The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-23

The haCks viii observe Thursday as
holiday.
"Jobn R Gently" is registered At 5he
Marlborough.
a very encouraging meeting is going
on at Swain Street Mission.
The street force is at wolk grading
Hargett street, between Salisbury and
Fayetteville streets.
Editor and Mrs H. A Latham passed
through the city YES tarday en- route to
then home il Washington, N. G.
The funeral Of Mr. G. Birdsongs
child will be held from he tabernacle
Baptist Church at $3.50 o lock this after
noon.
This morning thirty students of the
A. and NJ COLLEGE will leave FIR Atlanta
over the S1aboard, taking the "Atianta
Special
Mayor Russ yesterday sent Mollie Boa
nan to the public roads for thirty days
She was arrested for raising disturb
anco in the market house.
There was . email fra yesterday after
uoon that did slight damage to the resi-
dence of Mr.. Jesse Bali in the northeast
err part OF tho city, near Mors0n q Den
sons school.
Died, in Columbia, S. c, on Sunday
night, after short illness, Mrs. Carrie
Dunovant Koyster, wife of Mr.. o. NJ
Rows er, a former resident of this city
and a brother of DR.. w. / Register.
B3.ween Hamlet and Raleigh engine
524 Of the Seab0ard air Line broke down,
the cylinder head being blown out How
ever, the engine brought the north
bound mail to Re'eigh, arriving an hour
and a half late.
A party Of N4whern people, Mr.. and
Mrs. Rudolph U.r;oh, Misses Addie Gu
Ter, Pearl Powell Mrs Hughes Holland,
Messrs. Paris, w. H. Simpson aud F. G.
Gaskell, passed through here yesterday
over tbe Southern, en- route to Atlanta.
Mr.. 7. Il. Purnell consumed the time
of the Supreme Court yesterday opening
the argument in the Stanford Ellington
case. The arguments will continue to
day, ana probably push out the case Of
Purnell VS. Worth. in which Major
Guthrie expected today to make an ar
gument.
There was held last night the regular
semi monthly meeting of the Executive
Committee of the Asylum for the Insane.
The committee is composed of Messrs.
r R Gotten, OF Pitt; John r. Smith, Of
M 7 iesL+ Of EI0a-
combe. Only current business was dis
patched.
The case of S B. Perry rs. Regis
ter Of Deeds Rogers came up yes
teraay before Justice Barbee, and
consumed three hours, from 8 to II
ocl1Ck E7idenca and argument were
heard and decision reserred. Itappeared
that by the census Of 1880 the young man,
Frsnk Perry, was then three years old,
whereas bis father claimed that he was
only is, and, therefore, not entitled to
the N 8rriage license issued by the Regis
ter Of Deeds Several law points were
discussed among them, whether or not
the documentary evidence involved in
The alleged &c au3 age vas admissible.
l. en- ensnt Henderson ass Al the Fair
Yesterday. H. sid ne would leave in
about tgo weeks to repor5t0 tee Icdjana
Of the North Atlantic Squadron Leu
tenant Hendersou's time does not expire
until next January, bat as there are
probably as many as 100 applications for
places on the North Atlantic Squadron,
he does rot like to forego this chance of
keeping near his family when at the end
OF that time, the opportunity might have
passed and he would as likely then go to
China as anywhere else Lieutenant
Henderson sad it was not Improbable
that q retired naval officer would succeed
him here as military instructor.
President Holiday, of the 4 and M.
College, will go TO Washington this week
To ask that Lieutenant Henderson be not
ordered to service on the battleshiD On
diana" and if he does not succeed in
this, TO arrange for another detail for
the college. The instruments and equip
ment of the physical and electrical labor
atory will arrive in few days, and it is
especially desired that Lieut. Henderson,
who is thoroughly familiar with the
work, shall install these plants. Aside
from this, the Lieutenant is greatly be
loved by both faculty and Students and
the prospect of his leaving causes sincere
regret.