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WHAT WILL YOU DO? Winter is Here and ’he Poor are With You. HER HUSBAND IS AWAY And She and Three Children are Without Home and With out Money. Cold weather is again upon us, and ■even before the arrival of this cold wav-, the hungry cryiugs of the poor have been heard from many parts of the ciry and the surrounding count y. The yeai has b ,eu a bad one—nobody will deny it, and many of (he b-at workmen and beet men have been unable to secure work. Many families, formerly in fair circum stances, have felt the pangs of hunger and the mortification of shabuiaess and b 4ng unable t meet the demands made upon them. Then it w s bad. but how pitiful will now be their condition uiiprotect-d from the cold blasts of winter can bet er be imagined thin described. I hat tbeie are impostors can not be denied, and neither can it be denied ’bat there are genuine cases of suffd’V g; that this wimer will be especially severe on ac - count <f the many out of woik, and that th> se deserving ones, made sufiei ers by the rimes and misfortune must be attended to by the community at large. How i-« it to .be dout ? It must be done systematically, so the burden will no be too great on tne most generous, an 1 it mu-t be by proper organiz it'ou so the least number of im postors may take away from the deserv ing. Winter is here, and the good people must begin considering the matter. Here is a Case. Already the attention of Ths Tribune has been called to one case, and a repoi ter investigated yesterday. Here is what he found: In a little cottage, number 615 East Third street, up by Bowie A George’s foundry, were found three bright and rosy faced children playing about the knee of a fair and sad looking young wo man. Mr. J J. Kuight, who works at. the 'ouudry, lives here with his wife and -children and his wife’s mother. The sad-faced young woman is Mrs. T. J. Ramsev. In plain sentences with no ap pealing or sensational touches she told a story like this: “Last March my husband and the family moved to Rome, and he took a traveling position with Mr. George Bit tey. About a month ago he lost bis place and began lookingfor wo>k. He though' he had a position in Atlanta but on going there failed to get i . Then he took us to Powder Springs, and we put up at the hotel. On November 11 he left for Dal las, twelve miles away, and said he would certainly be back in two days, if not sooner I have not seen him nor heard from him directly since that time. “I know be has not run away, or any thing like that, but has only been kept from me by misfortune.” Then ber eyes became moist, ber voice trembled and she paused in her story for a few minutes. “When he left he only h»d $3. I had no'hing and these three childien. Mrs. Knight knew my trouble, and through her kindness Ici tne heie Sunday night. I h>ve been here since. I am without money and without a home. My good friends have done all they cm, but they are not able to do more. That is all.” This is the story as she told it. It was told in a simple and straight forward manner, and this is a sinple statement of it. Without a home, without ber bus band, living on the kindness of fiienus unable to afford it, and with three young children to take care of. The case is in the hands of the good people of Rome. The address is Mrs. T. J. Ramsey, 615 East Third street. - . A Sad Case. Yesterday a lady of refinement was sent to the county poorhonse. Misfor tune upon misfortune had brought her to the place where to her it seemed a ■question of starve or accept this charity. For the sake of her babe she accepted this alternative. A gentleman who knew her, in speak ing of the case, said: “She is a woman of true gentility and refinement, well reared and of a modest and sweet disposition. ■Just imagine her feelings now.” The man who carried her out was asked of the trip on his return. “Well,” said be, “when she got there she burst into tears, and said so you couldn’t hardly hear it, ‘l’d rather be in my grave.’ ” These and other cases that have not been and may not be observed are before the people. THE LEHIGH STRIKE. It la Virtually at an End in Jersey City. Jersey Citx, N. J., Nov. 29.—The Lehigh Valley railroad has practically won the battle which the employees have waged against them for two weeks. So far as this end of the line is con cerned the strike is a thing of the past. Full passenger train service is in opera tion and very nearly on schedule time, and freight is moving without hindrance. THE FIRE BROKE OUT And Squire Water Harris Shut Off Geo. Harris’ Speech. Amos Jones was up before Squire Wal ter Harris yesterday for selling mort gaged property. He was defended by Lindsay Johusou, and prosecuted by Mr. George Harris. While Mr. George Harris was making bis argument, Mr J. B. F. Lumpkin came in and remarked that Sam King’s store was buiniog up. The »quire ju oped from bis seat at d exclaimed, “1 tiud the defendant not guilty.” tie hurried to the fire and left his brother arguing to convict the negro. Squire Harris sent two negroes to jail yesterday for carrying concealed pistols. THE NEGRO COLONIZER- GastoP, Who Wanted to Carry NegiOea to Africa May Get Aw Ay. Atlanta. N -v. • £9.— Governor Nor then this morning receivi d a telegram from Governor glower, of New York, re garding the return of Bei j train F. Gaston, the negro emigrant agent. The governor stat d that he oould not allow bis return on a simple accusasion sworn out b fore a notary public. The papers, he said, B'iuuld have been issued by a magistrate and then they would hive b i n m the proper shape. It is very probable that Gaston will be released at one**. THE BOND QUESTION And Going to ’he Augusta Exposition Oc cupied the Day. Special to The Tribune. Atlanta. N >v. 29—The bond ques tion was (his morning at last settled so far as the house is concerned—that is un less a motion to reconsider, which will be made Friday, prevails. The house agrees to pay the face value of the Hays and Scott b >nds. The point outlined in my report yes terday was raised, and it was shown that the legislature had no legal right to pay interest after maturi'y. Speaker Atkin son raised the point and cited decisisious of the supremo court of the United States sustaining it. Major Bacon, who introduced tbe orig inal bill, spoke in the same line. Harri son of Quitman, Battle, Allen of Upson and Martin of Fulton, in strong speeches argued for tbe payment of the principal and interest. Mcßride of Haralson, moved the ap pointment of a committee to examine into the wh tie matter and report to the next legislature. This was overwhelmingly voted down. Tben the bouse decided against the payment of interest and fl tally on the passage of tbe bill as amended as more thana constitutional maj irity was ob tained for the measure, the vote being eightvnine to fifty-three. Mr. Rinkio gave notice of reconsidera tion on Fiidav. Off to Augusta, The legislature went off at 3:40 to Au gusta to take in tbe exposition. Almost everybody went and they will be given a big time there. Routine Matter Only. Outside of the bond question, there was notni g in the house. The senate devoted its time to purely routine business. "Crazed Dy a Fair Statue. Frank Miller, a resident of Knox town ship, visited the World’s fair last sum mer, and while passing through the Lib eral Arts building caught sight of the statue of the crucifixion of Christ. From that time he seemed to lose control of his mind. All his time at the fair was spent in front of the statue. It was by the most strenuous efforts that he was induced to return home. Since his ar rival he has grown steadily worse, until today his mind is a total wreck and he is a dangerous lunatic. On election day he preached religion in a wild and ex cited manner, and his theme day and night is Christ’s crucifixion. He has been taken to an asylum. Miller was a prosperous farmer at one time and was very intelligent.—Alliance (O.) Dispatch. Try BLACK-DRAUGH* cator Dyspepsia* Poisonous and Harmless Snakes. There is a certain physiological dif erence between the poisonous and harm less snakes, which exists very plainly in their manner of dentition. All snakes are objects of aversion and dread to mankind, so much so that to be bitten by a snake has at times been so fearful to the victim as to have produced death, although the snake was harmless. Such is the instinctive dread with which these reptiles are thought of that it may be desirable to have some easy mode of distinguishing the one kind from the other. This distinguishing characteris tic is afforded by the teeth. In all pois onous snakes there are only two rows of teeth, the fang or fangs being ar ranged either within the two rows or outside of them. The harmless snakes have four distinct rows of teeth, and when the bite shows this kind of wound and not any single deeper or larger puncture there need be no apprehen sion.—New York Times. Forgot Fl is Dinner. A man 81 years old, so interested in his work as to forget to go to dinner and so vigorous as to suffer no harm from the deprivation, is to be congratulated. This is the report that comes from Mr. Wal ter Nichols of Farmington, who has been surveying in the woods the past month, and whose accuracy in such work is so great as to be never questioned by the judges of the supreme court. —-Lewiston Journal. The Wethersfield G. A. R. Post has caused great excitement by burying wih Grand Army honors the bodies of two convicts who have die! in the state prison during the month. A regiment of 150 Columbian Gnardsj is be on show at the Hon- next year, to be after- in the Honduras army. I’HK WrJtH.LTTRIBUNE, 'iH 'USDaY, DECEMBER, law . YESTERDAY’S FIRE Resulted in About $6,000 Damage. GOOD WORK WAS DONE By the Fire Department—How it Originated and How it Resulted. Here are the results of yesterday’s fin : S. S King, SI,OOO damage to building, and $2,000 to g.ocery store. Fully in sured. J. A. G'over, damage to store houses, about $2,000. No insurance. W. H. Sceele, tin ware store and plumb- - ing, about SI,OOO damage to stuck. Fully insured. Oscar Harris, meat market, damaged SIOO. Covered by insurance. H. E. Langley, fruit stand, damaged about SIOO. No insurance. A. M. Antognoli & Co., candy factory, damage about SIOO. Covered by in surance. Much of the damage is due to water. No close estimate could be given yester day or last night, but It is probable that the above is t ear correct. The damage on the tinware and tbe like of Captain Ste-ie can hardly be gursaed at, as the result of tbe watei’s action was not known last night. The above estimate is probably too high, if anything. Story of the Fire. It was j ist a few minutes after 11 o’clock yesterday morning when huge puffs of smoke from tne roof over tbe store of Capt. W. H. Steele and Ma-or S. s. King, at tbe cornt-r of Broad street and Thud avenue, caused a fire alarm to be turned in. As seems to be the custom when theie is a fire the big city bell in the tower re fused to respond, but the bells at fire headquarters gave the alarm, and No. 2, followed close y by No. 1 and the aerial ladder were at the scene in aver., few moments. Firemen of all companies were on baud almost as soon, and tbe battle with tbe fl tines was begun with ro delay. The fire bad evidently originated in the roof above the candy factory, and was probably due to a defective flue. The roof became ignited, and rhe blaxs spread rapidly into the building occupied by Steele and tbe King building, before it burst into view. When first discovered itappeared almost exactly between King’s and Steele’s. Then witbin a few moments all roof of the three stores seemed on fire. A strong wind carried the blaze to ward tbe telephone exchange, next to the candy faco y, and giave fears ex isted that many buildings in tbe block would be burned. Near 2,000 people gathered to watch the progress, and the fight of the firemen. Very vew of thoso who saw tbe start thought any of the buildings on fire would be standing when tbe lire was over. Tbe firemen worked with a will, and with several good streams playing on tbe blaze above King’s and S eele’s, that part was soon somewhat tinder control Tben tbe candy factory portion burst into fl gnus that looked to ba uncontrolable. Tbe ro-’f burned with great rapidity, and all the streams of water were being played from the other side. A cry went up, but it seemed a long time before the men actively at work paid attention to this danger. Tbe telephone exchange was only a couple of feet away,up-stairs, and below the Singer Sewing maebine company began moving ou r . Tben Fireman Fitzpatrick and others went to work on Che aerial truck. Soon she swung high in the air above the raging fl ime». Fi zpatrick dashed up the rounds, and a n zz e was attached to tbe pulley while he stood at tbe top. Tbe pulley s ipped, and as time was precious, oibt-r Bremen ran up the ladder. As tbe m zzle reached Fti zpatrick, tbe water was turned on, and a strong si ream struck tbe hot fire. An involuntary murmur of relief went up from the crowd, and quickly tbe bright flumes gave place to clouds of smoke, ano then to bare timber. Fi zpatrick swaying ab >ve the building put tbe stream to tbeb st advantage, and in a lit le while, assisted by a stream below, tbe fire was out. It was as pret'y a piece of work as was ever done by any department, and all Rome is praising tbe fl emeu. About the Damage, The damage is about as given above, and will not exceed $6,000, if that much. Over one half of this is covered by insurance, and tbe fire cannot be called disastrous. Tbe blaze never reached tbe lower story at all, and all tbe damage* to the main j ortion of the goods is due to water or breakage. Mr. King moved a considerable portion of bis stock into tbe vacant store of Capt. Nevin, under the opera house, and may occupy this for a time. Capt. Steele moved none of goods, and has not decided on a new or temporary stand. Tbe buildings burned may be replaced by a new and handsome block, or tbe old stores may be patched up. This cap be easily done, but a strong exists in favor of a new block, which is sb red by theowners of the property. Mr. King told The Tribune he had not decided what to do. The Department's Work, The Rome fire department showed up in its true colors yesterday, and with plenty of wafer shows fvhat it can" doj -with a fiie. The roofs of these consisted mostly of dry shingles, dry ■rafters and dry lathes, and burned like pine. Yet every building was saved, and with a st.ff bre< ze against them the telephone exchange, although it was only a couple of feet away and got quite hot, was not damaged. In fact with the hot bkza this close, Jim and Charley Dempsey stayed at their posts, and while tbe blaze almost touched them, answered questions from all parts of the city about the fire. Man ager E. EL Bawsel, of the telephone ex change, is assistant chief and was down stairs fighting the fire along with Chief Dave Hauks and assistant Na r Harris. The firemen all did splendid work, and are the toast of rhe city. The City Bell. The fact that the city clock did not give the alarm caused considerable criti cism. Rome’s department consists ot men paid, and volunteers. Tbe men paid need the assistance of the voiun te rs, and the volunteers are only in formed of a fire by the ciry bell. Chief Hanks in talking about it says there has been twenty-four alarms sine tbe first of last January. In this nm b r there was one failure to ring because of failure to turn in tbe alarm properly. On October 31st the machinery held back the clapper. “It is tested every day at half past eleven,” said he, “and went off all right yesterday. I cannot explain why it re fused to work today, and can only say it worked all right yesterday at 11:30. All I know is that in some manner the ma cbinery got hitched. We have not yet discovered the cause.” Thank,ng the Firemen. Editor Tribune. Through your valuable paper I desire to tender my thanks to ihe noble fire men of Rome for their successful effort in saving my property yesterday, and I can but congratulate Rome on her fire men, and the effective service they ren der our city. Tbank you, gentlemen of the Rome fire department. J. A. Gloveb. AN ACTRESS Rebukes a Party of Atlanta Society Girls. Special to the Tribune. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 22.—A sensational some was created in the grand tbeatia here at a matinee this afternoon. Mact ey’s company was playing “Grimes’ Cel lar Door,” a farce. A half dozen prominent society ladies in a box were talking loudly, disturbing the company and the audience. Finally one of the actresses stepped over near the box and addressing tbe occupants, told them they were annoying the company, and the audience. Tbe scene was very embarrassing to the young lad es, who are prominent in society. It is reported that a male friend is hunting for the manager to do him up. A GHOST RINGS THE BELL. The Woman In White Who Is Startling aa Arkansas Community. In the village of Lincolntown, which is settled principally by negroes, and which lies eight or nine miles south of this place, there is a little church, sur rounding which is a mystery that is greatly perplexing and worrying the community. Every night there is to bo seen in the belfry of the edifice a woman in white who rings the bell three times in the most solemn fashion and who then dis appears. How the woman gets there is what is puzzling the good people S Lincolntown, for the only approach t< the belfry is a stairway to which en trance is gained by a single door, an< not only is this door guarded even night since the commencement of th< mysterious tolling, but the staircase i; watched by 200 or 300 eyes, and at darl the belfry itself is watched and thor oughly searched and is found to be en tirely empty. Besides, the belfry is only large enough to hold the bell itself, and when that is in motion there is no foot ing for a person. The rope that is ordinarily employed in ringing the bell hangs all the time in plain view of tbe crowd and is perfectly motionless. The woman is also dis tinctly visible, but whether white oi black it is impossible to tell. Even if the figure itself was a figment of the im agination, the ringing of the bell is as that is to be unmistakably heard fora quarter of a mile. The negroes are much excited over the matter and say that it is a portent of ill to the race. As to the iden tity of the ghost, it is generally believed that it is the restless spirit of a woman named Jonelle Lambkin, who, on ac count of some misdemeanor charged against her, was put out of the church here in spite of her continued reiteration of her innocence. Jonelle died about two months ago, alleging with her dying breath that she was a wrongfully ac cused woman and that the community would ultimately receive proof of this.— Arkadelphia (Ark.) Dispatch. The "Second Samson.** Richard Joy, who died May 18,1742, at the age of 67 and is buried in the St. Peter’s churchyard, isle of Thanet, Kent, England, was known throughout Europe as the “ Kentish Hercules, ” or the “Second Samson.” When but a youth of 17 years, he was invited to London by the king to give an exhibi tion in remarkable feats of strength. Among the feats of his more mature years was that of breaking, with his hands and feet, a rope with a tensile strength of 85 hundredweight and the lifting of 2,200 pounds. The following is a copy of his epitaph: Herculean hero! famed for strength, At last lies here—his breadth and length. See how the mighty man is fallen! To death the strong and weak are all one; The same judgment doth befall Goliath great and David small. —St, Louis Republic. MB"* BLACK-DHAUtiHf cure. Conntipatlon. AGAINSI MOB LAW. A Bill Passes the House on the Subject of Murder, TO AID THE SHERIFF. A Misdemeanor When One Refuses to Do So—Other Work Done. Atlanta, D c. 2 -- I'he bill introduced by Mr Warren Hill to prevent mob violence came up f>r consideration in tbe bouse this morning. Mr. Hill explained lheobj otof the bill, and in doing so made an able speech against mob violence. The bill as passed, makes it felony, punishable by not lees than twenty yearn confinement in tbe penitentiary for any one to engage in mob violence, and if the victim dies from the result of eucli violence, tben tbe crime is mu'der. It anyone refuses to a d rhe sheriff in sup pressing a mob, tbe part so failing will oe guilty of a misdemeanor, and if 'he sheriff learns of an unlawful assemblage it is made his duy to arrest them. Tbe bill to create a board of tax eqnal 'zirs in each county will be taken up u> x Tuesday. The Glanders Bill. Mr. Allen’s bill to provide for the pay ment for live stock killed to prevent tbe spread of tbe glanders, created a great deal ot discussion. S’ veral amendments were offered that, will hasten the dea h of the bib. One amendment was offered that chickens having cholera be also paid for. Mr. Mc- Donald offered auo'her amendment tba when rust or caterpillars attack a man’s cotton crop, that he be paid 8 cents for all cotton lost. The bill was laid on the table tempo rarily. Some Bills that Passed. Mr. Neel’s bi 1 to r. quire (be commis sioners of roads of Fioyd couuiy to have a digest made of tax defaulters since 1877 was passed. A bill io provide for chartering tele graph and express companies, introduced by Mr. Neel of Bartow, was pissed. A bid to fix the time of bolding supe rior courts in the Flint circuit was passed. A bill to require all voters in Wilcox county was passed. In the Senate. The senate was in session but a few moments. The only business transae'ed vyas reading the bond bill the first time and referring it to tbe finance committee. Tbe committee to investigate tbe treas ury examined tbe vaults and conieutr. Monday they will hear evidence/1 >m 'he presidents of tne banks in which Gooi gia’s money is kept. DROWNED HIMSELF Or Else Perp e'rateda Great Joke—Clothes on the Bridge. “Go to Hel I” In plain letters this was found last night on tbe outside of an envelope, left by a man who it is supposed committed suicide. Whether there was a suicide, or whether this is a fake, is a matter of con j.ciure. If there was a suicide the man jumped off het-econo avenue bridge. List night between 10 aud 11 o’clock, Tom Gainer, a well-known negro, found a shirt, trowsersand uudercloibing hang ing on tbe railing shout the middie < f the bridge over the Etowah, on Second ave nue. He found an envelope, stamped bur. with no aedress, sucking from the pocket, and another note written on brown paper. e earned all to the drug store of Dr. Bruce Harris in East Rome. The en velop was not sealed, an.) inside was found a note beginning “Buri d in tbe liver, Rome, Ga., Nov. 29.” The writing was so execrable ibat little of tbe re mainder c >uld be deciphered. Here is one sentence, however. “If you want to see me go to hel). I will be there.” Besides ibis, in the envelope was a tin type of a negro sb rat 22 years old. I’he other note was wi uteri on a piece of W. M. Gammon & Co.’s wranping pa p< r. It, too, was illegible. Ouly poi riona of each could be made out. It seems, however, that tbe negro was try ing to say that be had stolen two horses and burned a stable aud was sorry for i>. It also seemed that some b-y bad been arrested for the crime, and the negro was trying to clear him. Both notes were so inelligible that they could only be guessed at. Tbe name seemed to be Milton, Tenn., or something like that. The name of the negro appeared to be Joe Vann, or Welton Rutherford. These names, or something like them, ap peared several times. There also seemed to be something like Ford count, y. In the water “D—n you, go to hell,” and expressions of the kind appeared several times. The clothing, notes and photographs are now at Dr. Harris’ drug store in East Rome. Was it a suicide, or is it a fake? A BLOODY FIGHT. A Half Dozen Killed Outright and Four atally Wounded. Charleston, W. Va., Nov. 29. Scanty details are just received of what seems to have been a sanguinary free fight, or riot, at Eckman, in McDowell county, near here yesterday. The casualties as far as reported are: Archie Edwards, dead, from wounds in head; Jake Jackson, shot fatally through the neck, by Ed Fuller; Tazewell Turney, clubbed to death by Austin Price; three negroes killed outright, four others fa tally wounded. 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Jan« I andnini. the widow of Bmj La< drum, deceased, have filed ibeir award and uulesa good and nfticient cause be shown, the eame w’ll lie inad< ib-judgment of the court at. th* December term, 1*93, at the court oi ordinary. Thia Nov. 6th. 1833, JOHN P. DAViS, 11 -8-law 304 Orfiinarv. 7