The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-10-08
RANDOM NOTES
ROped In by Rambling Reporters
Roaming Round the City.

this week, Judge Phillips presiding.
A slight fall of snow was reported
from the extreme southwestern section o
this county yesterday.
A large tobacco steaming warehous
is being erected on Water street by Child
& Moorman, of Lynchburg, Va.
Heavy tobacco breaks were had at tn,
Farmers and Banner warehouses yester
day. Leaf offerings were fine and prices
were high.
w. A. Mestayer and Theresa Vaughn
supported by their own company, will
shortly present "a Night off," their pop
ular play. in this city.
The regular monthly meeting of th'
County Commissioners was held at th'
court house yesterday. Only routin,
business was transacted.
Work on the Camp Patton extension
of the electric street railway is rapidly
progressing, and the early completion o
the line is anxiously awaited.
The permanent organization of The
Asheville Young Mems Christian Associa
tion will take place at Rev. DR.. Rankin's
church Thursday evening at 8 O'Clock.
The tile pavement in front OF Mitchell''
store on Patton avenue, put down by
Mr.. {. +. Moody, is very handsome anc
attractive, and should cause the neigh
boring property owners to go and de
likewise.
1t is said, upon good authority, tina
Rev: Jas. Atkins, jr., will be elected to tn
presidency of Emory and Henry Colleg
by the present Holston Conference. NJ
better or more suitable selection could b.
made in the South.
The shooting tournament of the Ashe
vile Gun Club will take place at the fai
grounds this afternoon + O'Clock. Thi
will be the last target practice of the sea
son, and the marksman making the bes
score will be entitled to the permanen
ownership of the gold badge.
The Conference of the NJ. L. church ha
been changed from Clifton, S. c., t,
Ashevile, and the annual meeting will b
held in Rev c. o. Jones church, corne
of Haywood and Buttrick streets, com
mencing Thursday evening, October II
Bishop l. W. Joyce will preside.
Rev. w. J. Erdman, of the Presbyterian
church, a resident of our suburban neigh
Dor, Victoria, preached two most abl
and instructive sermons from the pulpi
of the Central Methodist church Sun
day, DR.. Rankin, the pastor, being absen
at the session of the Holston Conferenc
now in progress at Morristown.
The Fall of Temperature,
Observable, not only here, but else
where, finds explanation in the following
telegram to the News and Courier, Sat
urday night. And we may here remar
that the indications sent out for thi
State are not worth copper. They ar
"hindsights" instead of "foresights" O
forecasts, as they are wrongly styled
The telegram to the News and Courie
says:
"WAsHINGToN, October 6, 1SS9.-Ol
server, Charleston: Hoist cautionar,
northeast, 1850 p. nj. Cyclones off tt
Carolina coast. High of-shore winds.
GREELY.
The wind at 7.45 p. m. was BLOWN
from the northeast at the rate of thirt,
one miles per hour, equivalent to abor
forty-six miles per hour off the ba
Sergeant Smith was asked at l l p. nj.
he was able to make any prediction froi
the condition here as to the probab
course of the cyclone, but he would NJ
speculate in the absence of official info
nation.
At IL midnight the temperature ha
sunk to $50. The wind being from Il
north, and slightly to the east, it W;
likely that very cold weather would pr
vail in the upper part of the State"
Here, the wind came out from Il
northwest. We rarely, if ever, get Il
northeaster, thanks to the high screen
the Black mountains stretching from Il
northwest to the southeast, exact
acI oss the path of that unwelcomc win
Jackson County Items.
From the Webster Herald, recciv
last night, we learn that Thomas FL