The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-02
CITY IN BRIEF.

Brookside Park this evening.
Three Richmond, Va, families have
lately taken homes for themselves IN
Raleigh.
The express cars on all the s. A. l..
cars for the North are full of baskets OF
grapes from Southern Pines.
The s. A. L. train from Hamlet was
two hours late yesterday caused by
the breaking of the spring hanger on tne
engine.
Adiutant General Cameron said yes
terday that neither he nor the Governor
would attend the naval exercises at Will
mington.
Miss Mary Hoge, the little eight year
cd daughter of Rev. DR.. Hoge, OF VIII
mington, who has been quite i'll for some
weeks, is reported oonvalescing.
Eight hundred bales of cotton belong
ing to the estate of r. S. Pullen have
been sold this week, in 100 bale lots,
from his warehouse in rear OF the Pullen
building, and 270 bales remain.
Sidney Rogers was sent to the road
yesterday by the mayor for resisting an
officer and Charity Roe was sent to the
road by Justice Roberts for malicious
prosecution.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Catherine
Price was conducted yesterday by Rev.
DIR. Simms from the home, $40 North
West street. Mrs. Price was most es-
Unable woman, and left many friends
to mourn her loss.
Secretary Brown, of the Railroad Com
mission, yesterday completed the send
ing out of the appointments in railroad
valuations for counties and towns OF the
State. The figures were sent respectively
to the county commissioners and mayors.
The collections for the Fourth District
of North Carolina for July, 1895, are as
follows: Lists, 81, 084. 20; playing cards,
80 cts. !; spirits, 81, f05 Sd; snuff, $3.50. 90;
cigars, &C, $21, 1904. 10; tobacco, $685.
500 IS; special tax, $10,2S1.25. Total,
$40, 166 25.
This afternoon at four o'clock there
will be meeting in the Office OF the
Commissioner of Agriculture to take
steps toward the representation OF this
State at the Atlanta Exposition. The
following men are expected to be pres
ent: Messrs. Patterson, FL. B. Battle,
Bruner, W. r. Green and Mewborne.
Most of the Wake county Justices Of the
Peace stepped down and out yesterday,
their places being taken by the appoin-
tees Of the recent legislature. Among
the new magistrates are p NJ. Stewart,
James Baker, ]. N. Hubbard, @. n.
Hunter, W. T. Debnam, E. S. Cheek.
The old magistrates retained are Justices
Roberts, Barbee and Whitaker.
Against expectation, there is an in
crease in the values of real and personal
property from Davidson county for 1895.
The first abstract from this county of
listed taxables for 1895 was received
yesterday by Auditor Furman and
showed an increase of $160,674 as per
the following figures Abstract of
1894, 90, 1873, sci; for 1895, So, 349,2 1865.
The Raleigh correspondent of the New
York Dramatic Mirror in this weeks issue
says: "The Academy will be dark until
August. Manager Meares has just re-
turned from three weeks stay in New
York and while there booked line of
attractions that viii insure prosperous
season, '95 90. He is hustler, and
Raleigh people begin to appreciate his
efforts to secure something of the best.
He viii have nothing else"
Over hundred sets of tobacco fues
have been sold here this season, and the
tobacco cured by these faes one would
suppose would naturally come to Raj
eigh for market. a great crop has
been planted this year, and arrange
ments are now being made for handling
the crop of tobacco that should come to
Raleigh this season. Owing to her posi-
ton in the tobacco belt Raleigh Ia des-
tined to become good market for the
weed.
IN TN, revenue officials now instead of
Selling whiskQy and breaking up regis
tered stills Were there are frauds,
assess the amount they think the
distiller had cheated the government out
of, and he is generally willing enough to
pay it. They took record OF the run"
at NJ. P. Stroup's distillery, in Lincoln
county. They had suspected thai he
had been doing too much business. The
result proved that they were right. They
assessed Stroup $4,000. He had over
100 barrels of whiskey on hand at his
distillery.
State Senator Mewborne arrived in the
city yesterday, and will remain until
Saturday. He came to consult with
Commissioner Patterson and others as
to the representation of the State at the
Atlanta Exposition. Mr.. Mewborne was
asked as to the theory published yester
day that there was deal of Fusion on
hand between Pops and Republicans,
that sort of division had been agreed
upon that Guthrie was slated for Cover
nor and Pritchard for Senate. He
laughed and said it was all news to him,
and this is altogether probable.
Yesterday, the Governor paid reward
of 5000 which had been offered by Gov
ernor Jarvis in 1888. The reward was
paid to Thomas McEachern (eoloredl for