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VOL. II. j ASHE VILLE, N. C, -THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1S91. NO. 29.
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(Of toe PhiUdelphU Colic of Pharmacy.) J
Apothecary, 24 South 3Iain St,
WE CARRY THE BEST STOCK AND OFFER LOWEST PRICES.
ASHEVILLE, N. C,
PIANOS
Dinner Sets'at $8.50 and 10.00. Tpn. Stt ot. n ?sn,iinn(i i ,-.! e
wqrm .uu anywnere. biivei plated Spoons, Forks, Knives and Castors in endless variety ancTat lowest
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Terms of Payment,
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Knives and Forks at $1.00 per Set.
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Items
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City and
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ton't forget to register. ;
Geo. A. Shuford is in Raleigh.
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Gov. Holt has appointed Mr. R. P.
Portner, of Buncombe, a Notary Public.
The registration books close on Satur
day
j We learn that tobacco plants are in , DR. JOE CALDWELL'S SANTER
very fine condition, also wheat, oats, etc-i
There wiU be, as at present indicated, a I Captured in Asheville Judge Aston
full crop of peaches and other fruits. j Astonished But Gratified.
j The next State Encampment opens on ' Dr. Joe Caldwell, the scientific editor
Hanjkind Hust ba Amused.
July 17th, at jjWrightsville, nine miles of the Statesville Landmark, has been in
irom Wilmino-ton. It will be a bir occa-! kreat treDidation and fear for some
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Sion a fine display of the military of months over the appearance at large of
both North Carolina and Virginia, as an animal ii his neighborhood, which
Let every one e ntitled to a vote
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Koch's Lympl
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1 a cure for consumption.
At lea-jt that is what has
been claimed for it. There
may ltelsome doubt about
The elYeetiveness of the
UerUn remedy, but there
i- none what e . er about the
Particular kind of Lymph
to -which the publishers of
Tin; Asheville Demo
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attention.
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Lympl
Is a cause of consumption
consumption of goods
we mean. But in order to
produce proper results, it
should be properly ap- .
plied through the Ashe
ville Democrat, for in
stance. " This is the great
people's! newspaper, pub
lished ait No. 10 N. Court
Square, j Asleville, N. C.
Its strong point is its ex
tensive ircula.ion.
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The competent physician
will prescribe a generous
application of advertising
"Lymph" in the columns
of The Democrat. The
Asheville Democrat is
issued weekly in regular
newspaper form, and be
sides giving all the local
news of! interest contains
so much general matter
that it 1 gains a reading
from all the members of
the family.
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"The People's Paper."
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at the coming city election register at
once. !
The enemies of the improvement meas
ure are circulating all kinds of ridiculous
stories about the bill. For shame, gen
tlemen ! ;
Tobacco still comes in in good quan
tity,! and G saes a e several ware
houses are large and prices very satis
factory.
Our countyman John A. Carter, of
Democrat, sent us a beet last week which
weighed 10 pounds. It is a rouser. Our
friend has our thanks.
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Mayor Blanton is still confined JLo his
room and a great sufferer, but his condi
tion' is thought to be much better and
his early recovery assured.
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The Grand Central Hotel is rapidly
growing in popular, favor. Messrs. Baird
are certainly doing a good business, be
cause they please their guests. '
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Ajrrivals at the hotels are increasing
daily, nearly all the hotels and most of
the ! boarding houses being full. The
visitors are enjoying our drives and fine
weather.
Mr. Joseph A. May, of Haywood, is in
the city. He reports wheat as very good
in his section, but farmers have not yet
caught up with their work, the wet win
ter throwing them very much behind.
The shower the other evening did the
country lots of good, and "garden sass"
is just humping itself. The fruit trees
are iin full bloom and the country never
looked prettier than it has the past week.
Messrs. Fitzpatrick Bros, are doing a
very large business in painting, fresco-
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ing, ana papering. . seeping xne oest
grade of goods, and doing only good
work, has given this firm all the best
work to be done in the city.
Mr. Eugene Albea, a very-popular
North Carolina drummer for Keen &
Hagerty, house furnishing dealers of
Baltimore, has been working among his
many mercantile friends in Asheville
the past few days with good success.
;The "Bon Marche" has removed across
the j street to the new Hilliard building,
where the enterprising firm of Lipinsky
& Ellick have more room to display their
rge and elegant stock. "We inyite at
tention to their announcement elsewhere
in this issue.
the First Virginia Regiment will be in
camp. ; j! !
For nearly half a century Ayer's Cher
ry Pectoral has been the most popular
cough remedy in the world. The con
stantly increasing demand for this rem
edy proves it to be the very best specific
for colds, coughs, and all diseases of the
throat and lungs.
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I Track laying has been begun on the
Sunset Park Railroad, and ere loner it
will be "All aboard for Craggy Moun
tain." Fortv-pound T rails are.used. and
the track is being put down in first-class
style. President Gwyn deserves great
credit for his energy and enterprise.
j Mr. Thoma R. Ransom is in the city
with a view of locating permanently, and
practicing his profession, the law. Mr.
Ransom graduated with highest honors
both at the University and the Colum-
The lat
great sho
discovere
must oe amused it is
that too man? overlook.
Phincas T. Barnum, "the only
man on earth," said that he
earlv in life that "mankind
a great truth
A large part
If your pr(cnptiont are prepared at
Grand Pfuirmnry you can jifi"fWy d
ptnd vpon t7ut factt: Firti, tfuit only Vu
pure$t and UA drug and elicmiraU tiH 14
ved; ntcondi Vucy trill be compounded cart
fuliy and accurately by an erptrieuccd Prt-
tcrtptionut, and third, you will not 14
chirged an ezliorbitant prist. Ton ted r
esite the Ut good at a rery TeatorU profit
Don't forget the plietGrarWs P7uirmacjt
21 South Jin ttrect.
Prescription filed at all hour$ nigfd or
Liy, and dditered fret of ehirge toany pari
of the city. TIu night bdl tcill be anvetre4
Promptly. Grand Pharwicy, 21 ScnrtX
Main street.
At Grand Pharmacy you can buy an f
Patent Medicine at tlu lvet price quoted
by any other drug houte in Vie city. TT
are deter rntned to seU a lore a Me lowest
of Afeheville mankind was amused last
Saturday. Some boys got an old pair of Uw iftre hare to lone money by to doing.
pants, stuffed them, made a tery paesa- We vrill teU aU
was not only unknown to science but
evidently a dangerous institution to be
turned loose upon any community. The
characteristic caution of the Doctor im
pelled him to sound the alarm, and put
all good people on guard. With all the
vigilance which could be exercised the
terrible unknown could not be captured
though its terribleness was felt and ac
knowledged by all the public. Dr. Cald.
well induced all of the colored ministers
In his neighborhood to pray, and pray
unceasingly, to be spared, "miserable
.iners." Indeed, he exhibited such
anxiety about the matter as to cause
,V eh alarm among his freuds through
she State.
We wish now to assure our friend his
enemy has been captured. lie was cap
lured in Asheville on Sunday evening.
Mr. E. L. Brown, at Graves' & Thrash's,
and Mr. Eugene Albea, one of Winston's
ble lookin
tachment,
enclosure
Of course
and the iu
figure of it, with old boot
hung it over a barrel in
n rear of the
it was
at-the
old Buck hotel
promptly discovered.
mor soon spread that "a man
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was found dead
hotel." ext to a fire
or the measles
Patent Medicine at first
cct and below thit if nec.Hryt to meet iXt
price of any coinpttitor.
We have the lirgest aMortment of CJjxmMs
Skins in Anhtrille. Over 200 skins, aU
size, at the'lowest price.
We are ogents for Humphrey's Ilomao
pathetic Medicine. A full supply of Ids
such a run or can spread, and "she spread
herself for all she was worth." Hundreds
who had no other more important en- good alvags on hand.
gagements
very many
at that particular hour, and
who had, naturally repaired
Use Buncombe Liver Pill, the Ut in (hi
to that attractive locality to view the Xorldfor liver complaint, indigestion, etc
remains of
some time
maintain t!
bian Law School, and is an accomplished J most popular drummers, were out walk
gentleman in all respects. We welcome ! inS Sunday evening on Beaumont, and
him to Asheville. seeing the strange animal, capturedTiim,
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. Tftrk-lftvintr rm thp strppt Tmlteov v. ' - .
; a., - j Graves & Thrash, on South Main street.
reuluuS,Txatuu.,BuucuuS i A number of people, leading Scientists
wouu sireei auu moniioru avenue 10
itK-lf
method of such
A thoroutfdv reluille remedy for oU
bloot dUcAr i Buncovibe Svriiritl&.
Try a bttlle and,you tciWjaXe no other,
J, S. G 12 A XT, Pti. G., Pharmacist,
24.S. .Vain St, Atheville, K. U,
the "unknown dead." For
hose on guard determined to
c majesty of the law and not
allow a corpus which exhibited
contrary to the usual
procee din irk to be disturbed without the
presence- of the coroner; the visitors
looked, held uo their hearts and head.
in anguish lover such things appearing.
and went their way. Soon it began to X 53333335333333333 0
dawn unod some more curiom than oih- ' ' ' 1 ' ill il iliif
ers that tli4 boots hung very strangely to
be attached
ing pedals,
Richmond Hill will be begun in a few
days. We are informed that contracts
are already made for over $120,000 worth
of buildihgs on the properties sold by
the Asheville Loan and Construction
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Mr. Frank Loughran, of the Hickory
Inn, came up a day or two ago to enjoy
a few days of city life. His country Inn
has won a great popularity, and is re
garded as one of the best country places
to stop at in the State ; but Mr. Lough
ran, having lived in Asheville a number
of years, has to come up occasionally to
enjoy real city life.
The Board of I Aldermen of West Ashe
ville have issued an order for an election
to authorize the: issue of bonds for street i
and other improvements. This attrac-
! tive suburb of Asheville has grown be
yond its' baby clothes and now. comes
out in a full suit of latest style. It is a
progressive community of citizens who
believe in progress and will succeed.
Mr. S. P. Mears, of G. A. Mears, has
gone to New York and other Northern
cities to select ! the second supply of
spring goods! He asks that all his friends
PIANOS
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The public are
our instruments before purchasing,
in stock such mates as
and others, have called to see h)m, and
all pronounce him unpronouncable. He
is blind in day time, and gentle ; but as
soon as the moon rises, or ought to rise,
(our brilliant electric light9 begin to take
the place of the lunar dispensation), he,
she or i. not only sees, but 1 sees enough
to become very vicious.
Judge Aston, who carefully and sci
entifically visited the little stranger, says
he was raised in Tennessee (the
Judge, not the animal) but has
lived in this city something less than
ninety-two years, and never saw any
thing like this before.
The animal is white all over, about
double the size of a squirrel, with albino
eyes, and a body not unlike that of the
ienet. ine only conclusion we can
reach is that it must be Dr. Caldwell's
Santer. Believing so, we can only
assure our friend, the Doctor, that he,
she or it is now safe, and he can discuss
Alliance matters hereafter without the
fear of being misunderstood by his
brother sages and the Mooresville Alliance.
to even dead, much less liv-
and when the truth was dis
covered, and well, a very large reward
can be obtained from a large numberjof
yur citizens for the rascals who perpe
trated this putrage upon an unoffending
community. Every man you meet can
tell you of
but-r .
some other fellow who went,
SALT, SODA,
WAFEKETTES .
Agricultural Goods.
Our farmer friends are always Inter-rr ttwt wtrroo
ested in knowing where'they can Vet the jltAiiA1 w AJ? iKb,
best implements, seeds, fertilizers, etc.,
etc. It is the mission of Tfie Democrat
to help the farmer all it can. In Asheville
everything neeaea on a iarm can be had
The very freshest of seeds, and latest im
provementij in implements most useful TAFFY WAFERS,
to the farmer can be had at the lowest
pricesr An effort is attempted to .be
made to induce our people to send their
money off to a party at another place to
buy goods jfrora parties "he has made
special arrangements with," but yet the MILK CRACKERS,
"cash" must go with the order. Give
OAT MEAL WAFERS,
VANILLA WAFERS,
CAFE WAFERS,
GINGER SNAPS,
After suffering horribly for years from
scrofula in its worst form, a young son
of Mr. R. L. King, 706 Franklin street,
Richmond, Va., was recently cured by
the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. No other
Q Q jJ" medicine can approach this preparation
as a cleanser ot the diooq.
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nvitedto call' and examine -n Ayrnpthv. President of Ruther-
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ford College, publishes a partial list of
the i subscribers to' the fund for rebuild
ing! that college, among whom we find
FISCHER, ESTEY Messrs. Natt Atkinson, C. E. Graham,
K.'Jr. waiKer,. oi asucyuic, i.w catu,
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ESTEY and other popular Hon. Z. B. V ance, ot .tsuncomDe, $iw.
Attention is called to the advertise-
meht of Thad. w. ;inrasn ec o. in
another column. Mr. Thrash has a mag
nificent stock of crockery, glassware,
tinware, and in fact everything in the
hotise furnishing linewhich he sells at
Tftmarkablv low rices. Give him a call.
A Dastardly Deed.
That was a piece of malicious villainy
wait until his new selections in dress . Oliver Summers was guilty of Saturday
goods, millinery, etc., arrives. As the evening. He was drunk, and while
taste generally ! shown by this firm is ; some gentlemen were returning from a
proverbial, Mr. Mears will
show something: very good to
tomers. j
Lemon crackers,
soda crackers,
the cash to your home merchant, wfro
lives on and has to ouy what -you have
to sell, andsyouwill not only get j'our
c:ood3 on asl eool terms from vour home
merchants, but you will help sustain the moCasses cookies.
men who sustain you. We say this to
the farmer (readers and friends of The
Democrat.)
In; Excellent Hands.
The Southern Immigration Bureau
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Organs, Lowest! prices possible, consistent
with first-class goods. Dont fail to give us a
call before buying an Instrument, at No. 37
Tatton avenue.
GayM.WiUiams&Co.
certainly ride and were near the old depot, Sum-1 RaleiSh ba.ve appointed Col. John p.
hiscus-jmers deliberately fired upon them, in-J Cameron. thi city, Editor-in-Chief of
flictinz a sliirht flesh wound in the W tbe literary department ot that institu-
Gov. Holt has appointed the following ! of Mr. Codman, of New York, and in jtf'Si Tlf M
legates to attend the eighteenth annual each of three horses. While, fortunately, and entered upon his duties. This i the jk,t
GERMAN LEBKUCAEN,
ICED HONEY CAKES,
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GERMAN HONEY NUTS.
conference of Charities and Corrections, j n0 serious hurt was inflicted, the outrage
to be held in Indianapolis May 13th to j was such as to cal1 for the severest pun
20th: Dr. E Burke Haywood, L. J.jishment. Summers was arrested, and
Haughton,. Dr. Chas. DufSe, Jr., Dr. J. j Monday, when before acting 3Iayor Mil
ler, plead drunkeness.
T. Reid, J. H. Mills, Rev. E. A. Osborne,
Rev. J. Bumple, Rev. Dr. B. F. Dixon,
Dr. J. F. Miller, Dr. W. R. Wood, Dr.
P. L. Murnhy, Rev. W. C. Wilson, Thos.
Wi Patton and J. P. Sawyer."
. Getting Well.
We are greatly pleased to learn from
the Raleigh correspondence of the Wil
mington Messenger, that Mr. E. A. Po
sey, of Hendersonville, who was one of
the cierks of the last Senate, and who
was for weeks at the point of death,
is nearly well and will be taken home In
a few days. i
wing to the absence of Mr. Codman !
Summers was ordered back to jail, but
while the attention of officers was fixed
on other matters he walked out and off,
and is still walking for all the authori
ties know. Being thus allowed to es
cape is a piece of carelessness which
cannot be excused. A man with such
malicious tendencies and habits should
not be allowed to go at large until be
learns to control his evil passions. We
trust he wi'l be caught and punished as
he deserves. A reward of $100 is offered
for his capture.
very best selection that could have been
maue, ana ine uureau ana me gre ;-
tercsts to be served are to be congralu
lated upon securing such services.
Hon. John H. Williamson,
One of the ablest colored men in Norj
Carolina, will address the colored people
of this city this (Thursday) evening, in
the interest of the great Southern Expo
sition to be held in Raleizh next falL
We hope alt the colored people will hear
him, for he jcomes In behalf of a cause
our. colored citizens should take much
interest in.
Ex-Senator Ingallj Is planting pota
toes with a Ipoonful of politics In each
hill out on the windy plains of Kansas.
ALWAYS FRESH.
All Fine Goods Received by Eipresx,
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