The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-17
CITY IN BRIEF.

Our Durham correspondent seilas the
following romantic item:
At the A. and NJ. College the spring
examinations are in progress.
If they want a little romance, as they
have had. whose business is it? Let
them enjoy it.
The Seaboard's special TO the South
ern Baptist convention will pass
through May 18th.
Caraleigh Phosphate Works is now
running to its full capacity with a
daily output of $50 tons.
Two conviets were received yester-
day from the "State of Wilkes. Sheriff
Clarence Call brought them.
Mayor Russ yesterday sent Mooey
Perry. a negro butcher, TO jail for re-
falling liquor without license.
There will be meeting of St. Tim
othys guild this evening at the house
of the president, at ALSO O'Clock.
Rev. John White, Secretary OF the
Baptist State Board of Missions,
preached to large congregation at
Cary Sunday.
The bi-weelly bulletin of fertilizer
analyses win be out to-day. The March
bulletin of the Department Of Agrlcul-
ture, is in press, and viii be issued this
week.
This morning the police census of the
city begins. Make out your lists, with
names and ages, to-day. The census
will be taken simultaneously in the
four wards.
In the armory Of the Governors
Guards portrait of Lieutenant Colonel
ID. N. Bogart, who was killed by fall
from his horse at Newbern in May,
1893, has been placed.
Well Welt! It's all right. We
doubt not these young people are in
love with each other, and they will go
on life's journey hand in hand, sailing
upon sea of unalloyed bliss.
Charles Taylor, one Of the negroes
who figured in the robbery at Louis
burg last week, was captured here Sat
urday night. He drew a pistol on
Policeman Creighton, and is in jail on
charge of carrying concealed wea-
pons He will be sent back to Louis
burg for trial.
J. Hal Bobbitt, the druggist, has adopt
ed the novel scheme of offering to his
customers, between certain hours of
the day copies of the daily papers of
city, free, provided their purchases
amount to a certain figure. Mr.. Bob
bitt is a progressive business man, and
we have no doubt he viii make this a
popular scheme. See his advertisement
in another column.
The Bobbitt Drug Company, who
have recently put preparation on the
market for the cure of rheumatism,
called "Rheumacide, have met with
astonishing success thus far, and the
indications point to a building up Of
large business in the manufacture
and sale of the same. They make an
announcement In the News and 0bser-
yer to-day that is of interest.
The entertainment at Metropolitan
Hall next Friday night will be as
unique as it is pleasing. The tom
Thumb Wedding" will be supplemented
by military march by company of
beautiful young ladies. Another fea
ture is the Circulating Library" In
this library each book is impersonated
by some person in an appropriate rep
resentation. This promises to be one
of the most enjoyable features Of the
affair
1T comes to Durham ears that
Mr.. Cyrus Gattis and Miss Lula
Garden, beautiful daughter of
Rev. j. j. Garden, had been married
week or more ago in the city of Raj
eigh. This correspondent had up to
this time given the News and Observer
credit for having corps of reporters
that could never be turned down. But
when man as tall as Mr.. Gattis goes
to Raleigh and gets married and they
never note it, it is treasured up against
s.hi.arn But Cyrus is married, and DR..
futile is responsible for it. It was to
be kept a profound secret, but things
will out, and now and then you could
hear the remark, did you know Cyrus
Gattis was married.
The State Experiment Station has is
sued special edition of its excellent
bulletin on hillside Terraces and
Ditches," by Prof. Il. Il. Emery. The
number is 12f, and 10000 copies of the
bulletin have been printed. This bulle-
tin is one of the most practical and
useful ever issued by the Department,
and tells in a practical way how lands
may be saved from washing. Thou
sands of acres have gone to waste in
North Carolina through lack of proper
terracing and draining, and if the in
structions in this little pamphlet are
followed, many thousands of dollars
will be saved to the landowners, and the
State. 1t may be had for the asking,
mailed free to any farmer or landowner.
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