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ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26. 1891.
NO. 8.
LOCAL DOTS.
New Goods, New Prices!
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
s of News Concerning Asheville
c.
knd Vicinity Placed in Conven
Th. Doings of AiatTilU&a and
itoro to Our City.
ient Form for Busy Readers.
is said that Ex-Lieut. Gov. Stedman
purchased 1,400 acres of swamp land
Cclumbus county, at 50 cents per
e.
;ir3. Jackson Welch, of Swain county,
the mother of 22 children, and is yet
prihtly as a girl. Her husband is
te feeble.
ocial circles will be very lively this
ter. There are nine marriages in
ht, with a great many others suffering
erious attack.
Col. A. B. Andrews, of the R. & D. rail
Id company, will come to Asheville
k few day? to arrange an excursion
e to Asheville from all points.
While other cities are having their
" Tolcome Weeks," in Asheville it is a
- dcome week all the year round. Vis
i )Vs are coming in rapidly now.
Tlie question of separate coaches on
; 'Jways in South Carolina for the races
again being agitated in that State, land
: i pro3pecis are that system will be
Dp ted. !
The Asheville Gun Cubjopened the
i Son at its grounds on Wednesday, and
G -ie excellent shots w'ere; made, as fol
lows : A. H. Baird, 90 ; J. !F. Graves, 87;
S. W. Battle, 83; J. M. McCanless, 81.
Dr. Browning, of the Kenilworth Innf
Fays he is finding difficulty in placing tht
bridle conples who want to spend their
honeymoon with him, on account of the
other applications for accommodations
daring the winter.
ZIt. and Mrs. T. P. Hamilton gave a
regressive whist ptrty to a few of their
; nds on Thursday evening, at the res-
" ice of Mrs. Bouie, on F int street.
: 3 Anna Gojwan won thef first prize,
1 1 Dr. Straw carried off the booby
3.
' idgments aggregating $40,000, so a
atch states, have been filed in Spring
Ohio, against capitalists running
jxtensive lumber and furniture bus
3 in Ncr:h Carolina. This must be
Asheville Furniture and Lumber
apany.
That is the matter with our gas
kB? The quality of gas now served
is worse than nothing for illumina-
; purposes. It takes a two hundred
lie power electric light to find a gas
t. You will have to make better
, gentlemen, or you will have oppo
n. e have often heard of young men
ig so bow-legged that they would
8 to put a plank across their laps to
rent their best girl from falling
1 r ough, but we were not aware until a
f : nights ago that Asheville could
1 3t of three young men who could not
i v a stop a cow in the street.
Ueesrs. Gib. Merrimon, Cam. Waddell,
Jr., Wright Stedman, Mayor Blanton
r id Bey Jones, leading lights among our
: ciety young men, deny the soft im
l achment that they rare to be married
iring the next thirty days. The Dem-
ventures to suggest that each is
trying his best to "get there."
The Asheville Cigar Company have
rlaced in Ravsor & Smith's window a
; Onstrous candle, which will burn the
1 year out and the new year in. Pres
ts will be given to those guessing near
the length of time the candle will
. .;rn, To secure a guess it is necessary
t purchase 25 cents' worth of the com
1 Jijj's cigars, which are for sale at all
f 'gar dealers in the city.
The Democrat objects to the trifling
,1th many of its friends. The rumor
that Mr. McKissick, the popular young
: ssistant manager of the Battery Park,
ii contemplating matrimony has cast a
loom over our friend's life, made not
nly him miserable, but has given several
young ladies an opportunity to guy the
3oung man most unmercifully. Please
let up on him. He does not yet con
template matrimony, because, , be
cause, , well, a large number o
young ladies will have to answer for
this "because," .
The uniforms of the Bingham schoo
boys are conspicuous on our streets after
sthool hours and on Saturdays. Their
Chief delight seems to be in ogling the
young ladies of the Female College, who
cast shy but admiring glances at the
young men in ' uniform, which sends a
thrill of ecstacy through the latter. By
the way, did any one ever see a more un
becoming uniform on a young lady than
that worn by the students of the Female
College. A stranger must imagine
when he sees tl era out for exercise, that
ue nas sirucic a'tuneral procession. Can
not a prettier costume be devised for the
young lassies? The Democrat thinks
t 'ould beat the present one itself.
A 11 r i
ji our menas are invited to come and see
goods ; and we can always offer some special
Tea Sets, 56 Pieces, $3.85. Dinner Sets, 100 Pieces, $9.90 and $12.50.
You can leave out any piece of a set you do not want and reduce the price.
BOWLS AND PITCHERS 75c, $1.00 & $L25. FINE GOODS.
We offerrfuring the dull month of July the bigest bargain yet. Tripple plate Silver Table Knives only $1.50 for six. Good
Plate SUver Table Knives only 95c. for six. Teaspoons, Tablespoons and Forks in every grade away under regular price Wo are
known as headquarters for Glassware and House-furnishing Goods.
OHJTU MII STREET,
'Possum suppers are now in order.
Game of all kinds is plentiful this
year.
Business was crenerallv suspended in
Asheville Thanksgiving day.
"Weather signs are now displayed at
Grant's pharmacy, on South Main street-
The Asheville Lodge of the Ancient
Order of Mistriarchs is nourishing. O.
M. A.
The new Babtist cathedral will be a
most imposing edifice, tt will be one of
the handsomest church buildings in the
state.
The National Republican Convention
will meet in Minneapolis on the 7th
June next.
Mr. C. E. Graham has removed his
family to Mr. W. A. Winbura's house on
Prospect avenu.
The Citizen made a mistake it is not
"Colonel" Gotleft Martin,, but Colonel
Gotttiere" Martin.
Polk county court has been engaged
all the week on a capital case, one burg
lary, and several assaults.
C. -W. Gooklake has resigned from the
Asnevllle police force, ana will engage
in business in Chattanooga.
Mr. A. M. Colvin, aged 62 years, died
at the - home of his son near Bingham
School, on Monday, of pneumonia.
Frank O'Donnell returned to Ashe
ville on Saturday, having been on a visit
to thd Emerald Isle since July last. I
Mr. Reuben Rawls is having erected
on College street a building to be U3eq
by a Philadelphia firm as a first-class
bakery.
The many friends of Capt. O. W.
Budd and wife are pleased to see them
back in Asheville, they having been
abroad.
Our merchants say that business is im
proving now rapidly, ana tney antici
pate a large winter's trade. Everything
points to rapidly improving times.
A terrific and damaging gale passed
over Kaieign, wasnmgton city ana
other eastern points on Monday, doing
more or less damage to life and property
Several of our coun-.ry friends inform
us that the county convict force is doing
some excellent work on the road leading
to Leicester. Let the gool work be
pushed. ,
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Murray have re
turned from the Augusta Exposition.
They are greatly pleased with all they
saw, though Mr. Murray said it was very
cold while he was there.
About twenty members of Cyrene
Commandery went to Knoxville Tuesday
in acceptance of an invitation from the
Masons of that city. That they had a
good time goes without saying. They
carried their "goat" with them. 1
Some smart rascal has been "selling"
the Raleigh people cigars made of cab
bage leaves for fine Havanas. They
ought to send up here and get their
cigars from the Asheville Cigar Co. and
they will always get straight goods.
Our friend Maj. N. B. Westall brought
us some excellent specimens of .very su
perior winter apples from his farm on
Beaverdam; one the "Westall Seedling,"
the other the " Westall Excelsior." Maj.
W. has been veiy successful with his
fruit this season.
The case against the Asheville Milling
Co. and the Hazel Green Milling Co
charging them with selling short weight,
was tried before Justice Malone on
Tuesday. The defendants were dis
, charged on the ground that the charges
against them were not sustained.
Messrs. Jenks and Jenks inform us
they have gotten out about one hundred
tons of elegant corundum at their mines
at Hogback, Jackson county. This
promises to develop into one of the 1 est
mines in the country. They hope to be
shipping very soon, as they have orders
for a very large quantity.
The Boston Home Journal, the lead
ing society paper of the "Hub, after
copying what Col. Alex. McClure said
about the superior grandeur - of the
mountain scenery around Asheville,
adds: "The Battery Park Hotel, under
the management of Messrs. Steele and
McKissick, is one of the best houses in
the South."
Mr. L. B. Edwards, of Durham, has
been secured to take the position of
principal of the Orange street school,
Mr. Mangum having resigned. Mr. Ed
wards has been a successful teacher in
the Winston and Durham graded schools,
and is highly recommended as an edu
cator. He will beein his work on the
7th of January.
Drs. McGilvra and Straw successfully
removed, en Sunday last, the left eye of
Mrs. Thomas Davidson, f of Coopers
About three weeks ago, while leading a
horse, the animal stepped on a piece of
woed, which flew up and struck Mrs
Davidson in the eye. She has suffered
intenselv evr since, and it was decided
best to remove the eye.
The North Carolina Industrial Journal,
published at Winston, N. C, by Messrs.
Hart & Spencer, is a very excellent
publication, devoted to the industrial
resources and enterprises of our State.
The enterprising publishers contemplate
soon getting out an Asheville edition,
with a good write-up of our enterprises,
etc. We hope they will meet with every
encouragement from our people.
Havana Tobacco Culture in Western
Carolina.
We were informed a few days ago by
Capt. W. B. Ferguson, of Waynesville,
that two of Haywood's intelligent farm
ers, Messrs. Jones and nowell, have ex
perimented the past year with Havana
tobacco seeds, with most gratifying re
sults, and they and others will go into
the cultivation of that clasc of tobacco
very extensively another year. For that
produced the past season Mr. Jones re
ceived $1.30 per pound, and experts who
examined it in Raleigh, and cigars made
from it, pronounce it equal to the best
Cuban leaf. In view of this success
tteps are being taken in Waynesville to
establish at that place a large cigar fac
tory for the manufacture of this crop.
If our, friends can succeed in the produc
tion of this Cuban leaf it will prove one
of the most important ventures yet en
tered upon in our section. We certainly
wish them all success.
A Noted Character Gone.
William J. Florence, the noted actor,
died in Philadelphia, of pneumonia, on
Thursday.
Both Saint and Sinner.
It troubles the sinner and it troubles the s-it.
It's a troublesome, trying ana nasty complaint
Dont think it incurable; I tell you it ain't.
Excuse the grammar; It's the truth I'm
after, whether gramatically or ungram
atically told. The truth is, that catarrh
can be cured. The proprietors of Dr.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy offer $500 to an
incurable case of catarrh in the head.
The Symptoms of Catarrh. Head
ache, obstruction of nose, discharges
falling into the throat, sometimes pro
fuse, watery and acrid, at others, thick,
tenacious, mucous, purulent, bloody,
putrid and offensive; eyes weak, ringing
in the ears, deainess; onensive urcaiu,
smell and taste impaired, and general de
hilitv. Onlv a few of these symptoms
likplv to be nresent at once. Dr. Sage's
Remedv cures the worst cases. Only 50
cents. Sold by druggists everywhere.
us now and find out how low we are selling
bargain such as the following now on sale:
. LAW
- - ASHETILLE, IS". O.
CUPID'S WORK.
THE LITTLE FELLOW PLAYS
HAVOC HEREABOUTS.
An Epidemic of Marriages and More
To Follow.
CraioBuroin.
On Wednesday the 19th inst.,at the resi
dence of the bride's father, J. B. Burgin,
Esq., in McDowell county, Rev. Mr.
Monroe officiating, Mr. Locke Craig of
Asheville and Miss Annie Burgin. No
cards.
We sincerely congratulate both parties
to this happy affair. Mr. Craig is not
only a prominent attorney of this city,
tut a most popular member of societv.
while his young bride is of McDowell's
most accomplished daughters. May
they live long and prosper.
Mr. and Mrs. Craig returned to Ashe
ville on Thursday morning and have
gone to housekeeping in Mr. Craig's new
house on Montford Avenue.
- Blood-Brown.
The palatial residence of Mr. and Mrs.
J. Evans Brown, "Zelandia," on the
ridge east of town, was the scene of a
pretty but quiet wedding on Wednesday
afternoon; Miss Katie, daughter of the
above, and Mr. Samuel M. Blood, being
the contracting parties. Rev. McNeely
Dubose, rector of Trinity church, tied
the knot in the large drawing room.
The handsomely furnished rooms were
further beautified by stately palms,
graceful ferns and lovely white carna
tions. '
The bride entered the room escorted
by her father, while the strains of Men
delssohn's wedding march pealed forth.
She appeared bewitchingly beautiful in
an elegant white silk dress, trimmed
with handsome maltese lace and pearls.
A handsome diamond pendant, a present
from the croom, secured the veil. M?ss
Maria T. Brown and Mr. W. Vance
Brown were the attendants.
After congratulations by relatives and
friends everybody repaired to the dining
room, where a sumptous collaton was
served.
Among the guests present were Mr.
and Mrs. Blood, parents of the groom,
Miss Blood, Mr. and Mrs. Greene, Brook
lyn; Mr. Maddux, Judge and Mrs. Chas.
A. Moore, l.'rs. Thayer and Miss Thayer,
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Lyman, Dr. and Mrs.
John Hey Williams, Miss Williams, Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence F. McLoud, Mr. and
Mrs. F. Rogers Grant, Mrs. W. D. Mil
liard, Mrs. J. M. Campbell, Mrs. Bur-
gwyn Maitland and the Misses Maitland,
Mr. and Mrs. John Child, Miss Stedman
and Mr. Wright Stedman, Mr. Herbert
Child, Mr. N. S. Rogers, Mr. Duff Mer
rick, Mr. Cushing, Dr. Chas. Jordan, and
many others.
The present were numerous and hand
some. The happy couple will make Brooklyn
their future home.
The Democrat adds its congratula
tions and best wishes to the many already
received.
Wallace-Strauss.
On last Sabbath the engagement of Mr.
Julius Wallace, a prominent merchant
of Asheville, and Miss Hannah, the beau
tiful daughter of our townsman, Mr. E.
Strauss, of the European notel, was an
nounced. The day for the marriage has
not yet been fixed upon, but will be duly
announced in the Democrat. Both
parties to this happy affair are to be con
gratulated, and the wishes of very many
friends go with them for a long life of
happiness.
Walker-Jacksox.
Invitation? have been received by a
number of Asheville people to the wed
ding of Miss Nellie Jackson and Mr.
Alten M. Walker, to take place in the
Cumberland Presbyterian church, Louis
iana, Mo., on Thankfgiring eve, Nov.
25th. Miss Jackson spent the past sum
mer in Asheville at the Van Gilder
house, and was quite a favorite. The
Democrat, with her many friends here,
wihh her a pleasant journey on the sea
of matrimony.
Coxk-Vasce.
Cards are out announcing the marriage
at Hotel Alexander at 3 p. m.t Thurs
day, Dec-3, of Miss Mary Laura, the ac
complished daughter of Hon. Robert B.
Vance and Mr. John J. Coxe.
Elsewhere.
Miss Lizzie Hobgood, daughter of
Prof. P. P. Hobgood, of Oxford, and Mr.
P. W. Hancock, of Newbern, were mar
ried on the 17th.
Married, at Tarboro, Miss Alice Wil
liams to Mr. W. Dorsey Pender, of Nor
folk, Va.
Mr, Howard M. Rose was married to
Miss Esther V. Wry at Central M. E.
church, Concord.
The Tale of a Cotton Tail.
One of our sporting men captured a
rabbit alive the other day, and taking it
home placed it in the bedroom of a young
man who was boarding with him, saying
nothing to the latter about it. The young
man retired without noticing Jhe rabbit,
but was awakened during the night by a
peculiar noise near the window, which
he supposed was caused by some one at
tempting to break in. He was nearly
scared out of his wits, however, when
the rabbit jumped up on the bed, and he
supposed his time had come, sure. He
heroically made a grab for the object,
and was much relieved to find it was only
a rabbit. Poor bunnie was cast out of
the window, and gladly made for the
woods. !
Struck Down in the Street.
Mrs. B. J. Alexander, while passing In
front of A. D. Cooper's grocery on Court
Square Tuesday morning, was struck on
the head by a piece of iron which blew
off the roof, knocking her down and in
flicting a severe scalp wound. She was
carried into the store and Dr. Williams
called in, who stitched up the wound
Afterwards she was taken to hsr home
on Bailey street, where she died about
8:30 p. m.
A new tin roof is being put on the
building occupied by Mr. Cooper, and
the workmen had placed two iron rods
on some tin to hold it down, but the
high wind lifted the tin, throwing the
irons into, the street, one af which struck
Mrs. Alexander.
Tobacco Sales.
i
The sales are .increasing heavily at all
the warehouses,' but consists entirely of
common goods, no brights or belter
goods being offered.
Prices ranged from 5 to 30, the averages
being about 12 cents. These are extra
ordinary prices, but our warehousemen
think that breaks and prices will con
tinue to go up.
When in the dark on thy of t hand I huoir.
And heard the tempting syren of thy toorue
What name4 what ulaxta what anguiaa
endured, )
But when the candle tntered I was cured.
Such complexions as so many of our
younir. ladies possess dull, pimply, and
covered with. sores and blackheads, is
enough to cool the Wrdor of the warmest
lover. To such young ladies we would
say, that you can never nave a sou, lair
smooth, attractive kisable complexion
unless your blood is healthy and pure
for the condition of the blood decides
the complexion. Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery will purify your blood
tone up your system, and drive away
those distres5inir headaches and back
ache, from which you suffer peri odically
and give you a complexion a lily or rose
leaf might envy.
Mr. and Mr. A. G. Glover haTe
on a visit to Boiton.
gon
Mr. J. Y. Jordan has been oa i tut!
ness trip to Raleigh this week.
It Is rumored that Mr. Otli Coxe baa
finally made np hit mind to get married.
Mr. and Mr. R. R. Porter gave a bird
supper to a few of their friends on Moa;
day evening.
Mrs. S. R. Kepler, who has been mak
ing an extended visit in Virginia, hat
returned home.
Mr. J. Y. Jordan returned on Thurs
day from a busiae trip in the central
part of the State.
Mr. Weldon Villiamson, a brother of
V B. Williamson. U expected home ia
a few days from Central America.
II. G. Treevant hat gone to Savannah,
Sa., where be U wcured a position un
der CapL McBcc, of the Georgia Central.
Governor and Mr. Stedman and MIm
Stedman have returned from a Iit to
their many friends at their uld botnc In
Wilmington.
Senator Vance Is en route home, and
expects to reach Washington next week.
He and Mrs. Vance are enjoying excel
lent health.
Mr. and Mr. Burke, of Washington
I). C, are spending their honeymoon la
hcville. TLcytc atoppiog at R. It.
Porter', oa Flint it reel.
Dr. McGilvra haa moved bit family from
Richmond to Atbeville. They are occu
pying the new house on the corner of
Chestnut and Charlotte streets.
UMr. Chas. N. Vance was In the city oa
Tuesday. He baa been spending torn
time with Mrs. Vance, at Blackburn.
Both return to Washington next week. -
The Democrat appears with a sew
heading this week, which we consider
neater looking than the old one. Other
Improvements will be made from lime to
time, and we hope to greatly improve
with age.
Mr. Weston R. Gales, the brilliant ton
of our old friend, the late Seaton Galea,
of Raleigh, has been in the city the paat
week conducting a aeries of meetings la
the interest of the Y. M. C. A. at lb
Association rooms. He it assistant sec
retary of the State Association.
Mr. J. W. S. Williams, son of'our old
friend Jesse Williams, of Fair? lew town
ship, who left Buncombe about sixteen
years ago, and located in Indiana,
reached home last week on his first visit
to his people since lea?ing. He haa
prospered in his new home, which wo
are glad to note.
Jackson County.
We had the pleasure of a call Tuesday
from Mr. Thos. Harries, manager of the
Dillsboro Clay Works. He informed us
that the freshet a few days ago in the
Tuckasegce river carried down to the
mills of Messrs. Cummings and Buff barn.
at that place, nearly or quite 10,000 logs,
and these energetic gentlemen are cor
respondingly delighted. They are push
ing their lumber business for all It It
worth now. Mr. Hairiss also said that
his own (kaolin) business was better
last month than ever before, with an
outlook for continual increase during the
winter and spring. Other enterprises
In that locality are also going forward
rapidly and successfully. Now if the
W. N. C. authorities will change their
line so as to run from Sylva via Webster
to Dillsboro it would be a rreat thing
for that county and its magnificent re
sources. Grading hat been completed by
Maj. Ramseur between SyUa and Web
tter, and only light wok remains to be
done from Webster down the rlrer to
Dillsboro. We ask CoL Bridges' atten
tion to this.
A 8rious Loss.
Dr. II. C. Jonet, a prominent cillxen of
Henderson county, residing on 31 ills
River, had the misfortune to have his
fine residence totally destroyed by fire
on Friday the Clh Inst. The bnildioc
cost about $3,500; no Insurance. It is a
serious lota, and the Doctor may be as
sured of the sympathy of his many
friends.
Woman's Suffer-agV
was what a witty woman called that
period of life which all middle-aged pass
through, and during which so many
seem to think they must suffer that
Nature intended it so. Tie tame lady
added: "If you don't belleTe in woman s
sefler-age,' there is one ballot which will
effectuallv defeat It Dr. ri e s ravor
ite Prescription." This is I L not onl
at the period of middle liA but at
all
ages when women suffer Lorn uterine
diseases, painful irregularities, inflamma
tion, ulceration or piolapsut.the "Favor
ite Prescription" so strengthen! tie
weak or diseased organt and enriches tha
blood, that years of health and enjoy
ment are added to life.