The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-24

GOING T0NE.-Several students in
the schools here left yesterday to spend
Thanksgiving with home folks.
WHIST CLUR.-Miss Mary Mackay
entertained the Whist Club ut her home
on Blount street hast evening.
WOAIAN'S EXCHANGED and
cream. chicken salad. light head to-day.
Leave all orders hy 10 o'clock. They
will he filed Thursday morning Ivy 1880.
FIVE-CENT COTTON.-The farmers
have lost all spirit. Five-cent cotton and
the dry weather together have about
''done them up Even Republican,
farmer VIII gtt mad if you mention the
Mckinley wave.
MERRTMON-SAfAL have
been received announcing the marriage
of Miss Lillian Small 10 Mr.. William
Baird Merrimon. to takep lace Mt .ID2,
West Market street. Greensboro, on
"Wednesday evening. December Sth.
n. C. II. K. DIRECTORS-A meeting
of the North Carolina Railroad directors
was held yesterday ut the Bufori Hotel
I'm Charlotte. Mr. Charles A. Cook. of
Warrenton. attorney for the board. left
here yesterday morning to attend it.
MARRIAGE.-To-d at Graham the
marriage of Miss Carrie Holt. daughter
of Mr.. l.. Banks Holt. 10 Mr.. j. *.
Metane viii be solemnizeh. A number
OF the most prominent yonn: people "f
North Carolina and Virginia will be pre-
sent.
ODD FELLOWS.-Hon. c. NJ Bus
bee, OF Raleigh. will speak at the as>o-
citation next Sunday. and the Odd Eel
lows OF the city viii be SPECIAL guest.
Mr.. Busbee having at one time held the
highest position in that order in America.
Charlotte Observer.
NEW SEAI-Su-erinten Mehane
yesterday received from the workmen
the seal OF the State Board of Public
School Examiners ordered made at the
last meeting of the board. 1t bears the
same device in the centre aS that on the
seal of the State Board Of Education.
WATER WORKS.-Co1. A. W. Shat
fer is IN Charlotte mating aD inspection
OF Charotte's water works system. for
the State Board Of Heath. of which he
Is civil engineer. He has made an 1DSpec-
ton of all the water-works systems in the
State. winding up to-day with Concord.
DIED SUDDENLY.-Mr Burton
Dupree. who lives near Garner. dropped
dead last night at the supper table. lie
was a very old man. probably 20. AMI
had number of relatives and warm
friends in this city. He IL an uncle IT
Mrs. Il. ii. Rradlev. Mrs. J, NJ. Spence
and Mr.. Andrew ]. King,
PROUD OF HIM-Mr. Sheppard
Rryan's friends in North Carolina are
watching with interest his rapid rise In
the legal profession in Atlanta. He WAS
Monday appointed temporary receiver for
J. W. Weitzell. the Atlanta carriage
dealer, who made an assignment Satnr-
day. Mr.. BRYAN is n son of Judge Henry
r. Bryan. of Newbern.
AMBROSE FOR CONGRESS.-Tt is
said that Col. Ambrosial Fake Hiieman.
Sneaker OF the House in the late unia-
mented Legislature. has Congressional
aspirations. The Colonel has been here
for several days consultin. with the pow
ers that he with a view to knocking theA
pins ont from under Congressman Shu-
ford. who. be says. is now only fit for
the .'scrap pile
POOR SERyTCE.-There ought by
all means to he some better way PROV dcd
for letting the people ut the Union de-
not know how far behind the trains are.
This is especially true OF the Southern
Railway. The Seahoard has u telegraph
instrument in lis ticket office AMI one
can usually find ont just how long lac
will have to wait if the train
On that road is not on time:
bur with the Southern. which is so often
behind. one has simply 10 wat and see.
1t is most always marked ION Time
It would not h. bad idea for the IaIl-
road Commission to look after this.