The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-27

CITY IN BRIEF,
Mai. Alfred Williams, Jr., returned
Yesterday from Wake Forest.
Travelling Auditor Easton, OF the
Southern" was here yesterday.
State Senator W. J. Adams, OF Car
thage, spent yesterday in the city.
Mai. J. W. Wilson, chairman OF the
Railroad Commission, returned yester-
day from Morganton.
The Misses Cross and Miss DAISY
Brown have gone to Forestvlile 10 WISH
Miss Pearl Carver.
The will of the late Mr.. Fl. Mailer was
recorded Yesterday. The estate Is estl-
mated at something over O,OOo.
URey. D. d. Tuttle breaches special
sermon to the Raleigh Carpenters Union
the second Sunday in December.
Mrs. Me Adams, of Carthage, 10 VS.
iting her daughter, Mrs. John Creecn'
on North Person street.
Thanksgiving day Shaw University
and st. Augustine football teams WIZ
play a match game at Athletic Park.
The December term of the Federal
Court convenes here next MONDAY,
Judges Seymour and SimoIton Will pre-
side.
Chief Store keeper and Guager Powell,
of the internal Revenue Department,
returned yesterday from trip on reVe-
nue. business.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. s. Sykes, of Manches-
ter, Va, were here yesterday Iney
stopped on their way to Atlanta 10 see
Mrs. Skyes' brother, Mr.. L N. White.
Secretary John Nichols spent yester-
day in Durham, comforting with Col. j.
S. Carr regarding the settling up OF the
affairs of the last State FAIR.
Messrs. Lowery and Williams, who
pulled off, rather exciting scrapplng
match not long ago, were tried before
magistrate yesterday, and both were
bound over to the Superior Court.
Mr.. S. L. Patterson, State Commits
sioner of Agriculture, has returned to
the city from pleasant stay at his de-
lightful country home. He has recently
completed series OF farmers Institutes
that proved very successful.
United States Carroll yesterday sent
to the county jail J.. W. Johnson, a Uni
ted States prisoner. johnson is from
Petersburg. He will be held in the
county jail until Federal Court meets
Lext week.
At the protracted meeting at Central
church. last night there was large con-
gregation. Five persons professed re-
llgion and three joined the church.
Rev. D. H. futile preached a stirring
sermon.
A negro man who was sometime ago
released from the Eastern Insane Asy-
lum as cured has gone raving mad
again, and was yesterday put IN the
county Jail. He will be carried back to
the Asylum
1Sheriff W. G. Parker, of Pamlico
county, brought four convicts to the
penitentiary last night He was accom-
panied also by one of his deputies. One
ecf the men was convic ed OF attemp ed
murder, and was sentenced to the peni
aentiary for seven years.
Ins ector Spaulding, one of the agents
OF the United States Treasury Depart
ment is here He Is brother OF A. It..
Spaulding, the noted baseball and sport
ing man. Mr. SpauldiDg yesterday made
the regular quarterly inspection OF the
Office of the Collector of Internal Reye-
nue for this district.
Deputy Sheriff Walters and Justice
Harry Roberts went 10 Sanford last
night They both had papers in their
pockets. but wouldn't tell what they
were going for Mr.. Walters wore his
bright little 'sdeputy sheriff" badge just
over his heart, but he wouldn't say
whether he was gong TO catch "Shack'
le-foot Charles" or to fix up some papers.
Contributions of food for the Kings
Daughters Thank giving dinner to the
poor of the city are solicited. Please
send them TO the mission rooms Thurs
day M )rnug. as the dinner will be served
al O'Clock D 10, There are nearly geo
names Of destitute persons on the books
OF the mission
Deputy Collector Gibson returned to
Canior LAST Saturday from raid III AL.
bemarle county In that county the
rai1ing party captured "A good wagon, d
pair OF fiuc horses ani three big barrels
of brandy. When the men driving the
team supposed 10 be the owners of the
blockade brandy, saw the raiders com
ing, they took TO he woods. The brandy
WAS fresh and new, and the barrels had
none Of the long green labels Of the Uni
ted Sta.es on them
VIII Have To Come one at n Time.