The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-12
CITY IN BRIEF.


DIR. Eugene Daniel and wife, Mr..
James Dinwiddie, principal Of Peace In
stitute, and Mr.. Julius Lewis have gone
down to Ncwbern TO attend the meet
ing of the Synod.
Sheriff Brookshire and Deputy Jalhi-
son. of Buncombe, reached here yester-
dav with the following prisoners for the
nenitentiary: Z. II. Gookin, }. Nj. Rober-
son Roxie Nix. Jim Henson and Hester
LYDIA.
The Iinnell Steam Laundry is being
moved from East Dayie street to one
of the Offices under the Academy of
Music on Martin street, where it will
continue its operations under the name
of the Excelsior Steam Laundry.
News was received here yesterday
from Cary. that Thomas Templeton, the
little four-year-old son of DIR. X. III. Tenn
pleton. had been burned to death. The
boy seems to have been playing in the
house before the fire when he fell IN
and was so horribly burned that he lived
only a few hours.
Ruth Lodge. No. 4, Daughters of Re
becca. viii give an entertainment on
Thursday evening, November II, in their
Hall in the pullen building, the proceeds
10 be donated to the Orphans Home at
Goldsboro. All Odd Fellows expected
to be present, and the public is also cor
daily invited Admission free.
Col Eugene Harrel yesterday went
down to Dunn, Harnett county, to attend
the funeral of his sister, Miss Claudia
Earle Harrell, who died unexpectedly
at Durham Tuesday while visiting her
sister, Mrs. Zack Lyon. She was
daughter of DIR. Harrel, of Dunn, and
a most lovable young woman.
The Health Bulletin for Wake county,
sssued by DR.. T. II. Hines, Superintend-
emf of Health, shows that there are now
nine case. of whooping cough, three or
.s1inhfheria. one of scarlatina and twenty
of typhoid fever. Malarial fever in parts
of the county heard from. Nine replies
from twenty-eight blanks sent out.
Mrs. Robert L. Ryburn, of Shelby, Sent
her check yesterday to Gov. Carr Tor
-S41 as a donation to the Vance Monu-
mental Association. This amount is the
proceeds of an entertainment given by
the young ladies of Shelby. This makes
a. total of ST 900 now in the hands of the
treasurer of the Association, Mr.. Joseph
G. Brown.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Raleigh and CASTOR railroad and
OF the Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Is
called to be held here to-day at their
building on Halifax street. 1t is under
stood. however, that the meeting will
be adjourned over until the 10Th, on ac-
count of the absence of several large
stockholders.
Mr.. r. L. Jerman, treasurer of the
Winchester memorial fund, has just re-
eeiyed a second contribution from Col.
J. S. Carr, for the purpose Of erecting
headstones over the graves of the Con-
federate dead buried at Winchester. Col.
Cars first contribution was SO, and his
second $3.50. Col Thomas S. Kenan also
sends in q contribution of $40 for the
same purpose.
About q O'clock Saturday night negro
man entered the home of Mrs. j. IL.
Stone on North Blount street and stole
q. lot of eatables and clothing left in the
kitchen to dry. 1t seems that he made a
key with which he unlocked the outer
door, bat when he tried to open the
pantry door it got hung in the lock and
he was frightened away before he could
get it out. He was surprised in his
pilfering by Dir. Carl Stone who came in
on the yestibule train. AS he ran away
he left his walking stick behind, and the
authorities have been trying to use this
as a clue to find HIM.
There viii probably be some litiga-
ton in regard to the Egypt coal mines
between the owners, Messrs. Langdon
and Henszy Soon after the disastrous
explosion in the mines last year, in which
forty odd men were killed, the company
failed and Mr.. HensZy was appointed
yaceivpr Mr. Iangdon objects to this
arrangement, and he has been here for
the past two weeks consulting his attor-
ney, Col Jno. w. Hinsdale, in regard to
having Mr.. Henszy's appointment set
aside. Mr.. Langdon left for his home in
Philadelphia yesterday, and the papers in
the case win be filed with the clerk OF the
court this morning.
News reached here yesterday from
Washington, N. c., of serious shoot
ing affair which occurred there Mon
day. The parties to the fight were a
man named Dick Roberts and the tele-
graph operator and express agent at
Washington. 1t seems that a dispute
arose over some money that Roberts had
sent away by express, and Roberts called
the agent vile name whereupon the
agent shot him in the breast with pistol
inflicting dangerous wound. A man
who was in Washington at the time said
that had the ball not struck a piece oil
wood and slightly glanced aside before
hitting Roberts, he would have been
killed. The operator is now under arrest
and tie wounded man is expected to die
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