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THE MESSENGER. LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA. Thursday Morning, Nov. 18, 1880. Rales of Subscript ion : Twelve Month* $1.50 Mx Months. «5 Four Month* ~ .... ...... 50 Nu)[leCopiei 05 nvnriohly In advance. A NXorM'F.M EXTS. For Ordinary. We are authorized to announce the name of J. A. PARK, ns a can didate for Ordinary of Walker coun ty. K lection in .laruary next.. For Tax Collector. We are authorized to announce the name of Jacob Goodson Jr., as a candidate for Tax Collector, of Walker county. Election first Wed nesday in January next. LOCAL MESSAGES. Beautiful weather on farmers. Rend new advertisements in this issue. Mrs. Allgood, of Trion, is in the village. Beautiful weather the past few day?. Considerable sickness in our community. The sweet potato crop wa3 fine iu this county. Farmers are considerably behind with their work. Mr. Virgil Russell, we are sorry to state, is quite sick. Mrs. J. J. Patton is in the village —stopping at Mr. J. A Miller’s. Jud Clements the hero of the Seventh returned to Li Fayette this week. Read new advertisement of Sci entific American in this issue of our paper. Candidates how do you expect to bo elected without announcing your names in the Messenger? Hon. J. W. Renfro, State Treas urer, will please accept our thanks for a copy of his annual report for the fiscal rear ending Septemer 30, ISSO. We hope the government will discontinue the mails altogether at. this point, we would do a great deal better if we were thrown en tirely on our own resources. Do you want good bargains? Why, of course we do! Then go to Mr. L. Payne,Chattanooga,Ten nessee and get great bargains in all kinds of groceries. Remember this and call on him and see if what we have said isn’t true. See his ndv. We desire to say to our subscri bers who failed to receive the Mes senger last week, that it was no fault of ours. Our mail was made up and placed in theolficeoo Wed nesday evening; but there was no mail leaving this place Thursday morning, and consequently the pa pers lay in the post office till Fri day morning. Amid the changes and uncertain ties of men and things generally, we have heretofore consoled our selves that there was one thing up on which we could rely with uner ring certainty, namely the Unitid States mails ; hut even in this we find we are mistaken, ns is evidenc ed by the conduct of the line from this place to Chattanooga which leaves and arrives once twice or three times a week just as suits their convenience. A correspondent from Cave Spring writes us: Mr. L. G. Chil ders who resides seven miles south east of Cedartown, had from one bee hive in one season six swarms of bees, and in two seasons fifteen colonies Miss Sarah E. Chil ders, daughter of 1,. G. Childers, only 8 years old picks 125 pounds of cotton per day, commencing af ter the dew drys off. We received a communication from Waterville this week ; but too late to publish in full, we cull tin following items from it: The people of our community are very rejoiced over Col. Clements’ election Mr. Jessee Simms is having his mill repaired and will soon have u circular saw in operation, which will be quite a convenience to our community Farmers urebu.-y sowing wheat, gathering corn and picking the last of the cotton Squirrel hunting is in order of wet days. Your correspondent bus killed since the first of January 1880 : 84 squirrel, 10 birds, 4 rab bits and one disorganized pole cat, an 1 have made enough to feed my Democratic bove, till I can make some mote. MEIUHUOUIIOOD .VOTES, Gathered Froai All Sources. There are 13<K) hands employed in factoii's in Chattanooga. Cedartown Thursday night illu minated and jubilated over Felton’s defeat. W. T. Cornelius, a highly esteem ed citizen of Rome died in Thomas ville, Ga., a few days ago. Polk polled 1,594 votes Felton 956, Clements 651, Hancock 1,066. Garfield 508. Clements got 356 at Cedartown and his name only on foor Garfield tickets. A bale of cotton planted, worked and picked by a man named Pa teal, aged 103 years, sold at Rome, a few days ago at auction, bringing 14 Jets., per pound. Dalton Citizen : All up the line of the Western and Atlantic road, last Thursday night, bonfires were blazing in honor of the newly elec ted congressman, Judson C. Clem ents. Dr. J. B. S. Holmes, after a long illness is able to be up again, but inten ied to leave yesterday evening for St. Andrews’ Bay, West Florida, where lie expects to remain for some time—perhaps through the winter. — Home Courier. Rome Courier: A man nam ed Finkelstein attempted suicide last Sunday morning on the Selma train several miles below Dalton. — It seems that Finkelstein was un der custody of an officer who carry ing him to Rome to answer to a j charge ot larceny after trust, * t (The Rome Bulletin says a petition to the Georgia Legislature is be ing circulated in that city, and we presume all over the State, asking for the repeal of the present convict system, and the substitution of a new system which shall be more in harmony with the dictates of hu manity and the spirit of the age. Rome Courier: We publish an Atlanta’dispatch reporting the fall ing of hot stones in Cobb county. We imagine ail is quiet since the election, and that the supposed st ne? were hot shot the Mariet ta Journal turned loose on Felton. I Something made it hot for the Par son down there. North Georgia Time*: Tillman Gainitn, an old respectable citizen of this county, met with a most horrible death, while ginning cot i ton at Mr. Daily Gregory’s gin a few days ago. Ilis head was i caught between two cog-wheels, crushing out his brains. lle<x p’red almost instantly. North Georgia Times: Two white men named Jackson and White had a quarrel in the Ball Ground District, this county, on Nov. 2nd. Jackson drew a pi.-tol and sLot White in the abdomen, mortally wounding him. It is thought he will die. Jackson was arrested and is now in jail at this place. A fearful collision occurred on the Rome railroad Thursday morn ing. As the passenger train was running rather slowly over an up l grade the freight train behind ran into the nnr end id it, demolishing an engine, two passenger coaches and several freight cars. One lady was fractured about the head, and several gentlemen considerably bruised up. R une Courier: Lewis Billups, an old colored citizen of this city, while ascending from a well lost his hold mid was precipitated to the bottom, a distance of about 32 feet. Dr Boyd was summoned, who attended him promptly, but owing to extensive internal injury j caused from the violent concussion, could afford him no relief. He died in about three hours from re ception of injury. Marrictta Journal: Charley Holle num says, now forever more, in sickness, in hoalto, in poverty’s vale or abounding in wealth, he is a Clements' man. He says lie lias a ! Clement attachment and will never let go unless you cut off’ bis tail, I and Hint a man that can beat Joe Brown,Gen. Gordon, Wade Hump ton and Dr. Feiton ought to be carried to Atlanta and exhibited until Congress assembles, . Chalta. Times: Yesterday morn ing as the E st bound Memphis train was approaching Huntsville, Ala., a negro was discovered leisure ly walking on the track a short distance in advance of the train.— The whistle was blown and signals given, but he did not leave the tr e.k. and before the train could be stop ped it passed over his body, mang ling it into a dreadful wanner and causing instant death It proved to be the body of a deaf and dumb negro named Jones, livingat Hunts ville-. 4he ltuiaiiiß acre taken to that city for burial. He haves a family. Rome Tribune: It is patent to any observing man that our rail road facilities are utterly inadequate for the trade of Rome. The line from Chattanooga to Rome and from Rome to Columbus or La grange or Carrollton, via Cedartow n, must be built or our trade is des tined to seek other markets. hor weeks our merchants have suffered for the want of goods, detained by a block in the railroad freight de partment here and elsewhere In fact it lias proven detrimental to the trade of our city, and in some cases loss on goods so held lias lie* u the result, li the two mails run ning into Rome can’t do the busi ness. it is the duty of our merchants to eno.nurage, in every way, the building ot oilier roads. — — - Arkansas Letter. RussEi.vti.t.E, Auk , Nov. 7, 1880. Mr. Editor: As doubtless many *>f your read ers would like to hear from this part of the country, and as I prom is< (1 them before leaving Georgia, that they should hear from me, 1 take this opportunity of writing. Myself and family left Chattanoo ga th u 27th of October, and la- (led here the 29th, all safe and sound. We had good luck on the way, ail except Wm Ellison, he got strapped in Argenta of 844, by a sharper. Russelville is situated in the western part of Polk county, in north-west Arkansas, about ten miles from Dover —the county site —and three miles from the Arkan sas river, and four miles from Dar danelle. So far I am well pleased with the country. The uplands here are not the best; but they produce corn, wheat, cotton, vegetables and sucdi 1 i well. The bottom lands are heavi ly timbered, anil produce extreme ly Well. Laborers wages are good, I am getting $26 a month, and the money every Saturday night. There are a great many Georgians here, and you know what the term implies to say they are Georgians still. Russelville has four churches,one Presbyterian, one Methodist Church South, one Episcopal and i ne Bap tist church. The Baptist State Couv« ntioti is in session,here now, there was a very able stum m prea- h d to-day by a Texas Divine. There is about 100 bales of cot ton sold here daily, and a great deal of business done here general ly. Please send me the Messenger, for I am lost with out it. Also send me a couple of back numbers that I may know whether the Hon. J. C. Clements was elected or not. Yours truly, John M. llaui*. Attachment Again. 7b the Editor of the Mtssemjcr: ‘•1 toid you so," I knew the mule colt” was the swifter “arii — mule ’ofti e two. Your rac£ hor ses run well, when they are. proper ly groomed, have a smooth track, and a sharp jockey, But it takes a mule to beat a r»ce i:i an open field. Did you ever see a horse lead a mule across a forty-acre field? No, sir, the mule uses his head to such an advantage iu the race that lie al ways takes the lead, and comes out winner. The 7 1 ii District is the largest forty-acre field you ever saw; and when the old race horse of na tional fame came up by the side of that “mule colt,” commonly called "Jud,” to lead the race by 5,000 feet, I shook my head, and said 1 never saw a mule beat across such a field. It cannot lit done. It is all together too mountainous. The mule lias run in this field too long. The race horse will he left behind. A mule is a wonderfuL’ani—mule.” He has got a lot of sense. By a compound action of head and heels he always comes out first best. A mule always does his own kicking and braying, and the result is usu ally satisfactory to himself. James A Garfield is the man. — W. 8 Hancock, is a General in the U. 8. Army. I feel like the man who sent the following dispatch to a frier.d at Vernon, Indiana, just af ter the October election: “You need not i lug the courthouse bell, With joyous peal in Vernon's hound, Indiana has gone to h—II, Suppress the (I—d bell’s sound.” I am sad and yet I am glad, I am glad and yet I am sad. Respf ifully, Attachment. —— Subscribe for the Walker County J/cssnger. “Alexis” W rites Again. November 10111, 1880. Dear Meneenyer: You ran lianily what a lively touch h is .u-enwith flit fir mers (luring the hist six wi Us— rowing out* mol wheat in il gather ing corn uiui | ot.atoos, fortmoitelv the weather has been very fivoni hle for such work -so the turners have been 01 usually busy —hardly hail time to go to the election ; hut enough of them <1 id malt, out in go, and see Unit the root I'u go 1 i right, mol that thp poor '•/■/. -id (the i orunt iz' il) wJtc* • life was an nearly until. Oil |m|. ,\f ill) that his Kin . \ ilia vilalitv »as only niiole rent by a faii.t wiggle of the tail, was resii*eiiitiei| The fact is, tins name lizard I as displayed woml-rful vitality. It rose np—shook itself and gave one mighty wiggle waggle of his honest tail, which swept all over the entire Seventh Congressional District, and gave the renowned champion of In dependentistn a contemptuous swish in the face, which split thp smile upon his face square into and sent him back to the walks of pri vate life. How are the mighty fal len ! The fact is he was a .fonil, and the great fish of Independentism swallowed him with all I,is Drills for thr«*e terms, and then finally vomited him up on the dry land of disappointment. Mountains of Ca toosa and Walker, no dew nor rain upon you. The prospects are that there will he an immense breadth of wheat sowed this ' ear. Two tilings tend to promote this, as follows : Ist. A good wheat crop is expected after a failure. 2wi. This years crop n! wheat is so inferior that it can well be spared to sow. 1 am going to try (or a club for The Baptist Sun. Ai.exis. Dot lings From Siibligna. | Editin' Messenger: i The great election day for 1880 is i past, and quite a number of people 1 are happy, while others arc ei-' ; down, and it seems that the day of ; ri miming with them l as arrived. 1 hut we would say to the despon dent ones, to remember that the race is not always to the swift ; nor the battle to the strong and intelli i gent if so their grief would have ! been turned into joy, and the joy of others into grief It is reported that.l. M Lawrence has sold his lands adjoining Cant. Atkins, to F. XI. Lawrence, of Dry Creek. The past week Inis been very un favorable for cotton picking. Hub little wheat sown as yet. Radius. Nov. Bth, 1880. EiKtor Mencmjcr: We learn from the farmers that the yield of cotton and corn will both he much less than was untici ; pated. We learn also that the num ber of poik hogs are few, so we rea dily conclude that our county is not in a very flourishing condition. ( and then upon the top of all this Garfield, the Radical President, is elected, so it seenin our destiny is fixed, and that we are destined to laho* and toil the remainder of our lives to support the demagogues of the North. Weather cool and bracing. Rad tut. November loth, 1880. Tt'iim Gleanings. Thion, 11. t., Xov. !l, ISBO. Elidin' Messenger: The friends of the Hon. J. C. Clements, manifested their happi ness at his election to Congress on Saturday night, by a grandjtorch light procession with music. Miss Peggy Morton died at this place, this morning about 11 o’clock. N. H. Coker. Malice. I hereby inform my friends, to whom lam very gtap ful for past kindnesses, that 1 inn now with II 15. Parks it Co., Rome. Geo., dealers in ladies dress goods and trimmings, men and hoys’ custom made cloth ing, jeans, hats, cups, hoots, shoes, and in short an unbroken line ol staple and fancy dry good- and no tions. When you are in the city 1 shall be pleased to have you call and see me, as I can offer you these goods at prices that will justify you in purcliasi g. Respectfully, J. W. Ci.o«k. Rome, Oct., 1880 4t- inf. Notice. We want to buy 3 or 4 good, hea vy mules. Tunis Ma.n’f’u Co., G. R. Myers, Sec. Treas. A World of Good. One of the most popular tneoi vines now before the American pub lic, is Hop li;tti rs. Yuli see il everywlieie. People lake it with good i-liecl. it to.ilds them un It is not ms pleasant to the tuaic a some other Ritters ns it is not e whisky drink. It is more like tin old fashioned hone set ten that has ■lone a world of good. Il you don't feel just light trv Hop Hitter*.- Xuiidi .Net r< 1 h-' Fleas ires of II ipe. When the l ody s bound with pain an it'.lense loin it g '• r relii I biiog- hope. Tliti may brn-hlcn the. tl.n.g hut il lloee nut cure. At ati l e at- 11,' ■ liiev lYi-Vomu is S.icli a It lend as V\ arm i n Sale Kul nev and Liver Cure, bringing home, health and happiness and the joys of a renewed I if-. A new hook on t'*e horse and his disea&es, by 15. J. Kendall M. I)„ containing one hundred pages, and sixty-five engravings. This is a eainpnPensive, valuable wort and worth ten times its cos' to every one owning a horse. For sale at this ofliee anil sent Post-paid on receipt of price, 25 cents, in cur rency or stamps. Address all orders to Messenuer. I/iFayette Ga. m Christ, Gerber, Wholesale Hard ware, Toledo, Ohio, says: —The Ex celsior Kidney Pad has accomplish ed mote for my wife in three weeks than all the medicine she lias taken in three years. Refer all skeptics to me. —See Adv. Host Goods, Lowest Prices. 15.-t Quality, PORE SILVER Thitnl es. For 25 CFNTS. And ENGRAVED Free Os Charge. Or two old ones for one new one. VEAL A SON Rome Ga. Clois. I. R sdter, lUsSummit Sh, Toledo, Ohio, says: I would not take one thousand dollars for inv Exielsioi Kidney Pad, if 1 could not get atiotlu r. 1 have gained m three nioiiths thirty pounds. —See Adc. iiiiil Nets. 15 feet bug ami 15 feet w ings 84 (Kb 20 20 " “ 5.00 Veai. it Sox. Rome. Ga. It is the universal cry all over Hu- land that ‘Kendall's Spavin Cure’ is a positive cure. Read the Adn rlis mi-id. tMf-WWWB——ati ■ CHATTANOOGA MAEKETB - WEEKLY. Wheat old SI 05 to SI 10 “ new 75 to SI (K) Curii, sacked 45 Flour 8550 to 86 50 Corn Meal ... .55 Rullt Meats 5-1 to 8 Bacon (is to !) L.rd 8} Rutter 121 to 15 Chicken*, y oung 10 to 13 . old lfi Eggs 9 , Dried Apples 3 “ Peaches. 4 Black berries —nominal. Feathers, prime to choice...3s to 40 “ duck 20 Beeswax 18 to 20 Cotton Rags 11 to 11 Tallow —noniiiiiil. Wool, unwashed 25 to 28 “ tub washed 35 to 40 “ cotteil and burry 12 to 20 Hides, dry 10 to 13 *• green 6 to 7 Potatoes 50 Onions 50 Tomatoes 50 Beans 50 Ochre 81 00 Squashes 75 Cucumbers 81 00 : Roasting Ears per <loz 8 Cabbages “ ...75 to 81 00 Ginseng Root 90 to 81 00 Pink Root 15 to 18 KOlli: PRICES: Veal & Son, Jew eler*. Gold American 7.ever* 150.00 Ladies Gold Watches 20.00 Gents’ Silver American Le vers 10.00 Gents’.Silver Swiss 8.00 Gents’ Nickel American 8.00 Gents’ Plated Swiss 5.00 Composition Swiss 3.00 Seth Thomas Clocks, fine 5.00 Plain Mantle Clocks 4 (K) Medium G >od Clocks 8.00 Coiiiii on Clocks 1.00 Fine Gold Opera Chains...... 20.00 Solid Silver Teaspoons, per sett 5.00 Solid Silver Forks, per sett... 12.00 Silver Plated Teaspoons, per 5ett.’,...,. 1-00 Silver Plated Tablespoons, per sett 2.00 Double Lined Violin, Bow and wood case 5.00 Solid Silver Thimbles, (name engraved on) 50 Heavy Solid Gold Wedding Rings, ( namte engraved ... 5.00 At the Balloon! At the Ballooil! H iAi rnpri* Pfttlrrn* H jj £ VV 1 superior to nil others fiS EL B 'M HlflifVlur pnlidogiio. g jj / . jj FOR LOW PRICSS CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST. Eteri IliiiiK |fiinr»nlrr«l rcpreit'iiflrri or moiirv rr rrlimdrd. Since w« have ileciilcd nut In sell out, our New V..ik buyer has been piling in the good* by the car loan, until every burner i- full aid running over WITH BARGAINS ALL OVER THE HOUSE. !!>:•«•** Goods, Vrlion*, I'r.iiiy Guods, lliilim i y Goods, (ktasimerrs, Jcnits, 4'itllonadcs, Print*. Hotur*lic*, Ladies l.iiit-n Suit*. TH£ ZCI. GOUNTER Is FULL OF NEW AND USEFUL ARTICLES at a much less price than you can get them elsewhere. THE 2»CT. COUNTER HAS MANY ARTICLtS THAT WOULD, t'ost you 25 to cOjuiit at other places you will suve money I»y making your i.»ui chase* at the lIAIAOON. THE SEWING MACHINE DEPARTMENT. The largest variety of first class Machines in the Stale, such as, The Eldridg*. White, Royal, St John. Weed, Victor. Remington Domestic, Ameri can, Davis, Singer, and Wanzer. * The W r ’ vz tal Shiger are our <-hcape<t machine?. Persona winking cheap ‘2nd Ha«.d i»u»« hi"i*>, pan always find a good nsMirtment. Kxchange new itfa* chine- lor old ones. Sell lor cash an on monthly payments. Don't full t" caii as the liuHooa before buying anything in our line. IL E. rSOUDEK, Chattiiimoga, Tennessee. ■ • 1 - *. •L F. It AUDI.AIt'. It. V. .IOXKS.- WARDLAW & JONES, At the Old Stand of Reece Brcs., in DeSoto, Dealers in all kimls of FANCY AND FAMILY GROCERIES, ALSO BAGG'NG AND TIES, ami all kiinl of supplies, usually kept in !i llrst class grocery store. V\ c have a in euiinectioti with our stoic a large commodious stable and wagon 1 yard. The trade of Walker and adjacent counties especially solicited. (ejjf-We pav tlci highest market price for all kinds of country produce, and self "Ur goods at “rock bottom prices.” WAIIDLAiV & JONKS. VKA L, 4& HOTV , DEALERSJN ! CLOCKS. 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