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


from his recent severe illness. He was
a. his Office for while yesterday.
The annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the North Carolina Home
Insurance Company will hold their
annual meeting ut the Offices ot the
company at noon to-day.
Mr. Il. A. Toms. of New hork. u
nlacing with the city bookstores new
lithogra>ine of "Our Flags and Our
Heroes" that contains the portraits Of
the generals of the Conlederaey.
Mr.. Il. II. Troy, who has been with
the United States Government exhibit
at the Atlanta Exposition and has Tor
some DAYS been visiting his sister
Mrs. c. c. Mcdonald, in this city, has
gone to Washington.
The United Order of Kings Daugh-
ters held it's annual meeting yesterday
afternoon. 1t was decided TO send
around the pledge cards by carrier.
aud the persons who have pledgeu
amounts to the support of work are
urgently requested to pay the amount
when the card is presented.
The noted suit of the Mt. Holly Min
ing Company against, the Caralelgh
phosnhafe and Fertilizer Company, of
this city, was decided in the United
States Court of Appeals at Richmond
Yesterday. Tt was sent to that court
ON anneal from the last term OF the
Federal court for this district The
ease was remanded for new trial.
Judge Russell is here this week,
and though several of his friends have
called. the local politicians do not
aock around him as they did when
Docllery and Settle were here. The
.Iudge still poses as the most guileless
and modest private citizen, but while
he is giving YOU all his bon-bon talk OF
private life and the practice OF law, ms
ewes are the eyes of politician and
YOU can see the Governors Mansion III
the pupil of each pepper.
Referring to the visit of popular
younp North Carolina woman who re-
Gently visited St. Augustine, Fla, the
ST Augustine News. the society paper
of that city, said: Miss Lucy Worth
London. of Pittsboro, North Carolina,
will be remembered as one OF the most
universally popular young ladies who
visited ST. Augustine during the sea-
son of 90. The fact that her stay was
brief is unfortunate in the extreme,
but she led her admirers here to be
lieve that her visit would be repeated
ere long.
To-day the southbound ), 4. l.. train
No Al. will be run in two sections. The
second section will consist of five tour
list cars, two baggage cars, and one
Pullman car The Seaboard AIRLINE
viii run this train solid from Norfolk
10 San Francisco, and the time IS
limited to five days. One hundred and
sixty marines and the Pullman car full
of officers will he aboard the train
The marine corps is being transferred
to the Pacific posts. few days ago
q small corps of marines were trans
ferred from Norfolk to Port Royal, ;.
c.
Will Wynne has fitted up an Office in
the puilen building. 1t was opened
Yesterday His new invention, the tel
egraph alarm call, will be on exhibit
and this will be Mr.. Wynne's headquar-
tiers. He is having number Of in
struments made by expert model-mak
ers in New York, and these will arrive
in few DAYS. He has received indOrse-
ments from some of the most expert
inventors and patent men in the me-
tropolis, and is very sanguine over the
prospects for the success Of the inven-
ton. He has received an order for
the equipment of hundred-mle test
line with the instruments.
Rev. s. G. Walker, the coiored
preacher who is superintendent and
financial agent of the Academical and
Industrial Institute at North Wilkes
boro, is in the city. This school is
under the patronage Of the Presbyter-
ian church in North Carolina, and is
part of its work among the colored
people. The superintendent says the
school is in very prosperous condi-
ton and has good attendance. They
have a good building and grounds all
paid for, except for an Indebtedness OF
a hundred dollars. Walker is here now
TO raise money TO wipe out this in
debtedness. He says the trustees of
the school propose to buy 300-acre
farm around the school property, so
that the pupils may have practical in
dusfriaI work The farm will cost
three thousand dollars, and it is pro-
posed 10 raise this by issuing shares,
PAYABLE like building and loan stock,
in from six to eight years. Some seven
hundred dollars of these shares has al
ready been taken. Rev. DR.. W. ID.
Morton is president Of the board Of
trustees. The executive committee is:
Rev. w ID. Morton, Rev. j.. i. Turn
bull. Mr.. George ". Watts, Rev. +. w.
Smith, j. NJ. Rogers, Esq.
The best is what you want when you
are in want of medicine. That IS