The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1890-01-29
4 FEW NEWS ITEMS.

ri 'or tEoO,OOO.
m Nv Ground was broken at Knoxville
>n Monday for the Knoxville and Nor,
;" eastern railroad.
Of >, Thomas McDcrmott, of Ro.ersvil
It Tenn, has been appointed L. $ consul
!, ST. Thomas, with a salary of 81 900.
j, Nelly Bly, left New York with 50 O(
u to pay the expenses of her trip nrnu,
$500 VI"
: The earldom of Cairns, made v,
! cant by the death of the late Earl ";
t he filled by Col. McCamont, cousin
, the late Lord.
A report comes from Brazil that tn
new president FOnseca is diving fror
angina pectoris at Il hotel in the suburb
Of Rio de Janeiro.
AL Cleveland, Ohio, whiskcv trust
representing capital OF $40, ,OOO, 900
"r Tear OF adverse legislation has re
SoiVed itself into regular everyday cor
poration.
Ihe steamship Sir William Armstrong
wh'ch was believed to have been lost n
the continued fearful gales on the Allan,
| .,c' mas made port after being ont owe,
thirty days.
Ihe name of the Young lady who mod,
herself so iamons as Nelly Bly bv he,
quick trip around the world is Elizube, h
Sochrhnc, who went to New York from
l'ittsburg, Pa.
a man in Chicago became almost in
sane at the noise of sewing machines in
ms house. and deserted wife and family
Inc vile applied Tor divorce. which i,
seat is expected will be granted.
II is said in the political circles of Penn
SSlvania that Postmnstcr.Gcncral Wan.
hafnakcr will enter the political race n. =
Soinpe,itor with Don Cameron for tn,
III the United States senate.
Three boys "coasting" down hill q,
thi snow at Hancock, Michigan, on tn,
10Th, ran under freight car comm.
h"wn steep grade. Two of the boy,
had Their heads crushed; the third was
not hurt.
Inc police AT Knoxville are on the
lockout Tor iorgcr known as {. l.. Pa.
ION, who obtained 81 100 bv forged M.
'crS from the Knoxville Savings bank.
md also victinizcd the Aliildlcsbnro
'ank I" the amount oi S3,uOO
Count Toistoi is amusing ur;v,t,
'r'str"y!ratic audiences by having hi.
omewhai sulphur"us play, The Pnwcrs
u DARKNESS, performed before them.
he public exhibition of the play was
Il Buffalo an old man, once wealth,
ha respected, spent his centennial BIRTH
ny on the Goth, homeless and pennilcss
lis name Is Willis Clark, and a pioncc,
. western New Work. He ;-,rrdi,,.
'ar'S were supplied hy contribution.
Tie wife of the captain Of Il barge lyiuu
one at the New York slips went th,
tler night to carry some medicine to "A
OK enid ON another barge. In the dark
ne missed her footing and tell bctwrr,
le barges and wasdrowncd. Her nam
'as Mary a. King. 63 years old
At Canandaigua, y. V. three men
ho had been drinking together. mad,
to 90 home Onr of them
rank fish, extended his hand to an.
,her' luliinane, Tor a parting shake.
~ "'tNi 'NN'iiSl tIC NlNllltN, anu Elsl
as So inccnscd that he drew his knit, &
I'd stabbed him To death.
While miners in the La Plata mines.
were working on u DRIFT, 1.
avy blast they made seemed to hay,
locked out the bottom. and a flood oi
ntcr instantly poured in, compelling
cm To fly with all haste. In n few
urs he water had filled To within q
ort distance oi the surface. II is though, l
many that a sub;rrranean lake has
cn tapped. =
IN Saturday afternoon William Nc. q
rland, jr, son of u member oi a very
law firm in New York, wrnr +,
I Ia skate on pond uenr his fathers '"
idence at Arrochar. Staten Island -
c ice broke, aud the lad was drowned.
lcn the body was afterwards found.
re was lying by il the body of III, "
$ dog, tine st. BERNARD. which had
IDENTIFY pershcd in the nttrmp, to u
ie his young master. =.