The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-07-31
CITY IN BRIEF.

TO be simply sound ana Jury Slgnllylug
nothing.
Mrs. DR.. r. n. Lewis continues to i'm
prove, though she is most narrowly and
constantly watched for fear of any pos
sible setback.
The seizure was reported yesterday by
Deputy Collector Mofitt of Hall and
Luther's 50-gallon illicit distillery near
Ophir, Montgomery county.
1t is said that work on the Baptist
University for women will be resumed
September /. The amount of work thus
far done is estimated at IS, 600. The
work will be paid for as it progresses.
DIR. J. s. Meadows, of Louisburg, who
has rented the Capitol Tobacco ware
house, was in the city yesterday. He
tells the NEWS AND OBSERVER that he
will open it the latter part of August.
By mistake the name of Mr.. Sam
Harper was yesterday up in place OF MI.
F. M. Harper Superintendent Puolc
Schools of Athens, Ga. Mr.. Harper has
Just returned from Salt Lake City, in
mention of which his name was wrongly
given as above.
The civil service examination for posi-
tions in the revenue service will take
place August 8. There are about a
dozen persons who have given notice
that they will stand the examination.
There are said to be, however, few, If
any, places open for clerkships.
Frank Thomas the negro whom Deputy
Walters overhauled for snatching the
purse of Mrs. Harvey was tried yester-
day before Justice Roberts and COM
mitted. Mr.. Walters got $40 of the
mlney from the boy, whose detection
and arrest were highly creditable to him,
as was the recovery by Sheriff Brooks OF
Mr.. Bobbitt's horse.
The Baptist Sunday School CHATEAU
qua will be held August 1918 at he'd
Springs, Robson county. Among those
from Raleigh who will take part are Mr..
J. M. Broughton, who will on the 14th
deliver an address on "Nadab and
Abihu,n and Rev. DR.. A. NJ. Simms the
subject of whose address will be, Pas
tor and Superintendent. On the 10th,
Rev. Baylus Cade will deliver an address,
subject, "a Typical life of Devotion to
Principle"
Mr.. Terry, of Wake, yesterday walked
into Commissioner Patterson's Office
with new species of worm, which is
being examined by Entomologist Nc
Carthy. The worm has wings and bores
into and eats ont corn four or five inches
above the root, which causes it to break
at that place, even against fairly brisk
wind. The worm is an inch long, and
is getting into the fields about here in a
way to make farmers somewhat worried.
A citizen here yesterday said that
citizen of Washington, N. c., had been
agent there for a life insurance company
which company had gone out of business
years ago. Nobody happened to die, the
agent continued to collect the premiums,
the other day one of those who had been
paying died, claimed insurance and
found out the company had gone out of
agent, it is stated, has skipped. His
name for the present is withheld.
Mr.. Bobbitt, who had his horse stolen
last Friday night, put an advertisement
in the News AND OBSERVER, of Sunday
morning, and on Monday morning, so he
said yesterday, he had telegram from
Goldsboro, from a reader of the notice,
telling him all about the horse and the
thief, whom Sheriff Brooks brought back
yesterday. Mr.. Bobbitt was delighted
at the result, and said that no paper in
the State reached such wide range OF
readers as the NEWS AND OBSERVER.
While Dr. Simms was IN Caldwell and
BERTHE counties during his recent vacation
he spent some time in trout fishing and
said be would have caught plenty of
trout, but somebody up the bank kept
soaring them up. OF all the fish stories
that have lately rolled into Raleigh from
the mountains, and the sea, this is the
only one which narTates how many the
fisherman didn't catch. Mr.. James FL.
Pou said the other day that no catch of
fish should be reported in round mum
bers, that it should not be 100-but 1913,
105 or something like that.
The whole stock of the dry goods bust
ness of Mr.. S. B. Norris has been sold
out to Messrs. Williams, Hood 81 Co., Of
Charlotte, and yesterday both of them
were busy taking inventory and getting
the goods in shape for shipment Mr..
Norris did not care to say yesterday why
he was closing out, and has not yet de-
cided as to whether he will resume
business, but he was prompt to express
his gratitude for the trade thus far
vouched safe to him, saying at the same
time that kis twenty years in the bust
ness had been productive of many pleas
ant memories of those with whom he
had been thrown in contact.
The intermediate and infant classes of
the Tabernacle Baptist Sunday school had
their picnic outing at Pullen Park yester
day These children were not included in
the older crowd who went to Hampton
Roads and Virginia Beach not long since,
but they had yesterday probably as much
pleasure packed into their little hearts
on the rolling green slopes of the beauti-
full park as did the older ones on the
blue pillows of Chesapeake Bay. Mr.. r.
II RrcI!-., was in charge of them and