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About The Hustler of Rome. (Rome, Ga.) 1891-1898 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 27, 1896)
SEVENTH year Smoke Warters Ex'ra Good”, the best Cigar on the market. For sale by all dealers, ask for it. I'ighest of &‘l > n Leavening Strength.—Latest U. S. Govt Report. |g*g ABSOLUTELY PURE mil OF BLOOD Follows In the Wake of Christ mas D?u ACCIDENT BND MURDER Play# Fearful Hay >c M ith Hu- M Lt FE ON IHE NATAL Da\ OF THE MeFK AND LoWLY Nazarine. From reports gathered bv ’he newspapers it would seem that a trad of blo-d, or rather a wave of blood swept over this country on Chris’.nag day, - more fatuities from accident, and broil being reported than has been recorded of the bloodiest of Cuban battles. Among the cases of dra’h by vio’eiicr reported from a’l over the country the Hu«tler of Rome condenses the following list: At Farmersville, Ky.. Rod Pad gett. while on a Christmas drunk net fire to hie prison and was burn ed to death. A motorman in Chicago, while tipsy, run hie car over and kided a ittle bov. Police narrowly avert ed a lynching. Three men in Arkansas ehot and killed two farmers, rifling 'he pockets of the men who had been rifled to death. At Fort Scott, K m., five pris oners wanted Christmas so badly they broke jail. One of them shot and killed a persuer. Only one oi was recaptured. His funeral occurred yesterday. Iu a run to a fire at Trenton, N. J., the fire being a Christmas tree in a b aze, two firemen were huri. The one who died left a wife and four childien. At Allentown, Pa., a Jersey Cen ini passenger train struck a mo torman and wounded a half 'J. zen passengers. Will Leonard, Col., of Talbot ton, Ga ~ split open the head of his mother-in-law and with the fame axe split his wifes head Both women dead and the murder er in the swamps. New York had a million dollar hie but for’uuately no one was killed. Spring Hill mine, in Cumber ed countv, Nova Scotia was fired a "d six thousand men are out of w rk in tho midst of a pittiless winter. A negro brakeman, on the South *rn Railway, was ran over a’ Lu ’*• Ga . and probably fatal.'y in jured Li Atlanta Charley Random aimed at Christmas, filed at R’ti mand hit JuliusClav. Clay may become a '‘rick plant—if he is bur ned in Atlanta— its Atlanta’s way Jim Stowers, of Atlanta shot his "uiein. Bill Stowers, in the watch i'he case was fatally injured bu' i’dl got in the spring and went off "ith the Waterburry escapement. In Atlanta, B. J. Williford tabbed aud fatally wounded hie •riend Harmon Mitchell. They ‘'Titled over a stray fire cracker. Ren Miesee, a ore-eyed youth of Americus, bhw the fuse of a can ‘ lj n cracker. His ’ace was wrecked. T>t he has no eye left with which 1 gaze upon the effect of the ex Plosion. A night operator at Misson, was krlled by *wo drunken '""dies, who carved him to death. B-'ank Ma'son shot and killed t'B wife at Memphis, Tenn. He THE HUSTLER OF ROME. ROMEGEORGIA. SUNDAY MORNING/DECEMBER,27 1896 I left h*r body and their infant alone i for th u night. The little one wi 1 , die from the effects of the freeze. i At Smith’s mines, near Birming ham, Jim Ross shot and killed Dau Logan. Bloodhounds are on the trail. Queen Lil, of Hawaii, nrriv- d in j Boston. At Baltimore, Conrad Sornm“rs l in a Christmas spirit butted Mick I White with his head. Mie* put i lead in Conrad’s heart and sent his spirit to the land of Summers. I A hire is iii jsil. ! C. R Fi.ulkner.a pr nninen In idiana politic an, was run dew i by a street car in Washington D. C. His spirit has gone in qu-st of Ma- I ceo.. ’ Two men froz-> to death near An napolis. I hey needed liquor. A man froze t<> death at Bilti mure. He was in ’he street and needed a policeman. Near Augusta, Ben Smith shot Lizzie Marie, the mother of his child. Smith says it was an acci dent. No witnesses. At Acwor h, Ga. . by p.emature explosion of two pounds of powder one negro was silled aud two ne gr es and one white man were ta tai’y wounded, At Ropevi le. near Carroflu.n. John Duke shot and kill-d George Craven They were friends bu were drinking and the killing was accidenta*. In a race war in a salo'ii at Rhine, Ga., two negroes and a white m»n fatally cut. At Woodbury, Ga., three drun ken toughs shot and killed Con stable Rucker. The murderers were captured and jailed. At Savannah eighty arrests were made and two negroes aud one white man are dead by violence. In New York a po'iceman’s wi e while cooking Christmas dinner, got too ne.ir the fire. Ihe remains needed a new dress for burial. In Atlanta a young woman stab bed James Powers. Powers may j not recover. ' MittSmi h shot and mortally woundei Allied Cai.i, in Atlanta. Cvin undertook to protect a hsrm- l less negro. Mitt'e Ha comb, of Atlanta,.was bad y burned by the explosion of of a can of powder. Mi i-s My nle Roy den had her hand torn off with a cannon crack- I er in Atlanta- I Aiabama. Oklahoma. North West Texas and three wards of Atlanta j are yet to hear from. Ask for the Chidsey Florda orange, the verybest in the market ; large, sweet and juicy. PUT IT IN TUNE Mr. W v . O. Lorimor the pnno tuner, with “Lorimor Mtlsic Co-, ;is again in Rome stopping at the Centra; Hotel. It may b-> remem- I bered that this gentleman ,was here last winter w ith Mr. DeHardt, and luued and repaired a *»rge num ber of Pianos and Organs. And their work has giVer. the best of satisfaction. Mr. Lorimore thor oughly understands his business ti olt gublti tt< s tfaction in hie work, he brings with him the very nighest of lec .mmendatior.s Horn Tenn., Ky., Ohio and Indi ana M‘ds Minnie Byrd, Jake Moore. Joe bharp. N. oi. Gomez W. J. Neel. J. H. Hoskinson, A.; W. Leubeiter, J.- A. Coj ier. Mr. j Sam King Mayor of Rome are a . few of the people they did woik j for last year. LOGUGftSUALTIES ~ > — N) Hair-trigger Work in the Hill City’s Holiday THE DEADLY CRACKER Got in its Work on Face and Hands, Tdrrel Speed’.- BroN bo had a Little Christ mas ALL OF ITS OV N. The holidays in the Hill City have pu-std off most de ightfully to most of the residents and all thp visit' rs. The tin horn and the fire cracker vied each with the o ( .er, for mastery and ran a race of nip and tuck for tie noisy h> n ors. Os couiee the cracker drew first blood, but as it was “cracker” blood it was “innocent hot-stuff.’’ The Hustler of Rome is hr ppy tc chronicle the fact that amid all the festivities and explosion of d u ad y fi-e-works no one has been maimed, though a tew have s ffer ed tr m premature explosio sand, like > ther burnt children, will for the future be more ca-ieful how they handle fireworks. Among those who have suffered from powder burn or prematuie cracker “xplosions may’ be men tioned ; John Wright McL' od, the youi g .-on of Deputy Sheriff Bi 1 M Leod, who had both hands painfully in jured by a cannon cracker. .Marvin Camp, little too of Mr. Ed Camp, eye pa’.ufu’ly burned. Bill Tolbert,-x-polic-man, hand “corched. John Miller, the meichant who says he was he d up and robb d of nearly a hundred dcll.rs e<>me ume ago, had his hand lacerated with a cannon cracaer. Ralleigh Drenno.i, little son of Mr Bill Drennon. both hands eo piintul y burned that he.can't u-e them. John Barrels, of Lmdale, w ound el in face by explosion of cracker thrown at him while in buggy wth City Physician Harris. Torn Braden, lace badly burned Bud Kennedy, face and hands painfully scorched Joe JellKluo, Land Slightly' UUI..- ed. Charley Price, little son oi Mr. C. J. Price, so painfully wound d‘ that he may lose lhe sight oi one eye. The above list of accidents were given the HubTler of Rome re porter while on around yesterday . Os course “there are vtheis. - ’ TERRE L speed’s BR NCO This morning as Hun. Terrell speed drove into the city a Can ioj c-acker frightened his pony, and to the boy who ca led to Col. Speed and asked “Where are vou going?” Mr. Spied,, as he lay back in tne ribbons, replied “don't ax me, ax the bronco.' The pony is built n n a straw 1 er ry-blon de-higbly-strung-nervone temperament plan and with her head on her shoulders she looked at her statesman driver and breast ed tr üble at a 240 ra'e of speed. She touk off two of bailiff P> Dock's buggy whtels, fell dow . kicked her wagon to pieces and knocked a chew of tobacco out of Col. Speed’s eloquent mouth. ’I ne wreck was well nigh com plete . Nothing short of a cyclone, ’wo earthquakes aud four more ie»’s ol Giover could have he d a torch to that pony as an agency f>r turning out debris and ave-xtiou o ek--er in the heart of the gentle statesman driver. Mr. Speed lost his tobacco bnt saved bi- front: -etn—he had them pulled before he brought his pony in to gel Cnristmas. Mr. Speed will sue the city for damages and plead as reez- justee tba’ Mayor King had no business to- proclimate the boys liberty to sh >ot crackers on the public high way. . The puny will rtc« v r. MONROEJOCTRIN Sterns tc Ha e nut the Powsis to Pinning IMPERTINENT MESSAGE Cabled to the United States, If True. Contains a Covert '1 hreat. European Na tions Jealous. London, Dec. 26.--The Times will tomorrow publish a dispatch from Paris saying 'hat the Unit'd States has been confidentially in formed in the most friendly terms that the European powers could not remain impassive in the even’ of the United States abandoning the atii'ude of Presiddnt Cleve land and his cabinet. Should the United States pre suneto exercise pressure on Spain by recognizing the Cuban insur> gents or encouraging them in their resistance, it has Bern in formed that Europe generally might become uneasy at the idea of such an extension of interna tional action by the United States, inasmuch as it might at h giver, moment threaten almost all the powers whose possessions are in proximity to the Uni ed S ates and might tempt the spirit o’’ en terprif-e and encroachment that is iuspir’ng the senate < ommittee on foreign relations. “If," continues ’he writer, “I am correc'ly informed, the UniteC States has been concurren ly in formed that Germany is already quite prepared to side w,it.h Spain in 'he event of the United Sates e lowing that she is disposed eflfi c ally to side with the rebels. “Moreover, academic conver sations are passing in certain foreign offices anent the measures J fAso»w<?&oopoosa o o a W© J' O' . %r ?. I * CHRISTMAS PRESENTS * J II We de-Jre to call your attention to the **• y*. biggest assortment cf elegant neckwear, bought by us ond brought to thecity espec a|- -£j£ ly for the -holiday Trade. Experence has taugh tus that a handsome tie, when given W-' by a lady io a gentleman, always proves an ac J -& ceptable Christmas present. Hence thr sea- W w. son we have exerted ourselves, and in maxing ■ this announcem ?n t fee! confident that we will * not only please but will delight every lady who .w. *r * w calls to select an elegant present. w • ‘ - -X if PERRINS’KID GLOVES S* X Another article of wear that always glad- dens the heart of the receiver is an elegant W pair of gloves Perrins’ Kid Gloves are the ‘V’ cream o fc the market. They are a beautiful fit and a matchless wearer. We have just receiv ed a big stock from which vou can select. ■ 1 i IM. CAHN i SON, • s ' i xdy- N 0215 - - Broad St # the powers should take to forma syndicate against the invasion of socialism, which is now men-cing ail political organizations. It was during these pourparlers that the friendly warning to the Unit-d States originated Senator Canier o i's resolutions for the recognition of the Cuban insurg-nts beiug re garded is some as rev<>lu tionaay.” Negro Riddled With Builds Manchic, La., Dec. 26.—Jerry Burke, the colored boy who hack ed Mrs. John Eos and her moth er, Mrs. Cavanagh with an axe at their home at Clio, Livingston Parish, on Sunday night, was cap tured by a posse of citizens about a mile from the scene of the crime. In v ev; of the tact that the ladies are not dead, th° pan to burn him at the stake was aban doned and he was simply ruddied with bullets. From Far New Zealand Ky., De'. 26. Muyv Simrall has received, a let >er fi-n<n ; Charles Umbers of DunednVNew Zealand, informing nim that nk sub-vhption of £7O had been mafae there and would be sent to the ulhpr as a Chii.-trnas gift for ett-jg Clarke, who is understoed to beAbe Geerge Har ris of M rs. Stowe’s “ Uncle Pom’s labm” Clark has been on the verge of starvation for time. Turks and Greeks Flnht. London, Dec. 26.—An Athene dispa ch to the Daily News sayii tha' a desperate fighi occurred oil’ } Sunday at Prophetalias, in the Olympus District, between a Turk ish detachmesit 80 strong, conven ing an Investigating Committee as eight Turkish officials, and a Greek insurgent band under Veioudas The whole of the Turk ish detachment were killed, the insurgents losii g only four kil'ed IOCENTS A WEEK LORD BERESFORD ANDMRRY HILL We'e Pa«donea by Governor At kinson Yesterday Atlanta. Ga.. Dec 26.—Governor Atkinson this afternoon pardoned Harry Hili and “Lord Beresford ’’ Both were convicted of forgery .. Bere-ford whs sent up fr Floyd County and Hill from } ton. The legislative committeeg » visited the camps recommei the pardon of both. IN ROME LAST KIGHi Governor Atkinson and Dr. Ho'mes at Mr. Whites Governor Atkinson and Dr. J. B S. Holmes arrived in the city at 4 :35 y-sterday afternoon ai di were met by quite a f umber o*‘ prominent Romans, The entire party was driven out to Mr. Alex Whi e’s hospitable coun’ry home, wheie a royal ferst awaited them- The Governor left Atlanta yes terday for Newnan. and came by the Hili City with his family pby eician Dr. Sanders Holmes, t<> participate in one of Alex White s famous Christmas dinners. It is sale to predict that the “po sum supper” given by C<’*- H m Fisher’s club at Newnan,, [tomorrow night will be shown of much of its glory by the Alex. White eclipse. The vj y finest of Fiotidi Oranges are for sale by Geo. F. Chidsey# Son. Com mission merchants.
