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1 AsiieviUe VOLUME X-NO, 256. ASUEVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2S, 1895. PRICE 5 CENTS Daily. Citizen. Via "Southern." This week we hive re ceived shipments of the very best Crackers, Dried Fruits, Olives. Domestic And Imported Canned Goods. POWELL & SNIDER "The White Corner." Box Paper and Stationery, We Have Just fteceived a Full Line WHITING'S STATIONERY The ' JtedJJndwM BrieesirmparerUh Northern cities. U-JLIeupprjeiirea In pickste, for 15c. Hated or plain. BLOMBERG'S. 1; fattoa Ave. Asheville, N.C. 1 IP X U Ho, A Shore Mackerel. 1 Split Herring. COD FISH m :: Ha,ibut O l.i and K 1 i E j Cape nn D I,'1 Finn i TTnddies. g. a, ti N. Court Hace. i . (f. C FINE cl vr rop "ed toes, patent Up, very stylish. B, C, D. K cLi8, Th"'nTw.tyo. SO. "chinned or jroorWwy back if yon Bit. r reliable ahoe. try SPANGE N BERG, Widow's mu 'CRACKERS I With every nickel's worth you rt j coin representing the WIDOW'S MITE We alto hire fresh lot of Reoeptlon Flakes, Banquet Wafers, Ohooolate Desert Oalte, Marahmallow Oake, Snow Oake, Oraham Wafers, EJto- These goods have an extremely crackery flavor and are delightfully pleasant to the taste. A. D. COOPER, No. 2 Court Square BON MARCHE Some new things. Genuine English HAIR CLOTH. 3-4, 4-4, 6-4 Rubber Sheeting. 545 yds. Hamburg Edge, worth 8c to ioc, at 5c. 324 yds. Hamburg Edge, worth 15c to 20c, at ioc. R. & G. special long waist, 6-hook Corset, $1, in white and black. Valenciennes Laces and Edges. Van - Dyke - Laces In black and butter col or. Fine black Serges, Cheviots and Novelties In fine all-wool Dress Goods, Novelties in stamped linen Squares and Trays. Embroidery wash Silk, all kinds, 3c skein. A new lot of Ladies' Mus lin Underwear ordered to fill in broken lots still at special prices. Everything to be found at bTrche 37 South Mais Street. VOD CAN BUY AT. CHEDESTER'S, 11 fATTOS AVE. TELEPHONE 90. 4. A FRESH LOT Of Malaga Grapes, 18C. A POUND. COCOANUTS 5 CTS LARGEST PINEAPPLES 15 CTS. Fruit of tbe Loom Domestic 6 1-2 Cts, FLEISCHMAN'S YEAST. A full li of dry g-ods nd shoes at 1 wer ikm ut other house in the city. Sever 1 aecond floor and basement room. for sent. No. 3 Pattoa t. .-r etud. Soreens- We have opened a line of hand made Japa nese rugs in beautiful Fenian effects. Siae 114, $1.15. Sire jij. $1.40. Site 418, fc.aj. The screens are black cloth with gold em broidery, aid real barf alna at the follow. ing prices: ' " Four fold, s feet, fe.43. Three fold, 1 feel r.ja. Come before these are gone. THRASH S CRYSTAL PALACE. For a 10 cent smoke there is none to compare with them. At H ESTON'S 26 "South main si Agfnt for V GAUDIES TELEPHONE NO. lB,v H. REDWOOD & CO., 7 & 9 PATTON AVENUE. J 1ST TO HAMS. Percales, Bleached Cottons, Cambrica, French Nainsooks, Persian Lawns, Dotted Swisses. Pique Welts, Diamond Piques, Cambric Fmbioideries, Nain'ook Ditto, Real VeniseLacea, Esprit Laces, Real Torchons. Silks, Velvets, Corsets, Etc. THE WAY. Fashionable Dress Goods, White Goods in great variety, Underwear, Hosiery, Prints, Ginghams, Fine Cotton Fabrics, Staple Smallwares, Muslin, Underwear, Etc. i.aui: DISC Ol.HTS On Wraps of all kinds, soiled Muslin, Underwear, Walking Coat Snits, Dress Good Remnants, etc. Heinitsh & Reaean, PATTON A. SELL1NO AGENTS FOI -TAlf OPF1 AM. YEAR Hot Chocolate, Whipped Cream, Hot Bouillon. tBOLD ROBBERY OF IN n AVI. IT IS BELIEVED A LAltOE WAS MADE. The. Train Cut In Two, auct the Pas- enirer Cur Loft Stnndluir While the Exire Was Taken Down -the Track -A Scattering of Valuable. Dallas, Tex., Feb. 28. The toldest train robbery ever committed in Texas took place on the edge of this city at 7 o'clock last evening. Fifteen armed men held up the Austin und TexasCentrul ex press at the Missouri, Kansas and Texas crossing. Tbeconductor and fireman were made to have the train, aud then the , robbers cut loose the xprrs and bur gage cars, plactd men on the engine, pulled the throttle wide open and ran northward, leavinu the body of the train on the track. Just before starling uwny with the express car the robbers compelled Cn eioter Tom Averitt logttinto tbeenb. He was then made to ruu out tv a poin' near White Kock bottoms, about fire miles north of the Dallas union depot. They stopped aid coiuptlltd the exuress messenger to open the express car and admit them. The messrnKer, confronted with six-sbootcrf , opened the salt-, nrii the robbtrs plundered it. They tore up a lnre r.um'wr of packages, After th y had finished with the ci. pres car they hot out the heacllibt and othtr illuminators, leaving the engine and express car in total nnrkness. Tbev told the erjjinnr to back to hi train us soon as he pleated. The robbers then scattrred to the woods where, it is prc6Uimd, they bad comrades and borsts in wuitint;. The railroad and exptess officials and employes dve're that the robbers found no money, but tbe bill" I is general unit a larur sum was secured. In mining back to his train Engineer AeriU had no signals to guide him, and cratbid into the cars on reaching them, smashing several sets of tiumpeis The passengers had hidden their t fleets under and about tbe scats. Tbe shock to the car sent watches, money aud mis cellaneous valuables jingling and clatter me around tbe floor. Tbe lacts of the robbery were tele phoned into headquarters by the fireman. who had to walk some distance to reach a telephone. Detective Arnold and Sher iff Cabell with 10 mounted officers, arnnd with i clusters, started in pui uit from ptd:ce headquarters, Tbe rob- bers bad neurly two bours tne start ol tbe pursuing party before the latter reached the scene ol tbe hold-up and plundering. 1 be police late last night arrrsted Joe Mills at the Variety theatre as one of the suspected robbers. He had nquistid tbe saloon keeper to change a $25 gold piece belorc entering tbe theatre, saying he did not care to drink. When searched $219 in cold was found on his person. lie gave his address as Tennessee. The detectives ere looking for the men who were with him beiore be entered the theatre. FREE SILVER FIGHT. The Michigan liemocrats Will Start One In ate Convention. Saginaw, MieV, Feb 28 In the Dem ocratic State convventiou which meets here t day to nominate a justice of the Supreme court and two regents of tbe University, their promises to be a bitter fight on tbe question of silvi r. Th? si'- ver men will dtniaOd the adoption of the following plutlorm. The Democratic partv. in convention assembled, hails with delight the rapidly increasing sentiment in favor ol the restoration of silver to the position it so long held in the monetary system of our eouutry and unqualifiedly d elates in fnvor of the free and ui-limited coinage of silver and gold with lull legal tender power at a ratio' of 16 to 1; and we in vite evi ry patriotic citiz-n of Michigan, ngardlessof previous party affiliations, o pin us in an imperative demand tor mmediate legislation to that end, re gardless ol tbe position of any other na tion with respect thereto. Justice MiGratb ol the Snpieme court will undoubtedly be renominated. STATION TALK . Plckupa Down Where the Southei'ii Trains Come In. Receiver F. B Drake of the Cincinnati, lackson & Mackinaw railroad, came to Asheville Tuesday evening in the private car "Leon" from Florida, accompanied by his family. They remained here until yesterdav afternoon and left on N ). 11 for Harritnan. Col Alex. K Mcrlure will rome to Asheville in tbe private car "Coronet." Geo S. Bowdoin, of the great banking firm of J. Pierpont Morgan &' Co . ac companied oy a party ol iricna, win a-rive here on the 8 h of March, in the New Yoi k Central car "I If r.;" It is ixoected that after the first of March all local freights on tbe ro ds leading to Asheville will carry passen gers. Ibe new telegrapn rules o tne south ern require the sender to count the words of his dispatch and mark the time ft filing. Tbe rule cuts off the long-winded messages. ASHEVILLE MISSED IT. The Great Work Mow Golntc ou at Roanoke Itnpkls. W. R. Whitson, esq., has lately re ceived a letter from W. G. Maxwell in which that gentleman sas his company intends to build at Roanoke Rnp d, near Weldon, factories that will euploy 2,000 bands. A large force is at work building hotels, laiingont the grounds. etc. Mr. Maxwell adds: ' We do not propose to stop until we make Roanoke Rapids tbe leading manutactunng site in the south. Tbe especial significance of this to Asheville need not be pointed nut to the Asheville people. The compiny re'erred to is the one that wanted to build the knitting mill on the Swannanoa river a few miles above Asheville. Savannah Is Tranquil. Satanhah, Ga., Feb. 28. Four men are under arrest for participation in tbe disturbance at tx-Prieit Slattery's last ' Monday night, and orders have been given for the arrest of several others. ' hre is no indication ol any lurtner deal instration. Siattery did not lecture last night, tbe ball be ing refosed him by the lesse. M ADISOX'S LAST TRAGEDY rartlculurs of thu Double Killing on hlleillon Laurel Suutliiy Night ' E Chandk-jr 01 this city bai received . a letter Irora his brother, J. C. Cbandley who lives 011 Slid ton Laurel, Madison 'county, uenr the scene of lust Sunday ' n'Kht ,r"K " ' From tnr P '"iiulnrs given in the letter . " "PPMf thnt llur 'er fl" gaged in the difficulty, which occurred at "Son" Franklin's house. The 6ve weie "Bos" Stanton and Everett Sbel too, who. weie killed: Baiter Shelton lames bnnton nnd Nt d. Shelton. An old grudge hitil existed between ''Boss jSantotiniu B -xter Sfelton. and when ! 1 Y , . . "7" "Krlcu l" u olu iiui:mhi ij.ik ei ciiiatecr uvcr Astley di npiKnred in the darkn ss hi nton took hold of Shilton's right arm. anenun s.iiu liner me trug ttl th.it Stnn'on matched his pistol out ol his right linnil and hied at his bead Sbdtoti, h , it feem. usually carried two pistol', caught a pistol from his lelt pocket with his 'ell u.iudabu shot S'an I'm in the breMtV Stanton rllWM 13 or JO minutes. At this time Jmen Stanton und Rod Shelton were s norting near be door Everett Shelton. who was n short dis tance Ironi them, stepped toward the d "or. Stnuton watn d him uot to draw bis pistol. Shooting ihen tc'nn hctwrrii the tut n in the houjr, and n Ui'Ut from Stanton's pist il took rffrct in Everett Slulton's breast, cuifin' his dea'.h Mon day morning. S-'onie 15 sh Is were fired during the Irtv. Junes Stanton nnd B ixter Shelton were t-lghtlv wounded. The letter, which was written Monday fa d ill.' men had escaped. The p irties to the terrihL- nflair were not brothers, ns at first stattd. James Stanton is an uncle of ' Dots," nnd the Shelt'-ns n-r second c msins, STHA s'tiE HA LLUC1 NATIONS. Inquiry Into the Sanity of Mrs. A. K Glbbs. A case of peculiar- hallucination devel oped jesttrday when Mis A. E. Gibbs was brought before Jnstiies N. A. Rev n ihts and th: s W Malone that her sanity might be inquired into. Mrs Gibbs imagints that she is possesied of property lure, and wrote a note to Dr. Jas. A Burroughs demanding that he pay lur $125 a month rent for some ol the property hiihcxiMd only in her mind, und which she s iid had belonged to her dead child Eloise. Sue threatened violence in ease the Doctor did not com plv, Mrs. Gibbs also labored under the be liel that the physicians of the city and the Flower Mission had robbed her of money placed in a bauk here for her ihild by Dr. H. M. Wharton, the cvnr gt list who was here last yi.nr. Hie im agined that the Fl-iwenAlission had sent lur poisoned ft ur, and tbe had sent samples of 'the flour to Mayor Patton and others. Mrs. Gibbs did not want the case to proceed until her attorney, who, she said, was B. M. Wilsonxif Chicago, nud her friend. Dr. Wharton, could arrive. Dr. Burroughs and Dr. W. P. Whit tington were examined, and the court decided to commit Mrs Gibbs, and ap plication will be made lor her admission to the nsi luin Mrs. Gibbs is about 40 years old and has lived fccre several years. She has two young children. SUIT roil DAMAGES. Mr. And Mrs. K. stratum 1'lulnt iris. Ak'utust Thud. W. Thrash. Complaint has b en filed in Sttptricr Court Cli rk Cathe 's office in a case en titled "E Strauss and wife, Jeannette C Strauvs, vs "I had. W. Thrash," in which suit is instituted against Mr. Thrash, The counts charge slander and libel, aod $10,1)00 damages is prayed for in caih count. The complaint nllece that Mr. Thrash had sent Mrs. Strauss a note saying that b "some m'stakc or otherwise vou carried away n few pieces of goods without paving for the-m," and added bat il the goods were not returned an officer would be sent fir them and with u war runt for he r arrest. 1 II Merritnou and Tucker & Murphy arc attorneys tor the plaintiffs. THE FLOOD I'ASSKD IT 1IY. Fire IturiiH a Landmark of the .Johns tow n Flood. Johnstown, Pa.. Feb., 28. The large St Joseph's German Catholic church which w ithstood the I runt of the terri ble flood . f May 31. 1889, was this morning eh stroc eel by fire. Within an hoti' alter the fire brake out the dome and heavy waits fell in and several firemen b irelv r caped with their lives. Louis Plarr was fatally injured and a man named Boltz was badly hurt by being c mjht it 'der a tailing wall. Loss a bom $50,001) fullv covered bv insurance. 135,(HMlFor Nnshvllle. t Washington, Feb. 2S In the Senn e todav the amendment e.fTcrcd last cvei -ing by Bate, appropriating $1'5,000 to a;d the exposition at Nashville, Tenn , in c immemoraiion ol tne hundredth year of Tennessee's statehoad, was taken up and agned to. The Hawaiian Cable. Washington, Feb 28. The- Hnue to day voted, 150 to 115 to insist upon its disagreement to the Senate amendment to the diplomatic eind consular bill pro viding for the building of the Hawaiian cable. NORTH CAROLI4 VEWs. Mr. John Holmes, a voung married man i.f Winston lelt Tuesdav for Wake county to e; bis mother, whom he did not snow was n live. .Mr iioimes was carried to the Oxlord Orphan asylum when a mere lad and did not hi ar from bis mother until a few days ago. His father died when the son was an infant says the Charlotte Observer. A Springfield. Ohio, telegram says: "A syndicate is in process of organiza tion here to mine gold which s said to exist in paying quantities near Char lotte, N C. At the head of it are ex Mayor 0. S. Kelly and Dr. I D. Lisle, a well known chemist D. . Miller, dealer iu general mer chandise at Salis) ury has made an assignment. Mr. K Lee Wright was made assignee. Liab-lirirs about $1)00; assets estimated at $2,400. Senator Jarvs will deliver the com- tnenceme ntddrtss at Mt. Pleasant col- lege. III. C. EM? IS ELECTED JUDGE CON FEDERATE MONI MKNT GET lO.OOO. MAY Asuevlllo'a Charter Kill Introduced In the House by Lusk A Ijtrge Diiv for I'ersouul rrlvllcwo-FiiMloulKta to Cuutrol Mora-Hilton Asylum. Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 28 - ISptcial.- Atjesterd.iy afternoon's session of the Senate the bill passed second rending to abolish tbe Criminul court of New Han over nnd to establish circuit courts for Craven, New Hanover, Mecklenburg. Ldgrcombe, Halitnx, Vance and Warren It came up on third reading today. The Senate and House concurrently elected Ewnrt judge and Mc-Call solici tor of the Criminal couit of Buncombe, Haywood, Madison and Henderson W.lt, Wiltou was elected clerk for Bun TO' Thf Senate elected ns trustees ol the colored Agricultural and Mechanical college Thos B. Keogb, James B. Dudlv nnd v. I-, ueboam. Hills were introduced in the House: bv Mr. Lusk, to revise and consolidate the charter of Asheville; to regulate pas se nger rauroau rates By Mr. Croom, to re-duce the salaries of officers of the University 20 per cent. 1 he House last night passed on second reading the bill providing for additional directors for tbe deaf and dumb asylum at Morganton, so as to put tbe fusiou ists in control. A surprise was given in the Senate this morning in the introduction nnd oas sage of the bill appropriating $10,000 to complete the Confederate monument I he bill was introduced bv Grant ol Wayce,.an ex-union soldier, nnd passed second reading by a vote ol 19 to 14. It was objected to on third reading and will come up again tomorrow. Moody ol Hsy wood, who has been n warm champion ol the bill, declares it will pass the bous? also. It is rumored that it has been decided to past this bill to offset the effect of the Douglass reso- ution. The Senate took up tbe county gov- rnment bill as a special order, and Moody explained iu brief that it was designated to elect county commission- rs by tbe people and make Ihi-m merelv a board of financ, taking away all their political powers. Alter two hours' de bate tbe berate pa-sed the bill on second ending by a strict party vote. Nearly all the time in the House to-dny was taken up by personal privileges. Lus' denounced the correspondent of be Charlotte Observer who gave a list it those voting for the Douulasa resolu- ion. and characterized him as a wiltull, malicious and corrupt liar. Turner of vlitchi ll termed him "the prince of liars," nd Mcllamniv wound him up as a multitudinous and damnable liar." OLD GLORY'. A Flag Raising: Event Under .Jr O. U, A. M. Auspices. Petersdurg, Va., Feb. 38. State Council Sec retary Thomas B. Ivcy of the unior Order United American Mechanics, and a committee from several councils ol his order in Petersburg waited on the chool board last night nnd nsked per mission to raise American fl gs on nil the public school buildings in this city. T he permission was readily granted. Th- date for the fl ig raising will be the iccasion ol bringing to Petersburg sev- ral hundred mini bus and Iriends ol the rder from all parts ol the State. HARD TO HEAT, SURE. Two Living; Examples of Flno Muu- liooil Roclteel by n Corrospoiielout. Mars Hill. N. C, Feb. 25. Wc have some living curiosities. 1. Robin Pbillipps who says he is 72 years old, was never struck by any per son; neverstruck another man; was never roken down nt a hand spike and never took a dose of medicine from a doctor. 2. Is enc HollifiehJ, who is 94 venis Id. and. lias voted tbe Democratic ticket straight for 73 years. Hard to beat, is it not." . K. H UISSELL RESIGNS. And Will. L. Wilson ltocomes Post master General. Washington, Feb. 28 Postmaster1 Bissed has resigned, and today the Pre si dent cent to the Senate the following nominatior: William I. Wilson, West irginia, to be postmaster general. A Hensatlon In Wheeling;. Wheeling, W Va., Feb. 28 A sensa tion has been caused here bv the an nouncement that F. P. Jepson, former cashier of the Bank of tbe Ohio Vullev nd a prominent candidate for treasurer of the the Uniteel States two years ago. s insolvent and that trust funds to tin mount of nearly $15 000 in his hands re unaccounted lor. butt has bee brought to oust Jepson from the trustee ship. Texas' Annual Rain. Fort Worth. Tex., Feb. 28. A heavy rain has just visited north Texas. At Clarendon it has fallen steadily for 30 hours. Wheat is about dead on account of the long existing drouth. Reports from all over the Pan Handle district in dicate heavy rain. CONDENSED TELEGRAMS. A dispatch to the Pall Mall Gazette lrom Cbee Foo says tbe Japanese have evacuated Ling Hai and advanced posi- ions at Wei-Hui-Wei, and have most'y gone to Talienwan. Tbe strike situation at the Tudor iron works, St. Louis, is becoming serious. Armed guards have been placed at tbe gates to protect non-union workmen. Ex-Empress Eugenie will start from England tor Corsica Saturdav. She will sojourn for some time in Ajaccio. Four large saw mills and 75 carloads t lumber were destroyed by tire Wednes day evening at Black Rock, Ark. The German Kaiser has nominated Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria as held marshal of Germany. Austria is willing to send delegates to tbe international monetary conference should one be called. William Henry Wcllcsley, second enrl of Cowley, is dead. Lord Roseberry V condition is much improved. In Order To Redact Oar Largo Stock Of .... . Whisk Brooms We will offer them for the next three days at ioc each. These brooms are unusually good straw, and sell in other stores for 20c to 250 each. Our price for three days only, ioc each. RAYSOR & SMITH. 31 PATTON AVE. Umbrellas! Handsome line of well made umbrel las received yesterday. Latest stylish shapes large lot of close roll paragon frames to introduce them we offer for a short time only a Gloria Umbrella, Congo Crook Handle, nt 99c, never sold at leas than $1.25. A fine silk, closest roll made, steel rod paragon frame at $2 69. Walking Canes Those beautiful imported Congo canes mounted with solid silver at $1 12 usually sold by other dealers at $2. Imp-Tied Congos without mounting 43c. May be vouv'e paid $1 for these. Bumboo 5c. Steel canes 15c. . NEW MAGAZINES March numbers of Harpers, Scrib- ner's, Lippincott's, Godey's, Leslie's Monthly, Ladies' Home Journal, J Pall Mall, Current Literature, Art Ameteur, Art and Literature, etc., now on sale. 8 N. Court Square, Asheville, N. C. Picture Framing In All the latest Styles. A large assortment of framed und unframcd pictures. J. H. HjW 3 5 PATTON AVE. No. SO. free delivery.
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