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7- " f DAILY EDITION. ' Puraaiv Stoaa fis . Cansrcn, ' CITIZEN JOB-OFFICE, WEST BIDE PUBLIC SQUIRE. BILL HEADS,- ; ' : ' ". LETTER HEADS, POSTERS, ;. I BLANKS, Ac 42 7oi o all Itinds done with promptness and at low prices. hvvp .'V. EDITORS AND PROPRIKTOES. .-. Lit y- ATTi-g.", lYear, O Mos., X Year, 6 Mos., $3.00 ... 3.00 '-JL.SO 75 LOW. VOL .11. NO 33 ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, -MAY 21. 1886. PRICE : ? CENTS AH VJSJ? TISING It A TBS Gitizeiio 1-y -, frail i ' i; .As V 2 1 ? : " 4 V1 " y. v : ' - ' .y '' POWELL & SNIDER'S COLUMN . Vy TIIE Wonders of Science .';'-'. -As appliefl to modern lood products t ' are somewhat startling though we need - not fear the final result if we will unite r - in trying to stop the wholesale adultera - tion that is being practiced in the manu factnre of cheap goods. . ' " . ; . Allow us to offer a lew suggestions in regard to purchasing food products and . " the tests for adulteration in same.- .-. We can Only mention a few in this short space and will bepin ith As very few of our friends buy ground ' coffee it is hardly neccs3ary to give tlie adulterations practiced by cheap dealers by using chicorj', beans, peas, carrots . ; 'etc., all of which may be detected by stirring in clear water, the greasy nature j of the coffee causing it to float on top while the adulterating materials will sink and rapidly discolor the water. Always buy whole grain coffee choos - ing large light uniform grains for a mild drink and dark green for strong. Avoid bright colored coffees. . W E DO NOT SELL GROUND COF t FEES AND OUR STOCK OF WHOLE . ' J'.EAN COFFEES IS ABSOLUTELY PURE AND OF THE BEST GRADES TO BE HAD. TEA. ; t This is extensively adulterated both in China and this country by the means of exhausted ' tea leaves and leaves 01 other . trees. Mineral matters are also : used for coloring or facing teas; clay sand etc are extensively used. The tests for these are by infusion; this is poured ' off the leavf 3 and examined for color, taste and odor, all of which are easily detected. u Our teas' are bought foni tTie Cest tea lm portors in this coun try and we can furnish testimonials from the best judges in this section as to their purity. FLOUR. 'Flour is now being adulterated with plaster, potato starch etc, all of which . . can be detected by the use of the miscro ' scope. : Old fashioned as it maybe we still prefer flour made from wheat. WE SELL FLOUR IN ORIGINAL . PACKAGES AS PUT UP AT THE r MILLS AND H AVE THE GUAR ANTEE TH AT THEY ARE MADE FROM WHEAT. GROtTND SPICES - Should be closely examined with the miscroscope. . L PEPPER . GINGER, : - CLOVES, CINNAMON : etc are Jargely adulterated with gypsum, ' buckwheat husks, starch, sago meal, - ground rice and brick dust, all of which f . can b easily detected by the use of the - c miscroscope. . . -- v " ; C ' We sell - the best i sround? spices to be h ad i n Noy York. Baking1 Powders are adulterated with flour and terra alba. ;;;.;.We. are.; agents for IcProf; Hofsfbrd bread powders which are. guaranteed to bejab- solutely pure. . v '-.We will have more to say on this sub' .v I ject in another article and in the mean time would like our friends and custom' '" a to call and examine our stock and K t we will take pleasure at all times in post- . . Jn yoa both as to quality and prices. ; Our aim is to sell absolutely pure goods at a fair profit, and will always try andgiveyoatbwortliof. your money, - Our "goods - are open -jor . inspection "tcth as to quality and prices. 1 . VV-. ? Powell Zj Slider. DAILY- EDITIONS THE 1AII-T CITIZEN Will be published every Morning (ex cept Monday) at the following rates strictly cash z ' - - One Year, : . - .. . ; . : V"; $6 00 Six Months, . -: . ' . . 3 00 Three '.' -i . ; . .1 50 One ; ' ". ' . - '- '"W 50 One Week, -v. f-y :&; 15 Our Carriers will deliver the paper ev ery Morning in every part of the city to our EUDBcriDers, ana parwes wanting h, will please call at tne uitizen umce. Seui yb;:r Job Work of aU kinds to ike Citizen Office, if you want il done neatly, cheaply and with dispatch. . . ' An excellent stock of (Uotkina. UaOt. Shoes, Drf Goods,- Fancy Goods,' Carpets, &c at low prices. . ' ArrlT! and Departure of tb TraiM. Sausbcet IiUO tr tin wri ves fcli r. M.- im8se8iaTrrreB:(,iit.' -' - - -; . Departs 10:01 4. JUj 1: : WAYNKsnxiS Arrives 439 P. M. -' : " . Depaort 9-58 jL m. : Tha Waynesville tram reaches that point at 12:19 ; returning, -eaves Waynesvule at 2.25. Judees of good Laser Beer should try. the Cincinnati , Nonpareir? -kt the Bonanza. . .. Rainfall Tuesday and Wednesday 2.53 inches. ;. :.- ' Senator jVance arrived, her last evening, we nave not nad tne pleas ure yet ot seeing him. Yesterday ' the clouds broke, though it did not become . wholly clear. -It was a fine pleasant day nevertheless. . " Mr. A. J. Lyman who has been invalided recently is sufficiently re covered to be at his post of duty again.. . The work of properly eewering the Battery Porter grounds has been com menced, and by the time of the opening of the hotel the svstem will be complete. Under the appropriation voted Tuesday the whole town will soon pe placed un der a thorough svstem of sewerage, the survey for the same having already been made. The Charlotte Observer says: The Observer yesterday had a call from Dr. H. T. Gatchell, of Asheville, who is author .of a report on the clima tology of Western. r. North Carolina, recently submitted to a convention of Northern " Settlers assembled at Asheville, and unauimocsly adopt ed.- The report which -o. has been copy-righted, shows that" Western North Carolina for a good climate is iMcfiUeiiathje world, and as Uharlotte is part ot W esttaxn isortn Carolina, we heartily agree with the report. Challenge Accepted. The following was handed in on Wednesday evening but was acci dentally overlooked. We hasten to correct our oversight : "We hereby accept the challenge ot the Beaver Dam B. B. Club . to play a match on their grounds on the day named in their challenge, the 28th day of May. Asheville 13. is. Club." May 19,1886. M. D. Cooper and Co.- . Are in the successful management of the Livery Stable in the rear of the Post office, one of the oldest lo cations for the livery business in the city, dating back to the times when the old ''Buck Tavern" was in its glory: As kept now we can com mend it to the consideration ot tne pleasure seeking or travelling public. Mr. Cooper himself know, all about horses, and is a safe and capital driver, as we know from experience; though his position in the business may not call his skill into play in that line. It is patronage the hrm is after, and it deserves it: ' - .. The Sylva Journal.: - y The first number of Gen. 3S. R. Hampton's new. paper 'escaped odr notice ; and we felt a little chagrined at the idea that our old friend had passed us by in making up his ex- change list.' " The ; second, number came to hand last night: and now we learn that the first did also, but it was taken off before we eaw it. General yHampton goes in with great energy to carry out the ob jecte of his publication wmch are largely to make Sylva, known to the world." We spent, two days 'there last year, and can vouch for the eligibility of the Site and its beauty of location, and we hope and believe that in most particulars it will real ize the expectations of the founder of the town, f ; :y ; y?y ;.t f : Elsewhere we give some items ia ken from the1 Journal ' .- Specialties. y"'":r-:';:y'-'' '-New square shape Extra Heavy Cup and Saucer Porcelain, neat and durable. Extra Heavy Plates Porcelain, new shape. A full line of ware for Hotels and Boarding Houses." Goblets from 65cts. to $1.50 per dozen. Large all glass stand lamps complete at $4-ou per dozen. Libr ary Lamps, Cutlery, Best Plated Knives, Forks and spoons, we don't sell at cost, but are selling as close as we can. -A new lot of French China and Fancy Goods just in, at : y y "Law's,- , " may 8 tf y y --opposite Eagle Hotel ' tZiegier's and Banister ' Fine Shoes, also the celebrated "$2.50" ana -2.U9" Shoes. -mledtf r. y .11. REDWOOD &.UO, ; New Goods arriving daily this week : tf y " ' . - at Whitlock's, DH. HENBY BOYKXOIt, :y ; J, ' Of .Vermont, leaves for home fo-day after -a .sojonra of aboiit four months in this section. . He leaves with the sin cere ood will and good wishes of many friends he has made here. ' He has made a thorough study of Western, North Car olina, for which his intelligence and close observation gave him perfect, aptitud. He has also made a study of the charac teristics of the Southern people; aim witn his well balanced iudsrment can sneak of us impartially and with a friendly Bpirit; though the same judicious temper may authorize him to speak truths, whole some, but not palatable. But he certainly wul not malign or misrepresent us, i ! We wish him a warm welcome at his home, and will be ready to give him one here whenever it pleases him to return among us., . .' . y ; " t ! Dr. Boyhfon will .be accompanied on his homeward trip by Mr. Cushing'of Boston.who has also been here on a short visit to Asheville. ' J- ' . ,' ' Death , of Mrs. -Dr. James ...West. ; The " many friends ot this lady wilMamt-nt tqlpyni hejftJetb:, which decurredv- in ' this city "tin 1 Wednesday afternoons HeroUness ! was a brief one. Her health, though delicater-2iad been relatively good until- Sunday morning, when she was : taken suddenly ill With" an "af fection in the nature ' of -heart dis ease, which baffled all remedy. : Mrs. West was from Savannah, Ga., bat had been r here labout six months, living witifv her- children. She was the mother" 'ot Mr3Frank West and Mrs. Rogers, and aunt of Mr. W. W. West, all now residents of this city. -. . y , ' y v ' Her remains were takeb. tPSa- vannah for interment. ! m ROf. W. N. Geddes " - I of Williamsport, Pa., is on a. visit ,o Asheville, his third "we belieye, in as many successive years. Ltcr is a gentleman of fine culture and wide and intelligent observation and his views On the climate and general at tractiveness are valuable. Of course, they are highly favorable. .Wo are pleased to refer to him as -affording another illustration ol what we have referred to before Asheville is prac tically unknown abroad. .."You are going to Asheville,' ' he: is, t jisked; Where is Asheviller Wnat is Ashe ville? What is there to attract; peo ple there?" He tells them it is a place in the mountains. Then if in the South, it must be too hot in the summer time tor a Worlhern man. - If he proposes to come in the mountains, it is too cold. In vain do we tell each other here at home hat both of these are mistakes.' In vi wielLiheni that our sjimmcrs are cooler than those cf Iew iiiig- and or the north-west, and that the winters are warmer, and that there are no deep or continuous snows. - We don t correct mistakes in n way to make thenv effective. We don't advertise in the proper: way, We must spread broad cast over the and by the ten thousand, by the hundred thousand, information of climate, capabilities ' accessibilities etc.: &c . Another, article m this issue bears upon this question. Let it be read by our people. Sylva Items, Fbom.the Journal. " Mr. John N. McComb Jr, of Branch port, New York, has recently purchased another i large i .body, of land on Dick's. Creek-' from , Messrs, jjuis, jook and uogdiii. , lie 13 now the owner of almost the entire East Dick's Creek Valley where he con templates making p. stock farm . and perhaps other valuable improvments in the not distant future. . Mr. Mc- Comb is a gentleman of fine culti vation and. popular' manners, and we look forward to his settlement permanently in out midst with an ticipations of pleasure and profit to the community. y y.- I he nne walnut; tree "'from -the place of W. A. Bunn, Esq., oh Caney Fork shipped last autumn, sold for five hundred and seventy-five dol lars -delivered on board the cars at this place, so we are -informed by Mr. Jarrett, the shipper. Sylva "wants a good - brick maker to 'come here and go into business, There is immediately demand for at least 100,000 gd6d brick and he who takes time by", the forelock -,nas & good opening for business-ahead of him. . - . - ;v;-. ; ; .Scott's Creek at . 'Sylva--, is a.yery beautiful stream and - affords water. power sufficient to. run a great deal of machinery."' We hope soon to see it pass in the hands , f some : capi- talist who; has means - sufficient,; jto convert its latent power into ani av; enue of wealth that will be a source of profit to the people of pur whole county. - - ''S-'j . -.-;' :y Whtf Can Be.nae, ';. ;-y y '. By trying agam and keeping - up courage many things seemingly impossible may be attained. Hundreds of hopeless cases' of Esdney and Liver complaint have been cured by Electric Bitters, after everything else had been tried in vain. Bo, don't think there Is so cure for you, but try Electa Bitters. There is no medicine so safe, so pure,' and so perfect a Blood Purifier. Electrio Bitters trill cure Dyspepsia. Diabetes and aU'Diseasea of the Kidneys.' Invaluable in affections of Stomach and Liver, and overcomo all urinary difficulties. - Large bottles only 60 cents at II. H. Lyons' drug store. ..'-i '-y-. -.''A iif 'ff-l ': Decune to Wobk. '. : f j . y ; '. '' - S. B. West A'.'Co. declining to manufac ture tobacco for the present offer , their machinery for sale, y v -; ; ;.y . ' i 111 - - : "Sawyer has just received the prettiest line of 5ct. Lawns ever seen in the city. His stock ot White Good3 is full up these coods'Vill be sold at bottom prices. (For the kshevllia Cizxk. - A FEW PRACTICAL WOBD3 TO THE h j PEOPLE OF ASHEVILLE. : . Editors CUizir. In View of the recent decision .of oar citizens to have water works and to improve onr streets, it be comes doubly, important to us all to have a large . increase of visitors during the coming seasdn, and especially from that pompn. -of; our country from which we may secure permanent residents; namely UieNprth?4nd1WesLi y, ;. , f. FfcaiTtlie.. North "and WesV because there are more people in those parts of Our country, who", from considerations of health iand jclimaie would- be likely to come to this place if they were made suf ficiea tfy ' acquainted with'.'j the induce inents" which it bolda forth for them. ' ': Nine-tenths of those in the North and West who are n the habit of going ev- ery.KHnmer-ioflome Wacef resort fbrJot have the very best season to plant neaitn er jccreation nave no knowledge whatever of Asheville, pi. Western, North" Carolina, except theirnames. -; . r . Xhiejaiay sound a little strange. .16--ha' heein'Ashevtlle wnoare wont to iinagiiic because we are filled with visitors every summer, from almost every town in the South, and a few from different parts of the North and West that Asheville is as well known throughout the whole coun try as Saratoga or Newport, Long Branch or Greenbrier White Sulphur in Virginia, the Adirondack, White Mountains or Niagara." This may be true in reeard to the South,but not as in regard to the North and West, for as already stated not one in ten or xnose in tne sections who are accustomed every summer to tro to Dlaces of resort has any knowledge of Asheville ana v estern isortn C arolina more than of any otner town or district ofthe same size in the whole country. - - . .The best way to remove this ignorance is to throw in the way of such parties, not a single advertisement, such as might be presented hx a newspaper,: because such an advertisement for the necessity of the care must be brief, vague and un satisfactory, but such a detailed account of part'culars as can be furnished only in a regular descriptive pamphlet, y.- ; Every one who takes the pains to ob serve how others are influenced in regard to place3 of resort, as well as many of those who jude from their own exper ience in such matters, knows that multi tudes are influenced in their choice of a summer excursion, either for health or pleasure, solely by such detailed descrip tions, setting forth the attractions of the place, for which public patronage is solicited- The proof of. this last state ment is furnished in the great number of such descriptive pamphlets boIq every summer by rail roads and steamboat'lines throughout the North and West: which u forced into the , hands of the people and awaken in them a desire to visit places of which they had never before ever heard. - These ; pamphlets are found in the leading hotels and rail road ticket offices of all the large towns and cities in the North and" West, and many of the South ern , places of resort fail to secure this class of visitors because their claims are not presented by such descriptive .pam rthlets. ; .: - : i -- i Oneof the leading Southern, places of mw xcovangrithmthia .cotegory is Western North Carolina with its ccnirtl attraction of Asheville Now, as is mani fest, if air the. foregoing considerations have any force, which no one who weighs the matter deliberately and careiully can doubt in the least, that such descriptive Tvunnhlets of Asheville larrelv distribut ed in the leading cities and towns of the North and West in the way indicated above would secure a very considerable number of visitors who would otherwise seek Borne other resort. ,. . ....... ;-. . Hari Luck. Election op Bishops. - ' ' "l : .-The Methodist General Conference concluded one of its most important labors on Wednesday, by the elec tion of the following distinguished men of the Methodist Church as Bishops : ' " ' " - ' ' . ' " : . Rev.Dr. William Wallace Duncan, otbouth. Carolina. ' Rev. Dr. Charles B. Galloway, of Mississippi. Rev. Dr. Eugene Russell Hendrix, of Missouri Rev. Dr. Joseph. Stanton 'Key, of vjreorgia. -.. . - ... . -; : - - On visiting Mr. Roger Davis' stu dio (which lie prefers to "call his den) we found- our artist friend busily engaged Hupoh.i illustrations for the "Standard Guide Book1 of Asheville and vicinity, which will soon make its : appearance. "This work promises to be one of extraor dinary merit I he proiectors oi this enterprise have not with1 great and substantial encouragement from our business men and they feel that this iprthcommg work win te one: oi whiclr; Asheville; may feelf justly proudiyyj-yv? .;JiJ. y? There was no connection 7y'e3ter day at Salisbury, so that : last ; (even ing we had no ; mails t beyond that point ; and more yesterdayvfrona the Tennessee. .line :. therefore we. - are withoutjany late news. y ASilEVILCE TOB ACC O , MARKET. : ' Sales went somewhat small yesterday, owing to the influence of preceding bad weather on receipts." The spirit of the market was good, and prices were stiff. We obtained no reports owing to engage ments whichkeptnsmdoora- -A Pepnlar Snmmar Reiort " Leas Springs, Grainger Oetuity, E. Tenn. (near Knoxtihe), is well patronized on account of the treat and superior variety of its natural mineral waters-White Sulphur, Black Sulphur and Chalybeate. Its mountain , scenery is erand. - aad It is a remarkably beautiftiL cool and healthy place.- Season opens 15th of May of . each year. . Send for descriptive circular to the proprietor, Uz. M, J. Hughes. -y.JMy 21-1 nu..; y. -y ,y . .: ;;y -r, y '; in eloihiwj for men are show Suits from $5 to $20, embracing Sack Suits, Cutawai s ad frocks:' As low as $3.90; they are all wool, jBTom ilz to s20; the line is very attractive. An excellent line of Shirls,: Drawers. Scarfs, -Collars ' and ' Cuffs, 4 Jluff: Hast JlandRerchiejs, dec. v" " " ' : -: tn7ed'l - It. RED WOOD & CO. New lot of White Goods, Embroideries and Laces to match, ) tf at WniTi rrtCK's .-i Y:: n ; fFor the AsaevUle Cmanr. AFFAIRS IN THE FLAT CREEK ; '. - SECTION. .. . '.y-V ; MrscroBD FAiof, N. C, May 16, '80. . 'V Messrs Editors.-1 will give you a" few dots" from Flat Creek; the farmers gen eraTlv getting en finely- with their crops, a goodly number are getting ready to Bet obacco, but the plants are generally small and seem to be on the late order, besides the flea bug is working heavily' On the plant . beds, those covered with canvass are troubled as bad, if not worse than those in the woods ' covered with bush: -1 think this is eaused on account of the canvassjbeds being as a general thing In the open fields; I also find In my travels over this part of the country that A 1 . X f A. T inere.wiii not oe over nan oi inooaccw planted this season as last, and - it may tarn out that .there will not be one-third planted, as my opinion is that we will out the crop, and . other considerations that so many of onr farmers got such low prices that they are so disheartened that k-T dP JX)t Care to plant much . tobacca 'Xti4ai3ne3 pt this x kanity are comfrig more to their Benses, morecorB,-ruta and more something to eat, and less and better tobacco: I claim it will ruin any class of farmers in the end who depend on some outer section tor meir corn, bacon and other supplies which' can aDd should be raised at home. We also have a clans of farmers who trade too much on timeinthestoirfl.bnring too many articles they could da without, and save many a dollar to pay for a home or something else that they need Avorse. we can never be a prosperous people until we give up the idea of trading so much -on time, as it is called. , How can we educate our children ouUsss we lay up a few dollars for that purpose l here m too much ex travagance and not enough of economy used in building up the country, in- way of good churches and school bouses. Our people win nave to study their interest n a different way, u we become more prosperous in this part of the country. Every man who tills the sail should ntndv how to lav un a few dollars everv vr: ::i "L : .vr .., year, instead oi going in ueDi, ana not getting out. l claim irom an experience pi several years that a small crop ot to bacco well cultivated will pay better any year than - a large one. 1" have been engaged in the culture of tobacco for a number of years, one among the first to ever ship a tierce of tobacco from the county, and I have learned a great deal from experience. I have planted laree crops and I have always made more clear money on small crops of tobacco. I he sooner our planters come to the conclu sion to plant- less tobacco and make it better, and raise every thing they con sume the bette. for all concerned. I learn through a reliable source that Douglas Weaver, Esq., planted last week one acre or tobacco, the first setting i have heard of, and that the bug is dee troying the plant on the hill; this has never occurred before in this section. I fear the farmers will have great trouble in getting the present crop out. . JFi T" t A - r-t A r miss oasaa cisnop, iaie oi opananoure, . C has opened a school at Oak Grove in this neiglfborhood under very favor able auspices. MiBs liishop is a most ex cellent teacher and a graduate of the Fe male College at ureenvilie. o. U. J uia m a eood school fox youm? ladies; and it is the determination of the patrons of this school to make it a success. I do not know of a finer opening for a good school in all this country than Oak Grove. - . Respectfully, S. A. Harbis ; ' Just What They All Say. Hon. D. D. Haynie, of Salem. TJla.. says he uses Dr, Bosanko's cough and Lung Syrup in , . . . i . . i . i . . . j I.. dim i tunny wua tuts iuuut sausiaciiory roaium in all cases or cougns, colas ana croup, an( reoommenda it in particular for the little ones Sample bottle tree at H. H. Lyons. - dawlw. New millinery, some special new shapes in black milan, straw, braid, just received tf . - - . , at Whitlock's. Try Dufify's Pure Barley Malt WhiB key, for sale only by W. O. Muller & Co NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. N oticb. I will sell, for the nurnose of partition. On Wednesday, the 22nd day of Jane. 1886. at the late residence of James Lannlng, deceased, SO acres of lana, more or less, jocaiea in jrair view town- ahiD. adiolninr the lands of John H. Trentham and others, belonsins to the- estate of James Lan nlng, deceased. Thia land will be sold subject to dower. Ten per cent or tne money to oe paia in cash, and balance in one and two years, at 8 per cent interest. BTHfaiiJN iums.- may 81-w4wks , . Commissioner AGAIN IN THE COMMERCIAL FIELD, S. B. WEST & CO., Successors to JH. J9. Wittiams T- BSIEK TO SAY TO TEE PUBLIC that they intend to offer a rail and complete line of fresh family groceries. Beiect uoniectioa enes ana many articles necessary to Tamuy comtort. Can and see them on Main street opposite the Post Office. t . 8. B WEST & CO.. may 81-dlwwlm Advance copy one tlxe and send bill to S. B. West & CO. .. - -: n B RICK FOE SALE. Brick of all Qualities' and In any quantity, for sale at VanGilder's Brick Yard, North Asheville, head of Charlotte street, iror particulars apply afyardto- -; 4. W. W.UJiAlS.. ones. By virtnoof snndry eiecutionsn favor of G. W. Peebles, vs. H. W. Hedford, I willeell for cash the 14th day of Jane, 1886. H. W. Medford's inter est in a tract of land, lying in the county of Bun combe, on the waters of Curtis' Creek, adjoining lands of W. 8. Peebles and others, containing sixty acres, more or less, to be sold lor tne par- cnase money, xnis way uj.imob. - ' - ., . J R. RlCil, Sheriff. ; may 20-4w . : : , -. - per P. P. Morgani 1. 8.; vy anted, ryvi-y-yiy, -. - - ONE FIRST CLASS BEAMEEi -' - ' - . s Y ONE BOSS WEAVEK, ..; ' ONE DYER. x .. : a -.": Give reference. - ' ' .v-- Address C. H. LANNEATT. Secty, ' - Huguenot Mills. Greenville, 8. C, or C.E. GRAHAM CO.. Proprietore, -' maySO-dlw - Asheville, N. C. VT OTICE." : ' y - .-y yy---. 'v ,;. ; - r vlrttiA ofmnilrf pjcfei'.ntlong in my hands Issued by the Clerk of the Superior Court of Bun combe county, one in .favor of Shipley, Roan Co.. one Jacob Heacht & Co. .against C. H. Miller, indniM In fUTor of Stern Sc Co.. acainst C. H and L. R. Miller. I will sell for cash at the Court TTniMn Annr in AshpvUle on the 16th day of June, n. h. Milip.r's interest in the property In the city of Asheville, known es the Buck Hotel pro- Eerty on Main street and Spruce street, adjoining inds of R. B. Johnston, Korth and College street and the AUeyv extending same to Main street on the South, excepting however, the iollowing por tions there Off, namely, beginning Soulhwest corner of old Buck Hotel and runs KortU with Main street, 78 feev to Southwest -eorner room, pneopied by T. C. Wingate, thence East 1S9 feet to iLna nf ctahlA fhartnt ftmith 7S fftflt 1U!U1CHSI, LUIU.I VJ .u., .i.i.-.x wita rear end of staMe, thence West 189 feet to the beginning, which was this day allotted to tSefn(itint as a homestead, to be sold to satisfy the above rmmed judgments. '. liny 19, lv5G. - J. E. IUCII, Blicrlff. . may2Ctt ' . . A'-. ..- THE ACADIAJT WILD MAN. Fnithlcss Woman's Work TIilry Tears of Silence. " Down in the rich alluvial delta of Louisiana there winds to the sea a slow brown bavou called the Terre bonne, from the fertility of the black oamy land through which it flows. Big sugar plantations lie along its course, but near the mouth are the tiomeB of many : Acadians, ; for this was one of the streams along which they settled in Louisiana. - - Ai hey cultivate little nee farms and orange groves, and live in the summer upon their fishing, and pro duce of their gardens in winter up on the game that abounds in the marshes. Since their exile thev. ike the Bourbons, have . forgotten nothing and learned nothing. Their anguage, customs and manners are identically . the same as -the day when ' : - ; '. -y.. ' ' Wjtliurrvoabe de&e.a&ip8 sailed out oi tne nar Dor, t.- 7 And the coas's of their beloyed land grew misty with distance. In among these thriving little farms i3 a large tract of land, a mel ancholy, weedy-waste. Great forest trees have grown up in the midst of what were fair fields that waved with golden rice. Fences and boun daries long ago rotted away. The ditches were choked with grass and young willows grew along their line. he whole Is matted with the tan gled growth of the lavish vegetation brought up from this fertile soil by the tiopical suns and wild rains. sometimes a bent figure skulking away from the door of a ruined cot tage whose chimneys have fallen in. whose roof is a green pulpy mass of ichen, and whose walls totter for ward to a fall.- v The neigbors will explain that it is only Allandin, the wild man. f . If you will lie and wait about this hour of the day, concealed in the underbrush, you may catch a closer glimpse of him. He looks seventy, but is not really so old. His once tall form is bent, and he walks with the creeping movements of an animal. Lone gray hair hangs in filthy matted locks to his waist and mingles with his great sweeping heard. . 1 wo large dark eyes gaze out from a wrinkled, pallid lace through the rough hair, with a glare like a cat. His hands are like rough knotted claws, and his whole ."ody has a growth of coarse hair upon it. Jtiis only covering is a pair ol brown blankets, through which a hole has been torn to ad mit his head, and he creeps silently away every night into the lorest swamps, ibis is the story the neigh bors tell: Y ininy vears ngo there -was no more prosperous" farm in" the parish than that of Hitienne Allandin, and no more respectedthan its rich young owner. He was alone in the world with tne exception of some distant cousins, but his friends were many, and he was betrothed to a pretty young girl who was to marry him in the next March. His face was plain, except for his splendid dark eves, but he had warm,-genu 3 heart, and was a nne parti, so that he would not have asked any parent around for twenty miles for their daughter in vain. Ac cording to old Acadian usage he built a new house that winter, spen ding loving caro upon the nest that was to hold his Jittle mate. . The wedding day - approached The happy bridegroom, made ready the marriage corbeule as was usual. only his gifts were the most splen did ever seen in that simple- neigh borhood. The wedding gown was of real white silk, the veil, wreath o: wax orange flowers, with the white shoes and gloves had come all the way from New Orleans. V' He rose early that March morning and arrayed himself carefully in his black, shiny clothes, casting tender, amused glances at the little feminine garments lying on that pride of ev ery Acadian woman's heart, a plump strong bed with ruffled pillows He was making up a parcel ot these garments ready to be carried to the bride when an embarrassed and sympathetic delegation came to in- iorm mm iuai ui unue iiaa uisap peared. ; ' : . . j She had elopfed with a handsome young . good-fornaught . , who had been refused by her . parents, and had left not a word -for her betroth ed. Allandin stood -lifce a man stunned; then he turned every "one out, shut himself in with his Tuined happiness. - . ' a: y. Soon the neighbors .whispered that the new home was empty and Allandin " had gone away to the swamp. From that day he never spoke toy any ; human , being. All day the man hid in his house, and with nightfall went to the forest and like a wild beast sought his food. Crawfish, lizards, field; mice ."' and birds, eaten raw, : were . his suste nance. His hair " and - beard grew long and tangled, his clothes fell to Dieces. and a blanket y became -his only garb.1 In all these- thirty years he has never spoken . and now ne knows nd human language. y 5 yl w ANTED TO BUY, -' Old rails, of sounl quantity, for 'which I will pay S'i.frt) per cord,-5 Apply at T, I. VanQilder's Brick Yard, Norta end of Charlotte street. , may u-tUwlm , ; t . . . J. W. C. DEAKE. Wanted,: .. . - . ' - t By a youn man, to rent from three to five acres of ground and the requisite number ot tobacco barns, for this year's crop. Tarty waiting t" go to work; every gairantee given of good f ailh of party wanting:. Write at once to CITIZEN office, giving particulars, price, &c, - , mat W-2k Distant Thunder. - - ' " The Danville Daily Register ot the 9th contains the following which we give as an item of news in con nection with indidents recently of great interest here : " ' The arrival in the citv ' Vesterda of Mr. Richmond Pearson 'and hi friend Mr. J. R. Hamilton, of North Carolina, created some little excites ment among people who chanced to know that these gentlemen had figured lately in an affaif of honor in which Mr. Pearson and Gen. Johnstone Jones were Drincioals. he public mind was alreadv agita ted about the Martinsville tragedy " and itVas believed that Mr. Pear son had come to-town for blood. ' The excitement did not manifest itself.perceptibly, until about half past eight last night when the gen tlemen took a hack and drove oyer to Dundee. At this juncture citi zens exchanged, whispers of -duels and scalpsjand it was fir.ulv believ ed that JJesara. PftirAan pnd JlamjJ-: ton would soon " return bnncine bloody scalps with them. " '" Under such a state of things, the public aforesaid -was somewhat chagrined when the carriage return ed bringing Bcalps indeed, but on the heads of two handsome gentle men who were friends of Messrs. earson and Hamilton. A reporter sought an interview with Mr. Hamil ton and one of the handsome and amiable gentlemen above named, and at this writing, 12:30 a. m., tells the readers of The Register thatthere was no duel, and he goes to his couch under the full . conviction that Mr. Pearson, Mr. Hamilton, and the handsome and amiable gentlemen aforesaid, will ' continue to dwell together in unity, at least tor the present. y Accident and Detention. rhe mail train on the Paint Bock branch going West Wednesday even ing jumped the track this side of Alexanders. No one wa3 hurt, and no material damage was done. Th sides of all the coaches and cars, thrown against the rocks', were roughly scratched and defaced, but the frame work was not broken, and no one was hurt.. The train was de tained, and did not go through to Knoxville : so we had no mail from that quarter yesterday. ..' . IJverPllU. .. .. Use Dr. Gnnn's liver Pills for Sallow com plexion. Pimples on the Faoe and BUlioua ness. Never sickens or gripea. Only one (or ft dose. ' Samples free at H. IL Lyons. - .7 . dawlw. Ancient HisToay. " : In the olden times Aehilleft. the leader Cf tl Greeks, ehaaed Hector, the d&ta pion of tbe Trojans, several times around the city of Ilbam and finally killed him. This would look as if Hector lacked back bone, bat in truth, such was not the case; he wasn't well. For unfortunately he bad lost his bottle of Dr. Hart's Great Relief. If this sad occurrence had not happened, the issue would have been different. Moral Never be without Hart's Relief. Another invoice of those 49c. Shirts. all sizes. Call early before all are cone. tf at Whitlock's. Splendid Gauze Shirt for 25 cents, at Whitlock's. . , tf For late stylet and excellent value in Car. pets. Mattings, Rugs,decngoto the One Price more. mledtf y : IL REDWOOD This space belongs to 1 ' ' v- ' JAMES P. SAWYER, . who is 'now in ' y New York City, " ' y. buying the prettiest and cheapest stock of goods for his - -. - - -- ; ' ' - NEW STORE '! ' ever Been in ' Asheville. The same will arrive in about , v i y , - ; -: ' .yy .': Ten Iays. ;" New goods received every week. 3,000 worth of CLOTHING, and X 2,000 worth of DRY GOODS received last week. -i.Ti f c CRINKLED Sursuckers, 4 in hand Cr vats, dude ties Ginghams, Lawns, White goods, Busrgy Robes, Waukerp hast Shoes, Straw Hats Clothing. y BEARDEN. RANKIN & CO. IJOUSE on South end of Bailey street, Ten Dollars per month: roBtesion ei ven at once. Wai.te B. G wys, may 14-13t , Lr.nJ A?:t. "it n
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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