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FOURTH year LANHAM & SONS Are now hustling for the “indurin -Christmas” trade. They have sold stacks and stacks of Holi day goods before Christmas and now have only a lot of bargains left over from the Holiday Lines. These goods with all remnants of Holiday stocks must go there fore you are cordially invited to call and get what you want at almost any price. Lanham & Sons, pack away no goods from one season to another, its against their business rules and besides they have no timefor such work and so storage space for such goods. For Holiday Bargains during the Holi days Go to UNHAM & SON 236 Broad St MISTY GUTS« ffi llMffi; LEATHER GOODS, HANDSOME BOOKS. Raphael Tuck’s Christmas Cards, Japnaes Goods, Children’s Books Foreign Illustrated Papers Prices Away Down O -0 New Books of Mrs. Burnett. Page, Percy Moran, et«. Pictures fram to order in new and artistic mouldings. H MTANXER 521 Broad Street Christmas ■ ( SLIPPERS, There is you can give a loved one or a friend that will afford the comfort nnd supreme satisfaction to be found in a pair of these elegant slippert WE HAVE THEM In endless variety and cordially in vite you to call and examine them be fore you make your Ho'iday purchase. 240 BROAD STREET. THE HUSTLER OF HOM E. ROME GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY EVENING DECEMBER. 26 1894. BLOODSHED ♦ ( Reported From the Plucky and Pros perous City of Gadsden. BROTHER KILLS BROTHER A Night Watchman’s Wife Shoots Through a Door and Kills a Drunken man. Throat cut About a Christmas Tree. Gadsden, Ala,, December 26. — Bob Higgins was shot last night by Mrs. A. J. Dempsey, and he will probably die before morning. Mr. Dempsey, who is night watchman nt the North Carolina and St. Louis yards here was ab sent from home. Higgins, while drank tried to enter the house. He began knocking at the door and demanded that it be opened. Mrs. Dempsey asked who he was and what he wanted, but could get no reply except that if she would •ot open the door she would soon find out. After repeatedly warning him to leave and threatening to shoot if he did not Mrs. Dempsey placed a pistol against the door and fired. She heard the man fall and she ran to the window and called for a neighbor who carried Higgens to his home. The wounded man once lived in the house where he was shot a d it is thought that being drunk he still had an idea that it was his home. The ball broke the shoulder blade and ranged downward. The physicians say that the wound v iU prove fatal Higgins is well known hero and ho one thinks that he intended any harm. Mr. and Mrs. Dempsey are highly respected by all who know them, and the shooting is Killed his Brother. Abouteight miLs south of Gads den, John Collins, a negro, acci dentally shot and killed hts broth- S. M. ■ STARK I desire to inform my Friends and Patrons and the Public gener ly, that try elegant line of n*~ w Fail and Winte WOOLENS Has been received,and are now open for all spection, And I willfur ther s a e that I am now beiter prepaed than ever io turn out FIRST CLASS WORK AND FffiSTCLASS GOODS, • ‘ t ,• . e At prices never before heard of in Rom* 5 , S.M, STARK, BEKBHT TAILOB 1« AR T EC I ( BCTS er, Henry, this morning. They were walking along the road, one in front of the other. In someway John’s gun was discharged and Henry’s he,id was blown off. No one else was with them and no ar rests will be made. Throat Cut From Ear to Ear. A serioui cutting affray occured in East. Gadsden, early this morn ing. Sidney Cox and Charley Har ris had a dispute at a Christmas tree Monday night and came very near haviag a row in the church, but friends separated them. This morning they met and Harris cut Cox’s throat from ear to ear, Cox will probably die. Both men are prominent citizens of East Gadsden Harris has not been arrested. A PAINFUL ACCIDENT Miss Folsom, Daughter of Col. Montgomery Folsom. The many Rome frienda of Poet Montgomery M. Folson, of this city will be pained to read the fol lowing, clipped from the Christ mas Casualty Column of this morning’s Atlanta Constitution: ; A YOUNG LADY SHOT ACCIDENTLLT. 1 Miss Mamie Folsom, the daugh ter of Montgomery M. Folsom, the well-known poet,accidentally shot herself yesterday afternoon about 2 o’clock. Miss Folsem had a pistol in her hand and was looking at it when it was accidentally fired. The barrel of the pistol was very near her face and the bullet entered just to the right of t.he nose and eame out near the rig it ear. The wound is very painful, but is not at all serious. The powder fioni the charge burned the young lady’s face very severely. Drs. W. A. Crow and T. D. Lougino were summoned aud dressed-the wound. Last night the young lady was resting well. WILLIAMS-HOWARD. UChritmas Wedding C under DiifLulties. There was quite a Koine a «ti<- dlitig in this citv on y»«i«r*Hy resulting in tfie uniting i»f tbe 11 vss o Mr. Bilii- Williams of this •:i'i uid MissGt'lie Hw'Aariof W--u Poiuf, Ga. Mine Howard was iu the ciu viriuog her eister—in—law, who ,s a si«ter of M r, Billie Wn)ia*n aud fer this reason tbe farth-r c the groom objected to th« ce , ’»iu<>iii Sheriff Murn, Lieur.*oaiit Deputy A. cl <i i eil tid < flit ei Copeland plead iu vain with Mr William*. Sr, for his consent, but cono purpose. H» even went tar iu his objections as to forbid ths marriagi being cuuoutnated in hisrestau a it or h mis, on Fifth avinue. Then threat re ctvalcade adjourn alts the city co,rt r>< m whar* tn a most imposing mtnuer Dr. .ramp Harris ua ted tbe live*, and W line aud Gillie b •came Mr. and Wrs. William Wiiiiams. And every bo .y c n c ratulated hem. WON’T HAVE AMERICA Guatemala Prefers to Refer her Dispute With Mexico to SPain. Guatemala City, Dec.* 2C. —T' e Government here will insist u, on -submitting the question i ■ dispute with Mexico to arbitr, t >n, ex pressing preference for Spain as ar bitrator. In case Spain refuses to accept the position Belgium is the next choice. In no case will the United States be accepted. Business here is dead. Merchants and bankers are concealing t! > belonging. CAPTUREDBING Quick Work by Chief Shropshire nnd his men. WANTED IN Captured in Mississippi and Escaped to Georgia, he is Recaptured by Consta ble Bill McLeod Dep uty Guice & Logan A clever piece of work has just been consuniated by Chief Shrop shire and his efficient farce, aid ed by Bailiff Bill McLeod: Chief Shropshire,a few days ago received a card from Balwin.Miss. asking the arrest of John B. Bing, ' I of Marrianna, Ark. The card was signed by Robt. Biokerstaff , City marshal, of Marianna, who stated that Bing was war.tad for“running morgaged property out of Arkan sas.” • * - Another and later CoinifiUriiau tion showed thtil thd marshal had captured Ding in Mississippi but that he had escaped. Chief Shropshire, watched the trains closely and in a day or two saw a couple of young people aged • about 18 and 16 arrive. He found that they were a son and daugh ter of John Bing. They eaid that ’her wanted to go to their Uncle, Mr Gube Bing who lives about a mile from Kingston Toe Cuief directed them to the eutrai Hotel f u Ibe night ami <n ihe meautim* Lo ified Dep l 'y Marshal Guice and officer Torn Ligan, who, with Bailiff Bill Mc- Leod hired horses and rveot out to Brother Biugg. They found ',he bird *h«y w«r« after aud crsptured it without much trouble and sa<ely caged it in this city . The arFansfis officer Wes uotififd and a re- ceived by Chief .Shropbire this morning dated from asked that Bing be held until lh requisition uh Governor Atkina >n of this state b*» sigufcd today . There’s a neat, little rewa'd tucked away in tne case nnd o' course it will cotue te Rome’s wide awake officers. JUST REGIEVED One of the most com plete assortments of TOILET SOAPS AND toilet Articles Ever brought to city. See our lin tof fine IMPORTED TOOTH BRUSH They have no supe ior m this or any other market SOLE AGENTS CANDIES J. T CROUCH & CO M edical Bui'd’ng IO CENTS AWE EK Coms And EXAMINE Our $ 1 6’s 18|& |s2o dollars suits, Made to your order?! Trimmed and made elegant ly, -If you don’t say they are worth 50 per cent more than we ask for hem. then we will ( re Rt • w V ■' Treat you to a show of the ’argest and bes selected Stock of pant goods y>u ever saw and at prices you nee ,er dreamed of. Prices that make a ready made dealer ashamed of his busi ness and wish that he could buythem at the prices we will give you. Come and see us. We will sell you if you come and will give you more than satisfaction BURNEY 1 V. ’•'"7 WMifaßl TAILORING CO 220 BROAD’STREET ROME. GA.