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'.ii.";"-iiii.?if(.r1j.-: THE DAILY CITIZEN THE DAILY CITIZEN Delivered to Visitors in any part of BOARDING, WANTS, For Rent, and Lost Notice, three lino or lc, 26 Cent for I each insertion. the City. One Month.. Two Weeks, or less iGc. VOLUME V. ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1889. NUMBER 129. 1 ' i EUROPEAN LETTERS. THE EIFFEL TOWER A IS II THi: GREAT EXI-OSITION. North Carolina Gems In lie Amer ican Exhibit Services at a Huh Hlan Cliurch-The naileries ol'lhe Louvre Small Jlenln, Etc. Paris, August 25, W.l. Editor Citizen : The weal her has been must unlike what one would exK'et in sunny France very variable, showers ol rnin, and uncomfortably cool. So when we, in company with ten thousand other idiots, on yesterday ascended the famous Eiffel Tower we were quite satisfied with our cx)erimeiit upon reaching the second litnjfc, or about half way up, and round that it could rain there quite as hard as any place we ever saw, while the floor was so badly drained that the wafer stood two inches deep. Owing to the crowd we could neither go up nor down, and never remcmlter to have :,assed a longer half hour than while a waitiugoiir turn to descend. This is indeed a most marvelous struc ture, and one appreciates its immensity best, at the first floor, probably 35o feet above the-ground, where is fount! quite a little village, including u restau rant, while on the next, or fiOOfcct high, is a publishing house, and the Daily Figaro is regularly issued. I'ndcr the circumstances attending our visit the view was by no means satisfac tory, and we regretted having wavered in our original intention not to visit tin liilfel Tower. A second day at thccxposilion grounds (jives a much more favorable impression than was gained at first, hut vet we think that in some rcscets it falls far short ol that at Philadelphia. So far as we have liecn able to see the grounds do not at all compare in beauty with ours, nor do we like so well the general arrangement ot the buildings. Here they are too much sub-divided by small galleries, anil we miss the grand view we had of the whole main building at the American Centen nial. The dome over the chief entrance comes nearest to it and is the most attractive portion, both on its own account anil be cause ornamented with the wonderful tapestries that are made here. It is in deed hard to conceive how these can be the product of looms. They look so like the very licst oil paintings. liven the per 8ieclive is ailinirabiv preserved, and landscapes, llovvers, birds, animals, por traits and statuary are reproduced in u manner marvelously natural. So far as we have yet extended our in Scclion, we give the palm to Russians having the best exhibit, especially at tractive in its assortment of silks, mal achite and furs, the latter particularly comforting this cold day; while those from Norway are well selected and most tastefully arranged, comprising several grottoes, showing in natural size the va rious animals and birds of that northern clime. France's exhibit, of course, is most ex tensive, and we note some wonderful pro ductions of glass, especially a ball ol ma terial for watch crystals, as cicar as a soap bubble, but six feet in diameter. Also a pane so absolutely transHirent that we utteinpted to walk through it, measuring twenty-six feet high and four teen feet wide anil weighing about l!,00t pounds. Outside of the mechanical d partment the United States seem very poorly repre sented. Mr. Edison and Thompson & Houston have marvels of electricity. The phonograph of the former and tin welding machine of the latter are both miracles. We cannot yet see much prac tical good of the phonograph. Ilssound, while distinct, is distinctly mechanical, with a brassy effect that is disagreeable. Hut the welding machine is destined to revolutionize mechanical works. (Inly rclLct that we saw two pieces of iron two inches in diameter, in less than one minute welded as fast us if it had never been severed, and without the exieudi turc of a particle of heat or labor beyond what was needed to place it in the ma chine. Tiffany & Co. seem to have tried to re deem the character of America, and pre sent a very creditable display in silver ware and gems. Among the latter we were glad to seeseveralsiieeimens labeled as from North Carolina, and thecountics of McDowell, Alexander, Mitchell, Ashe, Macon and Clay areconspieuously repre sented. This is our first Sunday in Paris, and we decided to attend service at the Rus sian church, which proved most attract ive, both from the novelty and the great solemnity which attended it throughout. It seemed very strange to be in a church without chairs or any kind of scats. The coiigregriition stood during the whole, which only extended over an hour's time. The singing was exquisitely sweet and the intoning ol tne gosjK-i uv uie pi lest was exceedingly impressive. Tliccongrc gatiou took no purl in the service farther than by very frequent bov. ingsaiul cross ings on the breast. In fact, every one except ourselves seemed to lie doing this almost continually. The vestments ot the priests were extremely rich, being chieHy made of silk and gold. Altogether it was a service to be remembered lor its impressivencss, ulthough performed in a language of which we could not under stand a single syllable. Our next mortification ol the spirit, is to visit the Louvre, and its stupendous galleries ol paintings. Oh! how we long to lie able to appreciate these things, but we cannot and it is useless to try any longer. If it were not for the high art we might stand it, and in time learn to enjoy it, but the naked men and women, which the lovers ot art stand Ixlore in rapture, become to us perfectly, absolute ly monotonous, wearisome and disgust ing. We know this is heresy, but candor compels us to acknowledge it. So even the magnificent rooms of this grand palace are quickly left lor more congenial scenes, which we find by a walk tlnotigh the gardens of the Tuilleries, and passed the lovely fountains of the Place de Con corde. Thence a cab curries us along that truly royal drive. The Champs lilysees wtucn Drings us to the arch ol 1 riumnh. which we stop to examine and to admire, commemorating as it does the wonderful victories of the first Napo leon. And so on we drive to and through the Bois dc Bolougne. In this latter we are somewhat disap pointed ; while very beautiful in some re spect, the trees and undergrowth are al lowed to be too thick, keeping out the sunlight and jriving to all a damp, dark appearance. On the whole we do not like it half so well as our Central Park. The best part oi the llois dc Uolougne, ig L Jnnlin d Acclimation which is filled with most lovely bright flowers, among which ramble many excellent specimens ol rare birds and animals. The flock of ostriches is the licst we have ever teen, and one ol them affords delight to the children by drawing them in a curt over the smooth walk. We think these specimens fur better than nnv we saw in the British Zoologi cal garden. In fact we find ourselves often comparing our impressions of Lon don with those of Paris, and decide that in each and everv resnet the latter is by far the most attractive and agreeable citv, although we wish they would adopt a different stvle of cooking and arrange ment! of meals. What they call nil petit itcjcuncr would make about one mouth ful for one of our robust mountaineers, and when we arc so utterly exhausted as to seek a drii k ol'eogniac, our host pre sents us a glass about the size of an in fant's thimble, and would be utterly hor rified it we fill il more than once, while the flavor of the liqueur is such as to im press upon us how absolutely absurd sucli a measure is, and to make us look forward anxiously to our return to America, and our 'friend Longhrau and others. The water ol Paris is so horribly bad that no one pretends to touch it; bin they di ink wine instead, and that so ter ribfy sour that our pigs would raise an uproar of squealing il compelled to taste it. Mav'oe we will come to like il alter a while, but we scarcely think it will be worth the effort, therefore will not try auv longer but stop right now. T. W. 1. JIUITISH UKAIN TRADE. The Mark I.niie ExprcKH' Review ol' CniH and PriceH. I,oJilo, September '.I. The Mark Lane Express, in us weekly review of the Hrit ish grain trade, says: "Deliveries of the new crop ol English wheat are disap pointing as to quality. Prices ranged from thirty to thirty-live shillings per quarter, averaging thirty-one shillings. These arc low conipai -alive values for the first prices ol a new er q. Sales of Eng lish wheat for the week, were 3N,7NI quarters at thirteen shillings against 1 l'o f.S quarters at thii ly-scvcu shillings nine-tenths, lor the corresponding week last year. California wheat relapsed six to nine pence. New American winter red, is lit inly held. Russian and Indian are rather lower. Corn is three pence .higher. L'iiisccd has fallen three pence. At to-day's market the English wheal ruled lower, and foreign declined six pence. Corn, barley, and oats were in the buyers lavor. Sunset l iis Maid to be Dying. Nuw Vol; k, September '.). An evening peper says: "Congressman Samuel Snlli vmi Cox is dying at his home, 13 lvasl 12th street. Four days ago he was con fined to his bed by an attack of what he supposed to be malarial fever. This rapidly developed into acute pneumonia, which lias defied the best medical skill. Yesterday his physicians gave up all hiqie, and announced that the days ol the statesman-humorist could Ik" num bered on the fingers of one hand. Con gressman Cox w.is to have lectured on his visit to Yellowstone Park before the Sleekier Association to-morrow night. At three o'clock this afternoon Hon. S. Si. Cox was reported as being very low. A conlereucc has been held by his physi cians, Lockwood, Skidder, Wynkop and Sowers, of Washington. The result ol the conference showed, that while Cox was very low, there was no immediate (lunger. Trial ol Ives to Begin. Nl-.w Yokk, September II. Henry S. Ives and his partner, George II. Staynar, were brought belore Recorder Smythe in the general sessions court to-day to be tried for the Irauilulenl issue ol stock of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad. Ives' counsel asked I'orseparatc trials. It was decided to try Ives first, ar.c! the time was fixed for to-morrow. Tile prisoners were taken back to Ludlow street jail. Ives looked well. ArrcHl of itneliHt MuiT. Coi.i miu s, C.i., September '.I. An Ku-quircr-Sini special from Salem, Ala., says: "Hun. W. A. Hull", the would-be duelist and his friend Capt. Kofi' Sims, of Macon, were aiesied at thai place this afternoon. The two were taken to Opelika and car ried before t hciudge. I luff was placed uncle r $1,1100 bond to keep the pence, and Sims under a $2,.ioo bond. Both arc still in the custody of the officers. Patterson, the oilier duelist, is still hiding out." . X New Venire Ordered. CuicAi.o. September 0. The weary work ot finding a jury for the Cronin trial was resumcd.before Judge MeConnell this morning; and from a ruling soon after the examination of talisman was begun, il would appear that the court is disposed to accelerate the work. In all, aboul twenty-five talesmen were ex amined during the day, and all of them were excused, cither lor cause or on ic remptory challenge. A new venire was ordered for to-morrow. Presidential Appointments. Y .'.shim, ton. Sentember '.). The Presi dent to-night made the following ao- pointu'.cnis: George W. Lyon to be surveyor of customs lor the port of New ork; i nco. o. winisto i.c naval omcer of customs in the district of New Y'ork : Krnesl V.-itll.'in I be eollit'l or i il' intem.-il revenue lor the first district of New York. l ahms H. Husliee, I'tntcd States dis trict attorncv for the eastern district of North Carolina, has resigned. lMifllNtrt'netermliied to Fight. Coi.r.Mius. Ga., September 'J. Mr. Huff left Columbus last night for Macon. The mayor of Columbus released him on condition that be would go to Macon. As he I Hull! did not promise to remain in Macon, it is believed the Patterson party will lie met either in South Caro lina or Florida, and the duel will be fought if friends fail to settle the matter. The officers prevented the parties from getting together in Alalmnia. Wilmington Review: "It was reported here to-day that young Mr. Marshall, of Wadesboro' who was struck by a base ball bat a lew days ago, in a dispute over a game, by another young man by the name ol Dargan, hail died from the effects of the injury, This is not so. A telegram from Wadesboro received this afternoon says that Mr. Marshall is somewhat liettcr. There has evidently lieen a blow somewhere at sea, probably not far from lltitteras, for the sea has been very high oft' this coast for several days past. The sight from the shore is said to have been a grand one. In the police court yesterday morning Jim Penland and Hud Greenlee, colored, were fined $1(1 each for selling liquor on Sunday. The former in default of pay ment was scut to the chain gang for twenty days. Greenlee paid his fine. Don't forget the fair and festival to lie held nt the Doublcdav Methodist church this evening. Cakes, ereims and all kinds ol refreshments will be served nt moderate prices. The fair is held to raise funds to pay for the new organ ot the church, and will begin at 7 o'clock. A TARHEEL STORY. A Wile's Fidelity Seem to be at Stake. Charlotte, N. C, September 8. Reidsville is now in the midst of much excitement growing out of the sensation al coroner's investigation in the case ol D. K. Morris, who died very suddenly and under rather peculiar circumstances a few days ago. The investigation has been in progress one week and much sen sational evidence is being brought out. One year ago Mr. Morris, who was one of the oldest and most substantial business men of Reidsville, was married to Miss Cora May Scales, a very pretty young lady and the acknowledged lielle of the town. It is said that Miss Scales did not love Morris and her marriage to him wns against her wishes. This is plainly evident from the fact that imme diately after the ceremony was perform ed, Mrs. Morris absolutely and uncondi tionally refused to live with her husband as his wife, and they lived apart until Morris' death. However, of lute they have both lived ill the same house, but each occupying separate apartments. Sonic days ago Mrs. Morris asked her husband to have his lite insured for $10, 000 and have the policy made out in her favor. This was done and the policy was delivered to her. Morris told her that he had also made his will and had bequeathed to her proicrty worlh $20, 000. In a day or two Morris was found dead in his bed. Although the circum stances looked suspicious, on account ol Mrs. Morris' connections and her prom inence in society, no action was taken against her and Morris was buried, her friends declaring he was a victim of heart disease. But after Morris' body had lieen in the grave one week a coroner's jury was summoned, the body exhumed, and the stomach cut out by Drs. llroiighlon, ol Reidsville, and Gregory, of Greensboro. These physicians pronounce the heart pcrlectly sound and say death resulted from the effects of chloroform, and that a much smaller dose than that used would have produced death. The stom ach has Ik-'CU sent to the State chemist for analysis. It remains to lie seen whether Morris took an oyerdoseofehlo I'oform, or if it was administered to him. Four lawyers are employed on the case and several days will yet be required to hear evidence. Mrs. Morris is now in a very critical condition, her nervous sys tem being entirely unstrung. Three phy sicians are attending her, but it is feared that she is beyond recovery. Highly sensational developments arc expected in the next few days. Mrs. Morris is con nected with the" best families of Rocking ham country. She has lieen placed un der arrest to await the coronc's verdict. I'HICAGO REVIEW. IuhIiii-nm in the (irain Center Our. Inif VeHterday'H tteHHlon. CliiCAiai, September 0. The market for wheat ruled steady and narrow to day. There were no new features and trading was of a light and scalping char acter. It was the impression here early that the visible supply would increase 1,000,000 bushels and this had a depress ing elleet. During the last half hour there was a lively trading and prices eased off to inside figures, the closing quotations being at the bottom tor September and October and c. lower for the day. De cember uud May rallied a small fraction, and were only a shade below Saturday's close at adjournment. A moderate and very good shipping business was transacted in corn, the feel ing being steady. Fluctuations were con lined within narrow limits. Reports re garding the growing crop are generally of a very favorable character. The mar ket oiicncd a shade under the closing of Saturday was firm and gradually ad vanced 'la'Tne., liccame quiet and steady, closing n shade better than Saturday. Oats were tradcdin moderately, and a quiet and steadier feeling prevailed. There was no particular pressure to sell uud a lair disposition to buy, but price changes were confined to a narrow range. Some little interest was manifested in pork with some irregularity in prices. October advanced and January declined. Trading was light in lard and the feel ing was steady, with very little chungc in prices. The inquiry for short ribs was active and oflerings fair. Prices on the whole range averaged higher, but outside fig ures were not maintained. THE ANTWERP HORROR. Tlie Fire ExtliiKuiHhed and More CorpHeM Found. Antwerp, September!). The fire which started in the cartridge factory on Friday has at lust lieen extinguished. Several more corpses have liecn found, and the number of dead will certainly reach two hundred. King Leopold and the Cabinet ministers to-day visited the hospitals where the sufferers by the fire arc being cared for. The arrest of M. Carvillnin, proprietor of the cartridge factory, has been or dered. Many crsons passed the night in the oien air, dreading to remain in their homes, owing to the explosion of petro leum which occurcd at intervals until Sunday morning. The village of Austruwell, inhabited by artisans, was completely destroyed for hundreds of yards, and in its vicinitv not a building escaped damage. All parts of the city show more or less damage, and portions have the appearance of having liecn bombarded. A Brutal Murder. Norfolk, Vn., September 9. T. L. Walker, a well known merchant of Nor folk county, engaged in business at Sew cll's Point, six miles from this city, was murdered early yesterday morning. The motive for the murder was mbherv; and six negroes William Henry Curtis, Henry Williams. Samuel Stencil, Cornelius White, George Pryor and Robert Curtis are now in jail for the crime. W. Henry Curtis wns the first one of the murderers arrested; and White under examination broke down and implicated the other five men named as his accomplices. Accord ing to his story, he and his pals went to Walkers' store Sunday morning where he hapiiencd to be sleeping, and effected nn entrance. They were met by Walker in his night dress and unarmed, nnd they nt once seized him, and after knocking him senseless with a stick of wood, they strangled mm to death. Ilaxeball Yexterday. , At New Y'ork New York 11, Cleve land 5. At Washington Washington 9, In dinitnnolis 6. At Philadelphia-Philadelphia 10, Pitts burg 4. At Baltimore Baltimore 8, Cincin nati 12. At Philadelphia Louisville 10, Ath letic 7. THE GREAT EXPOSITION. A GRAND AMD IMPOSING CIVIC PARADE AND DISPLAY. Reviewed by tbe President, Gov ernor Jackson and Mayor I.a trobe The Cireat Reception at the Rennert House, Etc. Baltimore, Md., September 9. The great reposition began this morning with the civic nnd trades parade, re viewed by President Harrison, Governor Jackson and Mayor Latrobe. The pa rade, consisting of 100 floats, and alto gether 15,000 men, was four hours in passing the stand. Like all such affairs, it was grand and imposing, but at the end dwindled in insignificant advertise ment wagons. At last it was over, and the committee took the President amid fluttering huzzas of the people back to the Rennert House. Mrs. Harrison, who arrived at the hotel from Jenkinton, re turned to Washington by an early train, us did also Secretary YY'indom. In the hotel parlors were many prominent citi zens when the Mayor read the engrossed resolutions of the city council, inviting the President to hold a public reception at the city hall, the mayor, or- behalf of of the reception committee, invited him to attend a dinner in his honor at the ho tel. Into the large dining room of Rennert House filed 150 guests wishing to honor the President ol the United Slates. An orchestra concealed liehind ntitural ferns played during the meal. Daylight was admitted through stained glass softened and subdued, and incandescent electric light added brilliancy to the scene. The President nnd party left a little early in order to attend the reception at the city hall. The President stood from 6 to 7 p. m. near the door of the recep tion room, and as the 2,500 men, women and children pussed single file he gave each a firm shake of the hand and a pleasant look. He readily took the hands of children and all. The reception closed sharply on the minute, and for a few mo ments the President sat in the chair ol the Mayor of Baltimore. Lined in front of the citv hall the letter carriers of the city were keeping back the crowd. As tne I'resulent was recognized descending the stairs cheer upon cheer, loud and clear, rangr out, the most frantic since his siuy, continuing lu me ncjiui., wncre ine chief executive entered the cur "Balti more" together with Secretary Tracy, Marshall Ransdell and Adjutant General Kelton. At 7.30 a special engine took the car to Washington, where President Harrison remains to-night. Considerable anxiety is felt to-night liei e of accidents due to many electric wires having been cut to allow the floats to pass. FIRST-CLASS COMPANIES. The Barnstormer and Old Gag Dealer MuhI (io, With the opening of the new ojiera house comes a better and higher class ol theatrical talent to amuse and entertain Asheville plny-gocrs. No longer will the barnstormer, with expansive check, bat tered hat; Baxter street clothing and cut-glass diamonds; with lordly name and royal mien, attempt to shoot his B. C. 61 chestnuts at the Asheville devo tee of Momus. No more will the fair and lovely (?) damoscls of forty winters and more, make one's' hah rise like the "quills upon the back of the fretful porcu pine," and his heart slop still as "grand father's clock," with the "old songs," in an alleged voice a cross between the semi-crazing sounds of a steam ca!lioic and a prize cat fight, and then lie asked to encore the aged female veteran who stands forth on the bills as "Miss So-and-So." They and their ilk must take a rest a long and lasting siesta. And shall we miss them when they're gone? Well, scarcely. First-class, legitimate companies in iqiera, tragedy, comedy, minstrelsy, etc., only, will lie secured by the management of the ncwojiera house, and artistes such as Rhea and Abbott, Juch and Daven port, Booth and Kmniett, Downing and Ward, Bell and Knight, Prescott nnd McLean, the Templetons, Barry and Fay, Sol Smith Russell, Sothern, John Clinton Hall, and hundreds of others, will lie greeted by large and remunera tive audiences when they come. The people appreciate a gnod play by a good company and arc always ready to pay good prices for I he opportunity ofattend ing such. Glad The Citizen is to an nounce that only the best plays will lie presented in Asheville hereafter. No shoddy, clap-trap, disgusting stuff', but clean, refined, elegant productions that will not fail to please. DRVMAN IN A BAD WAY. He was Much Worse Yesterday and will Probably Die. John Dry man, the youth shot by engin eer William Miller in the row at the Jen kins woman's house Saturday evening, Sient a bad day yesterday, and the prob ability now is that he will die. The bul let has not yet been located, and the phy sicians are fearful of immediate fatal re sults if the prolie is used, owing to the location of the wound and the direction in which the missile ranged. The wounded man is receiving careful and skillful treatment at the hands of Dr. Justice, but it is safe to say that he can not live longer than a few days, nt the farthest. Miller has fled the Stntc.it issuposcd, and the officers have been busy since Sunday morning telegraphing to various points in this and adjoining States in the hope of intercepting him. So far their efforts have proven unsuccessful, and ow ing to the means which he had, and has at his command to make good his escape, there is considerable conjecture on the part of the authorities as to the prolav bilityofhis ever being ovei taken and brought back to answer for his crime in the event that Dryman dies an end that now seems to be beyond the shadow of a doubt. Tbe weather To-Day. Washington, September 9. Indica tions lor North Carolina fair; station ary temperature; northerly winds. LET JUSTICE BE DONE. A Homicide Unpunished, if Not Forgotten. The activity displayed by the authori ties here in endeavoring to solve the mys teries of murders supposed to have been committed in this county respectively eight and fifteen years ago, suggests the application of the same energy nnd inter est in bringing to justice the perpetrator of a homicide about which there is no doubt, and one committed within the past two and a half years. About that homicide, there was at the time a seem ingly unuccountable indifference, and since, an apathy in vindicating the law which might bring discredit upon the au thorities, if we did not know, personally, that the apathy was only apparent, the result of prudent caution. But the cau tion has extended over such a space of time that it seems probable that the of fender may safely indulge himself in the hope oficrmnncnt immunity ; and thus it hnpicn that the law lie insulted and defied, and a stranger lie killed with the assurance that no person or authority lie at the trouble to prosecute his slayer. The circumstances of the homicide may lie briefly stated. They are without doubt fresh in the minds of a number of our citizens. At a date and time we cannot recall, but certainly within the past three years, a quarrel and affray took place lietwcen two employes of the Asheville Furniture Factory, in the factory, during the work ing hours. One of them was of German extraction or birth, coming here from Cincinnati. The other wns from Bast Tennessee. In the fight the latter had the licst of it, and the German, starting to run, was struck on the right side of the head, behind the ear, with a stone thrown with great violence by the other. He felt to the ground in an insensible condition, and was taken to the Mission Hospital. The other immediatelv or soon after fled. The injured man never recovered his intelligence. The skull was fractured, and a piece of it more than nn inch in diameter was removed, exposing the brain. After lingering in a comatose state for eight or ten days, he died, unquestionably Irom the blow, the brain constantly oozing out through the ghastly orifice. The date ofthe patient's entry to the hospital and that of his death arc no doubt exactly recorded on the hooks of the hospital. We called upon a leading magistrate and put him in jiossession of all such facts of which he wasnot previously pos sessed. We also waited upon Solicitor Moody for the same purpose. We know that both of these gentlemen nt the time took active, yet cautious steps, to bring the assailant of the dead man to justice. Nothing came of it then. Two years have passed, and the whole matter seems to be passing into oblivion. This is inadmissible. It is not the habit ofthe law, it is not the )licy of public justice, it is not for the security of the icople, that a man shall lie knocked in the head like a dog and lie forgotten ; nnd that his slayer, whether with or without provo cation, shall esc.-qie all inquiry and re sponsibility, and boast perhaps that he is above the law. In the name of public justice, we ask that steps lie instituted nt once to vindi- ate the law in thisense, still fresh in gen eral mcmorv. THE LE CONTE PEAR. A Fine Specimen lirown by Mr. Robt. A. Long. Col. T. B. Long yesterday afternoon left with us a siecimen of this fine pear of distinctly Southern origin, and which is the subject ol such extensive and profita ble culture in Georgia and Florida. Dur ing the past season the I.e Complc iear figured largely among the early fruits brought here. Hut we saw none nearly so large as the specimen liefore us, or so fine in shape and color. It weighs three quarters of a pound. It was raised in the garden of Mr. Robert Long in this city, and is the fruit of a tree brought by Col. Long from Thomasvillc, On., a few years ago, this licing its first year of bearing. This is erhaps as high a lati tude and elevation at which this variety has jicrfected. But the iear in its other varieties would find here congenial cli mate and soil, and should receive more attention than has been awarded it Few have paid much attention to it. The late Prof. Kimlierly was one of those few; and he left behind him a pear or chard which is now bearing finely. Cer tain fruits, largely neglected, are especi ally adapted to this altitude, among which are the pear, the plum in many varieties, the cherry nnd the berries, es pecially the raspberry and the straw berry, profitable in the hands of those who have taken pains to cultivate them These two berries, like the grape, have the endorsement of nature for their ex tensive cultivation, the native varieties of all three growing here in abundance and perfection. Calamitous Fire in Albany. Albany. N. Y.. Scptemlxr 9. A fire broke out on anupper floor ofMcCordle's four story rag and junk warehouse at 1.50 o'clock this afternoon. Thirty or forty women and girls were employed in picking rags. Many of them escaiied bv stairways and fire escapes; but some were cut off by the dense smoke. One girl fell from a third story window iqion a pile of iron, and was latally hurt; another followed a moment later and was badly injured. Both were breathing when taken to the hospital. Another was probably fatally burned. It is re ported that others were caught in the building; but of this nothing can be learned definitely. Geo; Heck, of Raleigh, is at the Battery Park. FOLKS YOU KNOW. Who They Are Where Thev Are, anr what They Are Doing. George T. Jones left for New Y'ork yes terday. S. Lipiusky has returned from his Northern trip. Governor Fowle, after a week's visit to Asheville, has returned to Raleigh. Mrs. B. M. Lyons has relurned to the city and will siend several days here lie fore going South. J. R. Graves and O. II. Henry and wife went North lust night. The party will be absent about ten days. Mrs. G. B. Clark, of Howling Green, Ky., siiecinl correspondent of the St. Louis Republic, wasal thcGrand Central yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Lnngdon Cheves, ol Charleston, S. C, and Misses Hcrta and Emily Allen, of Terre Haute, lnd., are at the Battery Park. K. L. Brown has accepted a position with Graves & Thrash, 10 South Main street, where he will in future be pleased to see his numerous friends. I5x-Govcrnor and Mrs. Thos. J. Jarvis left yesterday for Raleigh where they will sjiend sometime before returning to their home at Greenville, Pitt county. James P. McTeer, of Wythcville, Va formerly judge of Wythe county court, and latterly minister in charge of the Methodist church at Chattanooga, Tenn., is registered at the Swanuanoa. W. Bayard Cutting and family of New Y'ork City, who have been spending several weeks at the Mountain Park hotel, at Hot Springs, passed through this city yesterday afternoon in their private car en route home. Rev. Robert Strange and wile of Wil mington are in the city for a lew days. Mr. Strange filled the pulpit at Trinity Episcopal church Sunday morning, and his sermon was most highly appreciated by the vast congregation which worship at that sanctuary. The beautiful lan guage, graceful delivery and learned rea soning of the very able divine created a fine impression among his auditors. Mr. and Mrs. Strange arc stopping at the Battery Park. "CUT 'EM FOR FROST.' The Mayor Held a Full Haud and Called Every Time. The dock of the police court was a study when that tribunal began business yesterday morning, and the cash-box of the chief of police was another when the session adjourned. The pen was chug full of delinquents, and the general color was "off." The group looked like the wrecked end of a cheap kalcidcscope, and there wasn't a prisoner on deck who could set still long enough to repeat the first ofthe ten commandments. The nerves of the whole caboodle were badly shat tered, nnd "red licker" of an exceedingly inferior quality had caused the shatter ing. Ilis Honor surveyed the panorama spread before him, took down the muni cipal pruning knife, whetted the blade on the leather back of a copy of The Code and the carving commenced. He "cut 'em for frost," did the mayor, yesterday; and fines of $10, $15, $20, $25, $30, $3.- 25, $2.25, were announced so numerous ly that Col, Baird had to call on officer Bradley to assist in taking up the collec tion. I'inally the performance concluded and every man in the court house fell as if he had gotten value received for the time he took to attend the show. It was a big court and lacked a good deal of being as solemn as a funeral. OUR DUMB ANIMALS. Another Mailer for ANhevllle S. P. C. A. People to Regulate. The following communication is pub lished with the hiqie that the officers of the Asheville society for the prevention of cruelty to animals will at once take steps to eradicate from our city the evils mentioned in the letter below. There is :i statute law which, if cnlorced, will put a stop to the inhuman and brutal prac tices justly complained nl, and 1 in! Cit izen would like to know why this law is not enforced? Somebody is guilty of negligence in this mailer, and should be made to suffer the wnulty for dereliction of official duty, Stop these brutal prac tices, yc who have authority to stop them. The letter reads as follows: Asheville, Scptcmlier 7. Editor Citizen : If any one desires proof through his own senses of the ur gent necessity ol intercession in behalf of dumb animals, let him seek some window or door-step at the corner of Oak and Woodfin streets. Here is a turn toward the cast where the ascent grows hard, and where, after rains, the clay, mud and the ruts arc deep. Here is a place where it would be no weakness to stand .mil weep at sight of the dreadful loads that animals are forced to draw. One oli server remarked while watching the ef forts of a single small, lean horse, that the load must weigh twelve hundred pounds. Often the drivers allow the straining creatures to stop and get a lit tle breath; but soon the loud goading of their voices, and frequently the strokes of their whips to start thcauimnls again, cause the listener something worse than an earache. It is but fair to record that no driver when spoken to by a distressed witness lias ever replied rudely ; also that some have said the responsibility for the great loads is not their theirs, but their employers, is mere auinoniy io regu late such weights? It not let the human nnd energetic "rise to an amendment" of the constitution nnd laws ot this lovely "Land of the Sky !" May they eschew red ta and circumlocution. Let us not be prompt nnd fleet in all else save nceas Ol justice uuu iuvc. n. r Kiftnu. A called meeting ofthe Ladies Aid So ciety of the French Broad Baptist church will be held at that edifice at 5 o'clock this afternoon. HIGH ROLLING WAVES. LEADING WATERING PLACES BADLY INUNDATED. Hotel Guests at Newport and At antic City Leaving tbe Buildings Sea-walls Beaten Down Clin" Walk Submerged Damage. Atlantic Citv, N. J., September 9. A high and heavy sea is now rolling and a high wind is blowing, but it has changed itsquarter-veeringmovingto the northwest. Otherwise, the destruction here this evening would have been in calculable. As it is the board walk and pavilions from the States hotel bath houses to Kipple's bnths have been ground almost into kindling wood. The avenues from Maryland avenue to Chel sea avenue are submerged to the depth of three to four feet, and the cellars of nearly all the beach houses have as much water in them. The ocean wall in front ofthe Traymore gave way entirely nt 7 o'clock, and the waves are now washing the cellar walls of the Windsor. Some anxiety is felt there but as the tide is high at 8 o'clock there il hope that no great damage may be done. The greatest destruction, as near as can be learned, is liclow Shclburne, Guverna tor, Lee's, Doyle's, Griffith's, Flying Horse and Topham's. Outside pavilions have all liecn bodily lifted from their pin nings and destroyed. It is difficult to learn more particulars until the waters recede. Occupants of all the remaining pavilions are moving out and packing their goods. Several persons received severe shocks this evening by coming in contact with electric light wires as they fell from the poles and before the current could lie shut off. Guests at many ofthe hotels are moving to houses nearer the center of the city. The meadowsarecov cred with water, and the loss is nowesti matcd at $10,000. NiiwroRT, R. I., September 9. The sea is very high. The surf has broken across the cliff walk in places and at high tide this morning the bathing beach broke way across the road bed into Eas tern's pond. The shingles were stripped oil' the pavilion in places and the water invaded the dining hall and waiting room but did no serious damage. Tbe bath houses at the east end of the beach were moved from their positions. The surf is said to Ik' the highest known for twenty years. The Narragansett pier boat was unable to make her trips from here to-day and the Black Island boat has not conic in. WHAT WILL HE SAYT The Inspector Arrives and Takes the Situation In. United States postofnee inspector Win. Conard, detailed by the postal authori ties at Washington to visit Asheville and report back to the Department the ad visability of changing the location of the city postofnee, has arrived. He is a portly, pleasant-faced gentle man, chock full of business and refuses to talk to anybody about the change, or what he will report back to his superiors. He has liecn in Asheville since Sunday morning, nnd has taken the whole situa tion in at a glance. He has also made a rigid examination of postmaster Cannon's books and ad ministration of the office during his in cumbency, and highly compliments that official and his assistants upon the man ner in which they have discharged the important business entrusted to them. Hut Mr. Conard will not talk about the removal or non-removal of the loca tion of the office. Neither will he say a word about the text of the report he will make to the first assistant postmas ter general concerning the same. Helias, however, examined the Har kins building, as he has also inspected the present location of the office. He inti mated that in case of fire the former would lie safer. He had no confidence in a frame building in case of such an occur rence, and would prefer a solid, substan tial brick structure every time. He also intimated thut in the present quarters the postoffiee employes lacked sufficient room to speedily and satisfac torily work up Ashcville's bulky mall, lie said the Hnrkins building was large and roomy. He intimated that the help in the Ashe ville office was insufficient; more was needed, and needed badly. An assistant mailing clerk would not be out of place; and an extra delivery clerk would be a decided acquisition. But he declined to say anything about the removal of the postoffiee, and that question is one which most disturbs the local public mind. He didn't wish to b: interviewed, and he wouldu't be. And that settled it. The insiector will probably make his report at once, and, if so, the Asheville folks will know where the postoffiee will lie located liefore the end of the week. If it is changed there will be no use in kick ing; and, if it stays where it is, there's an cud to it. Mr. Conard's report il judgment, and the Washington authori ties appoint no returning boards in the matter of changing postoffiee location. But what will inspector Conard say? Postmaster Cannon has made applica tion for permission to employ more help in the Asheville office, and if his request is granted he says he will give the Ashe- villians such a local postal service as they huve never had before. In the meanwhile Inspector Canard holds the key to the entire situation, and what his report contains concerning the whole affair goes with a four-line pica G. Gone to Caesar's Head. A party of fourteen of our best known and most popular young people leave this morning for Ca'sar's Head where they will remain until Saturday. Among them arc Misses Mary R. Cameron, Lily, Mary and Maggie Buxton, Da Vega and Kneringer, and Messrs. Hillhonse Buell, Thomas J. Wooldridge and Robert Yeat man. The names of the other tourists could not be obtained last evening, hence their omission from the above list. Did you see the "harvest moon" last night ? V
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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Sept. 10, 1889, edition 1
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