The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1890-02-21
A FEW NEWS ITEMS.

A theatrical performance given in Ne,
, York for the benefit of Mrs. James {
Blaine, jr.. nettcd $4,000.
The formal opening Of the Carnegie
hrnry took place at Pittshurg on he 1871
President Harrison was present.
Bishop O'Connor. of Omaha. is lyin
III Mt the Mercy hospital, Pittsburg. an
all hope of his recovery has been abar
doned.
| A woman in Shelbyville, named Molli
Corwin. has just been married to he
ninth husband. Six Of the old ones ar
living.
A winter resort for invalids has bee
opened at Biskra, in the southern part d,
Algeria, on the borders Of the dessert q
Sahara.
party Of spiritualists, male and fc
male. were recently arrested in Chicago
charged with obtaining money undr
false prctense.
A bill has been reported favorably i,
the senate to appropriate annually iO
six years 81, 100000 for a deep watc
harbor at Galveston.
Eight million dollars have already bee
i'aid out in pensions this month, SO fa
md It is expected that ten millions MOI
will go the same way.
Johnstown. Pa. continues to provid,
sensations. Three men. on the 1911
walking on railroad track. were ru
'vcr by fast train of the Chicago lin
tied express and killed.
James Stuart. aged 80. has just bcc,
,dmitted to the infrinary at Hamilton
Ohio. He claims to be lincal desccn,
mt of the house of Stuart, and n kin,
man of fQueen Victoria.
During a prayer meeting at a priva,
house in Lebanon. Ind. some one fired
'hot through the window. striking Mr.
Randall, wife of the owner Of the houS,
n the eye. and wounding her fatally.
The Queen has announced that 81
will pntronizc the Carl Rosa opera Sc,
SON ut Drury Lane. and has ordered IT,
royal box to be reserved. This will l.,
her first visit to the opera since the deaf
If Prince Albert.
The Cronin suspect Smith, who has :,
Gently been captured and who gives HI
name as J.. B, Kelly. is identified as IT,,
man who drove the famous white hnr>.
Ind who took Or. Crouin to his death q
the Carlson cottage.
The female seminary ut San Marco,
Texas, thirty miles south of Austin. wa,
burned OIL the night of the 18th. Thr
:irls were seriously burned. The other
escaped by jumping from the window
md some were badly hurt in doing SO.
An execution recently took place i
Pekin in which fourteen criminals su
fercd death. They were dressed in r,
aud their faces were painted red. Mi
we're bcheaded ami FIVE were strangled
and the bodies Of all were left on IT,
ground for the birds Of prey.
Marcus Marx. member of n who,csal
clothing store. in Chicago while nsccndin
m nm elevator attempted tojump off At Il,
sixth floor, hut was caught betwe 4
side oft hc shaft and he elevator, was terr
bly, crushed. and then fell to the floor b,
meath. distance oi scvcnty.hve feet.
In Erie. Pa, on the night Of the 18th.
Young lady. Miss Emma Fischer. wen
to the door in response to a summon,
when a masked man threw a quantity
vitriol in her face. Dennis Carty. tn
vounC In iy's accepted lover, rushed on
in pursuit. and ovcrtaking the miscr,
ont' Was sho. thro"En t"e oody ana lei
ana 'he party escaped
The National Womau's Suffrage ASS.
ciation is now in session in Washington
A resolution introduced demands nn
only recognition OF all rights in I he Stat,
but also in the church: and among otbc
things the right TO fiji the offices II eide