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"y ': L THE DAILY CI THE DAILY CITIZEN Delivered to Visitors in any part of the City. One Month iinc. Two Weeks, or less 25c. ZEN BOARDING, WANTS, For Rent, and Lost Notices, three lines or less, 25 Cents for each insertion. VOLUME V. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1889. NUMBER 181. WASHINGTON LETTER. MR. HARRISON SU'S IT WAS NO KlvHl Ki;. Elijah Hays II Waa Spile-Kx-Sec retary liayard s Marrinite The President Likely to Visit Wil uiluigton Other Mntteri. Washington, D. C, Novemlier 7. The result in Virginia is a surprise to even the most sanguine Democrat here. Mahiine, backed by the administration and the republican executive committee, slaked a great deal on the issue. II lie had won, he intended to try to get on the national ticket as the party s candi date for the Vice-Presidency. Private Secretary Halford attributes the republican Waterloo to "personal spites." "Cousin Hen" cannot find n reason for it, but does imt construe the result as a "rebuke" to his administra tion. Ex-Commissioner Tanner says he blames civil service reform for it, but in his heart he thinks it is a vindication of hiinsell by the Grand Army of the Re public. The long expected and much talked of " marriage ill ex-Secretary liaynrd and Miss Mary Clymer will occur to-day at 1 o'clock. At the last moment the plans have been changed, and the wedding will take place at the residence ol the bride's mother 1(517 H street, instead of at St. John's church as previously announced. The new rector, Kcv. I)r. Douglass, will lierforin the ceremony, to which only a few Iriends have been invited, and over which all the society world is on the qui vive. The Misses liaynrd are here visit ing friends, and will, of course, be among the guests. Mr. liaynrd is upwards of sixty, and Miss Clymer is in the forties. Mr. Bayard has grandchildren, and his wife died about two year's ago, while he was Mr. Cleveland's Secretary of State. A conference of the postmasters of sev .cral of the leading postorhecs in the coun try was in progress at the postottice k .partmcnl yesterday, at which Postmas ter General Wanamaker presided. The .object of the conference, which was called .by Mr. Wanamaker, it is stated, is a gen eral interchange of views upon such sub jects as may be suggested, with a view to securing practical improvements in the postal service. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland arrived in the city yesterday Irom New York, to at tend the Bayard-Clymer wedding. They are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Wil son. In an interview last night, Mr. Cleveland said, in speaking of the elec tion: "It is evident that the leaven of tariff reform has at last leavened the whole lump. The West, which has snf- ieren tne most irom uic nujiisi uurucii oi tariff taxation, has awakened. The State platforms ol both Iowa and Ohio were abreast of the St. Louis platform on the subject of tariff reform. The icoplc have considered and passed judgment. It was for the people to decide. They are now deciding. It is enough for me to say that I am satisfied at the indications and re sults of Tuesday's elections. The verdict in Virginia indicates that the South is still faithful to the Democracy of Jeffer son and Jackson." The ex-President appears to be in ro bust health, and his wife has lost noneof her charm and beauty. They deny the current report that they are about to take a European trip. Sheriff Manning and other prominent republicans of Wilmington have invited the President and Secretary Windom to visit that locality in the near future, and the President has assured den. Taylor that after he is through with his coming message to Congress he knows of noth ing that can prevent his accepting the in vitation. The present programme is lor the President to leave here at night, reach Wilmington the next morning, and take Mr. Manning's yacht, which is to lie waiting at its wharf, for the hunting grounds near Orton. Mrs. Harrison is anxious for the President to go, and he anticipates a great deal of pleasure from the visit, lien. Matthew Taylor has given him an enthusiastic description of the wild duck, deer, and other 'jame to .be found there. Hen. Taylor is here for the third time itfter the position of special agent for the treasury department. Stone Cowan, ,l!s(., resigned the position Kith of last March, and it has been tilicd by his dep ute, Mr. Chamberlain, since thai date, ('nil. Taylor expects to-day a strong let ter from his brother, William Henry Har rison Taylor,ofMinncn pubs, which he will take to Secretary Windom to-morrow. This gentleman is the older brother of Gen. Taylor, and partly raised Benjamin Harrison, At the request , f the Presi dent, Hen. Taylor visits the White House frequently, and a tew days ago pointed out to the President and" Mrs. Harrison the room in which President William Henry Harrison died. At the time of the death of his great uncle (Jen. Taylor was a guest at the White House, and his mother, Lucy Harrison Taylor, was fil ling the position of first lady of the laud for her uncle, They were both there when Gen. Harrison die '. It is very -probable that Gen. Taylor will get a good position soon under this adminis tration. He is in one of the nearest rela tives of the President, and vith the example of Grant, Hayes, and nearly every other republican President, Harri son can hardly refuse to appoint more of his relatives to office. No later than yes terday his signature procured a position as typewriter in the treasury department for a Mrs. Mason, of irginiu, a widow lady who is a fourth cousin of Mr. Harrison. Gen. Matthew P. Taylor is his first cousin once removed, and was nhvavs on intimate terms with the Harrisons. Nashville Races, Nashville, Tenn., Novemlier 8. First race Thirtcen-sixteenths mile: Fosteral won, John Morris second, Sena third. Time 1.28. Second race Thirtcen-sixteenths mile: Bonnie King won, Mackie H. second, Donovan third. Time 1 .2!)', 2. Third race Five furlongs: Kittie R. won, Lake View second, Rimini third. Time 1.06V. Fourth race Mile: Milton won. Cams second, Cecil I!, third. Time 1.49. Fifth race Purse, maiden two year olds, four furlongs: Venango won, Kenil vvorth second, Revival third. Time .54-:V4. Murphv Advance: Ground has been broken and men are at work excavating and making preparations to erect the factory to lie put up by Messrs. Bran dreth and Fain. The erection of this establishment is looked forward to with much inti-rfst. ns it is the iinorcssion that if it operates successfully, it will Iirove an incentive, and cause other I tranches of manufacturing to locate) here, and if they do there would then lie machinery enough here to demand a j foundry, a foundry would call lor a , machine shop, etc., and step by step we would move forward, until our hopes would be realized beyond the expecta tiom of the most sanguine. A IHll'BI.F, TRAGEDY, Prominent Kentucky Republi cans Kill Each other. I.orisvu.l.K, Ky., November 8. Col William Cassias Goodloe, a member of th" national republican committee and collector of the seventh internal revenue district, stabbed and killed Col. A. M. Swope, a prominent republican, at Lex ington at 1.4; p. m. to-day. Goodloe was snot and latallv wounded. The affray occurred in the lobby of the new government building, and grew out of a trouble the two men had nearly two years ago. The men met and hot words passed between them, when Goodloe drew a bowie knile and slashed Swope fright fn lv in several places. Swope drew a pistol and shot Goodloe in the abdo men. I he doctors think he will die. Both men drew their weapons at the same time. Goodloe belongs to one of the oldest and best families in the State. Colonel Swojie was one ol Kentucky's most prominent republicans, and was formerly collector of internal revenue for this district, THE t'mi.lll-HCK COMMISSION, A Postponement Allowed In a R, and . R. R. Case. Washington, November 8. In thecase of Geo. I). Sidman vs. the Piedmont Air Line Railroad Company, in which dis crimination 111 the payment ot rebntcson commutation tickets was charged, the inter-State commerce commission has granted leave to the complain ant to amend his petition by sub si itutiug Richmond and Danville Rail road Company in place ol the Piedmont Air Line as defendant. The complaint has been amended accordingly, and a hearing of the case, originally set tor to day, postponed to allow defendant time to answer. In the case of the Holly Springs Com press and Manufacturing Company vs. the Kansas City, Memphis anil Birming ham Railroad Company, relating to rates 011 cotton, an amended complaint was to-day filed and a hearing oi' the case, previously set for November 14, has been postponed to allow defendants the usual lime for answering. THE CRONIN CASK. ''he Ooclor'H Clothes Found In the Sewer and Ideutllied. Ciiicaoo, November 8. The clothes of Dr. Cronin were found on Evanston avenue about 100 feet from the catch basin in which the body was found at three o'clock this afternoon. On them was an accoutiL book containing Cronin 's name. Mrs. Conklin, with whom he lived, hnsidenliticd them as his. At ten o'clock this forenoon attorney Gillicrt of the linn of Duncan and Gilbert, made ap plication in J udge Baker's court for the release of Alexander Sullivan from the bail bond of $25,000 given by him last pine to answer investigations of the grand jury in the Cronin case. Assistant States Attorney Elliott op posed the application on the ground that the matter is pending before the grand jury, and is not disposed of. The matter comes up again to-morrow. TWO Nl-GROKS KII.I.KU. Deliberately Shot Down Without Any Apparent Provocation. Wii.minotox. Del., November 8. A Charlestown, Md., special to the Every hvening reports that l-rank Harris de liberately shot and killed A. L. Trusty mil Edwin Brown about 11 o'clock last night. The parties were negroes, and the aflray happened at a negro entertain ment. Harris, who is a steamboat hand, was talking with some other negroes, when a boy came out with a small pistol which was to be used in a performance ,'oing 011. Harris said to to the boy, 'whv don't von take one that will make some noise?" and pulling a big pistol, fired into the crowd, killing the two negroes named above. Thev lived long enough to sav that Harris had murdered them, but had not lite enough togive any reason. All spectators were locked up as witnesses. LORD WOI.M.KV Will Not be Present at the I'nveil- Iuk of the l.ee Monument. Boston, November 8. Lord Wolslcy, idjutant general of the British anuv. writes as follows to J. S. Whiting, of Wollaston, Mass., regarding statements recently published that he would partici pate in the unveiling of the Lee statue in December: Ranci-r's Lodge, I Gncnewich Park, S. E., October 29. f Lord Wolslcv presents his compliments to Mr. Whiting and begs to acquaint him that there is no truth 111 the state ment that he will visit America in De cember next to assist in the unveiling of the monument to Gen. Robt. E. Lec. 'Haniced by a Mob. Washington. Novemlier 8. Owen Anderson, nil eighteen vear old boy, was lynched in Lcesburg, Va., early yesterday morning. Anderson Wednesday evening outraged a respectable seventeen year old white girl, who was returning home from school. He was arrested, confessed his guilt, and was locked up in Leesbuig jail. A crowd of men obtained admit tance to the jail by pretending that they had a prisoner, and when inside over powered the jailer and secured his keys. They dragged Anderson to a derrick in the neighborhood and strung him up, afterwards riddling his body with bul lets. Cotton Receipts Since Sept. 1. New York, November 8. The follow ing are the total net receipts of cotton at all ports since September 1, 1889: Galveston 4-15,672 New Orleans 646,709 Mobile 108,898 Savannah 444,214 Charleston 175,888 Wilmington 63,425 Norfolk 148,369 Baltimore 5,719 New York 224,382 Boston 6,16 Newport News ;-S,548 I'hiladelplna o,ryo Brunswick 128,638 West Point, Va 41,104 Total 2.216,457 A Recount for Boston. Boston, Novemlier 8. The Glolie says that petitions are in circulation to-day and vjill lie presented to the city clerk to morrow for an entire recount of the vote of the city of Boston for Governor and State officers. Petitions have already been received for recounts for representa tives in wards 4, 5, 7. 12, 19 and 23, and for senators in the Charlestown district and in wards 1 7, 18 and 20. FOR THE 1.1TTI.I- ONI-:S, The Founder of the Ministering Children! Leaitue. An active branch of this valuable order has Iwcn long established among our Jittle ones, under the guidance of an ex cellent, practical lady. These dear chil dren will lie interested to read about their lady pnstroness, and founder, and no doubt would like to have a visit from her: Lord Brahnzou. the Earl of Mcath. arrived in Baltimore yesterday and regis tered at the St. James Hotel. He is accompanied by his will-, the Countess of Meath, who founded the Ministering Children's League, and has made it her life-work, and the Earl is in thorough sympathy with her in her plans. She was first impressed with the difficulty ol getting ieople to pursue philanthropic work, and became convinced that the proper course was to train children to think for others. This was the starting point of the league. Organized in 1885, it has spread over the whole English speaking world. It has 500 branches, among others at Cape Town, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Jerusalem, and even in far-away India and China. The objects of the league are "to promote kindness, unselfish ness and the habit of usefulness among children and to create in their minds an earnest desire to help the needy unit suffering;" also, "to aid the necessities of the poor by supplying them with warm clothing and comforts." Its motto is: "No day without a deed to crown it." It is a union of the simplest kind for work and prayer among the young, and is entirely non-sectarian. Humilities of clothing for the poor or for missions are being made by the league, which is also raising money to support beds in children's hospitals Poor chil dren ill crowded cities have been sent by it to the country in summer, and a home for destitute boys has I ecu opened in England. A hospital and chapel have been built in this country. It is for the propagation of this kind of benevolence among the young that the Countess has visited this country, and her efforts have been rewarded by an increased member ship ot the league and an awakening in the young of charitable feelings. She made an address yesterday before a branch of the league in the chapel ot Grace Protestant Episcopal Church. In the 1 veiling the Earl and Countess visi ted the lair of St. Michael and Alt Angels' Church at the Lyceum Theatre, where the Ministering Childrens' League has a department. FROM MARSHALL,. Revival Services Devil's Work Kind Words for the Citizen. Marshall, N. C, November 7. Editor Citizen : Please allow me space in your valuable paper for a lew dots from our quiet little village in the moun tains. There is a very interesting revival in progress here, conducted by the Rev. J. C. Stowell. He is an able and elo quent minister, and is laboring failliliilly to convert the sinners and revive the christians. There is much interest mani fested. The merchants close their stores lor morning and evening services. While God is blessing this community, the devil is putting in his work also. Last night after the services, as some ladies were going home their atten tion was attracted by something very tall and white rising up from the ground on the hillside; at first they thought it was their imagination, but on looking the second and I bird time, it was repeated, until there were three dis tinct figures standing there in the moon light; all at once they glided quietly iwav. it is supposed to nave been some reckless person or persons, thinking to frighten the people from going to the evening services. If any cluetothcgiiilly ones can be found, the law will make them pay dearly for it. Wc must com pliment the ladies on their bravery, for out of a crowd of seven or eight ladies, not one scream was heard, and we know, from their description of the scene, their bravery was severely tested. We reail your piqier every day and dwavs find something to interest and instruct us; I would just as soon miss eating my dinner, as to miss reading the dear old Citizhn. Long may it live, is the wish of, Yor Know Who. Must He Kinsfolk. Ai.iianv, N. Y November 8. Governor Hill to-day granted a requisition war rant of the Governor of Tennessee for li. P. Smith, now residing in New York City, charged with obtaining money un der false pretences from Napoleon Hill, of .Memphis. PERSONAL MENTION. Dr. Karl von Ruck, of the Winyah san itarium, has returned from the north. Among those at the Swnnnnnon hotel is Mr. S. I. Rawson. of Baltimore, Md. Dr. William D. Thomas, a prominent capitalist, of Richmond, Va., is now stopping at the Hattery Park hotel. Mr. J. W. Whittcn of the Scott Paper company, of Philadelphia, was in the city yesterday and left for Hot Springs. James C. Lnvelle, Esq., present auditor of Daviess county, Ind., has arrived in this city with an invalid brother, with whom he will remain for a few days. Mr. Lavclle is a candidate for nomina tion ns auditor of Indiana at the coming democratic convention. I.llCht Tower to be Rebuilt. Mr. Adams, of the Fort Wayne electric company, arrived yesterday to superin tend the rc-ercction ot the tower which fell some weeks ago. The material is ex pected to-day and the work of erection will occupy about one week. Strong locust posts will lie used for guys, and will be thoroughly anchored to- heavy stones buried deep in the earth, so that a repetition of the accident is beyond the pale of possibilities. Sad News of Ed Nix. We are grieved to learn that this lad, who was injured by a saw a few days ago, and who seemed in a fair way of re covery, had a relapse yesterday, and at a late hour last night was in a comatose condition, and all hope of life abandoned by his friends. Christian Church Notice. The members of the Christian Church are requested to meet to-day in the residence of Mr. Frank McCrary on Woodfin street at 3 p. m., sharp. TRADE REVIEW. DIN & CO.'M REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF Hl'SINlCSS. The Husiiiess Outlook Continues to Improve Money is Easier The Iron and steel Market Re markably StrouK. Ni:w York, November 8. R.'G. Dun & Co's review of trade for the week savs: I he business outlook continues to im prove. All news this week is favorable For the public even the decision adverse to the sugar trust and the exposure and proposed reorganization m cotton oil are hopeful signs. The monetary situation has decidedly improved here and abroad, and while the Hank ol England rate is still held at five per cent., money is quoted in open mar ket al 2'a per cent. Surplus foreign cap ital seeks investment here, but in various industrial works rather than 111 railroads, and the quick subscription 111 England of eight million of dollars for the purchase ot mills, water power and elevators in Minnessota, shows there is no lack of funds available tor enterprises considered sa le. Speculation in wheat was lemnornrilv stimulated by an unollicial publica tion nv air. 1 lodge, government statistician, nutting the probable yield at 485,000,000 bushels. Corn is !'c. stronger and outs :l.c, but pork is a half dollar and lard half a cent lower. Oil advanced four cents with moderate trading, and codec is unchanged The merely nominal price of raw sugar has been made actual, li:e trust having entered the market as a buyer at 4:I.C. or .wnscovado, and ,r!e. lor ninety-six degrees centrifugal, but refined shows a decline "of ',e. It can only be reckoned a sign of im provement that wool has yielded about one cent per pound since the concession, which lias induced considerable buying. Manufacturers hold that no advance is possible in heavy woolens, and have bought little except at reduced prices. Cotton is more active and lower, with sales for the week of 600,000 bales, the exports lor the week falling below last year s by 2,i,00(l bales, while the receipts show an increase ol 30,1100. 1 lie iron and steel market is remarka bly strong, and producers in convention Have advanced the price to 11,9 cents, but there is much evidence of a desire to inllale quotations and create a boom, rinladelphia quoting rig at S1U. while the Thomas company continues to sell at $1H, and steel rails a't S33 at. the mill, while $31.50 is quoted here. Recent ac tual sales are said to have netted $29.50 al an eastern mill. Returns from all interior points are de cidedly encouraging, showing an excel lent trade in progress, fair collections, and an ample supply of money, The ex ceptions arc that money is close at 7 per cent, at Chicago, and a little closer at Cleveland, but easier at Philadelphia. A partial failure ol the cotton crop iu northern Alabama, and reports of a gen eral shrinkage of 27 per cent, in the Memphis region, accounts for some local shrinkage in trade. At Pittsburg the iron works are all busy and window glass has advanced five per cent. Business failures during the last week number for the I'niicd States, 22H . Can ada, 39; total, 207, against 261 last week. (JEM.RAI. CITY NEWS, First Presbyterian church Rev. W. S. P. Bryan, pastor, divine worship to-morrow at 11 o'clock a. m. and 7.30 p. m. The Southern Expressoflice wasdraped in mourning yesterday ns a mark of re spect to its late manager, Mr. Edward Wcddin. The Missionary Baptist church, now being erected near the site of the old depot, has its foundation entirely com pleted. The funeral ol Edward Wcddin, whose sad death was so recently chronicled, will take place on Sunday. The funeral services will be held at 2 30 p. 111. of that day in the Episcopal church. The lot on the corner of Pulliam and Water streets, which was bought on No vember 5th, by Mr. VV. P. lllauton for $4,000, has been transferred to Mr. W. O. Midler at the same price. There are prospects of a new manufac turing industry being started in Ashevillc shortly. Certain panics, who do not wish to have their names mentioned at present, have been inspecting the land held by the Southern Improvement com pany, with a view to purchasing an acre and a half of it for the above purpose. The lour closed passenger ears, which have been ordered by the electric railway, will be he e shortly. The ears will then run every fifteen minutes, as soon as the Camp Patton line is com pleted. This hue will extend down Col lege street to Oak, from Oak to Woodfin, from Woodlin to Charlotte and then on to Camp Patton. Messrs. Chambers & Weaver have a very interesting novelty in the line of bttckboards. It iscalled the tripleSeland backboard, can be made to assume three distinct forms. The principle is that of one seat folding over on the other. Thus it can lie made into a single seated buck board, a double seated buekboard, or a dog cart. HiKhlv Complimentary. The new Roosevelt organ to be put ill the Presbyterian church, is, we under stand, the first instrument of this cele brated manufacture -ver sold in North Carolina. Speaking of organs, reminds us of n merited compliment from an unusually high and competent source which we heard concerning our modest townsman, F. L. Jacobs. Mr. John H. 1 111111 n, the noted New York financier, during his recent sojourn ill Asheville, worshipped at the Presbyterian church, ( 'by the way, lie is an elder in Dr. Hall's church, perhaps the largest and most fashionable in New York I and Mr. Jacobs presided at the organ, and the volume of music brought from so small an instrument excited the surprise and admiration of Mr. Inman, and he so ex pressed himself. Wc all know tjint Mr. Jacobs has unusual powers as a musician, and look with pleasant anticipations to the coming of the new Roosevelt, when the instrument and the man will be well matched. Ml'SICAL F.NTF.RTAINMF.NT. The First of a Series to be (ilven by the Concordia Society. A most delightful musical entertain ment, the first of a seriesjto be held dur ing the winter, was given last evening at Mr. Champion's, on Chestnut street, by the "Concordia Society" of this place. This society has recently been organized for the purpose of bringing together our local talent for the twolold purpose of entertainment and the mutual benefit to be derived by the active and associate members in rendering and hearint' thoroughly good muic. It is the aim of the society to establish, and preserve n high standard, and to become better acquainted with the works of the best composers. The program as rendered last night is as follows: 1. Piano, four hands, "Overture to Rosamtinde." Schubert. 2. Song, "Love's Sorrow." Harry Rowe Shelley. 3. Violin solo, Fantasie Elegante. Singelee. 4. Song, "1 Love Thee." Hope Tem ple. 5. Piano, lal "La Consolation." Liszt. (b "Devotion." Schumann Liszt. 6. Songy, "Since First I Met Thee." RubcusU-iu. 7. Piano, "Mazurka." Godard. 8. Ouartctte, Come, Dorothy. Come. Swabiau Volklicd. The general exprcssionsol appreciation and enjoyment of last night's meeting of the society, and the fact that meetings have been arranged for every mouth during the winter, including March 7, are sufficient assurance of its success. The next meeting will be held Friday De cember 0, at Miss Davidson's, on College street. All active and associate mem bers arc invited. HOARD OF AI.DICRMF.N. All Important session Held I.asl Niht. The board of aldermen held a meeting last evening of more than usual interest. All of the members were punctually in their places, and, after reading of min utes, a committee from the Presbyterian church submitted a proposal to give five feet of land lor widening Church street, in which offer Mr. II. C. Hunt, represent ing the Christian church, concurred, and, j on motion of Alderman Pulliam, it was resolved, that this street be at once widened on the east side from the north line of the Christian church to Willow street. This action will give relief to a most uncomfortably crowded thorough fare 011 each Sunday morning, and an electric light, to be placed there to morrow, will make pedestrians happy at night. Mr. J. M. Gudgcr presented an applica tion for n sidewalk on Haywood street, from Academy westward. It is greatly needed, and 110 doubt will be built in a very short time. Mr. Pulliam stated that delay was caused by lack ol suitable curbing, but that the board had last week bought a quarry in Henderson county, and would soon be prepared to furnish all curbing required, on every street. As the law now stands amended it the last legislature, after the board has placed the curbing, the property owners will he required to make and keep up the sidewalk. This is a most wise enactment, and will result in a great improvement to our rough ways most speedily. vandi-:kiii.ts propertv. The Work of Grading Has Been Commenced. Work has been started on the Yandcr- bilt property. Roads are being surveyed and constructed , and groves are being planted. All of the niiliionaire'scmployes are busily employed in turning the 5,000 acres of land into a park which will not only be a delight to the residents of Ashe ville themselves, but will draw manv vis itors to this place which Asheville would not otherwise have seen. All the natural beauties of this propertv will beenhaneed by an art which draws its chief value from its close imitation of nature. The very latest and most improved methods of landscape gardening will be employed to beautify and adorn it. The numerous mountain brooks will furnish n water supply to which many a small lake, nest ling amongthe hills, will owe its origin. Drives will intersect the property in all direction, now winding over hill and dale, now entangling themselves in labyrinth ine mazes. Over 100 miles of drives are said to have been planned. Yes, the project is now well underway. It was only the day before yesterday that Vanderbilt's engineer was in the city to obtain the services of a foreman to over see the squads of men who have Ijccn put to work to remove the top soil to the depth of lrom eight to twelve inches, from fourteen acres of laud preparatory to grading it. F'lne Tobacco, F'iue Prices. Messrs. Rogers & F'orc, mention of whose fine tobacco has already been made through The Citizen, sold on the floor of the Banner warehouse yesterday 544 pounds of the darkest portion of their present crop, at an average ier hundred, of $41.50. The highest price paid was $63.00 and the lowest $8.00; and the 544 pounds, aggregated $21 7.47. These gentlemen have some 1,500 pounds of their liest tobacco yet for sale, and there is no way of ascertaining what it will bring. These gentlemen raise tine to bacco, and always sell on 1 lie Asheville market, knowing that the prices paid here are equal to those paid anywhere. water Notice. The water supply will becutolffortwo hours after 12 o'clock to-dav, to make new connection. J. L. Mi'rrav, Sup't Water Works. THI-: GREAT VNWASHF.D. Rob PlMtded Extenuating Clr cuinstaiices. Another meeting of the great unwashed was held in the Mayor's office at 9 a. m yesterday. What a marshalling of the clans there was! They hustle and jostle each other as they crowd up the stairs. All are eager to be the first to appear be fore his Honor. Over the door sill into the room they crowd and scramble. The benches are filled. The audience is before him. What a motley assembly! Tat tered and torn, filthy and forlorn, hag gard eyed, blear eyed, here staring sul lenly before them with faces begrimed with dirt and wreathed in scowls, there smiling idiotically with mouth distorted into that brutal, bestial grin which only "tanglefoot" can impart, mere carica tures of men, they sitand wait in gloomy silence. " W. Mathies !" The stillness is broken and a big, burly negro answers the sum mons. "Yes sah! Ise heah. Whnlilyerhave?" "You are charged with being drunk and using profane language. Guilty or not guilty ?" "I didn't do it sail." But W. Mathies had, and the usual tribute to the majesty of the law was levied upon him. He minded it but his friends didn't. There beside him with a cocoanut more full ot vanity than his shirt was full of holes, and heaven knows that was badenough, wasapockinarkcd, copper colored son of Africa. Through the lades in his shirt gleamed broad ex panses of swarthy skin. His necktie, originally black, looked like the tail end of a thunder storm. Interested in the proceedings, did you ask ? He was busily employed in trying to find a piece of tie large enough to hold a prize pack age scarf pin. Having accomplished this herculean task to his own entire satis faction, he gazed patronizingly upon his companions and covered himself with enough glory to eke out the scantiness of the remainder of his costume. "Bob Jones!" Bob didn't wait to hear the nature of the charge but pleaded extenuating circumstances. "Yes sah, Ise guilty; but would yer mind makin' it ns light as posseebleyer Honah? Yer see Ise got to collect this 'ere money from my boss. 'Deed 'pon my word and honah I won't get drunk any inoah." "But you have been up before me for the same offence several times previous to this," "Yes sah, but yer see yer Honah, I went it rather light in stoppin' off." Sure enough, Bob, you did "go it rather light," but the "boss" will have to pay that five dollars after all. And so the mill ground on, slowly but surely, until the sum of seventy-two dol lars had been turned into the city treas ury. I COI NTERFEITER convicted, I j The Alertness Shown by the Ashe j vllle Police. j H. A. H.-irtsficld plead guilty to the j charge of counterfeiting yesterday alter j noon in the federal court, and was sen j tenced to one year in the penitentiary at ! Columbus, Ohio. This was the least j penalty which the law could impose, j Hartslicld is about twenty-one years ' old, has a pleasant, gentlemanly appear ' ance, and shows a coolness and deliber- ; ntencss in his methods which would ; seem to betoken an old offender. His j father is a jeweler in Raleigh, N. C. j The arrest was made 011 the Kith of I August by J. H. Hampton of the Ashe I ville police force. This officer certainly deserves a great deal of credit for the .celerity with which he apprehended the .culprit. Notice was given to Hampton I on Monday by the keeper of a stand at J the Buncombe warehouse that a coun terfeit dollar had liecn passed on him, to ; gethcr with a description of the man j who had passed it, and on the following j Saturday the prisoner was arrested by , this officer ashe came outof a restaurant I 011 Main street. The counterfeiter was j taken before Commissioner A. T. Sum mer, and on pleading guilty was re matiHcd to prison. There was found on him, at the time of his arrest, five coun terfeit silver dollars and the moulds for making them. The prisoner claimed to have bought $75 in counterfeit money and the moulds at Cumberland Gap for ten dollars. The counterfeit money found on him was the only money he had made with the moulds, although he af terwards stated to the officer that lie was going after some metal with which to coin money at the very time he was arrested. It sjx-aks well for the prompt ness of the Asheville police tlint he was only able to pass off ten dollars in Ashe ville before he was apprehended. Hartslicld is supposed to have been working the country towns with a part ner, although he denies this fact, and says that no one was co-oicrating with him. (Norton's Minstrels. Gorton's Original New Orleans Min strels, an organization with an enviable reputation for refined and artistic per- lormanecs, win appenr at the opera house on Tuesday evening, Novemlier 12. This company will be remembered forthe clever ierformance they gave here about one year ago, and we have abundant assurance that the show is much stronger than last year, and includes Prince Tan- aka, the most marvelous of all Japanese nrtists, and Gorton's unrivaled gold band. The minstrels will parade about noontime, and admirers of first-class music should not fail to hear Gorton's band. A GENEROUS GIFT. A IOO,Xio CHECK TO JOHNS HOIKINS IMVKKSITV, Mrs. Caroline Donovan, of Balti more, the Liberal Donator, and she Made the Money Herself Relatives Provided for Too.' Baltimore, November 8. The trus tees of Johns Hopkins I'niversity were summoned to the city hall this morning by Mayor Latrobe. When thev were seated the mayor announced that he had been instructed by Mrs. Caroline Dono van, of Baltimore, the widow of a New York merchant, to present to the I'ni versity a check for $100,000. Mrs. Don ovan expresses the preference that it be used to found a chair of English litera ture, though if the trustees see fit to make other use of the money they may act according to their best judgment. Ex-Judge George Dobbin, president of the board of trustees, after a conference with the board, announced that they accepted the money as a sacred trust to found a chair of English literature. They ex pressed their especial gratification that the work of the ('Diversity is so appre ciated by one unknown to them. Mrs. Donovan is eighty-six years of ige, and made this money herself by fort unate investments. She had already pro vided for all her blood relatives, and thus made her generous gilt without -ausing lamily jealousies. I'EIIEHAI. COI HT, The Warm Reception Given Hie Witnesses. The illicit distillers were out in force yesterday. One after the other was called up to receive the punishment meted out by the law. Each "wee nippie" fur nished to their suffering fellow man was recorded against thcin. Even he who had smelt the cork, and gazed longingly at the empty bottle had to relate the mental and physical torture he had un dergone on that memorable occasion, in order to show the jury that there mist have been whiskey in that bottle, in order to have produced such an effect. He that had helped carry the keg, had seen the keg, or had heard a man say that he had seen the keg, was sum moned to contribute his quota towards the testimony which irresistibly and mer cilessly wrung from the jury the verdict if "guilty." How the witness writhed md twisted, squirmed and evaded. But ill in vain. Browbeatten and badgered. hunted Irom cover to cover, the repre sentative of the law ran them down and extracted their unwilling testimony. Don't imagine for a moment that the fun was all on one side. A sturdy, stalwart mountaineer was being cross-examined, and among others this question was put to him : "Could the party with you hear him ?" "I duiino, I didn't have his hearin." The same witness deposed that a keg in question was a ten gallon keg. The lawyer quickly asked : You can gauge the contents of a bar rel can you ?" Eh ?" was the answer in a perplexed mid puzzled tone. You can tell the jury how big a keg will hold ten gallons." I reckon it might be just a ten gallon keg," was the slowly drawled reply of the mountaineer. The following men were sentenced to three moi.ths, $100 and costs. Will Dale, R. A. Drake, Wiley Reese, Berry Gosnell, Chas. Baine, and Doc Carver. Jas. Jack son got off with only one month, $100 and costs, against him. APPLES. Eel's Have a Show of This Fruit From Our Western Counties. A few days ago we published a state ment most remarkable of a crop of 100 bushels of apples having been gathered from a single tree. This wonderful yield is worthy of record, but wc attach for greater importance to quality than to quantity of Ibis delicious fruit. We would like most extremely to see in apple show this year in which all of Western North Carolina would take part. It could lie made most attractive, and would astonish our Northern friends. who have little idea of our capabilities in this line. Cnpt. N. Atkinson has always been foremost in this good work and deserves all praise for his efforts. Just now, however, he is absent, and the time is rapidly passing away. Will not some other friend help us to get it up? The Citizen promises to do all in its power, and while it would prefer to co- 0ierate with others in this good work, if they cannot lie found, it will devote its editor's sanctum to the receipt and ex hibition of any specimens that muy be sent, will publish descriptions of each with names of senders, will invite inflec tion, and pay five dollars to the person who sends a bushel of the best apples ; the question of superiority to be adjudged by a committee of disinterested persons. Friends of Yancey, Haywood, Hender son, and all other of our glorious apple raising mountain counties, we beg of you not to look with contempt upon our modest offer, but let us get together and arrange one fur more worthy of our section. Scottish Patriotic Society. A meeting of this societv will be held at the home of Mr. James Franks, at 2 o'clock on Thursday next. Tub Citizen takes a lively interest in this movement. of which the object is to made arrange ments for an annual meeting which will be a suitable representation of the loving pride, which all true Scots cherish for their grand nation, the home of the Pa triot Wallace, the mighty warrior Bruce, the gallant Chieftain Lord James, of Douglass, the poet Burns, the author of authors, Sir Walter Scott, in short the home of men who were as proud of their mother as she was of her sons.
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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Nov. 9, 1889, edition 1
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