The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-03-27
LATE NEWS BRIEFS.
CAREFULLY CONDENSED FROM NAIL
AND WIRE.

In Philadelphia on the 9th TWO
theatres wtre burned. Oue Wal the
Theatre Conlique, of small value:
the other was the Central Theatre,
valued at $4,000
a Louisville telegram of the 9th
says: Rev. J. W. Pratt, one OF the
best known ministers of the South
ern Presbyterian Church. and at one
time president of the Central Uni
versity OF Kentucky, died at his
residence in this city this morning.
The hrakemen and switchmen on
the Burlington road at Chicago ana
Auror1, Ill, struck Saturday. At
other points all was as usual. No
reight cars are bcino handled 1T the
above points. The reason given is
he strikers say they object 10 work
in for a non-brOtherhoOd engineer
No notice whatever was gi:en o. tn.
de ermination of the men to strike
In New York on the 24th Minnie
Reuchner, d German widow, raZod
pv tear of being separated from
her three children or seeing tHrm
tprve, administered poison to ;Gem
It her h"me, No. 134 West 2Sth st.
rwo died, Anthony, agyd ., and
hari, I. The third, = COY aged
three and a hal years, named
Christopher, wus etiti ;.jiv" and Wa
removed to New GOrl; ho-rital.
She herself reported her ac; at the
police station at 6 o'clock next
morning.
John W DuBoSe, of 3irmi02ia.n,
Ala will soon publish q LIE d.. VII
liam l.. Iancey, in hiei. he p:.'.-
ses to tell the ;rnr story OF the rH
counIcr in the Confederate S,u..t.
between YanCev and Bob ronmb-
in witch EOpmbs struck Irhcer
with heavy !nAstand. ami from
he fleets of which he never re-
covered.
(ts there MT q mistake in l5o
above? We have understood it
was Fen I'LL who threw tie f.ta!
inkstand.-EDs. CITIZEN.
A Washington telegram says: \
elegram has been received fron
Mis- Waite acquiescing in the sug-
gestion that the funeral services n
the lat Chief Justice be held in tie
hall of the House Of Representatives
next Wednesday and that the body
be privately inferred at Toledo the
next dav. Mrs. Waite left LIS An
geles at ten O'Clock last mint ia
come East Immediately. Dr, Ruth
leaves mere to meet her at Kansas
City and escort her to Toledo. Ed-
ward 7. Waite, second son, willTr
main in Toledo to meet his mo her.
"Cities in Ohio can close their
saloons on Sundays or not, as they
please, but a bill has Jus: passed the
House OF the Legislature by a good
majority making the selling of
liquors on Sundays unlawful all
over the Stat. Cincinnati mem ber-
of the Legislature are furious over
the measure, and declare lhat it
will lose for the Republicans tie
German vote of the State"
ct is a good law, it matters 40:
who may appcse it, and should ~
rigidy enforced everywhere. NJ
people who violate the Sabbath can
or ought to prosper.)
A food is raging in the Missouri
in Dakota. AT Stevenson, where
the food was at its height yester-
day, the river lehped it's banks with
terrific force, submeIging the entire
lowlands near the banks so sud-
denly that there was no time for
the removal of property. Immense
piles of wood, cut tol The use of the
boats, have been swept away. The
Indians have been driven to the
hills, and the scene is said to be one
of wild confusion. If the gorge
does not form at Washburn the
food will reach this point ir thr
morning. There is no danger here
as the city is 100 feet above high
". ter mark,