The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-20
CITY IN BRElF.

CONVICTS.-Sheriff Ellington, o.
Johnston county. yesterday brought five
new convicts To the penitentiary-all for
short terms.
FO0TBALL.-0n Thanksgiving Day
there will be game of football at Ath-
letic Park between the Shaw University
and ST. Augustine School teams. The
game will begin al $3.50 o'clock.
FARMERS INSTITUTE.-A~ Far
mers' Institute is being held at Garth
age, Moore county. this week. Com
missioner Mewborne and Prof. Massey
yesterday Went there to assist DIR. Par
ker in the work.
MISS HAMILTON IS FREE.-Miss
Hamilton. the young woman who fgur-
ed in the Or. Kirby Smith scandal at
the penitentiary. has been released from
the criminal insane department there
and went home yesterday.
niED.-Ed. Black well-known me-
$40 barber aud musician here, died yes
terday morning about / o'clock, in the
SSth year IF his age. He was a member
of Haywood's Band. The funeral was
held from his home on Lenoir street
yesterday afternoon at o'clock.
DURHAM COMING.-Durham will
likely send large delegation to Raleigh
on Thanksgiving bay, if reduced rates
can be secured on that day. The debate
by representatives of Trinity and Wake
Forest colleges is Of great interest to
Durham reope.-Durham Sun.
ANTT-SALOON LEAGUE.-There
will he a meeting at the Metropolitan
Hall Sunday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
TO organize an anti-Saloon League. All
friends Vt orr homes and good govern
ment are invited to be present and as
eist in organizing against the open sa-
loon.
WRECK AT CARY.-The morning
trains on the Southern Railway were
delayed several hours ON account of a
freight wreck Mt Cary. A broken truck
caused two box cars to be thrown from
the track and it took quite while to
clear the wreck. No other damage was
done.
SENATOR DANIEL.-Senator John
w. Daniel Is mt the Marlborough He aD-
peared before the Railroad Commission
yesterday in the telephone rate case.
Senator Daniel has many warm friends
and admirers in Raleigh who are al
ways glad to welcome him to North
Carolina.
PERSIMMON BEER.-Country peo-
pie complain that they will be able to
have no good pers:mmon beer this fall
on account of the drought. The locust
crop is failure, though persimmons
We're never so plentiful. This last in
dicates. they say. that the winter will
be a very hard one.
SALE TODAY.-Attention is called
to the auction sale by the trustees OF
w. Ill. " X. s. Tucker & Co. at ~
O'Clock today of stock in Farina Roller
Mills Co.. Raleigh Electric Company,
News and Observer Co. and North Car
olina Car Co. This sale affords a good
opportunity to secure bargain.
STATE FARM.-The executive COM
mittee of the State penitentiary has de-
cided to cultivate the Boylan lands, ad-
Joining the pcntenfiary, which since the
war have been uncultivated. Convicts
are now clearing off the few brushes
and blowing the latter land. In fact.
this work began fortnight or more
ago.
ONLY NINE.-Tt has been generally
stated that Superintendent Smith had
moved the Republican portion of Colds
boro 10 the penitentiary, either as Off
Gals and clerks or rs convicts, and that
they make happy family. 1t is now
asserted that only nine Goldsboro folks
are employed NJ the pen. This does not
Include DR. Kirby Smith, who some time
ago took his departure.
HOLrON HOLDS ON.-Republican
State Ctlirman A. Il. Holton, who has
been here attending Supreme Court,
left yesterday for his home in Winston.
lie says that under the new election law
he does not forfe!, the office OF State
Republican chairman, because he is Uni
ted States Attorney of the Western Dis
trict- He Says the supervisor of elections
Is no longer II sworn officer.