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Girm EN VOL. IX ASHEVTLLEV N". C, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 14. 1878. NO. 7. LOCAL Kc'MedMt oT rrrlv:! Had - iRKtVALS. Prom Henry's daily txoept Mou'ti at 4 p a. " Warm Hp iotf u. do. do. at 9 p. ra. " Wa.rn -nulla do. rt. do. at T p. n. Rutherford do. do. Sua lava at t p. in. Greonvllle, 8, C, do. do. do. at. 1 p. m. " Burtiaville Tuesdays and Friday at I p. in. "Hreva.-d MonsUysaud Frtriavn at 8 a. in. Ltecemer Moudayt aud Thursdays at 1 . DirAnrjaits. Bfrj', 11 a m., daily, except Saturdays Warm Sp.-ui, 7 a. in., daitj szoept Sundays. Ore envllle. ti. C, t p. in " Wynsvill ;, ft. ia, " " - Jtnt'mrford.a. w . " burusvllle, a. m. Wednesdays and Saturday. Hna:d. 1 p. at,, Mondays and Thursday. Lwoeatar, 14 . AH Mils eloae FiViur rat sair sour before checals sum tor departar. ( J A. PAGQ, r. M. Fshmary la ml. tST Frtli westtlug Job work, oi any cfntrxctrtr or distn-rptjou or of any at yie and price, should titinemW that the CrriRKJI pt3t is lUc;-- ' y psepsred to do tlit same Ht tiie f pofibl notice Blank of t i' . a specialty. Call on 'kit. Chaptnau for your Val- , ..TvtXZ" Sported from the tJent Ore v .ighborhood. Wp hJMi interesting eoeurcnnlca tion pertaining to schools Mid teaching Ml(!cii,w!fl appear In our next. ' Ten arrival at the Hotels this week. The traveling public is to be congrat ulated. A subscriber writes "I don't want your paper an y longer " We woulnd't make lu any longer if lie did. Another (lull week among our mer chant (twin; to the bad Aeather and abominable roads. The stage requires nine hours to make the distance from Henry to Asheville, Oil these ro uls ! ' Jackson Davis informs us that a single stalk of bin corn produced nine well de veloped ears anil was strong enough, to hold up the weight of one of tits boys. Mr. J. G. Mall has drawn $5,00, out of the State Treasury on account ot the Western Insai.e Asylum. We hope next winter enough mav be appropriated to complete the building at once. Weedport, N. Y. is paying up it church dfbts by Mtishig bees." One kiss1 for ten cents. or three for a quarter are the ruling quotations. We cull at tention of the above plan to our church debt-paying ladies. The Burke .Bfecontains another no tice of the death of C.'F. Young, Esq., but, letters received herefrom Burnsville since he is reported to have died have not even mentioned the report. It can not be true. P. W. X. S, Painted Post, New York. There is no nap of Western North Carolina that we are aware of, except that of the entire State. The Lloyds K"t out the oest uiap ot the Mate we are acquainted with. The Spartanburg Herald says, "The finest apples of the season have just reuciwu npartadOiirg, from Yancey (Jo, North Carolina, 96 miles distant 't he fruit was put up in genuine market style, aud was sold by Wui. Shephard 10 J. 11. Allen, Ksq. Hurrah ! for Western N. Carolina 1 he Macon Advance Rays: ''Snipe' McLoud, growing weary of the dull mo notony and lonesome vagueness of a single life, has sought the sweet conso lations of wedded bliss, wherein he may pillow his aching head upon the uiai- lieu's soft throbbing breast. Among the 'Personals' from Washing ton City we see that Mr. Davidson, a prominent lawytr of Buncombe county, is in the city. He is strongly in favor ..n..l UT...I.I..IM.. l:ii v.i it 1 . i . in jui. nitimcu uni. vui. uaruy, tne efficient House librarian, is also exert ing his influence in the same direction Mr. Gudger. principal of the Peaf and ,UiniiU Asylum at ltaleigh, retrncd to iiiy from the North, where lie has been ii a tour of inspection, as to the cou- 1 ict of asylums in that section." We were shown a day or two ago, by i ir excellent artist, Mr. Natt W. Tay- two nne pnotogiapits taken iront e window of his gallery opKsite the aio Hotel, uue was a picture dI the i;n entrance of the Hotel with airroii i f ladies and gentlemen on the upper iazza while many fain i liar ligures were looped below. The other was a party i a sieigh-and-lbur standing mi trout of he Hotel. A noticeable feature in the latter was that every man and boy with in the compass oft lie picture had one or both Itaiuls thriHt deep in bis pantaloons I pockets-col. I weather. , x Confederate Gen. Stephen 1). Lee, of cavalry fame, has been elected to tlio Mississippi Si-uate, vice Sims elec ted Lieutenant-Governor Gen Lee is a ncp.iew of our eteenicd townsman vol- Stever. Lee. It is ail good stock. MArhikd. At the residence of the bride" mother on the 7th lust-, bv Eld. Wells. W. 4 . It lldwill and M'lSS Dicey 8. c.it hern, all of Henderson Jus'SoT. K. lavis, U.S. Deputy Marshal, ha continned the as-wrtlon made in t'ie last iiuuiher of the Blade, tnat an offl.-er who would tnat the peo- pie iM he South Mountains kindly could g in and arrest tlietM without trouble. This nfOwr went hit the York settle - in,-. ii, . rwisdifrcii i ue mow, iiaiiKernu . .i.i .. j... Iwnlity, the Mst week, and arrusted riliii i the so-called desDerailoes. and le wa iv urtnorteil by an armed force either. wfci Bladt. .Ami tit atrtklnj contrast we Will dl- rtt-t ttUKatlAn- toth gorgeous display entiy made by 30 deputy collectors and marshals. Goon Railroad News We learn that Gen. Colqnit, of Georgia, hit sign d tlw bonds of the Northeastern (Ga.,) Enllroftd, widoh woirra m this road $15,i finite froM the State io pay for Iraiid'if saitl road as fast as made reidf, Tills nnul bt proposed to eater Nortti Carolina at the )Ubun uap. nins from Athens, Ga.. and passing throutrli MactHteonnty down the 'ennessee val ley to Rnoxville. We sincerely wtsb Jki road God -speed. I a speaking of the nbove signing of Ixinds, t he Macon a&4e3f nays : As soon a tiie road is cotnpkjtfj to the N. Carolina line, old Macm ti fddgfel to complcfe It to FrauWitu Let onr Georgia fi lends re member that we stand ready to redeem that pledge; so rtill on the car' w, The Raleigh aw. in view of he Fall campalgiv. say;' When shall the State Convention be lieM? and where?" The News thinks the mouth of June is the best time for It, and Salisbury the best point. The nominations to be made are three Supreme Court Justices and three Superior Omit Judges, no ofner State omeeis. Tim month of June is s good time for it; for tlie plao of meet tug we Mace oohishnro in iiominatiou. Goldsboro Messenatr . If we were not afraid, of Asheville. we would propose Morgantou as the ulace As it Is, we vote lor Balisbuiy. Burke moat. After what yon recently said about one of your "otels you would not bid against Ashevulo fora convention Would vu? Revenue JtAto. Messrs. William? Utulewett, rOennty CoHectors of In- tcrnsi itevenue, retuineu a wvek airo from a raid on illicit distillers in the South Mountains. Their party was com posed of some thirty Deputy Collectors, Deputy Marshals and guards from all parts of the district.. I bis warlike movement resulted in the c.nptire of two or three stills and seven illicit dis tiliers. The count y was scoured for the man who shot Gillesme, a Denutv Marshal in the fall, but he escaped his pursuers. A man named who was out shooting birds however, as Maj. Avery claimed in Ids defense before the U. S. Commissioner, tired on the party by mistake, and on discovering his error fled, but was ridden down and captured. Maj. A. didn't state whether his client took the party for black birds or birds of a white feather ! We ven ture a bet on the latter. Western Tobacco fob Paris. Our townsman, Samuel C. Sheltou, Esq., has received a request from the United States' authorities to prepare some smoking aud chewing tobacco for the Paris Exposition, wiiidi he will straightway proceed to do. Col. Shel tou, it will be remembered, received first premium at the Vienna Exposition on cnewnig anu smoking tohaeco, on weed grown in Madison County and our government is anxious for him to try his luck again at the French capital, ft Is also said that the French Govern ment is anxious to see the celebrated Shelton Tobacco Hanger, with a view to its introduction among its tobacco raising colonists, and Juihre Aston is busily engaged in preparing them. We wish our townsman the s-'realest i itlou- al and inter national success. Returned. (.'apt MeLoud has re turned from Washington, and is busy trying to get signers to a petition to keep Dick and DouehifS mi our neoole. In opposition to t ie Waddell bill. As many have been led toopsc Wadded! B bill under a misunderstanding aim through misrepresentation, we hope all will ahstaln fr in being used as endor sers of i iek and Dousrlas, as was recent ly done with the Douglass petition. This is the object of the petition. Capt. MeLondisan unqualified defender of bi,t !;, and w e ak if our people wish to be used for such a purpose. IiAKDWAItE AND AGRICULTURAL Implements. M r. John X. Haunson t has otened in the Sluder building op i pnite the Central Hotel a wholesale and retail hardware and agricultural Imple ment store, where ho has on hand and ari 'ving a magnificent, stock of the best goods and latest improvements. Give him a call -prices low. Advertisement t will appear next week. ' Our neighbor, the Hendersonvtlle Era, '. sends "thanks to C. L. Freeman. V.wn f Wntr Dr-rHi-tmi.nt R'.wt.. Intrtou, u. C. rieaw tell us what the duties of this department are. To all People these Presence come Greeting, that Rnwyei, wlehes It distinct- iy understood that he can sell goods as , clp M anybody "ciwt or no cost." D,,t b humbugged. Ixit call on him ! .:d eomniire orices before buvlnir. . . i n We have received from Col. L. L. Polk, Commissioner of Agriculture his tilth) quarterly report, containing much biterestlug matter, tlis report show that 41 counties have raised a sufflcien cy jf meat, grain aud (brnge, 17 m suftl- ciency oi grain ami io nare aueneieucy. From: Hominy. Tliere are nineteen schoolteachers in tho Hominy Valley and only six school districts. Tltere Is a man on S;.:h Hominy who will carry yon through titty subjects be fart you can get one st&cd. About seventy-live armed men sur rounded the house of i'r. E. G. Howe!, on the night of Janiw-7 Pith, to sere nade him because his n got married. We would dispose, af eighteen guns, thirtv one hounds and their owners for the same number ot good fanners. P.M. C. THAr Patent Ta, We have al ways hyard that the test of the pudding wits In eftewln j the bag; and as we sta ted recently that to all appearances and feeliug, the leathers tanned by the new patent process Introdifeed here by Col. Evans of Morristowui jTennese, were very sirpe-ior, it yet remained for them to be tested by an expert in working leather to .earn their true quality. Therefore, Col. Evans recently put a calfskin in tan, and after six days took it, out and dressed it, turned it over to Prof. F.-eck to manipulate into a pair of boots. Prof F. did so', and assures us that lie never worked-' Superior leather in his life that it crimps, seWs, and needles equal to, if not superior to any French Calf lie ever handled. .Bfa Jiwv'e seen the loots and thev ,certa'i,dl5,1, .have a'l the apM arances of iieing very stipe rior. We regjird Prof. Freak's en'doiW ment as entirely sufncciit to ttabiisb the merits of the patent ta-i. W cnily luck a pair of bo ts .of'tiie same materi al to satisfy us of its i-rrpioacluvble su periority.. Uur siS't'Jim 8,)- 1 What a Fall was theke, Mv ( 'ou ntkymkn. To die in the ordinary way is sad and painful enough, but when one who has reached his 'scar.aud yellow leaf.' has quietly enconsed him self on his virtuous couch to invite to Ids weary limbs tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep, to have the winds and the rains and the shel and the snows, to descend and heat upon his earthly tabernacle of clay (and logs,) and upturn his roof-tree and Ids chim ney, and squeeze the aforesaid old man out of time and into eternity, this is liHrrowiiiir, beyond expression. Such is the 'tale that is told' of old man David Bates, an innocent but philopro sreuative citizen of this coumv. And the most harrowing condition of all i tor the old man to wake tin and find all tlds "a cussed newspaper lie," out of the win lie cloth, is more than human na t nre ought to be called on to endure. the wind neither raised him. nor can he raise the wind his chimney Is as erect as any other thing he has, and his virtuous couch is as hard as ever. Vu-e la Bates. Our District in the Supreme Court. The following eases lmve been heard : MeWilliam loung tt als. vs. G. B. Sil- vet. el a., from Madison. On Sugges tiou of diminution of record, a writ of certiorari was ordered and cause contiu ued. State vs. J W. Bailey, from Bun combe; argued. State vs Alexander Shaft, from Bun combe! argued. State vs. W. M. James, from McDow ell. State vs. Hiram Jenkins, from Burke, htate vs. W. S England, from Burke. Daniel kVliWiihuutw. W. C. Jones et. als., from Burke; argued. Another Connection. We learn from the made there is talk of putting up another telegraph w -e between Charlotte and Salisbury, to conuct w ith the wire running up the Western N. 0. Railroad to Asheville. Also, that Mr. Coliusky has sold a halt interest in his Asbestos mine, near this place, to a gentleman of large ex perience in mining aud that the work o! opening this mine will be pushed for ward, rte hope these gentlemen will realize all that the prospects at present seem to indicate. Tiiis is to give not ice that all citizens troubled vvitu cough or eoid should at orce procure a btutleof Dr. Bull's.Coiyh isyrup. ' I'lioc iJ ccuu. ITl.JISi. Our Macon correspondent, under re cent date gives us the following items from that section : The first thing is snow. Our moun tains have not bee.i five of snow since 1877 but in vadey we have had but lit tle, and that little never lying long. In every direction however, snow may lie seen oil the heights, notwithstanding it has rained heavily, for tweuty hours past. Very little ploughing done In January-far less than usual, and farmers are worrying. The system of farming In tlds county is gratifying. It is not stir passed in many counties in the State- Improvement in this Hue, is not con fine! I to individuals. It pervades every locality, and mnvfe rood will come of it. Money is "skase." 'i'liere U no doubt of this, yet limes are bettei than they have been. Evciybody is out of debt, mid alt seem determined to preserve lids status. I'hereare not three um n in this countv pressed for money. 1 ant in formed, o'dy one "'dt lor debt, has been brought in dur Superior Court, siuue Spring term 1877. Our jail has hud but one man lu It, charged with crime, since Collins was sent to Webster, for bail, aud walked off. This fellow, Webb by name, it is said, broke into one of .our country stores Goods taken, if any, did not amount to much. Two memoranda ' books, are missing, which were doubtless thought to contain, money. The accounts in these, make the loss. Nothing Was found 0:1 Webb, that could be identified, except some green paint on his shb t The window through which entrance w as made, had just been painted. Webb says, the given 011 his shirt was stain of chestnut sap. Do you have any patent men In Bun combe? We have ha I patent soap, , and natent churns patent Inotrsaud patent chums patent washers and patent chums patent seed drills' ami patent churns. If not before, we aw now em phatically a dairy people, -if. churning make us such. The U. S. Soap-stone Co.. of Cincin nati, Ohio, paid for their Nantahala pro perty, last week, and will work Itactive ly this year. The Advance hiv necime as coy as a maiden, in her lirst long dress. We have' seen but one isue in 1S7, which was quite all Improvement on all before. It Is rumored that two Baltimore gents will soon occupy the chair as editors and proprietors. Yours truly, "One-Two-Three. " Feb. 9, '78. For the Asheville Citizen, OI K NUXT JIJDGiKMUIt Waynesville. N. C , Feh. 8, '78. Messrs. Ftmnan and Stone : Gentu : I see from the palters that the friends of va vious gentlemen are suggesting their names as candidates for the Judgeship of the 9th Judicial District, ot North t aro liua; and therefore consider it not pre mature also to name a very worthy gen tleman for that honorable and respon sible position J. C L. Gudger, Esq., of Haywood comity. Mr. Gudger is'a deeendant of an old and honorable family of this section of the Ltatc- is a gentleman of studious habits and sterling qualities both of 1 bead and heart wed read in the law, with a fine practice 111 his District, which I a sure test of the confidence and esteem of the people. Patient and pains-taking to inform himself of every interest of the clients. I hazard nothing, in sav !itr,without disparagement toother gentlemen named for that office, that he would give general satisfaction to his district, and to the State at large. And I therefore think him capable of adorn ing that high station with equal digiutv and satisfaction, that our Judges of old merited, and which was accorded to them by the people. , It mav not be out of place to 6ay that Mr. Gadget- in our last political cam paign, contributed much by labor and counsel to the success that swept over the State. Very respectfully. B Gen. VANCE has introduced in Con gress a bill for the relief of Mary B. Shelton. A bill to amend an act for the relief of Eli II. Jarrett. A bill for the relief of Jas. V. Tweed. A hi 1 to amend an net granting a pension to Nancy E. Amnions. Also presented papers relating to the pension claim of the minor children of Ephraim J. Amnions. Also, the petition of Joel Cloud and other citizens of Burke county. North Carolina, for the abolition of the Wes tern Uii-t rict Court of North Carolina Referred to the Committee on the Judi ciary. President Wilson, of our Wester N. C. Kailroad. invited the Mate u range. now in session at ureensooro, 10 an ex cursion over his road to the mountains, to remain three days, but the sand lid- dlers from down east hearing we had ine snow no here are afraid to come. Wi. l-eiriet President N ilson's jri acctni 1 courtesy will not be accepted by the 1 Call and exnmlne those fine valentines at Charley Chapman's I Fresh supply of pearl hominy, Just received at Sawyer'. Call early. We ttvet attention to the card of Dr. Ware, Dentist, to tais issue of the Cm KEN. Head i.rl jt Sawyor has just received a new sup ply of that teiutifil Cape Fear grit' which is so popular. It is the best breakfast dish tlmt can be had. Dr.' Kennedy, Presiding Elder of this (Asheville) district, announces the fol lowing as bis second round of appoint ments s , -. - . Brevard et., at John CkapcL Ptx lt-iT BuiMrftlact.. at Bald Creek, tju Aahatlli station, Men. . Bakera -lll O., at Mt. Vernon, - ti, Catawba et., at Onnco.d, i.u WeavenlUaeUaSBetheada, tt-M A Splendid Bill o? Farev Mr. W. 8, Barnett presents the readers a splen did bill of fare this week. Bverr rea der must examine for himself. Mr. B'a prices are certainly made to the times and we commend him, his nodi ant) prices, to the pnbllo. THB WaPPKLlBiix. Wedliect the earefnl attention of all our readers to fids bill, when wilt be found on id paw of this paper. If anybody cart read this aud oppose it, It is becauee he has a motive behind, and that motive means something wdftau to himself. 8. F. PLKMM0N8,' ESQ. We regret the illness ot ti ls gentleman at Spring Creek, Madison county, and are pleased to learn from his al tending physician, Dr. W, W. Whittington, that "during tire past week there had been marked Improvement." We hope be may soou leout.' t t iii Pleasant. Allen, Millis & Co. are stiit receiving large additions to their stock, both In groeeries and dry goods, prim., sheeting., osiiaburgs, cantor) flannels, &c. fiom 5 to 12 J cents per yard. Fifty sacks coffee, 4 and-5 lbs." to the dollar Genuine Buncombe county timothy seed in quantity at reasonable rates. Buying their goods In original packages for the casii, they are prepared to otter them at pripes which defy competition. Something New. Messrs. Morrison and Hat pies present great tndncernents" to the public to call on them. Their win ter stock of clothing, boots and shoes, &c, are to be slaughtered to close out the stock. Mr. Staples has just return ed from the North where he has been taking advantage ol the low juices now prevailing to replenish his stock, and now is the time to call and save money. "Cost or no cost they can't be under sold." Large Prices for Madison. -Our-frieud C. A. Nichols. Esq., writes us from Marshall, the Otb iust., that re turns for the sale of the new crop Madi son tobacco are coming in. and the re ports are most satisfactory. He adds : 'Messrs. Murrell, Whitlow & Co, of Lynchburg, sold for J. N. Ramsey, of Marshall, the tobacco from an acre for 4.10."). nart of it hritiirinir 1 OS iu- - - 1 - o 1 f . pound. There were several crops that 1 .1.. e , - t ,. . uroiigiuiruiii 1.1 10 ou veins per pound Although tobacco is lower than it lias been tor 25 section keeps up its rvpatatiou tor " a . . 11 " prices, as soon as aii our lariners karn to handle their Uihaceo well for mai-kot. all will command, generally, the very oesi prices, we sun insist that we have one of tlie best tobacco sections in the world." A Card from Mr. Eve The fol lowing explains itself: To the Patrons of tie Pioneer : Oar failure to issue the Pioneer In the pass two weeks is attributable to want of pa per. The size sent uc by tlie manufac turer at Liiicolnton was entirely too small for our forms, and this necessita ted another order which we hope will be promptly filled, aud thus enable us to issue next week. C. W. iivE. We sympathize with Bro. Eve, and be speak for bun the patience and kindly consideration of the public. We eon. found his politics, but, like to have him around- we can take care of him. Mr. Geo. A. Shuford wriie-s us from Wayuesville : "The bar and everybody else in tlds section, so far as 1 hav learned, are strongly in favor of abolish ing the Western District provided it does not abolish the court held at Ashe ville. The Henderson Courier presumes to say that the "West will take a devil lo a witch any day." Not so, the. west has tried devils long enough, and if she can't do better will risk a witch for a change " (You will observe that the bill dees not abolish any court at Alieville, or any of our court privileges now enjoyed- Eds..CmzFN.)
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