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CITIZEK VOLUME V. ASHEVILLEN. C, SUNDAY, MAY 26, 1889. NUMBER 38. l1 THE MYSTERY GROWS. STARTLING DKVF.I.UPMF.NTH IN THE (RONIM CASK. A Detective Arrested who Grown Nervous I'ndcr I'.xamlnalloa A Milkman who Witnessed u Suspicious Scene. Chicago. M;iv 25. William Nfertesa. milkman i wlm lives in the ntighliorhood The Gorernorl Return Judge Unfit its Funeral The Dur ham Track War. Raleigh, N. C, May 25. Special. Gov. Fowtc has returned from his visit to the musical festival nt Petersburg, Va. and is greatly gratified at the cordiality shown hirriT of the Carlson cottage, in which it is siqi posed that Dr. Cronin was murdered, tells a story which ud;ls to the evidence leading to that conclusion. On the night of the murder between H.KOnml 9o "clock, about the hour at which it is supposed that Dr. Cronin arrived there in n buggy with the man who came for him, Merles left his house to visit a grocery at the corner of Ashland avenue and Otto street, which is only a short block south of the Carlson cottage. He walked east on Addison avenue to Ashland and then turned south on East Side walk. As he neared the Carlson cottage a buggy con taining two men rolled up to the edge ol the ditch. One of the men, whom Mertes described as a tall and apparently ath letic man, sprang from the buggy and ran up the front stairs of the cottage, the door of which was thrown open before he ever knocked for admission. Scarcely had the door closed again when the sound of loud and angry voices within therottasre startled the milkman. Hi looked searchingly at the man in the hmnrv. but the stranger's face was shrouded bv the brim of a soft felt hat and Mertes was unable to tell whether he was stout or slender, fairor dark. 1 hi fellow whipiied his horse into a gallop, drove to Addison avenue and then turned in the direction of the hike. Mertes says there was a dim light in the front room and that the man who went upthesteps. presumably Dr. Cronin, wore a ling brown overcoat. Mrs. Conklin, the wo man at whose house Dr. Cronin lived, g.ivs that the Doctor wore a long brown overcoat on the night ot the murder. A Police Officer Implicated. Chicago, May 25. A morning paper publishes a story which implicates a number of the Chicago police in the t.ikiiur off of Dr. Cronin. The officer in rmestimi is detective Daniel Caughlin The story published is to the effect that on the morning ot the day on which Dr. Cronin ilisapiieared, Caughlin engaged at a liverv stable not tar troin where lr Cronin lived, a horse and buggy which he snid a friend of his would call for that evening: that a man called and was iriven n white horse similar to the one attached to the buggy in w hich Cronin was decoved awav: that the tunc ol miiiiir anil the deseritstion of the man cor responded minutely, both with the time w nen tne man came ior ir. v.iuum, with the .iiincniance of the man himself that Cnuirhlinsuhseuucntly cautioned the livery stable keeper to say nothing nltmit lh. matter. Force is added to these revelations from the fact that CaUL'hlin was a mem ler of one or more societies of which Cronin was amcinlier, and that they were enemies. The matter was finally lirouglit to the attention of the duct ot police Hubbard, who seems inclined to take a serious view of the matter and promises to probe it to the bottom. Detective Caughlin was brought down to the SuiKTiutemleiit s olhee at ! m mnvnr Creiricr lieillir present. The conference lasted over two hours Cnuirhlin was allowed to tell his story and then he was taken in hand by the tnavnr. attorney Hvnes and the corpo ration council. He stood their fire questions tor a while with a fair degree of self possension. Then it is reported he became flurried and nervous but sail nothing that could be used against him. He was locked un. His reMrtcd that C. T. Long, who sent the dispatches from Teronto to several Chicago papers to the effect that he had seen anil eonverseii wun ur Cronin in that city several days after h was murdered here, has been seen ii rhicmro within the oast week. Tin rumor cannot now lie verified. THE ASSEMBLY A11JOI RNS. RAI F.IUH NKW1 COUNT HERBERT IS KIM) and sajioak affairs ark all. hthau;htkm:ii ovt. It is learned that the frost of day before esterday has done some damage to cotton. This grows rather discouraging in connection with the damage by hail and the poor stand of cotton. Work began this morning on the grad ing of the Wilmington, Onslow & East Carolina railway. It is an 'important ine and will lie finished through without delay. The funeral services o( Hon. Thomas Kuffin.ex-Justice of the Supreme Court were held here at Hillsboro at 7 o'clock this evening. The attendance was re markably large. The Supreme Court was represented by Chief Justice Smith and clerk Kcenan. Many prominent lawyers were present. The convention of the Protestant Fpis- cowl diocese of eastern Carolina., has adjourned after approving alterations in the book of Common l'raver. N. B. Broughton left here this morning for Chicago, to represent the Grand Lodge of Good Templars of North Caro lina at the session of the international Grand Lodge of that order. Judge Bynum has dissolved the injunc tion against the Durham & Northern Railway and directs that road to build its track through the town of Durham dong side of the Richmond & Danville ailway. This apparently ends one ot the most interesting railway conflicts which has occured in years. The Durham & Northern road built its track in one night on a street iiJlurham along side the track of its rival corporation the Richmond & Danville road. After the njuntion had been applied for a bitter contest which assumed all sorts of phases was waged by the Richmond & Danville md the Seaboard, system. .. Work will Ik resumed Monday on the Durham & Northern track:""''"' """ A Child Killed. Kai.kh-.ii, N. C, May 25 Yesterday. William Jackson, of Sampson went to the town "of Dunn, taking his little girl. As thev were returning home, (ackson walking and the little girl driving, the horse became frightened, ran away and inmediatcly killed the girl. MI ST SHOW CAl'SF.. Judge Houd's SnTaudainus iHHiied ' lor the Kulhert'ord ONicials. Judge Hugh L. Bond, of the United Slates Circuit Court for the Western district of North Carolina has issued mandamus ordering the commissioners and treasurer of the county of Ruther ford, this State, to show cause on the 1 7th day of June next, why they should not lie jailed for contempt of his court in refusing to turn over to the officials of the Three C's railroad the balance of the interest due on the bonds of Rutherford county, issued to assist in the building of said road. The Conference will Clowe l a Few- Days-The Proponed Re view at Htrasbunr Fxcltea France and In Ulveu 1 p. Bj- KIJkJM ay25. Sir Ed ward M alct Mr. Kass7n "uii JTTer'r'TraTsTcrn, as "Hie committee of revision, completed to-day a draft of the protocol concerning Su ntuiin iiiiestions. It Contains clauses re lating to the municipal government of Auia, the coaling port held by the pow ers, the land commission and autonomy of the Samonu government, the text of which hus already been cabled to Wash ington and approved by Blaine. The re maining clauses defining the tariff of Sa moa, the constitution of the native gov ernment and the limitation of the Ger man claims for indemnity from natives have liecn framed in consonance with in structions from Blaine who is in daily ca ble contact with the commission. Nothing therefore ou-jht. in theopinion of the delegates, to prevent the winding up of the conference on Tuesdav, when business is expected to lie limited to the exchange of signatures to the agreement. The success of the commission and the rapidity with which business, was got through with was partly ilue to the con ciliatory attitude of Count Herliert Bis marck and the impartial policy displayed by Sir Edward Malet and largely to the American commissioners having definite instructions covering every H)iiit. The constant hard work of the sulxominit tecs mnrvelously expedited matters,, plenary sittings of the conference having little to do further than to hear reports. Throughout no embarrassing develop ments have retarded the progress of de liberations. When the conference began it was announced that the foreign office was confident that the sessions would terminate in the first week in June. Discussion has taken course and issue according to the forecast. The German official world, following the example of its chiefs, treats the Ameri can commissioners with high favor. If they responded to all their, hard est "work would lie in re- reation. Count Herliert gave coti- liciious emphasis to his friendly feeling ith each of the commissioners bv his greeting at the Tempelholcr parade when he left the parade to converse with each immissioiicrs, ruling lietween the car ages ol Kasson and Bates and l'hclps mil exchanging cordial words with them. King Ilumliert s protected visited to Strasshurg was eoiiiitcriuanucd alter l lie Italian embassy received a telegram Innii Paris reporting a disturbance in the pub lic mind. Arrangements at Mrassliurg ncludcd a review ot the garrison and ight attack on thecitadcl. AttcrSignor Lrisni had relerred the matter to t'niice llismar k, iL was announced that King lunilicrt would not visit Strassliurg.but would keep on the Baden side of the Rhine on his homeward journey. Neither Signor Crispi n r I'fince Bismarck care t the present juncture to over-excite the reach. The New HrltiHh Yacht. Gkavksknii, May 23. The Valkyrie ad a fair show to-day find came out of t splendidly. The cutter proved herself o be the fastest sixty-ton cutter ever built here by a long way. In as fair a lay's sailing as the Thames affords she eat the Yara.ua by twenty-tour minutes md the Irex (not timed) by at least fortv-tour over a tlurty-six-mile course. The Irex was under reduced canvas, but this does not account for the difference. RIOTOVS MINERS. The Cane lietween Mecklenhurn presbytery and the Synod SahOath Observance, Klc. I'hattanoooa. Tenn., May 25. Tin Knnihern Dreshvterian Assembly opened at 9 i 'clock this morning. Reports of the standing committee on education and systematic beneficence fixed the col lection days of the ensuing year as fol lows: January and' August, collections tor sustentation iund ; February, for church erection ; March, for publication; April, for foreign missions; June and September for evangelistic funds; July for invalid funds; Decemlier for colored evangelistic fund and Tuscaloosa institute. The assembly ngreed to advise the peo ple to sign the'petition to Congress to adopt a law against Sunday work except works of necessity and mercy so far as the jurisdiction ol the general government extends, with the usual exceptions in favor of those who observe another day of the week as the Sabbath. The petition urging ministers and memtiers to refrain from traveling on Sunday except in eases of necessity and mercy was carried. The retiort of the commission on compl.iiut of Mecklenburg presbytery against the svnod of North Carolina was broiii'ht mi fordiscussion. This is n very complicated case which has been about three times before me general uMsrmuiy, svnod of North Carolina and Mecklcn hiirir nreshvterY rcsiicetively. Rev. D. ' H, Robinson was convicted in a court ol Mecklenburg county of disserting his wife, who was irranted a divorce and alimonv which was never paid. The I'rcsl'.vterv susnended Robinson from communion and ministry. The synod partly reversed this derision. The pres bytery appealed and t lie case was sent un to the General Assembly at St. Louis which sustained the presbytery. It was remanded and again sent to the general assembly. The reixirt of the commission sustnini'nir for most part the presbytery was adopted to-day. Written protests were filed. Minor matters weie attended to. The next annunl session is to be held at Asheville, N. C, . .. Carneide'M Reduction. " I'imsiii RO, Pa.. May 25. Indications are that there will lie no strike nt tne Hunmcitd steel-uhuit of Carnegie & Co over the new scale proposed by the firm A workman stated to-day that upwards of 1,00(1 ol the workmen nao uccr men It. and that it was probable that nil others would sign the scale lielorejt went into effect. Tlie scale reduces wages nliout 20 per cent, and threats ol rcnrrnl strike were mnde when the not.ee " . . . it -ii WdS pomcu a n nut bv "... .- ... n force three years. ; Consul Joseph lloff telegraphs from Vera Cm that there is no yellow fever there, They Threaten to Clone Mltic-H by Force Two Dynamite IlombH. Joi.ikt. 111., May 25. The exacted trouble at Itraulwood mines yesterday did not occur as none of the men at tempted to go t work. Some strikers threw a couple of dynamite bombs upon the property of the Wilmington Coal As- sacintion which exploded with .n loud noise and which startled the Braidwood iieople considerably. It is thought that no attempt will be made to resume work in the mines lictore Monday. Princeton, Ills., May 25. Sheriff Hen- lerson who has been on guard the last wo weeks nt Statonvillc.a mining town near here, yesterday telegraphed for rc- nforeements. 1 he city marshal has left with a posse. A riot is anticipated as the striking miners of Spring Valley, La salle and Strentor have threatened t( ,ose the mines by force. Coal mines at Statonville ure the only ones in oera' Hon in the northern part ot the State. Another Train Robbery. St. Louis, May 25. A Post dispatch has a telegram from Dallas, Texas, which avs: As the eastliound passenger train on the lexas and Pacific railroad reached the outskirts of the city nt ,1.30 last night, two masked men with Irawn revolvers entered the express car, beat the messenger, named Wruv, till h was insensible, took his kevs and rohlied the safe of $1,500, pulled the lictl cord md when the train slowed up, jumped off and eseuied, DeHtitutlon Among Miners, Chicago, May 25. A dispatch from Indiananolis, lnd. savs: lwo miners who compose the committee from the Clay county miners, are here soliciting aid. Thev state that the miners are su fering foam want and that the- destitu tion in many families is terrible. Ut lo 000 miners who unit work rather than to submit to 15 cents reduction, hardly one in 50 has any means to live upon, Manv of the miners are leaving the coun. try, but those havinj; families are power less to get away. REV. W. S. P. BRI AN Much Improved In Healtn-HIa Return lo Anhevllle Friday. The many friends of Rev. W. S. ,P. Bryan, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of this city, will be pleased to learn of the improvement in that gentle man's health, and also to know that he will return to Asheville on Frhlnynext. Ti Bryan, amimpanieJ hy his wife, has been visiting relatives and friends in the North for the past four weeks, and the congregation worshiping at the rirst Presbyterian will esierially extend a cor dial reception to their popular pastor upon his return. Mr. Bryan in a letter to Tmk Citizen says : "TiTi-svii.l.K, Pa, May 2:i. 18.N9. "I expect to reach Asheville on Friday, May 31, and will occupy my pulpit on Sah'lmth, June 2. It has been a pleasure to have the daily news from Asheville brought so promptly through your columns wherever I have lieen. 1 have compared vour telegraphic service with that of other pnjiers along the line of my travel and am gratified by the com parison. For fullness and comprehen siveness you equal the newspapers of cit ies twice the size of Asheville. "My trip has luen very liencficinl to me in many resjiects. My health is lietler and I have had entire rest from the labors which devolve uiion me in Asheville. 1 hoie to return next week ready to begin again inv ministerial duties. "We will make n brief stop in Louis ville, Ky., and reach Asheville on tin noon train. Yours very truly, "W.S. P. Bkyan." HlHtorlc and Literary ICntertalu uent. The rare treat in store for such of our citizens as may be privileged to hear Prof. Tripp, may lie gathered from the following from the Princeton (N. J.) Press, Ilec. 15, 1H88. A eourse of three evenings was given there: "They have lieen instructive and have commanded undivided attention, al though each lecture -was fully an hour in length. The subjects have been such as arc calculated to interest allclassesjnod ern, of our own times, and as near world wide in their reach as could well be Loius NaiKileon, the Eastern Otiestion and Maximilian and Carlotta in Europe and Mexico. The professor has a singu larly teiieitious style, hard v surnussed. musical, every word admirably fitted, -wniert win reinam an alildlmr Souvenir with all who heard, who know anything oi me oea lines oi style. Prof. ,Tnpp made a lecture tour in North Carolina in 1870, hut did not visit Asheville. He is arranging for n course of two evenings here to conic oil the latter part of the present week, to U given to siibscrilicrs and their friends His productions are emphatically in. dorscd and commended by eminent au thorities in Europe and America, includ ing our own State Chief Justice Smith and Dr. Grissom, of Raleigh, and the late Rev, Dr. Charles Phillips, of Chiiprlllill ci-!hiii:hi.an i;ap's King Humbert In liermany. Bkklin, May 25. King Humbert and limpcror William will go to Strasburg to'inorfow. ' 1 heir Majesties, will review ihe entire garrison on the esplanade nt the depot. King Humliert will not re- urn to Berlin, but will proceed on Ins homeward iournev from Strasburg. Lincoln PreHenled to the Queen. Lonihin, May 25. Mr. Robt. T. Lin- oln, American Minister, proceeded from London to Windsor this afternoon and presented his credentials to the (Jueen. Dynamite In Portuical. LisiioN, May 25. A dynamite bomb was exploded at the dour ut the Civil Governor's house at Oporto to-day, smashing the windows of the building. NATIONAL TOPICS. mslll HSIMi OFFICI'R FOR ASHF.YII.I.F.'S III II.ltINt;. lioulamclHtM Active. London, Mnv 25. At a meeting of General Boulangcr's supporters held at is residence in this city, it was decided to contest all elections in France. Wonderful tirowlh and Recent In- duMtrlal Development. From Mr. J. M.Campliell who returned from Cumlierland Gap, Tenn., yesterday Tin; Citizhn learns of the wonderful pro gress now ln-ing made iutliedevelopinent ..i i I.... . i t . . . , oi mm. piace. contracts tor tnc erection ot nine iron furnaces have been let; four hundred coke ovens luive lieen built ; a big hotel is doing a large business, and three others arc to be erected at once. All vacant lots in and surroundiuL' the wn have lieen- bought, the purchasers icing coniielled under contract to erect a muse costing not less than $,1000 on ach lot purchased ; the tunnel through Cumlierlaud Gap mountain extends vvclve hundred feet with nine hundred feet more to finish; the railroad nearly completed, and more to be built; numer als saw-mills and enterprises in ojiern- tion and projected, and the investment of large amounts of capital in iron and oal development, makes Mr. Campbell think that Cumberland1 Gap is the most wonderfully progressive town in the South. ProponalH for Three New Crul. er-No More tiecrecy lu lh Civil Hervlce I'.llulble I.IhI Another Sunday Jaunt. Washington, D. C. May 25 Bond nnttTrrriS-TO;rtny'ag giteiT 'Jlii'.N.'.ii," all four and halls at 1 OS and all accepted. Advertisements lor proiosals for the construction ot three cruisers for the Navy were to-day issued from the Navy Department, under authority of act ot Congress of September 1st, 18SS. The bids will be 0iened August 1st, 188'J. These vessels are to be ot 12,000 tons displacement and arc to exhibit a maxi mum speed ot at least 18 knots an ho'ir for four consecutive hours. They are to be finished within two years from date of the contract and payments will be made in twenty eciial iiistallmentsas the work progresses. The cost of the vessels exceeding any premium that mny lie paid torincrensedsiieeitaiid cost ol armament, but including equipment, is limited to an amount not exceeding $750,000. Each of the proiosals is divided into four classes, first lieing for the vessel in accordance with the plausot the Secretary otitic n vv. second for plans of the contractor, third being lor the Secretary s hull and the contractor's machinery, and fourth for the contractors hull and the Secretary's machinery. This last class is an innova tion in naval advertisements. Thecivil service commission haschanifcd its rule by providing, that hereafier, the list of eligibles to appointment in t: e 'overnmcnt service and their standing shall lie made public. The President to Inv ppproved the change. Commis sioner Roosevelt in an interview to-day. explained that the change was iiarlly the result ot the opinion Held by the com mission that in our form of government publicity is a good thing, unless special reasons to the contrary exist, mill partly owing to the fact that the secrecy, here tofore maintained had failed of its ob lects. It was intended when the rule of secrecy was adopted to pre vein political pressure being brought lo hear in favor of any particuUr, individual It has proven by experience, that the politicians have tK-en nlilc to gam a kimwUugc ieople in whom they were interested, and that thev made use of this know l edge to obtain preference for given indi viduals. The commission think that the change will prevent the possibility ot discrimination. The comptroller of the currency to-dav Authorized the First National Hank ol Suffolk, Va., to begin business. Capital 5ro.ooo. 1 lie peeretnrv otitic treasury to-dav apMiintcd V. G. Sheppard. siiK-rintcnd- eut nt the public building ut llinmnghain Ala.; David G. Rose disbursing agent lor the public building nt Abiiigilou, Va.; Win. R. Kerr superintendent of the pub lic building ut Key West, Pin.; C. B. Moore disbursing agent lor llie public building at Asheville, N. C. President Harrison, Attorney General Miller, Private Secretary 1-1 afford, Gen eral Geo. B. Williams, of this city, anil Representative Anderson, ot Kansas, left here this afternoon for a -trip down Ches apeake bay. "It is supposed they will sieud to-morrow in Hampton Roads off Fort Monroe. The party will return Monday. Hi;i-OHT()UI Al, K1ITI.I.H. Natt Atkinson & Son, of this city, have sold $28,000 worth ol real estate during THF. I.IUHT INFANTRY Fair Tuesday Fvenlnx to be a (rand OccsnIoii, The committee npMiinted by the Ashe ville Light Infantry to mnke all neces sary arrangements tor holding the military fair at the Farmers' warehouse Tuesday-evening, have aliout completed M.ill 't'" lir.- t "" The committee has worked earnestly oul faithfully to make the occasion a success from . every standpoint and among other things looking to this end. have addressed a circular letter to the ladies of the city, asking donations 'of cream, cake, meat, etc., etc., mid solici ting their presence and assistance in mak ing the military fair what it should lie a fiuaucial success. Answers to these circular letters are urgently requested, and at once, in order that no confusion may lie exjicrienced in the successful hold ing of the fair." These answers must lie sent in to the committee, consisting ol Sergeant C. D. Clark, J. 11. Liudsey and W.J. Fitzgerald. Seven hundred dollars is the amount required to purchase the uniforms needed by the Light Infantry.' Une hundred dollars of this sum was donated yester day, and it is to be hiqied that the at- teiidanceuHin the fair Tuesday evening will be such as to render the raising ol the remaining $(i00 an easy task. Help the Light Infantry. F.Ntil.ISH FARMERS THE SINGING SWARM WHICH NOW FILLS FOREST, CROVE AND GARDEN. Home Instructive Observation by One Who Remembers Three ' VImIU of the Locata Wnat the Authorities Say. It is but natural that much interest Weekly Hank Htateinciit. Nkw Yokk; May 25. The weekly bank statement is as follows MR. IJRKKN'S CARD. . HIM Appreciation of AMhevllleand the Attention of Her People. Editors of the Citizen : Before leaving your beautiful city 1 desire to express through your columns my .appreciation of the manv kind attentions and eourte- sics which I have received from the lied' pie ol Asheville during mv stay here, it lias seemed a pleasure with every one to issist me in my search utter information and the cordiality and hospitality of the Inends I have made here have been unu sually warm. Mv recollections of Ashe ville will alwavs lie very pleasant, and my wishes for her future will lie those of . r II. I .! -..I.. a true menu, i niqie hi anyiuuig in no way of a suggestion will not lie misun derstood ) that there will soon lie a com plcte compilation of all the important statistics relating to the city, there is i. .... r.. t .1. mueu iinporiuni iiuoriuaiioii wincn may lie needed nt a moment s notice wlncl would require many days in the gather' me. Not a day passes, I think, without I many letters of inquiry bring received by citizens ot this place, now satistaetory it would lie if there was a book and a large one at that published inch year to record the wonderful growthot this won drous city, In all the fair South there is no fairer, and it is with reluctance tut snenkable that I leave it. As nictnorie of all the kindness that 1 have received come to me, 1 can but say : "God siieed thee, lovely city; luid Siecl thee! JOHN 1. t.RKKN Reserve, increase $073,0 2o Louns.dccrease 812,300 Siecie, decrease 1,287,000 lA-gul tenders, increase.,.. 18,842,000 Deposits, decrease I,50.'l,:t00 Circulation, decrease lO.tiOO The banks no w'hold$ 13.2:11, 000 in ex cess of the 2.r per cent, rule; Mlchaux on Pearnon. The Editor of the Greensboro Work man dves his impressions of a sermon by Kvnnuelist 'Pearson as follows: "We are iinnressed with two things mainly. 1. The inteiisecarnestnessofthrprcncher. 2. His riirid adherence to the line of es sential truth, sacrificing all mere verbiage and ormentntiou to the one purpose of renching the hearer conscience with the word that saves. At PCRF.I.Y PKRSONAI, T. Clemnions has gone toPhila Hanchall Venlerday. At Augusta Chattanooga 2, Inntnl. At Washington Washington 1 m sev enth, Pittsburg 4. At Philadelphia 10 innings Philadel phia 3, Cleveland 4. At Boston Boston 8, tiidinnnolis 4. At St. Louis St. Louis 10, Kansas City 7. At New York New York 8, Chicago 0. At Columbus Columbus 1, Brook lyn G. Al Cincinnati Rain prevented gnme lietween Louisville and Cincinnati. - Weather Indications. Washington, I). C Mny 2.ri. Indica ions for North Carolina Rain; cooler; variable winds, Mr. 1 lelphia. Mr. J. M. Campbell returned from Cum hcrland Gap yesterday. Capt. H. C. Fagg will return from Wil mington this afternoon Rev. Geo. II. Bell and Mr. H. L, Lang returned from Wilmington yesterday morning. Maurice Pels, Esq., of Philadelphia, and Chas. B. Nclms, of Baltimore, were at the Swannanoa last night. Messrs. Fre.l. L.Jacobs, A.J. Blair, J A. Porter and A. II. Cobb are exiectc( to return from Wilmington this morning Contractor John J. Jacoby of the Ashe ville sewerage system left last night for New York, lie will be gone about five davs. B. II. Rueker, Columbia, S. C; J. JI Hendricks, Statesvillc, N. C, and F. R, Armstrong, Gainesville, Gn., are at the Grand Cent ral, Manager lid. Wcdilin, of the Southern Express office in this city, left Inst night for High Point to visit his father, and also to look after some express business in which the Asheville office is concerned Henry Wnrd Beecher'sgrand-datightcr, Miss Kate Eunice Beccher, was mnrrie in New York on Tuesday to W. Harper, son of the senior member of the world-noted HuriicrB. Mr. and Mrs IIarier are at the Battery Pork. Mr. John I. Green, the able and clever traveling correspondent of the Charles ton World, leaves for home this morning lifter a two weeks' stay in Ashevill Mr. Green has made many friends while here who will lie glad to again welcome his presence in the city, Attend divine worship at your church this morning. the past ten days. The Ilallew farm, sold at public auction yesterday, was purchased by Mr. W. M. Worley, of this city Mail trains from Salisbury and Spar inburg were an hour late in reaching the city yesterday afternoon. Mr. John Erwin has been appointed untor at the city hall, by Mayor Buni on, in place of Mr. Kennedy, removed. There is a probability of an ice war in Asheville, and rival dealers are freezing in their manner to one another, go to speak. No tobacco sales wore had at any of the warehouses vestcrdav. It was Sat urday ami general house-cleaning day with the tobacco folks. The new uniforms of the Rescue Hook md Ladder boys have arrived, and a iecial meeting of the company lias liecn died for Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock, harp. ' The heaviest windstorm known in years prevailed in the city about 7 o'clock last evening. No damage was done, however. The storm lasted about twen ty minutes. Another breakage in the pipes at the waterworks occurred yesterday after noon, and the water supply throughout the city remained shut oil several hours 111 consequence. Don't forget the military fair Tuesday evening. 1 ake your liest girl out to wit ness the fancy drills, "set up" the crcnin and help the Light Infantry boys pur chase their much needed uniforms. The breaking of the derrick used in hoisting the big smokestack al Bnllcry Park yesterday afternoon caused the proprietors of that hotel a loss of over $200 in the demolition brought about by the accident,' Nobodv was hurt. A sK-ciaI meeting of the City Council will be held at the city hall Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock to take final action upon the report of the jury appointed to assess damages and liencfits arising from the wideningof South Main street. Those interested in the matter should lie on hand. at the meeting. To be Colonised In Western North Carolina at an F.arly Day. Maurice Pels, Esq., of Philadelphia, is in the city. He is the sjieeial agent of a large English syndicate whose headquar ters are in London. This syndicate con templates the colonization of English farmers in the Southern Slates, and this is one ol the reasons why Mr. Fels is here, lie has come to "spy out the land." II he finds it good the London syndicate will not lie slow iu sending the sturdy Briton agriculturist, H)ssessed of moder- erate means, to Western North Carolina lo seek his lorlune among the fertile val leys which here abound. Colonics, like ihat at Bowman's HI nil', will at once dot the French Broad and Pigeon, and all the country round about will lie the liet ter lor their coming. Mr. Fels has made a tour ol inspection through portions of Ituncoinlie, Haywood and Transylvania, visiting the English colony ut Bow man's Bluff. He was simuly charmed with what he saw, and his report to the London ieuplc will lie made as soon as lui ther examinations and investigations of this section are niade by him. The Kuoxvllle Iiench Hhow Will lie held nt Elm wood Park, Knox- villc, Tenn., (in Tuesday mid Wednesday I une 11 and 12, and will form one of the chief attractions of the great festival to be held in the above named city during the second week in June. The entries which ure limited to one hundred mid fifty dogs, of all classes, will include sev eral from this city, and medals, cash 11ri7.es and diplomas will lie awarded to winners. Entries will- lie received until June 1, by Mr. A. C. C. Master, 97 Gay street, Knoxvillc, and the proceeds of the show, after deducting expenses, will lie contributed to the public charities of Knoxville. Railroads will run excursion trains to Knoxville during the festival week, and the price of udmission to the bench show is fixed at fifty cents. A Revenue Raid. Deputy collector A. H. Baird of the in ternal revenue service, returned yester day morning from Morgnnton, where he arrested Alt Look ami another moon shiner named Cnrscland, near the West ern Insane Asylum, at that place, Thurs day night. There were four parties en aged in illicit liquor manufacturing and retailing, but two of them managed to make their csc.-qie. Cook and Carseland were taken to Morgauton where a pre liminary examination was held liefore United States Comiuissimjer McKesson They were bound over to the federal court to stand trial and in default of bail, were later on committed to jail. The Police Court. Six cases were disposed of at the mom ing session of the police court yesterday as follows: , John Dover, violation of ordinances 670 and (575; guilty. Fined $10 in each case; bail forfeited. James Rash, violation of ordinance 041; guilty. Fined $5.00. Minnie Thompson, violation of ordi nance (555; guilty. Fined $5 or fivedays' imprisonment. I,ee Allman, violation of ordinance G41; guilty. Fined $25. William Erwin, violation of ordinance il4; guilty. Fined $3.50. Deferdants were nil white. Htaxe Hobbory. Shawano, Wis., Mny 25. The Long lade singe, carrying the mall between several points in Onlogamic county wus held up near this place last evening by a single highwayman and the mail cap tured. Six pasM.-ngcrs were on lxinrd, but 110 resistance was offered. None of them were rohljcd although all hud money, The World's Cotton Hupply. Nl-;w YrtKK, May 25. The total visible supply of cotton for Lh world is l,05t,- 11)3 bales, of which l,27t),4i3 are Ainer- ican, against 2,oo'J,l'J5 and 1,4(M1,3'.)5 bales resiectively Inst year. Keceipls al all inferior towns are 5,!H0 hales; receipts at plantations 5,;I18 bulcs; crop in sight 0,7o'J,D57 bales. Chief of Police Halrd. This gentleman was sworn into office as chief of police of the city upon his nr- rival from Morgauton yesterdny morn ing. Col. Baird, however, will not as sume formal charge of the police depart ment until June 1, owing to an inability to settle up the nfTiiirs of his present flice as deputy collector in the internal revenue service, before the date mentioned The new officers of the police force were also sworn in by the Mayor yesterday, mid at once entered upon the discharge of their duties. At Dir. Hinlth's Request. Alderman Miller desires Tint Citizkn to slate that when he placed the name of L. II. Smith in nomination for the office of chief of police at the meeting of the City Council, Friday evening, he did to nt Mr. Smith's personal request, and not of his (Miller's) own preference. should be manifested in the little insects which are now swarming in counties millions over the trees and shrubs in for est, grove and gardenof this section of our Si ntf und Tub cNtitpw mm n to encourage study and research, has de voted such time and talent as it has at command, to an investigation o( this most curious development of nature. Our conclusion is that -our visitors do not belong to the family of locusts which were one of the plagues of Egypt, and forcibly drscrilied in many portions of Holy Writ, but are o the species cicada, and the lineal descendants of those, who seventeen long years ago, deposited their tiny eggs in the twigs of the very trees which their offspring now infest. We are aware that many people deny the fact that the cicadas return at inter vals of seventeen years, and such hastv examination as we have been able to give the authorities within reach, indi cates that a majority of these ignore that which to us is an indisputable truth in natural history. We have at hand The Encyclopedia Brittanica, The Penny Cyclopedia, The nternational Cyclopedia, and two edi tions of Chambers Cyclopedia, and only in the last mentioned, that published by B. Lippincott & Co., in 1879, do we find any reference to seventeen year lo cust. In it under the head "Cicada" we read "A remarkable species, The Cicada Septemdecim, apjieai-s in the middle Uni ted States at intervals of seventeen years unit is ttnnwn ns lti hwhImhi ... 1... J - --' cust. Its larva- is said to subsist noon juices of the roots of fruit trees, and to be sometimes injurious to them. Its first recorded appearance was in Maryland in 1749." Our experience is that these insects can lie Been every summer in smalt numbers, but that they have returned in immense swarms, covering comparatively small sections of country and with limits re- ' markably well defined, three times within our reeoiiection, to wit: in the years 1855, 1872 and 1889. The boundaries of this year's invasion, so far as we are at present advised, extend northeast as far as Burnsvillc, in Yancey county, a distance of thirty -eight mileB, and west ward several miles beyond the French Broad river, while tn the Snnl-li we tiave not heard of any beypnd the Swannanoa river, two miles from Asheville. These limits however may be extended later in the season, as them seem to be coming up in ever increasing numbers each day in this immediate locality. The first signs of their coming were nu merous eruptions of clay over the sur- ..r i... i l l u.v v. kuu,iu, miiv.il, luring over turned, would disclose a hole about three fouths of an inch in diameter, where the little fellow might lie seen beating an ig nominiouB retreat to depths unknown. Soon these locust houses were dissolved and their occupants crawled forth, quick ly attaching themselves to the trunk of . some neighboring tree, where they pro ceed to divest themselves of their outer skin, making their exit through a slit in the back, over the shoulders and leaving their deserted shell attached to the tree until dislodged by a passing fireeze, or small boy. We can point out some trees near us at this moment, the ground around them literally covered with these deserted integuments. The animal, or bird as yon choose, w hen it first comes forth of its shell is of a pole yellow color, almost white, with tender wings folded about its sides, but in an incredibly short space of time it de- veio)ies into mil growtn. me color ol the body changes to dark brown, the wings extend covering the whole back, and become almost transparent, marked with lines of black. They ascend the trees by crawling to the topmost branch- ' es, and there begin their life work by layr jng their tiny eggs in the most tender twigs, and indicating their appreciation of their new existence by their continu ous droning song, which as we write these lines, can be heard on every side. Of the many mysteries connected with these insects the greatest to ns is, how they, after so long a burial, can accom plish their resurrection. The holes can often tie found in the hardrst ground and frequently in crevices between stones of ,. sidewalks which have been laid since their interment. ' We can point out many such places in Asheville now where the cicadas in an almost comatose condition have forced an exit. Their holes when traced downward seem to run together as though a nest of eggs had been hatched nt one spot at a depth of two feet below the surface. Another puzzling problem is, how do the eggs get from the tree tops, where they are deposited, into the hard ground. Some persons suggest that they pass down with the sap, through the roots. But this seems qiritc incredible. We in cline to the opinion that they change from the egg to a worm before leaying the tree, and as such drop to the ground, and bvrrow to their long home. There docs not seem to be much dam age attributable to oar visitors, beyond the killing of numerous twigs chiefly on oak trees. Their continual droning song is their chief annoyance to mankind, which Is to some extent compensated by viewing the pleasure which they afford to pigs, ducks, chickens, etc., etc., all of which take exquisite delight in devour ing them preferring them to any kind of food that can be ollcred them.
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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May 26, 1889, edition 1
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