD j for 8ixte0 n more
Their*™ 6 kind.
The Utica (N. Y.) Herald, edited by
ex-Congressman Roberts, is an able Re
publican journal. Here is what it says
in regard to the nomination of Gen.
Grant for a third term :
“The signs are unmistakable that
Gen. Grant can never receive another
'Presidential nomination at the hands of
a Republican convention without first
encountering an organized and deter
mined opposition whioh would be fatal
to his cordial and united support by
the masses of the party in 1880. Two
classes of people are still clamorous
for Grant. One class includes the
tradera in politics who hope to see in his
return to the White House a return of
their day of harvest, so rudely inter
rupted. The other and larger class in
cludes army of moral cowards, the
timid folk who are still oppressed by
the nightmare of the civil war, and
think that Grant iB needed at Washing
ton to repel some new imaginary attack
upon the capital, which only he can
conquer. It will bo a sad day for the
United States when a combination or
these two classes can boast that it has
dictated the Government of the nation
A Wonderful Invention,
Th 0 deaf can hear by means of their
teeth. The audiphone, an instrument
invented by a Western Yankee for alle-
viating the misery of deafness, is simp*
yaebeet of vulcanized rubher, about
1-22 of an inch in thickness, set firmly
in a handle of the same material. In
the upper rim of this sheet are pierced
some holes through which passes a silk
en cord. This goes down on the inner
side of the sheet, to the handle, through
a slot in which it passes. By pulling
this the sheet is bent over at any angle
which the user may desire. Each per
son has to ascertain for himself what
kind of a curve of the rubber sheet will
enable him, to hear best. Generally it
is very slight—only about ten or twelve
degrees—though apparently the deafer
the person the greater the curve must
he. When used, the person holding it
simply touches the upper edge of the
fan or audiphone against his teeth or
the upper jaw. The voice of the speak
er strikes upon this tanBe sheet of rub
ber and communicatee to it vibrations
which in turn are imparted to the teeth,
and then pass to the auditory nerve.
With tbis operation the outer ear has
nothing whatever to do; the delicate
machinery through which sound pass
ing from without makea an impression
upon the auditory nerve iB not used at
all. The outer ear may be stopped up
entirely, so far os it is possible to do it,
and yet one hears distinctly the mo
ment the audiphone is applied to the
teeth.
The Stars Did Fall-
J. Draper, Sr., in Ashvillo ASgls.
The shower predicted by Prof. Tice
to occur at 1 o’clock a. m. on the morn
ing of the 14th‘of November, occurred
on the lGth (Sunday) at from 1 to 3:30
p. m., as observed at Griffin, Ga., by
many persons. The day was perfectly
clear, and the metedrs could only be
seen by hiding the sun entirely, thus:
Place yourself on the cast side of a two-
story house with the sun fairly below
the top of the roof, when, in a space of
twenty leet east, north and northwest,
they were plainly visible going west.
Some were darting, while others moved
slowly. Some were largo and distinct,
while others were small. The tails of
some were visible, while the meteors
could not be seen at ail, appearing as
streaks of lightning, only lasting longer.
It would have been a Bight grand be
yond description had it been on a dark,
clear night, as there were very many—
as many as four or five nta time visible
in a space of ten feet square above the
top of a two-Btory building. They were
first discovered by a negro boy and re
ported. I noticed it from 2 to 3:30. It
may have continued longer, though not
till night.
A Deaf and Dumb Girl Talks in
Her Sleep.
A singular story is told by John
Lather, of Dorsey County, Ark., in the
columns of the Little Rock Gazette. He
has a daughter who suddenly lost her
voice and hearing when sho was a little
girl some fifteen years ago. One night
ast week he was passing his daughter’s
room when ho heard a strange voice.
Arousing his wife they crept noiselessly
in, and with thrills of joy saw their
dumb daughter was talking in her sleep.
The mother clasped the girl in he arms,
but when awake she again lost her voice.
Sinco then size has been heard to talk
aloud in her sleep, speaking generally of
the occurrences in the household of the
day before. A deaf and dumb youth of
the neighborhood, who had been looked
upon os the girl’s lover, was prostrated
with grief upon hearing that his girl
could talk.
i nto cars dj!!! f ^charging her cargo
?, e «C 217,1 for * SL Lou5s - Ca P‘-
Mobile wer« ,,i tbe °® cers °f the steamer
6, enlog entertained this
y he Cotton Exohange.
ȣ ff wi r f ki , aaboUtt0ad opt the plan
NotheS^ 8U u °b 888 ful in Detroit
'"fi hot ®' be . e of tbo West for furnish-
i'bildinea nm i a P d ®team to public
ferity if aa , P? , ' ,ate r ? 8 *denoes, and
J*by»o I™J“- 9t boen given to a com-
** tef «Mha?p“ p “ d P^ 8 in the
Another new revolutionary journal
entitled The Will of the People, has
been distributed in St. Petersburg and
other parts of Russia.
A British correspondent announces
that the German government will im
mediately rosume Ihe sale of its super'
fiuous silver.
The object of all ambition should be
to be happy at home. If we are not
happy there we cannot be happy clso-
whero.
(yticura
THE GREAT SKIN CURE,
The Moat Healing, Soothing aud Refreshing
External Application in the World.
It rapidly heals Ulcers, Old Sores, and Dis
charging Wounds; Itching Piles and other Itch
ing affections that have been the torture of a
lifetimes, thus affording the unspeakable gratifi
cation to thousands; Burns, Scalds, Wounds and
Festers; all Itching and Scaly Eruptions of the
Skin, and all Affeotions of tho Soalp, including
Loss of Hair. Nothing liko it has ever been
known to the most intelligent physicians. It
has swept a host of poisonous remedies out ot
existence. It is revolutionary in its composition
and mode of treatment and succeeds in curing
every external affeotlon. At every stage it is
ably assisted by Outiouri Soap, which 11 a part
of itself medicinally and at the same time the
most delightfully fragrant and refreshing Toilet,
Bath and Nursery Soap In existence.
Coticdra Resolvent, a powerful purifying
agent and liver stimulant, should be taken to
neutralise and resolve away blood poisons,
causod by the virus of scrofula, cancer, canker,
material or contagious diseases, which maintain
and. fester diseases of tho Skin and Soalp.
SALTRHEUM.
I-lfc a Burden from the Sufferings Caused
by this Terrible Disease.
Messrs. Weeks k Potter: Gentlemen—Please
sceept my most grateful thanks for the great,
very great comfort I have received (tom the uee
of your Cuticura.
For the put eight or nine years I have been
troubled with that dreadful disoaso, Salt Rheum.
For months I would be helpless—my very life
would be a burden to me.
I hive used everything in the ehapo of medi
cine, both external aud internal, but wfth no ef
fect.
My hands were in a terrible condition, the
baoks of them being raw, and I thought I would
try Cuticuba..
I tried it, and lo I It was aa If a miracle had
been performed, for I will take my oath that in
three applications my hands were M emooth as
a new-born babe’s.
I presume there are hundred!, if not thousands
who know ol my cue, among whom thoro may
be tome ono similarly afflicted, and if to I would
eerocitly ad.lee him to give Cuticura a trial,
Yours, very thankfully,
A. D. BAKER. Ticket Agent 0. S. R. K.
Detroit Junotion, Detroit, Mich, Jan. 30, 1879.
TETTER OlTsALT RHEUM
on the Hands Cured—A Grateful tetter,
Mosers Weeks A Potter: Gentlemen—Having
been troubled for many yean with the Tetter or
Salt Rheum, and spent many a hard earned dol
lar, I wu given e trial of your Cuticura, and,
thank God, my hands are well. I never hid
anything to do mo good like that.
You may put tble in the paper and welcome,
and may it do some other poor sufferer the earns
f ood it has done me! I am well known here,
aving lived here almost fifteen years and kept
boarders for a living, and sometimes my heart
wu sore, thinking I’d have to give upnitogeth'
er with my soro'hands, end having a email fam
ily to take care of) but, oh 1 thsnk (lod, my
hands aro well, so I again return thanks.
Very reepootfully,
ELIZEBETII BUCKLEY.
Littleton. N. H., May SO, 1S78.
The Cuttcdb* Rawnntas ere prepared by
Weeks i Potter, Chemists and Druggists, 300
Washington Street, Boston, and are for ei.le by
all Druggists. Pries of CuricunA, small boxes,
50 cents; largo boxos, containing two and one-
half times the quantity ef email, $1. Rksolvikt
$1 per bottle. Cimcunx Soar, 25 cents; by
mail, 80 cents; 3 cekss, 75 cents.
R T. HOYT.
HOYT & COTHRAN,
Wholesale Druggists,
ROME, GEORGIA,
HAVE JUST RECEIVED A OAR LOAD OF
GRASS A^STjD FIELD SEEDS,
INCLUDING CLOVER, TIMOTHY, HERDS’, BLUE AND ORCHARD
GRASS, BARLEY AND RYE, (nnd Oats to arrive.)
Which they Offer to the Trade at Lowest Possible Figures
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COU-IMg’
Plaoed over the oenter of
B tbe-nervous forces, the pit of
EUCTBfftho Stomach, thoy furniih
PJ AotMA tho absorbents with that
‘ 5Tul'' 1 marvelous vitalising and re-
■lorative agency, Electricity, united with the
e.ratiro pioperty ol our fragrant Balsams and
Pine. For Weak end Sore Lunge, Palpitation of
the Heart, Painful Kidneys, Liver Complaint,
Bilious Colic, Weak Stomach and Bowols, Rheu
matism, Neuralgia, and Sciatica, they are the
he.t remedy ia tho world, deo7 tw wlm
ej>66« W ° S * t ' n y0Ur ? wn t0 .? n :. T6rm * and_$5
ontUt free.
Portland,Maine.
Address H. IIau.xtt A Co.,
novlStw-wly
Murder and Lynching.
Macon, Ga., Djc. 22.—A special dis
patch to the Telegraph and Messenger,
says two Irish lads, Edward Harvey
nnd Jaa. McGreever, dry goods peddlers,
were murdered Friday night by a party
of negroes near Jernijan, Russell county,
Ala., and their bodies thrown in tho
river. The murder was discovered on
Saturday, nnd two negroues were nrres-
ted end confessed, implicating two
others. A large crowd of whites and
blacks assembled on Sunday, aud decid
ed to hang the two murderesr, which
was done forthwith. They displayed a
sullen indifference, and asked no mercy.
The other two have not yet been ar
rested.
Calcutta, Deo. 21.—A dispatch from
Gen. Roberts, dated the 18th, urges
Gen. Gough’s immediate advance in
light order, without tents, and only tak
ing ammunition nnd supplies for five or
six days. Gen. Roberts states there is
noeno my between Jagdallak and Cabu
to oppose Gen. Gough s advance, and
adds, that ho shall be able to settle af
fairs in Cahul when Gen. Gough joins
him. Gen. Gough will leave Jagdallak
on the 21st (to-day) with fourteen hun
dred men and two guns at Satabond
Knoxville Tribune, 21: On last Mon
day morning Major Wilson, of th
Western North Carolina railroad, com-
pletedThe laying of the tadj through
the Swannanoa tunnel. This removes
tho greatest barrier between western
North Carolina and the outside world
ami ft nans ud to commerce find travel
one ot P the wealthiest and most beautiful
portions of the union.
VOL. IS, NO. 12
II. D. COTHRAN
ANNOUNCEMENT!
WE ARE SELLING THE
BEST PIANOS
Than thoy
FOR IiESS MONEY
can he Obtained, from any
Southern House !
other
Have a large Stock of Pianos anil Orians in Store anil on the Road.
DESIRING OR THINKING OF BUYING AN INSTRUMENT WILL SAVE 131
ier cent, by pricing our (took before purohaaing elsewhere.
all at our storo and oxatnino the Wilcox A White Organ, whioh la destined to be the leading
Organ of Amerloa. JM-GREAT INDUCEMENTS TO GASH BUYERS.
N. II.—Wo will not ho uadereold.
C. "W. Lang worthy &. Get.,
Rome Music House, No. 90 Masonic Temple.
Clocks! Tick! Tick! Tick!
ALLEN & McOSKER.
JUST RECEIVED
A Large and Beautiful As
sortment of Clocs,
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 Q00DS SOLD ENGRAVED FREE BY US
•ep9 twwtf
J. T. CAHILL,
MANUFACTURER OP
IRON INI) BRASS CASTINGS.
HOLLOWWARE, GRATES,
Mill Castings, Fencing, Ac.
Architectural Work
- AND-
Building Castings
A SPECIALITY.
Office —Railroad Avenue, between
7th and 8th Streets,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
jun28iwfim
HARDY, BOWIE & CO.,
WHOLESALE HARDWARE DEALERS
BROAD STREET, ROME, GA.
WE CARRY IN STOOK
RUBBER BELTING, 3 ply, 2, 2 1-2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 aud 8 inches
“ “ 4 ply, 8,10, 12 and 14 inches.
RUBBER PACKING, 1-8, 3-16 and 1-4 inches.
*©-8trictly Best Goods Made.
I1EMr rACKING—MANILLA ItOrE— LACE \LEATHER— OUT LACINGS—
VPRIQUT MILL SAWS—CROSS CUT SAWS—ONE MAN CROSS CUT
SA WS-SAW SWAGES-FILES—BELT R1VEVS-F1NE HAMMERS—
WRENCHES, lire., making Complete Line of Mill Furnishings.
OUR PRICE8 ARE ALWAYS RIGHT.
mars twwtl;
WEEK. $12 a day at home easily made
o / ^Co.tly OutOt froo. Address Tnux A Co.,
Aaguite Main. novl.Hw-wIy
James G. Dailey,
UNDERTAKER’S WARE-ROOMS,
(On seoind story)
96 Broad Street.
In cunneotion with
our immense atoek, we
have added a Milline
ry Department, where
will always be found
a lull line ol Pall and
Winter Styles, em
bracing Trimmed and
Untrimmed Shapes In
Straw and Pelt Hits.
See our New Style
Pattern Hats. This
department will be
under the oontrol of
M;ss ABBIK WEBB,
who will be pleased
to see all of their
friends Will con-
•tantly receive all ot
the Lateat Novelties
as they appear.
GREAT OPENING
— OF THE —
CRYSTAL PALACE,
13 Shorter Block.
NEW STORE! NEW GOODS!
NEW STYLES IN
DUESS GOOD'- 1 , CASH
MERES, ALPACAS, LARGE
VARIETY CHEAP DRESS GOODS,
IMMENSE ASSORTMENT SHAWLS,
0LOAKS. REPELLANTS, LADIES’
UNDERWEAR, FLANNELS,
CANTONS AND DO
MESTICS, JEANS,
CAS8IMERE3, BLANKETS, COMFORTABLES
Separate departments fur Clothing, Boots,
Shoes and Hate. Complete stock Gent’s Fur-
nlebing Goode.
DAVIS & CO.
ootU twwtf :.
Cull amt see out
lino of Qlovee tefore
buying. The cheap
est line of Thiee
Button Kid Glovee in
the city, that we war
rant. Ladles' Neck
Wear, Tie., Bows,
Silk and Laos F:s-
ebae, .Collar* and
Cuff., Linen and
Silk Hendkerchlefi,
Ham out g*. Ribbons,
Hosiery end Ladles
Linen. Laces: ol all
kinds, Corsete, Drees
Trimmings, end er-
erythlng usually kept
in a first cl.si Dry
Good. House.
A FINE AND WELL SELECTED STOCK
of Metallic, Walnut, Grained and Stained
Coffins, Burial Roboe and Coffin Trimming., al-
weyi on hand. Neatest Heerset furnished for
funeral*. All order, filled with dupat*b, day
or night. Residence, corner Court »nd King
ALSO. DEALER IN
FIRST-CLASS FURNITURE OF ALL KINDS.
iul 5 tw tmarlfi
ALBIN OMBERG,
Bookseller, Stationer&Printer
IVo. 33 Broad Street,
Has just received a Large Stock
CROQUET SETS, BASE BALLS, ETC
A LARGE STOCK WALL PAPER.
gQrWRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES,r©g
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