North Carolina Newspapers

' " B0ARDIN6, WANTS, For Rent, and Lost Notices, three lines or less, 25 Cents for each insertion. ITIZEN DAILY CITIZEN AlTAir"! THE 1 Jtl Delivered to visitors in any part of the City. One Month Two Weeks, or less.. ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1889. NUMBER 148. VOLUME V. BAIL SHEI'ARD SIII1TK1) ANU COMMANDER WHITiNG TOT IN CHARGE TRorni.K lis pork. Take The COI.l'JIHlA, r.r utotainer that Is to DoaKlaw to Haytl-The eroni- -r..n.ar-nlilii OHfiieel Na tional Dent Statement Again. Washington, October 1. -Twenty ap pointmentsof postmnstcrsarcaniiouiiccd to-day. Of these, one was reappointed ; of the other nineteen, vacancies were created by removals. Only one was Southern, Jesse H. Gaither at Cleveland, Tenn., vice James 12. Surwyn, removed. Secretary Tracv, rather unexpectedly, yesterday evening relieved Capt. Shepard from the command of the Kcarsarge, which sailed for Hayti this morning, car rying Minister Douglass, and replaced him by commander W. H. Whiting. No explanation is furnished at the navy department for the change. Secretary t.. ,i:,. tfait Captain Shepard re fused to sail with Minister Douglass, and the understanding is that his relief grew out of a difficulty concerning cabin tw..,mtiirir1 M t 11 I1S. ,.rv Proctor has received a letter from Governor Fowie, of North Carolina, objecting in very decisive terms to the transfer of Chief Geroiiimo and his band of Apaches from their present location at Mount Vernon Barracks, Ala., to a tract of land in North Carolina. The Secre tary said this morning that Governor Fowle has informed him that he would reach Washington to-day and talk over the matter personally. The Secretary also intimated that the department will probably take no i.nmediatc steps to wards the trans cr in the nearness of the session ot Congress, during which the case will probably he discussed. He added that he had been told by mcdica, officers of the army that it would be ex ceedingly dangerous to move the Indians at this time of the year, owing to their extreme susceptibility to lung diseases. They have become well acclimated at m...,. v..,,,n and a sudden change oi climate may be too much lor their health. Secreturv Tracv has relieved Commo dore John" 11. Walker from the head ol the bureau ol navigation of the navy de nartment. The text of the order is as follows: , Sir- You will proceed to the navy yard at New York, confer with the com mandant, and hoist your flag on board the Chicago as an acting rear admiral, commander in chief of the squadron of evolution. You will preparethesquadron for sea with all proper dispatch, and when in all respects ready, you will sail for Kurope, assume command ot tin European station until further orders. The squadron will for the present, consist of the Chicago, Atlanta, Bos ton and Yorktown, to which the Enterprise will lie added upon your arrival within the limits of the Ku ropean station. When you have hoisted vour flag, you will return to Washington 'and temporarily resume your present duties in the Navy department. (.Signed) Bknj.F. Tracy Secretary Navy Department. The secretary says that the relief of Commodore Walker grew out of no per sonal or official differences between him self and the commodore. That olhcer has been eight years at the Head of the navi gation bureau, and his time would soon expire, and to reappoint him for another term would mean a continuous service on shore, and in the department for twelve years, a precedent which the sec retary does not care to establish. The vessels which will be under Commodore Walker's command are the pick ot the navv, and in tuct, with the exception oi I,, 'Charleston and Baltimore, which have not yet been accepted, they repre sent all ol the new navy. At the Navv department to-day, bids ... ,.n-rl tor umilviiiL' machines and tools required for the construction de partment at the Portsmouth, Va., navy ... - , r U VI. .,,i,.r fi, vara, ttie material ioi mc ...un..- ...... 'm,,i,,tritf at the same yard, the machine -,,i t.,nl renuired for the New York navv vard, and the steel plates for the battle ship Texas, building at tue rorts muMth V.i.. navv vard. There are fifty-one classes in the sched ule for the New York yard, comprising u large engine, lathes, drills, punches, and of tools of the most ,m,,lrm tvne. such as electi ic dri arranged as to be removable to different points of tne wotks, me power transmission by wire roH etc. For the iteel plates for the Texas there were but two bidders, the Linden Steel Company, and Carnegie, Phipps & Co., the first named firm bidding lower at $13,532 for 256 tons ol protective deck plates and $73,438 for 15 tons of sim dar plates for middle layers and re doubts. On the other iuius lfa:c were many bidders, and it will require some time to pick out successful ones, as cer tain formalities hare been neglected m cases. The naval inspection board which ap praised the (Juiunelmug and Juaniia at New York and Portsmouth, N. II., have fixed the vulue of the vessels at about $16,000aud $10,000 respectively. Hood offerimrs to-day aggregated $418,650; all accepted at 127 for lour per cents, and 105 lor four and halls. Thedebt statement issticn to-uay snow s the decrease of the national debt dining September to have been $13,085,094.25. The decrease since June 30, 1880, $0, 591 000.4-0. The total cash in the i,,r S637.540.53O.61. Total inter est beuriiigdcbt,$872.502.271.81. Total debt of all kinds, $1,030,775,808.82. Debt less available credits $1,070,055, 530.06. Legal tender notes outstanding $34,668,106 ; certificates of deposits out standing $15,275,000; gold certificates outstanding $116,675,540 ; silver certifi cates outstanding $276,610,615; frac tional currency $6,915,600.47. Kumors have reached the navy depart ment thut the result of the engineer's computations of horse power developed bv the cruiser Baltimore on her last trial show that she fell short of the contract requirement ol the government oyjust 33 horse power. No official report on the subject, however, has yet been re ceived. The inspection board, of which Com modore Sherrett is president, has re iHirtcd to Secretary Trncy that the gunboat Petrel, just completed nt Baltimore complies with the contract re quirement in the mutter of construction, material und equipment. The next step will be a formal acceptance by the gov ernment which will follow when the bu reau chiefs have eudorsed the report. Fred DouRlass Sail. Vww York. October 1. The newly appointed minister to Hayti, Frederick Douglass ami puny, saneu to, Indian Islands on the United States steamship Kearsarge from the Brooklyn navy yard this morning. The customary sulute of fifteen guns wus fired in honor of the minister. The last solitary couple who finish out the walu are all a lone in the whirled. October corner Has Ilcen Taken Into the Courts. Chicago, October 1 The rumors of n corner ill October pork, which have been flvimr nriimul for several days, had a cer tain color given them this morning when attorneys Brisliu, Ahrus and Decker ap peared before judges Tidey and Collins, in the hitter's chnmlier, and asked lor an injunction to restrain the chief inspector of the board of trade, and the committee of the board on provisions in options, from issuing certificates, declaring pork packed in Octoljer to be merchantable and standard. The complainant who asked for the injunction was W. S. Wal lace, of the firm of Sawyer, Wallace cc Co., large New York com mission men. Wallace avers that he has contracts for large amounts of October pork; that, under the rule as it now stands, pork packed during this mouth is notdelivern i.Im ,.tn ii h.-is remained in cold storage, ,.,wl i ht tin- men who have sold the complainant October pork, licing short are seeking this means to till their cou-tm.-tu On behalf of the defendants, it is iirlmiiiid that this iiorK must remain cold storage thirty days, but contend that it is deliverable on contracts, and declare that to rule otherwise would in flict a hardship on "shorts," because tne complainant is running a corner in Octo- licrpork. 1 lie judges tons me m.ni.11 under advisement. Review or the Trade During: the Past Twelve Months. Charleston, S. C, October 1. The News and Courier will publish to-morrow an elaborate review ol the trade, manu factures and development of Columbia, the State capitol, during the last year, and since 1880. The review snows tnnt, in spile of a bad agricultural season, the business of Columbia for the commercial year 1888-1889, reached $10,616,000 an increase of nearly one million dollars over the year licfore. The output of manufacturers increased twenty-one per cent, banking business thirty per cent, and new companies with a capital of a million and a quarter of dollars were organized. The increase since 1885 is fifty-five per cent, in population, ninety two per cent, in cotton receipts, 119 per cent, ill banking capital, and 324 per cent in manufactured products. The great canal will be completed early next vear, which will deliver 13,000 horse "power of water power within the city limits, and make Coluinblia the largest manufacturing center in the South. A POSTAL CLERK'S) DEATH A URKAT I'IRK. A Miclilxnn Town Almost Com pletely Devastated. Dhtroit, Mich., October 1 A sjiccial to the Journal from Grand Haven says: large part and the best part of the res idence portion of this city was wiped out liy a great fire this morning. There is intense excitement here and the full facts cannot lie given at this hour The fin was discovered at 1 o'clock. The tl ones spread with great rapidity. The fire de partment and the herculean cfl'orts of the citizens could not do much to stay the spread of the flames. Among the build ings burned are the following: The Cut ler House, one ot the Iwst hotels in Mich igan ; the residence of Dwighl Cutler, a beautiful place, filled with exquisite lurni inrp valuable pictures and works of art; the residences of Mrs. Slnyton, T. A. D. 'arris, Geo. I). Sanford, Capt. McCullom and A. S. Kcnzie. Three churches wen burned, the First Reformed, the Unita rian and the Methodist. Besides these, there were thirty residences. No lives were lost. The sweep ol the hrciiicludco inth sides of Main street Iroin Slnyton s grocery, where the tire originated, to tin Akely Institute, anil everything m u- th was destroyed, i tie toini loss is about $500,000, with a fair amount ol insurance. The total number of buildings burned forty-one, and the loss is fully half a million ol dollars. OUR TUBLIC ROADS. THKV DESKRVK TO BE CALLED HIGHWAV8, (ieorg-ia's Fine Oiive-;ri. ve. ilruimwkk. Oa., Times. A reporter met W. R. Shadman, of St. Simon's, on the street yesterday and greeted him with "Mow IB tnat otivc urovc ?" Oh. booming, was the reply. I have here a twig oil" of one of my trees which I brought lor you to look at What do you think ot those tor Georgia-raised?" Thev arc as fine as one need want to , . , , , CM I see. answered ine reporter, as .vir. onmi- nan handed lum the twig, which was ibotit eight inches long and contained sixteen lame, well-formed, bright-colored hull-grown (dives, which had every ap pearance ol having grown 'neath Italy's skies. "How many of those trees have you? "About three acres, and the trees are iust loaded down with them. 1 will gather an immense crop of them this vear. There are not many people Georgia, comparatively seaking, who know that there is an olive-grove in the Plate. Mv grove is the only commercial one cast of the Kockv Mountains. Then- are only two proves in California, but the finest they licar will compare in no wav with those raised here. Mine are much largi r and better." "What do you do with the olives you raise?" "I'iekle some of them, but make the Innrcr portion of them into oil. I have cm mv place now a quantity ol tne that Is as nice and clear as can he made anywhere." "How fines olive-growing compare with cotton-raising, from a pecuniary standpoint : "You can make no comparison, there is so much more profit in the olives Why, 1 make 2;0 gallons ot oil every e .r, that readily sells on an average in So a gallon, or the total output for 1,250. That is all clear profit, too, for I sell enough oi the pickle to pay all e iicuscs. hat three acres can you pu m cotton and make it produce a yield c SI. 250 clear money? Yes, sir; I find market lor all my oil and pickles." Latonia Races. Cincinnati, Oc'.olier 1. The attend ance at the third of the Latonia races was good. The track was in bad condi tion; in consequence, poor tune was the rule. First race selling purse for three year olds, seven-eighths of a mile : Bettina won, Metal second, May Laps third. Time 1.36. Second race selling purse for three vear olds and upwards, mile and seventy yards: Bonnie King won, John Morris ran a dead heat with Flitter for place. Time 1.55. Third race Maiden stakes for two vear olds, three Quarters of a mile: Kitty Cheatham won, Experienced second, M T. 1-ebnnon third, lime 1.21'A.. Fourth race Sweepstakes for three year olds ami upwards, one mile: Leon tine won. Cntalpa second. Mayo third. Time 1.49;,i. Fifth race purse lor two year olds tlirre-oiinrtcni of a mile: Milton won Alarm Bell second. VY. G. Morris third. Time 1.19. From the Hite of a Rattlesnake upon Which He Stepped. I.VCKSONV1I.I.K. Octolicr 1 A Titus- ville, Fla., special to the Times Union savs: W. 11. Adams, postal cicru on tne route between Melbourne and lupiter In let, died a horrible death last night from the effectsofa rattlesnake uhe. Midnight Sat in day he accidentally stepped on the snake as he was walking on the public Highway. The serpent attacked him and buried its fangs in Adams' leg. He twisted ahaudkerchicfaround the wound and hurried to a physician. The wound was cupK-d and poulticed, and whiskey used freely, but the treatment availed nothing, "the patient suffering intensely until the poison finished its work. Adams was originally from Montreal. SHOT HIM OEAO. The Deed of a Neuro Horse Tuiel in TenueHHee. Mkmimiis, October 1. Charles Lacy, a well-known liveryman of this city, was hot and killed at Dexter, letm., last light by a negro named Bill Swift. A lew days ago, Swilt stole a mule Irom ohn l arrable, a farmer living near Dexter, and brought it to Memphis, where he effected a trade with Lacy. Fnrrable annealed and claimed the mule. Laev swore out a warrant lor hwilt s irrest, and in company, with I' arraiiie. Irove out to Swi t s house, hwilt was eadv for them, and as Lacy opened the door the former shot him dead. Hie murderer escaped. Maryland Republicans. Wkstminktkk. Md.. October 1 At the Republican State convention held here to ny llenrv I,. MocKoruigc, oi nmiuuun, was made permanent chairman A plat form was adopted without amendment as reported from the committee. George L. Wellington, ol Allegheny county, was nominated for State comptroller by a unanimous vote, no other candidate being named and at 3.30 the convention adjourned. The Suicide Identified. RiCHMoMi, Va., Octolier 1. On Sep tember 16, the body ot a man was tounct n Oakwood cemetery with a pistol near by with one chamber empty. Ineffect ual efforts have lieen made to ascertain i In-name of the suicide. To-day a piece ot looking glass was found near the spot with the fallowing words scratencu on thebi'ck: "Mv name is John Bowen, ol Baltimore." Yellow Fever on Board. New Y'ork, Octolier 1 .The bark Jane Lnw, eight days over due from Havana, arrived to-day. It was learned that yel low fever had been on board the vessel One of the sailors, an American, thirty years old was sick from it for seven days and then escaped from his confinement and disnonenred. He is supposed to have jumped overboard. Two other sailors were stricken by the fever but re covered. The bark is quarantined. Baseball Yesterday. Pittsburg Pittsburg 7, New York 2 in second. Cleveland Cleveland 5, Boston 8. Indianapolis Indianapolis 4, Philndel uhia 7. Philadelphia Baltimore 4, Athletics 5 At Chkairo Chicago 2. Washington 7 At St. Louis St. Louis 7, Louisville 4. Ma. Burke Declines to Talk. Loniw in. October 1 .Major K. A. Burke, ex-treasurer of Louisiana, declines to en ter into any further controversy by eaiuc roimrrliiiiT the alleced irreirularitvin Lou isiana bonds. He says he holds himself responsible if there is really any wrong. He wn unable to complete his business in time to sail lor home on the Ftruria. He has taken passage by the Teutonic, which sails from Liverpool to-morrow. Ueath of a Railroad Man. Komk, Ga.. October 1. Capt. Geo. Skinner, superintendent ot the Chatta nooga, Rome and Columbus railroad, and a prominent man in railway circles, died here thiscening of paralysis of the the brain. His remains were forwarded to-night to his home in Auburn, N. Y. W. C T. V. Convention. Hakkisoniu k(1, Va., October 1. The State convention of the Wouians Chris Man Temperance Union met here today. The attendance was large and composed of earnest and talented women from dil I'erenl parts of the State. RANDOM NOTES ltoped In by Kainbllnic Reporters Ronmlnir Round the Cits. Fines assessed in the police court yes terday amounted to 2. The Sons of Teniierancc and Good Templars held their regular weekly meet ings last evening. The Knight Templar's degree was con ferred upon five candidates by Cyrcne Commandery last night. Work on the Camp Pat ton extension of the electric street railway is ueing vigorously prosecuted. It will not be a i'rent while vet before the entire line is completed. Thanks. The Rev. Mr. Salver, the robliery of whose valise with its valuable contents we noted yesterday morning, desires to express through Thk Citizen his hearty thanks to the officers of the pobee lorce and to many citizens for the interest man ifested in his misfortune, and forthe inde fatigable and intelligent steps taken which resulted finally in the recovery ol the valise and the larger ortion of the stolen valuables. Death at Candler's. Mr. Lemuel Young, one of the oldest and most resiwcted citizens of Buncombe, died at his residence near Candler's station, Monday evening. Mr. Y'oung was aged aliout eighty years at the time of his death, and leaves many relatives and friends to mourn his demise. A Sound and Sensible Communi cation from Capt. T. W. fatlon to Which Much Importance Should be Attached. Kditor Citizen : I hope that I may not be charged with egotism, because I may occasionally refer to my recent exieri- t neesiii F.urope, and make comparison lictween what is seen there, ami nere. Many thanks to our numerous kind friends'for their warm welcome, which we do not intend to repay by imposing upon their patience a rehash of mat ters of which your columns have already given an opinion, nor do we presume to dictate to those much wiser than our selves, but merely to suggest a free dis cussion of some points ot most vital in terest to the welfare of our section. To such a discussion we know your columns will be open, and no doubt it will be con ducted on both sides with good humor, and we hope with spirit. We have often been asked: " re you still an American ?" Yes indeed, in heart and soul. We thank God our inheritance is cast in this nation, this State, this county, this town. We can tender no better wish to any of our young men. than that they may duly appreciate tin blessings they here enjoy : this apprecia tion will only be enhanced by a visit to Kurope.. VYhile absolutely sincere in this expression we must be equally so in ac knowledging that many things strike us most painfully, on our return toour dear home. t'pon landing in Scotland we were im pressed with the high degree of prosper ity, to which that country, naturally bleak and barren, has been brought, While its lakes present beauties of land scape suiierior to ours, its mountains by no means equal ours in fertility, nor does its climate in any way compare favorably with this. What, then, is the secret of their success ? They have centu ries back of them which we have not, nit why may we not profit by their ex perience, avoid their errors, ana copy their wisdom : One great cause of their success we be lieve to be their excellent system of roads Wherever we went the driving was smooth and delightful, one horse with ease ierforming duty which would kill lour of ours. One day we mounted a coach, carrying twenty five passengers, to cross a mountain as steep as any in Buncombe; estimating each person at an average of one hundred and seventy-five pounds, and their baggage at thirty pounds each, would give a load of about five thousand pounds, besides the pon derous vehicle. Yet, four horses took ui across the mountain at a speed ot six miles jkt hour. Could such a thing pos siblv be done here ? Oil yesterday we had occasion to drive from Ashevillc to Best. Within less than one mile of the city limits what a sight greeted our eves! Why is it, gentlemen. that these things are so ? Because roads and all inanimate tilings, like mankind partake of the character of the laws which govern them, and our road law is acknowledged bv every one to be thor oughly bad and unfair. To avoid the terrible bugbear of taxation, we strive t relieve the men who use the roads of the burden of supporting them, and to place it upon the shoulders ot tne poor, win have no horse nor vehicle to pass over them. Manifestly this is not we arc almost tempted to say it is dis honorable, and as a consequence the roads go unrepaired, bach court we hear threats of prosecution, but usually if the delinquent official submits, the judge allows him to cscaic on payment ola small cost; or line resists tne jury will ncdiut him ; and this is only as r should be, because both judge and jury know that the law requires him to per form impossibilities. Taxation is a horrible thing. No one complains more than we do; but is tin; ight, and are not roans required lor our comfort and success We will all acknowledge that both on county and city administrations will hon estly apply whatever monies we confide to their care, so we will eliminate the idea ol waste or fraud from this argu ment, and merely ask, will a road or street lax pay ? On yesterday we were greeted by our good "friend M. L. Sumner, as he strug gled through a perfectly beastly mud hole, lie drove three horses, and his wagon seemed to contain twenty bushels of lime. This weighed eighty pounds to the bushel, so the heavy load tor this team was sixteen hundred pounds. The mar ket value is six dollars, and to sell it a man and three horses and a wagon were occupied all dav. Now suppose Mr. Sumner's lime kiln was valued at two thousand dollars, and he had submitted to an annual tax of one per cent, or twenty dollars, this would seem exces sive anil lie uir aoove wuai any one would advise, and yet.it Mr. Sunnier hud been provided with a decent road lu team could have brought in sixty bush els more easily than they now do twenty. Yesterday it cost him at least three dol lais to haul his lime to market, or one half of what it was sold for; whereas, he ought to have brought at same cost sixtv bushels, and to have had fifteen dollars over and above his hauling in stead ol the three dollars he dill have. II this calculation is even approximately correct, how long will it require Mr. Sumner toget back his twenty dollars of taxes? Again, we met nuiiiliers of equally kind friends bringing in wood for sale. Those who lived live miles from town probably made one load. Two horses and driver and wagon, to haul a half cord of wood, to be sold for one dollar and twenty-five cents! Can we wonder that our people arc not prosperous .' I hat the great ad vantages ol this lovely country are allowed to go to waste; that their draft horses are mere pigmies alongside of the huge animals of Scotland; that their wagons are the unsightly objects they are. broken down, staggering uiong use a drunken man under their light loads, rendered heavv bv these abominable roads. Whv, fiieiids, the wear and tear of the vehicles alone will more than re pay the heaviest road tax that any one- would dream of imposing upon our ieo- ple. Nor is it rough men, only, who are put to inconvenience and loss. We are made happy by seeing the licnming faces of many of our blooming mountain girls. None so surpass them have we seen Kurope, and old indeed, will we x when we cease to admire them; but under what disadvantages are they laboring ? Their buggies creaking and straining over huge boulders and latnomiess poois oi same; happy are those who breathe the pun air of these grand old mountains and peace ful valleys. Who is to blame, that these terrible roads continue as they are ? Not the leg islature, because at their last session they passed an act which was acknowledged by all who werein a position to judge, to lie wise and conservative, not rudely breaking up the old traditions, but pro viding "an alternative method of road working," supplementing the labor ol the poor man by a very moderate tax upon the rich one. And still this law can not be put to ti ial. Are the people op posed to it ? We do not believe they are. If candidly advised of its provisions, we think the McDonald road law would re ceive a large majority of the popular vote. But the magistrates seem timid about it. These magistrates are an ex cellent body of men. We know they sin cerely wish to do what is liest for their people, and we must hope that some one t them will inform us, through vourcol- umns, of the cause of their timidity, and especially whether he can suggest any other method ol relieving our county ol the evil of bad roads, which like a canker worm is eating up our substance none the less surely because perchance unperceived by the thoughtless victims. T. W. I ATTON. FOLKS VOI' KNOW. ONI.V EIGHT MILES. Who They Are) Where Thev Are, anc What They Are Doiuit Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Girdwood have one to Chattanooga on a flying visit. Mr. A. W. Bronson, of the Mountain ark hotel at Hot Springs, was here yes- lay afternoon. Rev. Grinsticld Taylor, of ( Irlando, Fla., irrived in the city on the noon tram yes terday, and will remain several days in Ashevillc. Mr. J. A. Reagan, of Madison, has ac- epted ! position with Smith & Rollins, proprietors of the Farmers' warehouse n this city. Messrs. II. C. Long, of Long's, this couiitv, and R.H. Hyatt, of Bryson City have lieen appointed assistant marshals it the coming State Fair. Rev. W. S. P. Bryan, the popular pas tor of the First Presbyterian church, has returned to the city, and will conduct services at his church this evening. Mr. C. B. Atkinson ret tired from Ral eigh last evening, bringing with him his license to practice law, recently granted by the supreme court of the State. Kvangelist R. G. Pearson, of this city, began a very successful revival meeting at Rock Hill, S. C, Sunday morning. The meetings will continue throughout the present week. Dr. F. W. Potter, health officer of Wil mington, and n physician of eminence in that city, is here on a visit, and a guest of Mr. Bearden. Dr. P. has lieen spend- ing some weeks at Hot Springs. Mr. W. K. Alley, the long time line su pcrintendent of the W.I', telegraph com pany, reached here last evening and leaves for Jarrett's this morning to super intend the erection ol a telegraph line, to be extended probably to Murphy. Mr. and Mrs. Sellers, of Pensacola, after spending some weeks here, leave this morning. We are pleased to say that Mrs. Sellers, who arrived here almost a helpless invalid, returns home almost if not quite restored to health. Messrs. George S. Henderson, R. P. Walker, T. M. Porter and others have returned from a week's hunting exedi tion in the fastnesses of Smoky Moun tain. Several deer, wild turkeys and bout three hundred trout were secured bv the hunters. Revs. G. C. Rankin, Jas. Atkins, jr., W. M. Kerr, T. T. Salver, C. M. Bishop, J. F. Austin, and Messrs. W. II. Pcnland and II. A. Gudger leftyesterday afternoon for Morristowu to be in attendance upon the sessions of the Holston Conference which liegin at that place this morning. VERY JOOI PRICES. he Weavervllle Electric Rail way System Again. Dr. W, W. Wing, one of the active pro jectors, usks us to correct an error into which we and the public generally have fallen by force of habit in speaking of the distance between Ashevilleaud Weav- erville. His correction has weight, when in railroad construction, distance is an appreciable element, entering seriously into the question of cost and estimates. Dr. Wing says the distance iseight miles; and by a route which can lie adopted, having also lighter grades, it can be re duced to seven and a half miles. This road, if built, will give us the long est electric railway in the South; and when the Sulphur springs road is finished, will make Ashevillc the center of the most extensive electric railway system. The whole will use the Sprague system, not at all a fleeted by its assumed failure in Richmond. We .will not presume to say, that when the road is built, Weavervillc will be a suburb of Ashevillc It has its own inde pendent sources of growth and prosperity; it occupies one of the most beautiful and eligible town sites in the mountains, and it is already in a state of healthy devel opment. Nevertheless, it will lie greatly helped by being so near a town as pros perous as Ashevillc ; and our business men, with hourly railroad facilities maj not find Weavervillc too far for conven ient homes, should they find themselves becoming crowded for room here. WE8TERNINIONTEI.EURAPH THEY ARE FREE AGAIN. DAVID BALLEW AND HIS WIF'E SET AT LIBERTY, Let the Manaicer Respond ' and Explain this Matter. We learn that at 12.15o'clo.-k on Mon day a telegram was received at this office, announcing the death of the father of the lady to whom it was plainly ad dressed; that the messenger in whose hands the dispatch was placed for dc liverv, at 12.30, was informed that this lady's residence was on French Broad avenue, within ten minutes' walk of the place in which he received this informa tion; and yet, the sad tidings did not reach the lady until 5 o'clock too late for her to take the train to attend her father's burial. If this statement is correct, and The Citizen's columns are ojien for its dis proval, a heavy responsibility hangs upon the manager of this office. He must have known from the nature of the dispatch, that its prompt delivery was important, and it should not have been entrusted to any careless boy who might he employed as messenger. The man ager should have himself seen the receipt for the dispatch delivered within fifteen minutes after its receipt at his instru ment. We hiqie that this matter may be satisfactorily explained. CITY FINANCES. A Report of Receipts and Dis bursements for the Quarter. City clerk Miller has furnished The Citizen with the following statement ot receipts and disbursements by the city ol Ashevillc for the quarter beginning July 1 and ending Seplemlier 311, 1889. m-x'Ki rrs. Cash on hand lulv 1st 1889 Sewer fund $35,730.54 Cash N. A. Reynolds, taxes. .. 11,100.07 " A. H. Baird, fines 1,321.96 " A. 11. Baird, scales 100.30 " F. M. Miller, water 1,094.40 " W. B. Troy, stone 39.00 " I. L. Murray. sanitation 12.25 JuditeNoore signs the Order on Solicitor carter's Recommenda tion Hoic Bones Won't Hang People for Murder. I' pon the recommendation of solicitor E. D. Carter an order upon the Sheriff of Buneomlie was issued by judge Chas. A. Moore, ol the criminal court, yesterday afternoon, commanding the discharge from custody and confinement of the btidies of David Itallew and Mary Ilal- lew, his wife, confined in the county jail n this city pending trial upon a charge of murder at the October term of that court. This recommendation was made by Mr. Carter after a thorough and search- ng investigation of the case against the accused, and, after a full and complete consultation with the leading medical men of the city as to the bones said to have lieen found beneath the hearth of the house in which the Ballews at one time resided. At this consultation it was pos itively decided that the bones alleged to have been found in the place designated were not the bones of a human being, but were those of a hog. Therefore, when the case against the accused was called lor trial the solicitor would not have been able to prove the corpus ilclicti, which is absolutely necessary to male out a case for the State. Again, the evidence in the case only tends to raise a suspicion and fails of being positive in any particular, against the Ballews. The physicians who swore before the magistrate that the bones of fered in evidence at the preliminary ex amination of the accused were the bones of a human being have since compared the bones with hog bones and positively affirm that they belonged to a hog. We commend the decision of solicitor Carter in this matter. His prompt ac tion saves the county between $500 and $000 in costs, as prosecution under the now existing circumstances would surely prove absolutely futile. We believe he has acted properly in his recommenda tion and are satisfied that his course will be endorsed by the discreet and prudent people of the county. However, should developments come about sufficient to warrant the re-arrest of the Ballews, he will promptly have them again placed in custody to stand trial. Sheriff Reynolds released the Ballews about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and husband and wife will leave the city to day for their home in Tennessee. They have been in jail here about six weeks, and as they stepped outside the jail yard gate yesterday, once more free, they seemed the happiest people on earth. In the meantime the veil of mystery sur rounding the disappearance of little Ira Ballew upon that mountain side, eight years ago, has not been lilted, and it is doubtful extremely doubtful if ever his fate will lie known. It is a strange, sad story, around which horrible suspicion throws a mur derer's mantle. their horses, buggies and even their I dresses soiled bv the unsightly, filthy If a bachelor ever feels justified in con-1 mud. Oh, gentlemen, if you have no re gratululing himself, with a hearty, j gard for our lime men or wood haulers wholesome shake, it is when he hears a I surely you will consider ourgirls. Enable mother talking to her babv in a horse those from the country to visit townand car , I show their sisters here how bloomingly Yesterday's Sale of Valuable Lots at Public Auction. The auction sale of several valuable lots of real estate lying on French Broad avenue and South Main street inthiseity owned bv Capt. W. M. Cocke, jr., took place yesterday afternoon. The crowd in attendance was not very large, but the bidding when the sale opened became active and strong. Auctioneer K. B. Davis cried off the prop erty in great shape and the lots brought good prices. Only five of the French Broad avenue sites were sold, Capt. Cocke having withdrawn the others from sale licfore the auction liegan. Lot No. 1 was pur- hased by Mr. R. P. Walker, the well known tobacco broker, the price paid lie inc $2,750. Lots Nos. 2 and 3 were knocked off to Mr. John Zachary at $1,975 and $1,250 resiieetively, while the remaining two were bought by Mr. J. A Porter, another prominent tobacco dealer. He paid $1,250 for the fourth lot and $1,305 for the fifth. The total sales amounted to $0,530. The South Main street property was next sold as follows: Brick storehouse occupied by F. Stikeleathcr, bought by Capt. M.J. Fngg for $6,200. Lot No. 1 purchased by Mr. J. B. Bostic lor $2,540. and lot No. 2 was sold to Mr. J. .W. Henry for $2,050. Total $10,790; grand totaf$20,320. All of the lots s ild yesterday are especially desirable owing to their superior situation and adaptability for the location of fine residences, and while the prices for which they sold were very good, yet, in no instance did any lot bring its full value at the sale. Ashevillc real estate, however, will sell, and the person who puts his money therein makes a sate and profitable investment. The Weather To-Dav. Washington, Octolier 1. Indications Total $49,308.52 IlISni'KSKMENTS. Paid, street department $10,580.99 Water department 2,672.47 " Sewer department 3,938.63 Police department 1,539.52 " Sanitary department.... 876.31 " Fire department 157.00 " Street lighting depart ment 866.66 Interest on Bonds 4,662.00 " Citv hull expenses 201.78 " Official salaries 650.00 " Miscellaneous accounts. 1,360.50 Total Balance on hand.. $27,505 86 $21,892.66 for North Carolina Fair ; cooler to-mor row and Thursday ; northwesterly wi ids A First-Class Exhibition. The gymnastic and athletic entertain mcnt given at Kay's rink on Pntton avenue last evening for the benefit of the Y. M. C. A., gymnasium was one of the best of the kind ever seen ill this city. A large audience was present, and the splendid acting of Messrs. Clegg, Ray. Sawyer, Manguin, Atkins, Miller, Lewis, White, Kimlierly, Cnoley, Alexander and others, was much appreciated. We con gratulate those in charge of the program upon the success of their efforts to aid u most worthy institution, and hojie the performance will be repeated. Picnic. We are requested to say that there will be a meeting and picnic at Bent's creek on Saturday next, to give a pleasant send off to the high school to lie oicned at that point. This is a pretty way ol dealing with the subject of education ; j and though there is no royal road to learning, its paths may be spread with roses rather than the customary thorns. Send Down Vour Horses. The executive committee of the cen tennial celebration nt Fayetteville, No- vemlier 20, 21, and 22, are organizing a program of races to take place during that week of festivities. If owners of horses can be interested, good purses will lie offered. This is a good opportunity for racehorses to earn their winter oats. First Presbyterian Church. The services preparatory to Commu nion Sabbath will begin this evening at 8 o'clock, continuing Friday evening and Saturday afternoon at 4.30 o'clock, and will be conducted by the pastor. Rev. W. S. P. Bryan. REV. MR. SALVER'S ROBBER Takes the Specie and Razor but Overlooks the c.reenbacks. At about daylight yesterday morning police officer Worscly, accompanied by Mr. Salver, discovered the hitter's valise and an umbrella which had been stolen from his room at Dr. Weaver's residence the evening before, secreted in the roots of a tree near an outhouse on the Doc tor's premises. It had been exposed to the dews and was almost wet through. Officer Worscly first spied the missing valise, and calling Mr. Salver's attention to his find, the minister opened the valise, which was shut together but not fastened, and made an examination of its contents. Kvery lliing was found intact save the $1011 in stiver and tiie razor. The thief had over looked the envelope containing $60 in greenbacks, and evidently having no use forthe bible and other contents of the valise, had let them severely alone. Mr. Salver was .nuch elated at the recovery of his properly and was very warm in his expressions of gratefulness to the officer. 1 lis effects were taken to his room and at four o'clock in the after noon he left with the Ashevillc delegates to attend the Holston Conference tit Morristowu. So far no arrests have been made and the police seem to be at sea in the way of fixing the guilt upon any party. Sev eral persons, however, arc under suspi cion and a sharp espionage is placed upon their movements. It is thought that something positive will develop to day which will bring the offender to jus tice, and if such happens to lie the case an active prosecution will lie entered upon, Mr. Salver having left orders here to wire him at the very earliest moment after an arrest is made. The police have several theories con cerning the mysterious thett, and are convinced that twentv-four hours' time will lie all sufficient for them to place the rogue within prison walls. En Route to the Pen. Sheriff McLain of Jackson cou passed through the city last evenii route to Raleigh. He had in his e two prisoners sentenced to ten penitentiary by Judge Cln recent term of Jackson sui just closed. One of the pri Indian chnrged with hor offence of the other man, the rejiorter cor' Appltcatlr Richmond, Va. tinn for a receivi of this city wt of the chance-