The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1890-01-22
A FEW NEWS ITEMS.

Lord Salisbury, who suffered seri
ously from the grip. is going to the Soutl
of France to recuperate.
The Rev. T. ], Plunkett, of Detroit, ha.
been called to the pastorate of the First
Presbyterian church at Augusta, Ga.
Emin Bey, who seriously hurt himsel
by falling out ofa window at an enter
tainmcnt given in his honor at Zanzibar
has had relapse.
A woman, unknown to the premises
made her way to the roof of n four story
building on Second avenue, New York,
and threw herself hcadlong to the ground
and was instantly killed.
Hon. Frederick Chase, a prominent
New Hampshire man, treasurer of Dart
mouth college, probate judge and local
historian OF note, died at Hanover on tn,
9th of the grippe. He was fifty years
old.
The report that the Emperor Joseph OF
Austria will abdicate is denied. TIL,
crown is a very heavy burden, but Dio.
cletian and Charles the fifth, are almost
the only examples of those who had tn,
courage or selEdenial to throw it aside.
FL Progrcsso, a paper published in tn,
City OF Mexico, has been amusing itsel
since Patti has been singing in that city
with lampooning and ridiculing the sing
er. She has herrcvcngc, for she brough,
suit against the editor and he is now in
jail.
The prospect of the establishment of q
national Baptist university at Chicago
seems to be a good one. Among tn,
large contributors is Mr.. Rockefeller, tn,
wealthy standard oil man, who offer.
5000, 900 on condition that others rails,
100000 additional.
The rumors that Secretary Blaine will
resign are renewed again since the deatl
of his son. Apart from his affliction.
which has darkened his life, it is alleged
that his relations with President Harri.
son are not pleasant, and that, to sa,
the least, his position is mortifyinp
one.
The experiments to test the power o.
electricity instantly to kill criminals con-
dcmncd to death, are still continued in
the State of New York. The other day.
at Danncmora. n. Y, n test was made OF
the resisting powers OF a bull. He drop.
ped dead at once under the force of 900
volts.
1t is learned at Paris that French
under command of Lieutcn.
ant Jaime, OF the French navy, has mad,
a successful ascent OF the Niger as far NJ
as Timbuctoo. This is the second sue.
cessful attempt of the kind. Only about
half dozen Europeans have ever visited
this city. and only n few of these escaped
with their lives, owing to the relentless
ierocity OF the Mahomctan inhabitants.
A mad dog, swapping. snarling and
ioaming at the mouth, jumped through
the window of n basement room of q
house in New York, shattering the glass
in his plunge, and landing in the midst o.
a terrified family quietly reading. They
rushed into hallway, closing the door
behind them, and secured the aid of a po.
liccman, who quickly came in and dis.
patched the dog with his club.
Lord Napier, of Magdala, left two
sons. twins. and curious discussion as
to the inheritance has arisen out of tn,
OF deciding which was the first |
born. 1t has been decided by the family
that Robert, married, but childlcss, shall |
have one title. and George, the other
twin, shall have the other title, and n |
annuity. No similar case was |
ever known in the history OF the British |
pceragc.
a prize fight between Ike Talbot, the
'olored champion of Maine, and Harry |
Z. "a vl,Vas Of I.I1p
in the latter town the other day, or
rather night, in the court house, in the
very precincts of Justice, peace and order |
he hight was possible through the con.
nivance of the janitor, who let them in
The building together with n large crowd |
Df sports. This is ahead OF Kirain and |
Sullivan's adventure in Mississippi.
A corner in the sardinc market is i'm. |
nincnt. An international English, Bel. |
yian and German syndicate has been |
ormcd to control the sardinc fish inter. |
'sts. Our people have become SO used to
The young hcrrings Of the coast of Main,
backed in cotton seed oil that they will |
Dc indifferent to the movement of such q
'yndicatc. They have lost the power OF
between the sardinc and |
he herring, and cotton seed oil they find |
as palatable as the oil of the olive.
Camille Douls, French explorer in the
lesert OF Sahara, il is now learned, per.
shed miscrably at the hands of his Tua.
'ick guides. lie had gone from Algeria
rs far south as Timbuctoo. and started |
% return by another route which passed |
through the Tuarick country. the people
,f which are noted for trcachcry and ic
.ocity. lie employed two guides of that
,eoplc whom he had known, and whose
idclity he thought he could rely on; and |
hey murdered him.
The 73rd anniversary of the American
colonization society was held in Wash.
ngton City on the 10th. The meeting |
VAS addressed by the Rev. DR.. Blydcn,
IN exceedingly intelligcn. and conscrva.
i've negro. He was in favor of the re.
urn of the negroes to Africa, thinking |
hey and the whites could not live in |
harmony here. He was warm in his |
praises Of Liberia. We have heard that |
song for nearly three quarters of cen.
Jury; yet very little has come of It. We
'annot force the negroes to go there. and
never have been able to persuade them to