The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-01-20


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for sale at Jones Pioneer Bar-strictly
for medical purposes.
The DAYS have become decidedly
longer.
A glorious sunshine all day Yesterday
and rapidly drying mud.
The Spartsnburg train. due here at a
M. did not arrive until late hour yester.
day afternoon.
Mr.. G. w. Pack and family returned
from six weeks visit to Cleveland
Ohio. We are glad to welcome them
back.
We had the pleasure of > visit of Mr.
B. II. Cathey OF Jackson county. pro
minent, useful and intelligent man ofhiG
county.
The SaliaburY Herald says: Miss
Matte James returned home. on Thurs
day last after pleasant visit of several
weeks at Asheville."
Wake Forest and the University have
some exceptionally brilliant IN en-
at Johns Hopkins University-so Gays
the Rev. c. T. Bailey.
Ex-Congressman James w. Reid is
now permanently located at Lewiston,
Idaho. He is prRcticing law. with Mr..
Patrick Winston as partner.
The Knoxville 1iriJune says contracts
for the Carolina, Knoxville and Western
Railroad will be let in a few days A
number of bidders are already in Knox
vile.
Mr.. William Henry, a young man of
about % years Of age, died yesterday.
He was most popular young man with
all who krew him, and his death creates
great sacr.4ss among them,
We earn f4,otr, r.. y. n Cs I..y that
the bridge at Whittier, carried away in
the August freshet, has been restored
and opened for traffic. The bridge at
Charleston is about to be rebuilt, having
fallen into bad repair.
The contract for the tunnel through
the mountain at Cumberland Gap has
been let 20 Mason, Coach & Co., of
Frankfort, KY. This is on tho PoHell's
Valley railroad of which Maj. James W.
Wilson is Engineer in chief.
The Second Baptist church is so far
advanced in construction as to give pro
per idea of its pretty architecture. 1t is
really handsome building, and we are
glad to see the new congregation able to
accomplish go much In so short a tine.
The RicI mond s. DanvilIe Company
have arranged an excursion-one fare
round trip rate-to be in 0ffect every
Thursday, for parties desiring to 90 to
Raleigh, Goldsboro, and perhaps other
points This is = good move. Now. e1'
tend this to AsheVillO, gentlemen.
Whatever else has suffered, the beei
market has not. Besides supplies from
this and adjoining counties, there is q
steady supply Of Tennessee fat cattle the
choice of its pastures. This is one of the
undoubted benefits ofthe railroad, which
also keeps US daily supplied with the
butter, eggs, poultry, &c, Of the Eant
prolific region.
Tie Star says the most polite man il
Wilmington is at the City Hall. He al
ways takes his hat off when he answers
a call at the telephone. When a man
answers, or tries to answer, a call in tn t
telephone here, he not only takes of hii
hat but is ready TO tear of his hair, rOI
through politeneks hut sge at the impo
tency of the cOnc9rn.
The bad weather las largely checEeC
the sound of the hammer and trowel
But much inside ~crk is being done
Lyons new drug store in fhu Barnard
building is rapidly heinz rt,rd mp ana
probably be ready :ol its ,:-es br she hi
OF February. The i"hust"r. i'liidins
will have more ,ut granite III its from
than anv other in As!:rvi'i,'. We can
not vet tell how .uI.:'r, Eut from the
quantity Oh the Sr uu;i, aran;t:' will be
the conspicuous material 1t rou'r5 from
Jackson or Swain county
The Morganlon .4drert,scr, "di sd t'y {
gentleman who amuses hi,useif and hi,
friends by thinking he IS Republican
! thus compliments a Democratic editor
eff the North CarolIpa Democrats
Wapt to ho the clean thing. the square
and manly thing. they will nominat'
Joe Caldwell, of the Landmark, 10
Lieutenant Governor. No man lIa
battIed more faithfully, mora efficiently
for his party than Caldwell and t5'
Press is entitled to at least this diStinc
ton. We don't know that Joe will 'ge
there" even with nomination; bnt he i
worthy of it-yea. the govsrnorShil
itself"