The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1886-04-30


Judges of good Lager Beer should try
the Cincinnati "Nonpareil" at the
Bonanza.
DIR. Warmers Health Corset is to be
found at Mrs. R. r. Porter's millinery
store. st
For best possible ualue i,e Black and Col.
Ored Kid and SIX Glores ard Mitts, call On,
eodt29. II. REDWOOD d 60.
A general line of splendid millinery
now being received at Mrs. R. r. Porter's
millinery store. st
Only two days left of Whltlock's grand
special sale. Read his advertisement.
Hampton Featherstone has just re-
ceived a supply of the Paul Jones Mo-
nongakala wbiskey-tRe finest medici.
nal liquors on the market.
We surrender much of our space
this morning to matters which will
doubtless be interesting to our read
ers ami the public.
Some of these days, from present
appearances, Asheville will be as
much city of fine hotels as jack
sonville.
Weldon & Vaughan have received
some delicious Aspinwall Bananas,
ripe and luscious, and as golden in
color as if fresh from the tropics.
The Library Committee will meet
at the Library Rooms this evening
at 5 o'clock; full attendance is de-
sired.
DR.. Watson well suggests that the
new cemetary be called Riverside" "
We heartily approve the suggestion
as altogether appropf Fate.
Light rains for the past two days
have been nseful to gardeners in putt
ting out plants, also to such tobacco
planters as were ready for the sea-
son.
The hours of evening services in
the Baptist church, from now until
September 1st have been changed
from the present arrangement to
$50 p. ~.
McMullen's furniture wagon has
been on the go for several days trans
ferring furniture from his ware
rooms to the Arlington. Capt. J.
NJ. Jones is refurnishing that house
from top t. toe.
Sawyers beautiful sign which for
so long gladdened our eyes as we
looked across the square went down
yesterday, to take its place On the
Patton Avenue house.
We recalled, when too late 10 correct
it into a very absurd error in yesterdays
issue, in speaking of Pelham's famous
summer drinks. lin representing Jupiter
and Juno hob nobbing over a bowl of
ambrosia! We had as we'll said that the
psychological worthless had been merry
over a bowl of plum pudding and salts
fed celestial appetite with lusty slices of
champagne or burgundy. 1t was very
much in the nature of the mistake by
the Irish naval officer who returned
home full Of the marvels he had seen on
his last cruise. At a dinner party he
narrated among other things that he had
seen anchovies growing on bushes. The
statement was controverted. The Irish
man stoutly stuck to his assertion; heat
ed contradiction was repeated. A call to
the field of honor was the result. Atthe
first interchange of shots the Englishman
was hit, and in his agony cut very
fantastic antics which led the Irishman's
second to exclaim "Bedad, what capers
he cnts" "Capers! did you say that's tn g
very thing 1t was capers that grew on
the tree. not anchovies." The duel was
stopped and such explanations and
amends made as every possible. And
by the same proce nectar and ambrosea
became interchangeable terms in our
minds and the heather deities assigned
to very impossible task, at least for
mortals. s