The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-01
CITY IN BRIEF.

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Election visible in the sky.
1t costs 81 600 per mile to make the
Defect roads Supervisor McMackin is
making in Raleigh township.
The women will play baseball Satur-
day afternoon. Even the baseball dla-
mond can't be resisted by them.
DR.. G. W. Blacknall is building a cot
tage on West Cabarrus street, between
South Salisbury and Fayetteville streets.
The case of Jamie Jenkins and Alice
Brown will come up before Justice Rob
erts to-day at 10. They had hair pull
ing.
Deputy Collector Woods reported yes
terday the seizure of sixty gallon still
of Buck Stadler, near Cherry Grove, Per-
son county
Mrs. Oatharine Price died yesterday
at her home $40 North West Street, Rev.
DR.. Simms will conduct the funeral ser
vices from the residence this afternoon
at o'clock.
The deed for the property purchased
by the Capital Club from Major Vass
was rejected yesterday. The property
fronts 81 feet on South Salisbury
and 20 feet on West Martin Street.
Negro James Byrd was up before
Justice Roberts yesterday for attempted
assault upon Mrs. Sarah A. Pulley on
the 25th instant. His condition seemed
such as to warrant an enquiry into his
sanity.
Lizzie Brown and Mamie Howard yes
terday had a scrimmage about white
man, Lizzie went to jail with the mans
money. The man soon put in appearance,
paid her out, and had his money re-
turned.
Mrs. DR.. R. Fl. Lewis is improving
slowly. Her temperature, though some
higher yesterday than usual, was not
such as to change the conclusion that her
condition seems tending toward slow
convalescence.
The negro who stole Mr.. Bobbitt's
horse rode to Goldsboro with it and
offered to sell it to Constable Head there
for SIS so. He was taken in on suspicion
and is now in Jail here. The horse arriv-
ed yesterday and the cost of getting him
Dack was ABOUT 4Io w.
Yesterday one of the excursionists who
was here Tuesday, when thestrain reach
ed Cary, shot three times out of the win
dow at Emma Davis, colored, and struck
her in the face aud hand. The wounds
were not fatal. Magistrate Moye went
down to try the case yesterday afternoon.
The Governor would not say yesterday
that he was going to Wilmington Friday
to attend the naval parade there nor that
he was not. The war vessel Amphitrite
will be there and gala naval time is
expected. The Adjutant General also,
will attend, and the courtesies of the
day will be extended by Lieutenant
Winslow...
The assignment of Messrs Fl. F. Smith
& Co., which took place Tuesday, is in
the hands of Mr.. s. F. Mordecai, assignee,
who is running through an inventory,
which he has not yet completed. But
Mr.. Smith was seen yesterday and said
that his assets would amount to 81, 400
to 81, 500 worth of goods and about 800
worth of accounts, against about 81 800
of liabilities.
Mayor Russ said yesterday that
parents should warn their children
against riding on sidewalks with their
bicycles or at night without lanters, the
fine for each offence being So. The
Mayor says this fine will be strictly en-
forced henceforth, so that it would be to
the interest of bicyclists to keep their
lamps trimmed and burning and, more
over, to keep sin de middle oh de road. "
There will be picnic to-day at Far
rington's Mill, Chatham county, at
which both Mr.. W. a. Guthrie and Sena-
tor Marion Butler viii speak. Mr.. Hal
Aver left yesterday to attend. He said
he would not speak, and would return
to-day. A bird that can sing and won't
sing, ought to be made to sing, and so
Editor Aver ought to be compelled to
inter the thoughts that arise in him.
The New York parties who wanted to
fund their N. O. construction bonds
wrote that no appropriation had been
made for cash redemption Of them, and
that, therefore, the Treasurer had no
right to pay them in cash and asked for
a precedent. The Treasurer said that
$4,000 had been thus cancelled Novem-
vember 9th, 1889. But for that matter
the United States decision settles the
Treasurer's right in the premises.
Mr.. E. Fl. Love, Mrs. Love, Mr. Alonzo
Love and two sisters were taken violently
i'll Tuesday night, about one O'Clock. The
illness, which affected the whole family,
was caused from eating ice cream. The
members of the family were taken i'll
very suddenly, and had to call in neigh
bors to summon physicians, The cream
was made by the family. There was
some talk of the milk being poisoned.
As usual the freezer was the cause of it.
Mrs Love and one daughter are seriously
IL. The others are quite sick,
Can Ii BE Truce
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