North Carolina Newspapers

r VOLUME IV. ASHEVILLE, N. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1889. NUMBER 296. BAIL I IJii . V o NEWS AND COMMENT. The Weather. Indication fur Nortli Caroline. Fair; litelitly wiirnier; wmila becoming easterly. James Russell Lowell will sail for Eur ope on April 27. Hon. John Bright is worse and his death is hourly expected. The President hus appointed Stephen A. Phillcy postmaster at Troy, Ala. General Schuficld will be marshal of all parading troop in New York on April 30. , The Senate adjourned "yesterday- at 1 o'clock out of respect to the memory of justice Matthews. " " Tranquility, is the name of a town in New Jersey. We will waijfr our office cat against its mayor's hat that it hasn't a negro banjo band. Fin and Pet Barett, two noted desjier ndoes, were handed at Minneapolis, ,, Minn., yesterday at 11.53, for the mur f ' - ler of car driver Tallami on the night of July 20, 1887. Fourteen of the largest paper makers in England have formed a syndicate for . the purpose of raising the price of paper. The capital of the syndicate is 2,000,000 pounds. ' The Fall River strikers are still out and as determined as ever. The Durfee and Paeassett mill reiort a larger number of looms running than al any time since the strike. The combtiun of the other , mills remains the same. Robert Sigel, son of General Frana Si pel, of New York, was yesterday sen tenced, by judge Benedict, to six years imprisonment at hard labor in the Erie county penitentiary. " His crime was . forging pension checks. Whole provinces in the interior of Rus sia have had four continuous venrs of bad crops, and the result is that the in habitants of entire districts are actually 4 dying of starvation, many of them, it is '"V iaid, ha ving to be content with a pieceof dry bread in two days. To be or not to !e a candidate for "mayor-Ms the question that some fifty or more of our dtte'us arc wrestling with just at j)resent. Don't be afraid gentle men, but walk up and drop your name in the slot and when the fickle wheel of fortune goes round it may stoponyour neigliljor's number. A disastrous fire brokeo.it yesterday at 2.30 o'clock In the city hall building at Dover, New Hampshire. The building contained the various city and county court offices and an opera house. It was totally destroyed, entailing a loss of $71,000; insurance $25,000. Several adjacent buildings were damaged and many firemen injured. At St. Louis yesterday afternoon a nrge bagging factory caught fire and was soon completely enveloped in flames. Some two hundred girls exployed therein created a panic in their efforts to escape from the burning building. By the aid of the few men in the builing they were all finally rescued but one, Ada Lam brecht who was found horribly burned One man was fatally injured by jumping from a window. In the House of Commons yesterday, before the Pnrncll Commission, Sir Win. Vernon Harcourt made an onslaught up on attorney general Webster. He said that his identification with the Commis sion had destroyed the impression that the government would be impartial and had added weight to the charges of the Times. He condemned hi apology of Pigott's forgeries as mean, contemptable and disgraceful. Attorney general Web ster replied to Sir Hareourt's charges, ' but in a tame manner. The Treasury Surplus). By Telegraph to the CltUen. Washington, March 22. The treasury surplus has lieen steadily increasing for " seyeral duys. It now amounts to $50,- 200,000 or $5,000,000 more than it was V ten davs ago. This increase is due to the great excess of receipts which to date ag gregate $23,300,000, while the expendi tures during the same period amount to ' a little over $1 2,000,000 paid out on ac count of the pensions until the recent re ceipts and expenditures have been pretty well balanced by the purchase of bonds, but this method of applying the surplus hat been considerably hampered of late by the light offerings, Purchases have . been confined to 4Vj per cent, bonds, but this is partly due to the high price asked for 4 per cents. Secretary Windom has ..,.,., announced his purpose of continuing, (or the present at least, a system of purchas es adopted by his predecessor, and that lie would willinglyincrcasithepurchasei, if offers permitted it. He has been urged " to resume the purchase of 4 per cents as a more profitable use bl the surplus than the purchase of 4'4 per cents. He de clines, however, to make knownhis views on this subject beyond a statement that bit policy at to 4.05 must be determined by bit treatment of the offers, fore Nomination to Come. Bv Telerrh to the Cittern. ; Washinotox, March 22. When the (Vnate meets to-nvrrw a large batch of nomination will probably be received from the President The announcement of the death of justice Matthewt brought about an adjournment of the Senate, to day, while ex-secretary Pruden was tand. na at the door waiting to I recognized He had with him an envelope, the bulk of whicl. indicated a large number of nomi nations. 'Among them, according to the general report, was that of Corporal T inner, ot Urouklyai to Us cvovnifmmcy uYfaMlnSns PI HK DEMOCRACY. As Met Forth In an Interview With senator Z. B. Vance An Intereatlna; Talk I'pon home of the Important Queatlona of the Day. A representative oWhe Citizen waited tixn senator nnce shortly alter his arrival in Ashevillc, but found him too fatigued with his journey to do more than give his customary warm and cordial greeting. His promise at a later hour to uive our readers hit views on the topics f tlie day wat fulfilled on yesterday, when we were glad to see the Senator much refreshed by even to short a rest and reinvigorated by his native mount aitiair. It is needless to commend the pinions of senator Vance to a caretul perusal of our patrons. This will be ac- irded without solicitation on our part. The first subject under discussion was THE TABIFF. "As to the tariff fight in the Senate," lid senator Vance, "1 know no more than yn do. The debate in both bouses was exhaustive and in matters of detail per- nps more important than any that has ever taken place in this government. We consider that the fight which the Demo crats made wa a triumphant one in this i'siiect, that while, a number of Demo- rats in the House refused to vote for the Mills bill, tlie Democratic vote in the Sen ate against the Seuate substitute and in favor of tlie Mills bill was solid, and this, too, in the face of all the demoralization which follows a defeat in a Presidential lection. It indicates that tariff reform, as advocated by the Democratic party, ill triumph at a very early day, so urely as there is any justice among men and force in human logic. It is very probable that all parties in the next Congress will make a beginning by re pealing the tobacco tax, and when it is seen that the present tariff continues to accumulate a surplus in the treasury not withstanding the abolition of the tobacco tax, the necessities of the situation will force a reduction of the tariff duties. "Plain business men will not be satis fied with the attempt to keep down the urptus, by anticipating the payment of the public debt at the rate of $130 for $100J So . tariff J.rRlnr)ll..i-.ubliged - to come, and it is only necessary, that Dem ocrats should maintain their integrity, and stand square up to their principles, nd not attempt to straddle, qualify, or evade, CAl'SES OF TUB DBFEAT OF MR. CLEVE LAND. "The defeat of Mr. Cleveland, I con sider attributable to many causes; his ad vanced position on the tariff was one, but by no means the chief one. This is shown by the fact that in nearly all the chief manufacturing centres the Demo cratic vote was largelv increased. Think ing that our danger was at these points. we concentrated all our efforts upon them, and neglected the agricultural dis tricts. This attack upon the tariff sys tem naturally alarmed the monopolists, and they put more money into the cam paign than was ever known before. " Another ca use was the President'! civil service policy, which mode lukewarm a vast number of ardent , working party men, in every section of the country. "Another cause was thereto of pension bills by the President, by means of which they very unfairly niffl unjustly put him in an attitude of hostility to the Union soldiers of the country. "But the principal cause, in my opin ion, of Mr. Cleveland's defeat, was the sectional feeling which was appealed to by the Republicans. It unfortunately hap- lens that the bulk of the Democratic party in Congress is composed of South ern men, and 4he greater part of these were Confederate Soldiers. The movement for tariff reform was nowhere fought on its merits, by the Re publicans, but was abused on account of its leaders and advocates. Republican orators would not answer the question Is it right to tax a poor man's blanket 85 per cent ?' hut would ask their hear ers, "are you willing to follow the lead of men, who a few years ago were trying to destroy the Union?' 'If the Sotrth. is solid for these tariff reforms, ought not the North to be solid against them ?' &c, ifce. In this way they managed to evade the real issues of the campaign, and de- ided it, as they so often havedone, upon the prejudices of war and sectional issues, "Mr. Cleveland gave us an honest, lean and business-like administration which will grow in the estimation of the public the farther away we get from the bitterness of that campaign.!' "Senator," we asked, "many persons are inquiring anxiously what will be the effect on the South of the late election, and of Mr. Harrison's administration. "in my opinion," replied senator Vance, our friends are needlessly alarmed about the effect of Mr. Harrison 't administra tion nn the South. . He cannot, if he were to disposed, do us any material injury. He can worry us, u ne unouiu see Drooer. bv the appointment of disrepu table and obnoxious men, but he could do nothing more without the consent of Congress, and the Republican majority it so small in "the two Houses that they cannot possibly past any law which it seriously objected to by the Democrats "Furthermore, I do not believe that the President is disposed to do ut any harm On the contrary, I believe he would glad ly strengthen hit party in the South, If he could do to by fair and liberal treatment, Hit general policy it one that Democrats, of course, differ from at widely as day from night, but personally, during my six year of service in the Senate with hiin, I observed nothing that would in duce me to believe that he has any mnlig ntn tetiitjt tuwWrU.u ft .AV iV sonal relations of life, he is a kindly and reputable gentleman. THE cabinet. "I am personally acquainted with only two members of Mr. Harrison's cabinet, to wit: Messrs. Blaine and Windom. Mr. Blaine's reputation is, of course, well known. Mr. Windom it a man of very fair ability and character. The other members- of tlie cabi net I only know as you do, by gener al reputation. I should say that it was a very fair average cabinet, ith only one Southern man in it. It will therefore, necessarily be sectional. The greatest fear that our people need to have of this administration, it to be fonnd in the fact, tbut its full strength and Influence will be exerted to overturn the Democratic State governments, and place us again in the bands of local Rad- al rule. To this point all good Demo crats ought to be wide-awake. Experi ence teaches as that there is no greater calamity which could ix-fall ns in North Carolina, than to be once more ibjected to that infernal conglomeration.,' ignor ance and corruption, which we once ex perienced under Republican rule. It it impossible to overestimate the impor tance of this, and no good Democrat, or good man, will permit himself to be led astray by minor local issues, which hove so often sapped our strength, and under mined our party organization." Senator Vance hat returned home for the purpose of superintending in person, the planting of corn, potatoes, etc., on his beautiful and picturesque mountain farm "Gombroon." He it a great be liever in, and advocator of, the simple de lights of an agricultural life, and we de voutly hope that his health may toon be entirely restored. His empty socket istemixrarily filled with a glass orb, which seems smaller than the.nntural one. When the healing is penect, it will be replaced by a larger one. He goes to- ay to Black Mountain, whither he nes soon to bring' Mrs, Vance. We wish them both a long and happy life. WASHINGTON DOIKKiS. Secretary Traay laanes HIh Edict Action of the Senate on tin; Death of Juatlce natthewt, By Telegraph to the Cittern. " Washington, -. March 21. Secretary Tracy has defined his intentions in the matter of retaining or reinstating in the. navy yard the employes in the following letter to an employe' in the bureau of yards and docks at the Washington Navy Yard: "1 have your letter of the 19th Inst., concerning your discharge from the posi tion of clerk in the bureau of yards and docks in the Washington navy yard, in which yon show your record at a koldier and also that this record was the sole cause of your appointment. In reply, and to correct all erroneous impressions concerning the same, I have to state that you were discharged upon recommenda tion of the Chief of Bureau of yards and docks for inefficiency in the per formance of your duties. At the time of my approval of the recom mendation for your dismissal I was not aware of your military record and it is a cause of deep regret that such result should happen to a soldier but neverthe less it is necessary to the proper transac tion of the bureau of the navy yard that persons holding position there under shall be able to discharge their duties in a satisfactory manner to their superior officers. While the fact of a person hav ing a good record at a soldier will be considered among the best of recom mendations for retention or appointment to any position under the navy depart ment, ability to , perform satisfactorily the duties of the position which he holds or to which he aspires, must be a con dition precedent to the favoruble con dition of an application for retention or appointment. SENATE, The chaplain in his opening prayer made a feeling reference to the death of justice Matthews. The Vice-President laid be fore the Senate the following note from the chief justice of the supreme court of theUnited States: To the Senate: It becomes my melan choly duty to inform the Senate of the death of Justice Matthews in this city at lu o clock this morning, it isexpected that the luneral will take place Mondav ,25th inst. at one o'clock p. m., but further no tice ot time and place win tie given. M. W. ruLLER, March 22. Chief Justice Mr. Hoar I move that out of respect to the memory of the eminent magistrate who after a judicial service so faithful and to famous, has gone to hit rest, the Senate do now adjourn. , The motion wat agreed to and the Senate at five minutes past one adjourned till to-morrow, Cotton Recelpta Since Sept. i By Telenrsph to the Cittern. Nbw Yobk, March 22. The following are the total net receiptt of cotton at all ports since September 1, 1888: Galveston.,. 033,843 New Orlcant 1,590,4(59 Mobile.... 216,684 Savannah 786,980 Charleston... f. 392,561 Wilmington 152,511 Norfolk 465,444 Baltimore , 83,835 New York, 1,543,070 Boston 77,017 Newport Newt 99,972 Philadelphia 43,518 West Point, Va 381.782 Bruniwk'ki (tttistiiltMHtt4iil 87,816 Total 6161M18 Bond Offering;. By Teleirraph to the Cltlica. Washington, March 22. Bo id offer ings to-day aggregated 107400 four and Vutft an UAi, all aWVpttd. JVSTICS MATTHEW DEAD. H Paaaeo Quietly Away Sar ronnded by Hla Family Particular, Etc Bt Telegraph to the Cittern. Washington, D. C, March 22 Asso ciate justice Stanley Matthewt died at 10:05 thit morning. The last change in the condition of justice Matthewt oc curred yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. In the morning he hod been feeling quite comfortable and cheerful. At that hour, however, intense pain which marked a period of decline occurred and never left him until death brought relief. Dr. W. M.Johnston was summoned, and finding his patient suffering so intensely admin istered opiates, which, toward morning induced a state of semi-consciousness, in which be remained until the end. Occa sionally he would partially revive, and recognized the loved ones near him by a glance or pressure of the hand,' but a re lapse soon followed. For a number of hours previous to hit death, he was prac tically unconscious In hit last hours, the dying Justice wat surrounded by the members of hit fanyily, who have been with him throughout his illness. Mrs. Matthewt, hit daughter, Miss Matthewt and Miss Eva Matthews and hit ton Paul Matthews and Mr. C. B. Matthewt, bis brother, of Cincinnati, who came to Washington a week or ten days ago. Dr. Johnston and the faithful colored servant who only a few days ago announced to callers wich great satisfaction that "Jus tice Matthewt is ever to much better" were also present. The chamber in which Justice Mat thews breathed hit last and which hat been hit world since last September, it one side of the second story of the elegant mansion occupied by him for several yeart on the comer of Connecticut ave enue and N street. Lightly drawn blinds along the whole avenue front this morn ing, afforded the first indications to the neighbors and. passers by that all was not as usual within. The reports of Jus tice Matthewt' condition during the past week had been of such a cheering nature that apprehension was in great meas ure tubdued and the newt of hit death came with a shock, even to many who had been prepared ftff the announcement at any time during the winter. i ne immediate cause ot his death was exhaustion of the heart and congestion of the kidneys. The Justice was ever a cheerful and hopeful patient, and natu rally the members of his family endeav ored to be as cheerful and hopeful at he, and it wat owing to hit own belief that the favorable report! of the past week were given to those who inquired after his health. Only yesterday morning Justice Mat thewt wat discussing with his family va rious plant for the future, whenhethould be able as in the past to take part in their execution. "But at no time since his re turn to Washington" said oneof thefam- ily this morning "have we really felt that there was hope of his recovery." i ne arrangements tor tue tunerai are yet, of course, inchoate. The remains will be interred in the family lot at Spring Grove cemetery, Cincinnati, but the de tails will not be perfected until the ar rival of the dead jurist's oldest son, Mr. Mortimer Matthewt, a lawyer of Cincin nati, and hit youngest daughter, Grace wife of Horace Cleveland, assistant Uni ted States District attorney, at Cincin- nati, and nephew of Justice Harron. The engagement of Miss Matthewt and Mr, Justice Gray wat announced this week and the marriage wat expected to take place shortly. The probable effect of the death of Jus tice Matthews on the length of the so cial session of the Senate wat discussed at the capitol to-day. Senator Sher man's announcement yesterday that the President would be able to let the Sena- atorsgo home next week was received with great satisfaction by those senators (large majority) who are desirous ofleav ing Washington, and it teemed that the final adjournment could be had next Thursday or Friday, but the sad event of to-day may cause a postponement. Said one Senator to-day : "I do not sec now how we can get away next week the filling of this vacancy onthe supreme bench Is an important mntter and the President will want time to carefully consider the matter, "Can it go over till fall ?" was asked. "The court hat been without the pres ence of Justice Matthewt for almott a year and it will thortly adjourn." "They adjourned," . responded the Senator, "to go on their circuits, ana it is there that the services of the associate justices are in demand for the expedition of business." ine succession to the vacancy it already discussed, there being two pro grams laid down by those who talk about , it. One. if, that fudge Gresham, now Judge of the circuit, com prising the States' of Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa, will be nominated for As sociate Justice, lie would, in turn, be succeeded by Judge V A. Woodt, leav ing a vacancy to be filled in the district of Indiana. The other programe includes the transfer of attorney general Miller to the supreme bench, and of secretary Noble to the head of the department of justice, and of assistant postmaster general Clurkson to the interior depart ment. Dwelling Hons Bamed. From i correspondent we learn that th' house of Absolom Metcalf, in Madi son county, was destroyed by fire a few day ago. It wa a new house and the carpenter were still engaged in the work of finisbkig tilt ntxsiur. The hl hi aUoVt rJ.wtl. K. O. DI N tit CO.'S REPORT. A Review of Rnalnesa During the Paat Week. By Telegraph to the Citlien. New York, March 22. R. G. Dun & Co.'t weekly review of trade in the specu lative departments says: Indications are generally gloomy, bjit reports from the interior show that in the distribution of things there is a substantial improve ment. Heavy failures and losses at Paris, with the fear that the worst effects are not yet realized, telling of. securities on foreign account and a consequent depres sion in the stock market, though followed by some recovery, continued the fall in wheat and corn, and the weakness in cot ton and coffee have mude the week a tire some one for many speculators, but the signs of recovery in legitimate trade in crease and though in important branches the season has been exceptionally unfa vorable there is less dullness or depression than under the circumstances might have been expected. Prices settle downward steadily, the decline for the week in the average for all commodities having been about three-quarterss of one per cent., and for the month thus far about V1, per cent., a change which tries speculative holders, but facilitates distribution from three-quarters of the interior cities. Signs of some improvement in trade arc now here, but moderate and gradual. The outlook it generally thought favor able, and at New Orleans it is reported that planting is wilder good headway, while in Dakota and Minnesota prepara tions for seeding it fully a mouth ahead of last year. At Cleveland and some Other points business is considered better than last year's but there is a marked reaction at Pittsburg from the favorable tone of the past few weeks. Iron is lower, coke in less demand and complaints of delay of the spring trade wasgenernl. At Philadelphia some improvement is seen in the boot, shoe and wool trades, but dry goods are in an ordinary condition and collections are slow, as also at Mil waukee. Interior money markets are all comparatively easy and well supplied but in most instances it is added that the de mand is light or but moderate, The yearly comparisons of bank earnings or railroad tonnage returns or earnings are just now valueless on account of excep tional interruption by storms last year, but these indications lead to the belief that the volume of trade has been increas ing moderately during the past few weeks Cotton receipts and exports both con tinue much beyond last year's and the price of raw cotton has yielded one-eighth while the strike at the Fall River mills and the failure of the exports to reach a settlement have as yet no effect on the price of print cloths. The light demund for coffee and the be lief of buyers that the present prices are unwarranted cause a decline of only a quarter for the week, while raw sugar is strong and has advanced to 5.31 cents on considerable purchase by the refineries. Leather is still weak, the production ex ceeding demand for consumption, and it it not noted that of leather and boots shoes the demand is best for the poorer and cheaper qualities. The disclosure of an increase in tlie weekly output of pig iron causes a weakness and some con cerns are considering the expediency of closing. With production nt a rate ex ceeding by half a million tons a year, the consumption in the latter half of 1887, and with the dullest possible market for bear iron, and nails greatly depressed and some mills stopping and but a mod erate demand for structural or plate iron it is believed that stocks oi unsold pig must be accumulating. Small sales of steel rails are rejiorted for $27 at the mill, The impression that the crash in copper must occasion more disturbance than has yet apiien red is onlv increased by the tone adoptod by the French Min istry and by the mining companies at Boston, but sales at improved prices at London have for twoduysljeen reported In dry goods businecs n steady but not very large trade is in progress notwith standing the depressing influence of the past unfavorable season. An auction sale of ginghams at prices which resulted in a loss to the manufacturers was con sidered fairly satisfactory and somewhat more attention is noted in prints while woolens are tteadv with fair deliveries, but only moderate transitions. Business failures occurring throughout the country during the last week numtier for United States 220, Canada 29, total 249, against 261 last week. Our New Poatmawler. Since the election of Mr. Harrison much interest hus been manifested here, in person likely to tie appointed to tuke chnrge of the postofficc. Many appli cants speedily appeared upon the arena all of course of the correct political strip. -The battlr waxed warm and fierce, very much to the enjoyment of the Democratic lookers on. At last the fun is over, the battle won, and victory is blazoned on the standard of Mr. Geo. W Cannon. By a private despatch from Hon. H. G. Ewart, we learn that Mr Cannon received the appointment on yesterday. So let us all make friends and help him to make a good postmaster, which we know be wishes and intends to be. Hotel Arrivals Last Evening. Swannanoa W. T. McLaughlin, New rk; Rev. and Mr. C. K. McHorg, Cobprrstown, N. Y. Mist Helen Beach, New York; Mis. Edith Larmbard, Bos ton. Battery Park Harvey S. Iienison, C S. Mitchell and wife, Mr. and Mrs, Hut I ace Dublee, uam! Mr. aud MimFml GruO, IKrw YJfV STATE NEWS. The editors of the State have under ad visement, a plan to visit Avova at the celebration next month. Governor Fowle has appointed Need- ham B. Broughton, of Raleigh, a trustee of the State Agricultural and Mechanical College. Quarters for Governor Fowle and hit staff have been secured at the Metropoli tan Hotel, New York, during the inaugu ration centennial. The Edgecombe Guard, of Turboro, have decided to join the Governors tiunrd and accomuaur . the Governor there as an escort. The Chamber of Commerce of Charlotte offers the Richmond & Danville railroad company 50 acres of land as a tite, and $20,000 to move their shops tothatcity. On Wednesday, a man named Sum mers, who lived about 10 miles from Statesville, died from the effects of a pis- toishothred by amannamed Brotherton on last Sunday. Brotherton is in the Statesville jail. The State Convention of the Young Men's Christian Association is in session in the First Baptist church nt Wilming ton, W . G. Burkhead, of Raleigh, presid. ing as president of the association in the State. General John A. Young, postmaster at Charlotte who ha. been in very bad health for several months, wa.yesterday afternoon stricken w.th , un affection very simi ar to apoplexy. His physician re- gards his condition a. very critical. The people of Fayetteville are making preparations for a celebration of the centennial of the adoption by this State of the Federul Constitution. At a State conventien held November 21, 1789, at I Fayetteville, which was the capital, wuen me lonsuiution was ratihed. On Wednesday night, the house of John Newell, who live, at Newell'. Sta- tion, about eight mile, from Charlotte, was entered by burglars. A. the family was away the thieves made a clean sweep carfy ihg off several hundred, dollars worth of clothing, table ware etc., be- sides about $50,00 in cash. The officert think they have a clue of the burglars, Mr. C B. Lewis, "M Quad" of the De- init p. iw. .i... ing and writing up the principal towns of North Carolina spoke as follows, liefore the Charlotte Chamber of Com- merce on Thursday evening, according to the Chronicle, Mr. Lewis .poke en thusiastically of the public spirit and en terprise he found in all the North Caro- ina towns, and predicted brilliant futures for them. He was enthusiastic over the advantages of North Carolina over the extreme West and Northwest He said the bottom was out of the Cali fornia boom; and that every farm in Dukota ran be had at just one half what was paid for the land, the improvements thrown in. Every year enquiries come to the Free Pres. about State, in the South. Generally, most of these enquiries are about one particular State, Latt veur they were about Alabama. This year the fever is for North Carolina. The climate here is very attractive to i wo pie from the land of the blizzard. Farmers can live here for much lest than in Dakota, and can raise two crops a year to one in the Northwest. . J A BIO FIRE AT DOVER. riie city Hall and Opera Hoase Burned Several Peraonw Bad ly Inlured. Br TeleKraph to the Citlien. Dover, N, H., March 22. At 2.30 this morning fire was discovered near the fu'- nace under tlie court room in the city hall building. The flames quickly envel- oped the entire uuiluing in winch were the police station, all the city and county offices, police court room, aldermanic ind council chambers, high schools, ca - dets armory, and the city .. opera house, the last with a seating capacity of 1,000. fhe fire department responded promptly, but the fire in the city ball was beyond control, and spread through the whole building by the ventilator, toon render- na ih u'ltole ntriii-tnre fl mass of smolc- . ... ... ini? ruins, the walls lie nat and the building is totally destroyed. The Belk- nan church, close by, had the roofburned offnnd the steeple destroyed, with con- siderable other damage to the interior bv water. St. Thomas' Episcopal church caught fire several times, but was saved wun smaii uamugc lucuiiuucm uim wa badly damaged by water, a were also the stores of J. R. Higgint and John Griffin. The city hull wat built in 1867, and with improvement! cost $71,000. Insurance $25,000. There were a num- Itf rf niAimlties to the firemen. Hmrh u i, .v,. i....i,.. brick, hi. cheek bone wa. broken, and he wa. otherwise bruised. J as. Var ney was badly burned by a piece of blaz ing timber striking him on the neck and pinning him to the ground. David Ham mond, of the hook and ladder truck, bad a foot crushed, and Samuel Abbott will probably lose an eye, having been atruck in the eye by a powerful trraui ot water. The damage to city and county records stored in the vault beneath the building cannot be learned, Election of officer. The animal election of officer of the Aabcville Light Infantry took place hurt evening. Quite a lively time wa bod, which resulted in the following officers being chosen : Captain, J. II. Barnard 1st lieutenant, Duff Merrick ; 2d lieuten- ant,J.liCwanjwrclttr,J. 1a Wag- int. V. M. C. A, Meeting; of the state Convention. Special Correspondence to the CttiM. wiLHWGTOii, N. C, March 20. '89. Delegate! are beginning to arrive, and 178 m expected to be present at the organization of the convention on the 21st. The convention will assemble that evening, at 8 o'clock, atthe First Baptist church. We reached here this afternoon at six, and were temporarily entertained at The Orton House which it hard to beat at any place, Asheville not excepted. The Y. M. C. A. of Wilmington, is very flourishins indeed, and we lonir far the day, when AsheviUe will be able to hold her own in thit respect. Surely, no bet- ter material can anywhere be found than we have. - We were glad to attend their businesa meeting this afternoon, in their rooms over the Bank of New Hanover. AO is nicely arranged, with reading room. game room, office and music room. Their present numbers are: 190 active. 42 associate. 92 tustaininir. 18 active sustaining; a total of 342, which they hope to increase to 500 in a short time. The Association have arranged to give their guests an excursion to Hammocks, on the Beach near Wrightsville, on Mon- dtty. 'here we will all gather of the - beauties of the vasty deep, to show our mountain friends on our return. Yours . xhe CmzKK t plfMUre m publil)hi thi8 ,etter of onr TOungfriendi and congratulate him on bnor bear. a. a delegate to the Y. M. C. A. State Convention. We .incerely hope the effort to establish a branch of this excellent institution in onr city, wilt not be allowed to languish and promise to do all we can to make it a tuccess. FINE SPECIMENS OP ART. . Beautiful Photographs, The Citizen invites examination of some lovely mountain view., which have been added to the highly aesthetic adorn- ments of our office, by Mr. Lindsey, the Photographer of South Main street, We do not remember to have teen such fuithful description in photographer'. art, of the cloud effectt, that we have so often rapturously enjoyed from the rtf1' Head and Mount Mitchel; while the outline view of the former gives a satisfactory explanation of the origin of its name. Some of our reader, may remember Ur,'Ut"e fw wk W' rw .w. V1IV givl III) VI fcUC UatUltU UClll Ul rhododendron on our mountain tops. One of these photographs will prove a faithful helper to poordescriptive powers ; albeit, it cannot convey a tense of the wealth of coloring which delights the eye. To fully realize thit, our readers must await the building of our railway to Craggy, which we hope will toon be commenced and rapidly completed. Treasurer craven an Embessler. By Telegraph to the CltUen. Philadelphia, March 22. The short age in the account, of Robert Craven, ecrctarT am treasurer of the Philadel phia, Wellington at Baltimore Railroad Co., will amount to $6,500. On Tues day an examination of the annual ac counts of the P. W. & B. wat made ac- c,?rdin 4 the cugtomi; nd the a udito " lr wtomsnmem, Craven wm abort. Thematterwat l!.l L .. a tr iuiu ueiore mc proper omccrs, ana an in vestigation made. It wa. discovered that the discrepancy amounted to $6,500. The accounts of the P. W. & B. showed only a small shortage, but the accounts of the branch roads, particularly . the Junction Railroad, showed that the sec- retary and treasurer had been- using the fundi for some time. The American Trust Co., gave security for the defaulter, and will make good to the company it. loss I tnrougn ms emDezziement. Whether or not he will be prosecuted, depends upon that company. It was said to-day that 1 Craven would make an effort to raise $6,500 to make good the loss to the se- curity company, and that if he could sue 1 ceed, he would escape prosecution. Cra- ven has been removed from the office which he has held eighteen or twenty yeart, Sabbath Services. first rresDytenancnurcn.-uivine wor shiP H m- the tertnon by the pa- tor, Rev. W. S. P, Bryan. Sabbath cn01 ervice at 4.30 p. m., with an ad- drw y Kev. Dr. Bradlord, of Mont- cla,r J p,ew ijfiean t'icayune: Let the re- formers tackle first the most formidable ad deep-seated evil and purge them ont with an unsparing hand. A temporizing ftd time-serving course will make the spasm of virtue all the more ridiculous. I evident that the Providence Jufnal t0 ke rt Ir Mf' Blaine. Richmond Dispatch. There i. nothing in Providence likely to surprise or disturb Mr. Blaine. Things have been lively for him for many year.. Baltimore American: Already the de mand for a change in the color of the I akkly green two-cent stamp has begun, I It is a movement that ought to enlist the I tympathy of every artUtictoul, Jndlcious Advertising. CREATES man a new buslacu; itXIsAlCUbS many a Old butlatfs; -JWVIVES maty dull biiaima; MkiCUliS auto btoimm; . . SAVim manr a (oiling Ouunes; tkESBK VliS manjm lurg bwlne'm) ' SECURES iiicceM in an business, ' To advertise judiciously, use the coi umns of" The Cituen." Everybody result . it; and in propoitiott to the return it yield tdrei tisert, it rate art tie eltcjp. titl4tUiC0UBttr,