The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-22

largest stock we ever had before. Bu
! don't forget my hotel,
THE GRAND CENTRAL.
The number of arrivals is nearly as larg
= in winter as in summer. The class c
patronage is better and every day yo
will see seven or eight States represente,
on the register. Our receipts are so pc
cent. greater than any other winter ant
the number of guests have become 81
large that we have added to our force a
caterer Capt. Sprague, who was formerly
at the Round Knob hotel. | should say
we are doing we'll The hotel has JUS
netted me $35 day during the summer
Going? Hold on a minute" and Mr.
Chichester returned with a handful O
cigars, which made the reporter wish he
could call there on a like errand every
blessed day. With cigar in his mouth
and happy, contented look in his eye
he sauntered into
b. H. coSBY's JEwELRY STORE.
Mr.. Cosby said:
81 was connected with Mr.. Cowan for
ten years, and have been in business for
myself since February two years ago.
Trade has increased since took hold OF
it and shows a considerable increase
over last year. have sold a great
many fine watches, and in some branches
of the business the fine lines have been
far ahead of any other"
Having been a frequent visitor at the
mayors court, the reporter was not
afraid to go into
BLANToNs CLOTHING STORE.
1t was hardly necessary to ask him
whether business was increasing. Every
man that has been fined by him will also
hnd-him. They will take especial pains
to suit him by getting suit from him,
and it will amount to more than SIS too,
for there will be added goodly amount
of costs" Yet they will continue to
court him. He said, II have been in bus
mess since the 1st Of September. have
done larger wholesale business than
expected, and intend toincrease my stock
next fall and do a bigger jobbing business
than have heretofore"
KELLY & sTRACHAN,
who are plumbers, and steam and gas
filters, were next visited. They do not
wear the traditional diamond pin, but
they plead guilty to doing very large
and increasing business. and no one can
tell how long it will be before we see
something sparkling in their shirt
bosom.
BROWN, GUDGER co.
was the next place which our reporter
filled with tobacco smoke, and between
the blue wreaths which floated around
the store, he heard a voice saying words
which carved their way through the
dense clouds and pierced his ear. They
were these: "Our trade is better than
we ever have had. The increase has
been made in the city proper. The main
thing which has caused it is the fine line
Of ladies' dress goods, which we carry,
and which has been instrumental in call
ing attention to our other lines"
The reporter waited tor no further
work, as they did not keep cigars, but
backed out under the protesting canopy
of the smoke and took peep into the
store OF
MANN, JOHNSON & co.
This firm deals in furniture. They
stated that they had been having a
pretty good business during the past
year, but had remained very nearly sta
tiouary without any falling off in
their trade. 1t certainly would seem
strange if they did not hold their own in
the severe competition they have to con-
tend against with their fine line of goods.
But the question awaited great many
more answers, and it was
HERRING WEAVER
who were invited to see how the shoe
would fit. They kindly put it on and
said it was several sizes too small for
them, and that they needed bigger shoe
to measure their business by. Mr.. Her
ring said;
Our business has been steadily in
creasing ever since we started in it three
years ago. The trade we have demands
not the finest quality of shoes but the
best quality. They do not necessarily re-
quire very fine shoe, but they want a
good one, and we have no calls for the
cheaper grades. Of course the warm
weather is hurting us somewhat, but the
winter is bound to come, and we will be
ready for it if it turns up here next
July"
1t was very gratifying to learn that
there would always be one place where
shoes could be obtained, suitable for all |
kinds of weather. Lost in thought, the |
reporter was just about to cross to the
other side of the street, when his eye
caught sight of the
NEW OPERA HOUSE.
How his eyes toasted upon and de- |
voured it, as he thought of those good |
times he would have when it was fin
ished the free passes he would work and
how he,would lounge back in the com
Portable parquet chairs and enjoy the
show, without paying a nickel. Don't
say Asheyille is not going ahead with