The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-07
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DIR. Hines returned to the city yes
terday.
Mr.. Arthur White, of Mebahe, was
in the city yesterday.
Mr.. w. H. Branson, of Durham, spent
yesterday in the city.
Mr.. James ~ Leach returned to
Thomasville yesterday afternoon,
Mr.. Cyrus C. Babb, of the Geological
Survey was in the city yesterday.
Mr.. w. d. Pruden, of Edenton, is i'll
the city attending the Federal court.
Mr.. NJ. +. Norris left yesterday after
noon for the Baptist Convention at
Greensboro.
Mr.. w. III. Hughes, Jr., of the firm of
Young and Hughes, has gone to New
York to take course III scientific san
itary plumbing i'll the New York Trade
School.
Mr.. j. d. Boushall, who has been III
attendance upon the Baptist Conven-
ton at Greensboro, returned yester-
day afternoon temporarily, but will go
back again.
Mr.. Robert l.. Burkhead is spend
ing a few days in Lexington with his
wife, and by the bye, it was almost
forgot, his baby too, a beautiful little
girl of two days.
Rev. Dr. Simms will return to-day
from the Baptist Convention at Green's
boro, earlier than he had expected to
do on account of funeral services which
hehas to conduct in the city this after
noon.
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are in the city, the guests of Mr.. Gar
land Jones. Mrs Brooks wills remain
here with her sister, Mrs. Jones, while
DIR. Brooks attends the Methodist Con-
ference at Elizabeth City.
Mr.. James II. Pou left for Smithfield
Yesterday afternoon and will return
next Tuesday, the Johnston county
eases before the United States Court
not having come up yet in full force.
Mr.. Pou is retained in Is or 20 cases.
Treasurer VIM. III. Worth yesterday
went to Greensboro to see his mother,
Mrs. Phoebe NJ. Worth. who will be IS
years old to-day. There will be a sort
of family reunion, kind of love-offer-
ing from the descendants of the much
beloved mother and grandmother.
The locomotive engineers, who
brought the Maryland boys safely from
Portsmouth here, stopped at the Var
borough and returned TO Portsmouth
yesterday. They were on four sec
lions and were Messrs. NJ. NJ. Dodd, +.
b. Clark, j. b. Pendleton and B. L..
Cox. 1t is said that Mr.. Clark is the
swiftest engineer between here and
Portsmouth.
Major VIM. A. Guthrie was in Raj
eigh Yesterday and left in the after
noon for Moore county to appear in a
case which vii be heard before the
Clerk in Chambers. The Major has
not turned up here for several weeks.
having spent week with his wife at
Atlanta He says it is a highly credit
able show and was more instruc-
tive to him, if possible, than the Phila-
delphia Centennial.
Commissioner Patterson yesterday
morning returned from Greensboro
where he heard Bob and Aft Taylor.
Mr. Patterson says that Alf is very e1o-
quent and Bob is very entertaining
and funny. II is thought that they
will be in Raleigh sometime next week.
The Governor spent yesterday morn
ing in Fayetteville with Prof. Holmes
and Superintendent Leazar examining
Artesian wells at Hope Mills. Yester-
day afternoon the whole party went to
the coal mines at Cumnock in Chat
ham county to see the vast beds of
coal there. They are all expected
back to-day.
Mrs. w. c. Norman, of Wilmington,
who is so well beloved and so well
known in Raleigh, viii pass through
the city Monday afternoon on her way
TO Lexington, where she will remain
until Rev. Mr.. Norman receives his new
appointment, his term having expired
at Grace Methodist church, Whining
ton. IL is hoped by a great many of
the Raleigh brethren that her next
home will be in this city.
Mr.. II. T. Hay yesterday moved his
family into his new residence on Hills
boro street, lately occupied by Mr.. JOS.
q. Brown. Mr.. Hay purchased this
property some months ago, and it has
been thoroughly and extensively i'm
proved and beautified into one of the
hapdsoineSf homes in the city