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The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-09-14

TRUCKEE, Cal. September 13.-The
forest fires which have been raging i'll
the Sierra Nevada mountains for several
days communicated to the Central Pacific
railroad bridge at Upper Cascades yes
sterday, and destroyed it, together with
mile of snow sheds. Overland passengers
are being transferred across the canyon
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-09-14
AProsnerous sChooI.

Prof. Brooks school at Bent Creek, this
county, closed very successful session of
ten months duration yesterday. Seventy
pupils were in attendance, and the show
ing made by them at the closing
was very satisfactory. Prof. Brock will
teach at Sand Hill academy the coming
session, which opens October /.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-09-14
wnshinpton Nntes.

WASHINGTON, September 13.-Bond
offerings aggregated $62, 100 accepted,
$40, 100 at 2S for four per cents, and
/ .O53t for four and halls.
The President to-day appointed George
{. Mckee, of Jackson, Miss, to be re
ceiyer of public money at Jackson, Miss.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-09-14
rare sport on wrIghtsviIle.


Wilmington Messenger.
Yesterday morning was gloomy day
for marsh hens on Wrightsville Sound.
Several parties of gentlemen were out
cunning on the early morning tide and
the shot guns popped continuously for
few hours. The havoc among the
marsh hens was terrific, something more
than six hundred going down before the
fusilade that was kept up.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-09-14
Fatal Wreck.

LEXINGTON, Va, September 13.-At
Buena Vista, six miles from Lexington,
on the Shenandoah Valley railroad, two
freight trains collided to-day piling up a
fearful wreck. James Callian, of Roa-
noke was instantly killed. 1t is said a
careless train dispatcher caused the
wreck
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-09-14
A Town submerged.

WILMINGTON, Del, September ia
Lewes dispatch reports that Water loo, Il
summer resort on Delaware Bay, is en-
tirely submerged, and, out of twenty cot
tagcs i'll the place, only one remains.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-09-14
Tench COKE won the skates.

Quite large assemblage witnessed the
unusually fine roller skating at Rays
rink on Patton avenue last evening. The
prize for the best skater in the list of en-
tries was pair of gold plated, rosewood
roller skates. Master Tench Coke won
them after a spirited contest, which was
close throughout. At the masquerade
carnival at the rink Wednesday evening,
prizes will be awarded to the best cos
tuned skaters present.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-09-14
RasebaII Yesterday.

At Philadelphia-Athetic IL, St. Louis
20.
At Boston-First game: Cleveland 3,
Boston 0. Second game: Cleveland 4,
Boston 4.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-09-14
Handsome stores.

A nong the many handsomely equipped
business houses of Asheville there are
none more prominent than those ofC. d.
Blanton & Co., Fulenwider & Bro, Her
ring & Weaver, Mitchel's, and Kopp &
Lichtcnberger's, all on Patton avenue.
Fine shelving, counters, elegant papering,
private offices, etc, are conspicuous in
side of each, while the exteriors attract
general attention to their beauty. All of
these places, with the single exception of
Herring & Weaver, are new establish
ments and will soon be open for business.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-09-14
Nrachine shops Rurned.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, September "a
The Cincinnati Southern machine shops
were burned here to-day. The estimated
loss is $4,000. The fire originated in
the engine room.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-09-14
A Boat Race.

PITTsBuRG, Pa, September 13.-Gau-
dauer defeated Teemer in scull race at
McKeesport this evening in twenty
three minutes. Teemer claims foul.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-09-14
THE FLAT ROCK COUNTRY,
GENTLY UNDUI.ATING, WELL
WOODED AND COOL.
Here and There by Houses
Peepin& Through the Pines Ar
tificIaI Lakes and Green Lawns,
Enclosed by Mountains.

Enclosed by Mountains.
Special Correspondence to The Citizen.
FLAT Rock, N. c., September 13.-Flat
Rock may we'll be called suburb OF
Charleston, for its principal residents are
CharlestonianS, whose summer homes arc
here, and the 300 miles of railroad are
now made by the iron horse to seem SO
short that they are inconsderablc-lar
different from the earliest days OF the
settlement, some fifty years ago, when a
fortnight was spent on the road by the
families coming up to the mountains i'll
their own carriages from Charleston and
Savannall-and yet perhaps the journey
thus made offered pleasures which we
cannot appreciate now i'll our anxiety to
cover maximum OF space i'll a minimum
of time. 1t was no doubt travelling iii
this manner through the mountains,
stoppinr to look at the different views
and picnicing by the way, that Flat Rock
came to be discovered, so to speak, BY the
heat oppressed and painting lowlanders; !;
and now as we survey to-day from any
one of the many beautiful places settled
here the peculiar features of the scenery,
its lovely picture-likc serenitv-an eieva-
ted plateau gently undulating,, well
wooded and cool, dotted here and there
with houses peeping through the pines,
green lawns and rrtitcml lakes, and all
enclosed in frame of mountains not TOO
near for distance to lend an additional
euchantment to the view--wc can well
understand how the long journey OF for
mer davs seemed worth the taking, and
why Flat Rock continues to be such a
favOrite resort.
The war formed an epoch in the history
of Flat Rock as in other parts OF the
South, and everything stood still, and Tor
a time went Backward; but nowno signs
of those dark days are left, the greatest
progress having been made i'll the last five
vcars-thc old dilapdatcd homes having
passed into other hands or beng
renovated by the original ownels
now present only the beauties of age,
and manv new residents have bought
lots and built houses The price of land
has risen from $40 and $l5 an acre to
500 and over. The style OF architecture
has improved, modern conveniences are
being put into the houses, and the
grounds and gardens have the appear
ance OF being well cared for. Flat Rock
is not town, it is not even villagl-it
is essentially settlement of country
~.4- S,rh as one sees i'll England ottener
Il has pretty little
,.,,,,u, ..ou4 o4 pUg c5t Jonr mnstn,. st,n-
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-09-14

main country settlement, unique,
quiet, serene, but with few well di-
rectcd industries so managed as to COM
bine profit with pleasure.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-05
A STRIKE THAT IS NOT CAUSED BY
PROJECTION.

One hundred thousand participants in
and sympathizers with the great strike
of the dock laborers Of London assem-
bled last Sunday IN Hyde Park. The
strikers marched to the park in body
and from the start their ranks were
swelled in a most unusual manner.
| otevedoreS, car men, coal filters, wharf
men, lighter men, water men and, in
fact, almost all classes Of workers inter
ested III the docks and shipping, helped
to swell the procession, some idea Of the
size of which may be imagined from
the fact that it took nearly an hour for
it to pass Leadenhall street corner.
The strike Will doubtless become one
of the largest of modern times, and as
both sides are firm there can be no
estimate formed of the proportions it
may assume or the time it may continue.
The strike of longshoremen a year or
two ago on our Atlantic seaboard was
insignificant in comparison, and yet this
is in free trade England. Our mug
wump friends have evidently not heard
of this strike yet, or they may be too in
tent on the two or three agitations in
this country impelled, as they assert, by
protection. But it is not alone the fact
that strikes are as numerous under
free trade as under protection that claims
our attention, but 1t affords n good OPP
portunity TO note the demands OF the
workmen and compare them with the
81 loI no 4
can Economist gives the following COM
parative statement OF wages paid in
England and the United States for the
same lines of labor: "The strikers in
London have been receiving 10 cents an
hour. They are striking for , cents
more. or u cents an hour: and when it is
considered that their work Is such that
about 90 per cent are not employed more
than half the time. il Is not 20 be Won
dered at that they demand the extra ;
cents and that they have so many SYM
pathizers. On the other hand long
shoremen in New York get 50 cents an
hour for regular work and 90 cents
an hour for night and Sunday
work. The Bremen line employs regu-
larry fifty men at SIS per week and -
cents per hour overwOrk. These wages
are willingly given here, and yet IN Lon
don the employers of the same class Of
men claim that they cannot afford to
give their laborers IL cents an hour. Yet
England boasts of her commerce, of her
shipping and policy of free trade.
We think our workingmen would
hardly change places with their brethren
across the ocean. Nor would they wish
our tariff laws 10 be changed TO a policy
that would lower their wages to the
level OF those of the dock laborers OF
London. With wages at 10 cents an
h VI in England and 30 cents an hour in
America. the oft-aSserted claim that the
purchasing power of wages is the same
III both countries seems too absurd to
DISPUTE.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-05

When the salaries of employees Of the
Missouri Pacific railway system were re-
ducpd 10 per cent. a few months ago it
was done with the distinct pledge on the
part of the management that the scale
would be restored as soon as the bust
ness of lines improved sufficiently to
Justify it. With this understanding the
employees cheerfully submitted to the
cut. BY order of General Manager
Clark the 10 per cent was restored to
take effect from the first of September.
This is of interest to the public only as
unmistakable evidence of returning
prosperity to the country generally, and
in the west and southwest particularly,
whence the railway system named it de-
rives the bulk of its business.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-05
A Quick Cure for Dyspepsia

Said a watch repaIre-: 1T Is wonderful
and 1t TINES astonishing how little II takes
10 make some men happy. The other day Q
middle aged nasn, wei k-own CO Wal street.
as . chrome dyspeptic-a man fer whom
had done & great deal u vo-x-enterad TIE
store and asked ne II lis ns,al suriy manner
70 place a new crystal z rs watch. While :
vas ooInpsviEg with his request hs sat a. tn
end OF toe counter contemplating NY wo-A
with rs hshlsE2l scosl Wesa l,asxssi hizu
ths tln2spssos ard received Zoe twenty ce1ts
had asked aIzn bis wnols bearing seemed =
change. Hs departed ~ith has whole tscg
wrezthsi IN s-l3ez, ard Il was svi6s-: tas'
hs was Ia an sIcestfzgtr happy franz G:
mind ! :.arv-eisd greatly c. tie time, b7.:
il was :hs rex. day before I coald coapre-
hend the chang ! had charged h1rn .1s
twenty cents for .se ~ork tia: ! I'd pre-
viously done fc- aot iess tan tqEs-sv-.zve
ce--s -,Ta7s~t~z p = .e-J.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-05

Statisticians have discovered that in
the New England states great careless
ness is displayed by the voters in exer-
cising the right of suffrage. and it is es-
timated that almost one-quarter of the
number of voters abstained from voting
ut the last election. In New Jersey the
record is 4 little better. 50 per centum
having voted. Who are the people max
ing up the Is per cent of stay-at-homes.
and what is their reason for doing SO: Is
a pertinent question TO be asked. Self
government is no government al all un-
less the people take hold. In the alb
sence of any restraint upon the volun-
tary exercise of the privilege Of voting.
such neglect indicates that the people do
not require as much government rs the
politicians would have them believe.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-05

DIR. Talmage must have had the Muir
dock rebellion in his minds eye Sunday
when he weighed US all in a balance, and
of course found most of Us wanting.
Wanting something is the essence of the
rebellion afore acknowledgements
News.
You are essentially right for once, and
no mistake. Something is wanted, and
wanted so intensely that it has got TO
come before there is a cessation of hos
tilities, and that something Is a complete
change of policy ana methods on the
part of those who assume to give shape
TO and control public affairs in this
state If the distinguished divine had
the condition of political affairs IN Kan
sas in his minds eye he could not have
selected a more appropriate or fitting
text.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-05

Farmers in this section anticipate some
difficulty in securing enough help to har-
vest their corn crops, 1t is big under
taking, to be sure, but we may reason
ably expect three months of open wealth
er before winter sets in, and with a rea-
sunable amount Of industry the force
that made the crop can gather it within
that time. The greatest and only real
difficulty we apprehend in connection
with the corn crop will be in providing
room to store it. The bulk of the crop
will not be put on the market at once if
it can be avoided, most farmers prefer
ring to put the corn into live stock dur
ing the winter, or holding it for better
prices than are now promised.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-05
Prating Of a Pessimist.
From the Kansas CITY


General James Il. Weaver, OF Iowa.
who addressed the laboring men Of Kan
sas City at Turner hall last evening is
opposed TO the constitution OF the United
States: be is hostile to the dressed beef
industry and TO the courts which pro-
nounced the local inspection law uncon-
stitutionai; he regards money leaning as
a form OF iniquity, and compared the
convention of bankers which Is 10 meet
in this city during the present month, to
the feast OF Belshazzar. The views en-
tertained by General Weaver are quite
common among a class of statesmen who
never perform any labor, who never
furnish any capital for the employment
of labor. and whose sole occupation in
life Is 10 breed discord between twr great
forces which are as dependent upon each
other as the hands and the BODY.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-05

The Wichits EAGLE has caught on and
Is advocating st. Louis as the place Tor the
great worlds exposition of 1892 The
EAGLE displays much wisdom in this. 1t
would be millions TO Kansas 10 have this
exposition at II. Louis.-Fort Scott Mon
itor.
The Monitors reference TO the EAGLE
in that connection is just q bit amusing,
in view of its own silence concerning the
important event referred to until the
past day or two. The EAGLE was the
first paper in the state TO endorse 81.
Louis for the Worlds Fair. and. in fact.
is about the only paper in the state that
has done so until the Monitor caught on
and backed US up. And, Just by the
way. it is 10 us unaccountably odd that
any paper in Kansas should follow Kan
sas City, Mo-. ia its give-away policy OF
advocating Chicago against ST. Louis,
but there are few that are doing II.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-05
"IF / WERE 4 MAN -
A Charming Girl Tells what She Would
Wear in Such an Event.


Wear in Such an Event.
'If I we're a young man" said "A charming
girl, who knows TO n nicely what is au fat on
all occasions, Il would wear IN the morning
a light gray rough suit. 50 light that it seemed
almost white white lawn tie kuotted by
myself in the pufiiest fashion, and fastened
with pearl pin. On my head would he a
snuff brown derby-the color the Prince OF
Wales likes-on my feet black silk stocking,
and patent leather shoes, aud in my hand a
natural wood stick with Il handle that had d
bit of silver etched on it, but which doesn't
suggest that the family Spoons had Eeen melt
ed for that purpose. Then | would attend %
business I'd make my bets on some Of tine
dark horses, I'd watch the ticker. and Id 60
down 10 see some fellows, three or four Of
them with titles to their names, who, ike
me, had been drawn to investing their money
into land on which the sun shone all day. the
grass never grew, the water never ran, AID
our cherished cattle die OF starvation and
thirst We would have to consult about this
50 we would 20 10 Deimonico's 10 10 il.
''Hhen it was time to dress for the after
noon | should put on a pair Of light PLAID
trousers-nOt TOO big a plaid-a white waist
coat and dark cutAway coat. ! should stick
70 the lawn tie, having fresh one, Of course,
but l should put on silk hat and wear tan
colored KID gloves. / would make q call OF
two-that Is. If 1t were after 4 ocloc be
cause the chances would b. that the womoa
were out driving. and / would not Be both
cred talking to any OF them, while my paste
boards would announce my pollteness.
After spin III the PARK II would be time
for me 70 dress for dinner, and then ! would
put on my black cheviot dress suit, wearing
a white a-aistcoat and narrow lawn tie,
loopet, Of course, 10y ms self. NY shoes would
be BIT lower than those worn during the
day. and the buttons IN tag shirt would b. Of
plain white enamel Ny handkerchief wolld
BE- Of fine white lawn, Lsasti tened, end WITH
my initials upon it IN white thread Il would
Be kept IN my pocket. aud not spread across
the front Of my shirt, o. r l wanted 70 hide
spot or Il darn.
" hsn 60 out would wear six hat,
and, II ! were going - the theatre sIth a
dies. light pearl gloves With heavy BLACK
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-05

How in after years will the girls veneer
ate the name OF the man who made the
hrst Ice cream in town.
The valley of the Canadian is valley OF
| beauty, of fertility. and will soon be one
or wealth and prosperity, they aver.
| kiEgfsher has failed as yet to get up
any quarrel, but it thinks it may scare M
fight over the location of the postoffice
soon.
Two moused-colored mules are stravine
somewhere in Oklahoma, much to the
owners distraction and the want columns
emolument.
Leng Lee, Ching Fong, Sum Wung and
All Wah, four of Guthrie's washee men,
are serving ten days in the city bastile for
refusing to pay their occupation tax
The streets of Lisbon and kingfisher
should be graded before the Rock Island
road arrives, so that strangers may see the
city to an advantage, suggests the World.
The Benton Banner: There are more
stacks of feed in the country this fall than
there ever were before. There is, also,
more corn, oats, rye, cane, nllllet. pota-
toes and everything else this year than in
any other year since the settlement begun
IN the strip. The facts are that the Neu-
ira. strip has an abundance this year.
There is such a terrible stampede at the
postottie during the distribution of the
mail that it has necessitated the closing
and locking Of the door Won't some kind
hearted gentleman of leisure circulate a
petition 10 have the city council erect a
shed for the protection Of the many bald
heads that are daily exposed TO the hot
rays OF an August sun.-El Reno Herald.
Guthrie Getup: A force of men have
began to pierce the dam across the Cotton
wood south of town. The dam is the
embankment upon which the railroad
track is laid. and the water had been
turned from its regular channel and made
to flow through cutoff at the heel OF the
horse shoe or loop. thus leaving the loop
with no flowing water except that coming
from springs in its own course. This will
be of great benefit to our town, especially
to those living near the loop.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-05

The first reports received from the
election in the Third district of Louisl-
ana indicates that Miner, the Democrat
was elected. This does not occasion
much surprise. Later details of the
election-the methods employed, etc
will contain the points of real interest,
and as several representatives from Goth
er states were present we can rel upon
getting the facts of the case. That is
what the people want. If the election
was fair, that is everybody allowed to
vote and the votes honestly counted, no
body will complain at the result.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-05

Il Is SAID that Tcunys0u eajgvs telling tn,
story q lsboring man who use9 b work
near The poets ea-ly residence az HAslcsilers.
Who lives thsTsF' asked a visitor % ths:
region pointing to the lsurente's ho,isa-
Muster Tsnnyson," answered the Iaboriug
man
What does hs dor WIS It's nett in4alry. :
Wei muster, doesn't rightly know
What hs does, answered ths rustic scra.ch-
i1z bis head Tee ost.n been zTsd what his
b1sinsss is, bet think hs1s The nan ns makes
Us post. = outi.s Companion
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-05
AS Clear as Mud
From the Newton Republican

EElill ii-S -NSNhtttl E-ttiL-Llr4
The Topeka Democrat pauses in its In
gals fooliShness 10 argue that preacher
rule in Kansas has been baneful in re-
suits. The people about the Capital. it is
true. have often been as mild-mannered
mon rs ever scuttled ship: bat This Is the
first intimation we have had that they
were preachers. Many OF them have
been given 10 wildness and much com
pany. fact which should argue against
the assumption OF the Democrat. If the
naper VIII attempt 10 show that the
creation was in some particular respects
a mistake it will be on the side of the
majority.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-05
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
For Righteousness Sake

From the Emporia News.
The Wichita EAGLE chips in with the
Topeka Capital in the latter's structures
on Commissioner Tanner, and says that
1T IS not good policy to defend one
guilty Of extra legal acts in the per-
Torrance of his official duties. Now,
here is little rebellion with a body 70
it. one based on something. one that is
definite and entirely to the point. Muir
dock thus tickles Hudson. Now will
Hudson tickle Murdoch, and encourage
his little rebellion against nothing IN
particular:
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-05
AMERICAS GREAT RIVAL.

\. u. Daily Item.
Within few years, comparatively
India and the great Asiatic islands south
of that country haye sprung into a for
midable rivalry of the United States in
three of our great national staples-cot-
ton, wheat and tobacco, The increase
in cotton production has not been very
serious during the past eight or ten
years, owing to various retarding causes,
partly climatic and partly on account of
railway facilities from the exporting
ports to the interior. But the progress
in wheat raising seems to go on in a
steady geometrical ratio, SO that the
farmers of Russia, Spain and the United
States may well feel alarmed at the eff
feet the new competitor will have on
prices. Fortunately for both cotton
planters and wheat raisers, cheapness of
cost stimulates consumption in both
these great staples, so that by the time
a certain point is reached millions of the
poorer classes OF Hungary. Bohemia,
Italy, and soma OF the more Dopulous
countries Of Asia acquire the habit of
wearing cotton shirts and eating
bread made of wheat -four. to both
of which they were utter strangers
in the by-gone years of higher prices.
And the habit once formed, it is not easy
to shake it off and return to cheaper and
inferior substitutes. While depression
in the markets on account of excessive
production of both cotton and wheat
tends to spread their use, it takes very
sharp reaction to check 1t. Without any
marked increase in the population of the
world, therefore, there has been within
the past TWO decades an increase of fully
one hundred per cent. in the permanent
consumption of cotton and a greater in
that of wheat bread. There is no doubt
as the use continues there will be a
steady demand for 100000 900 bales a
year of American cotton long before we
shall be able to spare SO much from
domestic consumption.