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Asheville citizen VOLUME VII. NO. 308. ASHEVILLE N. C, SATURDAY EVENING, APHIL 23, 1892. PKICE 5 CENTS. FOR QUART CANS OF TABLE PEACHES KROGER. REAL ESTATE, Wm.tSUL B. CWYN, W. W. W'KilT, GWYN & WEST, (Successors to Walter B.Owyn) FSTABLISHEO 1881 REFER TO BANK OF ASHFVILLE. REAL ESTATE. Loans Securely Placed at 8 Per Cent. Notary Public. Commissioners ofPceds. FIRE INSURANCE. FFICK Southeast Court Square. CORTLAND BROS., Real Estate Brokers, And Investment Agents. NOTARY PUBLIC. Louns securely placed at 8 per cent. Otticei 24 Hi 26 Pattoo Avenue. Second '.door. febDcllv JOHN CHILD, (Formerly of Lyman & Child), Oflice No. x Legal Block REAL. ESTATE AND LOAN BROKER, TKICTLY A KKOKBKAGB BUSINUSS. Loam iccure placed at 8 per cent. WILLS BROS,, ARCHITECTS NO. 3 PATTON AVIS. JENKS & JENKS, REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE. Wc have some very desirable timber prop erties Tor tale at a low figure. We can show you full description at our olKce. One line Asbestos mine for sale. Wc can show you some specimens from the mine and can take you to the property if you desire. Furnished and unfurnished houses to rent. JENKS & JENKS, NO. 32 PATTON AVE., ASHEVILLE. A FRESH LOT IMPORTED CIGARS JUST RECEIVED. Visitors wishing to get a good Imported Cigar will find tlicm at MODEL CIGAR STORE 17 PATTON AVE. L. Bloniberg, Prop. MONEY LOST By injudicious buying, which wrecks the pockttbook and wastes the dollars in an cf- ort to obtain shoddy (Jro eries at cheap prices. Do not takeany risks, but make your purchases at all times at our store, where you are assured of honest Groceries at honest prices, a combina tion that is as good as gold. A. D. COOPER, NORTH COURT SQUARE. BON MARCHE LAOI1-S CAl.t. ANlliNM'I-XT 1'IUi II AND- SUM 12 STOCK (IK Spring Reefers and Capes, SPRING REEFERS AND CAPES, MING REEFERS AND CAPES SPECIALTIES. linl'iiS TKtAN TIGHTS, MEN'S l'C OTISU.L and III CYC I. IS IIOSU; SCKIVHN'S PATKNT IlKAW liKS. BON MARCHE $20,000. NEW GOODS. HANDSOME STYLES. PARALYZING PRICES. EVERY DEPARTMENT COMPLETE. Don't cry hard times when you can buy goods for half price. Huy everything you nred in our line from us, and thereby save li5 to GO per cent, you would pay to other houses who do a credit business. The tet ret of low prices is "Spot rush for all our goods and spot cash before they leave the house," We aid the necessity of having a bookkeeper and then paying 10 perccuttoa collector. Bv selling for cash we inarch to the tune of (Sweet Home) Cash. Clio Cash, cash, good hard cash ; There's nothing so powerful As clean, solid cash. Try und be convinced. THE BIG RACKET ! IT. A. BRILLIANT RING. We are showing some of the daintiest nov elties ever displayed in Jewelry. It would be tasier to tell you what we haven't got than what we have. If you haven't seen our ele gant trifles in gold and In silver, there Is a treat awaiting you, and, whether yon have urchascs In mind or not, you should not miss them. It Is difficult to resist going into dctulls we arc strongly tempted to describe some of the exquisite products of the season's art, some of which show that the caprices of fashion are apt to be wonderfully charming, but you'll get a much better idea if you come nail look for yourself. B. II. COSBY. JEWELER, PATTON AVENUE. la readiness to take u J van tage of the prandeat offers ever given in Asheville This is the time of year that you will have to replenish your homes We are making prep arations as rapidly as possi ble to offer you unheard of bargains. It will pay you to save your mo Ley for this rare opportunity. Due notice will be given in time. New and attractive goods are daily arriving. Come and see. 41 PATTON AVENUE. FRENCH VEGETABLES! Teas, Extra Fine. Beans, Haricots, Extra Fine. Macedonia, Extra Fine. Mushrooms, Choice. Asparagus, in (Jlass. OLIVES, Selected Spanish Queen. Crescent Olives, Pitted (Hives. OLIVE Oil . K A E SUBLIME JSl'CCA. POWELL & SNIDER ONE PRICE STORE. A very large and well assorUd at ck of Dry Goods, Fancy Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Carpets, ie., nt fixed mid reason able prices We show all grades, but the upir quali- tiis predominate decidedly. 7 and 9 Palloii Ave. GENUINE AUSTRALIAN LENSES. I am devoting all of mytime to study of the eyes and to the cculiar;for mat Ion of the lenses. I warrant all spectacles I furnish to give entire satisfaction In all cases, and can suit any one on first examination of the eyes E. WEXLEK, NO. 17 NORTH MAIN ST., ASHEVILLE, N. C. STILL IN THE RING. R, B. NOLAND & SON, GROCEiRS, No. ai N. Malu street, Wish to announce the ifact that they ,'are sole agents for the Spartanburg steam baked bread, the only first class bread to be found In the city, and no table is complete without it. We get it fresh by express every day. Don't forget that we arc wholesale and re tail dealers in potatoes, apples, onions, and all kinds of country produce. Everything kept that Is usually found in a first class grocery store. BUSINESS OF TWO HOARDS Till; Al.DKRMKN AND ADVIS ORS DO SOME WORK, A Hit of iNitIiiic Id to He none on College Street Next- President FlelclierTellMttieAldernieuTliat He Can Oct lue Reports ol llirtliH in the City. When Mayor lilanton rapped on his desk yesterday afternoeti all of the mem bers ol the joint board were present ex cepting Mr. Gudger. Mr. Brevard, for the committee, re commended that James Wolfe be allowed $150 damages to the refrigerator in his market on Depot street, occasioned by the widening of the street. Adopted. On motion of Mr. Cummings the final vote on the report orHhc water commit tee was deferred another week. The assistant city clerk was, on mo tion of Mr. Summer, authorized to issue checks in the absence of the city clerk. The city engineer was authorized to order drain pipe sufficient to supply the needs on South Main street. Hix iucli Pipe on Noutli .until. The city engineer was instructed to ad. vertise until Monday for bids for the putting in of a 6-inch water main on South Main street. The bids will be opened Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock, at a special meeting of the joint board. I'. M. Snyder asked for the extension of the water main on the east end of Seney street. Referred to the joint water committee. T. A. Jones, esq., representing himself, L. t McLoud and J. I'. Sawyer, called the attention of the board to damages which they thought their property on Depot street had sustained by the wide .1 ing. The matter was referred to the loint street committee. Mr. Staines recommended, for the committee, that the house of M rs. Harriet Vernon, colored, on Depot street, be put on a level with the street, and placed in as good condition as before the street was widened. The report was adopted and the joint street committee was in structed to do the woik, also to see Col. J. G. Martin and look after the raising of the track of the Asheville street rail way at Town branch. The board agreed to put in a "fill" to make the alley running into Depot sfeet accessible, as it had been closed up by the erection of a retaining wall. Mr. Brevard wanted to know if Jie board would pay Govnn Frcsslcy, the road roller engineer, for the seven days in which he was learning the art ol run ning it. No action taken. College Street Next. The question of paving on College street was discussed. Messrs, Webb, Oates, Kskridge & Co., have a contract lor certain streets as a "lump job." The contract included the entire street, and between the rails of the street railway, lint that company proposes to let its own contract, and the contractors agreed to relinquish that much of the work, pro vided they were given an equal number of yards of work on other streets. Mr. Starnes moved that the extra work be done on College street. Carried. The joint street committee was in structed to investigate the alleged dam age to the property of lilisha Kemp, on South Main street. Capt. Thos D. Johnston asked lor an extension of the water main on Grove and Phillips streets. It was so ordered. The following bills were ordered paid: A. W. Lindsey, keys, etc , $-'; Govan I'rcssley, salary as engineer, $"; J. D. Henderson, pay roll, $7'J. 1 U; fixtures and stationery for clerk's office, $1X!IS; freight $37."-(; Jas. Wolfe, damages, $150. AI.MF.RMANIC SOI.ONH Tl.ey tet Tliroujflt Their Reuu lar Weekly Meeting Early. Mayor Dlnnton called the aldermen to order as soon as the joint board had adjourned. R. P. Walker asked the board to raise I the grade of Valley street and extend a culvert across the street. lie would ad vance the money and take the city's note or let it go as taxes. He was soon to begin the building of his large tobacco house, he said, and urged early action on the board's part. -It was finally decided that the entire board should go over the grounds today, and give Mr. Walker an answer nt once. 1 nc Doarei went over the street nt 10 o'clock today and de cided to extend the culvert for Mr Walker. It will cost probably $75. The compromise committee on South Main street was given another week in which to make n full report. President M. 11. rletclicr, ol the board of health, offered a couple of ordinances which he wanted passed. One was the changing of the word "com mittee of health" to "hoard of health" wherever it may occur in the code. Tl.e second one gave the board of health authority to declare violations of the sanitary laws nuisances, and fixing n hncol $10 lor non-compliance vitll tlic board's notice to abate such nuisance. The first was passed, on n suspension of the rules, but Mayor lilanton told Dr. Fletcher that he didn't .think the alder men had a right to give the board of health such authority. Dr. Fletcher said if that was a fact, the board of health would be useless. The matter was laid over a week, to secure the advice of the city attorney. It Can lie none. Dr. Fletcher was authorized to pur chase necessary books, etc., for use of the board of health. He stated to.the alder men that he would have blanks printed and would undertake to get monthly re ports of the births occurring in the city. C. W. Healc, who owns a house just outside the corporate limits, asked the board to lower his water rents, as he has been required to pnv double rents re cently, on account ol his being outside tuc eitv limits, kciuscu. The board promised Capt. Thos. D, lohnston to: repair the sidewalk on Grove street. Mr. Starnes offered nil amendment to the charter of the West Asheville and Sulphur Springs railway company, giv ing that company the right to conic to Patton avenue by way of Phillips and Bailey streets. The amendment was fin- ally adopted on a suspension of the rules. Home oilier Ilusiiirss. The street committee was instructed to put in crossings on Patton avenue and Hay wood street, at the approaches to the government building. Finlay & Nelson asked to be granted fresh meat license for a year from June next. The board could not do this, as the new market house is soon to be ready, and the sellers of meats arc expected to move into the central market. The matter was referred to the market house com mittee to consult with the attorney on the matter and report at next meeting. On motion of Mr. Starnes a iury was ordered on the widening of the north sidewalk on College street, as asked fur at last week's meeting. Recorder I'. M. Miller was asked to appraise the personal properly belonging to the city. W. A. lioyce filed a bond in the sum of $1,000 for the laithl'ul performance of his contract on the city hall. The sure ties arc . A. Wagner and W. C. Carmi chael, Of llilis a Few. The following bills were ordered paid : J. M. Ingle, payroll water department, $22.75; J. I), Henderson, payroll street department, $17 50; repairs to fire alarm, $15; 7.. V. Brevard, payroll sani tary department, $:!!. 50; I!. Burnett, horseshoeing, $7. SO; J. A. Tenncnt, eitv hall, $47.50; V. T. Liclote, eitv hali, S02.O4-; W. II. Wcstall, city hall, $202. 13; Callahan llros., city hall, $02; . A. Tenncnt, city hall, $200. 50; K. R.'llill, city hall, $.50; ledtrer for clerk, $'j;S; Hallard, Rich it lioyce, city hall, $7S.5li; Kaysor N; Smith, lire alarm supplies, $0.75; telephone exchange, $25; D. I.. Reynolds, feeding prisoners, $11.3.75; People's Light, heat and pjwer com pany, lights lor March, $250. The orig itmfbill was $120. 07, but the light com mittee deducted $ 170.07 for bad service. The board then ndjoui ncil, the face oi Mayor lilauton's watch showing its surprise by throwing up both hands on seeing the board adjourn belorc 0 o clock. Tin; wvunim; Tuoi iti.i;. A Letter I ron. Hie President ol tl.e lulled Slates. Ill tfai.o, Wyo , April 23. The follow ing message is in reply to the appeal from the people ol Buffalo to President Harrison asking that an investigation into the cattlemen trouble in Wyoming be made in justice to all concerned: IvXHC'i'Tivi: Mansion, Washington, April 22. C J. nwfwi nnil others, Ihilihh, Wyoming : The governor ol your state made a call upon inc in coulorninlioit with the constitution of the I'nited States for aid in suppressing domestic violence and threatened blood shed. I could not know nuythii.g of the situation except as it was state! by him and I could not refuse the aid ol troops to preserve the peace. The prisoners will, as soon as the stale nut hoiities are pre pared to receive them, be turned over to the civil authorities and our' connection with the matter will end unless further called upon to aid the state authorities in preserving peace. I do not doubt that 'lie executive and judicial authorities of your slate v. without fear or lavor, bring to tiial and pu.iisliinent those who have violated the law by disorderly methods? Nothing will be done shield any guilty person. My council as your fellow citi zen is to use every effort to allay excite ment and proceed in all things peacefully and upon lawful lines. I will, of course, sec any representative you may send, but you will sec that 1 can do nothing except to act with the state to prevent violence. Kvcrvthing else rests with the state au thorities, llvnj. Iluvrisoii. Th." people of this place are very much pleased with President Harrison's reply and arc satisfied that a very thorough investigation will be made and justice uiected out immediately. Ill CIII.OHIUIC OF GUI.U, An Institute for the Cure of Drunkenness 111 Asheville. Dr. Frank I. Ainsworih.of Dcs Moines, la., and Fred. Williams, of Kuoxville, who have been in the city for several days, looking for a suitable location for a branch of the National institute lor the bi-chloridc of gold treatment of alchohol ism. have about concluded that much ot their work. The selection ol a site will be made today or Monday. The right to establish these institutes in North Carolina, which will be branches of the head institute at Des Moines, la., has been purchased by Dr. I,. J. Price, L. P. Speck and Fred. Williams, of Kuox ville. Dr. Price will be the president of the Asheville institute, Mr. Speck vice president, and Mr. Williams business manager. The institute will be opened next week. In t lie treatment ot cases the National institutes have been very successful. When the institute is opened the proprie tors propose to take in two or three con firmed cases and give free of charge. them treatment TinlC HOY KOPUANO. Two Recitals a Hotel Next nailery P irk Week cs Master Cyril Tyler, the famous boy sopano, soloist of the Grace vested choir, of Detroit, Mich., will give two re citals next Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at the Iiattcry Park hotel. His wonderful voice and artistic method, together with his charming appearance (for he is a handsome little lellowjcre ntcd a perlect niroreof enthusiasm at the Ponce dc Leon, St. Augustine, when he satin there a few weeks since. Master Cyril will sing "Angels liver Bntrht and Fair ' at the morning service nt Trinity Episcopal church tomorrow, mid will probably sing mere in evening. I KM O C It A T I C P R I M A R I K, Iicleicntes to the County Conveu tlou to be Selected. The democratic primaries for the two wards of Asheville will be held this even ing nt 8:30 o'clock. At these, delegates will be sekcted to attend the county convention, which meets in Asheville on Saturday next, April 30. The cast ward democrats w ill meet in the court house, and will select thir teen delegates. The west warders will meet in the Bun combe warehouse and select twenty-two delegates Two New York l-'ools. London, April 23. The latest report concerning the prospective duel between Fox and Iiorrowc growing out of the publication of letters in Iiorrowe-Drny-ton affair, arc that the parties have fixed upon some place in Belgium as the scene of the combat. FREE SILVER IT AGAIN VH'IRINO AS TO AN IN I l.it NATIONAL CONFKRKNCi:. The Heiiate May Have Some In tcrestiuu Fluures in Relation (o the cost of Railways, The Num ber of Tliir iCiupioves, and Their Indebtedness. Washing ton, April 23. After routine business in the senate this morning Mr. Teller offered a resolution requesting U.c president to inform the senate what steps, if any, have been taken towards seeming an international conference to consider the question ol the free coinage of silver at the mints of the nations par ticipating in such conference, or as to the enlarged use of silver in the currency of such counties; also to transmit conies of all correspondence between the United states government anil the noveruments expected to participate in the proceedings of such an international conference. The resolution w.as agreed to. Call offered a resolution (which went over without action I for the appoint ment of a committee ol nine senators to inquire into-the present value per mile of the railways ol the United States, their present capitalization and the difference between s ldi capitalization and actual cost of their construction and equipment; incir gross and net receipts; number oi compensation of their employees; their amount of bonded indebtedness, their capital slock, the amount ol stock and bonds held by the .stockholders and bond holders, distinguishing between home and foreign holders. The bill appropriating $50,000 lor a public building at Salem, Ala., was re ported and placed on the calendar. AMicitic.vN cutitrrv, We Are Doi.iK More For Russia Thau All oilier Nations. London, April 23. Charles Umory Smith, United States minister to Kussia, who is here on his way home, said today: "II is impossible for Americans to real ize how much all the Russians, from the ezar down, appreciate the American relief donations, which arc uracticallv the only foreign assistance so far received. America has given over one million rou bles in food and money. Wc have paid much attention to Samara, where the famine is the worst. We have saved the eattlcand horses of 1,000 German and Russian villages, arc feeding 1,200 peo ple, and have bought seed for 10,000 acres. As lor the future, with relief in sight from America ami a continuance ol local reli, f, I think the necessities ol distressed human beings will be provided for through the summer. The greatest problem at present is the restocking ol farms and furnishing of seed. 'Due point the outside world has failed to recognize is the great work done by the Russians themselves in help ing the peasantry. Several aristocratic families are taking the sjlc care nt" enor mous numbers of destitute people, and many women in high St. Petersburg so ciety nave gone to the province and es tablished immense soup kitchens." CIIITOIt TOWNS' "SCOOP." Made l.nve lo His Rival's DaiiKli ter, and Ran Away to Marry, Jai!Hi:tts, Ga., April 20. Editor Meroney, of the Murphy Cherokee Seoul, has a pretty daughter, to whom Don Towns, a rival editor made love. Meroney told the iirl that she could never marry towns with Ins consent, and ordered Towns to keep away from her. Towns disposed of his property and went to Albany, t,a where he became editor of the News and Advertiser, lie joined a hunting party bound lor the Nantaliala mountains, but dropped out on the way. Miss Meroney slipped away from home and joined her lover, and they were mar ried. Today thev returned to Georgia. .New ork World. A hoti;i, firi:. F'i iuhteoed CiuesiNllave Narrow Kseapes 1 or Their Lives. Asiilanii, Wis., April 23. Fire at mid niuht partiallv destroyed the American hotel. There was a panic among the uests, several ol whom narrowly es caped with their lives. A number were seriously muicil liy dropping Irom 1 lie windows, but it thought all will recover. I'he hnaueial loss is small. titiook $100,000 Worth. San Fu anctsco, Cal., April 23. There has been no recurrence of earthquake shocks in the Vaca valley, and the three towns where the greatest damage oc curred are rapidly recovering from the cffivts of the disaster. The destructive area was confined to a triangle, haying sides ten to twelve miles in length with the towns ol Xaeaville, Dixon and Win ters at angles. It is now estimated that the total damage at all points will not exceed $100,000. Hill's Mini Wins. Washington, April 23. The house yesterday adopted a resolution declaring Rockwell entitled to his seat, vens 12S nays 100. Then Mr. Bryan of Nebraska, made a motion to recommit, witli in structions to the committee to take fur ther testimony. This was defeated; yeas 110; nays 125; and then the resolutions as amended were agreed to without fur thcr opposition. Thus Rockwell was re tained in his scat. More Thau the Chinese. Washington, April 23. Senator Davis in his speech against the Chinese exclu sion bill said that while much had been said about Chinese immigration, he ven tured to say that a more undesirable immigration came into this country every year through the port of New Vork and across the line Irom Canada from European countries, than from China, To I'eed The Russians. Pnil.ADKLl-iiiA, Pa., April 23. The steamship Concmaugh with n cargo of about six million pounds of flour, eighty thousand pounds ot nee and other pro visions tor the latnmc sulterersot Russia sailed for Riga, Russia, today. The Louisville l'lre Bug. LotisviLLU, Ky., April 23. Seven fires were reported here last uight. Evi dently nn iticendinary is at work. The total loss will not exceed tea thousand WANTED. 1,000 DISABLED MEN. Must be in poor health and unable to do a good day's work. A disordered liver or any disease caused by scrofula or bad blood will be considered a quali hcation, but preference will be given to those suffering Iron "that tired feeling." Apply at Grant's Pharmacy and ask for a bottle of "Buncombe Sarsaparilla;" it is the only guaranteed cure in all cases of disease for which it is recommended. Did you ever no, I never, sce'd a teller halfsoyeller. How's your liver? Why, all upset, of course. Then take the rem. cdy, "Buncombe Liver Pills." and" von won't go around looking the color of a yellow fever victim. Thev teed to benefit or cure in every case of disease for which it is recommended or money paid for them will be refunded. tor sale only at GRANT'S PHARMACY. BUNCOMBE LIVER PILLS are mil,!. vet efficient; do not cause n.-iin nr nri,. and act upon the liver and bowels. ' Thev are especially v;ilm,lIo as all.. dinner pills, and readily cure constipa- eiuu mm tosuveness, nausea, distress in the stomach, etc. They are purely vegetable and we be lieve they are the best family pill yet pre pared and offer them with perfect confi dence, believing that whenever used it win oe witu the Happiest results. Try them and tudere for vnnruir Pn, sale only at GRANT'S PHARMACY. 'SYRUP OF TAR AND WIT.n PHRti. KY" as manufactured at Grant's Phar macy is the best cough medicine you can use lor yoursell or your children it is a positive cure and we guarantee it to con tain no opiates in any form, it is entirely harmless. For sale only at GRANT'S PHARMACY. Years ago people regarded cold cream md camphor ice as the ultimatums for chapped hands and all similar skin trou bles, many persons find that the applica tion ot either of them aggravates their trouble. To such "CAMPHO-GLYCER-INE COMPOUND" is a boon it is a pos itive cure for chapped hands, chafing, sunburn, etc., and an elegant face dress ing alter shaving it contains no mineral or noxious ingredient, is elegantly per fumed, will not soil the most delicate fabric, is entirely harmless and safe to use on the most delicate skin and con tains nothing greasy orstickv. Pnr o.-ilo only at GRANT'S PHARMACY. VaVa tooth wash and powder are su perior in quality, they cleanse and beau tily the teeth, strengthen the gums and impart fragrance to the breath. For sale only at GRANT'S PHARMACY. Physicians orders promptly filled and delivered free of charge to any part of the GRANT'S PHARMACY. J7 m. liBELLi DEALER IN REAL ESTATE AND AGENT FOR HIE ASHEVILLE LOAN, CONSTRUCTION A! ID '.MPKOVEMENT COMPANY FOR RENT. line tlire-e-rnnm liniiap nm. rl,l ,lnn.. finished; $10 per month. One sis room house neir old depot, in clevcden I'ark: line view: $12 Der month I he above house fur sale on installment I'liin, or for rent. One- seven room house, modern Improve ments, dose at street car line $10 uer mouth. l-Urnishcd hOlISP lltst nn rnr l!n. nil era improvements, one block of court house 10 rooms. lri.. mn biiiht-room furnisncd house, short distance nr court house; modern improvements; first elass house and first class tenants wanted' none others need apply. Price 35.00. ' J. Al. CAMrsuLL. Kcal Estate Dealer. Lin i, THE BEST -AND- PRETTIEST LOW PRICED TABLEWARE ON THE MARKET. J. H. LAW, 57 and 59 South Main Street. 14 V V - , jfj&'iTfUi ijj'nia, i-j'iissi'i7iiTMiiniYm:kir 1 "m -
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