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The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-11
Noble women's work.

There is a vast deal or patriotism
among the women of the country. The
Ladies' Hermitage Association, with
headquarters at Nashville, Tenn, has
undertaken to raise fund for the pre-
servation of Andrew Jackson's grave
and homestead. The intention is to
make the Hermitage, like Mount Vernon,
a Mecca for patriots. Mrs. Nathaniel
Baxter, Sr,, is the president of the AS
sociation, and subscriptions may be for
warded to her at Nashville. The Mary
Washington Manument Association, OF
Fredericksburg, Va, is also in the hands
of earnest and loyal women, who wish
to see the grave of the first Presidents s
mother marked by an appropriate monu-
ment. Mrs. James Power Smith, oi
Fredericksburg, Va, is the president.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-11
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS.
Let All Who Read This Meet at
the Court House This MO. ming.

All Confederates who are within reach
of Asheville, must remember that never
again will an opportunity be given them
to do honor to their President. The fol-
lowing appeal of Col Ray, is addressed
to every man who ever bore arms in the
lost cause; it is not confined to those
alone who are residents here, but includ
ing every one who may be here on visit;
not alone those who are members of the
Veteran Association but one and all.
Let every one respond with earnest fer
vor and punctually attend what may be
the last Confederate roll call:
Fellow Comrades ofthe Confederate Vet
Grams Association:
Our beloved chieitain-the ex-President
of the great lost cause-Jefferson Davis,
is dead. We honored and obeyed him
when in power; our hearts went out to
him in love and sympathy when broken,
crushed and maligned; and now, with
bowed heads and sorrowful hearts we
mourn his death.
His spirit has already joined in a glad
reunion" with the spirits of our fellow
soldiers that have gone before-from
battlefelds, hospitals and sick chambers.
All that was mortal of him lies in state
in the council chamber of the City hall,
New Orleans, and from thence will be
carried to its last resting place, on We'd
nesday, the 11th instant.
1t is fitting that we should meet and
give some outward expression of our
deep sorrow. therefore ask that you
all come to the court house promptly
at 11.30 a. M, on Wednesday, to join in
suitable services. l need not urge this
request. There is that in the heart OF
every true Southerner that will prompt
him to gladly doreverence to his memory,
in the last sad rites of him whom all civ
ilized nations will yet acknowledge as a
heroic, great and grand character.
Yours in the bonds of a great bereave-
ment, JAMES M. RAY,
Vice President c. V. Association.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-11

Appeals from the 10Th district were dis
posed of on yesterday as follows:
Lenoir VS.. mining company, from Cher
okee; argued by ]. w. Cooper and Ed
ward McCrady, by brief for appellant.
Walker VS.. Scott, from Cherokee; ar
gued by T. F. Davidson for plaintiff, and
E. c. Smith and j. w. Cooper for de.
fendant.
Hilliard VS.. Hunsucker, from Clay I;
alias writ of certiorari allowed and case
continued
State VS.. Farmer, from Pennsylvania +;
argued by Attorney General for the
State.
Opinions were filed in the following
cases:
State VS.. Wilson, from Yancey; no err
rOr.
Wiseman vs.. Commissioners, from
Mitchell; appeal dismissed for failure to
prosecute the appeal; same order made
in Young VS.. Young, and Fisher VS.. min
ing company.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-11

Charleston World.
On the night preceding the recent ter
rible Boston Fire, the Boston Herald
produced an editorial on the fire at Lynn,
and it's causes and effect, reinforced by
illusions to the previous great fire of
Boston.
On last Saturday morning, the New
York Press appeared with cartoon on
it's front page entitled "the fire tiend rum
ming amuck," and these words upon a
scroll: Lynn, Boston, Keyport, Mime
apolis, Pittsburg-Next."
Before night a terrible confiagration
burst forth in New York in which four
lives were lost, many persons injured
and an immense amount of property de
stroyed.
The two occurrences are certainly re-
markable, although none but the super
stitious would attach any Importance
to even such startling condolences.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-11
The Only Survivor.

Of all the conspicuous men with whom
Jefferson Davis served in the Thirtieth
Congress, Hannibal Hamlin, Of Maine,
Vice president from 1861 to 1865, is
now the only survivor. In the house
and senate of that Congress were not
less than fifty men who left deep their
impress on the country's history. There
were Clay, Cameron, the elder, Webster,
Crittenden, Calhoun, Benton, John p.
Pale, Cobb, Toombs, Giddings, Lewis d.
Campbell, Corwin. Butler, Mason, the
elder Bayard-a great company of great
men, and they are all gone but one, and
he has been in retirement for nearly a
quarter century. 1t is curious fact
that OF all the most prominent leaders in
the civil war-Johnston, Sherman and
Rosecrans eXcepted-Mr. Davis outlived
them
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-11
Death of MRS. scott Lord.

WASHINGTON, d. c., December 10
Mrs. Scott Lord, sister of the wife of
President Harrison, died at her residence
in this city at 8 O'Clock this morning.
Although not unexpected, her death was
sudden, and at the time only her daugh-
ters Mrs. Dimmock and Mrs. Parker and
her son-in-law, Lieutenant John F. Par
ker, of the navy, were with her. Mrs.
Harrison was with Mrs. Lord until mid
night, in company with their father, DR..
Scott, and only half an hour before she
expired, Major and Mrs. Richard Parker
had been sitting with Mrs. Lord, and
when they left she was in an apparently
painless sleep. She had been in bad
health several months.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-11
A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
safest not to Have Riding Hab-
it's of too stout Material.

A young engaged couple, who are stop
ping at one Of our best hotels here, met
with a slight accident the other day.
They do not care to have their names
known and so bare statement of facts
concerning the nature of the accident
will have to suffice. 1t was on Monday
morning when they sailed forth on
horseback. The weather was pleasant
and everything betokened an enjoyable
trip. They rode through the city and
then turned into the Beaver Dam road.
After having gone several miles they
came to little cabin by the wayside.
Their ride had made them thirsty and so
the young man dismounted to get a
drink of water for his companion. AS he
opened the gate a dog rushed out and
barked furiously at him. This caused
the young lady's horse to shy and, as
she was taken wholly by surprise, she
was unseated and hauled violently from
her saddle. Unluckily the skirt of her
riding habit was caught in some way
and she was dragged some distance by
the horse before it tore and released her.
She was thrown under the horses feet
and received violent kick on the arm,
which has left a bad bruise there but
fortunately did not break it. The lady
tainted and was taken into the house,
where she was well taken care of by the
inmates, while the gentleman mounted
his horse and galloped frantically to the
city in search of a doctor. His efforts
were rewarded with success and he re-
turned with a doctor and carriage.
| Upon his arrival, it was found that the
lady had not recovered from her faint
She was lifted into the carriage, after all
remedies had been found useless, and
taken to the hotel where she laid in COM
atose condition for the remainder of that
day. On Tuesday morning she managed
to get up for short while, and is now
improving rapidly, and will be none the
worse for her accident, except bad
bruise on her left arm and the shock to
her nervous system, which might have
proved very serious, since she has some
thing the matter with her heart.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-11
Mr.. Davis as an Author.

New York World.
A fact has just been made public which
illustrates in an eminent degree the OBJ
stinate honesty of the late Jefferson Da-
Wis. More than a year ago he prepared
for the North American Revi"w an article
in reference to Andersonville and the
prisons of the South during the war. 1t
was a reply to the continuous charges
made against the Southern people of in
humanity in the treatment of prisoners.
MIR. Davis prepared the article with great
care and historical research. Thorndike
Rice, the editor of the North American
Review, declined to print the article, on
account of certain reflections made
against federal officials who were his per
sonal friends-among them General Miles.
Mr.. Rice endevaored i'll every way to in
duce Mr.. Davis to either modify his eX-
pressions or permit the article to be edited
in the North American Review Office.
This Mr.. Davis emphatically objected to,
although an effort was made to increase
the honorarium. He insisted that the ar
ticle should be printed just as he had
written it or not at all. He said the facts
were unimpeachable, and they must stand
as part of the history of the civil war.
Finally the article was withdrawn from
the Review and sold to Beltord's Maga-
zine. 1t will appear in the next number
of that periodical.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-11
Another Southern Enterprise.

A company has been formed and the
formal preparations inaugurated for the
establishment of a large factory for the
manufacture of furniture in New Orleans.
That city is most advantageously stu
ated as far as the cabinet woods are con-
cerned. The bulk of the furniture dis
tributed from New Orleans is made at
Cincinnati, at St. Louis and Grand Rap
ids, Michigan. All the fine woods used
are imported from countries to the
south ofNew Orleans, while much of the
cheaper woods, such as walnut, ash and
oak are procured from the Southern
States. Large quantities Of mahogany
pass through that city from Central
American countries direct to Northern
factories, while walnut logs cut in Ar
kansas and RATED down to New Orleans
have been largely sent northward to the
furniture factories. Properly conducted
the projected enterprise should yield
handsome returns and prove an impor-
tant factor in the prosperity of the
CITY,
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-11
Royal Arcanurn Meeting.

The annual meeting of the French
Broad council of the Royal Arcanum,
No. 701 took place the other night and
the following officers were elected for the
coming year:
Regent, DR.. D. T. Millard; vice regent,
DR.. NJ H. Fletcher; orator, T. w. Pat
ton; post regent, w. T. Penniman; secre-
tary, S. Lipinsky; vice secretary, f. l.
Holmes; treasurer, S. Hammershlag
chaplain, ]. S. West; guide, T. L. Hynd-
man; warden, W. H. Cook; sentinel, F.
r. Woody; organist, Geo. Henderson.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-11
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS-.
THE HOUSE NOT IN SESSION
YESTERDAY.

MIR. TurpIe's Resolution ON Trusts
Taken Up and that Gentleman
Spoke Upon It-COnfirmatiOns
by the Senate.
WASHINGTON, December 10.-SENATE
MIR. Morrill, from the finance committee
reported back adversely the bill to pro-
vide for the organization of national
banks with less capital than $4,000,
and it was indefinitely postponed.
Among the bills introduced and referred
was one by Mr.. Chandler to amend the
laws relative to elective franchise.
The resolution offered yesterday by
Mr.. Turpie as to trusts was taken up
and Mr.. Turpie proceeded to address the
senate upon it.
At the close of Mr.. Turpie's speech a
bill for celebrating the 40Oth anniversary
of the discovery of America by holding
an international exposition in the city
of New York was introduced by Mr.. Ev-
arts and read the first and second time.
The program for the ceremonies in the
house tomorrow in commemoration ol
the hundredth anniversary of the first in
auguration of George Washington was
presented and adopted.
The senate then proceeded to the con
sideration of the executive business, and
at 1.35 adjourned till tomorrow.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-11
says he Is still Emperor.
Richmond State.

Richmond state.
Dom Pedro claims that he is still En-
peror of Brazil, but at the same time
says h. will never go back there. He
declares also that he will not accept
either the list or the donation Of money
offered him by the provisional govern
ment. In this he is consistent, since if he
is Emperor the provisional government
is an illegal organization, and, there
fore, has no right to give away any
thing. But blood has flowed in Bra
I'll since the Emperor's departure. As
has happened in the South the ignorant,
misguided negro was the cause and the
victim of white adventures. In the town
of Maranhoao certain demagogues went
among the blacks and told them Dom
Pedro was their friend, had set them
free, and that if the republican govern
nent became permanent they would be
re-enslaved As result the negroes rose
and bad riot ensued, three thousand OF
them being wrought up into a condition
of frenzy. Before the disturbance was
quenched eight men were shot dead and
fifteen wounded.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-11
ODDS AND ENDS.

Add telephone list D. c. Waddell, 90,
residence.
The city graded schools will be closed
this morning at Ills O'Clock as mark
Of respect to the memory OF the late
President Davis.
The Mendelssohn Quintette Club, of
Boston, will be here between the 4th and
9th of January and will give one of their
celebrated concerts.
The Free kindergarten and Aid So
ciety of Asheville will hold their next
meeting in the Y. M. c. A. hall on Friday
afternoon at $50 pm.
The directors of the First National
Bank sat down yesterday afternoon at
five O'Clock 20 good dinner, which was
served in the private dining room of the
Swannanoa.
The coal famine, for the present at
least, seems to be over. Mr.. H. T. Col
Inns, Of the Asheville Coal Company, in
forms us that they have plentiful sup
ply of all kinds of coal on hand and can
supply all demands.
An Asheville letter in the New York
Tribune of last Sunday outlines Mr..
George Vanderbilt's plan forraising good
beef for market, and Of vigorously farm
ing his acres. This letter points out the
advantages of Asheville as most benef-
cial resort for pulmonary invalids.
1t will be noticed by reference to our
advertising columns, that Messrs. jerks
& JenkS, the real estate and insurance
brokers, have secured the agency for this
State of the well known Morris and Ire
land safe, manufactured by the Detroit
Safe Company. Samples of these safes
will be constantly on exhibition at the
offices of the firm on Patton avenue.
In our local columns yesterday it was
stated that team belonging to Mr..
Stikeleather became unmanageable on
Haywood street, and one of the horses
kicked so violently that he fell down, etc.
We learn that horse on that street was
frightened by the apparition of carpet
shaken violently in the process of dust
ing-enough to shake a wooden horse of
its propriety. But it was not Mr.. Stike-
leather's horse. His teams are so well
trained that it would take an earthquake
to shake their nerves, and they see all
sorts of sights with philosophic GOODNESS,
and hear the most uncouth sounds with
careless gravity. No one need fear that
our we'll trained horses will cut up un,
seemly shines.
A family in this city were the victims
of practical joke the other night. The
pater familias had rented a house for the
winter and had just moved into it. What
was his surprise the other morning when
he looked out Of his window and saw a
large sign conspicuously posted on his
premises, bearing the familiar legend
House tor Sale. Inquire Of" II
great CONSERVATION, he summoned tn,
other members of his household to gazt
at the sign, and a council of war wa'
held. The result was that he posted OF
to the agent in hot haste to inquir,
what he meant by treating him in thi
way, when he had already leased hin
the house for the season. He went homt
sadder and wiser man. Some rogut
had merely removed the sign from an ad
joining lot and transferred it to his.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-11
EIectricIty's work.

The utilization and distribution of
electric power are stated by Mr.. F. L.
Pope to have reached by far the greatest
development in Switzerland and the
United States. In the former country
electricity is transmitted to considerable
distances for large motors. At Soloth-
urn mandatory of machine screws is
driven by an electric motor of fifty horse
power, which derives its energy from a
turbine wheel more than five miles away
on mountain stream. At Dercndingen
a delane mill of 81, 900 spindes is driven
by pair of electric motors of $50 horse
power, operated by a turbine wheel
twelve miles distant. At Lucerne 100
horse power is similarly carried half a
mile, and $50 horse power a quarter of a
mile. In the United States no electric
motor of more than sixty horse power is
known to Mr.. Pope, but there are as
many as 5000 small motors in use, Il
favorte size being ten horse power. 1t
is predicted that in cities electric motors
will soon practically supplant the steam
engines of less than fifty horse power.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-11
SiHuOr BOScO.

The second night of Signor Bosco's per-
formance was opened with large and
enthusiastic audience. The entertain
ment consisted Of the usual optical illu-
sions and tricks. After the show was
over the prizes were given to the lucky
holders of the right numbers. The big
fish of the evening were caught by the
Hon. Kope Elias, who drew a castor;
Mr.. Gibbs, who carried off cake basket
General Cfngman, who walked away
with rocking chair; and Mr.. Cliff, who
was naturally on time, as he received a
gold watch.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-11
AHard.Hearted villain.

Louisville furnishes a crime that in
sheer cruelty goes beyond anything re-
corded in long time. Two Arab ped
dlers slept on straw near the city One
of them had $40. The other Arab at
tackled him about O'Clock in the morn
ing, and, after cutting him until he ap-
peared to be dead, took the $14O, put tbs
bleeding body in a strawstack' and set
it on fire. The wounded man was so
weak from loss of blood that he was hor-
ribly burned before he could drag himself
out of the straw. His name is Joseph
Meeler Algee. His assailant, Joe Scheiler,
was arrested
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-11
Caught at It.

We are informed that a young man, a
mere lad in fact, some time since sold in
one of our warehouses alot of tobaccoas
his own, when in truth it belonged to
another party. He was paid for it, and
we suppose the warehouse sthe loser.
Yesterday he tried to repeat the game,
and was caught at it. At last accounts
he was in custody of the sheriff. We are
informed that he isfrom Madison.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-11
A proclamation,

In accordance with resolution adopted
by the meeting of citizens Friday night
last, l hereby request the citizens ofAshe-
vile to close their respective places of
business on Wednesday, the 11th inst,
at the hour designated for the funeral
obsequies of the late Jefferson Davis, and
repair to the Central Methodist church
for worship, and unite with the people OF
this Southland in paying the last sad
tribute ofrespect to this grand character
whose lifework was given his people,
and whose virtues are to remain. and
should be cherished, as the greatest
heritage of his countrvmen.
c. D. BLANToN,
Mayor of Asheville,
Monday, Dec. 9th.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-11
A Demorest Contest.

On Friday evening in the Y. NJ. c. A.
hall will be given an elocutionary con-
test by the children. Excellent music
will be rendered by Asheville's best musi-
clans. The public are invited to attend.
No admission fee. Exercises beginning
at 8 O'Clock.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-11

WASHINGTON, December 10-The bond
offerings to-day, 81 ,47O, 500; all accepted
at 1O45s for four and halls, and 1877 for
four per cents.
Since the inauguration of Secretary
Windom's policy of reducing the amount
of Government deposits i'll the National
banks on the 2nd inst, 81, 1872, 900
bonds have been surrendered by the
banks
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-11
OUR PUBLIC BUILDING.
The Kind of am EClifice AsheViIIe
IL to Have.

In the November architects and build
ers' edition of the Scientific American,
published by Messrs. Mum & Co., New
York, appears an excellent picture of the
new postofice and United States court
house to be erected in this town. The
building will be of a modified Roman
esque style of architecture. The walls
are to be faced with courSed ashlar to
to top of first story window sills, and
above with selected red and ornamental
brick and terra Gotta tiles, cornices to be
of copper, roof covering of Spanish tiles.
Exterior walls to be furred with terra
Gotta to receive plaster. Floors and in
terror partitions will be Of wood, and
the first story corridor marble tiled.
Yellow pine will be used in the joiner
work throughout, and steam heat sup
piled. The size of the building will be
about 1O4x65 feet. The first floor is to
be devoted to postoffice and internal rev.
enue. Courts and court Offices to be on
second floor, the court room being 50x3+
feet and "a feet high. The building will
cost 100000.
Asheville may be proud Of this hand
some and substantial addition to the
city. The immediate need of this build
ing is pressing, and the quicker the gov
ernment gets the building ready for occu-
pancy the better served will be the peo-
pie of this section of North Carolina.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-11
what BOstOn's Fire Cost the City,

An interesting computation of the ac-
tual cost TO the city of Boston infghting
the flames of the recent fire and clearing
away the debris is as follows: Fire APP
paratus destroyed, $4,000; fire equip
ments destroyed, $11 900; funds to the
families of the FIVE dead fremen, SIS, 900;
removal of the debris and walls, $4,000;
refreshments for 6remen and police, ST.
900; miscellaneous losses, $475; total,
S4S. IT'S.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-11
DIphtheria closes schooIs.

MARLBORO, Mass, December 1O.-All
the schools here will be closed tomorrow,
and the high school on Friday owing to
the prevalence of diphtheria in town.
Twenty cases are already reported.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-11
Combinations,

WASHINGTON, December 10.-The SEN
ate this afternoon confirmed the follow
ing nominations:
Robert P. Porter, OF New York, to be
Superintendent of the census; Lewis A.
Graft, of Nebraska, commissioner general
land office; Vim. NJ. Stone, of Iowa,
assistant commissioner general land
Office; lanes NJ. Townsend, Indiana, re-
corder general land Office. The nomina.
tion of Green B. Raum, of Illinois, to be
commissioner of pensions, was reported
favorably by the committee on pensions.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-11
Public schools t. Close,

BY order of the committee the public
schools OF the city will close to-day at
Ills O'Clock SO that the children where
parents so desire, may have an opportu-
nifty to attend the services to be held in
the Central Methodist church in memory
of the late Mr.. Davis. Respectfully,
p, 2, CLAYTON, Supt,
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-11
Masonic Notice,

A special communication of Asheville
Lodge, 40, A. F. and A. NJ, will be held
Wednesday evening at 7.30 O'Clock
sharp. Work in third. Brethren cor
daily invited. 4, J. A. CoNANT,
Secretary