The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-04-22
Inferior Court will convene to-

morrow morning.
Mr.. N. Hubbell and wife of Bufa
falo, are in the city.
Spring lambs are on the market;
but last years chickens still hold
the roost in their department,
Work on the sidewalks on Patton
Avenue will be begun.in few days,
and a first class pavement put
down.
w. w. Jones, Esq, returned from
Raleigh yesterday, where he has
been in attendance upon the Su-
preme Court.
DIR. George Hipkiss, prominent
mineralogist of Boston, is in the
city. He visits our section to look
after mineral interests.
Rev. Mr.. Pearson is in the city,
but does not ia end to preach until
! the beginning of his regular services
on the first Sunday in May.
Owing to this being very busy
season with the farmers there were
not SO many OF our country friends
in the city yesterday as usual.
1t is hoped the Sou'h-side stem-
winder will not take advantage of
the absence of our friend, Capt.
Atkinson, and 90 to ''throwiug dirt"
The Meyer-Thorne Company left
on the eight O'clock train for Nor
ristown this morning. They begin
an engagement at that place to-mor-
row night.
Most Of the criminal cases to be
tried at this term of the inferior
court are for petit larceny, twenty
three of the defendants being now
in the county jail.
Active preparations are being
made for the Pearson evangelical
meeting in this city. Considerable
interest in these meetings is already
being awakened in the city.
The clothing store men on Patton
Avenue are engaged in an advertise
ing warfare. We noticed the white
flag" suspended from Il broom-stick,
in front of Que OF them yesterday.
Arrivals at the Swannanoa last
night were S. E. D. Stuart, \. A.
Eberson and VIM, Cooper, New
York; +. Quineman, Penn, w. O
Knight, Richmond; J. Marx, Phila>
delnhia.
Mrs. Herndon and Miss Mary
Price lett last evening for Bristol,
Tenn. They have been summoned
there to the bedside of the latter's
sister, Miss Hannah Price, who is
not expected to live.
The matinee performance at
Opera Hail yesterday afternoon was
largely attended by the ladies and
children of the city. The presenta>
tion of rip Van Winkle" was even
better than it was on Thursday
night.
The First Baptist church has es-
tablished a Mission chapel in the
second story of Mr.. W. E. Logan's
new brick store in West Ashevil'e,
q Sunday School will be organized
there next Sunday and will be in
charge of Rev. Mr. Southern.
At the quarterly conference of the
Methodist mission churches held in
north Asheville yesterday, Messrs.
J. J. Mackey, J. H. Weaver, John
Perry, and J Crowell were elected
delegates to the district conference
to be held in Hendersonville, June
21. Trustees for Riverside Church
were also elected.
Permission has been granted to
Messrs. Richmond Pearson, G. E.
Graham, H. T. Collins, ]. H. Smith
and others to make a good street
from the old depot to a junction
with the French Broad river road,
leading from North Main street. An
elegant grade can be MADE, in fact
will be almost all the way, and will
prove of great advantage to the
business interests Of West Asheville
Tie new Catholic church at Hot
Springs viii be dedicated on
Wednesday next at 10 a. m. Dedi-
cation service by Rt. Rev. H. P.
Northrop D. D., Bishop of Charles
ton, Vicar Apostolic of North Caro-
lima. Sermon either by His Emil
nence the Cardinal James Glib
bons, or Rt. Rev. Abbott Lea Hard
o. S. B. ID. D., Bishop elect of North
Carolina. J. B. WHITE,
Rector.
From the Brevard Voice we learn !:
Two young men, one the son of
Mr. J. McD. Wilson. the other a
son of Mr.. F. M. Hathcock, left
their homes in this county last
week, going in the direction of Tens
nessee Mr.. Wilson followed as far
as Knoxville but returned without
the boys Quite an interesting
trial was had before Justices Neil
and Shipman on Saturday last.
The parties to the suit were J. NJ.
Whitmire VS.. John Whitmire, and
the bone of contention was a much
priced heirloom in the shape of q
clothes chest. Three townships
were represented in the cause,
which was decided in favor of ]. M.
| Whit6niro