The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1886-02-14
--LATEST NEWS.

The Kentucky senate has pasSe
a bill establishing the whippin,
!. post ior wife beating.
I4ondonzhas increased her polio
force six hundred. The red fla,
socialist Marray has been arrested
BirnlihsIisrn, England, is fearful
4 of a riot to-lllorrow, as a socialist
4 meeting Is to be held. Precaution
f have been taken against it.
l. Ex-Governor Seymour was re
4 ported by hi1physi clans to be dy
i ing the / tn.
Mexicans are charged with SNUG
Igling lead into the United States
calling it silver.
| Gilbert, Green, & Co., Cotton Com
mission Merchants, of New Orleans
have failed.
i There were 275 business failures
in the United States and Canada
this week, against 299 the week pre-
vious, and 9the week before.
Dispatches from Reading, Lancas-
ter, Easton, Trenton and New
Brunswick, Pa, report the waters
rising and ice gorges forming, which
overhowed. No serious damage is
done as yet, but fears are entertain
ed that great loss will ensue if the
waters continue to rise.
In the Sir Charles Dixie Crawford
scandal case in London, the court
granted to Mr.. Crawford q divorce
from his wife, but dismissed the
charge against Sir Charles.
All the American Arch- Bishops
and Bishops, of the Catholic church,
have been invited to attend the Ger
emonies to be held in Lima, on the
occasion cf the tercentenary of St.
Rosa Saneta Maria, on April 80,
next.
Hon. Frank Hurd. of Ohio, has
submitted his printed brief in nurd-
Romeis contested election case
to the house committee on elec.
tons. Mr. Romeis' returned
majority was 239. Mr. Hurd
claims that 70 illegal votes were
cast for Romeis in Toledo; 20 IN
precinct B, ward 8, of Toledo; 166
in precinct G, ward 8, Of the same
city Coin Kelley's Island, and seY-
eral inbi ridual votes elsewhere,
which, when deducted, give Hurd
a majority of95.
The striking operatives in the
hosiery factories at Leicester, Eng
land renewed their riotous demons
stratiens Friday. They attacked
and sacked several houses. The
police frequently charged the strik>
ers during the day and in each i'm
stance were injured. The authorities,
alarmed at the aggressiyeness of the
strikers, and seeing that the regular
police force was inadequate to cope
with the disorderly elements, have
ordered the appointment of special
policemen, and number of citizens
are now being sworn in 20 do duty
as such.
Friday the house coinage COM
mittee held session but reached
no definite conclusion. 1t is thought
some kind of a measure will lie
agreed upon at the Monday meet
ing.
Mr. James. of New York, introduce
ed Il resolution to the effect
that silver can only be made inter-
national money by concurrent ac-
ton of the governments interested.
1t was shown that on Il vote be-
tween suspension and unlimited
coinage, the latte. would rsceivc ii
majority, but that five members
were in favor of suspension and at
least three in favor of colnpro-
mise. The Scott compromise was
shown to be the strongest pending
bill.
The Ohio House of Representa-
tives, in the Hamilton county elec-
ton case, ordered Mr.. Dan Dalton
to produce before the committee of
the House the election returns.
This he refused to do. He there's
upon was arrested and taken before
the House for contempt.
Speaker Enterekein asked Mr..
Dalton if the facts were true.
"I refuse to bring those returns
outside of Hamilton county, except
upon the order of the common pleas
court of that count, of which I am
but creature" was his answer.
Mr.. Lampson, of Ashtabula, a
member of the committee, moved
that Dalton be arrested by the SER
geant-at-arrns and committed to the
county Jail for thirty days. There
was a discussion upon this motion.
He was replied at length by Dali
toms counsel, c. w. Baker, of Gin
cinnati, who made a strong argu-
ment in defense of his client claim
ing that the house has no right to
lhaves the returns brought from
Hamilton county; and further that
the house has no right to punish
private citizen for contempt.
A good Piano in perfect order for sail