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DiltT EDITION.; CITIZEN JOB OFFICE, NO. 13 PATTOX AVJBTUI. BILL HEADS7" , , , ' LETTER HEADf, : JPOSTERS, ' - BLANKS,' A And Job Work of mil kinds dint tuilk itizen Furaaa, Etoc & Cameron, BDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. EXA.ILT, " - fj Moa., - S.OO WEEKLY .1- Y LOO O Mow., .78 ADVERTISING RA TES LO fr.' VOLHII.-NO9. ASHEVILLE N.C SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 23 .887. PRICE 5 CENTS promptness and at lo priemt. ' c : 4."- CyreM CbsMMUufery, Ma i, J. A. Porter Kmtnent Commander ; Jordan Stone. Secretary. Meets flint Wednesday night In mod moutb. AthtvilU Oiavter. M. A. Jf.-O. H. BelL Hirh Prtest ; 8. Hammershlag, Secretary. UeeU lb aeoond Wednesday Waul in moutb. JR. Hermtm Z r-e. No. US. . jr. A. J.. H. C. Fan Worshipful Waater: Fred. L. Jacob Secretary. Meet ;tl ant Friday night In each Wodtn. -Swiiwonoo to.' r. of No. M. . rillM . lntn V Ornna fl nlli.l Meet tb first anil tQlr Monday nights ta each anntn. .- fhwt SriMui Owned. Mo. 701. R. A.S. Li plnsky, Regent; Jordan Stone, UeoraUry. Mewls the hali of to Knights of Honor on tneqeooad ana loavta sionaay uignu in eaen momn. The Athmille PvbHc library.- onr Mr. Kej Jar's Store, opposite 'Eagle Hntot," aud Hext door to Tlie Bank of Ashe villa. U open to Ti itort (torn 1 a, m. to t p. m. u4 from USQ to Absolutely Pure. This nowder never vanes. A moirel of puritT strength and waoleBomeness. Moie economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short welrnt alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in On. BOYAL BAKING rOWDEB L.O. IUS Wall SI. Mew York. tanl9-dfcwl2m COMPOUND OXYGEN. DRI.HARGAN & GATGHELL fPMCMMm 43, i7f- , l. ASHEVILLE, N. C- ff. HMln the treatment of Chron HtseaBU, COMPOUND OXYGEN and Medicated Vapor by direct inhalation, those who suffer from diseases of the Respiratory Or ganssuch as Consumption, Catarrh, Bronchitis Asthma, Chronic Sore Throat, Loss of Voice, etc.', nd who have fallnd to be cured by the ordinary treatment ot Cod Liver Oil, Hypophospliites, Pocket Inhalers, and the li ke, may hepermitueut ty cored by our new treatment ; since we have ured and are curing oases which had resisted all ether mean and which had been pronounced incurable by the best physicians. The Compound Oxygen Treatment is not only valuable In diseases of the respiratory tract, but ts working prompt and permanent cures in all diseases depending upon an Impoverished or Impure condition of the blood, such as Debility, JCpuepsy, Rheumatism, Chorea, Neuralgia Paral ysis, Diabetes, Bright's Disease, Antenna, scrolu le . and all Diseases of the Skin, The Only Treatment trkich will permanently care Nasal Catabbh Tbe only Specific lor Asthma I The treatment is pleasant to take, and cannot aggravate any case however delicate and sensi tive. Special attention paid to diseases of the Rec tum, such as Piles, Fissure, Fistula, Prolapsus, A NEW TREATMENT, Almost sarnie .and generally successful. No i of tine rxont business or pleasure during treatment. ror those who cannot come to onr office, and woo need the Compound Oxygen, we have a Home Treatment, which in many cases is as val uable as the Olfio Treatment, we will send the spp&ratns and chemicals to last two months for WM l . . ' REFERENCES, ftev. H. B. Aifrls-ht. Wellin (rton. O.: Wm Bat- Kvsruville, ind : John B. Snow, Est Tenn Hon. B.S. Fuller. Boonville. l" - 'D 1 Tlnton. na ; u. A. Hears, KucjubevlUe, N.C; Rev. 0. Bell, Bell r o., h. v i . Writ m illustrated Pamphlet, which will be ailed free, in regard to treatment Address DR8. HAROAN t GATCHL'LL, Sagle Hotel, Room 43. MV 1-dSWte' Ask yew MMfler for the James Means' 83 Shoe. Caatlwa I Home dealer recommend Inferior gOKi. la order to make a larger profit. This 1. the rtslaalttSko. Beware of Imitations which ao k.owtvlf . trxrfr owu luferiorlty br attempting to balM apo tb. repoutlon of the original, lea beaalae mlM hMrlng this Btawia, JAr.EQ MEANS' TwOnttsan, g0 CUOt? Hade In Bnttna. Congress aad Lam. BrM Caff Skill. Cn.X tcoUed ta IMtmbUUy, Oomfot 1 4 Apptarcnot. Apotaleard Kwtton.wlll bring you In- uwninHw ww to vet sou tmom in any state or Cur .l.erid factory pvodaoM a l.rgprquantlty tt airaaiof wus grad. tluia an other futory In lb won. TlwMmniti who wr trwmi will toll you the twuo V yo ak them. J A Mail WBAVs' 'A aUi tat fciys Is nnspriroaotwd j CumbUliy. - Fall lines oCthe above shoes for sal in Ah p..,.-.- vllleby . " S.HAMMERSHLAG JjlOR RENT. t v.? 4J, .'.f - Kleraat Hen, 10 room. Don't apply n es you art able to pay the rent. Pftdtf W4XtOJIl,WI3T, BP PiwBEB 1 v f IT. f SlUnoolnSI, d aily e dition: THE DAILY .CITIZEN Will be published every Morning (ex eept Mondavi at the following rate ttruily caK; , : : One Year. .. ' . . - Six Monthe, . . . . . Three" , v. One r, -.' : " One Week, - . . . . $8 00 S 00 1 60 Our Camera will deliver the paper ev ery Morning in every part of the city to Our subscribers, And ; parties wanting it ynar Job WotH of alt kivdito the Citizen Office, if vou want it done neatly. cheaply and wuA uitpatch, f Arrival stnd Departure or FaMcnstr . .. c. . Anuaia. ; UALUBTTKT-Amveg 6:3o p. m.' and departs 6:45 n -Hi. . , TeuneaseeArrives 10:40 a. m. ton departs Wanwrnic Arrives 5:00 o m. and departs O'OU a. ui, ' t D. An HfABTANBCRO L,eavn ArIioyIIIo 7:00 a m arrive at Hendersonville 8:16 a m; at Hpartun unrg ii:4u am. JLeave Hpartaubare 4:00 D m: arrive at Hen dersonville 7:10 pm; at Abbeville 8:15 p m. INTERESTING READING MAT TER ON FOURTH PAGE. R. R. Jones, at the Pioneer No. 23 South Main street, opened the season for Mixed Driuks on the 15th of April ant' will continue to serve them tlirotiel the season. Milk Punches, Bie Yellow, Whiskey Punches, Sangarees, and other mixed drinks called for, delivered free of charge, anywhere witum tbe hreJiuiits of the citv.. Yesteraay morning rather cool and rainy, but breakini; cfl towards afternoon We are indebted to Capt. A. B. Thrash for a basket of crisp and juicy lcttuce.one of the first fruits of Purine trarilenine. was nigniy acceptable, ana lias our most . . . t " v " ; neai ty appreciation- Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Sawyer left yester day morning for New York, to be absent Bome weeks. The former will devote himself to replenishing -his stock and re newmg those large and varied supplies lor wnicu ne nast become noted. iviesBrs. jjrevara s Planum an nounce in another column that they now have in hand a lull stock of Spring and .Summer goods, which it at the service ot the public or of any one who has (he money. Call and eee them. There is nothing fascinating in the name or suggestions of a Milky-Shake! but the reality is a different affair. They have become so popular, that a special machine has been devised to give the neeaea perturbation, one or which Pel- bam has; and the milky concoction from it is far better we dare say than the nectar Jupiter and Juno, used to Quaff wnen m uiwr cups. - 1 The receipts of the Thespian en tertainment on Thursday evening mounted to the snm of $156, which arx iductinjr expenses, was equal lv divided between the Mission Hospital and the Flower Mission. his is an aid that will be lully ap preciated. Messrs. C. F. Penniman & Co. have commenced the erection ot a build ing on Pulliam street, just rear of the C. E. Graham building, 160x40 feet,-to be used as an agricultural warehouse. We are pleased to see this firm preuaring to extend their busines and to move it up town, it having been heretofore conducted at the old depot. Hugh Dougherty, Joseph McLean and Milt McLean were arrested and odgedin Buncombe jail on Thurs day evening charged with participa ting in shooting into the the pass enger train on its way to Paint Rock. hey were examined yesterday evening before Justices Malone and Buckner. Mr. C. A. Moore repre sented the State, and Messrs. Hard- wicke and E. D. Carfpr the de fendants. Alter pati: uv ivestiga tion, Dougherty and Milt McLean were discharged from iusufficient evidence, and Joseph McLean was eld to answer at the next term of the Supeiior C6urt; and tailing to give bail was committed to jail. We hope at the next entertain ment at the Opera IIoude,the filling of the aisles with chairs will, under no circumstances, be permitted. It is absolutely necessary these pas sage ways renaain unobstructed. anic lrom the most trivial or foun dationals cause may arise. Some facilities for movement must be left open. As it was lhursday night it was a solid mass fixed , irrevocably in its position. but tbe conclusion is unavoidable that a Hall built for a population of 2000 will not do for one of 7000. here must be a new Opera House or Public 11 all lhe number of visitors here, ready and anxious to participate in all amusements, is an element that has been disregarded, Let capitalists look to it. A Little Irregular. But not enough . to be noticed and perfectly eonnd, 200 sets Pari sian Porcelain Plates 55c set. Hand Teas 55c. Best triple plate knives 1.85 set. Spoons and forks low in proportion.- ;These are the bargains of the season (while the goods List) Always tho very? lowest prices ,pn Glassware, Lamps- an4 ; Crockery. Law's Silver.and Chin Hall, South Main Street'. - tr ; All colors Sural Silk. Satins. Velvets and Pbjsb ea, j ust inr , at Whitlock's, The "Pinafore .Steam" is one of the wars oysters are served at Turner's. ine ineepian uiuo desire to ex' press their thanks for the exceed ingly valuable services rendered it by the Orchestra under the .leader nip oi Air. . unanaier,. in wmc thanks we know the audience a! join. , At a meeting of the Board .of Al dermen last nitjht there were three propositions for the building ol street railways, one represented by Capt Atkinson, one by Mr, James Martin and the one hereto fore represented by Capt. McLoud rinai consideration was postponed until next Jmday niht. Hon.-.'. S. Cothran, of Abbeville. 8.C., M.C. from the 3rd District, and Col. R. E. Bowen are in the city. They are in connection' with the Carolina, Cumberland .Gap and Chicago road, and hope to secure a meeting here thi& morning of clti zens -interested. . A meeting was held in Brevard on Thursday on tne saraeBubiect. anu mends sub scribed to the continuation of the survey. This is going on now, the corps working its way across the Kidge through Eastatoe Gap. It will probably reach Asheville in about one month. Our correspondent evidently thinks our expression "stupidity" as applied to the general neglect of the dairy a harsh one ; and perhaps it is. But Asheville is not the onlv butter market : and butter makers need not be disturbed because they uo,not always secure nign prices or ia.ii steady sales here. We understand the capriciousneBS of a monopoliu ing market But the whole State is open and so are the States to the South of us. If the facilities of this section, those of brain and of soil, were utilized. Isunccmbo and tne counties of the West would perform the same function for other locali ties that Orange county in New York State does. It supplies the city and halt tbe country besides with milk, butter and cheese. We do nothing of kind, and grumble because the single market wt choose to recognize is sometimes over stocked. Confederate Buttons Wanted. We want two Confederate buttons, oiie large and one small. Fifty cents will be paid at the Citizen of fice tor each to the one who brings Married, On the 20th of April, 1887, at the residence ot the bride s father, Sher- W. Worley, bv Rev. W. B. Lvda. Mr. W. E. Waldrop, of Polk county. N. C, to Miss B. Lula Worley, of liuncombe county, a. C. City Treasurer's Statement. This document which appeared in yes terday morning's Citizen is worthy ol attention. It is a picture of progress, of resources, of liberal appropriation ot means for improvement, of honest dis position, economical application and judicious administration. The work done ith the means in hand has been enor mous; and it has had a general impartial ism button. The administration now drawing to a se merits lhe honorswhich are accorded to it by just sentiment. Its conceptions ave been bold, its execution has been able. It has set itself quietly, yet boldly to lead in the direction the vital interests of the city demanded. It has itejreward, if not in tne renewal ol its power, at least in the demonstration of what lias bo chanced the conditions of Asheville as have given another character. It may not say it found Asheville of brick and left it of marble, but it can say it found it in dark ness and left it glorified with the radi ance of the electric light. It found it ry and waterless, and left it with the ital stream of the purest of rivers Tun ing through every street and vivif, lnu very household. It fouud the streets impassable with mud and its sidewalks knotty with cobble stones. It leaves them with four miles of macadamized surface and sidewalks extended to the remotest domicile in the city. Much of the work remains incomplete, but the 1 spirit which set them in motion is not the less worthv of honor. And after all hat is done $15,840 88 remains in the treasury. This a record of which the ity should be proud, it chose wise pub lic servants and tboso servants served her wisely and well. In speaking yesterday of expenditures of the city, a typographical error made us say the Mayor's salary was f 1 00. It fMXJ, to which are added certain fees of office. And in connection with ex penditures for the pay of the Police, tbe item of 13,714 54 is to be reduced by the amount received from fines. $1,729.04. and that of $249 63 from sdfeles a total of $1,978.67, which leaves only $1,735 87 to oe cnargea to tne city ror a police ser vice unsurpassed in the State. Bonanza Mackay is put down for $360,000,000. If so, he is by far the richest man in the world, provided ne can snow "the dust ' to that amount. - Y " The enervation and lassitude of spring time are but indications of the sluggish action of the blood, overloaded with car bonates accumulated by the use of beat ing food in winter. This condition may be remedied by the use of Ayer's Sarta parilla, the blood purifier known. t30 ' Leave your order for custom mde shirts. A fit-guaranteed, at Whitlook's. . Champagne cider, a very refreshing drink, at Moore ot Robarda. tf Another invoice of new millinery, new shapes, pretty new flowers, new feathers. Call and make selection, at ' . Whitloci's. . Soda and mineral water now on draught at Moon Si Rodards. tf mi fMI " ' ' . In" Asheville, April 22, 18.17, James Green r sonof -James Green and Annie Davis Martin', aged two rears and seven months, funeral from Trinity Church at 4 o'clock this Saturday April 23, '87. Applicants fob ,Naval' Cadethip. The Hon. Thos. D.-' Johnston gives notice that all applicants for examination tor the Naval Cadetship will report by 9 o'closk this morning to Prof. S, F. Yen- able, at the Military Academy on Aca demy street. Young, men, desiring this position should not lose tne opportunity. Dkath op Mr. Jacob CEVons. '. ' -Intelligence was received 9iere of the death of ths gentleman.which oncuired in New Orleans yesterday. - Mr.- Lyons died after a week's illnoes of pneumonia. He was the father of Mr. H. H. Lyons and grandfather of Mr. F; tf - Jacobs. both of this place, He was' a recular summer visitor to AsuevilleVnd always surrounded biinsalf th-fijf.trcleof appreciative friends. He was a member of tho Asheville Club. The Thespian Entertainment Of Thursday evening was highly en- joyed by one of the largest audiences ever packed into the Opera Hall. As an amateur performance it was highly creditable to the histrionic powers of the participants, self-possession, ease and full understanding of the parts being the rule. We do not think the selection of the Drama "One Hundred Years Ago" is wen bui tea w me nreanu enthusiasm of young petformers, or one calculated to Btunu'ate either, as natural fervor might rise under the progress of the play. There was a preponderating degree of 'lesubuueuuiiaKereieinent, very repres sive of enthusiastic action or emotion. lhe end men, so to speak. Pretzel Mr. Jacobb and Uinaer Mr. Davids uueu tneir role with admirable vivacity an'i nice characterization. Mr. J. A. CHaipbell, handsome and striking in person, anu piciureeque in costume, was . ... 1 ; . 0 admirable as Elmer Granger. Miss Julia ltobertson as Prudence Granger was full of. charming vivacity that cave reality to the character she presented. Miss JNannie A Dunn as Mrs. Sti rlina and Miss Sue Suiinney as l.uth Sterling susraineu who uviighiiui quiet and simplicity the subdued tone of the Qd;ik cr mother and daughter upon whose heads tiie weight of reliuiuus customs had laid the hand of submission of tho enm. us, but in whose hearts burned the ires ol liberty and in whose breasts glowed the hatred of tyranny, lhe other gentlemen of tne com nan v sustained their parts witn crudit. lhe alter piece, Pounds, Shillincs and rence, a tnumcai larce. was not so lunnv as we had hoped. We must :iot iorgek-we did not forcet to say that when the curtain first rose there stood the veritable Big Tom Wilson in propria penont, en tableau, the Old irapper, tail, massive, stalwart, motion less as a statue, with his trusty rifle raised and pointing upward into a tree. its deadly aim fixed on bear, panther, or jjtii, m tmjjrvi..,. it wj VVwtkM:tive, and when the curtain drouned there was uproarious enoore, d -again the curtain ran up, and the same picture was presonted. lhe entertainment was brightened by the finest amateur orchestra we have ver heard, volunteers of the young gen tlemen of th city under the leadership i Mr. Chandler, lhe taste and skill displayed were perfect and exquisite; and half the professional orchestras in he country "might pale Uieirineneclual res" belore this amateur one of Ashe ilia The programmes were elegantly gotten up, printed in gilt and colors, 4 pages, ne ot which was adorned with a strik ing lithograph likeness of Big Tom VVil son. We return thanks on the nart of tho audience to tne 1 hespians, .not absolute i.. r a , ... . . , , i . iy percent, out most commenuauie gooa. Let us haee them again and oftener. and they will always he assured of full houses, hearty, welcome and honest judgment, At Philadelphia, there has been a general falling off in business at mills and lactones, though they are crowded with work, and everything promises well. A great deal of combining. nego tiatin? and pooling is quietly going on among railroads, in spite of the nter-btate law. lhis ne law will compel railroads to consult each other's mutual interest. The vol ume of railroad traffic will very soon increase. - It is a great mistake .o make edu- eation a public charity. It lowers the self-respect ot a free people. It will degrade men and women who take that view. Put education in the same category with the poor house and you stamp it with a de rading principle, lo violate the Constitution to thus degrade edcau tion is monstrous ; it is a positive 9tcnch and insult to any free and enlightened people. Wilmington Star. . i ' . . .. It is said that the Logan family intend to publish some very inter esting letters written a few yearB ago by General Sherman to General Logan. General bherman has been interviewed on the Bubject and says that he will not be first . to make public their private correspondence, but that if the Logan family desire to publish his letters he will make the matter more interesting hy pub lishing the ri swers to all of them writteu by General Logan himself. piie tumors, rupture and fistulie, rad'knly cured by improved methods, li tok, 10 cents in s amps. World's Dipptiary Medical Association, Buffalo, . . ap 20 dwl w For Salk - Household goods, at 23 Bridge street. Call at onco. Table Linens, Towels, Napkins, Djy- lies, Counterpanes; large assortment just in, at Whitlock's. If you want nice bread call for " The Brick Loaf " to be found only at tf, , Moore x Kobabds'. Wilson's Graham and Crystal wafers in one and two pound boxes, at Moore & uobaru'8. . u STATE NEWS. Selma News : Selma is on a boom. During the past twelve months there have been eleven new houses erect ed here, including dwelling and ousiness nouses, uur cotton re ceipts for the season ending May 1st lofiib, numbered carcely one thou sand bales, for the corresponding season ending April lsi, 1887 the total number of bales shipped were overd,3UU. The aynesville News says : Our worthy townsman, H. G. West, met witn a very serious accident a lew days since. He was getting down irom a pile ot lumber at Mr. Pea cock's lumber vard. when the lum ber fell and caught him. and broke one ot his legs It was a narrow escape. We hope however that he wilt soon arcow Bejnir & lollv guuu teuow wa miss mm very much J .tl ' -T . - t on tne streets. The Economist says . ' ''More shad than ever were known," is the com mon remark of fishermen. We heard one say bo this morning. The bread cast upon the waters in '83, returns in '87. In consideration of the good work Commissioner Worth was doing in '83,' we take back all we have said about him. In a mo ment of irriattion we said, "he was the wrong man in the right place." In plce of '"wrong" in above sen tence, read "right." Oh! these types, how they do lie. A telegram to the News-Observer from Carthage, April 20th, says : Seven convicts from the peniten tiary stockade in Moore county es caped Sunday night. On affidavit of the Solicitor, Judge Clark issued a oench warrant immediately for the arrest of Capt. W. B. Hicks, in charge of the convicts, and John tlu nter, the guard in charge, and the matter is being investigated by the grand jury oi Moore countv. lhe law against officers in case of escape of prisoners confided to their care is very stringent. The Salisbury Herald of last week said : l,Drs. J. G Ram-iay, Wood and others propose to take up, on May ord, tne reruainn ot reter o. Wev, which lie buried in the Third Creek graveyard. They will be pleased to have the presence and assistance of physicians wao think it proper to attend. lhis is done at the request of .lr. Lv man Draper, pres ident of the Historical Society of wts.-;-, .. r.. Tr""es to ascertainr. whether the calvuTium (flkii) i, been trephined or not. We await the result ol this investigation with a great deal of curiosity?' The Raleigh Dispatch correspon dent says : The storms to which reference was made in yesterday's Dispatch, as having passed through a large extent of territory south of Raleigh last Monday were really small cyclones, it appears. In so alli um Wake, Chatham and Johnston the storm tore through the woods, eaving belts where all the trees were twisted off and piled in all di rections. People were greatly frightened. There was considera ble electricity in the atmosphere. It is the first real storm of the year. In Chatham John Knight's store was blown to pieces, and its con touts destroyed or badly damaged. YOUNG MASTER DEFENDS A FORMER SLAVE. Tbe Shelby Aurora tells of a touching episode which occurred at the Superior Court at that place last week. Says the Aurora: Merrill Nicholas, col., was tried last week for the murder of a forbidden and drunken guest at a colored festival dur ing Christmas holidays. The prisoner was poor and a stranger from South Car olina, yet in his tribulation he implored the legal aid of his young master, Mr. Culp, living in Union, South Carolina. His piteous appeal touched the young master's heart and recalled scenes of their early childhood days twenty and tbirtv years ago, and the lawyer and former master came to his rescue and without monev nobly and eloquently defended Merrill Nicholas at the murder trial, at which the jury brought in a ver dict of "manslaughter" and the prisoner sentenced to two years in the peniten tiary. Here was Shown a sentimental attachment for a former s'ave and a seventy miles journey and expense in behalf of a colored playmate. This color--d man can never repay Mr. Culp for bis expenses and noble defense. We com mend this to our Northern press, truly did Judge Montgomery say, "the colored men owed a debt ot gratitude to tne lawyers, who so' nobly and without pay defended them and fought for their legal rights. Let not the colored men join in the hue and cry against the legal profes sion, which is their best friends on earth.' For the fi at quarter of the year 134,000 m n went on a strike against 1 8, )-X)in 1886. Wages have advanced te to fifteen per cent, through) Ht ine United States with in the p; st two years. Health Notes. The summer ib once more on ns, and while we may, in onr excellent climate, reasonably hope to pass through it with out a visitation of the frightful Bcourges which are so terrible in some parts of the South, yet we must expect the nsual amount of summer troubles. Among these-, diarrhoea or summer complaint is most to be dreaded. Fortunately this may be rendered bsTrmiess ty nsing Dr. Lytlo's Elixir, vhich should be found in every family. Straw, Hat. Large stock for men, boy i and chi.dren in all qualities, ' at Whitlock's, Try Moore & Robarda' Excelsior Soda the latest out uniy ocu A glass,, tf I For tne Asheville Citiikjc. Asheville, N. C. April 22. 1887. Editor Citizen . T notice in a nopv of vonr nnper that T am a nominee, of the WorVinrrtnen's CinvefiHon for th office of sJdarman. While I t.hanV the WnrV incmen for this mark of honor. T wib tn state that. T have not been, that I urn not. nd that I cannot be a candidate for any office. Truly, W. r. kandolpi?. A Keuiarkable Woman. Mrs. Shackelford, a youthful wid ow who manages a cotton plantation of d.oUU acres near Pleasant Hill, in Alabama, is now in New Orleans, and is looked upo'n as a heroine for the bravery she exhibtted during a murderous assault upon her bv one ot the colored luborers on her plan tation. Her maiden name was An nie Perrine, and she was educated at Vassar College. When fifteen Tears old she rejurned.to her fathw's home; in Alabama, afIioon after wards was married to A. P. Shack elford, of Virginia. She then had m income oi nearly $50,000. but during a visit to California with her husband her fortune was swept awav at if in a single night. Instead of giving np in despair, phe kept the wolt from the door by corresponding with New York journals until she saved enough to pay her way back to ner tathers home. Un reaching there she was called upon to face another emergency. Years and past troubles had so silvered the locks of her father that he had been unable to run the place as he had in bygone days, and a debt of 66,800. beariii!? a heavy interest, was increasing so rapidly that it was only a question of time for the mortgaae to swallow up the old homestead. She became her father's manager, and in doina this she was compelled to be in the saddle from 4 in the morninsr till night, and this has been heir life since she was seventeen years of age. At tne end ot hve years her husband died, and p,he waefta widow with one child, now a bright little iellow of tour years. Three years ago she paid off every .dollar the plantation owed, and now owns the property free of debt. She rais es every jear 190 bales of cotton, besides corn and market supplies for home cousumption and sale. A portion of the plantation is leased to colored lrborers, and she has to collect rents from 186 tenants. She has had great trouble with some pf the strange cohred tenant, and a servant girl, in revenge lor a refusal to go to a dance, poisoned her little rwjir -- ''Ah- fnpr.'vmit, Dij;uiiitii; reoo the 25th of last January she x .ox pectedly returned to tl e house and found a huge .colored man in her room searching for valuables. She presented a pistol at his his head and ordered him to surrender. He advanced upon her armed with a razor, and she snapped the pistol, but it proved to be unloaded, and in the struggle that ensued she receiv ed twenty-seven wounds. She sank exhausted, and her assailant escap ed from the house. As soon as he turned to flee sho seized another pistol, mounted her hor.e and, over taking the ruffian, brought bim down with a succeesul shot, and he was taken to prison. Alter being confined to her room with her wounds she recovered. ' The trial of this man for tho cutting of Mrs. Shackelford h fixed for-this week, and as he wrote two letters to her notifying her that if she did not withdraw the charge he would have her murdered, her friends advised her, under the circumstances, to make a statement before a justice of the peace, and then leave the county until the trial was over : which she did, and came to New Orleans. Mai. John Blaiue, paymaster U. S. died at Hot Springs on the 20th, District Aoent for thb Valley Mu tual. Mr. P. P. McLean, of Macon county, has been appointed District Agent for the Valley Mutual Life Insurance Company of Staunton, Va., by Dr. ( 'arter Burkley, Southern Manager of the Company. The District embraces all the counties of North Carolina west of McDowell, and all of Tennessee jaat of Bradley county, in all about twenty five counties. Mr. McLeau'a office at present is at Franklin, N.C Good paying positions in "reach of energetic men in each ol the counties. Correspondence solicited, to which all satisfactory information will be carefully given. Use Dr. Pierce's "Pellets" for all bilious attacks. ap 20 iIawIw During the first three months of the present year 1040 miles of rail road w ;re laid. As a superb tiatr dressing and renova tor Ayer's Hair Vigor is universally eomniendid. ' It eradicates scurf and dandruff, cures all eruptions and itchings of the scalp, promotes the renewed growth of the hair, and surely prevents its fading or turning gray. t30 Bock Beeb, " ' Fresh, splendid, exhilarating, just re ceived, and on dransrht daily at James H. Loughron s "White Man s Bar." ap 1 tf Parasols, Parasols. Call and see the handsome new ones, also silk sun Bhadea and umbrellas just received, . at WHITLOOK'S,, 'J-HE TRAVELING Fl'UUO SAYS .. , . NATHAN, ,V( w. Thou Art tbe Man. For bnvine and sclllns Excursion and cot rate Uckes at exoevdiug-ly low rate to all point. - . JH. NATHAIM, - Ticket Scalper? Office, Eagle Hotel Barber Shop. Thk Biggest Clock m the World. A' watch matin o- firm F Q -4 VU ulton street, Brooklyn, has now in course of construction a clock that promises to be as wonderful in its ' '"' way as the great clock of Strasbourg ' about which such Btoriea are told.,. The nice of the clock will on a level" '' withtheground whilethemachinery '' which works it will be under the i ground out of sight, but bo arranged .'h that everything will be run smooth- , ly for eight day. The figures on the dial plate will be of flowers of 1 various species and colors but each figure differing from the others. The pivot in the centre of the dial on which the hands turn is to be a water jet, throwing a spray all round , and oyer the flowers- to keep them fresh. .The mechanics of the clock is now being constructed in Boston. ' and is expected to bftompleted La . month 4rom .now, UijLkr'.i 1 calculate on placing the clock , at Manhattan Beach." laid At-' ' :". Shaw; the constructor, "where it v-: can be seen from the hotel piazzas " '3 and balconies, and-admirad if it ha ,.. considered worth admiration. The idea is my own and the chief point in originality about it is the under- " ground connection by wire between the dial and the motive power. '-'If I do not succeed in haviner it Dlaced at Man! atka Bea h. I shall take it elsewhere ; but I will certainly have it placed somewhere not' very tar from New York or Brooklyn, The ' clock is t be fifty feet in diame ' ter. New York World. MverPill. ' .:- Use Dr. Gunn-a Liver Pills for Sallow com plexion, Pimples on the Faoe and Buliont uoHg. Never sickens or gripes. Only one for a dose. Samples free at H. H Lyons. dawlw. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. A FEW BOARDERS Wanted In p lvte family. Apply at 236 Fatten Avenuttt ap dim STATEMENT OP THE ' Receipt and Disbursement by J. E. Jtanklu, Treasurer City or Asbe. vllle, for Year Ending- April 81, 1887 : RECEIPTS: Balance from T. C H. Dukes, Tr Sue ofJlOO.OCO Bunds, N. A. Reynolds, Tax Collector, OI. Frank Coxe.loan. T. C. Stwnes, Tax Collector, Sale of Oil Burrels, , Scales, rtater Kents, Sanitary Department, Klnes, J L. Mnrmy, Streot Assessment, W.-L. Milliard, " '. ' W. T. Reynold". Brick, L. Crensmmi, Mule. - 1 .. f 2,981 96 101,41a 15 V2,S. 06 4,000 00 1,849 18 36 TO 249 03 690 18 r. m 34 ,789 04 i! 26 0 .4843 .' -183 00 , 149 W ') 46 .0'w .. t. . i V"r,i.i,riUUO' Dtrrick, L MC.DOll'ilrl Pink ' .j 'J.' ii. W(udcock7Ttnp'a'r Walk, Subscriptions from property owners for nnpvoving Walnut Street, 22 75 S135.732 48 DISBURSEMENTS : Water Works, f 80,800 27 Water Department, l.toi 46 Street " 16,343 06 Street L'ghtlng, 2,991 66 Sanitary Department, 41 Hewer, 8 108 15 Flro Department, 1.1H3 St Police ' 8,714 RI Sa'tiries, , 1,701 oo Printing, 281 90 A. T. Suuiniey.Tax List, 60 00 R. F. Jones, Borrowed Monev, 312 00 J. R. Patterson, Register of Deeds, 8 po Blank Book. Treasurer, " 1 !5 ' W. T.;Reyi)olds, U.S.G.,judgm'tJean- . crett va City, 67 60 Buncombe eounty,lst paym't Jail Lot, 1,080 00 Office Expenses, 102 63 B. H. U)siy, keeping City Clook, 60 00 Sluder C- Putton, Land for Taak, 107 50 15. W. Bowrlitcb.eity Map, ,500 00 Incidental Expenses, aa 46 Doubleday it Scott, number for City Hall, . 2 16 J. 11. Alcrrimon, Att'y, 860 00 Rent ol Telephone, 12 50 J. S. Adains, Att'y, Revising Code, , 100 00 K. J. Aston Insurance City Hull, 80 00 C. J. Harking, Court Costs, 970 V. E Pen and. Placing deat Public Square, 8 60 ' Coupons, 5,497 50 Repairing Scales 1 42 85 Balance on band 15,840 88 135.T32 48 J. E. RANKIN, Treasurer City Ashe ; 1 lie. . One Price Store. Measures taken for A, Raymond & Co., New York Tailors, and a lit guaranteed. Samples now ready for inspection. Shirts and Drawers, Scarfs, Gloves, Collars and Cuffs, Handkerchiefs, Urn brellas, Bags, &c, : ; ..!-.. Handsome Spring Suits, in Sacks and Four-Button Walking Coats; also several grades of Krork Coat Suits. - Youths' and Boys' Clothing in great variety. - Oar line of Pres Goods, Silks, Velvet,,; Satins, Dress Ginghams, Satines, Per-, cales, Prints, Ac, will be found very at tractive. : ' , . Ziegler Bros.', Merriam A Tyler11, Morgan Bros.' and Stokley's Shoes . kr ladies, missus and children. Banister's and Ziegler's fine shoes for men. Pucka rd & Grover's celebrated "I2.W" and "2 U0" shoes for men, and the cor responding grade for boys. Best possible alue in Carpets, Art ' Squares, UugB, Oil-uloths, Upholstery v ' Goods, Towels, Napkins, Coverlets, Lin en Damask, Ac. f " . ';'- Derby Hata, Soft , Hats, and Straw, fiats a full line. i . Four qualities of Canton Mattings jufet ,j it l,eBed- . - .7 : Parasol, fans, Kid Giot, Collars an Cuffs, Handkerchiefs, Ooneta, Ribbons,: U i Scarfs. Ties. Hosiery. Underwear. A. Hi- Redwood' & Co., ob. (si raiwa ath" mar27-dtf tit - Y in