The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-12-13
LATE NEWS BRIEFS
Carefully Condensed From wire
and Mail.

We sincerely regret to learn thai
Hon. Thos Ruffin is seriously i'll
in Baltimore.
A terrific storm prevailed along
tho New Jersey coast, Tuesday.
Much damage has found to have
resulted.
1t is rumored in Washington that
Gen. Longstraet is cabinet possibit-
ity' Well, Mr.. Harrison could GER
tainly do very much worae.
The West Point Terminal and the
Norfolk Il Western are about to
reach an anicable adjustment over
the 3. T.. Va. & Ga. railroad mat
ter.
w. A. Guthrie has declined the
appointment as trustee of the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College.
Governor Scales has not yet flled
fhe vkcapcy.
The Wadesboro' silk mills ara
very successful. They employ fifty
operatives. The mills are to be en-
larged. There have already been
additions to the machinery.
Hawes, the cause of the Birming>
ham trouble, aud who is under arrest
lor and suspected with the killing of
his wife and daughter, earnestly
protests his innocence.
Thomas Goodson, deputy United
States marshal, was shot and killed
December 1st, and his body found
Tuesday, near the foot of Roam
mountain in Carter county, Tenn.
He had some warrants to execute
in that section.
On motion ofMr, Vest, an amend
ment was adopted to the Senate
tariff bill reducing the duty on steel
beams &c. at one cent per pound.
An. amendment offered by Mr..
Vance to reduce trace chains from
three to two cents per pound was
rejected, but upon suggestion by
Mr.. Allison, the amendment was
passed over without difficult action.
A special from Birmingham. Ala,
says: Gov. Seay arrived here at
1885 last night and Immediately
had a conference with Col. Jones,
Gov. Seav, in the interview said he
came to satisfy himself by personal
observation of the situation here, to
learn what the public sentiment
was and decide whether if not it
would be best to take Sheriff Smith
away until the excitement had
passed. He had an interview with
many gentlemen this morning on
the subject of the tragedy Saturday
night, The Governor afterwards
had an interview With Sheriff Smith
and said that he endorsed the
sheriff and was glad that Jefferson
county had a high sheriff who, no
matter how painful his duty, could
uphold the law and protect the
county Ts1T5 ffafp n 2e5IntslI vvsEs-rz-rI
leased on $4,000 bond and will
take charge of his Office again at
once. Beginning tonight the troops
will be sent away, one company at
time, until all are goue.
Reliable information from every
district in the United States has
been received at Washington, and it
is generally admitted by Democrats
that the Republicans will have
bare majority of one IN the next
House of Representatives. The Re-
publicans claim a majority of five,
but N order to make this they have
put down tHo districts in West Vir>
ginia to their credit, whereas as a
matter of fact they haven't any eyi-
dence that they carried district in
that State. They also claim the
Chattanooga district of Tennessee,
but the certificate of Bates, the dem
ocratic candidate, is already in the
hands of the clerk of the House.
This slender majority has created a
stronger sentiment among republi-
cans in favor of the extra session OF
Congress and they want it to assem-
BILE as early as April 9th, and GER
tainly not later than May 1st, but
whether Mr.. Harrison will see it in
this light is not yet known. ThO
republican leaders know just now
that tnoy e4Ii organize the next
House, but they don't want to take
any chances. They are afraid to
wait until next Decem Der, lest they
should lose member by death and
then if the democrats should happen
to elect his successor the control oi