The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-06
CITY IN BRIEF.

The receipts of cotton yesterday
were 32S bales, and the price 712 to
,7ss cents.
Services will be conducted at Central
NJ. T.. church at IL a. m. and p. m.
by Mr.. p M. Briggs, of Durham.
Hon. Frank l. Osborne will address
the people of Marion on Thursday,
September 18th, instead of Union,
as is elsewhere stated.
Rev. DR.. l. Mex. Pittenger, rector
of the Church of the Good Shepherd,
will tonight deliver lecture on "The
Death and Burial of Moses.
Ham. Jones, of Forestville, and j..
I'll. p. Adams, of Cary, were both here
yesterday to attend the meeting of the
county Republican Executive COM
smittee.
A telegram from d. H. Tuttle, pastor
of Central NJ. Z. church, announcing
that severe sicness of some member
of his family prevented his return to
the city.
Work has begun on the addition to
the Agricultural building. This is
mainly an enlargement of the labora-
tory and offices of the State Expert
sment Station.
Secretary Allen, of the Chamber of
Commerce, thinks the cotton crop has
been damaged forty per cent. by the
drought, and estimates only a little
over half crop.
Senator Pritchard and a number of
other prominent Republicans are adj
vertised TO speak at Metropolitan Hall
Tuesday night, at which time a Nc
Kinley club will be formed.
The Seaboard Air Line has put on
sale 1000 mile ticket books at $40,
the first road in the South to adopt
this new movement for which the
drummers have been working.
Chief Engineer Hudson, of the South
ern, was here yesterday in his private
car. "99.o comforting with Col. Andrews
regarding railroad matters. He was
accompanied by his private secretary,
Mr.. Hort.
Sherwood Higgs & Co. are putting
in their new stock Last night, even
while the painters and finishers were
at work putting the finishing touches
on the handsome fittings the store
was crowded with customers.
Pullman ear tickets are now on sale
at the Seaboard Air Lines uptown
office, II. S. Leard, travelling passenger
agent. Berths and seats are reserved
on all trains north and south. This
will prove a great convenience to the
travelling public.
Mr.. Jones. of Aberdeen, who was
here yesterday, says that the boiler
explosion at Taft's Mill, near Troy,
Montgomery county, resulted in more
deaths than was at first thought. Three
or four were instantly killed by the
explosion and four others were injured.
The injured men have since died.
1t was learned last night that the
opposition to Mr.. Ray has been with
drawn, and that the legality of the
increase in salary will not be tested
When Mr. Ray was first elected a
resolution was unanimously adopted
by the board rendering him their hear
tiest and most unanimous support I'm
case he was elected Principal of the In
stitution.
The negroes in the vicinity of Hoff-
man were very much stirred up
few days ago over supposed myster-
ious murder. Two negroes had gone
from that place to South Carolina to
work Two weeks ago one of the ne
groes brought a coffin with him, saying
that it contained the remains of his
fellow laborer from Hoffman, who had
died in South Carolina. The body was
buried without opening the coffin. A
rumor was started that the coffin did
not contain the body of the Hoffman
negro. but that the man who brought
back the body had committed murder
and thus concealed the crime. After
a long period of suspense the co&n
was dug up and opened. 1t contained
sthe body of the Hoffman negro.