The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-03-03
Mr.. c. D. Gillespie. of Marshall,
was in the city Yesterday.

boro, was in the city last night.
Mr.. Locke Craig has returned
from trip to Black Mountain.
The mild weather of yesterday
was deceptive. Put no trustin it.
Services in the First Methodist
Church at 4 O'Clock this afternoon.
Mr., E. Z. Bouldin, of Danville,
Va, yas Igistered at the Grand
Central yesterday.
Ths work of removing the books
from the old to the new State Lii
brary is now going on.
Mr.. D. NJ. Mcintosh, of Mcintosh
d Co, druggists, Waynesville, N. c.,
was in the city last night.
w. H. Gardner, a prominent citi-
zen of Yancey, was in the city yes
terday on important business.
E. N. Lupfcr, of Springfield. Ohio,
and 4. c. Ryerson, of New York,
were at the Swannanoa Yesterday.
The city council held their regu-
lar weekly meeting last night. Re-
port of proceeding in to-morrow's
issue.
Mr.. Pink Wolch, of the Waynes-
vile Warehouse was in the city yess
terday-a witness in the Massie-
Felmet case.
Real estate is on somewhat of a
boom III Asheville again, and we
expect to chronicle big transaction
in a few days.
Nj. Duff Merrick has hung out
his sign as notary public at Judge
Chas. A. Moore's Office, in the Nc
Loud building
T. H. Gcssett, of Baltimore, Nd,
and W. Madison Scott, of Richmond
Va, were registered at the Swan.
nanoa last night.
Mr.. J. ". c. Deake has returned
from a brief business trip to Los
Angeles, Cal, and other places on
the Pacific slope.
Mr.. J. J. Many, of Barnardsville,
this county, was in the city yester
day, ''cussing out" what he called
'ethe NO. hog law"
The Asheville Gas and Light Co.
had to order one hundred extra gas
meters last night, so great is the
demand for this light.
Tobacco sales at all the ware
houses yesterday were good, and a
considerable quantity of the tweed"
was put on the market,
An advertising agent of c. 1.
Hood d Co, Lowell, Mass, flooded
the city Yesterday with advertising
matter describing the medicines
manufactured by his house
Clerk Reynolds gives notice to all
administrators and guardians that
next week IS the expiration of the
time in which they have to make
their reports and urges them to
come forward and do so at once.
a gentleman of this city is now
engaged in writing a book descrips
tive of Asheville, its past, present
and future; its industrial enter>
priScs, It's climate and attractions.
The volume will be issued as an
advertising medium and will be
rcp}ete with important information
concerning Asheville, Buncombe
county and Western North Carolina.
We are pleased to learn that Mrs.
Harrington who underwent a severe
operation at the Mission hospital
Monday is doing very we'll, and
now it is believed che vii! recove-.
We think we can say with all pro-
priety that our Mission Hospital, in
its appointments and management
is equal to any in .he United States
of its size, while its medical de-
partment is certainly not surpassed
The spring weather yesterday
caused some to take the gardening
fever. Sun bonnets and old gloyes
were looked up, new utensils were
bought, and old ones looked up
activity brisk and real prevailed.
About noon a certain concoctor OF
cocktails exhibited himself going
afeld equipped in true farming
fashion astride a plow "critter" on
which was new names and collar,
back band, traces looped up, plow
lines knotted; on his shoulder was a
brand new mo. 10" with swingle
tree jingling. He certainly meant
business if there was any thing in
appearances. is Othello's occupa-
tioL gone?
A very large number of descend
ants of Mrs. Sarah James met with
her at her home on Turkey Greek
on Wednesday to unite in celebrat-
ing her one hundredth birthday,
which occurred on that day. Our
townsman T. Caney Brown, a grand
son, and family, were present. Mrs
James had ten children, three oi
whom are living, the party counted
sixty-one grandchildren but the
great grandchildren could not be
counted. Mr.. Brown says the din.
ner was immense, he has not gotten
over it yet. Mrs. James is sprightly,
and performs daily, more or less
house-work. We wish the venera-