The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-02-22

One or two cases were tried in
Justice Summey's court yesterday.
+. l.. Cline, Esq, of Hickory, N.
c., is in the city on legal business.
W. B. Williamson & Co. will have
something important in to~morrow's
paper.
Squire l.. \. Tanning, from Fair
view township, was in the city yes
terday.
Look out for what w. B. Will
Hanson & Co, will have to say in
our next issue.
The Western mail, due here at
12:48 p. M, did not arrive yesterday
until 4:45 p. m.
Merchants report business as be-
ing somewhat brisker than usual,
tor the past few davs
Edel proposes to add an elephant
and a pair of monkeys to his zoolog-
ical collection, at the Alligator.
Tobacco breaks were good at all
the warehouses yesterday, and
prices obtained for the weed" were
very fair.
Mr.. D. F. Herndon, of Black
Mountain, N. c., was in the city
yesterday, as was also J. W. Cooper,
Esq, of Murphy.
Clerk Reynolds and deputy clerk
Malone are rapidly getting matters
in shape for the approaching term
Of the Superior Court.
Maj \ NJ. Erwin, the popular
bachelor lawyer of Marion is in the
city. He, Judge Shutord and M.
Sondley are sympathies friends.
EIr. II. 7. Collins will have his ice
factory in full operation the first OF
next week. Orders for ice from this
factory were being solicited yestere
day.
Carpenters were engaged in tear
ing down the balcony in front Of
Carmichael's drug store Yesterday.
The removal is quite an improves
ment.
We hear some talk of zircon
mine having been recently discov
cred in Buncombe, but rs yet, we
cannot definitely ascertain its exact
location.
Parties having city or country
property for sale would do well to
see the advertisement OF Messrs.
Matt Atkinson & Sons in another
column.
Mr.. c. II. Burieigh, late assistant
superintendent Of the Asheyille
Electric Light Company has accep-
ed a situation with the Jenney Co,
of indianapolis, Ind.
Messrs Matt Atkinson & Sons are
getting ready for the excursionists
who will come TO view out the land.
See their important advertisement
in another column.
We thank Mr.. J. 2. Brank, stu
dent at the Atlanta Medical College,
for an invitation to attend the cons
mencement exercises Of the college
on the 1st of March.
Mr.. W. J. Fitzgerald, one of the
proprietors of the Sun, returned
from Richmond last night. He has
been in that city the past week pur>
chasing the outfit for his paper.
We learn that Mr.. George Van
derbilt and family, OF New York,
have engaged a suite of rooms at
Battery Park, and will arrive about
May 1st. 1t is their intention 10
spend the summer in our noun
tain metropolis.
\ wagon containing about fifteen
cents worth Of knotty stove wood
and drawn by yoke Of oxen and
an antique horse, created some
amusement On Main street yester-
day afternoon, greatly to the dis
gust of the rural Jehu who held the
ribbons over the novel train.
The Asheyills Electric Light Co.,
contemplate adding new machinery
to their plant in this city at an ear
Iy day. They are running 300
(their full capacity) and the super
intendent informs US that he could
run an additional hundred If the
present machinery would permit of
so doing.
! Efforts are Icing made to raise
funds to purchase large number
of the leading works to add to the
City Library. There is no reason
why we should not have one of the
best in the State and we believe our
people will have it. Nothing is
more improving to a community
than a first class library.
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We have now here, and are receiving
almost daily new gods in English and
American Porcelain and best Ironstone
China and offer specially low prices on
Dinner and Tea Sets. TO all preparing
for housekeeping we offer very great
inducements both in China, Silver and
Cutlery. We buy close for cash and
have always some good bargains to offer
at LAWS, 81 and 50 S. Main st,
For RENT.