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7'-' 1 ; THE DAILY -CITIZEN divered to Visitors In any port of the City. one Month Sc. Two Wicks, or less li.'ic. DAILY C BOARDING, WANTS, For Rent, and Lost Noticet, three lines or less, 25 Ceuts fur eaih insertion. VOLUME V. ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1889. NUMBER 166. V THE Tim APACHES. OPINIIIIil OF ONE WHO HAS BEKN AMONU THEM. Their Wv Not Ways of Pleas antness, Nor all Their Paths of Peaces a People to Whom Dis tance Lends tin- Enchantment. Washington, 11. C. October 111. Editor Citizen : I notice inyour paper, sonic days ago, an announcement to tin; Indian iioanl Association, an invitation to "bring on its Apaches." When yon have hail as much experience with, or seen as much of tlic Apaches as the undersigned, I don't hesitate to say that you will not lose much time in di manding of the Association to "take away its Apaches." The writer has lived near neighbor to the Apaches in Arizona Territory, and is familiar with their manner of deporting themselves, and has seen their exploits on their native heath, on the sandy des erts along the C.ila river. These black cannibals live on raw giusshoppcrs, liz zanls and snakes; and take great delight, in iierforming a war dance around u. white victim tied by the hands and heels to two trees, with a tire kindled on his stomach. They are the lowest and most, ferocious type of aboriginal humanity t hat ever inhabited the continent of the two Americas. They retain All the malignity and fiendishness of the worst tiilies of Indian savages in the United States; and conic nearer the plane and character of the lower wild ani mals than any Indians between the two oceans 1 iicir firm is about nil there is human about them. Thcir.rcscr valions in Aiizoua have been guarded tor years by a cordon of torts; but right un der the muzzles ot the gnus, and m defi ance to the troops, the black wretches often break loose tindcrcoverof thenight, and start on a scalping tour over tin; valley settlements. They will often be have themselves for months pr.opcrly to throw the forts oft' their guard, and then suddenly In'forc break of day be heard from, lifting hair and cu ting throats of frontier settlers.and before the guardians of I'nele Sam arrive on the scene, the bloodthirsty .".nd murderous instincts born in thcAp.iches have been satiated in the slaughter of ten or twenty men, women and children taken unawares by nocturnal raids. I have myself been laid up for two weeks in Spanish ranches, with the stage coaches roadbound, or sidetracked, waiting for the Apaches to move, outheir scalping raids, away from the highways, or for the troops of the torts to drive the kuiving scamps from our route. You say the government proposes to cireulatesonie money in Western North Carolina by the establishment of a fort in the Unlsam mountains to guard these Apaches. You will find that money cir culated by the fort is dearly bought, when those wild Apaches break loose some night, and, before your tort is awake, carry havoc into your valley set tlements. If yon excet the fortstoguanl the Apaches and protect ynur sleeping mountaineers from the Indian scalping knives, you expect them to do what they have never accomplished in Arizona. It these scalping savages kill one man, wo man, or child, in Western North Carolina, the money brought to the State bvn fort would be u high priced revenue, written in the blood of dead North Carolinians. AJIKHICA.N I'MVSIOIK. The English Race Have Not Lost by Being Transplanted. New York IKralil. At the opening of the British Associa tion's geographical section President dc Winton pointed out that "the effect of climate upon race is somewhat remark ably illustrated by the physique and nerve power of the present race of Ameri cans." Two centuries ago they were the same race as the English, but now the contrast is marked. Our climate, according to the eminent geographer, has given Americans "an individual stamp," and has made a erceptible difference on outward semblance even in this short spice of time. This interesting note ofthe pronounced effect of climate on race de served more practical elaboration than Col. dc Winton had time togiveit. (".real Britain has an insular climate with a low barometer, which is relaxing to the hu man frame. It has been well said that in a heavy atmosphere the elephant would liecome a comparatively active animal, while in rurilitd air he would become dull and heavy. In American at mospheric pressure averages higher than in England. The climate is continental, with more of exl.ikirnlmg sunlight and more of the element oi cold, which, without certain limits, is adjudged ln- all physiologists to be a w.mdei lul tonic and a therapeutic agent of much value. In fact, the chief characteristic of our climate is the excess of it- nerve stimu lating properties, which in the colder parts of the country tends to exhaust overworth, ill-ted, ill-clad and amende lieople. Hut on the whole, the Anglo- Saxon race has not suttereil by the transfer from an insular to a continental climate. A DANTAH1II.V Ol THAtJK, The Horrible needs of Five Negro villains. Birmingham. Aln., October '22. A special to the Age-Herald from Lafayette records a crime in Tallapoosa county that has rarely been surpassed in its horrible details. It seems ttiat wmie Albert Smith and his three oldestchiltlren had gone some miles to church, five negro men approached the house and asked Mrs. Smith to give them something to eat, and being relused they went into the house and naming that mere was no .nip it t home but Mrs. Smith and her little babe, forced her into the yard and lwimn ransacking the house. After ap propriating ail that they could find in the way of money and valuables, they set fire to the house and udded horror to the terrible scene by forcing the frightened woman to witness the most brutal and fiendish of decils, wlncli was toss- i.,LT her little baliv in the air und letting it tall back almost on the point of sharp knives which iluv held under it. The brutes KmilKr hc-rled the frantic woman's en ....!.... ....A H..Mit nwnv leavintr her with nothinc to greet the return of her horror-! stricken husband and children but her ; ministers and ilelegatcs Irom Virginia, half dead babe and a smouldering heap West Virginia and Maryland, convened of coals where was, only a few hotirs be-J here to-night and will be in session sty Ion;, their home. The "people for miles j eral days. around have been searching the country AfTriiTt Record forth, villoma, and at lust accounts I AureatKeeoro. three ol the negroes had been captured Bradlauith Dylan. London, October 22. Charles Brad laugh, political and social reformer and member of the house of commons for Northampton, is very ill. It is tcared that he is dying from congestion of the lungs. MARVELS OF MEMORY. Home (ircat Men Wliusc Helen, tivciiess was Heinarkiibie, Blackwood's Maaz ne. There have been stupendous memories enough in ancient ami modern times to stagger belief such as those of Tiieodec les and Ilortensius and Cinens, of whom Cicero speaks, and in our later days Pas cal, who, it is said, neverforgot anything he had seen, heard, or thought; anil Ayi v'cnnn, who repeated by rote tile entire lioi an when lie was ten years old ; and Francis Siiurcz, wdio, Strnda tells us.had the whole of St. Augustine in his memory enough, one would think to destroy all his mental powers of digestion : and Jus tus I.issius, who on one occasion offered to repeat all the "History" of Tacitus without a mistake on forfeit of ins life; and in our own days jedediah Buxton and Zernli Colburn, among others, who hail such a prodigious power mid rapidity of caiculntingin their minds. Colburn, it is said, could tell the number of seconds in iifty-eiglit years til .nost before the question could be repeated t he story is told that Jedediah liuxton vas once taken to the theater to sec Gar rick, and that he was observed to pay an unremitted attention to the great actor throughout the play. When he went out '.lie friend who accompanied him asked him how he had been impressed by the acting, and Jedediah answered by stating the number 'of words and syllables that Garrick had spoken. His ini.id had been interested solely in this enumeration. I dare say it w as a purely mcchani. al oper ation of mind with him. and 1 rather think that with all these great memories it is the same. As 1 have not a good memory, ! wish to leery it out of pure envy. I wish I could say thatgrcalmcn never ha ve great mem ories, rnlortuiialely, it i not true. The .itimcs of Pascal, Avieenna.Scaliger, who committed to memory the whole ofthe Iliad and Odyssey in three weeks; old Dr. Thomas Fuller, whose memory was equally remarkable to say nothing of Cyrus, Ilortensius, Mithridates. are so terribly against me that I give up such n proposition; and I have serious thoughts myself, despite its dis gusting ingredients, of resorting to the learned Grataioli of Bergamo's recipe for improving my own memory. Hi gives several, but one above .til others as C'llicaciousandeomlortingto the memory. It is this: To make a mixture of mole's fat, lealcined human hair, cumin, and bear's grease, anil swallow a pill of them of about the size of a hazic nut at bed time. TWO FACTIONS. A Fierce Fight About Church Property in Peiiusvlvanta. Wll.KESliAKKE. Pa., October '22. About ihree months ago, 1'iisliop ) llarn, Scranton, deposed Rev. Father Wame gaii. pastor ot the Polish Culholicciitirch at Plyinolh, and afterwards expelled him from the priesthood for unbecoming conduct. The congregation was divided into two factions; and one of these in sisted upon holding possession of the church and its property. lie sent for Rev. Father Mack and deputised him to act in liis name The police were called upon to intcrtjre in case of trouble, and the call was made. At the parsonage, upon admission being relused, the officers were ordered to forcibly enter the build ing, and a moment later they battered down the doors and arrested six ofthe inmates, among whom was .Martin Wiich, it saloon keeper, who acted as fader of those in the inside. A fierce light ensued while the prisoners were be ing removed, and ill the struggle the chief of police, Michael Mclvin, had his leg broken and back injured. A number of other persons were hurt in the melee, but none tire fatally injured. KNOXVILLE'S CF.LEDRATION. A Pronounced Success at Once The Program. Ksoxvil.l.K, Teun., October 22 The trades display begun here to-day. Cele brating the completion of the hlnoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville railroad was more of a success than was antici pated. Trains on all the roads were crowded, and when the procession moved off it was witnessed by at least 50,000 spectators. The business places of the city were decorated, and floats represent ing various industries passed under thou sands of flags arching the principal streets. Tiie procession was an hour and three quarters passing a given point and con sisted of 1."1 flouts illustrating every branch of Knoxville's commerce. The procession was headed by the third regi ment ofthe Tennessee militia. To-morrow there will be a coniK'titive drill ami a sham battle, and on Thurs day a tournament and grand ball. Sun Cotton Review. New York, October 22. The Sun's cotton review savs: Futures declined sharply. In the fiist place, Liverpool was decidedly lower, and receipts at the ports were huge,; then the decline brought in "stop orders" which caused further selling. A partial recovery on the demand to cover contracts was soon lost, when this demantl tell off, and the close was weak at about the lowest price of the day. Cotton on the spot was one-sixteenth lower and dull. Hopes for Home Rule. London, October 22. Gladstone left Hawarden to-day for Southport, where he will speak in the interest of Sir Robert Peel, liberal candidate for the vacant seat for Brighton m the house of commons. When the train upon which Gladstone traveled reached Chester a large crowd cheered him and he made a siieech. He said he hoped that in thcpoliticalcontcst in Great Britain the right side would soon lie upiermost. Too Much Campbell 7 Com'M nt'S. 0., October 22. Governor Fornker s lihvsicinn stated that Gov ernor Koraker is a very sick man and will not be able to take any nourishment for two or three days. Engagements for the governor for this week have been cancelled. A Presbyterian Synod Winchester, Vu., October 22. The Presbyterian synod, composed of 200 I iiHirpiN, ua., uctooer ii. iinmn nas I invested threc-iiur.rters ol a million dol- lars in manufacturing enterprises since 1885. Snow In Minnesota Fkkoi's Falls, Minn., October 22. The ground was covered with snow yesterday. IIKTTKRINIi ITS l'ROPRRTV, New nirectors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. Richmond, Va , October 22. At the annual meeting of the stock-holders of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Com pany held here to-day, the report of the board of directors was read and adopted. I i says: "It is the intention ofthe management to take out the few remaining wooden bridges on the line und replace them with iron ofthe strongest build; to fill up some ofthe remaining trestles; to put addi tional ballast on the road; to continue the extension of sidings sous to accom modate long freight trains, all of which will facilitate the large traffic of the company." The stockholders elected the following directors; W. P. Anderson and M. E Ingalls of Cincinnati; George T. Bliss, C. H. Caster, C. D. Dickey, jr., C. P. Hunt ington, E. X. Norton, George S. Scott, Samuel Spencer and A.J. Thomas, all ol New York, and H. T. Wickham, of Vir ginia. NO ONE KILLED. Another Inclined Plane Accident at Cincinnati Vesterday. Cincinnati, Ohio, October 22. An other inclined plane accident hapiencd to-day, one week alter the Mt. Auburn horror, but this time happily without I" ss of lite. It was at the Mt. Adams inclined plane where horses and wagons,,-. s well us pas sengers arccarried up. Henry Newman, iriving a two horse wagon tor a cracker manufactory, drove on to the truck to isceud. When about thirty feet from the bottom the horses suddenly backed against the rear guards of the truck which suapiel apart and horses, wagon mil driver were thrown to the bottom. Newman escaped without serious injury; i lie wagon was wrecked and the horses killed. Fall Races at Lexington. Lexington, Ky., October 22. The weather to-day was rainy, and the track heavy. Attendance small. The sport was good and the betting first-class. First race One mile: Katie S. won, Litterall second, Roxana V. third. Time 1.40. Second race One andasixteenthmiles: Dilemma won, Clamor second, Lizzie D. third. Time l.fi.'l. Third race Mile and seventy yards: Bridgclight won, Belliua second, Plunder third. Time Lno"! Fourth race Robinson stakes three loui'ths of a mile: Dollikins won, Ca milla second, Lottie S. third. Time 1.10. Fatal Railroad Accident. Bikminoha.m, Ala., October 22. Some freight ears in the middle of a train to day jumped the track near Bangor, on the Louisville and Nashville road, north f here. Two of the ears were loaded with horses en route to the State fairnow ill progress at this place. Some of t hem were bruised, but none seriously injured. Ungeiie Christman, a colored jockey, who was feeding the horses at the time, was killed, joe (liny, John Kimbaugh and Jim Thomas, colored train employes, were badly hurt but will recover. They are in the hospital here. A False Report. Ciiicauo, OcIoIkt 22. Early this evening minister Romero, of Mexico, received n telegram from secretcry of state Blaine stilting that rumors had reached him that the visitors were so weary they would prefer to abandon the trip and asking if this were so. A meet ing of the visitors was held this evening and a telegram was sent to Mr. Blaine stating that the rumors referred to in his message were without foundation ; that the enthusiasm of the receptions was in creasing, and was equalled only by the appreciation of the guests. A Steamship on F.nd. Nkw York, October 22 The steam ship Brooklyn, formerly the Tonawanda, Captain Carson, whicli sailed from Da rien, Ga., October 13, with a cargo of lutniier, is supposed to have been lost with all on board (eighteen persons) in the gale of the llith, as she is now six davs over due A vessel answering com pletely to her description was passed by the steamer Cherokee, October 17, sixteen miles east of Body Island with her bow twenty feel out ofthe water, and her stern apparently on the bottom. The Hrooklyn was a screw steamer of HS tons. News-Observer: Five wealthy Ameri can young men have sailed for New York, en route for Zanzibar. They will go through the Suez Canal to Aden and down the coast. Reaching their point of disembarkation, they will proceed into the interior towards Lake Victoria Ny anza to meet Stanley. It is a great mis take to suppose that all wealthy young men arc dudes. These fellows are going to have a time of it penetrating the for bidding forests of malarial Africa, threat ened by savages, ferocious beasts and mnlariu. Punished for Stealing a Ride. Shki.iik, N. C, Oct. 22 Special. Tillman Levins, of Burke, seven teen years old, and Win. Trammel, of Catawba, twenty years, both white men, were sent to the penitentiary for four and five years, resjiectivelv, for stealing a ride on a horse and a mule, the property of N. N. Thomason. After riding six miles the stock was turned loose on the public road, and afterwards recovered by the owner. C b. 1-kkck. Price Fight Stopped. Charleston, S. C, October 22. A prize fight lietwcen two light weight pu gilists, which was to have taken place this morning, was prevented by the police. 1 lie proposed match was a tight to a hnish lor ifooo, and wnsnrranged by the Young Men's Athletic Club. Sporting men are indignant at the uction of the police, as they assert there is no law in the State against prize hghting. No Change in Cotton Systems, New York, October 22. Last week the members of the cotton exchange voted on a proposition to reieal tlx present svstetn of insiicction and classifi cation of cotton. The vole was cast to ascertain the feelings of members on the matter. The board of ninaagcrs, after consultation to-day, decided to let the system now in use prevail for the present. Fearful Death In a Freight Car. Wii.minoton. N. C, October 22 Yard master K. L. Ienmark entered a freight car at the Atlantic Coast Line depot to night. He carried a lantern, and almost immediately n barrel of gasoline ex ploded setting fire to the car and burn ing Denmark to death. It was not known that the unfortunate man was in the car until the flames had been extinguished. I5RING IN TIIE RICH TOO. STATE OF THE PROTESTANT F.PISCOPAI CHVRCH. An Interesting Report Baltimore The Next Place of Meeting, In 1 8sji Revision of the Liturgy Adjournment Thursday. New York, October 22. There was a good attendance at the Protestant Episcopal convention to-day. Dr. Good win, on behalf of the committee on canons presented u long report, which was referred to the next convention. The committee on the state of the church gave a detailed account of the work done since the Inst convention. The report stated that the ministry should not look for recruits from in digents only, but from the rich as ivell. i'he report also favored something t,cii.g done for the aged clergy, and dwelt at length on the unsatisfactory character of Sunday school work. The report was transmitted to the house of bishops. Rev. Dr. Bliss, of Vermont, read a re port from the committee on Christian education. It stated that the board of regents was now in working order. The committee appointed to select a place for the next convention, 118112, 1 reported in favor of Baltimore. The re port wasadopted, the bishops concurring. Beginning with to-day. evening sessions will be held, so that the convention may adjourn by Thursday, the bishops also agreeing to this day. The entire set of versiclcs as aniend mended was adopted, and the house then proceeded to discuss the revision ot the liturgy. On motion of Kev. Dr. Hart, it was decided that the Gloria Patria be printed at the end of psalm XXIV. A message from the house of bishops recommending that the prayer of humble access be removed to a place immediately before the administration of communion was received, but the house ot deputies relused to concur. At the afternoon session Dr. Hart moved the passage of section three in the order of burial of the dead. It provides that in place of a rubric theminister shall say the Lord's prayer with an exhorta tion added. Carried. A new section providing additional prayers to be added "grace of our Lord" was also adopted. The tilth section applying to burial at sea was also passetl. The house concurred with the bishops on the fourteenth division of the form ol prayer and thanksgiving. Dr. Hale, of Iowa, moved an amend ment to be used instead of the existing marriage ceremony. A clause of it in tended to cover the vexed question of di vorce read, "and live together in holy love unto their life's end." This was adopted, and Dr. Huntington immedi ately moved to reconsider. An active debate followed, but Dr. Hale's amend ment was approved of a second time. Another debate took plaeconthe burial of the dead service, and Dr. Huntington asserted that the proposed changes of the service savor too much of Roman Catholic rites. Dr. Taylor, of Spring field, held that the proposed changes would tend to counteract, the rigantj? evil of spiritualism. The motion to con cur with the bishops on this question was lost. The house of bishops sent three mes sages on the question of liturgical revis ion, and the subject of the congregation sharing the holy communion with the minister was again brought up. The bishops recommended that the congrega tion be given sufficient time to communi cate. Concurred in. The bishops also made changes in the litany and the order of the Lord's Sup per, one of which changes was that the word "bishop" be substituted for the word "priest." Concurred ill. Race F.ctuallty at Harvard, Charlotte Chronicle. The Seniors for this vear at Harvard I'liiversity, have elected a negro as class orator. The vote was close, the negro winning by a bare one majority. liven for Harvard, the election of a negro ns class orator, is an innovation, that must be watched with interest in the North and liast. Whether or not this election will materially affect the attendance .'it Harvard from the sections named, it is not easy to predict; but it is sale to assert that hereafter fewer stu dents from the South will seek degrees at Harvard than have heretolore gradu ated there. This may be desirable. There arc as good schools mid colleges in the South as can lie found anywhere in this country; and the negro election may end to make Southerners patronize their home schools more than they have done. Johns Hopkins, in Baltimore, the Virginia I'uivcrsity, at Charlottesville, and the several superior places of educa tion in this and other Southern States, cannot be surpassed north of Mason and Dixon's line: and increased home patron age will only serve to improve those already well cquipied institutions. At any late, the Harvard election has set a precedent that the college will not easily recover from ; and she vjill feel the rashness of her "advanced lilierality" as much, it is fancied, in New England, ns she will in other sections. Sir Kdwln Arnold on America. Frnilk Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. An Englishman no doubt notices here an absence of deference and of formal at tention, but he also notices the presence of a nearly universal and most manly and frank comradeship, the blossom, per haps, ol n wider and healthier air. 1 am far from saying this to flatter America. The inicrtineiice of such nn intention would be rebuked by its absurdity. It would be like the little girl who was taken by Sydney Smith to sec the turtle tanks at Birch's, in Cornhill, and when she stroked the largest among the collec tion her uncle inquired: "Why do you do that, my dear?" "I do it to please the turtle, "uncle." "My child," replied the Canon, "you might ns well stroke the dome of St. Paul's to pleasethe dean and chapter." A man who should, as it were, oat the cupola of your capitol at W ash- imrton to irrntifv New York would be similarly ridiculous. Your nation of sixty millions stands well beyond the reach of compliments. History rather waits to see if you will deserve the gifts and opportunities which destiny has brought you in both her nanus. Wonderful Indeed. Charlotte. N. C, Oct, 22. Saturday night a Baltimore drummer came here to siiend Sunday. In the morning he at tended preaching at Tryon St. Baptist church. When the sermon was preached by Rev. A. G. Macmanaway, the pastor, the drummer was so deeply affected by the preaching that he went to his room at the hotel, where he made up his mind to lie baptised at night. He attended sei vices at the same church, and. the rite of baptism by immersion was adminis tered to him. FAMILY RF.-ITNION At the Famous Sherrill Tavern at Hickory Nut Gap. Editor Citizen : The old Sherrill tavern at Hickory Nut Gap, some eighteen miles southeast of this city, was the scene of a most enjoyable and happy family re union on Thursday the 17th instant. Mrs. Elizabeth C. Sherrill, who for many years has held forth as mistress of this noted resort, and whose kindness and hospitality is fresh in the memory of ninny a traveler anil pleasure seeker, realizing that by reason of her old age she must soon go the way of all humanity, called together her children and her children's children that they might once more make glad her heart by their pres ence, and create one more bright spot in the pathway of life, the memory of which should cheer her declining days. They cunie from all points of the coin pass, with many anxious inquiries and hearty hand-shakes. Therewerepresent, Col. V. R. Young, S. W. Davidson, K.M. Stevens, Marion Freeman, J. II. Tweed. John Sherrill, and C. L. Sherrill; ull with their families, together with Jntncs and William Sherrill, Miss Moliie Sherrill, and J. M. Young and wife Bertha Young: making in all, a total of fifty-four. The bright October day was fittingly spent ami greatly enjoyed by all, and rumor litis it, that the dinner was simply immense. It could not well be otherwise on such an occasion. Indeed, it was u time long to be remembered undcherished by all concerned, and was a beautiful 'inblem of another re-uniou in the sweet bye and bye, only then no farewells will have to be spoken, as at the close of this happy occasion, but it will be one glori ous union through all eternity. May God in his mercy grant that not one present at this re-union shall be missing at the one to come. The following day the gathering dis persed to l heir several homes to take up the thread of lite where it it had been left, but with frequent thoughts of the bright oasis they had left behind in the beautiful Hickory Nut Gap. We hud almost forgotten to mention the fact that Mr. Lindsey, Asheville's well known photographic artist, was there and furnished photos of the gathering in his characteristic, elegant manner. CHICAUO REVIEW. Business In the firain Center Dur ing Yesterday's Session. Chicago, Octolier 22. Wheat trading was large to-tluv, anil prices were again lower, early buyers failing to get any substantial support. The market not advancing finally turned the sellers and this effected a break. The openi g was about 14 cent below yesterday's closing, but the market ruled strong for a while and prices were advanced Lie. Then the market held steady for a time within a i ic range, but later became weak, de clining Hue and closing lc lower than yesterday. There was a fair speculative trade in corn, with a comparatively firm feeling prevailing on deterred deliveries. Cash and October were easy, being quoted at -4C unoei $ eslerduy. I he market openeu at yesterday's closing, was firm and ad vanced ' kuUe, eased off a little and closed a shade better than yesterday. Oats were quiet and without new feat urcs. In mess pork the trading was fairly active and the feeling was stronger. Oc tober was 10c higher curly ami closed easier. November was stronger on local buying and prices advanced 20a25c and closed firm. January was comparatively steadv. In lard a good trade was reported and the feeling was stronger. October sold at lOaloe advance, while January ruled 2' iiaoc early but closed easier. Short ribs were fairly active; the trade was mainly in October and January de liveries. The former was lOaloc higher earlv, but other deliveries were without particular change. The Cross and White Case. Wash iNi; ton, October 22. Special. The case of Cross and White against North Carolina was argued in the supreme court ofthe I'nitcd States to day. Mr. W. K. Ileurv made tin elabo rate and powerful argument in behalf of Cross und White, and Col. Davidson presented lully and strongly the case lor the State. Mr. Henry made a motion far n certiorari because of a defect in the record, but the defect was cured by an amendment ami the writ was denied. The point presents the great question of State and federal jurisdiction. Granville. folks voi' know. Wio Tlt-v Art Where They Are, and What They Are Doing. Mr. George F. Scott has gone to Hick ory. Mr. Boswell, a prominent engineer, now of Brevard, is in the city. Senator Vance was in the city yester day, and will attend the funeral of Irwin Baird, of whom lie was a relation. Mr. J. A. Porter has returned from a business trip to Richmond nntl Lynch burg. He carries a unique souvenir that serves the double purpose of a cane and a cigarette holder, presented to him by the Kinney Tobacco Company. Mr. Porter bought for them the finest tobacco used in their business last vear on the Asheville market. A Night Oft". Our theatre goers will have an oppor tunity next Wednesday evening, Octolier 30th, to see an excellent stock company produce one ofthe best comedy successes of Augustin Daly's Theatre. "A Night Off," the title of the play, suggests a farce or something of the burlesque order, but this impression would be entirely an erroneous one, as the piece is a fine come dy requiring dramatic ability of a high order to interpret it. The company that will apjiear here is composed of well known actors and was siecially engaged to produce the Daly Theatre "success' throughout the South. Store Robbed. The store of L. lferman, on Haywood street, just beyond the junction of Pat ton avenue, was entered night liefore last and roblied of various articles, valued in the aggregate at about two hundred dollars. The case has been put in the hands of W. H. Deaver, of the Pinion Detective Agency, but as yet no one has been arrested, nor any of the goods re covered. RANDOM NOTES Roped In by Rambling Reporters Roaming Round the Citv. The electric car, of which the deceased Irwin Baird hail been motor man, per formed its trips all yesterday draped in the emblems of mourning. At the prayer meeting at the Central Methodistchiireh to-night at 7.30 o'clock, some one of the delegates to the Baptist convention will address the meeting. A four inch water main is to be put down on Walnut street, from Main to Haywood streets, the pijK-s having been hauled on the ground yesterday. The funeral services of the late Irwin Baird will take place this morning at half-past ten o'clock, at the Central M. E. Church. Interment at Riverside. Mr. John R. Gordon, of Hancock, Mich., wishes to express his gratitude und deep appreciation for the thoughtful attentions ofthe friends who were so assiduous in their kindness during the illness of his wile. The improvement in the appearance and condition of Patton avenue goes steadily forward, and soon this will be indeed a handsome thoroughfare. Capt. W. B. Troy, the siqicriuteudcnt, is work ing industriously and intelligently. Mr. S. M. Hamilton, late of Wheeling. W. Va., who has been a resident of the city for about a year, in quest of health, died of consumption at Capt. MeCape's. Grove street, yesterday morning, aged 0 years. Funeral will be announced to morrow. There were tobacco breaks at all the warehouses yesterday, those at the Far mers' and Banner being very large. Prices were very fine, ranging from $2 to $70 per hundred, and averaging perhaps $25. Asheville promises to be equal to any market this season in prices. THE FLOWER MISSION. The Humanity of this Asheville III. stitution Attracting Attention. We are gratified to see that what Tut-: Citizen litis contained relating to the benevolent and useful work of the Flower Mission here has attracted the attention of the Atlanta Constitution, if not ol other papers, with view to urge it upon its community as useful example. We quote the following from the Constitu tion with the remark that the mission, having passed beyond the realm of flow ers and sentiment, has also passed be yond the limits of experiment in the field of practical benevolence. That work is going on vigorously and with system. And it is proving a blessing to the com munity in its warfare with the vagrant and its enmity to the tramp. The Constitution says: A humane experiment is now being tried at Asheville, N. C. The ladies of that nluce have a "Flower Mission, origin ally organized to supply the sick and poor with tlowers. 1 his mission lias ex tended its work. It looks out for the tramps and secures employment for them. The authorities keep their eyes open. 11 they tind tnut an line stranger is willing to accept the work provided by the mission they let him alone, but if he refuses employment or leaves it to loot ibout on the streets they nan nun at once. It is unnecessary to say that there is no Flower Mission" in Atlanta to watch over the great army of vagrants. If these rovers are willing to risk themselves within our entts thev will have a hard road to travel. THE SIRVl-V BEIil'N. The Engineers Make a Recon- noisance. Yesterday, the work of the survey on the Atlanta, Asheville and Baltimore ailroad was begun; or more cor rectly, a rcconnoissance by Engineer-in-Chief Bradley, accompanied by Col. That!. Coleman, was made as far as Illacks'.ock's. The party went out of the city on the Beaver Dam road, returning by the river road. Engineer Bradley was much delighted with the Ixatity and practicability of so much of the new route as he saw. Cttpt. Bradley is in charge of some im portant engineering work in Pennsylva nia to which he must give immediate per sonal supervision. He will therefore 1x' absent from here for a week or ten days. Col. Thad. Coleman whom we all know as an engineer of unsurpassable qualifi cations, will assume Capt. Bradley's du ties for the present, and will after his re turn, hold iK'rniancitt position in the work. Engineers for the Brevard extension have arrived here, and will begin their work at once. All starts well ; all will end well. Only let the people everywhere do their duty ; and let there be no such word as "fail.' A Notable Verdict. In our special telegrams is one from Shelby informing us of a verdict in a case tried under a recent law making the tak ing off of a horse or other riding animal without purpose to steal or convert it a misdemeanor. It had liecome a common practice, for fun, to play a trick, or fur convenience, to unhitch nn animal from its hitching post, or take it out of the stable, ride it as far as suited the purpose of the rider, turn it loose, and then let the owner recover it ns best he could. There was no actual stealing in this, but great wrong and violation of private rights. Complaints became many and loud; and to provide a remedy, the Leg islature made the offence a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment. The case before us is the first we recall under the statute. Yesterday's Born offerings. Washington, D. C, Oct. 22. Bond offerings to-day aggregated at 1.27 for four per cents and LOG'1 for four and halfs. CROMX'S JURY SELECTED. HISTORY OF THE PROLONGED CONTEST. There Were 1,091 Jurors Sum moned, or Whom q7 Were Ex cused for Cause Hut 25 Peremp ti.rv challenges Left. Ciiicauo, October 22. The complete jury was secured in the Crouin case this dlcrnoon. The State's attorney then isked for an adjournment for two davs to give the prosecution time to make out a plan for the presentation ot the case. 1 he detense objected, and ludge McLon- tiell compromised by adjourning the hearing until Thursday morning. I lie impaneling ol a jury commenced August . Allowingtor the timeoecupied by the court in the drainage commission case and the adjournments asked for by the State's attorney, seven weeks have been occupied in getting a jury. There ave been 1.001 mrors summoned of whom '.127 have been excused by the counsel lor cause. In addition to the 1,0'Jl special vciiiremeiisuminoucd, there were also disposed of 21- on the regular panel. There were 1 "." peremptory chal lenges used, of which the detense had 1)7. At the time the jury was sworn in to lay, the defendant had three peremptory .liallenges left and the State twenty-two. FINE TI RNOI TS. ''lie Contrast Between the Old and the New in Asheville. There is nothing in the appearance of the streets of Asheville more suggestive of change than the contrast between the )ld vehicles which occasionally passed through them, or were called intorequisi tion for parlies or picnics, and the elegant equipages thatnow daily throng them. Then there was the occassional private carriage or the "brct," something pecul iar, in name at least, to Asheville, a cross between a carriage .and a hack, substan tial and capacious, but not good look ing. Now there is everything on wheels that invention can suggest, taste or cap rice demand or wealth supply. Nut only ire the private equipages elegant and costly, but the liverymen are quttlly elegant in their tastes, and abundant in their equipment. The rea son for this is an incessant demand by visitors, whether well or invalid, who spend much oi' their time in the open air, Iriving around town or making little trips into the country. This pleasant habit has created the necessity for several carriage repositories. Sonic months ago we described our visit to the very exten sive one of Messrs. Penuiinan. Allay or two since we dropped into one we had not heard of before that of Messrs. Woody and Stikeleathcr, in the south end of the old Eagle, and there we learned where many of the elegant vehicles that may lie seen on the streets come from or might be had. There were substantial, ca pacious, handsome Watertowns, elegant and luxurious carriages, graceful phae tons, convenient and comfortable single horse vehicles, buggies, surries, buck boards, und in tact whatever fancy, use or comfort might call for. We welcome the increase of such estab lishments as adding to the business ca pacities of the city, and without a soli tary interested personal motive. Our visit was pleasant and instructive to ourselves, iintl we freely give the public the benefit of it. "A NKtllT OFF." This Popular Comedy to be Given in Opera Hall October 30. Augustin Daly's Comedy troupe will present the above piece in the Opera Hall ill this city on Wednesday night, October 30. Ye do not propose to commit our selves in advance to the reputation of this or tiny other company of players. It is a dangerous responsibility, and the risk too great to be assumed. Yet it is but justice to this troupe to say that wherever it litis presented "A Night Off" it has been admirably performed, and hud the applause of delighted audiences. It wtts recently played in Raleigh; and while we might select press opinions, possibly of higher authority, we prefer to take the following from the Raleigh Cal1, as expressive of a home, perhaps untu tored, but honest sentiment. The Cull of the 18th says: The largest theatrical audience ofthe season greeted Augustin Daly's eoniedv company w hich appeared in Metropoli tan Hall last night and presented the delightful comedy "A Night Off." The people hud reason to be glad they went there, for there surely never was a play more witty in dialogue, more artistic in dress or more ably produced in this city. There was no exaggerated or boisterous fun on the stage. Everything waseusily practical and natural. There was not a single stereotyped situation. Everything was fresh ami funny and the presentation was very pleasantly acceptable. Laugh was the order ofthe evening, and it was spontaneous and genuine. Death of Miss Laura Fripp. Miss Laura FYipp, a native of Charles ton, S. C, but for the past twenty years a resident of this place, died on yester day, in the seventy-fifth year of her age. For nearly ten years past, Miss Fripp has lieen nn invalid, patiently bearing her afflictions and awaiting the call which to her would indeed be from labor to refreshment. A short and most appropriate service was performed by Rev. Mr. Bryan, in the presence of a small assemblage of friends last evening, and every one pres ent realized that the uncomplaining suf ferer was, indeed, "Asleep in Jesus." Mr. Wilson, of New York, a notably skillful l:indscaie artist, is in the city, and is enriching his portfolio with sketches from prominent points in this vicinity. On Monday he took in the views from Beaucatcher, and yesterday from Gouge's Knob, both of them com manding wide, magnificent and pictur esque prospects.
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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Oct. 23, 1889, edition 1
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