The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-24
CITY IN BRIEF.


,,,,,,l,ars ~ neople out to the parks.
ctra,,berries-th first of the sea-
so,,--vere ON the market yesterday
The Rescue Circle will meet this at
fornoon at Mrs. w n. FL. Smiths, at
4:30 o'clock. ~ y
At Fdenton Street church Rev W. q.
Norman will hold special rellglous
services just after Easter.
senator Butler is sending out to ms
constituents his speech on the act pre-
venting the issue OF bonds.
Prof. James Dinwiddie spoke at the
Y NJ. G.. 4. Sunday afternoon on nc
Philosophy of Temptation"
sixteen conyicts were carried TO the
Anson county farms yesterday aIJeE-
moon. J. p. Young was IN charge.
m. Marshall at Christ church sun
aav morning preached timely ana
eloquent sermon on preparation TOT
confirmation. o,,
T7ha students at the. A. and NJ. College
had one DAYS vacation yesterday me
snriro examinations are just over, ana
+bis Il 4 breathing spell
beginning April 9Th, Rev. A. Z. Dixon
If BTooklyn, N. r., the brilliant oroth-
ar Of our own Tom Dixon, VIII nolu
. series of revival services in the FIRST
Baptfst church in this city.
The revival services at Fayetteyllle
Street Baptist church continue; llleI-
est is always shown in the services
there: there are few more jealous con-
Urep1tions anywhere in the land.
Secretary j. G. l.. Harris OF he state
pen,bIican executive COMMITTEES got
7.elys Yesterday that some sort OF con
yantion or meeting of the executive
committee of the second district was
held at Wilson yesterday. lie had HoC
heard the result.
Thursday night in metropolitan nan,
Rev. ID. II. Tuttle, pastor OF CenIral
Methodist church; will lecture on Ihe
Battle of the Bottles" Admission viii
he ten cents. The lecture is for the
benefit Of the w. G. T. IT,, and is held
under it's auspices.
IT had seen every man IN my town
shin but Col John Robinson up TO last
week. and there wasn't gold bug u
.+be township,' said Mr.. Joe Haywood
yesterday. land last week ! saw Col.
robinson and found that he, too, was
a strong silver man.
II Hagv BagweIl the recent lamen-
fed representative from Wake IN the
late lamented Legislature, announces
that, he will retire TO private life, and
wiII no longer allow his loving con-
stituents to shove ballots into a box
for him. IT is well, j. Hay, II it's true.
General w. r.. Cox, who came down
Yesterday to attend the funeral Of ms
cousin. Major John @. Winder, says
that the Democrats will get together
and make an aggressive campaign. he
saws that there is quite as much dlYls-
ION among the Republicans as among
Democrats.
In the situation at the Marlborough
House there are no new developments.
Proprietor Brown is still IN charge.
No transient boarders are admitted,
but the regular boarders remain with
the hotel No one seems 10 know
when it will be opened again, or indeed,
whether it will be re-opened at all.
Subscriptions to the fund Tor the
sufferers at Cumnock come IN occa-
sionally, even now. Some OF the west
5 ern papers last week received several
subscriptions for that purpose, ana
Yesterday Mayor Russ received - TOT
the sufferers from Mr.. and Mrs NC
Kenzie, Of Blakely, Ga, who formerly
lived in Greensboro.
The city circulating library is almost
u.
III nut down their names for hundred
dollars each. the project is assured. a
nublic library is a fountain of knoWi-
EDGE from which all men may
drink and be refreshed. 1t will be
centre around which viii cluster the
thought and the culture of the com
munity.
rev. DIR. J. w Carter, pastor Of the
First Baptist church, preached, Sun
1av. a stirring sermon on the sins or
the city. This is the third of the series
preached on three successive Sundays,
FIRST bv Rev Mr.. futile, then by Rev.
DIR. a M. Simms, and now by DIR. Car
ter. They are determined to build up
. pure public sentiment on these
questions.
Rev. r. IT. w. Leak, the thorn in Jim
Young's side, has remarked several
times recently that the Dockery people
would carry this county. They won
any more carry ii than they'll have dry
rain" said Col. J. Slogan Harris yestef-
day: "and don't believe Leak believes
he can carry it. This county will 90 for
Russell and for fusion. And between
Rev. Leak and Col Slogan il is now
draw.
The GoIdsboro Argus says: The
Grand Lodge Of Odd Fellows will meet
here in May At that time the corner
stone Of the new building at the Or
phans' Home will be laid The building
will cost $4,000. The ceremonies Of
laying the cornerstone viii be peculiar
interesting, and a very large crowd IS
expected Excursions viii be run from
wilmington, Raleigh, Fayetteville,
Tarboro and other places.
Mr.. =. w. Cooper has constructed one
Of the queer, new-fangled Malay
Kites" of the tail-less variety. This
n the latest thing in kites, and this
is probably the only one yet built IN
the South Mr.. Cooper tested this
flying machine day or two ago and
it worked satisfactorily when it had
gone UP toward the sky half a mile
The kite is feet, diamond-shaped
is convex instead Of eoncaVe, and has