The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-07
CITY IN BRIEF.


it is said.
Editor Edgar A Womble, of the Daily
Press, is confined to his room with an
attack Of fever.
The long, weedy grass in Nash square
is at last being cut. The square now
looks much better.
The fine sheep, which have been quar-
tered at the Tucker farm near Method,
have all been sold to the butchers.
The large number of bales of cotton,
owned by the estate of the late r. 5.
Pullen have been sold. Much of the
cotton was purchased by local mills.
The Executive Committee Of the State
Alliance meets here Monday. 1t will be
followed shortly by an Alliance meeting
and a silver experience meeting" at
Cary.
The available copies of the private acts
of the Legislature were yesterday dis
tributed among the magistrates. Each
township is allowed five copies. No
Codes at all can the magistrates get
There were melons galore at and
around the market yesterday. One man,
of an observing and calculating turn OF
mind, counted eighty loads and estimat-
ed the number of melons in sight at s.
800.
The Clerk of Court yesterday ap-
pointed Mr.. J. @. Maroon as magistrate
in place of T. D. Watson, resigned. Mr..
Maroon has been a magistrate for
nearly fourteen years and is an unterrl-
fed Democrat.
Farmers are complaining that the fruit
ing on the plants is very poor. The
plants themselves are in some cases IN
usually large. Mr.. W. Fl. Rogers, from
Milburnie, was in town yesterday. He
had with him very large limb, "a sam
ple," which contained only two cotton
bolls.
'I'll give you rumor which think is
well grounded, said a gentleman yes
terday, ''but You mustn't use my name
That is that Mr.. W. T. Reed, of the
Seaboard, has gone North; when he le-
turns he will not be alone but with
bride" Several had heard the rumor,
but none would vouch for its truthful
ness.
Some time ago the stomach of Mrs.
Kestler, who died at Salisbury, was sent
to Prof. Withers for examination, it be-
ing suspected that she had been poison
ed. Prof. Withers has concluded his ex
animation, but will not make known the
result until Rowan term of court con-
yenes. This, of course, means very
probably that the Professor found poi
son.
Some DAYS ago there came here Mr..
Duncan, the senior member of a large
Western manufacturing chemical con
Germ, accompanied by two statesmen. His
object was to look into the advantages of
this city as location for the establish
ment of a wholesale drug depot to furnish
the retail trade for Virginia and the
Carolinas. The gentlemen left without
having made any definite plans.
If the city can't light its streets de
Gently, it might at least pass an ordi-
nance requiring gates to be so hung that
they swing from and not into the side
walks. In the Marlboro last night gen
tleman who had collided with an open
gate was loudly bemoaning torn pair
of pants and several severe "shin"
bruises. This case was laughable one
but serious injury might have resulted
The clerks in the revenue Office re-
ceived piece of news yesterday which
saddened each of them. This was a
letter from Deputy Collector Troy, of
Fayetteville, dictated to his daughter,
which told of partial stroke of paraly
sis, which the bold raider suffered day
before yesterday. Both arms are
paralyzed. Deputy Troy was one of the
best deputies in the service and very
popular. With his accustomed spirit, he
writes that he means to fight the Attic
ton and conquer it.
In spite of hard times and panics and
''slumps" and what not, there were at
least fifteen men in North Carolina the
past year who still thought that there was
living in newspapers. Mr.. LogansTer-
rell, Of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is
now at work preparing his annual lists
of State newspapers. Last year there
were 2l9 of them; this year, 234. MIR.
Terrell makes the request Of the various
papers to notify him of any change that
has occurred within the last year, either
of editorship or management.
George Nichols, a colored man, can
thank his fiery temper for getting him
just thirty days hard labor on the county
roads. Some time ago he was arrested
for assaulting his wife, The case same
up before Squire Wesley Whitaker, but
Nichols wanted the case removed. Then
he became mad and abusive and the JUS
tice gave him thirty days for contempt
Of court. The case was then sent on to
Justice Nichols, who sent his namesake
to the roads to work out costs. So it
will be several moons ere he again roams
Raleigh streets,
II was some weeks ago when Mr.. ".
J. Cooper handed in his resignation to
the board of directors as Superintendent