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'THE HUSTLER OF HOME.
RED LiOUOR. 1
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He Repented and Then proved it
on The Square.
THE RICH TEXAN SOIL
Drunk and Soaked in the Fiery
Stuff While the Barrels,
Kegs, ane Kases Were
Konfined to The
Flames.
Market, Tex . September 6.—A
great revival, under the auspices
of the Methodist church, has been
goin. on here. Among the converts
was J. W. Brooks, a saloon keep?’.
To prove that he was sincere in
hie profession, Brooke took his eu
tire stock of liquors out into the
public square poured the liquors
out and set fire to the boxes and
barrels. As consigned alibis
licenses to the flames.
A crowd of 5000 witnessed the
performance.which was conducted
with impressive religious exercis
es and singing. The stock of goods
was valued at SI,OOO.
ATTACKED BY CHOLERA.
A Baltimore anil Ohio Train with the
Dread Disease on Board-
Cumberland, Md., September
6.—John Peter Walther, a native
of Bavaria, a newly arrived immi
grant, was taken off a westbound
train of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad here today and died at
5:50 o’clock this afternoon.
His symptoms were those of
Asiatic cholera. The balance of
the passengers were locked up in
the car which was run west as far
as Shaner station, near Pittsburg,
and side-tracted.
JUST RECEIVED
One cf the most com
plete assortments of
TT’LET SOAPS
AND
TOILET ARTICLES
Ever brought to the
city. See our line of
fine
IMPORTED TOOTH
BRUSHES
They have no superior
on this or any other
market
SOLE AGENT FOR
CANDIES
J. T. CROUCH & CO
Medical Building-
ROME GEORGIA. THURSDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER. 6 1894.
HALF ROASTED
Humans Starring in From the
BacK Restricts.
HORROR UPON HORROR.
Added toThose Already Told of
I by the Dispatches A Black
ened Desolate Waste all
That Remains.
Fearful.
Pine City, Minn., Sept. 5. —A
courier rode into this city late
yesterday afternoon wish an ur
gent request that medical aid and
supplies be forwarded rt once to
Mora, a small town twenty miles
west of here. The messenger.
Henry Luther, said that a dozen
refugees from Pokoma were dying
for need of medicines.
A call for volunteers was made
and in ten minutes Drs. Norton,
Perkins and Allen and Miss Mag
gie McLeod, a trained nurse from
Toronto, Canada, who has been
ministering to the suffering here
announced that they were resdy
to go.
A team of four horses was hitch
ed to a farm wagon and at 5 o’clock
the start, was made. As the road
was crossed by the trail of fire their
way is extremely diflicu’t, char
red tree trunks blocked the way.
The story told by the messenger
brings to light hitherto unpublish
ed horrors of the devastation, Mo
ra itself escaped destruction and
the human beings whose lives are
ebbing away in its limits received
their at Pikeville, nine
miles to the north
Late Sunday night the leader of
those who fled from there arrived
Mora. They were burned, but not
badly. Nevertheless they kept Dr.
Lewis, the only physician in the
neighborhood, bi-y and made se
rious inroads into his acock of lin
iments aud medicines.
All Monday they straggled in,
but Monday night a band of fifteen
half cooked human beings stum
bled into the village more dead
than alive.
They had not had a mouthful to
eat since Sunday afternoon and
in their reason-bereft condition
lost their way in the tangle of
blackened stumps. One man with
an eye burned out and the othe r
sightless, but despite his agony the
strongest of the party, was carry
ing another whose feet had been
burned off.
A woman had taken off her skirt
to keep the flies and mosquitoes
from her bleeding head. Dr. Lewis
did all he could to alleviate the
agony of these unfortunates, but
his medicines gave out rfhd finally
he, after three days, incessant
work, succumbed and was unable
to do more.
Then the appeal for aid was
sent. The courier also said six
more bodies were found at Pokoma
yesterday. There were 113 inhabi
tants in Pokoma. Twenty-two
bodies of the dead have been found.
DEER BURNED IN DROVES.
Ashland, Wis., September 5. —
Homesteaders near Marengo report
twenty-eight deer burned in one
bunch, where they had huddled to
gether in a green thicket and suf- ,
focated.
Baked rabbits, partridges ai d
porcupines are numberless. In a
district five miles square in the
town of Marengo thirty-two home
steades lost everything, and but
three houses remain.
Provisions have already been
sent to Marengo. Dispatches from
Sanborn announce today: “This
place is all right but it has been a
hard fight. The town is full of refu
gees from the surrounding settle
ments.
The majority of these
people had to run * for
their lives and only saved the
clothing they had on.
GENERAL EVANS
And The Peerless Bob Burner
Speak Tomorrow.
AT THE COURT HOUSE
Will be Greeted by a big Audi
ence. “Our John" will be
Prsent and say a word
For Pure Gover-
ment
Tomonow morning at 11 in the
Superior Court room of the new
Court House General Evans aud
Eloquent Bob Burner, will preach
pure demodrocy to the wool hat
boys of the Banner County.
This willjbe the first time Gener
al Evans has spoken in Rome,
since the memorable joint de
bate, when he said to the vast
crowd that if defeated for the num
ination he would take the stump
for his opponent.
Tomorrow he will redeem that
pledge to those people aud will
prove his allegiance to the grand
old party beyond all peradventure.
General Evans hae a host of
warm personal friends here and
they will delight to turn out and
hear him tomorrow.
And then Bob Burner, the peer,
less orator will be present and
charm the people wiib his mate •
less oratorv. Did you ever hear
Bob Burner? Then hear him to
morrow,
“Our John” one of the best re
prasentatives any people ever had
will be there too and before the
meeting ajurns will be called on
for a speech —This will be the first
oportunity our people have had of
hearing John Maddox since his re
turn from Congress, and they will
be out in force to audit the account
of his stewartship.
The speaking will begin at 11
o’clock and will be held in the Su«
perior Court room. Chairman Joi n
J. Black of the Floyd county demf
ocratic executive committee, and
his gallant lieutenants have work
ed hard to get up the rally and
their untiring zeal will be due the
credit of the rally.
It had been hoped that the
meeting would be held in the
warehouse but the time was too
short to perfect necessary ar
rangements.
Remember the hour is 11
o’clock a. m., in the Court house
and that there is a treat in store
for you.
ROME TALENT.
Will Present a First Class Come
dy on 28th. inst.
On the 28th. of this month some
of the best ainatuer talent of the
city will present “Caste” a splen
did comedy.
The play will be put on at
Nevins opera house, and the pro
ceeds will go for the benfit of the
Y. M. L. A.
Mr. Charley Seay has the mat
ter in charge, and will be certain
to make it a success, as he has un
mistakable aptitude for the stage.
He will be assisted by Mr. Horace
King, Misses Estelle Mitchell and
others.
A Rome dramatic club presented
the same play in Atlanta some
years ago, and played to S7OO
houses. They should have the
largest house of the season.
2nd and 3rd Bales Today
Mr. Bob Foster the enterprising
and bustling young farmer who
brought in Rome’s first bale some
days ago came in to day with two
ther bales making the second and
third of the season. Rumor has it
that Mr. Foster is also out hustling
for votes in the Tax assessors race.
WILL EXTEND, i
Teb Electric Street Car Line Will
be Extended.
TO MOBLEY S SPRINGS.
During the Winter Months and
by April Ist. the Grounds
Will be put in Summer
Resort Shape. Presi
dent King .Talks
There has been various ru.uors
fiom time to time in the city rel
ative to the probable extension of
the electric car line.
borne ot these reports say that
the line will be exltued to West
Rome; still otuers s»y to Mobley’s
Spring,
Mr, Jack King was seen by are
porter and asked if any of this
talk was true.
“I have never had an idea of ex
tending the car line to West Rome
tor the simple reason that it would
not pay to do so. There is not pop
ulation enough in that portion ot
the city to make such a venture
profitable.”
“But we fully intend to build
to Mobley’s Spring. I have finally
decided upon thi->, and the work
will be done this winter. Every
thing will be in ship shape by the
, first of April of hexlyear, and cars
j will, be running there on full
time.”
The ground aroun.l the springs
will be fixed up nicely, and next
summer it will b-» an attractive
place to spend the long hot days.
The car line is in the best con
dition it has been for some
[time, and is giving the public a
capable and efficiem service. Mr.
Green, the new superintendent, is
not only a splendid manager, but
a firs'-class electrician aud keeps
everything in fine order.
S. M. STARK.
I desire to call the attention of
my patrons and the public general
ly to the fact ‘hat
ON bEP’T 10th.
My large and well assorted new
stock of FALL AND WINTER
WOOLENS
Will arrive, and furthei that I am now
prepaired and will turn out
FIRST CLASS WORK
AM)
FIRST CLASS GOODS,
Cheaper than everb f re Paste
this in YOUR HAT and remember
your own interests
S. M. STARK,
■MM! TAILOII
16 ARMSTRONG HOEL .
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