The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-01

Some Of the trees on Fayetteville
street have been colored with tender
spring green by the late warm wave.
Judge Coble will, this morning, ad-
iourn the court sine die, after finishing
up some business that is merely formal.
Mr.. A. F. Bowen, Secretary to DR..
Herbert Battle in the Experiment Sta
ton has been quite sick but is reported
to be better.
Mr. P. @. Enniss of the Agricultural
Department is out on tour OF lnspec-
ton of fertilizers in the Western Wheat
section of the State.
The Railroad Commissioners will meet
this morning to consider number OF
minor cases that have accumulated on
file during the recess.
Thursday evening there will be musl
Gale given at the Marlborough for
charitable object Ii promises to be
most delightful . tf4ir.
Secretary Nichols said yesterday
speaking 40 Ut The races at the fair, that
records made by horses after October !,
1895, would be no bar.
In the Mayors court yesterday Reilly
Jordan. colored, was bound over TO court
for stealing a ham from Mr. ]. W, Bar
Der, and in default of bail was put IN Jail.
Mr.. Baylus Cade one of the new law Ii
centiates said yesterday that he expected
to practice in Raleigh and would in all
likelihood be associated with Mr.. n. I.
Gulley.
Mr.. G. E. Colburn, of Portiandville,
N. Y, writes to Secretary Nichols in
connection with the fine herd Of French
Canadian cattle, which he desires to ex-
hibit at the coming fair.
The students of the A. and NJ. College
will shortly begin the publication of
college paper after the order o. the Tar
heel, published at the University. They
have selected the college coiors red and
white.
Sheriff Smith, of Richmond county,
brought in four convicts yesterday, and
Sheriff King, of Pitt county, brought in
one, little boy, three feet high, or a
three years term, whose name was Walter
Father.
Judge James Shepherd vii remain
permanently in Ralei ga now III the prac
tice of his profession, the summer Law
school at the University having come to
close. He will be joined later by Mrs.
Shepherd, who is now at Chapel Hill.
Mr.. ]. A. Thompson, of this city. is
nov stationed at Franklinton as cotton
buyer for Bar0ee & Thompson. He says
they are getting in there about 100
le1. do tha+ ha N
there is not as bad as it seems to be in
Wake.
Sam Jones got off the train at Greens
boro yesterday, coming from the South,
and was at once so surrounded by friends
and curiosity gazers that he could hardly
be seen. He will lecture in Charlotte
next Tuesday, and seems for the moment
to be out for the dust.
Ga the 9Th instant obediently to the
orders of the Railroad Commission there
will be change of schedule on the
Southern Railway, by which its early
morning train which now leaves here at
5:25 will wait for the Seaboard, in order
TO make the connection.
Prof Massey Of the Agricultural Col
his home large number of agricultural
papers containing much valuable and in
teresting reading. He said that he would
be glad TO give then TO any farmers who
might find 1t convenient to call.
On Saturday morning about 2 O'clock,
it was reported here yesterday, the
home and barn G. Mr.. J. d. Gillian, of
Bladenboro, VINO is Register of Deeds of
Baden county, were burned doTn. A
total loss of everything was reported,
with no insurance. MIR. Gillian has a
son in the revenue Office here.
hr. Zsb. walser said yesterday, speak
ing of the silver convention: ii am a
silver man, but that was such curious
thing 1t was one of the most peculiar
conventions that | ever heard Of had
thought that Raleigh would not hold the
people that would come, and the next
thing knew Butler had captured it,"
4 handsome picture Of John E Hurst,
of Baltimore, is the centre of hand
some display ia one of the large show
windows Of @. A Shefw wood u Co
Beside the portrait is q placard, on
which is prnred "Maryland's Next Gov
ernor." Mr. Hurst is the head of the
/ firm of Hurst, Pfunell & Co and this
bit of the Maryland mpaign was trans
ferred to North Carolina by Mr. Sher-
wood Higgs
News came here yesterday to Mr.
John Calvert that on Sunday night there
was very destructive fire in Jackson,
the former home of Mr.. Calvert, which
destroyed the Episcopal Church there, a
cotton gin, house belonging to Mr..
Calvert, coach-shop, the academy, and
Col Ridley's house. There was said to
be no insurance on anything except the
church which carried 1000 In the
church were many handsome memorial