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THE HUSTLER OF ROME. third year. ■Ail w mw Sheriff Bryant of Chattooga A rrested ri IN FOR DRUNKENNESS Aentln r Cliatteogan Fined for a Like Oflf Mce. Mary Willie, the Darktown telle in the Kooler. Ilare’e a pretty howdy do! Sbeiiffßill Bryant of Chattooga conuty locked up in the Catecombs of Rente sweetly sleeping off the effect of an e .rly Jag. And Chattooga, why Chattooga is minus a sheriff all on account fa Rome policeman doing his duty. This- morning police officer Ale"£- anon a end it abiolutelj net asarjo foarrept Sheriff Bry inf, of Chattooga, and to lock him up. Sheriff Bryant was mt! is city and was trying t o ravigate Broad .Street with a dqck load of ' Chffin varnish"—the J was too much for him. He was not in a fit condition to be tried before the Recorder at the 10 ( clo< k matinee and his case w as con timed until 3 o'clock this afternoon. At ths performance this morninc o another Cliattcogan was tried foi druukeness, and fined $5. His name < was Stoe He was arrested st night i on the new Court House corner where I ; & was squalling like a i bud on the war path. Die only other case w it s one fer- t uent Miss Mary Willie, a well known c belle and leader of the "Darktown t It stems from the Mis# Willie had supped too much L • u m , a id while her rich African thami agn« mu --- blocd was running riot in her Ama- tl zonian bosom, she so far forgot her standing in ‘ Darktown sasiety” that she insulin! Mrs • Mattie St ace J nee, Mrs- John Collins-who had removed . t Miss Willie was fined $lO or 20 ilavi in the city stockade. Curtain. ( | GEABGETS 'I HE SENATORSHIP Des Moines, la , January 16.—a The legislature today took \ lion on the United States senft^’ UCVJß * John H Gear,the republican . ' t ji in vile candidate, was nom n> , I' .on and ex senate bv Senator ®a; . w „. ‘ „ Tj db’e name w?s Governor Horace r , . « n » , , . . .non on bebalt ol placed m nomr , , ,y Senator Harper, the democrat? J . • ■ , ,nvention of the senate ' will be held tomorrow to and non , , f ..r the vote, winch make# canva” T p ß ied Stat*” senator from lowa LOSS OF LIFE AT A FIRE jI A "Woman Phisheb With her n . Daughters. , Baiboursville, Ky., J» D - I*’’- fa ' astrons fir® occurred at Milla, 1 village about sixteen miles plate, in Harlan County, n l"}) ire e break this morning, in Q f persons perished and a g re buildings were consnni#'} gi(Jence Se reui- i near its were i oldest douson but fo r awaken veut.< en ipied a Several •urnod. ith no 'ERS. o come set tax imontd or and >f com > “>> > ime.* ■hal. ROME GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY'- EVENING JANUARY. 17. 1894. SAYS HE WAS ROBBED. SUPPOSED DEFAULTING CUSTODIAN OF LODGE FUNDS nlfetßD FROM — : [| APPEALS FOR HIS FAMILY, St. Louis, Jau. 15, —Traces of R. C. Miller, financial reporter »f Xenia Ledge. K. of P , Xenia, 0., , who disappeared recently with a portion of the order's fui d-, has been fouißf in tins city, ana today the police were put at work on the case. The clue comes frem Xenia in the shape of a postal card mail ed Jiere Jan. 12 by Miller to his card stated khat the writer, while at Bucyrus, 0 , was attacked by three men, who struck him on the head and threw him into a freight car unconscious,and took from him his pocketbook containing all his money. The 'postal - concluded with a pitiful appeal in behalf of his family. BREVITIES. a “smarty” tells you that s aluiTnnum is the lightest of metals refer him to magnesium, a metal one third lighter, and yet much denser and stronger. The German mother says that should she by accident loose the heel of her shoe, one of her chil dren will die before the ▼ear is out, while should a French lady J \ meet with such an accident to her high-heeled slippers disappoint ment in love is shure to follow. -> AN hen an old wa'nut tree twenty three feet in circu nfcrence was cut down at Flatbush, L. I ffaq " the other day a four-fo«t hole was a <e d currant for three .years, and > bought, sapped the life fr ree’s heart. coa ßt near Tbs Long s‘ l ' a f#w places on , Southampton Quly ( th* Collforo’ Uuited states wher( . . pcints m ie fi9hing 1S carried on , Bh ° r ?u V iBnsßS 8 nsBS was once a consider- i Jonson the Californ- co * Bt iud the ruins es exf‘-‘ ,,v '’ u ‘ . - ......section with the ingsu6 ed in co (to tlB • U l*ints. TlTe whole vales of .. p I W I , fisheries on the Long the wna □ j t # ] an d‘ ioaßt h*’ never exceeded a , , aousand dollars in any year f a long time past. United States naval officers ire, (U :he whole, better paid than -hfr British bretheru of the sea ’ b » the latter have certain per ' isitee, amounting sometime# to yveral hundred pounds per year. ,nd these perquisites are the envy of our officers. If the reogauiz ation of the pay table were not so tieklish a matter, almost, every officer of the uavy would be glad of the chauce to ask that perquisite to cover the cost of entertaining foreign dignitaries be made part of the new table. \ There is something solemnly funny in owe duty of the I nited States Sfct’nt at the Primbylov Is lands. It is to ba present r u every occasion when Baals are killed by th# employes of the company licensed to take 7,500 skins a year. The agent sees the killing done, and coumsthe skins as they are delivered to the ship that brings them to San Francisco. The killing is a cold-blooded and almost revolting performance, since it is ordinarily done by banc and the victims are often v#ry tame. For sale —My 6 room house situated on Fourth Avenue be tween East Third and bourth streets. Will sell cheap and, on easy terms. For further paijjcu sale Ayply to L. Morel Rome, Ga. WANTED! Second-hand type writing Rem mington Machine, Address 1-17-ts Hustles of Rombi .1 It \\ iii n.j Mayor JohjY I), f Moore, f ■ , WITH A STRONG BOARD i i Ot Ak’e man, They are Clever aid Conservative,Practical and Patrie ic and They Will Serve the City Faithfully' loe municipal campaign has open ed up, and there is to be a fight it will not be long until the report of musketry will reverbriate along the line. Th* first ticket to enter the Hold is one headed by John D Moore fcr Mayor Mr Moore’ is too well [and favora bly known, and has bet n too closely connected with Rome's business in erests for many years, to need ani introduction .rom us or anyone else He Lias been put in the field by a call from all interests and men of every class. He is a safe man and yet he is an ■ aggressive man. He isj a true gentleman and holds the hon or and esteem of every honest man with whom he has ever come in coi.— t id. In the make up of, this ticke 4 , 1 which Air. Moore heads, the best interests of each of the wards have been considered. For instance in the First Ward Air. AB. AlcArver, one >f Rome’s most successful merchants and a level headed business man will enter the field. Every body knows Bud AlcArver J. i\bei, OH.B vccJ 1— • mean# that the people will make his lection sure. Will Neel is not only t representative for Rome but has represented the entire city and county in the Legislative halls of his State-He is a leading Attorney of the Rome Bar and ib his hands the interests of the Second Ward and of the citv can not suffer lu the Third Ward Henry Stoff ragaa. one of the cleverest men in >be seven cities has been put on he ticket. Henry Stoffragan is a large property owner and a suc cessful business man and his in terest are the interest of the city. In the Fourth Ward who is more popular and more to be relied on than solid, common sense, Walter ( Harris, the genial, impartial Jus tice of the Peace of th® Rom# Dis tnot. ~ „ , In the Fifth Ward, T. F. McCa.- I frey, the standing Democrat and c ' wide awak<\ practical old council- ( • or who bad the backbone of his , convictions, when he so ably rep - resented the Fifth \\ ard last year. This ticket is on® of peculiar 1 strength, and is about aa represen ] , r rativ® a body of men as the city < 1 can afford. The ticket is offered j ? rhe people, and when the majority > nave said by thier ballot that it I is the choice of Rome th#u will iha affairs of the city be in th# I best of keeping. f ‘ 1 THE NIGHT SCHOOL ? Flouhishrmg And Fkof Jamw D r Gwaltney Elected The Rome n ight school continues “ t o grow and flourish even as th® ? .rreen bay tree. ” There‘are now about <0 junls 1 an ! prospects of more “a jipin . i. At a meeting of the bpard of Dus ] tees late yestercay afternoon Prof James B Gwaltney was elected as a '■ teacher and will take charge of one. 1 in the night school at once. f " -■ "" I make a specialty of fine watch and jewelry repairing and if you e will give me a trial I will guaran ' tee vou satisfaction in work and a nriees-B. F, Roark, Davis’ old a H , taud. Inglbside Rbtrbat—For Disease of Women. Sientihc treatment and sure# guaranteed. Elegant apar ments for ladiea before and aKer i- jonfinemeut. Adress the Resident Phy.iciau 71-72 Baxter Court, Naahvili®. Tenn. NEW YORK GOST WEARE FORCED TO SELLOUT. » The entire stock of A. B. McArver & Co is now on the market at New York Cost. This is no fake sale, everything goes and for spot Cash. SFOT CASH SALE Gents Furnishing goods ,f J “Scarfs AHose Suspenders Collars I "and Cuffs Fiue Shirts Flanel |i Y ’Shirts Cotton Shirts Uuder Shirts J “Over Shirts Overalls aud Jackets f .. “Rubber Coats, £ " Good Line of Hats Good Line $ t of trunks Ladies Hose Misses f, . Hose Childrens Hose. Ladies ♦[ * Under vests y | “Handkerchiefs Gloves Shawls £ Scarfs Cloaks Jackets Gossimers t & Misses Goesimers Misses Corsets $ $ Ladies Corsets Boys white waists, ♦' i Spool Silk Spool Cottou. I' | SHOES » | Mens Fine Shoes Good Shoes 4 Boys Good Shoes Cheap Shoe s $ ‘ Rubbr Shoes Mens Rubber Shoes $ \ B.McARVER&Co FELL FROM A CAR AND CRUSHED TO DEATH—BOBUBLE ACCI- 1 DENT AT CHATTANOOGA. Chattanooga, Tenn., January 16. — (Special) A shocking fatality eccured i at 1:30 o’clock pm. today on the i Union railway, better known as the ] belt line, which encircles th# city. , Josepu AV ' Black, a beard ass 1 < uth ( of twenty and a riw switchman, who , was getting points on the business, was shaken from the rear of a flat car , loaded with clay for the Aloutague pipe works, and imstantly crashed to death beneath th® back truck of the flat. Every bouo protecting the chest was ground into the vital part® of th# body and out of the great gap ing cavity th® heart and lungs protruded. Death was instantane ous and at the inquest a verdict of death from his own care.esßnes® was rendered,but the railroad com pany i® held blame—worthy becaase Black, who was not on actual duty had not been warned of the ears by th# #mploy#s, The dead man leaves a widowed mother without support. nkD SAWED THE IRON. Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 16.- (Spe cial.) Robert A. Sexton was brought here from Smith County today to be jailed for #af® keeping. Sexten killed Ed. Turner, near Caitkage, sometime ago and was in jail at Carthage. The jail was net a partieularly strong one, and Sheriff J. B. Lambertson found out just in time that Sqxton had, with an improvised sawjfct through all 1 the iron fastening tWt held him in bondage and would in another hour r have been free. He was given away ‘ by one of the trustees who had been ’ in the plot to escape. COST SALE, CARLISLE’S LETTER. Bland Says the Seckbtary Has no Authority t# I?bue Bonds, p Washington January 16, The 1 geaate finance committee held a ‘ meeting h#re today and had Sec- ' retary Carlisle’s letter suggesting'' a bill for an issue of bonds, under 1 consideration. The c»mo. ft®.' adjourned, however, without tak ing any action, with the under standing that the meeting would ' be hold very soon far the further consideration of the question, Representative Bland says Sec retary Carlisle’s letter urging an immediate issue of bonds, raises the bond issue very sharply as against the pending Bland bill to ooiu the seigniorage, ‘Tt is a plain propasitien te run this government on bonds, and in my locality it would damu any ad ministration for all time te come, if executed. I do not think the secretary has the power to issue bonds under the present law. Representative Bailey's resolu tion introduced yesterday, to re strict ths secretary's power to is sue bonds, went to the judiciary committee, and it is supposed will be reported favorably : A SOLDIER KILLED Pensacola, Fla., January 16. The man killed on the dummy line last night was identified to day as Charles Reed, of Battery A. Third artillery, stationed at Fort Barran cas. who had come here iu citizen’s i clothing on a short leave. He had • just been paid off for two months anc r it is thought that he was murdered i and robbed and his body laid on the track. J Dry goods. Dress goode. White $ | goods Silk warp Henrietta All wall I | cashmire Half wall cashmire All | wool dress, flanel B'ack Sateens t ■ Cohered Sateens Check Nainsooks f < Check Lawns Plain white Lawns $ < India Lawns Whits and cream J 1 ’ nuH Hamburg Edgings. India ’ • Limn Torchon I & Lacss Ribbons Table Lineus Towls I J Dress Linings Red and white flan- f el \\ hit e and Red Spreads Jeans Ft J Sheeting Pillow Casing ± * Black Domestic Drillings, Sheet— | mg Shirting, Callicoe, Buttons t 1 and thread. Blankets and Com- ! J forts. I t SHOES ’ t Ladies Shoes Fine Shoes Good J ■| Shoes Cheap Shoes. S I Misces Shoes. Childrens Shoes f IO CENTS A WEEK. SKIPPED BY THE LIGHT THE MOON. It is a well known fact that the ge erality of mankind had much rath« t laugh than cry, and the large audi ences that are everywhere attracted by that mirth provoking comedy, ‘‘Skipped by the Light of the Moon,’ prove conclusively that theatre goer 8 of the present time desire to be amus ed . On Monday next this famous muii- 1 • cal skit, in a re—constueted form, wil be presented at the Opera Hous® and it is needless to say that the house is likely to ba crowded for “Skipped” i 8 funny from the ground up, and is full of bright new songs, specialties and catchy music which have been intro duced fur the present season’s tour. THE DEMOCRATS ON DECK. Trenton, N. J. Jan,, 16. —Governor erts this morning sent the long look" ed-for opinion of Atteruey Geneiaf Stockton on the legislative muddle to both houses ®f the legislature. The opinion is an exhaustive one, and is in favor of the democratic as against the republican members, declaring that the senate is a continous body, and that a newly elected member ha 8 not th# right of organization and is not a member by virtue of taking the oath of office, b t.by the r c>gni i >e of the old member#, wild legally con stitute the body possasing power to act on the credenti#ls of all new mem ber# . All persons having watches or jewelry in need of repairs, if you will bring it to me, I will do it in the very best of workmanship and 1 as reaseuable as you can get At 1 done anywhere and every piece of work guaranteed to give satisfac ti#n or money refunded. B. F. Roark, Davis’ old stand 317 Broad Street. •»