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stieville Daily Citizen 4, VOLUME IX. NO. 72. ASHEVIIXE, N. a. THUJRSDAY EVENING, JULY 27, 1893. PRICE 5 CJENTS. Saratoga Chips. . . Fresb LotDaeThnrsday, Jaly 27 BY EXPRESS. High Grade Sardines. TEA IS TEA! Of course, whatever 1U quality. Gold I cold, whether it be 0 karat or 22. but somehow peo ple prefer the 22. In like ronn acr they prefer the best quality of tea when they can get it, es pecially If I he price is reasona ble We have a dozen different kinds and flavorsaadcandoubt less suit yon in price and qual ity. Xb. COOPER, North Court square. Hew Goods. New Goods. A BRICK WITH A HISTORY INTEHEITINO F1KD ON TBE VAMDKKBIIfT KBTATK. AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE We have lust opened a beautiful line of Umogn China c f our own Importation In LWnncr Seta, Flates, Cups and Saucers, A, L. CofTes, Clieicolwtc Sets, Olive Fin and Comb Traya, Dun Bod Bs, Salad Dishes, etc. Vc wish to specially mcsilon the bla- tor'cat plates. They are one of the fads in JtiinA Our line of Domestic and Imported Tsimblci a comprises over GO vaiidics. We bs -e a I"ne f etched and cut that we arc offering Bargsrias to -They come one dosea in acaac and make suitable presents. Until the iirt of XugnH art wHI give a handsome Jup atucsc cup an4 suueer with every purchase amounting to $2 and over. Vis t our store. Wc can snfely say that we have the finest mod largest stuck In North Carolina and tirlccs b lowest. THAD. W. THRASH J CO. The Brick WH Marts dred Years Afro and For at Cen tury Was at lart ot The Fire place Ism The Hannlecl House" Near Blllmore. A bit of interesting history of Hun cumbc'i early (lavs is preserved at Bilt- morc in the office of Mr. Charles McNa oice. the mutineer of the Vuuderbilt es tate. The relic is a dated brick. Alter a century of service in the chim ney of the old road bouse at the Horse shoe ford of the Swannauoa, it fell from a point hi the upper course into the fireplace and was taken from the soot and ashes as rubbish, when the light of the numerals arrested the attention of the finder and the supposed trasu was dis covered to lie a treasure. The irregular lines and misshapen clay arc shown in the reduced tac simile be low, and indicate rude manufacture, the ol darkness and the rush of the river the I bolder spirits engaged the crowd with tales of the magic of scarlet satans, and startled wild-eyed sweethearts into squeaks of terror by sudden whispered announcements of the approach of head less wraiths in tracks of pale blue light. Bovs bathing in the river kept a weather- eye on the haunted house and sported bkc rats who vc seen a cat. Turned into a hoarding no use lor workmen on the esate, the glory of the croblin hall is fading. During a recent visit, when its patched up rotting floors rattled in a rush ol unknowable sounds, the timid observer suggested the super natural, but the idea perished in the scornful tones of the woman of the bouse as she divined the cause of the disturb ance and said, "Them aiut hants, them's rats!" HORRIBLE DISASTER DL.OWM TO ATOMS BV OI.VCERINE. MITHU FRANCE AMD0IAM. HE BON III ARC HE WIW INVOICE fBROIDtrW & NEW INVOICE BIBBDNS. NEW INVOICE LACES figures being formed in the very oldest style. These latter show in distinct contrast with the dark red color of the general mass and are set in gasbed-out matrixes in the narrow edge; the whitened faces of the figures arc of a dur- i.i . i ......... .-: . .i ..... CfflXl,"jlS OX Cf Oi.Cl I haye been moulded in their present form CJ CJ I while the composition was in a liquid - state. Wo have just received a line of Fino Imported Sardiues in XA and s tins. KROGER All Summer Press Goods at Greatly duccd Trices to close out. New Summer Neckwear lor Ladies Gentlemen. Re.- and Still the best line of under wear for ladies, men and children. BON MARC HE 37 Hoiitn Main Hircet. tlti beautl'ul cereal product made from yellow corn la equally attractive to the eye and palate. the intelligent housekeeper wilt doubtless rind many ways to prepare this delicious article for the table. powell & snider m REAL ESTATE. W. B. GWYN. W. W. WBST. Gwyn & West, (Snccessori to Walter B. Owyn.) ESTABLISHED 1J81 REFER TO BANK OF MMEVtLLE. Real Estate. Loam Securely Placed at 8 1 Per Cent. Notary Public, Commissioner of Deeds. FIRE INSURANCE. SOUTHEAST COURT HQUARB. CORTLAND BROS., Real Batate Broker And Invcstncnt Agcnta NOTARY PUBLIC loans semrely placed at S per cast. OaBces 35 A S Patton Avssnst. , Stcoad ISjoor. JOHN CHILD, REAL ESTATE AXO LQAI BROKER. Punished and Unfurnished Houses. OPFICB ROOMS. Loans securely Placed at Bight per cent. GREAT REDUCTION !. Hammocks, Hr Croquet Sets, Tennis Goods. Now is the Time to Buy! Hammocks wa have brcn aril n at $l .'-'3 elllnff now for 95 ceals; Sl.tVO for Sl.lO; S3 for S3. fs od.2. cat? Si r CO o n Ve H O 'y, o r5 o S SfS ti a O a D O Cr -quel sets frnm $1.59 to to 93. $1.15; S3VISO Twenty Per Cent, less and Leather belts. on Tenala Co- da I L. DLOMBERG, The Modtl Cigar Store, 17 PATTON AVE. H. S? eS ,-; t. "3 C5 t- m O a. C O . n fc "v3 . .9 - S o a Pi -J PRETTY AMERICAN BAKERY F, R F. AND ATTRACUVi: LINE OF LUNCH W.j We aro prepared to supply the citizens of Abbeville with Fresh Bread, llolls, l'ics uiul Cakes ol every description. If you want nice weddiug or BASKETS! P1" ca-ke,cPvo U8 un der and if you ore not pleased in quality and artis tic work wo will refund you A. LATIMER yonr money. We will add daily different lines of cake. Will bako any kind of cukes io order. 1 Telephone 174:. WHAT IS IT ? Jast Sal table for Picnic Occasions. . tO MBW SOUTH BAKINO FOWDEIS To be fooad IT IS FROZEN FRUIT FRAPPE I The rnovt dellKhtfnl soda fountain delicacy of the season. Hare you tried it? Your friend has. Ask him. HBINITRIt Ac REAGAN. WE ARE Belllofc scents for IIUYLBa'd CANDIES received Wednesday and Saturday IIlilNirsiI & RB'GAN. SEflD YOUR Mail Orders for Drugs and Sundries and we will ensure prompt attea- tioa. . UE1N1TSU & REAGAN I at LATIMBK'B. 13 CC.3T SCW tW CITY H ALL IB tli COURT SOU A BE UBADUATBO DBTJOOISTS. Various conjectures are afloat ns to its maker and his object; the former was undoubtedly Col. John M. Patton or by his direction; whether there are more of the same sort and why this particular one should come to light in itscentennisl year, is it the key to hidden mysteries in the old mansion and who will find them out, are unsolved riddles. Viewed in the lights of the oldest in habitant the house in which the brick was found, locally known as "the old Patton house," becomes a place where the charms of remote trndition meet the weird and ghastly romancing ot later times, and as they relate history they weave an old-fashioned talc of haunted house. When Buncombe's metes and bounds were laid the record is that the court was held at the home of Wi liatn David son, the grandfather of Col. A. T. David son, who then resided on the south bank of the Swannanoa river at a point now known as the "Gum Spring," a short dis tance below Biltmore and near the old ohn Patton house. Tradition has it that some of the logs in the house in which the county was organized ate yet to be seen in the old barn ot the Patton estate just beyond the house. The first order made by the officers of the nc or county was to lay out a road from this house of William Davidson to Cherryfield settlements, now Ilrcvard, the Indian boundary on the upper Trench Broad. The building was erected in the year on the brick, by Col. John M. Patton, in the forks ol the road, half a mile down the river from the present station at Bilt more. and became a noted road ho use for travellers. About 1830 carpenters were imported from Tennessee to remodel the structure, and its Iors were then cov ered in its present finish. An inspection of the house shows up an old timer, built for easy comfort in the hospitable Southern style, with open porches across the entire iront below, the spindling pillars giving place above to rooms at either end. The chimneys show their bulk outside, and their age is clearly read in the jagged rents and seams that scar their height. The propcd up corners, the saggy, bulging lines and the gray and curling weather boards all tell a tale of storm and decay. The interior is broken up with a dozen rooms, wainscoted in curious panel, closely ceiled and embellished with sim ple lines of molding. The woodwork, once adorned with grass-green paint, is mottled with the discolorations of suc cessive coats and peelings of whitewash and the refusal of oil and water to mix. The crcat big fireplaces will take a cordstick and the story goes that back logs never went out. A crooked, boxed-in stairway leads to the apartments above, finished much like those below with panelled mantels and wainscot in a faded glory of the same green paint; the expansive garret discloses the rough hewn timbers of the original framing, once taut and stiff in wooden pins, but now wobbley-jointed by the rack of the storms of a hundred winters; its inner walls are lined with snaky masses ol dead and twisted vines. the remnants ol tbe rank growtn tnat once forced its way from the outer sun shine. When the hustle of Mr. Vander bilt'a schemes began to change the face of nature, tbe place bad become an ivy-clad ruin, with forlornest aspect and tbe reputed abode of ghostly hants. Boltless doors swung to and fro on their rusty creaking hinges, and the battered and broken sashes offered entrances and exits to ill-omened creatures in their nocturnal flight. The spoilings of ages helped on tbe tales ol tongucy guides when they spoke of foxes, owls and bats, uncanny witches and their broth from toads and snakes and nettles. For half a century tbe marvelous te nacity of superstition habited the bouse witb fantastical creations, groans and ratlline chains, bloody bones and beads. spike-tailed devils cavorting in hideous carnival and "enrus looking white things a-moving todes me, twell 1 e'en'tnos' got froze." Tbe nearness ot the rendezvous of spooks to tbe big road made light travel after nightfall. A snapping twig or twitteriiig bird discounted tbe rum ble of thunder in the cars of the belated darkey and made him "bit tbe grit" for tbe shelter of the nearest quarters; within their cabins with ashy lace and bated breath be told of a "shore 'nuf hant wid bufs and hawna, pawin up de yearth of de big road by de ok Patton house" whose fiery grasp he had eluded s I by the skin of his teeth. m o iiiurc rcwnt nuxv. v. huh . war," and until tbe ruin was made hab itable by its present owner, gay parties of young people from tbe city, ghost hunters for a night, made tbe ford in French unuboHls Force at Pass sgeVpThe Mtuui River. Paris, July 27. It is stated that ar effective blockade of the Siamese coast by the French fleet will only begin Sat urday or Sunday next. . Until then all the powers will not have received notice of Prance's intention to establish tbe blockade. The Chinese charged'affuircs bad an in terview yesterday with tbe chief officials at tne foreign othce in regard to Mam Temps gives a detailed account of how a French gunboat lorceil a passage up the Menam river. 1 he gunlmatscntered the channel about 6 o clock in tbe even ing and immediately both forts and Siamese gunboats opened fire on tbe French warships. The French gunboats crossed the bar, notwithstanding the explosion of the submarine torpedoes directly ahead of the fleet. The Inconstante rammed and sank tbe Siamese gunboat. About il o'clock the forts at Oaknnm opened fire at a range of one quarter of a mile. A French gunboat all this time was making ten knots an hour against tbe stream. At 9:30 o clock the l-rencb fleet an chored in front of the French legation at Bangkok. The fire had little effect owing to darkncsB. Prnnulvanla Has, His Three- Horse Tn and Waicon Blows lo Shreds-Miraculous Escape of Bs slanders. riTTsni'RO, Pa.. July 27. Early this morning M. S.VanBurcn and two broth ers went to their magazine near Samples station, on the Pittsburg western rail way, to get a load ol nitroglycerine for the purpose of shooting an oil well. The dangerous fluid was being transferred to a wagon to which three horses were at tached. A considerable quantity had been placed on the wagon, when in some manner which will probably never be ex plained, the glycerine exploded. Tbe terrific concussion shook tbe buildings violently. People near the scene were thrown about in every direction The only portion of M. S. VanBuren's body yet lound is a part ol a leg-, bmall shred of flesh were scatterd all about. Three horses were also blown to frag- meats, while only a few small pieces of . t . i i coe wagon remain, a noie was oiown into the ground large enough for aceller. Several people were injured by the con cussion and flying debris, but tbey will recover. VanBuren was 22 years old and unmarried. The escape of his brothers, who were near by, was mirac ulous. DRUGS, MEDICINES AND SOD A WATER. A Strange combination, but when yon avc tested the new drlnka at our fountain which, alwaya delicious themselves, contain extracts of medicinal properties, tbe moat popular of these are: OMR HII.UON IN GOLD. Tide A GREAT BVNULIi. The Legal I.lKhlnliiar Does Mot 'Work: Well. Ai ni'KN, N. Y., July 27. Wm. G. Tay lor was electrocuted at 12:15 p m. for the murder of Solomon fohu son in Auburn prison Sept. 20, 1802. The electrocution of Taylor was not a success. The lootrest of the chair broke and the dynamo gave out, so that tbe second current could not be applied. He was not dead from the first contact and soon began breathing heavily. lie was placed on a cot and conveyed back to his corridor, where he continued breath ing and groaning with pulse growing stronuer. It is now thought the power will have to be obtained from the city's electric plant and Taylor will have to be re olaecd in the chair and electrocuted to death. Physicians say he was uncon scious after the first contact of over 1, 7U0 volts. His conditio ! at present is analogous to thnt of a man stricken with aKplcxy. Morphine has just been administered. Witnesses arc not per mitted to leave tbe prison. Rapidly Turnlnsx Towards the United Stales. New York, July 27. Early trading at the stock exchange was characterized by a good deal of feverishness, but there was far less excitement than had been looked for after the important events of yesterday. In a few stocks there were continued liquidation and prices natu rally scored a further decline. Lacka wanna was a case in point, breaking to 127. General Electric and St. Paul were also under the hammer for a while and touched lower figures. In fact no sub stantial recovery occurred until it was announced that Lazard rreres had or dered $1,000,000 gold for shipment to this siile. 1 Ins is tbe first larce sum taken for some time past and the belie! t will be followed by similar action by other bankers gave the street more cour age. ' At 11 the market was firm in tone, CRIMINAL COllRT. UK WILL HsNO. Hill His Rlctoea could.Mot Save From the Gallows. Charleston, July 27. A special to the News & Courier from Columbia, says: "In the State Supreme court there ended a remarkable case so far as the courts are concerned. Tbe last decree has gone forth and Geo. S. Turner, the wealthv Spartanburg man, who foully mnrdcred his brother-in-law, Edward Finger, some years ago after suducinc Finger's sister, must die at the end of the rope, and that soon unless, perchance, executive clemency should intervene to save him trom a fel on's death. All his riches and the cm Dlovment of the very best legal talent could avail him nothing save the delay ing ol the execution of the deatn sen tence." Todav Taken ItpbvThe Parham Lludsev Case. At the last term of tbe Buncombe Criminal court Dan Norton, white, who was charged with retailing liquor with out license, was put under bond for good behavior and the observance of the law until this court. Yesterday after noon Norton was brought into court, where it was shown that he had vio lated the law again, and Judge Jones sentenced him to four months in the chain gang. The court lias been engaged today on tbe case ot Parham and Lindsey .charged with hiirhwav robberv. Tbe defence represented by I. W. Summers and J. M Gudgcr, while Solicitor Carter is assisted by C A. Moore. AT CLARF.MONT. COCA COLA, AROMATIC EGQ PHOSPHATE, HIRE'S ROOT BEER. la Besides these, our Ice Cream Soda, IMneap pie Snow, reaches and Cream are more popular than ever. In drugs our stock is as complete as it possible to be. tlWe also carry a fine line of druggiat sun dries. Strangers will find our stock in this line far better than is expected of a town this size. We have J uat received a very pretty new novelty in the Columbian Pen Knife, alumi num handles, and three good ateel bladea. We only have a few and will sell for Si each. Very aultablc as a World'a Fair Souvenir. Don't leave Ashevllle without calling at our store. Open evenings till 11 o'clock. RAYSOR & SMITH, PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIS1S, MO. 31 PATTON AVENVB. P. S. 75 Boxes Tanglefoot Stick? Ply Paper left at 45 cents a box. Call early for this Bargain. Pleasaut Evening: at the Home of C W. Murphey. Claremont, the bachelor borne of Clar. ace Wainwrlght Murphey, on Town mountain, held a gay coterie of the friends of the popular city passenger acent of the R. & D.. last evening. Dancing, flowers, music ana rciresn- ments filled the evening, and a "good- bve" was sunc in the early morning, The party included Mr. and Mrs. r reel A. Hull. Mr. and Mrs. u. l". mcuouo. Mr. and Mrs. loe Sludcr. Miss Hilliard. Miss Pcnn. the Misses Cartmcl, Miss McMiller. the Misses Kumbougb, Miss Branch and the Misses W a dele 11, Messrs, Foster, Hilliard, Downcs, Butler, Kum bough. Smith, Darby, Myers, Branch, Merrtmon and Saunders. Special Underwear Sale ! Twenty Per Cent. ROYALTY COMIMU. HANACVA CAPTURUDi Arch-Duke Frani Alexander Headed This way. WASliiNtiTON, July 27. News has been received here that Arch-duke Franz Al exander, heir presumptive to the throne ol Austro-Hungary, may be expected in the United States in a short time. He is making a tour of the worlel ami if lie visits the United Mates win conic incog nito, thus avoiding all official ceremony and recognition. He will probably enter the United States from Vancouver, li. C, and bis itinerary will include Chicago, New York, Washington and other large cities of tbe north and west. I chance for CNVRCH STREET MS PATTON AVENUE. rielesof straw, and is tbe gruesome gtoom gested in some quarters yesterday, A mall Sank Failure. Spokane, Wash., luly 27. The First National bank suspended payment yes terday. The Spokane Savings bank, connected with the First National, closed at the same lime. Iu a few minutes the news was known throughout the city, but it was received quietly. 1 here was no effect perceptible at any of tbe other banks. President Glover stated that tbe bank has only temporarily suspended and all depositors will be paid in full, Russia Will Be Meairal. I'akis. July 27. The Tetite Parisicn today published a dispatch from St, Petersbarc stating that the Czar has ordered Vicc-Adiniral TirtofT, common der of the Russian Pacific squadron, to proceed to Siam with all available speed The dispatch adds that it is understood in St. Petersburg that Russia intends to observe an bsolutcly neutral attitude in the Franco-Siamese dispute. Y SI. C. A. Meeting Bandar. Dr. Wharton will speak at the Y. M C. A. song service on Sunday alternoon I in the opera house. M rs. C. L. Fraley soprano of Christ's church, Nashville, Tenn.. will assist in tbe song service. The meeting begins at 4.30, doors will open at 4:15. II Will Mot Close. New Yosk. Inly 27. Tbe governing committee of the New York stock ex change decided not to take any action looking to the closing oi tne stoca cx- a le" clays, wnicn was sug. The Cllv Reported in the Hands I of Revolutionists. New York, July 27. A cable to the Herald from Panama says : A private I telegram from Nicaragua announces! that the Leon revolutionists have cap tured the citv of Managua. Details have not been obtained. 1 he importance ot I the capture cannot be overestimated, as I it will give them control f the capital I of tbe republic, with all the moral effect I and prestige it implies. lorna Dtamaare Near Clsrde. Canton, N. C, July 27. Special. A severe rain, nan and wind storm passea near Clvde vestcrdav that was some thing akin to a cyclone in its encct. it was about half a mile wide and lor some distance it cleaned up almost everything in its course, completely demolisning tne tobacco and corn crops, tearing away fencing, tobacco barns, etc. One farmer, Thomas Medford, has 10 acres of corn that be says he will now take IO cents for, and others are reported equally as bad. Discount. F. E. Mitchell, The Haberdasher, 28 Patton avenue. I. W. PeChL, nBAI.BR IN Capt. Boarke Acqnltled. Valetta, Malta, July 27. The court- martial appointed to ineiuire into the loss of tlic battleship Victoria today rendered a decision in tbe case of Hon. Maurice A. Bourkc, captain of the Vic toria. The court lound that no rcspousi, bilitv attached to Capt. Bourke for tbe disaster and he was therefore acquitted of all blame FANCY frtJix exclusively, NO. 14 PATTON AVENUE. SB South Mala Stmt, 3 doors below citv ticket office. Plmrrs, Pa., Barslng. Reading, Pa., July 27. A despatch re ceived here from Palmyra, Lebanon county, says: "Fire started here this mornine in planine mills, and half the town is threatened. Eight buildings have been destroyed up to this time. 10 m. Tne Lebanon tare department nas been telegraphed for and is now on tbe way. Palmyra is 36 miles west ot Head ing and 1,5UU papulation." 8PBCIAL, ACCIDENT INSCRANCB FOR TOKLD'H WfJkML Tills. S3.000 and SIS Weekly for 1 per weak. Bane for ladles. At Ballard ae Kick's. Tetepho L.ONNIE ft. PULLIAM, Practical Btectrlcuus. Mo. IT 11 W. Court Square. Jc23dla AshevlUe, M. O HeatajMiiaMBa Keqncsiea. I TXW TIXJ WiiiiiMr.TnM Tntv 17 Srr ret arv Car- VVIICVtUI as n luwiuai iviVHitki A. White, fourth North Carolina: Js D. Brady, second Virginia, Patrick U. McCaall, sixth Virginia. I CHURCH STREET, rusrmn to
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