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iHfe News. - THIRD year -—HEADQUARTERS FOR B l'S tl ! ers ’ b foods. Hals. Shoes and Notions. C. D. WoodL&Go’s, 403, J >roa.d btreek . Old. Stand 403 Broa-dSt. Best goods! Lowest prices! 'THE HUSTLER OF HOME. RED LiOUOR. 1 . . -1 ■ - TM 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 . Eight Pages. 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