The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-05
CITY IN BRIEF.

Miss Mary Palmer Mills has issued
invitations to winter pic mic, to be
given Thursday evening.
Three convicts from Lenoir and one
from New Hanover were yesterday
added TO the number at the peniten-
tiary.
Mr.. Herbert c. Thompson, son OF
Mr.. John w. Thompson, yesterday
succeeded Mr. George Gales as clerk in
the office of Mr.. W. II. Tucker.
The Chamber of Commerce holds it's
regular monthly meeting next Tues
day night. At that meeting the COM
mittee on army post Will report.
Dr. Kirby lost his suit in New Han
over Superior court. The jury render
ed a verdict against him of S608.9o
actual damages. 81 900 furniture dam
ages.
Mrs. James Boylan gave a violet
lunch" yesterday to number OF lady
friends. complimentary to Mrs. Cote
Woodruff and Mrs William Bailey.
Violets were tastefully used in the
decorations.
Mrs. Reade. widow of the late Judge
Edwin g. Reade. has presented the
Presbv terrain church in Washington,
n. C. cher old home), with five hun
dred dollars She has also recently
given $4,000 toward erecting the new
PRESBYTERIAN church in Raleigh.
Rev. W. o. Lamson, of New York, ar
rived yesterday afternoon. During the
absence of Rev. DR.. !. Nick. Pittenger
he will fill the pulpit Of the Church OF
the Good Shepherd. DIR. Pittenger Will
leave for New York next Thursday,
and on the 18th viii sail for the Cont
nent.
Little Sara the petite little Span
ish dancing girl who entertained the
crowd at the Governors Guards armory
went last night To Southern Pines. She
is accompanied by her father and her
smaller brother and sister. The chill
dren are very precocions and clever.
They are on their way to the resorts
in Florida.
Secretary Parker, Of the Teachers
Assembly, expects TO attend nearly all
the county educational meetings in
the State for the next five months.
An effort is to be made to make the
Teachers Assembly this year the
largest meeting of that body ever held
in the State
Nice-President st. Johns private car
was attached to the south-bound Sea
board Air Line train yesterday after
noon. Assistant Secretary McAdoo,
of the Navy Department, and Miss
McAdoo, his daughter, were en- route
AZ Trl a
Watts, general counsel for the $. A. j.,
and Miss Watts, were on their way TO
Tallahassee, Fla.
Secretary c. j. Parker, of the North
Carolina Teachers Assembly, returned
Yesterday from Clinton, where he adj
dressed the Sampson County Teachers
Association. During his absence with
President Joyner, he visited Wrights'
Vile and Wilmington and looked al
the former place with a view to its
advantages as meeting place for the
Assembly this year.
There have been heavy breaks of to-
bacco on the Raleigh market for the
past two weeks. Prices have been re-
markably high, considering the large
amount of tobacco that has poured
into the markets of the State. This
morning the Raleigh warehouses will
have large breaks The market is
selling "a large amount of tobacco
and the most OF il is going at high
prices.
The workmen are getting the
revised" department of the State
museum in very good shape. 1t viii
present an even more pleasing appear
ance than before. Besides all the re
turned exhibits from Atlanta, ;
number of new specimens, espe
cially OF birds and beasts, have beer
collected for the museum. For weeks
Curator Brimley has been busy stuff
fine and mounting the new specimens
Commissioner S. l.. Patterson anc
Prof lrby of the \. and NJ. College
are now holding farmers institutes II
the eastern part of the State. 1ester
day they were at Aulander, Berti
county This series OF Institutes III
cludes Aulander BERTHE county
Tuesday and Wednesday, February At
and 5th; Winton, Hartford county
9th: Sunbury, Gates county, 9TH an'
sth; Currituck Court House, 10th an'
18th: Camden Court House, 18th
Elizabeth City, pasquotank county
18th aud 14th; Hartford, Perquiman
county. 18th: Fdenton, Chowal
county, 18th and ISth; Plymouth
Washington county, 18th; William
ston.. Martin county, Goth; Washing
ton. Beaufort county, Friday and Sat
urday. February 2lst and 22nd.