The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1885-04-22
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE
JACKSON COURT AND OTHER
THINGS.
WEBsrnR N. g, April Goth, 1885.

&, - 81 - s. - II
So1srt openeu silis morning a1t Ing USUAL
hour. Judge Gilmer came over on SatuT-
7av. and most of the LAWYERS were here
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moi Obtain TnH list, Dut1 observe Mee-
srH. Axley and Posey from Cher 3kee,
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Henry, Moody Fisher and late nom
Haywood, Johnston from Buncombe and
Ahnraa o,,a ,,tr,,, ~ IS !, Iaclrsor har
tsO uVugs s lleases Ollilstsu sonle ilsslis's',
Tor have never found them all az one
time in the Court House.
The crff.,i fIt,ert.t Il a.flarl f,,ss and
Is fuller of more varied offences than 81
usual with aspeo5le ss arsae, CIV olaervz
ant Of law. Afffravs. assaults and batter
les CARRYING concealed yreanons fipnre
somewhat too nro,ninentiv There are
few cases. however which hefrav innate
moral depravfty: and the cases Of larceny
are creditafIv very feyv
There is one case Of horse stealing, 4
man named Beard who committed the
#offense in Canada township. was caught
in Transatlantic, and Law there until
brought over by officer Aiken to-day.
The grayest case is that of Lambert
charged with the murder of Wilson He
has been confined in Runcombe iail and
reached here This mornino in cfarge Of
Sheriff Rich n ia fhouoht The case will
be removed to Macon for good reasons.
Mr.. Kope Elias is one of the counsel for
the defense. I do not know the others.
Outside of the transactions of the
Court have found nothing of stirring
interest. I am sorry to learn of much
sickness in Darts of the county and q
considerable degree of fatality. pneu-
monia and typhoid feyers being the pre-
yailing diseases. The family of Mr.. Ma
than Coward has been severely afflicted.
He has RECENTLY lost his most excellent
wife and q son has another sor, now very
sick. and his dallgllter the wife Of Mr.. E.
j. Smith, is also very seriously i'll. Mr..
Woods Zachary and wife-are both very
i'll. the former perhaps improving. the
latter critically sick. All those are we'll
known to many of our readers. being OF
.nrominent families in the connt4 of
Jackson.
The county faals vary boav;Iv tba Of.
feet of last year,s dyonoLt fFhara Is
much priyation vet to he nn6ler GONE bv
man AMI beast before The coming erons
will restore plenty. The growing wheat
crop offers little comfort It will be less
than half an average. The plough is at
work with preparations for an early
planting of corn. There is prospect Of a
large increase in the ACREAGE Of tobacco
esneciallv in tbe nortbern norton of The
county and ;tis hal;avAd do1bla ~ Z c,r,,,
Of la,f, wear oar, will II ie ,,,las,fad I
The mica interest is ~. ve,v active t,,al,l
somewhat cI1anoed in IoesIitv sT'he
WORKINGS have come closer to Webster
Mr.. Carter Brvson is aneratisals q aaaiitats-
about q mile and half from the. Court
House which at present is yery produc
tive. and Gives fine promise xfr. A ".
Bryson Of Franklin has inst concluded
the purchase of a mine two and a half
miles distant which is regarded as won
derfully valuable. Perhaps some account
of it viii appear in the CITrzEN from an
Other source. There is another mine
Ferguson has an interest which is high |
ly rated; and hear accounts of the mine
ON Nannah Creek on the road to Frank
lin Which seem almost fabulous This is
worked by Mr.. A. H. Isbell. late ofl
Asheyillc. OF the other. mineral inter
ests of the county. little is now said.
Another interest was called to nv at
tention to-day which NAV % to the en-
courapement Of those who have gone or
may 90 into carp Culture. Mr.. e. G.
Hall made fish pond on his pretty
farm lust across the river from here. per-
haps two wears ago. and stocked It a.
wear ago Will, fish four or five inches
long. Those are now fifteen inches or
more long. ard the abundant young fry
are larger than the stock orioinallv mt
in
1t is pleasant to note the changes made
in mail ARRANGEMENTS since was last
here, year ago. Then the mail from
Asheyille Jagged on the road two days.
Now leaving that place at half past nine
in the morning it is here and delivered
at little past p. m. Passengers for
Webster may leave the train at sylvia
from which place thev are conyeyed IN 1
good conyeyances and capital teams. ky
Mr.. A. NJ. Parker: or they 90 on to Web |
star denot near the month of Seott'si
Creek at which point Mr. w A. Enloe
and Youno and Rvn,ln all have GOOD
eonveyances The distance is almost
nreciselv the same miles
Thera "a - ono ,,ar1a ravol,,t;on 10 hr;no
aho11t The mail reaching here at
O'clock instead of Feino r,l1ssbed IN tbei
same nioht to Franklin 90 miles and
gainino thatmuch on its way West. stops
here until next morning. It should Be
in franklin at 8 o'clock in the evening
of the day it leaves Asheyille. 1t does
not in fact reach there until 70 or of
the next day. Our new Congressman
could not do more essential service to
his Western constituents than by ex-
pediting matters. Our Western friends
are impatient to see the DAILY CITIZEN |
while it is still damp from the press.