North Carolina Newspapers

THK DAILY CITIZEN. The Citizen Is the most extensively etreu lateil and widely read newspaper In Western North Carolina. Iti discussion of public men and mensures Is In the interest of pulilk intrinitv. honet fovemment, and prnsicrous industry, and it nows no personal allcgiuncein treating pub lic issues. The ClTIZKN publishes the di)atchra of the Associated I'ress, which now nivrn the whole world in ila scui. It has other fncili tk of advanced juumnliain lor iritthi-rinii newa from all qunrtcrs, with everything care fully edited to occupy the smallest space. KH-cinicn copies ol'anv edition will lie aent f-ee to nny ine acmliiiie their address. Tknus Huilv, $ii tor one vrnr; $A for six months ; flo cents tor one month ; 1 5 ceutstor one week. Carriers will deliver the paper in every part of the city to subscribers, and par ties wanting it will please cull ut the ClTIZKN .-tice. AliVRRTiaiNn Ratks Reasonable, and made known on application at this ollice. All transient advertisements muat be paiil in nd vance. l:cnriinjr noticea ten cents ter line. Obitu ary, marriage mid socictv notice rift v ceiilx each t not exceeding ten liueai or littv cents kt Inch. Tl'KSHAY, OCTOISKK l.". INS'... THK Jl'KV HVHTrin, We find the InllowiiiK "chunk ' wis dom" in the Siilfin Kvvtiiiitf News, piili Hulled way iti yiuuler in the liinil il wile he raft, Inn showing an c 11 1 e.-r i n: of the old sound sense which ante-dalcil the absurd delusion which exK-llcil in solid body justice, humanity anil com moti sense. The New s says : Hy oneufthf provisions ol the Id alio constitution, which has just K'cti adopted, two-thinls ot a jury may con vicl.or aciiiit,ot' render a verdict, the same as il the entire twelve had agreed. In fietieral the jury system is in decid edly, we may say deservedly. kul odor at present, and il is a iiicstion if an in novation to this elicit all around would not tend in part to that improvement in methods which the proper administr.i tratioti of law and the cuds of justice iin ierativeiy demand. 10 no a step farther, would it not also lie well to do away with those invidious exemptions thronh which hosts id pen pie in diflcreut walks oi hie are now ena bled to escape jury dut at. -ill v Inciden tally, it may lie remarked ihal these classes comprise the very citizens who li training, ipiahlicatioii and tcmpcratuenl are I icst equipped to render satisfaelorv service in this ipuirter. Hut they are strangers to the jury box, and no ex tended arguments are reipiired to show the general advantage that would ac eure were they reipiired to devote a por tion of their time and talents to labor in this field. Matters have been steadilt drifting to the worse, and changes such as are proposed above could not opcrati in any other way than to hasten that re form which all yood men hoie to soon see brought about. It is a humiliating confession to make in this ufje of vain glorious cnli,i;htcn. ment that the jury system, one of the finest illustrations to lie found in human social organization of wisdom, fairness andjnstice combined, has fallen so largely into a degradation which might charac terize it as the invention ol ignorant credulous barbarians, sclccing the ob scure elements of chance or ignorance as the decisive arbiters on the issues ol hu man life or rights. The adoption of the idea of trial by jury was an emanation puculiarly from Anglo-Saxon thought and temper. It had no place, at least in existing form and principle, in ancient ju risprudence, nor hail it taken possession of the thought of the modern nations oi Latin origin. It is found in the intuitive perception of fairness and justice and in the spirit of liberty which disdained to submit grave issues involving lile and property, to the arbitrary decision of a monarch, or to a ser ile and partial trib unal delegated by liim. I lisputcd facts, under our jury system, were to be re ferred to the impartial judgment of a de fined number of men of average intelli gence, and certain other cpialiticatious in dispensable to the attainment of justice And in this original idea of trial by jurv. human wisdom, in relation to the regu lation of human affairs, never aimed at a higher flight, attainable, however, only by adherence to the original ideas oi purity, impartiality and a fair degree ol intelligence. From these, however, modern practice has so widely departed as to have brought the system, if not into contempt, ut east into Mistrust, u nen men are care fully sifted out from the body of their fellow men with studied reference to the density of their ignorance, when they are selected with careful ascertainment of their "favor or affection" for a prisoner at the bar, or for prejudices which would prove insurmountable barrier to a fair judgment; or, as often thecase, when they are taken from a body of mercenaries hanging about the court houses waiting to be picked up as professional jurors, the wonder ceases to exist that the action of juries is not always accepted as the voice of purity and wisdom, or entitled to the sanctity with which time, tradi tion and long usage have invested it. Abstractly, the system is as nearly per fect as hitman wisdom could devise. I'nder it, subjects in controversy, the questions of life or property, are pre sented to the patient, deliberate scrutiny of twelve minds viewing the question in all the many aspects, in all the lightsand shades, in all its relations of value or triviality, in which a subject can lie pre sented to so many different minds, form ing conclusions from so many different points of view and judgment. With im partial and unbiased minds, with reason. able degree of intelligence, and with due sense of responsibility, the jury system might be wisely left as originally con structed with the adoption of such changes as commend themselves to rea son, and which experience has demon strated to be neeessarv. There is absurdity in adherence to the requirement of unanimity. It may offend the sense of reverence which invests all that is hoary with time with popular and judicial sanctity. But unanimity is not a human facultv. It is not so much the pride of individual opinion as the ut terly impossible attainment of the idea that any body of men see or think ex actly alike. To shut twelve men up in a jury box, to shut them out from contact wan oinem, r.o starve tnem ana coerce them to think as one man, isas irrational as the puerile labor of Charles V to make an indefinite number of watches keep ex actly the same time. We have drawn most of our precedents and practice from English laws and prec edents l he bngltsh are the most inflex ibly conservative people on earth. They hold on to good and bad alike. The Americans, free to adopt from all people whntever is best adapted to their condi tions, have in most things moulded their legal forms into simple, practical, business-like similes; all, except their petit jury system. They still aim at the im practicable attainment of a voluntary unanimity; failing in that, they enforce a unanimity, sometimes to the wrong of the accused ; oftcner to the total defeat of justice, or of the cuds aimed at by jury trials. The adoption of the Scotch system, under which a verdict is reached by a ma jority of nine out of the twelve jurors, would come near to solving some of the difficulties which now embarrass the prcs I'nt practice of our courts, criminal and civil. Ol K KAII.KOAIi PROGKKiiH, From cast to west in North Carolina, from the sea coast to the mountains, there is very much to gratify the pride of Ninth Ciiroliiiiaiis.atid strengthen the be lief that the whole State will soon have supplied all its deficiencies in interior communications, have taken judicious steps to build up its own seaports, and at the same time enlarged its alliances with the great exterior lines of communi cation. Cheerful information greets us Iroin every quarter. Prom Wilmington conies the announcement that thirty-one miles of the Fayctteville and Wilmington branch ofthcCaie Fear and Yadkin Val ley road is complete, and that the whole distance of eighty miles will probably be completed by the first of the coming Jan uary, thus forming a new avenue, within the Slate to the mountain country. We also learn that the dirt has been broken for the Wilmington and Onslow line, road which will eventually be extended to the Virginia line, thtisforminganother important passway across the State par allel with and near the coast with its chief terminus at the greatest seaport in our territory. Anil again we learn that the hopes of the construction of a line from the harbor of Southport. at the mouth of the Cape Fear river, to Bristol, Tcim., were never stronger or brighter. Such road may possibly pass through shcville. by what is the most direct route. Then there is the Lynchburg anil Ihirham road, now being pushed to com pletion, to open up ai'.othergrcat interior highway. Ihirham is now the proposed southern terminus. Fayctteville may be the ultimate one. Then there is the At lantic anil lianville road which skirls the northern bonleis of the State, dipping :nto several counties heretofore denied railroad facilities. Thcicisthc Roanoke viutliern liemg extended rapidly Irom Winston north, to give that important town a very valuable new line; and also the road front Winston to Wilkesboro, also being built with great rapidity, and reaching into a very productive moun tain and piedmont section. We noticed a tew days ago the letting out of the contract of the Three Cs line from Kuth .Tlonlt.iii to Marion, and the probable speedy giving out of the contract from the latter point to the Tennessee line another great channel oiencd across the State from the Ohio valley to the Atlan tic coast. Here in Ashcvillc. we seem to be on the verge of an altogether new en terprisethe building ol the Atlanta. Ashcvillc and Haltimorc road, one of the most important undertakings of this active period. If this we mav have some thing to sav elsewhere. This is not the least of our hopes, nor the proudest of our expectations; and taken together with the other works re icrreil to present a record of energy and sagacity very gratifying to State pride. FALL GOODS THE BIG STORE OK Bostlc Bros. & Wright lis now overflowing with the largest and prettiest stock of Dry fioods ever brought to this market. Henriettas, Cashmeres, Mo hair (loth, Jubilee Cloth, Turner (ioods, Velvets, Worsted, Eiderdown in all colors, Renfrew Dress (Jing hains, etc. JM HNAl.ISTIt. The Fayetteville Observer comes tons as a semi-weekly, a very handsomely printed and ably prepared sheet, honor able to the editors, who so ably second the reviving prosperity of the town thev represent. The North State Artisan is a very ele gantly printed and ably edited monthly publication just issued from the press of .Mr. II. b. Sceman. at Iiitrhatn, N. C. It i ucvoieu 10 me manuiacturing, mining and agricultural interests of the State .inn i ue nrst numoer lnnicates that it will perform its duty with judicious de votion. Nowhere is there issncd a more beautifully pruned or elegant "make up" than we find in the first number of the Artisan. The price is only $1 a year. We thank Mr. Seeman for his advertisement of Tmk Citizkn, but beg leave to call his attention to one error. He ciyes the price of our Weekv $1. It is $1.1 "ill. The rest is right, with'thanks. NOTIONS ! NOTIONS ! All sorts of Notions, includ ing Yankee Notions, and some of the prettiest Notions you ever Noted. Some of the most Fascina ting Never-Fail Fascinators that ever Fascinated. Hoods, Toboggans, and .Shawls in endless variety. The prettiest line of Flan nels you ever saw. Blankets, Quilts and Coun terpanes. Jeans and Cassimeres. dents I' uniisliing (ioods in abundance. We can fit von up in ii nice Suit or Hat, in any style you want. We are Sole Agents for the celebrated Morrow Shoes for Ladies. To arrive in a day or two a full line of Ladies' latest styles Walking Jackets. 200 prs. Ladies' and Misses' Shoes, ma.de by Ziegler Bros., Philadelphia, which we will close out at net cost. In our Store you will find the- maximum of what you want and the minimum what you don t want. B0ST1CBR0S. & WRIGHT, No. 11 N. Court Square. BOOKS AND STATIONERY, ARTISTS' MATKRUUJ ENC.INliKHS' SI I'I'I.IKS, riCTCRKS AND PKAMBS, FANCY C.OOIIS. BI.ANK BOOK8,KVERV(iRAnK IIOl.LS, TOYS AND GAMES, WESTKRN I. C. SCIiNKH, MOTH I'llilTllCHAI'HlC AND HAND. PAINTED, AT ESTABROOK'S, 2a S. Main Street. IN ORDER TO MAKE SOMKCIIANCKS IX OI K Hl'SIXUSS, WE OFFER Dr. Ciuillntine, the French philanthropic surgeon, in vented the instrument of ilcath whtch hears his name to mitigate the barbarities of decapitation, the national punishment, by the sword or the axe. He was among the first in the French revolution, to test the efficacy of his vention tried on his own neck with per fect success. Someone in the same kindly spirit with Dr. Guillotine, devised death by electricity as a substitute for hanging on the gallows. Electricity goes on kill ing and to kill, in its own independent motion, without awaiting the legal test. It kills with certainty, of which there every day decided proof. Now let the inventor of the electric mode of execution come out bravely like his French proto type, nnn sunmit himself as an example ol what can lie done secunrlem Hrtcm AT COST, OCR STOCK OF SILVER-PLATED WARE, INCLUDING KNIVES, FORKS, SPOONS, CASTERS, BUTTERS. PICKLES, ETC. ARTHUR M. FIELD, Leading: Jeweler. THE RACKET COLUMN. Our floods are all in and we are now ready to meet anybody's juices. We have some of the best bargains in DressGoods, Shoes and Hats we have ever offered. In Blankets, Comforts and Bed Spreads we are prepared to offer some special prices. ALL, WOOL Shawls to sell at prices cheaper than we ever have been able to buy tlii'in ut br tbiv. We sell no oods at cost or iiiiilff just to (xt't you in our store and then make it up on you in other things, by charjiiiifi' two prices for something that you do not know the real value of. We sell rvrrytliinx at a small profit, and our facilities for buying being better than those of any store in North Carolina., except "Rouss' Racket Stores," ue run ;in do undersell anybody in Asheville on Dress (ioodsj Shoes, Hats, Tinware, No tions. Glassware, Tools. Clothing. Lamps, Lamp Chimneys, Shawls, Blankets, etc., etc. Yard-wide Factory Cloth find Graham's Plaids or Homespuns some sell for less than cost hut skin yon hi otlirr things. Our advice, is, buy Homespun and Plaids ;is cheap as you can, being careful to see that each yard measures fl(j inches, but when you have bought that QUIT. No man will lose money on you, and when one offers goods below cost at whole sale, buy thrm, but don't touch them in other goods. I'se common sense, price around, and where you are offered the best bargains BUY. We can sell you a solk; Woman's Shoe for .ftl, wel worth 1.40. ii Child 'sSc.hoo .-Mioeior-iM tn.it you cannot match for fl in Asheville a Mat lor .(c. that others ask Hoc. to 1 for. We have fin Old Ladies' Shoeforfl .oO that will please every tender- footed niiddle-au-ed or oh Lady in the hind and be a source of solid comfort to her. wui juni s in i op ior jfiz in i i i undress or i.iice mis given better satisfaction than any shoe we ever sold. We have a line of Dress Goods from lOc.up that is astonishing in Ufdity, for the price, a line of Dress Alpacas at 30c, all colors, of Flannels in large plaids at MOc., of Mohairs in greys at 20, and of Tricots at 48c, we guarantee will not be equalled in this town. We especially invite the Ladies to fall and see our Silks for fancy work, chentlles, ban gles, arasenes, wools, knit ting and embroidery silks. We are also prepared to do stamping on Linen, Plush, el vet and Felt, at prices away below, those charged by others. V e have a beau- ns. All the HOTELS. STRAUSS' RESTAURANT -ANO- Oyster i V Parlor. 1XROPI AN PLAN. 9Iials at all Hour. Electric Cars Past tlic Door. I take pint sun in .mmnineinK the Oyster Season of 1 MNi)-'io lins opencil, and my long exierience in the business JustitieH me In .issiirinK the public that I can please and sat isfy ull customers.. I will serve oysters in the best style, and ilealtiiK only with reliable, houses, can offer the finest bivalves on the market. Try our Philadelphia Fry, Or Pan Roust. Boston Rav Stews a specialty. Great care w ill be taken with all orders 1 nc'1 only the finest mid freshest oysters that can he had. I receive shipments direct from packers every afternoon. Charges reason able. My restaurant is also supplied with BIRDS, GAME, FRESH FISH, ETC., At nil times. Special Attention Riven to lady customers. Polite and attentive waiters. Hoard by day, week or month with or with out rooms. If you want the best the market affords call on E. STRAI NS, Proper., South Main Street. CHAS. D. BLANTON & CO. MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING! PRIVATE BOARD. NKW HOUSK! NBWI. FURNISHED I ALL MODKRN IMPROVEMENTS. MRS. N. B. ATKINSON, No. ail Haywood Street. I cilv JK1VATK HOARD. A InrKC house, ItlK I'nttnn nvrniic. Wnrnl, cnmfortHhle rooms. Oil street enr line. Ternm rentiotmHe. oets dtitn MRS. J, 1.. SXIATHHKS. ' MRS. S. STEVENSON Mas removed to the Johnston Htiildinjf, Iat ton avenue, corner of Church street u-herp she is prepared to keep regular or transient boarders. Table furnished with th Uout . market affords. Terms reasonable. mar.Slmft ROUND KNOB HOTEL McDowell Co., X. C. (Situnted on the W. N. C. K. R. An hour's j rlile trom Asheville. I Pirst elass in every respeet. Mineral witters I.lthin. Iron, Alum and Iron. Red nnd White Sulphur nnd Mnjrnesin. The most picturesque spot in Western North Carolina. Parties leaving Asheville on the I SI! p. in. trnin can have dinner on their arrival by tel. ecraphiiiK from the depot. Terms reasonable Seeial rates to fainlj j lies. OUTFITTERS. Our iiim is to fill n long- felt want in the city of Ashcvillc., mid we will open about September 1, with the most com plete line of Clothing for Men and Hoys ever shown in this; section. Our Mr. ( HAS. IJLANTON focH to Northern mid East ern markets with the ready cash which insures to the new-business ft FlNANCIAl UCCCfV jul'j d.'lm J. Bulow Erwln, Proprietor. J. W. SCIIARTLE, MERCHANT TAILOR febaodlv 42 N. main St. JAMES FRANK, DKAIKK IN FAMILY GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS Afrent for Reems Creek Woolen Mills. North Mnin . Asheville. N. C. feblodly THE YOUTHS', BOYS' AND CHILDREN DEPARTMENT Will receive our special attention, and to this the especial attention of Mothers, we wilt cmU mid Aunts. PROPRIETOR OF THE ASHEVILLE BRICK WORKS Asheville, N. C. p. O. Box p. marl3dly GEO. KIMBER, GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Mosaic Tile and Cement work a specialty. Grates, Ranges and Boilers set. Buildings moved and repaired in first class Sewerage, Drainage and traps for the snme thoroughly understood and promptly at tended to. Ollice: Wolfe Building, Court House Snnnre Asheville, N. C, . n.vaHi.. V 1 o.VV 1 rvi OUR GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS Will be replete with all the Novelties of tf ie way of Neckwear. sen son in the THE GREATEST ATTRACTION Z . .I." Dr. Parker I'rnv. cream V,.n.m p..... . .. . - .. ' ""r 1'"-' - wsu. i in inar nn lr nt I W M 1 1 DDIMT rro 1 ... line, Ongaline nnd Diamond nail powder mw pietWM OOUgllt in (Septem i i n h n nsi riiJKm i n 4 ti i 1 1 ifcra u i mil do i t - having now Iwcome the ladies' favorites, Der mid ITUarantee Hflt sfar r.JH.0r.u.ne popui, tioii. We have a Kid Glove " J '"uuu, I. m. AI.KX Il..l . J toKether with pocket emery board, or- 1,iwK Im Aans Uttflthat ange wood sticks, nail scissors, files and Kai th' low ficn at which he is selling all takes the fanCV of everv ladv other such requisites. Also a complete good. In hi. line. who has Seen them. The best ...n.v.i uiiiNouiiuiuiiu MnmcB, in audi-1 I v. . ji . x r un tiontotbe Hebe Soda Fountain frmJ H Hi. for and Intend, to W tOrHet for 0c. that which ice cold drinks are dispensed. Cor-1 the demand. 'N1H ever been Shown 111 Ashe- ner Main street and Patton avenue. satisfaction GtrARANTuun ville Under $1.25. Cnmftnnrl - - " w4M The next Commissioner of Pensions Is I OxviiRn. V. c. Info ia i uuu i S nreservinir a diswrr. I I . . r ' , . I i , . ! cimjii niuiiuin Pfunhenness Or tte Liqaor Habit, Positively Tr5 .WJiii." ,.u .a n cur , t,e found from (Le wreck, it nfvf. can m iv. rst i . tMi.QiflciM,aaa To Dlapel Colds, ll..,.,trw l.U a.,A . 1 .l. ..i.. " " ' w vicing incsnic. j ii m vc ior some time n, Bvaicin ciievLuauv, vet eent V. When coa- troubled with Hhriimnrisn. ..J i l.u. .......us, ui wncn me diooq is im- eruption ot the skin on the chest and Hu,t u, ..uiiii, iu pcmianentiv cure snouiaers wnicD was very annoying 1 habitual constipation, to awaken the used your Remedy, and hare been en- kidneys and liver to a healthy activity, tirely cured of the skin disease, and very without imtfltinor ir u..i b.. I.. I I. i: i r -1 t, J ii, ,UUW ieiicioi w i. iic Kneumatism. use Syrup of Figs. Gho. b Kha vb Person iMadam; As I huve been very rm- tj much benefited by the use of vour R. UUf ISeW DlfiT Stock. eily, I think it my duty to testify to the . . i nave tor some time nast been I -Mm leam. Our nriCPK lietnt-o you buy elsewhere. Very resjiectfully, GEO. T. JONES & CO. N. Y. Office, 466 Broadway. FOR UBJ ONLY! I POSITIVE "W?Iw?ArtIK( MANHOOD, CUBE !fri?'M td:Kn-iS thMlalpIr nlkllhs HOHK TRKATSKST S.t. u. ?V "rn. iw. st. hii . iZSSZi !IiS3KSl5 mm Whttyflah. sapd u sams witk Oatpaln, Book of nu. uanlsrsMnt FKCa. H-MOriawtT WalMsaJis tn th at TLAKTIC COAST UNB On and aftr hl .1..- . ... nle. will be ran ovW 7" KWS 1: No. 63-L,t. ColanTlrfaV. 8 iA no. 8.T;e72hir-:::::: ? To t point, on the Charlotte. ColnmW. V? J. r. DBVI.NB. Gen. Snpi, OUR HAT DEPARTMENT eive due nttention, and in it oai i be found fn fonventionaJ High Hat down to the S ft Knock-about. We have already placed our rder for n line of MEN'S PINE SHOES With one of the most popular makers; Our mode of business shall be STRICTLY ONE WUCE, and all goods warranted uh represented or money refundetl. Our opening will be announced in due time. CHAS. D. BLANTON & CO.. One Price Clothiers, Patton Avenue, - - AshevUle, IS C.