The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-06

| Mr. Bridgers is a fine young MAN. OF
promise. about five feet nine inches
high and weighing about $50 pounds,
and the chances are that he will make
his mark at his new home.
/ Among the pleasant accessions to
| the North Carolina colony here is Mrs.
| p. b. Cox, of Tarboro. She is daughter
in-law of General Cos, and last night
was given a beautiful party by Mrs. y.
| r. Meredith, wife of the Virginia Con-
| gresham
Yesterday morning Mrs. Cox sat in
the Senate gallery with quite a num-
| Der of prominent DANES, among them
| Mrs. Senator blanchard She is quite
a favorite with the fashionable coto-
RE at the Riggs, the residence OF her
| father-in-law.
Yesterday the bill passed the Senate
| 'sto prevent the carrying of obscene lit
erature and articles designed for in
| decent and immoral use from one
State or territory into another State
or territory"
Senator Butler gave notice Monday
| that .he would on the 18th instant ask
the reference to the Committee on FL
nance Of his bill, which is as follows:
s'To prohibit the further issuance of
| iIsSarest-bearing bonds without the
consent of Congress"
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Senator Pritchard tells me that on
| Tuesday next, the committee, will, he
| thinks, favorably report his bill ena-
bling Confederate soldiers who after
4 to kta
put on the pension list.
Senator Pritchard says he has had to
decline several invitations for speeches
elsewhere. took copy of telegram
which he had form the St. Nicholas
Republican Club of New York city,
which was as follows:
Every great disappointment and out
cry in all upper New York. Won't you
please make special efforts and come.
We beg you to-" But he said ''no," and
no doubt the poor st. Nicholases are
still outcrying because he is not.
The Charlotte Observer of Tuesday
contained what purported to be an in
terview with Congressman Woodland
in regard to the proposed cooperation
Of the silver voters in the State. Mr..
Woodland requested me last night to
terview and that while he may in pri-
vate conversation have given express
sion to sentiments which the CORES
pondent may have thought justified
him III making the publication, yet he
was surprised when he read the CORES
pondence, and, besides, it contained
expressions not used by him.
State Geologist Holmes is here to-
day for day or two, in order, as he
said to me, to try to reconcile the Fed
eral appropriation with the State
| Geological needs The amount in the
bill is $4,000.
Mr.. G.. G. Lanier. manufacturer of
| Winston, was here yesterday and re-
| turned home last night.
At the meeting three nights ago of
| the Congressional Campaign Commit
/ tee, some important business was
| transacted the details of which | may
send later at length. Meanwhile, 1t
| should be stated that Congressman
/ Woodland was selected to get together
! the figures in campaign form bear
| ing upon he question of cotton ties
and bagging. The speech of Mr.. Wood
ard during this Congress is still cited
here as the best exposition OF that de-
/ partment Of the tariff discussion, and
no doubt Chairman Faulkner had this
in mind when he chose Mr.. Woodland
| to do the important work above men
/ toned Moreover, 1t was decided ut
the meeting that Chairman Faulkner
/ should at once prepare mn address To
/ the Democratic voters Of the country.
/ This address will be sumitted to the
next meeting, after which, in its final
form. it viii be sent out.
Speaking of Amelie Riyes recalls
/ letter that she wrote to a friend in
1888, days after her marriage 10 Mr..
| ChanIer, in which she said il was not
| so much the man that attracted her as
the Ego" Having got man first,
she has, no doubt, finally arrived ut the
Ego" In Prince Troubetzkoi, The mar
| riage of this brilliant young authoress
caused much comment even in Rich
/ mond clubdom where the mere mem
/ ton Of any woman's name, even, IS
1 strictly prohibited under severe penal
| ty. She has given Richmond society
some shocks In her time. There was
| brilliant noon breakfast. The
| Princess had not been long in Rich
/ mond. She was among the guests in
/ fact the guest Of honor. The most
| brilliant women Of the Virginia capital
| were there They waited. And
still they waited. No Amelie.
They sent for her. a rap
| at her chamber door brought forth a
languid "eome ini" from her lovely
| lips. The announcement was made
| that it was time for breakfast, or
| words to that effect.
"Ah!" sighed the poetess, then ]
shall be ready to go within the hourl"
When she got there, finally, the WOO
men were Joking Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-
| ayes at her, but she was SO unmoved
and so royal in her step and glance
that ..the breakfast" was knocked out
on the first round. But the women of
Richmond, one of whom, by the bye,
was Virginia's most famous belle,
never quite forgaye her. But she
| didn't care They Tayed around quite