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7 THE DAILY CITIZEN DAI AHA BOARDING, WANTS, ' Por Rent, and Lost Notices, three lines or less, 25 Cent for each insertion. Ilelivrrnl to Viaitore In any part of I In- City. llm- Month Two Weeks, or lent.. VOLUME V. ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1889. NUMBER 185. LY CI ZEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY. THK FORMAL DlUHCtTORY C ICR K .l N I KS v i ;t r K R It A V . 4 ;rtat ;a!herliK f Cardinals, IllHhopM and Laymen A splen did llaitciuet SpeeclieH bv the 1'i eNlcU'iit unci Mr. Ulaine. Washington, I). C, November ,. Thf new Catholic I uiversity of Amer ica was to-day formally dedicated anil oened with impressive ceremonies in the presence of a large number of prelates of the church and distinguished laymen from all pans of the country A large part of the ceremonies, however, hail to lie omitted on account of the inclement weather. A cold drizzling rain with which the day opened, continued uninter ruptedly throughout a greater part of the day, and was varied only by occasion al drenching showers which compelled every one to seek shclier in the capacious corridors of the building. The exterior decorations of tin building were both claborute Mid miuue; and owing to the care with which they had been selected and arranged, suffered but little in ap pearance I inn the rain. The interior decorations were simple but effective. The national colors predominated in everything. The bouquet ball was siecially attractive; musses of cut flow ers palms and ot her foliage plants occu pied every available pi. ice, wlillc ll.lgs. until large and small, were draped aliuiu the wind -us ami ill ors, and loto. lie,, from tiie ceiling, ami ciiauiic.itrs and . 01 1 iiiors e,- a!..o llretiv iy iicC'.i.ii.ii !'..: ,cci; ilk- ".i:.:!os were sauld;. ami ociucu; !..- i- .i.ig the 'ionic- "f tin diffcicui Males 1 I the unim ,.iui conn tries ot Kiiropc, with the dates il iac es tablishment of piomiueiit edue.iL'.oiii,, instiiuuons in each. These were sur mounted with small American anil papal dags everywhere throuirhoiit the great building. lieforc the ceremonies began, the high church dignitaries, laymen, seminarians ami representatives ol the -'ranciscan. Dominican ami Augustine orders ol monks, each his distinctive robe of pur ple, black, white or gray, mingled in picturesque groups. About halt past ten o'clock to-day Cardinal Gibbous arrived from Baltimore and in company with a large number ol church dignitaries who were present ai the milennial celebration in that city, took carriages, and were driven to the building. Senator Sherman arrived a litllc later, as did Generals Uosecransami Vincent. It was almost noon when the cere monies were opened by the chanting 01 a hymn to the Holy Cdiosl, "Veui Creator Spiritus," by 20 students horn St. Mary's seminary and St. Charles college. A formal procession around the structure was abandoned on account of the rain, but the ceremony ol blessing the building was performed by the cardinal passing through the corridors, preceded by acolytes bearing lighted tapers. The cardinal wore a mitre and cape distinctive of his office as archbishop, and in his hand carried a golden pastoral cross. As the procession passed along between I wo densely packed lines of spectators, the seminaries chanted the psalm, "Mis erere." The chanting of the liturgy ol the saints, and psalms 1 19, 120 and 121 followed this ceremony. Shortly after 11! o'clock Most Kcv. M011 signor Satolli, archbishop of Lcpanto, and special representative of the I'ope at the lialtimore centennial, and at the dedi cation ceremonies, began the celebration in the chapel of the pontifical mass of the Holy Ghost. Kt. Rev. K. Gilman, bishop of Cleveland, preached a sermon. During the celebration ol the mass, Kcv. Father Fidclis (James Kent Stoucl, superior of the order of Passionists in Brazil, addressed an overflow audience in one of the large lecture rooms. Secretaries Itlaiue ami Knsk arrived about 1.3(1 o'clock. Hon. Patrick Walsh, of the Augusta Chronicle, and his wife, were recognized in the throng ol visitors. Secretaries Tracy, Noble and Wiudoni. and Attorney General Miller, arrived ia time tu participate-in the baiupiet, which took place after one o'clock. Cover. -were laid foi about 2.o guests, and th . dining table and bampicl hall were hand somely decorated wit 11 flags and Mowers. Cardinal Gibbons occupied Ihc scat at the head of the table, and 011 his right were Cardinal Taschcreau and nrchbish ! ps Satolli and Falnc. Cardinal Gib bons' vis-a-vis was Secretary lllaine, win was flanked bv Archbishops Kyan, Williams and Dalmnict on the left, and Secretaries I racy, Noble and Rusk 011 Ihc right. Kishop Keane acted as toast master. The first toast, "His 11 illness l'oie l,eo XIII," was responded to by most Rev. Monsignor Satolli, the representa tive of the l'oie, who spoke in Latin. He said he was glad to see so thoroughly representative a body, for it ineanl that all nations are working with America for Catholic evangelization. He ex piessed the hope that the second century of the hciiarehy in this country would prove as productive ol good results as the first. Secretary Ulaine, ill responding to the toast, "Our Country and her President,'1 said : "I came to represent the linked States not in anv political sense, much less in any partisan sense, nor in connection with anv church or sect, but to sienk to all of the great freedom which we enjoy. I have made the statement in protestant assemblies, and 1 am glad to make it 111 Co'1 olic ones." 1. referred to the administration as one which had produced good results and continuing said : "1 am glad of every college that is endowed, no matter who endows it. Every institution of learning increases the culture which 1 lielicve will build up the government of this great country of ours under which all are free and equal." Mr. Blaine was cheered loudly during hi remarks, and the applause w hen he concluded lasted several minutes. Cardinal Tasehereau, of Canada, was responding to the toast, "Our Sister l iiiversitics," when the Marine band struck up "Hail to the Chief," and Presi dent Harrison entered the hall. The en tire assemblage rose to their feet and ap iilaudcd until the President took the seat reserved for him on the lelt ol Cardinal Gibbons. As soon as the President was Beated Bishop Keane proposed his health which was drank standing- In response to urgent calls for a speech, the President said : '1 am thunkiul for the reception you t,-,u irivm mr I have u voided siicech making on occasions of this kind. It has been my fortune olten to have that cov enant broken by being compelled to make a speech. I am sure you will per ' tnit me to exact compliance with that . covenant and again to simply thank yon ' lor your kindly greeting." ' Vice President Morton and his wife en tered the hall just as the President con cluded, and were shown to scats near Cardinal Gibbous. The speech making concluded with a humorous address by Archbishop Kyan and a response bv ohn Boyle O'Reilly to the toast, "The Press." The next ceremony was the presenta tion ol the bust of St. Thomas Aquinas, the gift of the Catholics of Great Britain and Ireland in Rome. Archbishop Sa tolli, in the name of the governors, turned the bust over to the board of directors of the I'niversity. and read an address pre pared by those he represented expressing deep interest by the givers in the success of the Cuiveisity. The privileges granted to the new I'niversity by the Holy See, he said, are a Iresh proof of the pater nal charily and wisdom of the sov ereign pontiffs who, in desiring the eon version of all men to the true faith, have endeavored also to provide thein with solid and enlightened education. The celebration then closed with the inaugural exercises, which took place .in the lecture room. A MI RIIKKF.R HAMiKU, A Terribly Hntiifliuic Kxc-cullon in New Jersey. Wootini KV, X. j., November Kb At 10. HU o'clock this morning Joseph M. Iltllmau was hanged in the corridor of 1 he county jail here for the min der ol the Jewish peddler, Seidernian. When tile sheriff pulled the trigger hulling a fi(i pound weight oil the oilier end of the rope, t lie b-idy shot up into tbc riir a (lis tauee ot td'.ceii leer. 1 n noose iail'.-d lo tighten, and the rope slipped ar aiad 011 liie Aic'ehcd ninn'- neck. He .....iied .tl,d siit iclicii . nil his era s could 'dillos'. o.- distiii; 11.-11 d as he s rugejed wiCi his ..tni, mil l.u.'IK suceccdiii fl sutltciclitb liecii!,.; las iian-.is s nhuusi to 1 ,1 111. rope. I lie hangman stood hy rcu-hmg np tn the noose, and'fnially succeeded in gelling it around, so thai the weight ol tile body tested on the throat, and tin lile was slowly strangled out of the man. flic struggle lasted tor two or three minutes, and until the hangman got the noose under the chin. At'ler fifteen minutes the physicians announced that the heart hail ceased to beat, and ten iiiiiiuics later the body wasculdowuaiid placed in a coflin and turned over to ihc deceased man's lather, who at once started for his farm in Tittnincrville, where he will bury his son's remains. Hiliuian was quite youthful, although married. A IIOI.lt KOIIIIKHV, Kuhe llurrowH and HI (.ante the Nupposed HerpetratorH. IllK.MlM.il am, Ala., November A special to the Age-Herald from Sulligeut, tne nearest telegraph office to Vernon, the county seat of Lamar county, tellsol a bold robbery early last night. Two heavily armed men rode up to the resi lience of Mr. Summers, a merchant of Vernon, anil asked him to go to his store and let them have some burial material lor a person who had just died out in the country. Summers went and let them into the store. He struck a light and turned to ask what particular articles i he men wished. He was surprised to find himself looking down the barrel of a big revolver. In obedience to instructions he opened his safe and gave the robbers $4-00, all he hail. They then bade him good night and rode awav. A party of citizens followed several miles in pursuit, but lost the Iran and turned back. 1 he robbers arc supposed to be Rube Hur rows and his partner. Burrows' home is only seven miles from Vernon, and his parents live there. The Hussel HlioalH Canal I'aftHud. CliATTANoor.A, Tenn., November 13. There is great excitement here over the announcement that the steamboat A. C. Conn, a Mississippi river craft, has passed through the Mussel Shoals canal and will arrive at the wharf in this city to-morrow morning. This is the first vessel which has passed through the great canals about completed. The con struction 01' canals to overcome the ob structions in the Tennessee river at Mus sel shoals was commenced bv the gov ernment in and nearly four million dollars have thus far been expended on the work The opening of the canals, which will formally take place in a lew week;, will give water transportation nine months in the year from Chatta nooga to the Mississippi river. Water transportation from the Chattanooga mineral district to the OIlio and Missis sippi liver points will favorably affect all trades and manufacturers in this section. A grand reception by the business men of Chaitanooga, awaits the officers of the steamer Conn on their arrival here. Tlie l armtrH' National CongreNM. Monti'.oiihkv, Ala., November 13. The Farmers' National Congress assem bled at 10 o'clock to-day in the hall of the house of representatives. The con gress was well attended by delegates from every State and territory. Forty delegates are pres. nt from Maine. The addresses of welcome were deliv ered by Major Graham, for the city; T. 1. Carlisle, forthe State Agricultural socie ty, and Comner Kulb, on behalf of the State. Responses were made by A. B. Smith, of Kansas: B F. Clayton, of Iowa, and G. W. Shalford, of Illinois. Commissioner Kalb, president of the congress, delivered his annual address. It was an elaborate paper, covering the purposes and spirit of the organization. A committee of one from each delega tion was appointed on resolutions. The congress then adjourned to attend the Southern exposition now being held, and will meet again to-night at 8 o'clock. HeDHion of KiilKhtN of Iiljor. Atlanta, On., November 13. The morning session of the Knights of Labor was devoted to the submission of new matter to lie considered later. The gen eral assembly has their work in lietter condition than every before, owing to the law committee having prepared its re port before the association o))ened. This morning that report was reached and a few important laws acted upon. One feature of the report which will be strongly pushed is the Postal Savings Bank. Powderly was to-day presented with a gavel by the Colorado delegates. Railroad Charter Oranted." Stai'nton, Va., November 13. Judge McLaughlin, of the circuit court, has granted a charter to a New Vork Mining and Construction comoanv. Charles G. Uyatt, of New York, president. The ob ject of the comoanv is to construct a rail road from Staunton to the North moun tain anthracite coal fields, and thence to Charleston, West Virginia. The Cronin case was adjourned yester day to Monday next, at which time the evidence for the defence will be begun, the State's attorney having announced that he would only introduce one more witness. THi: NATIONAL CAPITA! WIihI Ih IleinK none by tlie Aicents of I Hcle 8am. Washinc.ton, November 13. In the case of William L. Kawson vs. the Ncw- ort News and Mississippi valley com pany and 1 he Baltimore mid Ohio rail road company and L. Bayer Sons, de tided by the inter-Stale commerce com mission to-day. Bragg commissioner, it was held that as the tariff complained of Iris been discontinued by the carriers t wo years ago. no order will be made requiring them to cease and desist Irom enforcing it as such. The order would be vain and useless : and as the amendment of March 2, IMS1,), in express terms had no relation to the pending proceedings, and this proceeding was pending at thai time, that no reparation could be awar ded. It is estimated that it will cost $10,000 to repair the damage done by the recent storms to the new silver vault in the treasury court, in which nearly loo, 000, 00(1 standard dollars are stored. Admiral Ghcrardi, whose management id1 affairs at ilayti during the trouble there last summer wonforhimthethaiiks of Secretary Tracy, has been ordered to proceed to the West Indies again. He will go down in either the Kearsarge or the Galena. The Dolphin might be used by the Admiral, but sonic repairs on her .re necessary, and one of the oilier ves sels will probably be ready first. CIIICA;i HKVIIvW, : tnsiiit-Hs in the ;riii center lur inic VeHtcrdar's Session. CioiAoo, November 13. Trading in wheat was active anil lluve was inort lile and animation in the market. The u-cling developed was bullish and tlx- shorts manilcstcd more inclination tc cover than has characterized their opera tions lor some days. The market opened strong 'hii' ic. higher than yesterday's closing, advanced lnl'sc. tor both De cember and May ami closed Uhc. higher ior December and l'2c. higher for I May than yesterday. There was a moderate .trade in colli within a range of nKai ac. iiiid the tcclinu developed was ipiile firm. The specula tive ina ket opened at about the closing prices of yesterday, was linn and grad ually advanced, December showing most strength, eased off a little, ruled firmer, and closed '-.la'-jc. higher than yesterday. Oats were fairly active. A stronger and higher rang-; ol prices was recorded and outside prices lairly maintained at the close. . Trading in mess pork was only fairand prices averaged lower. Not much interest was manifested in lard, and the feeling was easier. Prices ruled about LJi.mc. lower, and the market closed itiiet. A liltlc more life was manifested in short ribs and trading was more active, chietly forjanuary. Prices ruled 'Jlgaoc. lower, and the market closed steady at a reduction. A Historic Coal Mine. Charlotte L'limntclf. According to the Chatham Record, the most important work going on in that county is Ihc reopening of the celebrated coal mine at ligvpt. Considentble inter est att aches to the enterprise, in connec tion with the present general movement toward the development of the mineral resources of North Carolina. Work was begun in the Hgypt mine in 18"li. Lack of facilities for transporta tion restricted the operations, but early in the war a railroad was completed from Payettcville to Kgypt, and the mine was worked on a more extensive scale and quantities ol' the coal were used by the Confederate government in its foundries, arsenals and workshops. The shaft ol the mine I which is 7 by 14 lect ) was sunk to a depth of 400 tcet, and several tunnels were run a consider able distance, one ti( them being f40 yards long. A company was organized last winbr for the purpose of reopening the mine. Samuel A. i ienzev, of Philadelphia, was elected president, and the company is now preparing the mine to be worked. The editor of the Chatham Kecord vis ited the mine, and writes: "The work of reopening the mine has been very tedi ous ami expensive, as may be judged from the tact that the water has been steadily pumped out of it fur nearly four months, day and night, at the rate of (ioo gallons a minute. All will be pumped out, it is thought, by the middle of this month, and about the first of December 100 men will be employed in getting out the coal. The engine used in hoisting the water has seventy-five horse power, and runs with much case. A railroad track has been constructed from the depot to the mine, nearly a mile." Meinedy for Mob Law. WitniinKtoil Mesttelifcer. One remedy to squash mob murders will be to create in the public mind ail expectancy ot speedv trials lor crimes upon women and for murders of a very flagrant and peculiarly awful character. The laws must be so amended and justice by the courts so swift and unerring that people generally will feel sure that great crimes will lie promptly punished. It is really awful to see the growth ofthe self-appointed murdering spirit by banded and disguised men. It must be suppressed or law and order will be stamped out. Let the grand juries act promptly, bravely, determinedly and then let the solicitors push the trials. Immediate trial after the erpetration of crime is what is needed. The jury system should be amended. Nine men should be enough to hang. Hun'K Collun Review. New York, November 13. The Sun's cotton review says: "Futures made a small advance early in the day on a lielter Liverpool report and frost accounts from Texas, to together with heavy rains in the Atlantic States. The advance demand was freely met, but the close was steady. A killing frost in some parts of Texas "must do in jury. l)ecnuse the plant continues to grow, and produce cotton in the Stateas j late as Christmas, unless killed by frost, j Cotton on spot was firmer and more ac-1 tive." i Bond OfrerliiKM. Washington, November 13. The bond offerings to-day aggregated $123,600 all accepted, at 1.27 for four per cent and 1.031 for four and halfs. The weather To-Day, Wasiunoton, Novemlier 13. Indica tions for North Carolina Fair Thursday and Friday ; cooler in eastern, no change in western portion. tireat Kicyptlan Cotton Crop. Cairo, Novemlier 13. It is estimated that the Egyptian cotton crop will yield over three million bales. GOLD EXCITEMENT. THU FIKII IN IIIINTIiOnERV fOl'NTV A BONANZA. All that was Maid In the First Re ports True 150,000 (ialhered without Doinir 50 Worth or Work The KicheHt Yet. Sai.isiii-rv, N. C, November 12. The four experts who went from here last week to see the Telle Saunders rich gold find in Montgomery county have re turned, and report that the first thought or wild tales about thefind is true. There has not been fifty dollars' worth of work done on the find, and from a reasonable calculation $150,000 worth of gold has l-cen taken out. The gold was first found by a man who was turkey hunt ing. Ii was told, and then handstlocked there ami went to work, paving five eighths of the gold they found as a royalty. One man was thong) . to be dishonest and did not pay all that was due. He was stopped from working and went otf saying he did not care about any more, as he had all he wanted. Me is known to have nine pounds of gold now. One man on last Saturday panned only twenty minutes and panned two thousand penny-weight of gold. Two men worked a day anil a half and cleaned up ten and a hall pounds of gold. The 1 1 1 1 1 1 is on a Inch hill above a In finch. The surface appears to be full of fine gold and runs into hue glassy quartz stringers in depth, which lorn; into pockets, some ot which are two thirds g Id. Where the gold is found and has been worked does not cover more than a quarter ot an acre, but it appears to gel richer in dcpt'i, and the gold can be seen sticking in the quartz s ringers from lile top ot the gopher holes. I'hc land belongs lo a nrothcr of Tclie Saunders, who is in Texas. Tebe has gone to buy it of him. The owner has been informed, and is ex pected here lo look after his liud. In the mean time there are two factions who want to work the property. The result is that all work lias stopped and flic tactions arc standing guard and will not let any one strike a lick or wash a pan lul. 'flic find is the richest ever known, and is near the property of several large Iinglish companies, who have spent large sums there. The gold is coarse, and some nuggets weigh from one hundred to live hundred pennyweight, while others hold the quartz together so that it can be bent and twisted. The find is in an old pine field that was in cultivation before the war, and is owned in tee simple by Saunders, hence claims cannot be laid otf like in the West. (;i..M.Kil. CITY MKWS. Tin- managers in charge of the Hos pital for the next two weeks are Mrs. Conaiit and Miss West. Vanderbilt's forester is going to plant a hundred acres with trees this fall. He has been looking for white pines and in tends having them sent on from Northern nurseries. Marriage licenses were issued to Mr. L. II. Sprinkle and Miss II. U. Wild, of Buncombe county; Mr. William M. Doekery, of Maywood county, and Miss Nora Walker, of Buncombe county. The young men's meeting ot the Vouug Men's Christian Association will be held at the Methodist church this evening, at S o'clock. Subject; "HowtoGct Kieli;" Mat. vi. 10-20; Key. iii, IIS. All young men are cordially invited. Mr. Clarke, of the Gamcwell Fire Alarm Telegraph Company, received the necessary instruments by express last evening, ami will be ready to explain their working to-morrow afternoon at the mayor's ollice. Mayor Blanton's court only enriched the city treasury by the sum often dol lars. One man did it all. He plead guilty, and asked to be let otf easy, but as he had been up before his honor sev eral limes before, the mayor thought he would kindly assist him in keeping the temperance pledge by relieving him ol' his money. The mountaineers are very few ami far between. Almost all have left the city. But two of them enjoyed a farewell ride yesterday. They aft'orded much amuse ment to the passengers 011 the electric cars. Two nickels sent them to the end of the line, and then they bought a quarter's worth and rode up and down the line until thJir tickets were all gone. They didn't stay long in that car, only about four hours. It takes a moun taineer to make the money go far. Ceased to Revolve. The Durham Globe of the 12th makes the following announcement: With this issue The Globe ceases publi cation. The cause which produces this result, is simply a lack of substantial patronage on the part of the business men of the place. The existence of the paper might have been prolonged by lowering its standard, but rather than consent to a depreciation of its value as a newspaper, the publisher has preferred to discontinue its publica tion. IiiteretlHE nible Readlnic. Rev. W. S. P. Pryan, the pastor, held a most interesting bible reading in the First Presbyterian church last evening. It was listened lo by quite a number of iersons of his own and other congrega tions of the city, who will look forward with pleasant anticipations to its re pction on next Wednesday evening. Important Meetinir. A meeting ol the Ashcville Free Kinder garten and Children's Aid Society will be held nt the W. C. T. I', rooms, over T. C. Smith's drug store to-day at 8.45 p. m. Every one interested in this important work for children is cordially ivited to be present. The Official Iowa Vote. Dks Moinks, Iowa, Novemlier 13. The official returns have lieen received nt the Register office of the vote in !IN out of 99 counties in the State, the vote of the re maining county, Butler, having been re ceived unofficially, and will vary but lit tle, if any, from 'the official vote. The plurality for Boise is 5.S0. The whole w,l,linon tir.lrf ,dv. rlw lnifftltr i elected, and other' pluralities will reach nearly 10,000. CONSUMPTION. An Iiitelllicent Statement ol Ashe. vllle'H Advantages. We find in the Berkshire County Eagle, a paper published in Pittsfield, Mass., a letter from Ashcville, dated October 2!), from which we make the following ex tract. It relates to the dread disease consumption with which New Eng land is so fearfully scourged, and points out to the allhctcd people of that section that remarkable climatic peculiarity which exempts the people of Western North Carolina from the malady as ttie effect of climate, ltniayconicby heredity, or it may be induced by imprudence; otherwise, never. The writerintelligently notes these conditions, and urges his fellow-citizens to avail themselves of them. Here is the extract : No one need be told the awfulness of this disease. It usually kiils quickly. Air and nutrition arc the best known remedies. Where lo go is one question. What to do when you get there is an other question id' equal, if not greater, importance. rnlortunatcly too ninny patients are told to go to a dry, mild climate, keep out of doors and eat plenty of fats and easily digested foods. Such patients go lo California, Colorado, some to Florida and other places, but fewer still to Western North Carolina. Then they over exercise and over cat and tail to rill themselves of the disease. What is the proper thing to do ? It is to find a place wdicre the natives ,;re free from the disease, where the air is dry and a large proportion ot the d.ivs are lair. Such a place is Ashcville. Natives never have consumption. II not, why not? There must be some climatic reason for it. The medical profession recognize the virtues of this air ami climate lor pulmonary trouble. Given that this is a desirable location. 1 What to do when one gels here is the next and possibly more important ques tion. I he thing sensible ann experienced people do is to put themselves under the advice of a competent physician. Better yet, go to a certain sanitarium in Ashc ville, which is in charge of a capable physician, who has made a specially of pulmonary diseases for years. This is the only sanitarium for consumptives in the country. Here you are treated in telligently. A physician sees you several limes daily. The slightest change in the system is noted, livery change in the lungs is detected by frequent diagnosis. The vitality of a patient is encouraged and directed as far as may be to work the largest results, by the best means recog nized by the protessiou. Common sense is applied in treatment. Patients are not put through the same course. Each case is studied thoroughly and receives such distinct treatment as the physician thinks it deserves. A patient with a temperature ol 100 degrees is not told to take a walk or horseback ride or other exercise, as manystupid physicians would advise. The patient is ordered to bed. Then the temperature goes down. That is not theory, but a fact, as is demon started by the records of hundreds ol eases. The weakening neveris lessened. Strength is saved. And so in many details of management where practical experience proves its wisdom, patients are guarded, their strength is nursed anil cures are effected. This is no theoretical or ex aggerated statement. It is proved by the records made by men of high stand ing in the regular profession who arc studying the disease and battling with it dav ami night. Climate is the first consider;) t ion lor .i eonsiilllot ivc. and c.'ire- tul treatment, such as can be found ma; well regulated sanitarium, is the second j consideration. PERSONAL MK.-4TION. Mr. J. M. Campbell and wife are in Columbia. Dr. Marshall, of Greensboro, is at the Battery Park nessee. He is on his way to Ten-' 1 Col. C. II. Ninison, superintendent of' ll.v oik road can use the pass at the Cranberry Coal and Iron Company, 1 Marble gap to get down into Valley is in the citv. j river. The resource left is to purchase ,, , . ,. . 1 v 1 1 ! the line already nearly completed to Mur Mr. Peek, of hiiglewood. Y J., has; leased a house for six month remain here during the winter Miss Flora Whitlock, daughter ot Mr. t)lcn) ,)ut U)cv nuye ,earm;(j t() A. Whitlock, left on Tuesday afternoon j ,()vt. it .,s ., mUlc.r does a ba(1 SOIIi for to spend some weeks with friends " i tlc trcublc it h.-is fcMven. But our interest Richmond, Va. j (m, ,.llr;osjly are both enlisted. It is W. M. Fitzgerald, of Morrislown, I to Murphy " with us.as soon as pos Tenn., W. L. Hardin, of Richmond, Va., j siblc and 0. B. Cooley, of Salt Lake City, .'tre at the Swannanoa. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Houghleling, of Chicago, are at the Battery Park. They were in Asheville two years ago and liked the place so well that they have returned. Mr. H. B. Rtggs. a prominent citizen ofl road or otherwise between that place Greenwich, Conn., is among those regis- and Ashcville. We hope the meeting will tered at the Battery Park. He is a be fully attended, and that a delegation brother-iu-law of Mr. Jas. H. Churchill, f active, earnest business men be all ot this city. . pointed. The measure is a very impor- Death of Mr. Anthony RobliiHou. There was something peculiarly sad in the death of this young man. He has lived in Asheville for nearly two years, having come from his home in Richmond in the hope of restoring his health, and, until three or four months ago, there was every prospect of at least several years of life. But of late his decline has been marked and has baffled the best medical skill and the most assiduous care. He expired yesterday atternoon in conse quence of a hemorrhage and after the funeral services to-day his remains will be taken to Richmond for interment. Mr. Robinson was the last of his family, all of whom havedied from consumption. He was of a bright, cheerful disposition, popular among the young men ; a mem ber of the Carolina Athletic Club of this city, and withal of an earnest Christian piety. He died in the full hope ol a blessed resurrection. Commutation of Sentence. We learn that Judge Dick has com muted t'ue sentence of George and Chris- topher Rathbone, from twelve months in the penitentiary, to six months in jail, Thedefendantswereconvictedof resisting Deputy Marshal, Harris and Robinson in executing a warrant against Christo- pher Rathbone, who was charged with I illicit distilling. m:ih:hai, cot rt. How the Kathbone Hoys were ; Captured. j The district court adjourned yesterday ! morning, and the circuit court convened. 1 he dav was taken up with the ease ot Henry versus Smythe. This is a question of about filteen yearsslaiiding, about tilt title to certain lands. The Kathbone case was finally settled. Hy the way, Will kathbone was caught by our city mai shal. It was a cold, win try day when he caught Will and one ol his brothers at work at their still. He came upon them suddenly and got be tween them and the place where their weapons were laid. They, being utterly deienceless, surrendered at once. Both 01 them were taken under guard to a house that was about three miles distant. Here, it being dark by this time, it was decided to remain over night and Iheu proceed with the prisoners in the morn ing. Robinson, who was with Colonel Band, laid down to sleep, while the lat ter kept watch. Will's brother took ofl his coat ami shoes and stockings, and then walked toward the door. The Col onel thought he was simply going to get a drink, and (lidn'tthiukanylliingof this. But Kathbone, quick as a flash, sprang through the door and made a dash for liberty. Barefooted and without a coat he ran like a deer oyer the frozen ground and ice. 'flic Colonel, stopping to waken Robinson, stalled ill pursuit, but the night was pitch dark and Kathbone was soon lost lo sight. Being barefooted hh footsteps could not be heard, but the ofiicer thought he would beat him to his house. When he got there he found that k,.,ti,)(),1(, wus m)t tht.lc .1( altc.,. wait. ing awhile he made the rounds of the houses and demanded his prisoner, but he could not be found. It was alterwards learned that he had gone to his father-in-law's, and, having barricaded the door, had kept walch all night with his ritle in his hand. He was afterwards arrested by Robinson, and it was at this time that his brothers resisted the arrest for which they have been convicted and sen tenced. IH THK MYTH TAKIMi IIOIIY? A Syndicate With (6,000,000 Heard From. A week ago we published an item from the Moiristown Gazette calling attention toa new and very comprehensive railroad scheme, which, taking in a large circle of this western world, also embraced Ashc ville in its not unwelcome coil. In connection with this, we had the pleasure of reading a long letter from a gentleman in Boston, who states that he represents a company or syndicate with a capital of ,$(i,000,000, cash in hand, on the faith of which he says a road is to be begun at Ashcville the work to begin January 1, l.S'JO to be extended to Cleveland, Tenn., the engineers to be here about the close of this month. Now a 1 line from here to the Tennessee terminus ! must unavoidable coincide til ret-fain parts of its course, with the line of the Murphy division. There is no getting round or through certain obstacles, ex cept by a route already occupied. The Balsam can only be crossed at one point ; the Cowce may be crossed, but the Nan tahala cannot except at immense cost, Major Turner estimated the cost of a line direct lo Murphy across those three mountain ranges at $18,000,0001 and , .,, nit, dun ne ii,ic it, una iiitii lile IMCII llltl Will j 1 - ; niond and Danville is willing to part ! with it. It has been an exnensive toy to I Let the Question be Heard. ! We direct attention to the call for a I meeting to be held at the court house on pointing delegates to the meeting to be held at Leicester on the 25th, hist., to consider plans for a connection by rail- taut one. It is due to so rich and beau tiful a part of Buncombe county that it should be afforded those ready facilities of access so indispensable to prosperity. There is no question that with such facilities, the value of Leicester township in a very few years would be enhanced fully five hundred per cent. It is quite as important to Asheville. AH large towns are filled with the non-producing classes. They arc the consumers dependent upon the industrial labors of others. What ever adds to their facilities in obtaining supplies, adds also to the cheapness freshness and excellence of the same, con ducing also to the increase of population and also giving our friends in the country a closer and a readier market. The scheme, if carried out, will work well both ways. We hoie therefore to see a full attend ance nt the meeting. "Herein, fail not.' Why is it that so many silk hats arc worn in Asheville? You see them every where you go. It seems as if on epidemic in silk hats had broken out. No one is so poor that he can't sport a tile and j swing majestically along while the street urchins call after him, "Where did you I get that hat, where did you get that tile ?" Well it is hard to give them away but the fact is that they are last year's hats, and hats so old that thev never tell their age, ironed over and blocked out. THEATRICAL PROSPECTS. ASHKVII.I.I-: IS A VERV GOOD PAYINtJ TOWN. What tiorton, the Head of the Well Known Minstrel Troupe, Has to Say Concerninic Thin Sub ject An Appreciative Town. "Well! How arcyoti ? Vou'inust have enjoyed your last visit to Asheville pretty well to have turned up here so soon again." The person addressed was Mr. Gorton, of minstrel fame, whose com pany gave such universal satisfaction at the opera house Tuesday night. As he leaned back in his chair and pulled away at his Iragrant weed, he seemed the very personification of ease and enjoyment. "Yes, I am with you once more and 1 am mighty glad of it. I like to give a performance where the people enjoy fun as much as they do here and arc not afraid to show their appreciation of it by a round of good, hearty, honest applause. Why I have played in some cities where you had to make a plaster of paris cast of the joke and pass it around the audi ence to show its genuineness before they would even crack a smile. Its an honest fact, I assure you. 1 remember playing before a small house in a country town. We tried our best and worked our fun niest gags but none of them seemed to lake. All the people were as sober and serious as if they were at their own fun- ' eral. When the performance was over a grave, old sober-sides came iqi to tne and said: 'I kalkerlate stranger that you tins air the funniest men 1 ever seed. It was the tarnalest work to keep those ere people from a lattghin' right out in the meetin.' You see he was a deacon of a church, and the members ofthe congre gation, never having seen a show of any kind, thought that they would take this 111 and sec if it had that spice of deviltry in it, which they had had preached at them from their youth up. lDid you ask me whether this was a theatrical town ? Well I should rather say it was. It is one ot the best theat rical towns of its size in the South. Why there is everything here which makes a theatre paying and profitable. ' There is the large influx of visitors which you have, and then this is aj rapidly growing town, a town which is continually at tracting men of wealth and refinement, who make it their permanent home and invest their money in home interests. 'Of course tbc town could not support more than two performances a week. You sec it is not like a Northern town, and 1 know what I am speaking of, for I have traveled all oyer the United States wit h my company. There they are more of a theatre-going people than those far ther South. Naturally, since the lower classes are better paid and have more money to spend, while here the darkies will work for next to nothing and so have cut down the prices paid for manna! labor. "My idea of a theatre here would be this: There arc always soinepeople who desire the best of everything and won't think it the best unless they are made to pay a large price for it. We would ac comodate these by giving them the best front scats and charging them a dollar. Then there are the good, substantia! citi zens, who don't care for style and who don't think the chief object of lile is to try to appear better than their neighbor. The tariff on these might be reduced to scvenlv-ti ve cents. Also, there should be a gallery in which any honest, respecta b'e man would not be ashamed to ap pear with his wile, and this should bring the more modest sum of fifty cents. Lastly, 1 would have a "peanut" gallery where the darkies could congregate, and we might draw the color line at twenty- five cents. This last gallery should not communicate with the main entrance and staircase. In this way no one would lie deterred from coining tc the shows through fear of any unpleasantness aris ing. 1 his, 1 tiiink. would harmonize all the various strata of society from which the theatre draws its patronage. 'You think my scale of prices rather high? I don't agree with you. They arc higher by thirty per cent, than those in the large cities. But you must take into consideration that Asheville is off the di rect line of travel for troupes going south by the way of Atlanta und then there arc no large paving theatrical towns in the vicinity to help share the extra ex pense incurred. "There is a large theatre being bail; here? Well, I am glad to hear that. I only wish it was ready so that we could use it to-night. I am sure Asheville needed one and I know that there will be no trouble in getting the best troupes to come here." It is a satisfaction to find that the the atrical profession thinks so well of the success of the step which has lieen made towards giving the Asheville citizens a chance of seeing the best plays given in an opera house, which will afford the theat rical talent every advantage for the dis play of their ability. Tuenfay Niitut'H Rain. The heavy fall of rain on Tuesday night caused the work freshly done on sewers, water mains and sidewalks, to assume a rather dilapidated appearance, and to call for the prompt attention of the street committee and superintendent. Espe cially is this the case on Bridge, Church and Willow streets, where passage is al most dangerous to equestrians or vehi cles. Quite a noticeble settling was pro duced on the new sidewalk on Patton avenue, the retaining wall recently built having given away slightly. We hope none of these places will prove at all se rious, but each must be quickly repaired to avoid accideuts.