The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-08
CITY IN BRIEF.

rr,,a ranort Of Health Officer Sale TOT
Aha nonth of April shows 2S deaths
- "a births. 10 white, is colored dled'
@a.s.,,;ta and rs colored were born. Inc
s,..;,.o;,aI causes of death were pert
Renitis 8: pneumonia, 8; measles, n
consumption, 5; meningitis, o tle
atber diseases causing only one deaCl a
onob No contagious disease except
S,.aas1as is renorted. OF the deaths z
rvere over go years and ~ uhuef
rraars The proportion of deaths no
formulation is. white, / in 720; coloreu'
in 333. The annual death rate among
Abe whites is only 1856, while among
the blacks it is $50 per cent.
The street force is engaged Ill the
work of curbing on Hillsboro street
Carpenters and paperers are at work
m Hicks and Rogers drug store, trans
forming the establishment INTO d
thing of beauty.
An invalid chair is much needed at
the union depot. Day after DAY ~
yalids arriving on the train are neon
venienced in getting from tine cars 70
the carriages, and an lnVafio cilail
should be provided. The cost TO the
T.ailroad companies would be incon-
siderable.
Il
af ST. Agnes Guild in Christ church
chanel this afternoon at 5 o'clock.
Referring to the lectures of Father
Price in Warrenton. the Warren Ga
zette saws: Father Price. the Catholic
priest, who has spoken here every
ni0ht this week. save Monday, has
made a most favorable impression on
eur people. He is a pleasant, earnest
and excellent speaker and is a gentle
man."
Miss Belle Thompson, OF Chestnut
Ridge, has gone to Raleigh to engage
IN dressmalzing with Mrs. johnson, OF
that city -Hillsboro Observer.
In Wake county some siNsy persons
draw Federal pensions ranging from
SIS to SIS quarterly. About $1,000 IS
distributed over the county every
three months.
Sheriff T. p. Arlington, of Nash,
brought to the penttentiary 0'Bryan
Cooper, the negro woman who murder
ed her infant: she consented to YER
dict of murder in the second degree,
and will serve a term of ten years.
de also brought John Taylor, who
serves a year for larceny.
Il number of Confederate Veterans
have already informed Capt. Ashe, the
Chief Marshal. that they viii appear
on horseback May 10th, Memorial Day.
Capt. Ashe wants every old veteran in
the parade, mounted. and requests all
who viii appear thus to notify him.
Prof. w. r. Poteat, of Wake Forest
College, is here 1.-THE coming com
ulencement will be the greatest in the
history of the college, he remarked.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Y. NJ. G..
AZ. will hold an important meeting this
evening at o'clock at the association
rooms. Every member is requested to
be present.
Mr.. A. J. Cooke will go to Morehead
City during the coming season to as
sist Mr.. Campbell in the management
of the Atlantic Hotel Mr. Cooke has
spent several seasons at Morehead and
his many friends and former patrons
win rejoice that he is to renew his con-
nection with the popular resort
Mr. w. T. Campbell, who is TO be
the manager of the Atlantic Hotel at
Morehead City during the approaching
season, is in the city. Mr.. Campbell is
easily one Of thebest and most popular
young hotel managers in the South
and will make the summer capital
popular resort during the heated term.
Mr.. James r. Young, of Henderson,
passed through yesterday on his way
from Wilmington to Charlotte. He is
accompanying Mr.. A. Il. Iaukota, South
ern manager of the Nederland Life In
surance Co, and DIR. w. B. Pritchard,
of New York, chief medical examiner
Of the company, on tour of the princi
81 - - ses
State agent of the company.Dr. Pritch-
ard is d son of DIR. i Ell. PTitchard, of
Charlotte, and has won leading place
among the physicians Of the metro
ppIis.