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DAILY CITIZEN, BOARDING, WANTS, For Rent, and Lost Notices, three lines or less, 25 Cents for 1 JH Delivered to VUitors In any part of the City. One Month B'lc. Two Week. or lr 2Sc. each Insertion. VOLUME V. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1889. NUMBER 212. THE DAILY CITIZEN TT TT1 ELOQUENT GRADY. EXTRACTS FROM HIS RKCF.NT GREAT HPKKCHi How He Talked to the Member) of the noHtou Merc'ianlH' Ahno- clatlon on December n A Noble Defence of the South. The following brief extracts from the speech of H. V. Grady, editor of the At lanta Constitution, delivered on the oc casion ot the recent dinner given by the Merchants' Association, of Boston, gives a faint idea of the eloquence and force of the whole: Far to the South, Mr. President, separ ated from this section by a line once de fined in irrepressible difference, once traced in fratricidal blood, and now thank God, but a vanishing shadow lies tlie fairest and richest domain of this earth. It is the home of a brave and hospitable people. There is centered all that can please or prosper human kind A perfect climate above a fertile soil yields to the husbandman every product of the temperate zone. There by night cotton whitens beneath the stars, and by dav wheat locks the sunshine in its bearded sheaf. In the same field clover steals the fragrance of the wind, and to bacco catches the muck aroma ot tne rains. There are mountains stored with exhaustlcss treasures, forests vast and primeval, and rivers that, tumbling or loitering, run wanton to the sea. THREE ESSENTIAL ITEMS. Of the three essential items ot all indus tries cotton, iron and wood that re journ has easy control. In cotton, a fixed monopoly; in iron, a proven supremacy; in timber, the reserve supply of the re public. From this assured and perma nent advantage, against which artificial conditions cannot much longer prevail, has grown an amazing system of indus tries. Not maintained bv human con trivance of tariff or capital afar olf from the fullest and cheapest source ol supply, but resting in divine assurance, within the touch ol the held und mine and for est, not set amid costly farms, from which competition has driven the farmer in despair, but amid cheap anil sunny lands, rich with agriculture, to which neither season nor soil has set limit this system ol industries is mounting to a splendor that shall dazzle and illumine the woi Id, CONTRASTEP I'ICTI'KKS. That, Sirs, is the pictured,., promise of my home n land better and Inner than I have told you, and yet but a fit setting in its material excellence, for the "loyal and gentle quality of its citizenship. Against that, Sir, we have New England, recruiting a republic from its sturdy loins, shaking from its over-crowded hives new swarms of workers, and touch ing this land all over with its energy and its courage. And vet, while in the Eldorado of which I have told you but 15 permit, ol the lands are cultivated, its mines scarcely touched, and its population so scant that, were it set equidistant, tin sound of a human voice could not be heard from Virginia to Texas, on tin threshold of nearly every house in New Kngland stands "a son, seeking, with troubled eyes, some new land in which to carry his modest patrimony ; the stiiingc fact remains that in 1880 the South had fewer Northern citizens than she had in 1870, fewer in 70 than in "BO. Why is this ? OTESTION AND ANSWER. Why is it sir, though the sectional line be now but a mist that a breath may dispel, fewer men of the North have crossed it over to the South than wehnit was crimson w ith the best blood of the Republic, or even when a slaveholder stood guard of every inch of its wav ? There can be but one answer it is the very problem we are now to consider. Thev key that opens that problem will unlock to the world the fairest position of this republic, and free the halted feet of thousands whose eyes arc already kindling with its beauty. Better than this, it will open the hearts of brothers for thirty years estranged and clasp in lasting comradeship a mil lion hands now withheld in doubt. Mr. Grady then discussed the race problem in a masterly manner, and an swered the questions contained in Presi dent Harrison's recent message as to what the South was doing on the negro question fully, by facts and figures, closing hissieechof overall hour with the following EI.OOIE.NT PIGNORATION : As we approach the fourth centennial of that stupendous day when the old world willcomcto marveland learn amid our gathered treasures, let us resolve to crown the miracles of our past with the Sectacle of a Republic compact, united and indissoluble in the bonds ot love, loving from the lakes to the gulf, the wounds of war healed in every heart as on every hill, serene and resplendent at the summit of human achievement and earthly glory, blazing out a path and making clear the way to which all the nations of earth must come in God's ap pointed time. Died Very Suddenly. Wilmington Keview. We regret verv much to hear of the sudden death of Mr. Robert Kennedy, nn old and esteemed resident of this city. He died very suddenly this morning, at bis residence of heart disease, from which he had suffered for some time previously. He was a printer, and hail been with Mr. S. G. Hall, in his job office, for many years previously. He had lcen at work during the week and even last evening was seen on the street. He was at one time in company with the late Mr. F. H. Darby and Mr. E. S. Warrock, one of the editors and publishers of the Commercial Advertiser, which was, we think, the first afternoon paper issued here since the war. He was a member of the Typo graphical Union of this city. He was, we think, about 57 or 58 years of age. During the latter years of his life he was u consistent member of Grace M. K. church. Han's Cotton Review. New York, December 14. The Sun's cotton review says : "Futures were without decided change, Hay. Ellison's circular offset a decline at Liverpool. The Finnncial Chronicle hnsiJuur oen, wnue mere is tne sugiiicsi an article on the probable out-turn of the I chance of this poor prisoner being hurried current crop, which nearly sustained the j t( that fate unrepentant, late bureau reports, and points to nn in- The mercilul God, His Father and our crease over last season of about 400,000 i Father, alone knows how much time is bales. Many operators think Liverpool right to be allowed to nny man tocnable shows signs of weariness underthe heavy him to prepare to meet his Judge. How load she carrying, while others look flare we cut short the space allotted to for a rise alter the holidays. Cotton on j this prisoner? How can we place upon spot was 1-1 6c. dearer, and more active our Governor the dire rcsonsihility of for home consumption." ' saying ot this man, "On such a day' his CAPITAL PrUIISHJIENT. Shall It be AbollHhed From the I.HWN of Our Country? "Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed." "For in the image of God made he man." These are the words ascribed to the Deity, by the writer of the book of Gene sis, who, it is generally suppsscd, was the great law giver Moses, but behold a greater than Moses is here, and says; "Yc have heard that it hath been said, 'an eye for nn eye, and a tooth for a tooth,' but I say unto you, Move your enemies.' 'Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even do ye so unto them.' " Christian friends, here seems to be a conflict ofauthority. Moses says, "who so sheddeth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed." Christ says, "yc have heard it said 'an eye for an eye,' but I say love your enemies." This discrep ancy, if it exists, we may surely believe will be made plain to us, when our finite minds become more near to that of the infinite one, who inspired the words of Moses, but surely pending that blessed consummation it suffices that we should ask, "which is the greater, which of the two are we christians most bound to obey?" Mark you, however, that we say, a conflict of authority seems to exist. We do not acknowledge that such is t lie case. Observe the reason given in Genesis. "For in the image of God, made he man." Can we justly decide that it is in accord with the divine will as here expressed, that the sheriff under authority of the law should deface and destroy the image of God, as it exists, however blurred and defaced, in the person of the convicted murderer? We might surely give tins a reasonable doubt, even if we had no higher authority to support the doubt; but such we surely have. To a christian the two commands on which hang all the law and the prophets, are love to God. and love to our fellow men. Love to man, we mav fairlv sav, because he is made "in the image of God." Men's minds are changing on this as on many other subjects. The cruelties which past ages viewed with complai sance, would not now for one moment be tolerated, lust so until recently it was a rare thing to find a man willing to op pose the doctrine of capital punishment. Now there is scarcely a jury impanelled in a capital case, but that we hear the remark. "Mr. is opposed to capital punishment, therefore we may expect a mistrial." A few years ago executions were done ill public, the argument being that the horrors of the scene would prevent the recurrence of crime ; now it is universally acknowledged that such a scene is not beneficial, but terribly brutalizing to the irdinary beholder. 1 lie law is executed u private, as though it were itsell ishnmed of its act. Formerly men and women gloated over the bloody guillotine of France, or the equally beastly decapitations ol l-.iig- land. How great the change of to-day. when one of our States, at enormous ex pense, substitutes electricity for the hor rible halter, as it took the place of the more horrible axe, in order that crimi nals may be put to death without pain. Surelv this indicates so decided a change in public opinion, that some now living may hoie tosce capital punishment abol ished. At present perhaps the expression ot this hope may Ik- in advance of public pinion. We believe, however, that il every christian man in Asheville win ail himself ot what to us has been a blessed privilege, and go toourcounty jail this week, we may next week be still in the minority, but we will surelv have sonic sympathizers in the feeling of sad ness which weighs down our very heart ind soul. A sad, sad sight! A man, who was made by God "in his own image," is there; some months ago, under the in fluence of brain destroying whiskey, he shed man s blood.' 1 he supreme court says rightly, his being drunk is no ex cuse: "he is responsible for having made himself irresponsible." Yes indeed, breth ren, but do neither von nor 1 ever make mrselves "irresponsible?" Arc we not to a certain extent responsible for the condition in which this poor creature is found to-day f Do not your hearts liked is you look upon his diseased firm? The kind physician is ministering to his bod ily infirmities; to what purpose? That his life may be prolonged until the day it his execution. 1 lie praver conies in voluntarily, irresistibly from our heart, Mav God so direct this man's ailments that his death from natural causes may save the State from the crime of his legal murder." We repeat, that we lielicvc that public sentiment is becoming opposed tocapital punishment, and the sooner this is recog nized, the more sure will betheconviction of criminals. How often is it urged, truly, "It is better that one hundred guilty men should escaH than that one innocent man should ierish?" We all acknowledge this, and therefore, men whom we know to lie guilty cscaiie, lie- cause a conscientious juror has a reason able doubt, which he is right in straining to the utmost to save the life of a human being. If the law was that in all eases now called capital, the punishment should be imprisounient at hard labor tor life, and that the pardoning power of the Governor should only be exercised on recommenda tion of a jury, to whom new evidence might be submitted, we would find that punishment lor crime would be more sure, and the itcople would be less in clined to take the execution of law into their own hands. Christian ministers preach to us, that unless a man repent, he is doomed to eternal damnation. Now, it this be true, what man can tell how long a tune is necessary for the ignorant, besotted, I diseased brain of him now awaiting his execution, to grasp the idea of true re pentance ? Can you or I say, that in a few weeks, or months, this wicked man can "repent him truly of his sins past," including the horrible crime of murder; while we both, must acknowledge, that a long life does not afford time sufficient for us to repent of sins of much less grievouscharactcr ? Reverend gentlemen, if the words eternal damnation convey to you the same awful weight of meaning, as to us, who can only construe them in their plain English, surely, surely, not one of you will sit quiet in vour comtortuDIc study, nor allow restful sleep to conic to soul, whether prepared or unprepared, must meet its God." Oh! friends! let us think earnestly of this matter, and decide whether the time has not come for the abolishment of capi tal punishment. T. W. Patton. F1KI- IN NKW ORLEANS, Narrow Escape of the nemberH of n Theatrical Troupe. New Oki.kans, December 14. Fire broke out at 2 o'clock this morning in the Allen house, 7(i St. Charles street. There were a number of boarders and lodgers in the house, including a theatri cal parly. They escaped ill their night clothing, leaving everything lichind them bv jumping out on the roof of the ad joining building. Frederick Kand, an ac tor belonging to the Nellie McIIenrv Theatrical Company, escaped with number of Indies of the troop from the burning budding, but was himself badly hurt, and sent to the hospital. Thos O'Neal, colored, jumped from the burning building and was badly hurt, and was sent to the hospital. W. II. Leitcl and wife weie among the theatrical party who escaped. He says he was aroused from sleep by an explosion which oc curred near the head of the stairs on the second floor, cutting off their escape by the stairway. They were, thereforccom- IK'lled to jump to the root of nn adjoin ing. and crossing over two other build ings, finally reached a place of safety on the root ot Hills icwelrv store, at the corner of St Chai les street and Commer cial alley. The police think that all the inmates ol the hurtling building sue ceeded one way or another in getting out. The building In-longed to McCIoskv's es tate. The loss on the building and slock ot John McUoskv is estimated at $20, 11(10. NORTH CAROLINA NOTES. The Kalcigh correspondent of K'iehmond Dispatch under date of the the l.'kh says: At the fire at Wilmington yesterday George Walker was struck in tlie face bv a stream of water from a nozzle which tore one of his eyes from its socket. The directors of the Eastern Asylum tor colored insane met at Goldsboro yester day. A good showing was made. There are 232 patients, cost per capita being only $1 77 per anuum. During the year $13,000 has been expended in building the new wing of the building. There is a great increase of insanity among the negroes. Only eight more patients can now be accommodated. Mrs. Mary Stanley, of Lenoir county, has been sent to jail for ten days for an assault and battery upon Miss Mamie Kinscy, a teacher ill a public school, who had in the line of duty whipped a little son of Mrs. Stanley for bad behavior. Mis. Stanley waylaid Miss Kinsley and made a violent as sault upon her. The prosecution was made bv the School Committee. Henry Kerry Lowery, a young son of the once famous outlaw of that name, a few days ago fired into a crowd of Croatan Indians in Kobcson county, at Pros pect church, wounding a woman and a boy. Loweiy is a Croatan, and in- heiits many ot his father's bad traits. Henry W. Williams, a negro ex-convict who was appointed postmaster at Tillcry by Mr. Wanamaker, has fled the country after selling some mortgaged cotton and some mules and a wagon be longing to a white man. Pursuit ol Williams is in progress. Hrigailier- General W. II. Anthony, of the First brigade, is inspecting all tlie troops in his command, consisting of twenty-eight companies of infantry and a troop of cavalry. Cutting the Wire). New York, December 14 At 9.45 o'clock this morning, Commissioner Gil roy sent out four gangs of men to cut down the poles and wires of electric light companies. The inspectors of the board of electrical control accom panied them to point out the poles on which the dangerous wires were strung. The men in each case started from ceil tral stations of the electric light com panies and worked outward cutting off communication in the greater number ol instances with all outlying points. The legal representatives of the companies asked the commissioner to grant them time either to nmovc or repair any wires alleged to be defective in insulation; but this was peremptorily refused. Then they warned him that both he and the city would be held responsible for anv damage caused by his action. The com panies arc actively seeking another in junction. Suicide In Wormley'B. Washington, December 14. Franklin B. Gowen shot and killed himself in his room in Worniley's hotel sometime be tween two p. m. yesterday and noon to day. He is a well known railroad lawyer of Philadelphia, for several years presi dent of the Philadelphia and Heading railroad, and prominent in several hard battles for the control of that road. It cannot lie determined just when the suicide occurred. He was at lunch at 2 p. m., yesterday in good spirits, went from the table to his room and was no. again seen until investigation was made about noon to dav to discover why the chaml)crmnid could not enter, nor elicit answer from his room. Gowen came to Washington on the 9th inst. and registered at Worniley's, and has been there ever since. He was engaged as counsel in some very int portant cas-.'S which have lieen on hear ing before the Inicr-Statc Commerce Commission lor several days past. Ilotid OfferluicM. Washington, Peccm'icr 14. The bond offerings to-day aggregated $010,700; all accepted at 1.27 for four icr cents, and 1 .045n for four and halts excepting one bond of $1,700 for four and halts. Of these $350,000 were surrendered by National Bank deposities in liquidation of deposits. Fire In Ilaltliuore. Baltimore. December 14. The ware house af 14 East Baltimore street, owned by the Sadler estate, was dam aged bv tire this morning to the extent of $15,000. Martinez S: Co., cigar man ufacturers: Jno. R. Koeb & Co., jewelers, and George R. Willig K: Co.. dealers in musical instruments, occupied the build ing. The cause is unknown. Weekly Bank Statement. New York, December 14. The weekly hank statement is as follows: Reserve, increase $1 ,027,500 Loans, decrease 4,132,200 Siecie, increase 2 1 ,500 Legal tenders, increase 1.59'.!. 100 Deposits, decrease 2.087,000 Circulation, decrease 131,800 The banks now hold $2,030,650, in ex cess of the 25 per cent. rule. VANDERBILT'S DOMAIN. RIDE OVER THE MILLION AIRE'S PURCHASE. What a Horseback Reporter of the Citizen Saw that will Inter. em Our Many Headers-Beauties of HiH Southern Home. Asheville, "the Land of the Sky," is rife with rumors about what Vanderbilt has done and is going to do, but, strange tiT relate, few facts have been stated, and tilat, too, when his property lies only few miles south of the city. It was with a view of ascertaining what was really being done that a re porter of The Citizen mounted a horse and galloped down Main street until he reached the Asheville Junction, two miles south of the city. Here it is that the Western North Carolina railroad crosses the Swannanoa river, which runs in a westerly direction and empties into the French Broad. In the vast .r, angle formed by the intersection of these two rivers, lies the 6,000 acres which form the Vanderbilt property. At last wc have reached the outskirts of the business ac tivity which is centered in this estate, whose domain sweeps back from the hanks of the Swannanoa far inland, and then stretches up the mountain side and over its crest until it ends on the banks of the swift flowing French Broad. Far ther up this river is Mr. Theodore B. Ly man's park, called Tahkeeostec Farm. with a name, as Bill Nye says, extend ing far down the river. This comprises the brow and slope of the hill which forms the opposite bank, where Mr. Ly man's picturesque cottage lies nestled in a hollow on the sunny side of the hill, lorming a striking contrast to thegrand eur of its stately neighbor which is to crown the crest of the mountain whose base forms the other bank. Across the Swannanoa, hidden by the iutirvciiii.g, densely wooded, mountain top from the site of the Vanderbilt man sion, lies Col. Connnllv's residence on a prominence sloping gradually back from the river, while farther up the stream, Mr. McNamee is building a very fine house of a while stone, which is obtained from Henderson county. This house is located opposite the main entrance to the Vanderbilt property, which iscxactly at the ford across the Swaiinnnoa, where Vanderbilt intends building an iron bridge ill order to obtain a more direct commu nication with Asheville. From this point the main driveway will circle in and out among the hills for a distance of foui miles, until, by a scries of gradual ascents, the top of the mountain is reached. Some distance above Connnllv's is a bridge over the Swannanoa. Ridingover this and turning r. the fight along the banks of the stream the railroad track was crossed, and the rythmic heats of the horses' hoofs were echoing on Yandcr bill's land. The first thing to catch the eye was n large frame store, formerly be longing to a man by the name of Revel. The front of this building has been con verted into offices for the men who have harge of the work being done. Mr. Gall, who has the general oversight of the property, has his office on the right, while Mr. McNamee, Vanderbilt'slawyer. has the one on the left. The pay office has been so constructed that the work men can go in at one side and out at the other without obstructing each other; and all the conveniences show that a very large force ol hands is soon expected. A long sweeping gallop along the Hcn lersonville road soon brought into view i large quarry, where Vanderbilt's men ire busily employed in drilling, blasting iml getting out stones which are being used lor the foundations of Vanderbilt's mansion and his cattle sheds, for he pur poses having a large stock farm. The piarry is in charge of Mr. McCarty, who had a hand in getting out the large flag stone in front of Mr. ilbam K. nnder- bilt's palace, which cost $3,000 in the rough. Altera few minutes' ride the Raymond place was reached, where a large well is being sunk and a stable is being con structed which will hold from thirty to forty mules. These will be employed in the work at the quarry, and in hauling the large stones up the side of the moun tain. On this place is nn old fashioned farm house, where Mr. Thompson, Van derbilt's engineer, is located. A brisk canter brings us back to the Junction again, and taking the road. which winds up the mountain, a mile is covered in a slow trot. At this point a gang of fifty men were found hard at work with wheelbarrows, pickaxes and shovels. Thev had cut into the face of the mountain to the depth of from ten to fifteen feet and had completed from 100 to 200 yards of a broad road, which will run parallel to the old Swannanoa road, but will curve onward and upward until it has reached the lone pine, which marks the highest prominence on the mountain, and then sweep around the hill to the southwest in a broad curve up to the Vanderbilt mansion. By the side of this cut and a little below is another, where the ground has Ikcii dug away and lev eled off, forming a space about 100x50 feet, where the foundations of alargecat- tlc shed are being put up, with the stone taken from Vanderbilt's own quarries. A large crib adjoining this is almost com pleted. Ridiiigpastthisand upthemoun tain until the brow ot the bill was reached, a road was met which turned to the left. About a quarter of a mile farther on was found a farm house where squads of men were chatting, and leaning against the building eating their dinners. There is the scene of Mr. Douglas' work. Men were busy ploughing up the ground and planting rows of white pine, which have been coming by tlie car load Irom Balti more. Thirty acres had ulready been planted and in a few weeks fifty more will be added to this. All the farm land, which lies bare and desolate on this mountain side, will lie covered uliimatc- ly with a dense forest, intersected by drives, with deer park and shooting pre serves. But leaving the men .it their work, horse and rider continued on the same road until a lumber road was struck on the right, which led abruptly up the steep mountain, passing several quarries which had been uncovered with out any farther prosecution of the work. The celebrated lone pine was left lichind on the left with its bare branches, stand ing like an evil demon warning the intru dcr not to pry into Vanderbilt's secrets. Regardless of its silent admonition, we skirted around to the right and over the brow of the mountain. There burst upon us a scene of life and activity which was perfectly marvellous in this seemingly barren and deserted wilderness. Fifty- teams were at work hauling away the earth, and men were industriously dig ging away the top soil from eight acres of land and loading it into the cans, which carried it to a large dump on the hillside above. Here the rich ground. which had been removed, formed a mound 200 feet long and from 20 to 40 feet deep. Several acres of clay had been laid bare, which were as hard as a road from the constant passing and repassing of the teams. Trees hail been cut down and the stumps were being taken out. All the clay will be removed to a depth ol twenty feet and a plateau will be formed, with a gradual slope to the low lands below. Then the top soil will be replaced and the grounds about the house laid out according to the taste ot the landscape gardener. The house with i length of 300 feet, will face the French Broad, with the hill at its back, covered with large trees. To the right, as you face the river, can be seen Asheville delin eated as if by the pen of a draughtsman, while in front and to the left the French Broad winds in and out, now in a broad expanse of water, then disappearing only to reappear again until it stretches out in the distance like a small white thread. The surrounding mountains form a vast circle of which Vanderbilt's palace will be the centre, and it seems as if one was in the centre of a huge crater, whose jagged edges cut the horizon in every direction. To the left and foot of the prominence, on which the house is located, a bridle path ran through a ravine to an old farm house, which is used as a stable for the various teams employed. 1 1 sweeps past this along the bottom of the ravine, and threads its way in and out of the trees until it cuds on the edge of a small pond, in the centre of which the surveyors have erected a large pole surmounted with a Hag. Here an artificial lake will be made, about two hundred yards or more dis tant from the house. The water will be obtained from the springs which lie near by, and the brooks will contribute their piota towards the formation of a beau tiful sheet of water, with its waves lap ping the bounding slopes on both sides f the ravine. When nature is thus fore stalled, no prettier sight could be man ned than this little, hidden, new hum crys tal lake will present, when viewed from the house, as it sparkles and gleams through the interlacing foliage of the surrounding trees. Along the crests of the encircling hills ire herds of cattle, guarded by a small boy on a Texas pony, which Vanderbilt has grazing on his land, in accordance with an arrangement, by which he is se curing cattle to pasture on the impover ished soil of his property. The amount of money expended on im proving the grounds and building the mansion will be from $5,000,000 to $(!,- 000,000 and that part in the vicinity ol the house will be finished in a year, while the entire work will take from four to five years. The unskilled labor will he taken from Asheville, while the skilled mechanics and artisans will be secured in the North and brought here. Machin ery will be used as much as possible, and in the construction of the roads, etc., steam drills, rollers, crushers, etc., will be employed. Vanderbilt proposes to erect a plant soon for the manufacture of his own brick, which is now being supplied to him by Mr. L. A. Farinholl, the real estate man, whose brick works ire conveniently located at the Junction. On the return home as we rode slowly ilong, looking at those acres and acres if uncultivated farm land, with houses standing untenanted save here and there where a faint blue curl of smoke betrayed the presence of some of Vanderbilt's workmen, a feeling of loneliness stole over us and both horse mid rider would have lieen cheered by the sound ot even a dog barking or a black picaninny running after us asking for a penny. But all was silent and lonely, a deserted village, which will years hence be covered by the forest, which the white man won years ago from the Indian, and clearing off the tim ber, converted into good arable farm land after many years of hard toil and labor. It was with a sense of relief that we left the oppressive stillness behind, and while the wind in wild gusts seemed to be chanting a soft, sad requiem, wc stole away, leaving it to rest in peace, and hailed with delight the hum and hus tle of the city as we alighted from our morning's ride. The World' Cotton Supply. New York, Decemlier 14. The total vis ble supply of cotton for the world is 2.953,024 bales, of which 2.553,724 arc American, against 2.627,399 and 2,387,- 899 bales, respectively, hist year. Receipts at nil interior towns are 192,002 bales; receipts from plantations, 302,613 bales; crop in sight 4,107,638 bales. OOOS AND ENOS. Mr. Henderson, of the Weavcrvillc Woolen Mills, died Friday night. The leading colored people will give a literary and musical entertainment at Mt. Zion Baptist church, December 19. The managers of the Mission Hospital are requested to meet Tuesday afternoon, at 4 o'clock, at Col. Davidson's on Col lege street. The Knights of Honor meet in their hall Monday night at 7.30 o'clock to elect officers. All the members are re quested to attend and assist in the work of the evening. Election of officers and the conferring of degrees will take place at the Castle hall of the Knights ot Pythias Monday night at 7.30 o'clock. A full attendance of all the members is desired. At Jacob's drug store a new hot soda apparatus has been put in and the inner man can now be refreshed by somethin hot, whenever the summer makes up its mind to leave us and give winter chance. The water pipe on Depot street has been torn up for half a mile and a six inch pipe has been substituted for the original thrc. inch. This substitution is being made from the depot to where Pat- ton avenue intersects the street. While every one mourns the death ol Jefferson Davis, nothing is more common than to hear some expression given to this feeling in every class of society, high or low. It even turns up in the most out of the way places. Even in the huge volume, which contains the city records, there is found among the minutes of tin meetings held by the board of aldermen, a leaf which is headed, "Dedicated to the Memory of Jefferson Davis, December 6, 1889." And below is tasted a clipping from The Citizen with the heading, "In Memoriam," being an account of tin meeting held in the court house on the night when the sad news of Jefferson Davis' death was telegraphed here. A stranger came into Mr. Frank O'Doiinell's saloon Friday evening and tried to enliven the proceedings there. He gave the name of T. S. Ray in tin mayor's office, where he was fined $15.00 and costs. It seems that he bought a pint of whiskey and claimed that he paid for it with a five dollar bill and received fifty cents too little. How ever that was, he began cursing and swearing at a great rate, and when re monstrated with, he drew a pairof metal 'kuiicks' and mailt- for Mr. O'Donnell. But he made a sad mistake when he started in to slaughter that gentleman, for Mr. O'D.inncll kindly relieved him ot his 'knucks' and then presented him with his in exchange. The impression it made on the stranger was still visible yester day morning. Mr. O'Donnell deals not only in beer, but sometimes spells it with an i, and it was the latter kind the stranger almost received. New City OrdnlauceM. By reference to ouradvertising columns it will be seen that the board of alder men have passed new and very im portant laws concerning the tearing up ol the streets and sidewalks of the city for any purpose whatsoever, and also for the punishment, by fine, of drunken ness and disorderly conduct. The special attention of all persons is called to these ordinances. Tlie Farmer's Daughter. New York Heruld. It has an excellent plot, verv interest ing ; its dialogue is gojd and in soitu places quite crisp and sharp. The acting parts arc good, one or two being forcefui enough to make reputations for thost who play them. tiad this work heer, presented in the Union Souarc or Wal lace's, it would have attained much serious consideration and possibly havt lieen hailed as quite a revelation. As il was, its pronounced success was dm solely to the strength of the play itsell. and the careful acting of two or three ol the characters. ElorICa I'reslnlerlan Synod. Jacksonville, Fla.. December 14 The Presbyterian synod ol West Florida and Alabama has beer in session at Pen sacola lor the past three days. A pro found sensation was created bv Dr. Shearer, president of Davidson college, North Carolina, in his address last night. The reverend gentleman proceeded to de nounce the common school system of the country, whose non sectarianism pre vented the education of youth in the re ligion of their lathers. He advocated strongly the advisability ol having chil dren ol Presbyterians educated iuschools fostered by the church, so that therein thev might be given religious training in consonance with the fait hot their parents, and the moral instructions now denied to an appreciable extent in governmental education. Civil Service Reform. Charlotte Chronicle. Secretary Tracy has just had the good sense to prescribe an entirely different examination lor assistant naval con structors from that given by the Civil Service Board. The applicants called the Secretary's attention to the matter, and Mr. Tracy promptly remedied the evil, and repaired an injustice. The ap plicants certihed that the examinations as prepared by the Civil Service Board were calculated more to bring out what tliev did not know than what they did know. On one thing, the politicians may make up their minds, and that is that civil service relorm has such a hold on the conservative element of the American ieoplc. that it cannot be put aside with out a fai'-and impartial trial; which it has not yet had. Brower and Ewart Included. We see from the Washington Star that Brower and Ewart wereuniong the con gressmen whose names were forged by the defaulting and absconding deputy sergennt-at-arms of the Vnited States houseof representatives Silcott. The notes were taken up at the bank by Silcott. however, hefoie his flight (lorgery being an extraditable offense) and so our radi cal Brers will not lose anything. THE CRONIN CASE. NO VERDICT AS VET THE JC RV STILL OVT. EndlcKH RumorH, but Nolhlnic Def inite Known The AttorneH for the ITIhoners CoiiHtrue the De lay aN l-'avorable. Chicago, December 14. At 10 o'clock sheriff Malson came into the court room Irom the jail and said, that as far as he knew, thejury hud not yet agreed on a verdict. Mr. Foster and Mr. Ames, respectively senior ai:'1 junior counsel lor lieggs are gaining confidence with every minute's delay. They argue that the"attitude of the jury promises acquittal lor their client. Counsellor the other delendants are reticent in regard to their hones or tears. The Judge is expected every mo ment. The report has reached one of the law yers for the prosecution that thejury have agreed on u verdict on all except lieggs. At 10.40 a. m., Judge MeConnell entered the couit room and proceeded at, once to his private chamber. There he told the associated press reporter that he had received no conimut.icatioii at all irom the jmy ; and as lar as he knew no verdict had as yet been agreed on. At 1 1.20 o'clock Judge MeConnell said to a representative ol the Associated Press, "there is a rumor alloat that the jury have agreed upon a verdict, but I do not think it is improper lor me to stale that any such rumor is simply ridic ulous; ridiculous not only on thegrounds oi improbability but on the grounds of utter imposiliility ol any such iutor ii ui t ion leaning Irom the jury room. I can assuie you upon my knowledge that no communication ol any kind has been received by any one from the jury, and that thejury lias had no means lit com imuncauoii willi any one. The officer in charge oi the jury at this time lias not lor a moment had an opportunity of either gaining inlormaiiou as to the jury's condition ol mind, or ol imparting that information to any one else even if gained. So you sec the utter ndicu ous ness of any such report. So laras the con dition ol the jury is concerned, my mind, and the mind of every one who is in position to lie inlormed ot any result is just as blank at this hour as it was at 5 o'clock yesterday allernoon. It is only proper that this contradiction ol all purported verdicts ol the jury should go to the world." At 12 o'clock no communication had been received Irom thejury. Judge Me Connell lett his chamber, saying he would return at 3 p. m. At 8 p. m. there seemed to be but little prospect ot the jury's reaching a verdict. Word comes from thejury room through one ol the bailiffs that the jurors have not agreed. Judge MeConnell has just sent word to the court room that he will not be here until 10 p. m., unless he is sent for. FLHSONAI. MENTION, Judge J. P. Pool, of Newbery, S. C, is staying at the Battery Park. Mr. J. W. Cone, of the firm of Cone & Sous, of Baltimore, is staying at the Grand Central. Among the arrivals at the Grand Cen tral is Mr. J. L. C. Bird, a prominent lawyer of Marion. Mr. J. S. Craig, the agent of the Staun ton Shoe company, of Va., is stopping at the Grand Central. Mr. W.Jordon, of New Castle, Pa., is at the Swannanoa. He is accompanied by his wife and daughter. Mr. John F. Maloncy is at the Grand Central. He represents Stern & Co., wholesale grocers in Richmond. Mr. N. Haight, of Louisville, the pas senger agent of the E. T., Va. and Ga. railroad, is stopping at the Swannanoa. Mr. F. A. Ragland, who represents a Louisville house which deals in the finer lines of groceries, is at the Grand Cen tral. Mr. P. W. Keebler, of New York, has registered at the Grand Central. He is a partner in a clothing manufactory in iltat city. Mr. E. R. Bctts, the ngent of a large 'obacco firm in Danville, Va., is at the Swannanoa, and will make Asheville his headquarters lor the winter. Mr. A. Santer, of Detroit, registered yesterday at the Battery Park. He was recommended to come to Asheville for the benefit of his health and will proba bly stay here all winter. Mr. II. C. Mark, a well known mer chant in Greenville, S. C, is at the Grand Central. lie has cine to Asheville in order to visit his daughter, who is the wife of our prominent merchant, Mr. Max Marcus. Religious Notices. Central Methodist Church Sunday- school at 9:30 a. in., preaching ut 11 a. m. and 7.30 p. m. by the pastor Rev. G. C, Rankin, M.F. Church, South, North Asheville Pleaching at 11 o'clock a. m. by Rev. W. M.Kerr; at 7.30 p. m. by the pastor. Rev. C. M. Campbell. At Riverside Preaching at 11 o'clock by the pastor. Everybody invited to attend. The Key Wesl Cigar strike. Jacksonville, Fla., December 14. Advices to-night from Key West indicate that the cigar strike is farther from set tlement than ever. The men are better organized, and they are receiving daily large sums from other labor organiza tions. Thev lose nothing but their wages while the manufacturers are losing their profits, having their trade broken up, and licing subjected to monthly expenses of over $1,000 each. The strikers now laugh atccry attempt at compromise. The steamer Hutchinson took 145 Cu bans to Havana on her last trip. The Spanish government stopped trips of the gunboat liecnusc the local authorities at Key West threatened to subject her to 15 days quarantine. Onlv 50 cases ol cigars were shipped last month. The output is generally abour 1800 cases monthly. The Weather To-Day. Washlnoton, December 14. Indica tions for North Carolina. Fair, except in western portion; light rains; slightly cooler ; northwestterly winds.
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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