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VOL. II.
ASHEVELLE, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1891.
NO. 15-
ill a xvVr in 'vium Da a It 4-
liuiiej iinuiir lur.m
THIS IS THE TRICK DONKEY
You will save money
f vou come to the
Big Racket
DTORE
and price the goods
before you buy from
'else.
6c
and'Glass,
TablCCutlerv and Silverware.
J. S. Grant, Ph.' G.
(OX to Pkntiltlpl Oo!caf
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; Apothecary, 24 South lUin St
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Grant ' Pharmacy you can' positively de
iDinner Sets at $8.50 and $10.00. TeaSets at $4.50, $5.50 and $10.00. A fine article of Knires ! vPn that only 00
and Forks at $1.00. pefr Sett, worth $2aX) anywhere. Silver plated Spoons, Forks, Knives and Cas - purest and best drug an
itors in endless variety and at lowest prices. : ued; second, they will be
COMPETITION"
HEN IX ASIIEYILLE VISIT
dy
ahybo
have a large stock to
select1 from, in Shoes-
THAT--
B
oots, Hats, Blankets,
E. E.
OF
41 Patton Aye. , Asheville, r. C,
General Salesman for
Homespun,
Cloth, Tools, Tinware,
Dress Goods, Wors-
ted, Ginghams, Cali-
coes, ! Ready Made
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Clothing, Overcoats,
Tevelry, and in fact
EVERYTHING.
L1D1
goutlierii MusiG ! House
THREE STORES . ON-
South Eain Street, Mos. 57, 59, and 61.
STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
OF
SAVANNAH, GA.,
Record of Late Events Carefully Com
piled From Exchanges. .
Maxton has a $50,000 machine com
pany. ' ' '
Gen. Ruf as Barringer appeals, for help
Ktard niit to drive Julv 1. 1890. ... At that I -far t.hrf nnnforlarntP. RnlrHpr'n Home'
time he was a healthy looking animal and we j
fancied would hold out tor some. time,, out t . fnrn:tnrP fftrtorv ia to be established
pvpn wi fh kind treatment and an occasional ,bv,uij Aa
square meal when some poor fellow who had j jn jjew Berne by Messrs Rigdon and
would he devoured he has continued to I liail
ohrinv nntiiwfi ran hardlv see him.' Please !
don't arrest us dear public for cruelty to ani- I ReVi "VVG. Gannon, of the W. N. C.
nnt and wo were iust bound to "get there:" Conference, died on -Monday at .Winston,
or in other words the idea to be gleaned trom a , hnht f0 rears
these remarks is that tne people 01 vveeteru j -a j
Ntrthv Carolis a and tne ASDevine- ipuunc
know where to go for high grade .
Country people will
not he cheated at our
placej -We have one
AT THE
PIANO B
AND
ORGrAiNS
Ch,eap prices, reasonable terms and, alboveall,
K'iare treatment in the way of gettnng just
what vou vav ior. If you haven't already
done so call at once and place your order and
make your home happy liy doing the nicest act
of your 1 fe. .
For? particulars, prices
address, - i '
and terms call on or
E. E. PEHIIY,
f
41 Patton Ave.. Asheriiler N. C.
price, and Til
lowest. " Always guar-
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antee our goods, and
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the
iter
V-T 4- K C "our S,ara i
UI Ll, lib entiHiynewi
Battery Park Hotel !
I .- JUl!W'i!lei North " Carolina.
l-: ' -I - ' I
)pen thj oujr ut - tne -year. Kiovatpon 2.60
fot-t; uwrao wjnter tcruijratu-re-- : mitt-
r,;Hf..-nt rnouistjjm scenery hyiffili.e eleva
tor: f lecti-ie lViits and be! is; music, hall, ten
jnis court,! ladies' ; billiard )urior and Lowint
!u!ley. lioautiful drives and Crr-ciass livery.
rFor descriptive urinted matter ajsivly to -
Ej m B H f$avs Scan beamn fit orrXKW line ffvrrk
K 8 ffc P i ri-iJ!v aad l.onoip'-iv, i:y t'io of
Lijg 3 i? Pt5 31 thhrr'aex. vouf or uW, aud in tiir
r'SSV own Iocal':ties,vlicrerer -. live. Any
ItB f 8 -B 'tea a one can do tfc work. .Vay to is-arn.
3Irs. Mary Smith" Morehead, Ral
eigh, beciueathed half of Jier estate to the
University of North Carolina.
Statesville has a land company.' B. F.
Long is president and Dr. J. P. Caldwell,
of the Landmark, vice-president.
A new bank will be organized in New
Berne, the name of which will be the
Farmers and Merchants. The minimum
capital slock will be $75,000.
Got. Fowle has issued on the.Govern
or of -Virginia a requisition for one J o-
senh M. Kinr.' who is wanted in the
county oi Buncombe for larceny.
Joe Brou n, a young farmer living near
r ranklin , was ' accidently shot in the
ureav. by a pistol in the hands of Lis
cousin.- Tne wound is a serious one.
Gov. Fowle has commuted to life im
prisonrtieni the death senience of i'urdy
Jacobs, of 'Robeson county, who was one
of the murderers of Mrs.- Euvp in that
'county. - ' .
The fourth ezhib;Uon of tiie East
David N. Owen, of Roseboro, while at
a country dance on the night of the 9th
inst.,v was stabbed seven times in the
back and on each side of his body and
once in the head, by Olin Johnaen.
Owen is in a dangerous condition. John
son made his escape and is still at large.
Like the sparkling gleamings of the
brilliant lightning's quivering flashings
Mi s Rosa "VVaddell passed through Wil
son last week, and left behind her as a
memento of her sparkling virtues and
brilliant passage the most ecstatic mem
ories to follow the radiant train of her
dazzling corruscations. Selah. "Wilson
Mirror. " .
compounded care
fully and accurately by an experienced JY
tcriplionist, and Ourd, you vt3 not
charged an extorbiUnt price. You trill re
ccitc the bctt good at a tery reaxtuJuU prof 9
Don't forget the place Grant Pharmacy
24 South Main trcL
Prescription filled at aU hour', night or'
day, and delivered free of cJuirgt to any part
of the city. The night beU trill be anttrerodL
Promptly. Grants Pharmacy, 24 SomX
Main street.
At Grants Pharmacy you can buy amy
Patent Medicine at the lovet price quoted
by any otfier drug lutuse in the city. We
are determined to sell as lots a the loxoett
ercn if tee hane to lose money by so doing
We teiU sell aU Patent Medicines at fits)
Crisp Condensations Carefully Com- uiote that if ncc.mry, to meet Cm
GENERAL NEWS BRIEFS.
piled from Wire and Mail.
A move is on foot to raise the price of
quinine.
Amelie Rives, the American author, is
seriously ill in Paris.
The Duke of Marlborough has put
$60,000 into Glasgow, Va.
price of any competitor.
We have the largest oMrnrtoicnt of Chamois
Skins in MheriRe. Over 200 sktns, Z
sites, at the lovctt price.
We mre ogents for Humphrey Uowoe
paVutic Medicines. A full vpplyiofX&
ll. Rider.IIaggard, the 'novelist, has 1MCt on
arrived in this country from England. -Use Buncombe Liter Pills, tfe best in the
A thousand dollars was subscribed at ieorU f lixr plaint, indigutvm, etc
Durham for the colored industrial school
'A Man named Cordrey, of Olu Jovt
was killed by jumping from a fast pas
senger train on the W. N. C. railroad
near Round Knob last w eek. It seems
that he was drinking and standing on
the platform of the coach when the wind
blew his hat off, and it is supposed that
he jumped after it breaking his neck
instantly.
An excursion is being arranged by the! missing.
Baptists to Havannah, Cuba, to take
place February 1st, the occasion being
the
ever
- A Kuasiaii wi? ioit bOO.000 roubic at
Monte Carlo, blew his brains out at that
place Friday night last.
Senator Quay introduced into the Hen
ate on Monday a bill to prevent force
and fraud at' Federal elections.
A thoroughly reltiHe retny fr sU
Try a btttlc and yu villtals no other.
J. & G 12 A XT, Pk. (7., PUrt,iacit,
Zi S. Main St. AtWe, X. (.
. The steamship City of Washington en
countered a cyclone oil Ilatteras. One
of the crew was killed and another is
Count LouU .Alexandre Foucher de
.... ,1 . . i literary works and a member of the
r erected ib that place. iNeoiiations : - . .
r rcui u rcu.-;, is wvu.
?papcr will bdar witness
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that our slatcnicnts are
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reliable and our prom-
V fuvniah every ihitfg. v t start you. .o nsK. 1 ou cn cevoie
tnuiueitts, or ;i your nine zo lue worn. iu -
Ee'-iiniiTs are ecmitig from to M per v rek tnJ upwards,
tad more after a Jittltf exi ?rnce. IVa can Am!ri you the em-
. ; . A on s .'v. vn pstiejflt'.3 h"-e. hull
Ises made good.
There is only one
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Ashe-
T1IAT WJTIIMASH
J
Tf
JGUit U- TIIILSH
Looking ,
Backward
Over Ibo past eight years of our:
successful business life in Ash-
villc has demonstrated to us the
fact that our determination to
t'llOBly pure gfods, tiarantx
ing weights mid quality, and
asking a smail profit on every
thing sold, commends itself ta
the good mis purchaser.
&econdK I )Kt dcirnl'e cus-
Carolina Fish, Oyster, iam and.Induj son of the J. V. Cravea', of Pir as- j fon..d for ti,c VVLW0 o' buv'r - rn 1 WinerS can4,ot l,e '0' fb
ere in cuttihg prices on a few
h iidTng articles, hoping toinake
are now in process to get reduced rates j
from Tiiiloigh and all principal points In j
this State. The cost of tLe house of
worship will be $00,000. Raleigh Chron
icle
killed -with' a cp.n in his own hands, in ntanil coat .Mo: ; tay. houie
Jtandc'ip'h rounty, abo-it six mile belo w ! PcrwmylTanla rivor arc very
Craven was afidently
Mr. Cleveland experienced ('another
ovation at the Democratic Club reefp-
tlon in New York Saturday night, aud
Governor Hill was not thvrc.
A violent ftorm ra."rd aV3 the Nw
hnland coat ..Monday." houie of ;.jc
h'u:h
Pleasant Garden last Saturday mornlnj; j Heavy enow is reported ia the North.
while out Dunung. iim uouy was ncu , Tl rcnorted that a vcd!-a:c com
Ui.tay cvenm,?. lie wrc l ma:4dinar a"c4iital of 2pKVG() U bfin-
found uhvll
trial As&ociation begin m New-Berne, j aiU Oar n au1 p tyr of Randolph m!s- ;ihe railJ, 'n l!lC north Jr F.r.-laf)-:.
FeLruaiyi and coniinues tu the lib til j
inclusi
Hie I Crystal -Palace,
4I PATTON AVENUE.
f r I. . 1. - 1 . V
sion. ne a iar;ucr ana veaencr, ami
.aunr.hvvnm,, n f nhout" l ' Intcn-elj cold w.a;Lcr cott!ssiv to
mi va- ' v-7 " v " o - J
years 'of a?e.
J.-A. P. Stevens, Esq., an accomplish
ed mineralogist, of Sttitesviik, ia prepar
ing a cabinet of Nbrih Carolina minerals i fircl 0f Pothsrd & Kfr.K, of Aville' tarch of fo0(
I pre v nil throuzhnat Eczlanl and IIu -
igary. In th northern part of the l .tter 1- Up on ht'IlieU'll
Mr. J W. Petbard, a member of tne;Cvuatry woira have inx!c-.i vilU.jt4 in I That hard v.'orfc ami cluK atV
for exhibition at th Columbian exposl- r n(rx i?-i entiacd for thre
villc
ap store in
ONLY
ONE
What 'As it? VviiT ii is the
1 jading place to buy. crockery,
lamps, I cutlery, faouse-furnish-i
q gs , tinware ooden .ware ,
It is our object to carry a very
lanre line of the above goods to
suit the country trade as well
as our city ' patronage, those,
who have to buy these goods, it
wilbbo to their interest to deal
with us. We are positively
sellinr them lower than ever be
fore iii the history of Asheville.
Our niotto (Jvyhicjr ail merchants
should have) is 5uick sales and
smn, 11 nroiitsi We will ask the
readers! of The Democrat, and
everybody to help the young
and aggressive, by 'patronizing
T 1 - . rr !- s ' tit til
, a Jjuncoiuuo ,uuv , v. uu.m
( . ' deal with you right and give
ctnn nriil mu vou your! money's worth. The
StOp Uhtll- y.OU bEiiocKAT vill attest tliis fact.
In conclusion will, say, give us
n. rail and srut acquainted with
Buncombe boy and buy your
v ! plication to busiiu rs is the nrico
tion in 13U2. U:e,-L? tn. Isyin' oiT ti property of thii. . loun.n i nm. v,ur-f oi rjCCtM.
The county commiMioners of Chero iBron City Lund. c Improvrnicn: 1 hut Olir busmen for 1S
kee county have deietmUed to buiid alpany and he is dcin? some exceptloni'iy . ' r . , , ' ')' sllOWR an increase over the pre-
courthouse at .Murphy to, cost io. une ,ork A.iJe from J r I e.. .... : stlro!o2y.
It i& to be of prised ' brick with wiu-ieiheiency ,tn his profebiou, i.s, 3.. .al ( 4 wJ
dows doors and steps of Chorokee mar- qnahiies, expnence or the world and I be report that (,ra. 3.ile5 va-, Allied
rj!)e conversat'r sial powers nave attracted uy ihe .-Moui lncians. prove j to rr ji-
a a 4 a 1 . f 4 a'
to mm a host or tnemu. iiryaon city t true. ine Indians are bei;ii; . riven p '
to the fine KMije Agency and it h 1k px
ble. -
Durham SuK:
Mr. A. E. Lloyd-show-1 !IetaU., .
A great d,eal f Uie ino?t valuable real j j
that, the disturbance will soon bt over.
n n
let
ed us Saturday raspberries taken Irouij
hi p-rn rf, th prnrid rrmrth. The!
W 1 W L I . ft.."... . t 1, 1 1
i&t fWt nlnnftd them some, but with testate jn naienju nas ior many years j ir. rarneu maae ms promi-ea speecu
rr ' i
ed to his daughter, Miis Mary Smith, ( by which he would retire from tLe k-ad
rioas year 1.5 P r v..t.f vaich
is very raiifyi:.0 and for
which we wish to thcnl; our
Imany frieacs in Af h ville and
Wt-sto. n North Carolina.
this it gives you some idea of the charac- j been known as the Smith Estate. It was j-at Limerick, announcing that an a-ree-for
' f p.,,- ,iimt. ! once owned by Richard Sir ith,"and pai-: nient ha i been reached with Mr. O'Brien
ter of our climate.
- ine xioanoe .rimes wJS l"V l"c j who became Mrs. Morehead. She as eiship, bnt further negotiation are nec
work on the Roanokt &: bouthern toad, j divorced afler the most 6entational trial ersary. '
ichwassuspended on account of theji X thCa lina p gbe j i"v,rir4,.
Wpnt anmvs has ln resumed. It is i . . . . Thc steamer Bear, from Orani-emoutj,
expected to have about 500 men - em
Looking
Don't
find it. Respectfully, j
..ic; uiiu.
m,,,c"lu .a f"' lc iJ31 fNinoollL-ion with the steamer Lritannia,
Philadelphia. Sunday the died. There j frpm Leilh gunk tln tl)C Frkh f
are hosts of heirs. The property . Polht Scotland and of her crew
worth anywhere." between $200,000 and ' efe ,oh Sal)Sequnll lte lriUnj&
$400,000.. ; This will be divided among j ,ycat Jown
many persons. Wilmington Messenger.
i lie tmiavoraoie opinton or iroresor
ployed at the Koanoke end of the road
this mohth.
The Board of Regency of the Presby
terian Orphan's Home met at Charlotte
and elected Rev. R. it. Bovd, of Lincoln
county N. C, superintendent of the'l Weak eye and inflamed .'lids indicate! Virchow and other., prominent German
Omhm's ITo-ne alarv 7oD and ! an impure condition of the blood, i he ; phys;ctan-4.regaiaiag the Koch rencJy
hnrd. and Mrs. Bovd was elected matron I best reme-ly is Ayer's Sarsapariila, It -has caused the German go
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t 150 and board." - vitalizes tne wood, reguiau s tne secre-. to postpo:ie its pten::on oimaiing
tions, and expels all
from I he svstein. T
Forward-
; The.report of the State bupenn ten-
dent of Public Instruction - for .the.
al .vearstedt-t4-itoi.t 9-t,
goods cheap. - We nave sogers; 755f;,LW
rp:1(th of fill! . tlartrL-UqeSFtWJl. -.GPHWJtia me
XirXl) . T3 1 Abli X tu. UohablfriWtfiKwlaich are wUUa'otfmw
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colored. -. ' ' . I
irth 5 a b )ttle.
1 1-iiijO
Wanted To
mted to le2.se, ; bri
ideations inquire at
The Asiievillk Shoe Co
scrofulous humors the rojedjr Uertuppcjiy-ot'thaitate.'' '
ry it. Trico 1. ' I - ' , T, --'v0 :,t :t .Var
J . j Tile wipfjiEmm, khW7, ttori5?r,
?prolated in ew lort-iHrnday, have
We ore encouraged to enter up
on the vear before us with re-"
newed energy and a determina
tion to give our customers tht
t . a e : , i il ri:
IaXTllTlI III I I I ! I I f II I I : I V I ! 1 i i K - 1 t La
ties for buying and celling tho
unt'! very finest goods to be had, at
allien J' ,Vi4 . ... t. h '::
? OuTstoc'. is w thpjargost
orbr pXTt -redi in.li.iis inarket-tmd
nlalJIdiLlIi;! churches, and, alter making otLc
personal bequests, cives the rcsldje to
six chaiiiab.e instituitons in New Voik. 1
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OPE3A HOUSL.