Asheville daily citizen., 1891-06-08
AROUND TOWN.
Forecast till a. IN. Monday
Showers; stationary temperature;
sOutheaSterly winds.

udyS.
Revenue collections yesterday we're
$3,9S7.04.
City Clerk Young took charge of his
office this morning.
L. w. Patton has resigned the office of
county supervisor ufpablic roads.
X. d. Gimcr, OF Waynsvile, was in
AsheviIle yesterday, and left today for
Raleigh.
The basiness meeting Of the Epworth
league will be held in the Central Meth
odist church tonight at s o'clock.
Artist-tobacconist +. A. Ilull's cartoon
on The tree of brothcrly love" is Scrcatiny
much comment on the streets today.
w. T. Heritage, of Raleigh. arrived in
the city Yesterday, and his tak3l stu
alton in THE CITIZEN composing room,
l.. Q. c. Lamar, jr., Of Mississippi, n
son ot Justice Lamar of the United States
Supreme court, is Iii the city On n visit ~
pleasure.
There will be a Joint nlcctlnc Of the
board OF aldermen and the advisory COM
missioncrs at the mayors Office to-niy ht
at s O'Clock.
Ii. {. Spaulding, secretary OF tht
rhomSon-Vau Depoclc Mining company
or Boston, is in town, the guest ol
Albert G. Glover.
The degree of Ill. u. was conferred on
Mai. Robt Bingham. Of Bingham school,
1t the closing exercises OF the university
at Chapel Hill last week.
A onc-ycar-old child of L. Il Blcasc,
proprietor of the Thomas house, Patton
avenue, died yesterday The intcrmcnl
took place at | l O'Clock today.
Mai. Jas. NJ. Blair, the auctionccr, to
day sold l25 acres of land situated ON
Cane creek, in tins county. 1t was
bought by T. l.. Ncsbit for S245.
City TaN Collector REYNOLDS is bus,
sitting in his office waiting for the NJ.
rival Of all persons who wish to sccur'
special license tor the current year.
The dummy line did even better ycstcr-
day than the preceding Sunday Hun
drcds OF people went out to Sunset Park
and came back laden with wild flowers
and ferns.
T. l.. BoStic " Co. have purchased the
stock of groceries belonging to Badger
* Robson on Patton avenue, and will
open up the STOCK IN the old stand ON
Wednesday.
A. J. Wooten, an cmploye OF the Wcs-
tern North Carolina railroad, died near
the old depot Saturday night The body
was taken to Flat Rock this morning
for lntcrmcnt.
Tickets to the commencement exercises
of Wake Forest college are now on sale
at the city ticket office Tickets are good
returning until June 10, and the round
trip fare is SlO.5O.
The criminal court has been engaged
since Saturday morning in the case Of
state VS.. Henry Hudson, charged with
shooting William Britt. The case will
take up all OF today.
Miss Lily Caldwell, of Ewcetvatcr,
Tcuu., aud Mss Grace Rodgers, of New
Haven, Conn, who have been visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. {. {. McC arty, OF this city,
lett today Iol New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. y. W. Girdwood left this
afternoon for MorGantou, \, C.. where
they will remain several DAYS and then
90 to Glen Alpine Springs, Burke county,
to spend several months.
The mcribcrs' monthly meeting of the
\. NJ. {. A. will be held IL the association
hall tomorrow at $50 p. m. Capt. T.
". Patton will make an informal talk on
"A vacation tour in Europe"
A broken piece of machinery at the
power house oi the street railway slls-
pended the running OF cars last night at
10 O'Clock. The machinery was repaired
about 10 O'Clock today, and cars are now
running OH time.
The Asheville members of the COM
mittce appointed to wait en the prcsi-
dent at Washington and invite him to
attend the Southern exposition at Raj
eigh, this fall, will leave tomorrow on
the 2;l5 p M train
The roundSmtn OF the police force had
their measures taken this morning for
their new uniforms. The suit viii ne
blue, with sugle-breastcd Prince Albert
coat They were ordered through Chas.
y. Blnnton's clothing store.
X. b. Justice returned Yesterday frsn !,
short trip to Black Mountain Mr.. IuS
ticc says that the motel at Black MI1n.
tain may become very popular ii the
telegraph poles and rubbish can only bc
removed So vislters may be abe to yet
to the hotel from the station.
The city was without water Yesterday.
A Ptpe had burst between the standppe
and the pump, and it required several
hours work to repair the break. Vixen
it was finished the pipe burst in another
section, and this latter break was not
repaired until . O'Clock this morning.
A large crowd attended the gosr
meeting of the Young Mems Christian
Association Yesterday afternoon, Rev.
{. W. Byrd made very inst uctive talk
on -Four phases of sin, matched with
four phases OF divine grace" The meet
ing was pleasant and profitable one.
The many friends Of Chas. l.. Cliff will
be pleased to hear OF his reappointment
in the railway mail service Mr. Chh
was considered one OF the most efficient
postal clerks in the service. He leaves
tomorrow for his run, which will be on
the trunk line from Wilmington, N. c.,
to Jacksonville, Fla.
A telephone message came to police
headquarters Saturday night, stating,
or intending to state that "the murderer
Bob Doughcrty, was at the old depot"
The message was misunderstood to say
that there had been a murder at the
old depot. A couple OF officers went
down at once, bat could see or hear noth
ing of any disturbance. The mistake
was learned yesterday, but if Doughrrty
had been seen, he had left without having
been arrested.
The prospectus of the Asheville and
Sulphur Springs Land company has lcen
issued in neat pamphlet form. 1t con-