The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1890-01-02
A FEW NEWS ITEMS.

| During last year thirty men and iour
women committed suicide in the New
York Central Park.
In Yazoo City, on Sunday last, GOO
bales of cotton and several loaded freight
cars were destroyed by fire.
Robert Garrett. the once rich nrcs icu'
vf .h, B..ltin,oi, and OHIO Gaiieo..l .,,.
tinues in very poor health, but seem ,
have rcgained his sanity.
Commodore Vandcrbilt's old ho,a ~
10 Washington Place, New York, ras
been sold to fur dealer for S21O ,O0G. 1t
belonged to William X. and Cornelius
Vanderbilt.
Alexander Hamilton, grandson of Gen.
Alexander Hamilton, of revolutionary
fame, killed in the duel with Aaron Burr.
died at Irvington. n. Y, on the 30th, aged,
~. He had none of the great qualities
of his ancestor.
DR.. Talmage receives $l2, 500 a year as
his salary as editor of the Ladies' Home
Journal. His salary as pastor is the
same. and we presume he has large in
come from his weekly published sermons.
Verify, his lines have fallen in pleasant
places.
At Mt. Sterling, KY, a man who re-
fused to testify in Il case on trial, was
ordered by the judge to he handcuifcd
and chained to the floor until he gave
evidence. This was one the idea, that
"the bird that can sing and won't sing
must bc madcto sing"
An indulgcnt father in Kingston, \. V,
bought for his ninctecD-month-old boy u
hobby-horse. n cart, a stuffed monkey,
&c. On Christmas morning the little
todder looked at his toys in matter-of.
fact sort OF way, and then picked two
chicken claws from the table and played
with them all the morning.
1t is said that the sentiment for the
is growing on the Island We do not
think It is growing in the United States.
We hear enough of "thc problem" at
home to deal with. II there is danger
that Cuba will fall into English or Ger
man hands, it will be time to look after
it. Until then, let "tlic ever faithful isle"
remain true to her Spanish allegiance.
The absence of the electric lights in New
York, caused by the cutting OF the wires
by the city authorities, is the thieves
opportunity, particularly on water front.
II is like London used to be before the
times of gas, when to go out alone at
night was invitation to robbery il not
to murder. New York has been too much
accustomed to light to willingly return
to darkness. cpccially when there is so
much peril in the change.
An old woman, scantily and shabbily
dressed, daily pcrambulates the streets
of Sacramento, pcdling newspapers.
Twelve or fifteen years ago she wore silks
and satins and diamonds. and lived in
gorgcously furnished apartments, She
was rich. But her husband was a gambler.
III luck overlook him. lie clost everything.
He lost even his manhood and deserted
his miserable partner. and she is the mis-
cradle creature the public daily secs in her
miserable rounds.
In noticing the selection of Mr.. Clcvc-
land to be chairman of the judiciary
centennial celebration, the Mail and Ex-
press says: "lIc who was Executive Of
these United States for four years, with
great credit to himself and satisfaction
to majority Of his own party and of
other parties as well, can be safely trusted
with the chief executive management of
the great celebration in commemoration
Of the organization of the third, co-ordi-
nate and last branch ofour constitutional
government" There is hope for Elliot
vet.