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THE THE DAILY CITIZEN Delivered to Visitors in any part of the City. BOARDING, WANTS, i'ur Kent, and Lout Notices, thice lines or lean, 25 Cents for each insertion. Two Weeks, or lesH.. VOLUME V. ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1889. NUMBER 118. ZEN. EUROPEAN LETTERS. AN AMKRICAN HKKJION IN AN AMKHICAN IIH HC1I. The Famous Lion of Lucerne; a Kow tlie Lake, and ail Ascent of Mount I'ilatus lv NeaiM of a Wonderful Kail-way. Li'Ckknk, Svnzi:ui.Axi, August 2, ISS'.l.j lidilor Citizen : After mailing our last letter to you wc kit tin- summit of the Righi, shrouded in mist and drizzling rain, and ourselves shivering with cold, not withstanding our heaviest wraps closely buttoned around us, and look another railroad, still more steep and wonderful than that which we attempted to de scribe. In a half hour we had descended proba bly l,.ri(l feet, anil emerging limn the op picssivc pall of clouds, wen greeted once more by a sunshine such as only Switzer land with its lakes and mountains can prm iile, adding a wonderful brilliancy to the beautiful world, still .'1,0011 feet be neath us. In one hour more the whole descent is accomplished, and we, so lately com plaining of cold, have promptly discarded our surloiil and are wandering around the town of Viesnan and, wonderful to relate, amongst proves ol lig trees in ttili hearing, and tempting us with their deli cious fruit. And such liowcrs! livcry wliere, on all sides, iu Keenest prolusion. What a marvelous change of climate in two hours ! None ol us regretted a short delay nt Viesnan, awaiting our steamer, and it was both profitably and pleasantly em ployed. We find the people here courte ous and nlVahlc, generally speaking a broken linglish and very fair French, which soon relieves us of our embarrass ment in C.crmnny. Only t piickly did an hour Hit away and we are summoned to the ipiay, where a charming steam boat receives us and gives us such a sail ! Well, our Webster's rnabridged fails lo supply adjectives suited to a description of the lake and city of Lucerne. OurhcM ell, u t is to suv that the dinner meanders between the mighty mountains, Kiglii here and I'llatus there, like a brilliant rivicr. of precious stones, for which itsowncily, a Koh-i-noor indeed, provides the clasp, as it hangs down the lovelv throat ol the river Klieuss, through which the wate rushes toward the Rhine, tin approaching the city we note a we I built ipiay extending ipiile a distance along the water's edge, supporting a line broad walk, shaded bv dense rows horse chestnut, a ticeipiitesiinilarto, but not identical with, our buckeye, along which throngs of happy tourists an strolling. Here auaiu we observe, as at all olhc minis iu linropc, the plai iness of the dressing. They seem to abjure tot-awhile the tawdry finery one sees on all hands at Saratoga, anil to come here for a bet ter purpose than to make displavof l heir line clothes and wealth of shoddiiiess. Nor indeed is it strange, for who can liud time to think of more than nature and art have here spread out to their view ? (In one side a row of elegant hotels, on the other the peaecliilgliininei ol tlieeabi water, on which happy buys and girl; are rowing, vicing in joy with the iiinn mcrable fishes which are sporting; beneatl the surface. Not tearing the crowd because still provided with Cook's coupons, we are soon ensconced at his own hotel "Lc Cigne," I The Swan" I, and enjoying a good lunch preparatory toa further ram ble. The lunch is soon over, for who will Slav indoors longer than the stern n - quircmculs of food and drink demand, and out ivc go, straggling along, open eyed, open mouthed, open eared, seeing, tasting, hearing new and dilici' us things at every step; aye, and we hope learning, loo, certainly being taught that our is teemed contemporary the li. J. was mis taken when il thought that we had all the wisdom of the world. Alter enjoying a charming row of ten miles, lour coplc at a cost of sixty cents, we land again and wend our way to sec he "Lion of Lucerne," a most woiuict lul piece of sculpture, a living lion ol gigantic sic, in length twenty-two led ; and strangest of all, chiseled out of.thcfaicol the native rock. A large niche has been cut into the clilV mid iu it reposes the nighty beast, with an air of most won derful dignity and grandeur, his propor tions so absolutely peiicet that one can not realize his size except by pacing in front from his uosc to his rump. This wonderful piece of work is a nion uineul erected in honor of the Swiss Guard of Louis XVI, who, being left without orders, the king having eseapeii, faithfully stood to their arms until the last mail fell under the furious ouslaugl:: of the mad mob at the palace of the Tuillerics. This inscription is carved iu the living rock under the lion : "ll;tr smil iminiu.i vortini qui lie s.'icriinifiili litlcni litlcrciit . lurtissimi jitimiiitfs ciTiitcrutit." Then follows the names of the brave uicu. A Sunday more Sahhulh tike we do not remember than was yesterday. Seeing a notice that an American church service would be held at the National hotel we attend it to hear our own dear old prayers, litany and psalter once more, and rendered in the simple plain maimer which to us makes il always so attract ive. The clergyman was a visitor from New Vork, Rev. Mr. Kenyon, using his vacation for his own health and for I he benefit and enjoyment of liiseoiintryiucii, gives us il good practical sermon, while the large parlor is filled with ieople on each of whom is impressed that inde pendent character which marks an inher itor of the States and of which wc arc so justly proud. T.'c clergyman has I he wisdom loktiow that a few plain words have more effect than an hour's tiresome talk, so his good sermon is ended just as his hearers wished to to hear more, and after a pleasant handshake with some of our countrymen and u lew minutes' chat with some of our countrywomen, who have no liar ol Insult when a strange gentleman s-ieaks to them, wc go out once more to take in another sermon, as preached by (iod's p..;e air and bright sun and all the loveli ness He has so lavishly In-stowed upon US. A walk across the breadth ol the little city by a very old bridge spanning the Kheuss, brings us to the foot of a high precipitous hill which is capied by a most attractive building called "The fiutcsh." Of course we arc anxious to visit it, hut the ascent daunts us untii a nearer ap proach reveals an inclined railway of niost singularly simple design, in length uImiuI N00 leet, and inclined at an angle of forty-five degrees. 1 Ine car comes down as the oilier goes up, each lieing con nected to his co-laborer by a cable which passes over a pulley at the top. An nr. raifgement of this kind we have often seen, hut heretofore always worked by a steam engine causing the pulley to re volve, hut there is no engine or any other power here, liach car is provided with a lank which at Ihe top is supplied with just enough water to out weigh tin ascending car til course the quantity ol water is gauged aeeorilmg loilie number of passengers in each, and at the bottom pisl enough water is discharged locnubl the triii to be made at best economy, tin passengers themselves, by ihcir nvoirdu pois, supplying in part thctnotivc power Just at this point of our description of our railroad, we were interrupteil, a the time had arrived to ascend another even more curious in construction and operation. We rclerto that climbing tin rugged elilVs from the shore of Lake Lu i-erne to the Sturninoon summit ol Mount I'itatus. This road only opened to the public iu mic last, presents uu doubiedly the most wonderful achieve meiil of engineering skill yet exhibited Iu a distance of live thousand yards, ai ascent is accomplished of o.'l 1 1- feel, at average of niore than one fool iu three ihe maximum being -fsi in Kill. Il was reallv trighlful to look over the cliff's side, to which we were actual! clinging, because the locoiuol ivc clumped the rail, which was bolted to the stie erosstics, thev being bolted to the solii rock. line of the most singular lealiircs, is I he entire didl-rcncc iu geological forma lion between the two mountains or op posile sides of the little lake. To the east Khigi, a mass ul sea worn pebbles, while on till- west I'il.itus with uol an evidence ol antediluvian material, but a huge mass ol limestone. We presume I his material was not considered sum etenily durable or tenacious to trust will the railway, and then-lore lioni boiiom lo lop the roadbed was excavated ami Idled in with granite slabs transported from distant quarries of Italy. To thesi massive slabs, dovetailed each into tlu limestone, the erosstics arc secured bv iron bolts, four to each, of two inches in diameter. The motive power is new and inosi uniipie. The engine and ears an-e nnee led, wit h only Iwo n.!cs lor In it li. anil the poweillil engine produces luolio!. through ihe medium of two cogiil wheels which engage the vertical cogs on each side ol the central rail. It will K understood from this that the motoi wheels tcvi'ivc hoi izontallv, or as ncuii. o as the steep grade wi'l admit. Tlu sight ol Ibis wonderful work repais i: lully for the expedition although oiu usual fortune attends and the top is shrouded iu clouds and no vii w of th distant lps, but the near scenes are ai times wonderfully striking and the rug ged storm seared rocks must impressive. The height above the sea level is scvci; thousand leet. It is now time to begin our drop to wards the lower regions, which wc hope will nol extend so far as the theologians think, but afford us tin opportunity to give you and your readers a little more iielore mailing this at Lucerne. I low delightful in a lorcign laud lo inc t dear friends from home! This was our good tortuue on our first arrival at Luceine, and what a cordial hand shake we received lioin It-tends, who we did not know were in Ivurope, to-wit: Mr. lid. C. Smith, of Raleigh; Messrs. 11. (i. Iinipii and li. M. Williams, of Wilmington; Messrs. li. T. Martin and S. T. Itarnelt. of Birmingham, Ala. These gentlemen are traveling togethci Mud ha ve made a delightful lour of nort !i I taly and are now reversing our tracks g-dug down the Rhine instead of up as we did. other members of their party, who are now separated but expect a re union at I ieideliicrg, are Mr. I'eiiibt-oke loncs, wili-and two children, of Wilming ton; Mr. II. Walters, of the Atlantic Coast Line; Mr. l ied Kidder, ol Wil mington. Although they crossed by a much more expensive line of steamers, liny give the same account as ours ol bad larc, discomfort and rudeness ol stewards during tin passage, but like us have thoroughly enjoyed every moment since ihcv lauded on this side, (iood-bye. T. W. I'. Kailier Complicated. Ciiie.M'.o,. August 'J7. II. J. lliiiskaiup, ic ol the proprietors of the Times, pro cured warrants tins nticruoon lor nines . West, and his secretary Charles li. (ir.'iham. I .e charges them with illegally issuing loot! shares of stock of the Times Company. Shortly nfierwnrd, when he boai d ol directors ot the nines were in session in tlie I lines Imildiug .Mr. West and W. A. i'alton, forinei directors, appeared ami presented a writ of iujunc- I ion issued to-day by Juiige Itiiiuson re straining the present board of directors from acting as such. At about the s.ituc lime (rah.iin, West's private secretary, ppeareil, and constables with warrants ir their arrest haying also put in an ap pearance. West and Oraliain were taken into custody. Eiaitroacl Bltisiitess and ICaru hm. l'iiii..siii:i.fiiiA, August 2N. A state meul i ! 1 hi-business ol the .Virlolk and '.YcsU-rn railroad c. mp-itiy loi july Issp, is computed with same in uith last year. shows gross eaiinngs ol 1,17. 7;io, an increase of ,$.1o, l 1 I-, expenses SL'77, increase of $'.'S, I 1:; net earnings $17, '(S, increase ol $ 1 1 For the seven mouths ended July ill, the grossearnings were .'f'.Y.INo, l-.au increase ol jjio-l-.l li.'i is compared with the corresponding period of 1 sss; expenses $1 .P'Jfi.Cido, an increase ol 'oJ, loo, net earnings $1,0.""'! I, "(il-, an increase of $l,7'.i:i. HaHeHall VeHlerday. At Cincinnati Louisville -f, Cincinnati 111. AI New Vork New Vork ;t, Washing ton l.'t. At l'liiladelphia l'hiladclphia (i, In dianapolis i :t. At llnltitnorc Kuliunorc ,s, Itrooklvn s. At Pittsburg First game: l'ittsbur.v I , Indianapolis ,r. Second game: Pills- burg S, Indianapolis ;t. At Cleveland Cleveland 11, Chicago 12. At St. Louis St. Louis 1 .KnnsnsCit y 1 . At Columbus Columbus 5, Athletics 1(1. A Ncouudrvl C'axed. HiKMiNi.ilAM, Ala., August L'T.W. S. dray, a 'iridge watchman on the Kansas City and Hirmingham railroad is in iail at aspcr. charged with having attempted to out rage Mobia Slollish, a sixtiru year old girl, yesterday, lie is white, and is sup posed to have blacked his liiceon purpose lo commit the crime. There is no mob talk. Haiivlloiicd by tlie l.mperor. Bi:ki.in, August 27. The royal order which has just Itccu issued sanctions the creation in Jerusalem ol an evangelical establishment with eorporalerighls. The object of the new body is to preserve the existing evangelical institutions and to add to their number. The Weather To-Uay, Washington, D. C, Aug. 27. Indica tions tor North Carolina: Showery; warmer, except on coast; stationary temperature; northeasterly winds. THE OHIO DEMOCRATS (;i;ttin(; to(;i-;thi:k in mni Caiiil:.lK unci Neal ICacli Aiixluiih lo Head the State Ticket and Lead Hie ;a1lanl I'halaux on to Victory lint IJUlv l rlction. Dayton, )ht, August U7. liver Lrain coming in ;ulds crowds to tlu- thrones who aw uiiLhi'iim; lor llic Dcm ocrnlic Slate convention ; and Hans am Manners are displayed at every possihlt point. Without respect to party tile city is i;i a-n tip to enjoy men t ol the par .-ule ot clubs, and handsale playing am men nKw.'hiiii; in all directions. It is U lie a mammoth demonstration led I the Ihickwoit.h clnli ol Cincinnati, 100 slrony;. The Imsv scenes are around the hcadipiai ters ol' the 1 Ion. James Iv. Cami hell, ami ilm. Lawrence 1. Neal, Iroin which all manipulations radiate. It is ; sharp tiht between these two lor the nomination tor (iovcrnor, and the most stalwart hemoerats ol the State are in it The Neal parlv hope in the endeavor tt shove olV the nomination until alter liist ballot, and are devotinu their enemies to breaking it to delegations that have hecu rated solid lor Campbell, and their persistent claims to have made inroad lias had the ellect at least ol eheerinL; tn t he Neal men am) eaiisiuu more careful and systematic work on the part of the lamplHil IoIIowiihj. Aeal claims a mini her ol the Hamilton county delegation, nut will only et eilil votes. .Mont tfoniery county is solid for Campbell though Ni-al has several personal iVieiuls in it. I'Ynuklin county is divided. Cuy ahoa county is controlled by Virgil i' Kline, who aspires to the second plan on the ticket. laicas county is liirt'anip hell. I hree hundred and mnctv-Mx voles are neeessarv tn nominate, and the most earelully revised figures jjvc Campbell l-'Jo votVs on the lirsl ballot. Hon. M. I . I lartrr will Ik- made chairman of the cuiivciiti -n without the slilicst oppi si tiiu; and tin re is notliiiiL; insight to in dicalea controversy upon any poini ouicr in. oi the usual Irilinii' hiction m- .idenl to the organization of a large con vcutiou like this. i iai; ;ii.. vr sthiki; Attioiiu l.oihtloii W!rkiiiuintii Kt'- maiiis I'liHcttlcd. boMioN, August L'7. The printers em ployed by the lir.iis of Ivyie tV Spoltis woodc, t'assctt S: Co., and Waterloo iV Son, have sti uck. Ten thousand striking dock laborer marched in procession to-day. I hey wen ordci Iv. Coal nun hi thousands have joined tlx strikers, and tlie situation shows no siun it improvement. Meetings of employers ami workmen continue to be held, but without result. I he directors ot the Commercial dock mipauy have declined tlie oiler of ser vices ot ;t,000 Belgian laborers at Mad per hour. I he commercial dock company has dc ided the proposals of delegates from ending houses of twelve dimrent trades to submit to arbitration the grievances f the workmen. To-day drivers of the lovcruiueut mail carts demanded an ad vaiice ol wages which the post ollice au thorities granted. The London Chamber of Commerce utges lli-. dock managers to agree to an n bilratiou, and seven members of the House of Commons iu an interview with the dock directors to-day appealed to llieni to concede to the demand of the men. The directors promised to con sider the matter. There arc a lew vessels unloading in Med way, to which the strike has not yet extended. The Salva tion Army, London Cottage Mission, and similar bodies are materially assist ing the strikers with cheap or gratuitous needs ami lodgings. The coal porters have rejected the oiler from the London dock company of a shilling an hour, dinner and beer and protection from the strikers. The keynote showing the importance of the movement was struck by Mr. liurns at a meeting to-night. He pronounced the strike a stepping stone to a greater and nobler movement of working men throughout the country. The pn scii t struggle would teach a Lson of union. When concluded he would commence his work in the east cud. LoNho.N, August 27. In the House of Commons to-night I Ionic Secretary .Matthews, referring to the great strike, said he was not prepared to admit the existence ot organized intimidation which would justify interference by the police, lie earnestly hoped that each side would endeavor to adjust all dilVerenees. having a ;& 'run;, A Vh uinia Ilanil'H Treatment in !tIattactiu.Hittrt. Lnn, Mass., August 17. The 1'nion Cornel l.and of Winchester, VaM which is now making a Northern lour, reached Xahant from Boston at 11 o'clock this morning, and went to Ilass I'oint House, where they were met by a committee from Tost 5, (1. A. K , of Lynn, the Lynn Sons if Veterans, the Lynn ladies' relief corps and representatives of military companies. Besides the band then arc mayor Win. M. Atkinson, V. 1,. Knott, John 1 Noouau, A. K. Arkclt and I'owcll Arkctt. The party came to Lynn at .'1 o'clock, and were given a reception by mayor Newhall. The Southern visi tors were then shown through I'ceher & Co's shoe factory, ami this evening at tended Proctor's Theatre. The I'reHUIent Mend the I'lipers. Di;i:k Park, Md., August 27. Presi dent Harrison executed no ollicial busi ness to-day. A part of his time was con sumed iu reading uevspnicrs and his vo luminous correspondence. Among the callers at the Spencer cottage were (leu. Nathan (mi(V, jr., of West Virginia, with whom the President took a long walk, and Rev. teo. L. Willard, a Catholic priest, with whom the President con versed in reterence to the treatment of In dians. KverKtjce ;ot tlie Drop. Lrrri.i-: Kock, August 27. A (iazette sjn'cial from Port Smith, Ark., says: At oodland, Indian 1 crntory, last ntghl, Capl. Joseph Lvendge shot and killed his brother-in-law, Win. Luther. Lver idge, Luther, W. IL Ford and one Purccll all had married sisters. A feud arose in whkh about a year ago Luther killed j Im.kI and Purccll. Last night he at- templed to kill liveridc, who is a dctce live on the "I'Yisco road," but was shot as he drew his pistol. A Shake 1'p lu tlreece. Atiii:ss, August U7. The earthquake felt throughout tirecee visterilay originated in the jjnlf. The Corinth ca ble is broken, and a numlicr of houses at Acaruauiii and Llulacon were No loss of lite is reported. wnrkcil. i I ovi.k i ivi; MIMJONS. Heavy lloncl Acceptances Venter dayA Queer Rumor. Washington, August 27. The bond purchased by the treasury department to-day reached the unusually large total ot .i,:Jir,000. Thev were all lour ne cent, registered bonds and were bought all. UN. It is learned at the treasury that soon alter Secretary Windom's dc part lire for New Ivuglnud, bondholders in the centre, foreseeing a stringency in the money market which might oblige them to part with their bonds, made a deter mined ellort to increase the price. In pur sunncc of this plan numerous appeal were made to tne treasury to increase the limit the department had fixed upon as me price it would pav tor Uonds, am Secretary Windom was followed in hi: retirement by telegrams of like purport These very nearly had the desired el feel as the department was seriously consul ering the advisability ot increasing its ugures whcuollcriiigsdrop' .'oil sharply a lew days ago. it was hnailv decided however, to maintain the existing rati a lew iiavs longer, and the result was made manilest in the break upon the part o holders which led to tue purchase ol over $r,(MMI,ooo in bonds to-day. If an unoflieinl rumor which In readied the Male department is com lamed, it will give an almost conic eflccl to the angry remonstrance of tin Canadians against operations of tlu revenue steamer kush in the Bchriug The story is to the effect, that the steam sealer Black Diamond, which was tin lirsl vessel seized ihis year. is owned iu kogc degree, il uol entirely, by citizens o the tinted Stales. 11ns intornialion came lo the department incident a while a ouict inquiry was being made into the truth of the statement that the I'nited States vice coiinsul at Victoria is interested largely in the same colonial vessel illegally sealing in the Bchriug sea, which stalem nt has so far, not been otliciaily continued. aiim;ai.in(; i oat aii To Uc-I sluJtlisli Schools in II CoiiemaiiKh Valley. Johnstown, Pa., August 27. The eho il directors ol the llond districts ot he Coiieinaugh valley met to-ilav and issued an appeal to the school bonrds :hc State and the charitable peoplcof the -ouulrv asking aid for the schools. All he buildings in ihe valley were swept twav and the hooks destroyed, nndtlicrc is no money to replace them, it having iteeu decided that l he general rehel luml -ould not be applied lo ihal purpose. After reciting the needs of the dillerent listricls the appeal concludes: "The world can see our extreme need oi help. This appeal is our last remedy I lie State sitprrintcndeiit has advised us to challenge the mends ol education. We hope the appeal will nol be in vain. Let each teacher and pupil do something toi ls, remcmocrtng mat they that give itueUlv give twice. It wc can tide itover this winter wc will be able to establish ourselves on a permanent basis. Contri butions should be scut to IC. li. Higbic, superintendent public instruction, 1 larris- uirg, Pa., bv whom it will be appoi liuiud to the (lillerent districts." iirrvMx; Tin; ni:i That Committed an Outrageous Anna ii H Vpon a Woman. Bowili, Md., August 27. Since last Friday the residents of this section of Prince (icorgc county have been search- in the woods lor an unknown colored man who outraged Mrs. (rroll", a respect- ihlc (tcrman woman living near here. She was alone at the time, and the negro gilt hold of her outside of her dooi md carried her into the house, where he onnnittcd the deed. She made her way to a neighbor s and reported the assault, since which time searching parlies have been scouring the country, but have not. vet, conic up with the hcud. The coimtv commissioners will oiler a reward lor his apprehension. Democratic Nomination. Minneapolis, Minn., August 27. A miliars Helena, Montana, special savs: Ihe Democratic State Convention this morning nominated J. K. Toole lor Cov- rnor, 11. Conrad lor Licuteii.iut-l tovcr- ii or and .Martin .Mac( minis tor Cou rt-ss. Acanha, Mont., August 27. Pembcr- loii, ot Butte, was luniiuialeil lor attor ney general; DeWolle for Chief justice; Armstrong lor the live year term on the iiprenie bench ; I licksford for the seven year term ; deo. r. Cope, ol M.ulison, lor lerk of the supreme court; nines A. Browne, of Beaver Head, for secretary ol Mate; Perry Collins, ol Cascade, lor Stale treasurer; Thos F. Fitzgerald, ol Aeaud.i, lor State auditor; and . N. ), kusscll, of Unite, lor superintendent of ublie instruction. Marcus Dalv was elected chairman of the State central committee. Tlie Italian In Jail. Pir rsitno;, Pa., August 27. A special from Lima, Ohio, says; The striking Italians on the new railroad drove otV all other employes this morning and threatened to kill them if they again re turned to work. This afternoon war rants were sworn out for the arrest ot the Italians, which was accomplished by a constable ami posse of deputies who arrested thirteen of them. They were brought to town and locked up in jail. The others have threatened lo come to town ami liberate theprisoners. (oiards will be placed around the jail, ami the mililia have been notified to hold them selves in readiness. IHnaHtroiiH I toiler I'.xploHlon. Fi.mika. X. V.. August 27. This after noon about 2 o'clock a boiler iu the nail factory ot' C.oleharles N: Co., at South Towanda, Pa., exploded. Five men were instantly killed. Two others will proba bly die. and four others were terribly in jured. The budding was wrecked. The tiOYcrnor'H Hull. Nearly all of Ashcvillc's society folk vest Tday received handsomely printed invitations to attend the reception and grand full dress ball given in honor of (iovcrnor and Miss Helen Fowlc at the Mountain Park hotel, Hot Springs, this evening. These invitations were pretty generally accepted, and (piite a pai ly of Ashcvillians will do honor to the Gov ernor and his lcautiful and aceotnolish.-d daughter on the occasion. A Committee Meetluic. The renular monthly meeting of the executive coininitti'e of the Ashevillc I.ibrarv Assoiiation will lie held at Camp I'alton .his (Wednesday) ulter- 1)oolt at o.Jti o clock. A lull alteiiilanec of inemliers is urgently reinn-sted. A GREAT PARADE THIi CHUCK 1 KATl HI) OF Till 1CNCA M I'M KNT, Thirty TlioiiMaucI (irand Army Mi ll l.lne tlie StrctlH of Milwau kee Nlit-riuaii the I. Ion of the Hour with the Vet. Mn.w.M Kiiii, Autrust 27. Tin- iiir,'iili lias (iieti tin- urent i-vuil of the cmiinii HU'iit, iicl wliilc nut su l.-irjjc us sniiif ;m liciiatiil, it was a will inanaKiil, lim spoc'taili- and a i-iiiiiplrti' siiccrss. Tin thiiiK rciiiarkalik- in the history of hi;: jiroii'ssiiins was that it started im lime. The lieail of tlie enhniin lie,i;aii to move at 111 o'eloek, anil reaehed the reviewing slanil on C.ranil avenue at l(l..'i(l o'eloek. A eonservative eslimale of the mimlivr ol men who passed that point places it at .'HUPOU. A notieeahle incident of tlu pantile was the enthusiasm of the old veterans whenever l hey caught a fjimpsi ol C.cn. Sherman, lie was greeted with round after round of cheers, while the nanus lorjjol their admonition not t play Marching through l.coryia," and tlie Ki'izled old hero ol I riuinplial niarcl tliroiujh tlie South had to listen to tin time that has dinned his ears ever since the war closed. I Iccasionally a veter an i I Ik ranks would break iiut with n sally at Ills old Ceneral. One called out Oh, you II live to hudit throimh another war; ' while another shunted. "How about those chickens ?" To the lattcrin icironaiory i "Cii. Micrinaii who was as tickled as a school boy replied, "Oh, never took I he trouble to iminirc whei they came from." The I'ciinsvlvnni neieuation maile the best a unci ranee ol my post iu the line, and were conspicu ous fur their soldierlv lieariiiK thriuii;h out I he entire parade. There were iii.i.l; niliccnt spectacles to be seen. About tin time the parade started, one was obscrv i lilc Iroin Ihe intersection ol I-ipIuIi siicci ,-itiii 1 1 1 a uu a veil uc. lookiult down the avenue to the brulijc with theuaudib bedecked bridge as a back .u'lound -mi the brilliant decorations all the wat upo.i both sides of the sued, presented ii panorama winch no one who saw it is likely to lor"cl in a lifetime. It was Ki and and imposing ; how jny it all look ed withal. Another iuiiiosiii" siieetaele was from Tenth street up Orand avenue. Iu the foreground was a solid phalanx ol human bcinys, ,i sort ol atmosphere ol bright colors and jjood nature eoveriii'j it all. A little lurlluron was the review iiiK stand with its ilianerv and Ireilil ol liKiinarics; and then iu the distance the ,'ellow plumes of a li"lu horse suuadroii nioviiiK down Ihe hill at Ihe head of the (,'i'cat coliiuin between solid walls ol cheering humanitv. One not accuslonu-d to see such athcrini;s would be likely to make ;i vciy wild iicss if he aticuipicd to state the number of iieoole in tin- streets during the parade. Hown Ciianil ivenue Iroin 1-ilth si reel every window md place where one could stand or sit was taken. liverv window of the I'lankin on house was blossomed with faces and pretty costumes. The Superior Court Cfised its summer term yesterday ilteruoou, the docket 1 1 ; i iny beeuelearcd liter faithful work, and Jude Clark left ist nielli for Connelly Springs, where he wi!I .acet his family and reniaiu luitM it is time for him to leave for Transylvania court. Though Judjjc Clark was com mended by Tin; Citizi-:x lor a charge he never made, and lliounh that ;avc some the State papers occasion for some very wise disquisitions upon the error ol incliiiu out praises to the indieiarv, wc an now say that Jniluc Clark duriii the court earned and deserved all the onimcndation anticipated iu the eom- linient to the undelivered charge. The best lest of jjuoil service is that of the the first men to Icel and be restive under the novel pulling -of a tiht rein; md also the first to acknowledge the wisdom ami justice ol tin reslraiul. Without exception, the meinbers of the Kir accord to Judne Clark, ample learn- iiiK, a clear judicial mind, ipiick reaching f conclusions, promptness of decision, ue patience, ("rent courtesy, but marked impatience of waste of lime. To empha size this characteristic, he has had put lock iu sixty-four court rooms in the Stale to impress the idea that "tune is moncv," thus insuring promptness and punctuality, both of which he enforces icjilly. JnilLte Clark, like JuiIhc McKac, hows cereal regard for the comforts ot llicjury; he says thcirduties areouerous mil eonliiiin and should be mitiijaled lunch as possible by the provision of oiivenicnccs. Merc, the jury room has iceil irovuleil with easy ri-volvnii: chairs. not as luxuries, but as comlorls neeessarv r men selected against their will to do the public business. i'konim:nt i:i-i.i;. A HlHtiUKulNhed AHHemhlaue at lattery lark l.aHt Nlnlit. Anions the ilistinuished North Caro linians who arrived in the city yesterday afternoon and who are now quests at the palatial llatlery I'ark, are Associate Justice A. C. Avery ol the Stale siiprcme court, and Miss Avery; Associate Justice Jas. Iv. Shepheril of the same august tribunal, and son ; Col, T. M. Ivnii'rson, general freight and passenger ae;eiit of the Atlantic Coast I. ine, and Misses Kiln Monteiro, sistur to Mrs. I'mv. Jarvis, and Mamie and Katie Ironmonger; Maj. I' W. Chirk, general freight and passenger areul of the Seaboard Air-I.ine; Maj. O. M. Sadler, division suicriulcudcut of the Southern F.xprcss Co.; Su'rinlcndeut V. li. Mcltcc, of Ihe Western North Caro lina road, and family, just returned from lirccnbricr While SulpliurSpriiij;s; andll. and S. Sadler, Charlotte. Other notable arrivals were J. It. Christopher, owner of Pablo Beach hotel, Florida, and wife; . K. Stratum and wife, Natchez, Miss.; Col. C. II. SiiIkt, Newlieiry, S. C; ex-governor J. II. j Hiilloek, Tenii.; Kobt. I'. MeKavid, I nirmiucjinm, Ala.; A. K. Sullivan, Rome, ('.a.; W. H. Wise and wile, Texas; S. S. i INi(ic, Louisville; Mr. Cliipman, New Vork. Mr. Otis M. Coxe returned last niht from liar Ila, vr. Me., where he has licen for several weeks, and will iu future I assume his splendid leadership ofthcelc-j ganl gcrmans at the I'ark. I lit k;i, akm a.iii itt;i.i!;. Atli'iuplH to I.utcr MIoreH unci Kl'hicleillTH 111 tlllH city. I'hat a K;'iiK of snealt-thicves and Inirjj larsarenow operating their nefarious schcnies in this city is a fact well-known to the police authorities, reporters on this paper, and certain j;entlenicn doine business iu the liable bnildiiiL'. Mow Ion;; these roi; ucs have been here, win they are, and from whence they came will soon be made known to the public .is the cords of justice are fast beinj; lightened around them by our vigilant police. i in- ursi 1 1 i i 1 1 1 .-1 1 1 r i i i ol uicir presence here was aiiiiouuced Mondav whei Messrs. 11. 1'. Ilerudon and Jas. I.. We; ver, two youiiH incn who room in tin second story of the liable hotel, discov ered Ihal their chamber had been i ntered and robbed of about fifty dollars' wort I ol clothing, etc., while they were at theii respective places of business during the afternoon. This fact was reported ti the police and thev at once went quietly and vigorously to work on the ease. Veslerday inoruiiiL: Mr. James Carson the book and news dialer, whose placi oi i him hi ss lis near tin- poslotlicc, upon opening his sto -c, found the stocks ol roods in the show eases t hrown promis cuously about, his books iu general dis order, and upon niakiii fuiihcr cxaini mi ion discovered thai the thieves hai elleeleil an entranec into the slorerooui viuoui;h one of the rear window s of the huildhifj. The rogues, however, not be inuofa literary turn of mind, took noth utji so far as Mr. Carson has vet been able lo ascertain. Mr.J. M. Ileslou's confectionery cstub lishnnnl ;idjoius Carson's book store, md the rear door and windows of his place were also tried by the scoundrels the same ni';ht, but failing to elliet an entrance or beini; scared oil', thev de parted. Ktnnors ol other attempts to cuter sioresand resiliences iu the city were i"in rent late last eveuinj; but nothing leliuile could be aseci laiued, and as no complaints were reported at the police station I here is but little cause to be lieve I hem true. bi.vi Tin-; i.i.Tii;it. AKheville uh It Appears to an Ahle Charleston Reporter. It is scarcely possible for a visitor to express his views about Aslieville and the 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 . i i 1 1 section otherwise than wilh itnethin of enthusiasm. The atmos phere, the scenery, the environments are ill those of a new world to a man from the coast lands, of another planet. Few natures arc so churlish or so unimpress ive as not loyielil to thcinspiriii charm which fills the eye with new pleasure and .'xpands Ihe soul with new ideas. Some times there arc conditions and accompa niments which serve to accomplish the iiiperllous purpose ol'nildini' refined (old; soinct hiii); that funis iu the crystal air a irrcatcr brilliancy, iu the ethereal blue of the mountains a deeper cerulean, iu the splendors of the landscape a wider diver- ity, such for instance as when such visi tor conies accompanied with his blush iti)1 bride and is iu mood lo feel that all these beautiful things are spread and burnished lor his especial delectation. So we may look with especial eagerness for the Ashevillc letter ol .Mr. M. F. Tiiihc. in attache of tin- News and Courier, to ppcar in that paper to-day or to-mor row. No doubt I'clli.im will have a lull tipply of the copies ol the paper, and from the character of the writer and the eir iiuistanccsunilerwhi.il il waswritten. it will prove unusiiallv interesting. I III.KS VOt' K.XOW. "A ho They Are t Where Thev Are, ati.1 What They Are IkoliiK. Mr. li. II. ii);lll has returned lo the city. Mi. W. It. I'.atcw I, of Linden, Va., traveling lici.i'ht a,t;i-nl of Ihe Uichiuond and I'alivillc load, is at the Swanuatloa. Mr. Ileiny M. Brown, Miss Bcttie Brown, Mrs. Spra,i;ins and daughter left yesterday for Casar's Head, where they will spend several days. Mr. C. W. Blown and family, of 1 i.-tkoia, are here. Mr. 11., is the sou of undertaker J. V. Itrowiiand will probably permanently locale iu Aslieville. The Kev. Mr. (lw altncy. a prominent minister of the Baplisl church, and an old friend of ours, is in the city, a ucst, webilieve, ot the Kev. 1'r. J. L. Carroll. Mr. J.J. Maekey returned yesterday from Del Kin, Tcnn., where he has Ik-cu on a visit to Mrs. Maekey, who is now convalescent from a very serious attack of typhoid fever. L.J. Laird, lisip, manae.cr of 'ij;encies of the Southern Mutual Buildiii); and Loan Association ol Atlanta, is at thc t'.rand Central, and will skuiI several days iu the city. Col. John II. Caiuerou, editor of this paier, leaves to-day for Waynesville, where he will attend the Haywood cx Conlederatc reunion which begins at that place this moruiii);. A Farewell Co-ueerl. dimness S: Armstrong's Swiss Hell Ringers and Comedy company, which has been sieutlin); the summer moulds in Ashevillc and other places in Western North Carolina, will )-ive a farewell con cert at Battery Park to-morrow even Kcjiiininj; at S.IKI o'eloek. An excel lent program has Iki'ii arranged and the admission fee lias Urn fixed at popular l prices. The company will leave for New York, Friday, from which city it will start out on its annual tour durin.i; the latter part of next week. 11UNCUM1JE PRISONERS AfiU TIIH HANNKR ISI WHICH THliV ARK TKKATKU. Tliey Have "Plenty to Hat, Their Cells are Cleanly Kept and Well Ventilated, and They Have no Cause lor Complaint. One anion); the most admirably man aged public institutions of Buncombe is its county jail, and the care of prisoners confined therein is worthy of much lavorablc comment. While th. discipline is rigid and strictly enforced, the wants of the inmates, their coinlorts and conveniences arc as strictly looked after by efficient sheritl' Reynolds .mil his jailer Mr. W. II. Jiniison. There is no brutality, careless neglect or hard diips, beyond close confinement, ex perienced here by these unfortunate wights, most of whom arc colored and incarcerated on charges of petty larceny and similar ollences against the statute law. Their food is of the best quality, thoroughly prepared and bounteously served, and a goodly mnnlier of those who now eat three full meals each day iu iail would think it strange and a stroke f fortune, indeed, if they succeeded in having their paunches Idled twice a day Milside of prison walls. As a rule the prisoners appreciate the kind treatment thev receive at the hands f the big-hearted sherllf, and give him but little, if any trouble, in the enforci- neiit of his splendid government of Hun ombe's chief penal institution. Oc casionally an ugly customer gets his fen tilers rumpled the wrong way, but they arc quickly smoothed out bv the ml and determined shcrilf, and aftir this is accomplished the ugly individual is as docile and obedient as any jailer would wish to see. Kindness. not harsh ness or violence, is the sheriirs idea of managing prisoners, and he finds that the rule works well. The sanitary condition of the jail is icrlcd ; the cells are clean and airy; the icds and clothing free from the slightest suspicion of filth and that disagreeable peeics of vermin so often found in the best managed institutions of this kind. The bathing facilities arc ample, and cry precaution is taken to prevent dis- igreeable conditions by totally eradi- aling any possible cause for their ex istence. Hr. II. II. Weaver is the jail physician mil is a lrequent visitor among the num erous cells and cages. He nrescri H's lor the prisoners when sick, and at each visit makes a throrotigh examination of the sanitary condition of the buildinu. If there is anything wrong, and it is sel lout there is, sheriff Reynolds in notified it once, and tiiat ollicial immediately is sues his orders to the jailer who as promptly carries them out to the lettei. An excellently managed jail is that of Buncombe, and its conduct is a credit ti the competent officials who have it iu barge, and under their control. At present there are twenty persons confined in the jail for various offences, imotu; whom there are three charged with homicide; two with horsestealing; one with counterfeiting; two with vio- ating internal revenue laws; one with ittle stealing, and the rest with common arcenv. Of those in for hoinieidcis John Wilson, white, from Yancey, who was convicted f murder in that county early this year, mil who was sentenced to hang. His ittorneys, however, secured an ap-ical to the supreme court, and Wilson was sent here for safe keeping until the decision of the higher tribunal in his case is made nowii. Next on this list conies Jesse Peterson, dso white, charged with murder in Mad ison. Me, too, is awaiting the result of in appeal to tlii siiprenie court, and is in Buncombe jail for safe keeping. flic last of the trio is William Fore, of this county, who figured in Sunday's tragedy at the Turkey Creek camp meet ing. He is awaiting trial at the Oetolwr term of the criminal court for the slaving Amos Lunslord, of lA'iecster town- hip. Thomas Wright and Bavid Swatzell, the horse-thieves, also occupy a cell on the second floor of the jail. The decision if the supreme court in their case has not vet been handed down and they are atienlly and hopefully awaiting the esult. Wright isjust now recovering from in attack of pneumonia and presents a pitiable spectacle, lie is terribly ema ciated, and has a horrible, hacking ugh, frightfully suggestive of eon- umpliou. His companion, however, is in robust health mid carefully nurses Wright in his feeble condition. A curious assortment and mixture of rime and -ictty meanness is found in all Kiial institutions, and lluneomliejailisnii exception to the rule; but Till! Citizkn is free lo assert its Ix'lief that if nil jails were managed as efficiently and their inmates treated as humanely as are those in sheritl' Reynold's keeping, the news paiers of the country would not contain one-tenth of the horrible exposes of the brutality of sheriffs and kitqiers of prisons that now shock and disgust mankind's better feeling by their recital. Sheriff Reynolds is due much credit for his laiihful, efficient and humane care of those unfortunates in his keeping. The Rutherlordton Connection. Capt. Niitt Atkinson and Col. Tlind Coleman returned late last evening from their reconnoisaiiee, anlrcKirt that tliey have found a most feasible route for the proposed line 1-ctween Ashevillc and Rulhcrfordton. Drenched with the rain that had fallen on them most of yester day, the communications of the gentle men were brief; but Cnpt. Atkinson promises us a detailed report very toon.
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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Aug. 28, 1889, edition 1
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