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" r " v.. r X I ' BOARDING, WANTS, For Rent, and Lost Notices, three 7 THE DAILY CITIZEN ATTATTI y c Delivered to Visitors in any pari of the City. 1JH H One Month Two Weeks, or I?hm, 50c. lines or less, 25 Cents for each insertion. 25c. o VOLUME V. ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1889. NUMBER 171. DAI1 ITIZEN THE CRUNIN CASE. HOW HE WAS TAKEN A WAV FROM MRS. CONKMN'O. The Man Ranic the nell Nervously one of O'Sulllvan's Men Hurt A Busricy and a White Home, and Cronin Is Seen No More. Chicago, October 28 Mrs. Conklin, at whose house Dr. Croni 1 last lived, was the next witness. Alter numerous questions as to the location ol the rooms in the flats, Mrs. Conklin proceeded to tell the story of how the doctor was called awav from her house on the night of May 4. She said, that at 7.20 o'clock ). m., a stranger who seemed nervous and excited, rangthedoorbell; and when she opened the door he inquired for Dr. Cronin. He seemed very reluctant to enter, but finally did so. When told that the doctor was engaged with other patients the stranger took a seat in the waiting room. When Dr. Cronin came out of his office, the man advanced and said: "Dr. Cronin you are wanted to attend a man. who has been hurt at O'Siillivnn's ice office." Thedoctor made a remark which I did not hear at that moment the man drew a card from bis pocket and presented it to the doctor. Dr. Cronin took the card and said: "Oh! yes, what is the nature of the ac cident ?" He said : "The man has been run over by a wagon." The Doctor said : "1 will be with you soon,.'or something to that effect. The man sat down again on the edge ot a chair, and the Doctor turne I, laying the card on the mantelpiece. The man said O'Sullivan was out ol town and left word that Dr. Cronin was to attend his men. Dr. Cronin ran to his private room and gathered together some bandages ami cotton batting. He brought it out with his surgical case and a case of splints. Then, drawing on his coat as quickly as possible, he left, running out, carrying these things and his case under bis arms. The two went out of the house as fast as they cduld, and did not even shut the door. I heard them running down the stairs. The witness continued her testimony, saying that she then went to the window overlooking the street and saw a buggy with a white horse attached standing be fore the door. Dr. Cronin and the man who called for him got into the buggy, which was then driven northward. The man seemed anxious to get way. She gave a description of the man who came for the Doctor, told the story of the proceedings of the day after Cronin's dis appearance, and was cross examined at great length by Mr. Forrest. HI HK BI'RROWH The Outlaw Still at Larue and Making for TenneHsee. Birmingham, Ala., October 28. Noth ing has been heard from Blount county to-day except that Kube Burrows is still at large, and the pursuers need more dogs. Effort is being made to secure dogs here, and if they are obtained a special train will leave with them to night. The sheriff of Blountcouiity asked the governor for help last night, and this morning he sent a train out with twenty picked men. A report reached this city to-dav that on yesterday afternoon another officer had been killed, but this is unconfirmed, and is most proba bly false. The situation is unchanged. Rube and his partner are making to wards the Tennessee river, and the sher iffs posse follow under difficulties. No body is willing to get very close to the outlaws as they are exjiert marksmen find' fire from ambush. The impression is growing that it is not Rube Burrows that the sheriff is following. These men go along the highroad stopping at bouses and inquiring their way. Ruliehas never done this but after being seen has always disappeared utterly until his next rob bing. There are two moonshiners who have been defying arrest and doing blood v work in Bibb county. One ot them iives in Jackson county and that is the direction in which the pair are going. Death of a Cadet. Stiitesville News. William Carter, son of J. M. Carter, ol Bethany township, died at West Point on Thursday, as announced hereby tele gram. His "father was ill Virginia ami reached him in an unconscious state be lore his death. His mother left here Thursday. He will lie buried at Luray, Virginia. There is some mystery con nected with his death. Hewusfound un conscious under a hickory nut tree. It was supposed he had a stroke of apo plexy, but the News-Observer says it is the presumption that he had climbed up into the tree and fallen from it. He was regarded here as a young man of good Jin bits and of much promise. Three of a Kind. Washington, October 28. General Mahone and Judge Waddell made a fly ing visit to Washington to-day. They were joined by General Dudley and As sistant Postmaster General Clarkson, with whom they had a conference. Secretary Tracy this afternoon awarded the contract for buildingtwoof the 2,000 ton cruisers, proposals for which were opened on Saturday to the Columbian Iron Works and Dry Dock Company, of Baltimore, for the sum of $1,225,000. The contract for the third one will be awarded to either Harrison Lori g, of Boston, or N. F. Palmer & Co., of New York, each of whom bid $674,000. The Montana Election Question. Minneapolis, Minn., October 28. A 1 inriial Helena. Mont., special says: The application of the Democrats to the supreme court for a writ of mandamus, compelling the canvassing board of Silver Bow county to receive and count the re jected returns in the tunnel district has been denied on technical defects in the ap plication. The points were made this morning by the Republican attorneys. The Democratic lawyers asked for leave to amend. Pending the decision "the court adjourned until two this afternoon Han's Cotton Review. New York, October 28. The Sun's report of Monday's market savs: Cotton futures opened at some decline under the failure of the frost predictions of Saturday to be realized, but partially recovered when it was seen that there had been some frost, after all, even as far South as middle Texas ; but nobody was inclined to act upon them, and the mnrket soon weakened again, the close being at about the lowest figures of the day. The Octolier corner was maintained with great vigor, carrying the price to 10.90. Cotton on the spot was dull and nominal. Middling uplands 10. gulfs 104. Yesterday's Bont Offerlnirs. Washington. U.C., October 28. Bond acceptances to-day amounted to $87,-250, CHICAGO REVIEW. BuHlneMH In the Grain Center Dor Inir Yesterday's Session. Chicago, Uetouer 28. trailing was only moderate in wheat, in fact during most ol the session the market was quiet. I lie opening was tame ami the teelmg slighily weaker, but under good inlying a stronger feeling developed and prices were advanced Vj(aVac., then weakened and prices decliiied'ia7sc. and closed ;!c lower for Deeemlier and Vic. lower (or May than the closing figures of Satur day. .Vlav again held up better than December, and the premium widened ranging earlv 3a3c. over December. and later 3'Nac. over. The visible sup ply to-dav lormcd one ot the principal features on the market. Early in the dav it was estimated that the increase would not Ik as large as had been calcu lated upon Saturday, in fact the first fig ures showed only a small increase in stocks, and this had a strengthening effect. Hut later as the returns liegan to show a larger increase there was more disposition to realize, bui not until after the figures were posted did the market break to the inside point. A fair Sieeulative trade was transacted in corn within a higher range ol prices, Near futures in particular, were quite hrm, distant deliveries showing but little change. The market opened at about Saturday's closing prices, was firm, and advanced Vac, in all receded little, ruled firm, and closed Vsa'sc. higher than Sat urday. Oats were slow and without features of interest. F. w outside orders were re ceived, and business centred entirely in December ami May, particularly in the latter, and prices remained steady. There was onlv a fair trading reported in mess pork; the feeling was compar atively steady, and tor November deliv ery prices averaged a trifle higher. Lard was a little stronger, October was in fair demand and sold 20a 25c. ad vance, due to a "squeeze" undercontracts claimed to be held by the refiner and ex porter. Other deliveries were steadier but not materially higher. Short ribs were not much traded in, and there was no particular change to note. Prices exhibited no change. A GIGANTIC ENTERPRISE. Brooklyn Rridire to be Thrown In the Shade. Brooklyn, October 27. James An drews, of Pittsburg, who has lieen in New York several days, departed to-night lor the west. He came here in connection with the greatest engineering project of modern times the bridging of the Hud son river from the Nev Jersey and New York shores. To a reporter to-night he said : "The bridge will certainly be built. The plans have been completed by Engineer Lind enthal, of Pittsburg, and pronounced by the best engineering authorities as per fectly sound. Beside this structure the Brooklyn bridge will be a mere toy. The bill for permission to bridge the" Hudson River has already been drawn up, and will be presented to Congress by a New York member earl- in the coming session. It will lie a wonderful structure giving a route to land all western freight in the heart of New York City. The bridge will have six railroad tracks. The Brooklyn bridge is supported by two thirteen inch cables: this will have four. each of which will lie four feet in dinme tcr. The span of the new bridge will be 2,800 feet in the rear, and will be 150 feet above high water mark. The piers will be wonderful musses of masonry, 500 feet high and broad and deep. The bridge will cost about $18,000,000, and the New York end will be located some where between Fourteenth and twenty sixth streets. Those who are to build the bridge are largely railroad men from New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburg. A PROMINENT SI'ICIOE. Oliver Garrlsou of St Louis Blows His Brains Out. St I.oris, August 28. Oliver Garrison, one of the oldest and most prominent of St Louis' citizens, committed suicide late this afternoon in Forest Park by shoot ing himself through the head. For some time past he had lieen suffering trom kidney trouble, and during the past four years has not attempted to attend to any business. Despondency at his in curable ailment is undoubtedly the cause of his self destruction. He was born in New York ill 1810 and came to St. Louis in 184-5. He and his brother built the first steamboat to ply between St. Louis and New Orleans. Koi some time he engaged in the steamboat business on the Pacific Coast with his brother, Commodore Garrison. He amassed con siderable wealth and in 1857 was elected president of the Mechanics bank, in which position he served for twenty-two years. He took the Missouri Pacific railroad out of the receivers hands and was its vice president until the road was sold to Jay Gould. Perils of the Sea. New Y'.irk, Octolier 28. The steamer Wyanoke, of the Old Dominion line, ar rived to-dny. Her captain says that yes terday, off the Delaware capes, he fell in with the schooner J. G. Morse, of Port land, Me., disabled and dismantled. The larger part of her crew had been washed overboard, and the mate had died of ex posure. The captain and two sailors were the sole survivors. The Wyanoke offered to tow the schooner into port, but the schooner's captain declined the offer, and asked for men to assist him in making jiort. The request was denied. An ineffectual attempt was made to reach the schooner with provisions, the life boat was tossed about like a cork, and its crew narrowly escaped destruc tion. The schooner was left to her fate. Senator Barbour Denies. Washington, Octolier 28. Senator John S. Barbour furnishes for publica tion a statement emphatically denying that he has complained of Chairman Brice, of the Democratic National Com mittee, with reference to the Virginia campaign; and he adds concerning other published rumors: "It is also untrue that I have expressed apprehension as to the result of the Virginia election. On the contrary, I have never known the Demo , cratic party to be better organized or I equipped for the fight, and 1 am confi j dent that, with an honest delivery ol I votes, the result will lie a decisive victory ! for the Democrats." Eniclueers' Convention. Denver, Col., October 28. The engin eers convention met, and proceeded to the election of officers. An intormal ballot showed that Arthur was almost the unanimous choice. On the first formal ballot, Arthur received 351 votesoutof a possible 4-16. Woman, of North Platte, received 64, and T. B. Bellows, of Missis sippi, 3. Ol'R MAN A BO ITT TOWN. What He Sees and What Thinks About It. The removal of the postoffice to the court house square is a sensible move. The nonsense in this postoffice business however, is in the parsimony of Uncle Sam in not supplying money enough for the postmaster to hire suitable space to accommodate the office. The attention of Postmaster General Wanamaker is di rected to this important matter. Here is an excellent opportunity to dispose of a part of the much talked about surplus. It also behooves the general management of the postoffice department to see to it that New York mails for Western North Carolina are not delayed from twelve to twenty-four hours. Of course there are all sorts of excuses for these delays. But what the eople want is a prompt deliv ery and not excuses. The attention of New Yorkers and the country generally has been directed to Ashcville by the Vanderbilt purchase of 5,000 acres of land and the publication of the plans of the millionaireconeerning the erection of a magnificent house and the laying out ot his splendid property. Ashevillc is to be congratulated that Mr. Vanderbilt intends taking plenty of time and care in the settlement of this prop erty on a permanent basis. The employ ment of Mr. Richard M. Hunt as archi tect is assurance that the Vanderbilt res idence will lie one of the finest in the land. Mr. Olmstead's treatment of the grounds will lie that of an expert. Weddings in cotton bagging costumes seem to be on the increase. The example of a couple so married at the Raleigh fair is now followed by a double wedding in bagging suits at the Atlanta exposi tion. The wonder is that wedding couples should seek such publicity. Mar riage is the one event of a man's life, in which the ordinary mind accepts formal- ty and dignity. It is not an occasion of light moment to those who appreciate what the ceremonv means. Over in Virginia the skull of Black- ben rd, the pirate, is preserved in the form of a drinking cup. This has interest for North Carolinians, as lllackbcard made a specialty of sweeping our coast. He was a clever old sea dog in his way. Murder was nothing to him. A plucky British officer met Black beard's ship one day off our coast and fought him to the death. The pirate crew was dispatched in short order. Alexander is dead !" is a message which has made many a heart sad throughout the South. Thousands have felt fresh courage at the name of Alexan der's in the days of the stagecoach, as they approached that hospitable host elry after a tedious ride. At Alexander's body and mind were made comfortable. We shall long recollect the good cheer fur nished by the genial host, who is mourned by many. There is a curious sign on one of our streets. It reads: "Cows for sale or to let." We think it all right enough to rent horses. But somehow the idea of renting cows strikes us as novel. Sun pose that a cow gets thecolic and dieson the hands of the man who hires the ani mal. Then who pays for it ? Has the law ever passed on this point? Of what use are the jays that fly about in the trcetops of the town and squeak dismally enough ? If these yelling birds are of n 1 use, why not put a bounty on them and let the gunners rid the commu nity of these hqieds. The birds are tire some to listen to and are a continual bother to nervous jieople. Death of Mr. Louis Slitsclekow. This gentleman, who was throwafrom his buggy on Friday, near Sulphur Springs by a runaway horse, died on Sunday afternoon. His skull was frac tured, and he never regained conscious ness after the accident. He was a Pole by birth, and had lived in this vicinity lcrhaps ten years. He was thrifty, in dustrious and unobtrusive, liked and re spected by all who knew him. GOV. FOWLE IN EARNEST. Twenty of the Lexington Lynch ers Arrested. Raleigh, N. C, October 28. About two weeks ago one Berrier killed his mother-in-law at Lexington, N. C, and on lieing captured, he was lynched. Gov. Fowle urged Solicitor Long to discover the lynchers; and Long made affidavit before Judge Phillips on which twenty of the lynchers have been arrested and con fined undet a strong guard. Some of the ring leaders have fled. Much excitement prevails at Lexington. Burst Her Boiler. London, October 28. The General Transatlantic line steamer Ville De Brest burst her boiler in Tunis to-dav. Five iersons were killed by the explosion. Foundered at Sea. Lineki'ool, Octolier 8. The British ship Bolnu, from Calcutta for this point, has foundercp at sea. Thirty-three lives were lost. Attention, H.& L. Company. There will be a special meeting of the Hook and Ladder company this evening at 8 o'clock. Frank 0'Donnkll, Foreman. The Weather To-Day. Washington, October 28. Indications for North Carolina. Fair till Wednes day night; no change in temperature; northwesterly winds. The World's Championship. Brooklyn, (X-tolier 28. Brooklyn 7 New York 16. THE BARNARD HOYS. FIVE MEN SENTENCED TO BE EXECl'TED In Hancock County, Tennessee. December jrd Sentence of the Court Read by Judice Caldwell Judice Turuey Dissents. Knoxville Journal of the 27th. The supreme court decided the Bar nard case yesterday morning. 1 he opinion, an elaborately written one, was delivered by Judge Caldwell ludge Turuey dissented. The opinion as delivered affirms the decision ol the lower court, and on Mon day, December the 23d, the five Barnard boys, unless executive clemency inter feres, will pay the death penalty for the murder ot Henly Sutton. 1 he killing occurred in Hancock county last Jan uary. The prisoners, "Big lohn" Barnard sr., Anderson and Ulisha and cousins John Barnard and Clint Barnard, were present in thecourt room when the ver dict was rendered. As Judge Caldwell sealed their fete. not a muscle ot their bodies moved. Mot even a change of countenance was jer- ceptmie in tne nve men. they look the affair in the same light as thev did the shooting, in cold blood, of Henly Sut ton. After the opinion was delivered, the prisoners were marched back to the iail and locked up to await transportation to the scene ot their crime in Hancock county. 1 lie case has attracted widespread at tention, due, perhaps, trom the fact that never in the history of America, with the exception of the anarchists' execu tion, have hve men been condemned to death for the same crime. For weeks past, it has been expected that an opinion in the case would be de livered by the supreme court, every day. i lie nigii rnuunai did not act. however. until every fact was fully determined. Relatives of the Ramards have been in Knoxville for weeks' past, awaiting the outcome. The aged father of Big John and the other boys has been almost a constant attendant at court. The result will probably kill him. The fact that led up to the murder, for which the five men are to die, was a feud, of long standing between Sutton and Big John, which grew out of a law suit between the two, over a piece of land. Sutton was a well-to-do farmer, but a notorious and desperate man ns well. One afternoon in January last Sutton left Sneedville, in Hancock county, for his home some twelve miles north of that place. He was riding horseback and was alone. Just before he reached his home he was shot and killed. John Bar nard, sr., who is known as "Big John," was supposed to have committed the murder and was arrested on the charge. Then followed the arrest of his two brothers, Anderson and Elisha. and cousins, John Barnard, jr., and Clint Barnard. The cise enmc up for hearing at the May term of court and attracted wiilc spread attention. ludge Brown ore- sided and both the prosecution and dc- lense were represented by able counsel. It was charged that the Barnards were Iving in wait for Sutton, und that "Big John" fired the fatal shot from ambush. I he defense claimed, however, that Sut ton and Barnard met at a place in the public road where it would have been impossible for the Barnards to have se creted themselves, and that no such ac tion on their part was ever considered. Sutton was carrying a Winchester rifle and so was "Big John." Both raised their gnus about the same time, but Barnard was a little the quicker ol the two and he shot Sutton through the heart, the ball passing entirely through his body. Sutton's rifle was found to have been cocked. It was also claimed that Sutton had threatened "Big John's" lilc and in tended killing him on sight, and, ol course, Uig . jlin" prepared himself. Both men had been armed for several days before the fatal moment, each with finger on the trigger ready for onv emergency. It was lurther claimed that the lour other Barnards hud nothing to do with the killing and were not in company with "Uig John" for any such purpose. 1 he opinion ot the supreme court. however, which has gone over the case carefully, docs not sustain the latter laini. Sutton, whom the Barnards killed, had i reputation of his own. He killed his father several vears before his own death. It is also said that lie attempted to mur der his brother. The Barnards have lieen confined in the Knox county jail ever since the con vening of the supreme court. Their at torneys, Messrs. Gillcnwaters and Shields, did not leave a stone unturned for the commutation of the sentences, without avail, however. Strenuous efforts willlnow lie made to have the sentence commuted through Governor Taylor, and the friends of the condemned will labor to this end unceas ingly. It is thought, by those who are in any position to state, that Governor Taylor will refuse to interfere, and will permit the law to take its course. Victim to the Fallen Scaffold. Ollie White, one of the unfortunate workmen injured by the falling of a scaf fold on Saturday, died on Sunday morn ing from the effects of his injuries. He was buried yesterday afternoon in River side cemetery. He was the son of Mr. H. H. White, who came here from Halifax county two or three years ago. He was a young man of industrious habits and exemplary conduct, and his death is bit terly mourned by his grief stricken parents. He was in the twentieth vear of his nge. Quarterly Conference. The first quarterly conference ot the Central Methodist Episcopal church was held last tvening at 7.30 o'clock. Presi dent F.lder Rev. J. H. Weaver and a large number of the members were in attend ance. Besides the regular routine business of the body, a committee composed of Messrs. M. J. Bearden, J. P. Sawy t and P. A. Cummings was chosen to present the matter of widening Church street be fore the City Council and urge the great necessity of immediate action. BirmlnKbam Races. Birmingham, Ala., October 28. The Birmingham Fair Association announces the tall running meeting, beginning on November 16. It will be Birmingham's initial appearance in western racing cir cuits. There will be seven days racing and four races each dav. Twelve local stakes are offered of $700 and upwards. RANDOM NOTES Roped In by Rambling Reporters Roaming- Round the Citv. A colored man by the name of Burton lost $48.20 in "The Acre" on Saturday night; the amount being stolen from his person while he was asleep. He had but recently reached the citv from Knoxville. The marked improvements being mad by Dr. T.J. Hargan on the Oak Street Inn are progressing rapidly, and when completed, will constitute it one of the most attractive of the many striking tiuildings of our city. It will be gratifying to his friends to learn that Mr. A. L. Melton, who fell from the scaffold on Saturday, is getting along exceeding well. A severe sprain and contusion of the elbow, will disable him from his ordinary avocations for several days, but fortunately no internal or dangerous injuries were sustained. C. B. Davis, the popular young auc tioneer at the Banner warehouse, has been requested by the managers to at tend the Tobacco Fair at Petersburg, Va., on November 19, 20 and 21st, and assist in crying the tobacco sales. This is certainly a compliment, but not beyond the deserts of the recipient. The Banner warehouse yesterday sold thirteen thousand pounds of tobacco at in average of $10 for everything on the floor, which was certainly a fine sale for this early date in the season. There was also a large sale at I he Fanners' ware house, and a small one at the Buncombe, but we have no figures from them, though the Farmers' promised to furnish them. Yesterday we noticed upon the floor of the Farmers' warehouse a white-haired, keen-eyed little man, and upon inquiry we found it was Larkin Dockery, of Marshall, Madison county, and in conversation we ascertained that he was over 72 years of age, and that he had not been in Ashc ville since the war closed. He had just sold between five and six hundred pounds of tobacco at high prices, and us he has more at home, there will doubtless not lie so long an interval between this and his next visit. THE COAL FAMINE. Knoxville In a Much More Deplor able Condition than AHheville. The following from the Knoxville Jour nal of the 27th shows that coal is as scarce there as here; and a letter ad dressed bv manager E. E. McCroskev of the several coal companies to Maj. H. C. Hudson, general manager of the E. T., Va. and Ga. railroad seems to fix the responsibility on thislattcr official. Mr. McCroskev says hiscompnny is prepared to deliver one hundred car loads dailv. He shows how many cars he has loaded, being all that have been furnished, deny- ng by facts and figures statements made by Maj. Hudson, that a certain number ol cars had been provided. The latter says 584 cars had been loaded during October. The other says only 207 were shipped during that month, of which 15G were lor factories and 111 for domestic use. 1 he coal companies had only three full davs work out of seventeen in load- ug the cars that were provided. This is interesting reading to those who have i oeen inane aepenucui on regular supplies i of coal. I The lourual savs: "The anxielvabout - Knoxville's coal supply continues. The : nrm mat tins tne contract tor supplying the Girls' high school building with fuel. was out of coal veslerdav, and unless raise is made by to-day to-morrow morn- ing the girls will be without fuel. i 1 he supply at everv one of the coal yards yesterday was short. Recently the coal dealers of the citv went into an i igreement that coal would be sold to no one without the cash accompanying the p. H. Folsom, foreman ; Thos. F. Wil ordcr. A gentlemen told us that he had ,, , D , , , , left his money with one of the dealers for'81'"' '" Fri"'-V' P- Israel, . F. Ballew, a ton of coal, and after having waited ; J A- Miller, M. I. Roberts, R.C. Morgan. several days for the order to lie filled called to sec about it. His monev was refunded with the information that the company had no coal, and couldn't fill the order. 1 he gentleman wus out ot coal. Our information is that cars can Iw Uoi r... ti... .),:... .i.u .,.i. ...... only about two davs and a half in the ! wi iiiv am iiiimii ui Lil, uiiHiuns Ul week, winch is a hardship to the miners I as well us the consumers. As matters . now stand, there is great danger of a I coal famine when cold weather sets in, and if no prospects of relief is presented! it nugnt tie well to lay m a supply ot wood for fuel. " " I FOLKS YOl' KNOW. Who They Are l Where They Are, and What They Are DoIiik. S. V. Pickens, of Hciidcrsonville was in the citv Yesterday Messrs. Smith and Owl, and all the Cherokees in attendance upon the recent Baptist Convention, left for their homes yesterday. Attorney General Davidson, who came up to attend the funeral of his father-in-law, Capt. A. M. Alexander, returned to Raleigh yesterday afternoon. T. A. Jones returned from his trip to the West yesterday. He was in attend ance upon the Cronin trial for several days during his stay in Chicago. E. V.Jones returned to the city Satur day night from his Western trip, and as an evidence that he had a good time, says he gained five pounds during his absence. Mrs. J. L. Fagg has returned from Louisville Ky., where she has been at tending the General Christian Missionary Convention, which was largely repre sented from all sections. I. O. O. F. The regular meeting of the Swannanoa Lodge No. 56 to-night at 8 o'chx-k sharp All tncmliers requested and expected to attend. THE JAY BIRD. A Plea for This Inhabitant of Our Lofty Oaks. uur man about town is nervous about the jay bird, and is ready to turn all the small bovs loose upon him. We have a word to say about the jay. He is a bird of beautiful plumage; and if his voice is not full of dulcet notes, it is full of hearty life and enjoyment. And it is not always harsh and clamorous; for i any one has watched it as it gathers in social groups among the dense foliage ol lofty o.-iks, creeping rather than jumping from bough to bough, his ear will be de lighted with the softest and sweetest ol musical notes, the outpouring of tender affectionate feeling. Nor can complaint be made here in the city of what really is harsh and grating in the noisy clamor ol the jay out in the country, where he is a rascally corn thief and pillager of fruit, and always in the way of the hunter try ing to steal a shot on some bird or squir rel; and in the country the jay has no friend's. But when he comes to town hi? voice is subdued and his habits more honest, and we thank him for his confid ing familiarity, and also for his ability to hold his own with the bullying Eng lish sparrow. The negroes when they had supersti tions they have become too learned for such weakness used to attach a very sinister character to the jav bird. It was under allegiance to the Old Boy; and punctually every Friday dutifully paid its visits to the lower regions in token ol fealty to the infernal sovereign. All tin ny birds disapeared that day, but came back on Saturday more noisy than ever. "THE DAILY REBEL." A Typographical Relic of the Late Unpleasantness. We are interested in a facsimile copy of a little puiier withtheabove title, published in Chattanooga during the war. The copy we have bears date August 9,1802. and is a four page, fourcolumn sheet, and without a single business advertisement. Its news is chiefly war news, the chief State news being an account taken from the Knoxville Register of the assassina tion of Col. Win. R. Caswell six miles east of Knoxville. Among the general items is the arrest of Clement C. Vallan dingliam, in company with the Rev. Dr. Brooks, of St. Louis, and Rev. D. Hoyt, of Louisville, at the house, as the New York Tribune says, of a notorious rebel, Judge Clark, of Ohio." The war news is not striking. We observe in The Rebel a strain of hopefulness of the close of the war, based upon the idea that the "Yan kees" were very tired of it, and that de sertion from their army was a species ot epidemic. We note this as a piece of po litical news, received from the North via Mobile: A democratic convention met in Indianopalis July 30. Fifty thousand were in attendance, the largest ever held in the State. Governor Hendricks pre sided ; Wickliffe, of Kentucky, Richard son, Voorhees and Carlisle were present. The prosecution of the war was de nounced, so was subjugation and coer cion, and also emancipation in any form. The fac simile copy is published by Louis L. Parham, Chattanooga, Tenn., nt 25 cents a copy. CRIMINAL I'OIRT. Opening of this Yesterday. Tribunal This court was called on yesterday prmoptly at 10 o'clock, Hon. Charles A. M,)re presiding. His Honor delivered . . ., . - ,., : l" lc S"u J"ry, wnien wils composed of the following gentle- men: ; K. L. Owenby, W. K. Goodson, W. E. Frisbee, T. M. Rymer, George W. Pen I land, sr., M. L. Reed, J. M. Parham. The most of the day was consumed in j the consideration of several cases of 1 minor importance, in which the defend- . ,, , ... , a,lls Scrauy suoumieo Only onejury trial was nau, ano resulted in tne acquit- tal of lohn Whitnker. charoed with an .a..,,i ...iti. - ,..,.n,. ,. .,.,., , . , . True bills were round against John nerry tor tne murder oi i,eo. tt . Hen, and William Fore for the murder of Amos j Lunsford, and also against John W. Tor j rence on charge of seduction on promise , J"n rry was arraigned ana picaoea not KuiU.v- and his case continued with om prejudice to eitner state oraetendant until tne special term, Aovemner 18 1889, to which time witnesses were dis charged. William Fore was arraigned and pleaded not guilty. This case was also continued to the special term on Novem ber 18, to which day the witnesses were discharged. Shot In the Foot. Lust night about 12 o clock Sam Crowder a young man from Madison county, but who has been in the city for some time drumming for S. Hammershlag shot himself in the foot bv the accidental discharge of his pistol, which was his pocket, while standing in front of his boarding house, on North Main street Officer Hampton, who was close at hand arrested him for discharging firearms und was about to lock him up before he found that he had been shot. Dr. Bur roughs was summoned and extracted the bullet. Rev. C. M. Campbell, pastor of the Riverside Methodist church, received telegram yesterday morning announcing the critical illness of his mother in Chat tanooga, Tennessee, causing him to leave on the afternoon train for that city. SHOULD BE STOPPED. FAST AND CARELESS DRIVING THROl'GH Ol'R STREETS. Pedestrians Have RlKhts, and Teams Have KiKhts.but the Pro tection of Life will Interfere with Neither. We cheerfully give place to the follow ing communication, with the remark that the difference between fast driving and careless driving is that between tweedledum and tweedledce; either will kill or hurt. There is this difference per haps; careless driving is more cold blooded and deliberate; therefore the more criminal. There is too much of both. And fast riding is to be added to the category of offences; offences from which lady riders are not free. And let it be understood that it hurts as bad or kills as dead to be knocked down by a horse ridden by a lady as by one ridden by a man. Gallantry censes to be a fac tor in such case. We call upon the police force to take vigorous action in this case. We elect them as our guardians and protectors. The complaints are general and numer ous. Make examples of violators of law and propriety. Editor Citizen: The item in vour news columns in regard to a lady being run against by a team, and your para- aph on "last dnvinir" called forth thereby, compels me to ask snace in vour columns for a few remarks which I have long wished to make, and I hope that our city authorities will take them in the spirit in which they are meant. They do not emanate from anv desire to find fault, but they come from' the ex perience of myself and others as drivers; ind as I have Ireouentlv made them in private and have alwavs had them fullv endorsed, I feel that thev should be enti tled to some weight when made in public. In my opinion vou are slightly in error when you complain ot "fast driving" in our streets. As far as mv experience ,'oes, our police are not open to criticism on that score, for there is as little of that is will be found anvwhere: but what can lie complained of is gross careless- neis on tne part ot drivers, and the little attention that the police give to this lault, and to the still more common prac tice of allowing crowds to congregate in the roadways. There can be no doubt but that our streets are very narrow and very crowded, muring earciui driving an aosoiute ne cessity, yet it any one will take the trou- le to watcli the men employed asdnvers 1 doubt if thev can pick out more than a couple of dozen of all those employed who habitually pav the necessary atten tion to their teams. Add to these the great majority of the drivers of country wagons, whose entire attention is taken up by the shop windows and what is 'oing on on the sidewalks, the wonder is that there are not many accidents. It is no uncommon practice too. for .hicken wagons and wagons with Harden truck, etc., to stop in he middle of Main street, surrounded bv several men bar gaining for their loads. It is compara tively rare to seceithcr carriage or wauon pulled up parallel and close to the curb stone, when they stop, but it is no uncom mon to see their horse's heads close to he sidewalk, and the hind wheels in the middle of the street, or vice versa; yet I have never seen a policeman correct a driver for so blockadiug the streets. ou are perfectly correct in savitiu. that pedestrians have rights in the streets. True, according to law, 1 believe they have the "right of way," as is perfectly proper, lint drivers must have some rights. The sidewalks and crossings are milt tor pedestrians, and vet. in our streets they generally monopolize the roadway. They stand in crowds in front of the court house square, where .very team must pass, and so you try to lrive through some one without lookinir where he is going, will step backwards from a little knot right under your horses head. If, therefore, the welfareof allconcerned is to be protected, let me suggest that irivmg tie made easier liv makinir ve hicles observe some order allowing a Iriver to give more attention to pedes rians, and that pedestrians be renuired to observe the rights of teams bvcrossinir on the crossings most amply provided ind not congregate in the meager space to which drivers are restricted. John H. Barnarii. THE BAPTIST CONVENTION. The ClOHlnir Scenes at Dr. Nel son's Church Sunday Nlg-tit. The business sessions of the Western North Carolina Baptist convention were, as was announced in our Sunday morn ing's issue, closed on Saturday, but the Sunday services were perhaps enjoyed more by the public generally than any during the progress of the convention. The congregations at the First Baptist church were large at each of the services, three in number, namely: 11 a. m by Rev. S. H. Harrington; 3 p. m., lecture by Rev. Dr. J. William Jones on the re ligious life of Stonewall Jackson, and at 7.30 p. m., sermon by Dr. Jones. At the latter service the religious temperature was perhaps at the maximum for the meeting, and the distinguished preacher had the audience room packed with eager, sympathetic and fervent listeners. His text was from Psalms xxxii, 1 "Blessed is he whose transgressiou is forgiven, whose sin is covered." The theme suggested was Christian Happi nessfirst in experience; second, in hope; third, in realization; and the presentation of it was pointed, poetical and powerful, and throughout commanded the rapt attention of every one present, and at its close there was a general hand-shaking and fraternization between pastors ' and people. A number of persons made pub lic profession of a determination to lead a better life, and the evidences were un mistakable of good having been accom plished by the presence of the convention in our citv. Mr. J. C. Pritchard, of Madison, is here in attendance on the criminal court now in session. Mr. George H. Smothers, of Waynesville, is also here on business ; both excellent gentlemen and excellent friends of ours, though, unfortunately, both Republicans. They are both young, and may live to be wiser. i