The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-23
CITY IN BRIEF.

Ambrose Pearce, of Rolesville, was
yesterday adjudged insane and taken over
to the asylum.
A picked nine of ball players will go
to Chapel Hill on Thursday with the
Baptist excursion, and in the afternoon
will play the Chapel Hill team.
Rev. Righteous Altogether Cobb, the
State Librarian, thinks he may start a
Populist paper here in September. 1t
will be a fusion advocate, he says.
The Governor has ordered a special
term of court for Swain county, to be-
gin August q. This court is for the
trial of both civil and criminal cases.
The Secretary of State was yesterday
busy issuing grants for vacant lands TAX
en- up in various parts of the State. Some
IL grants were issued, aggregating about
500 acres.
Prof. G. u. Francks, of the A. and M.
College, is holding a summer school at
the Agricultural and Mechanical College
for students who were deficient in last
years work.
Mr.. James Haden, one of Stewart
Bros's. printers rode his bicycle from
Salisbury to Winston Monday in 2
hours and 81 seconds, and thereby won
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Labor Commissioner Hamrick will next
week go TO the extreme Western part of
the State on tour of mill and mine i'm
spection. He will probably spend most
of July and August in that part of the
State.
The Sunday School of the Christian
church will picnic next Friday at Rand's
Mill. All members of the school and
friends who will go are requested to
meet at the Christian church. The pic
mic will leave promptly at o'clock.
About $50 bales of cotton have been
shipped here from Alabama. The cotton
was recently in fire and most of it is
badly burned. a force of hands is now
engaged at the Southern freight depot
in picking it over. There was originally
about 400 bales in the lot; $50 Of them
were entirely consumed.
The Sunday School of the First Bap-
fist church will picnic at Chapel Hill
on Thursday. The train will leave at
7:30 a. M, and returning will leave Cha
pei Hill at 6 p. m. Arrangements have
been made with the livery people at
Chapel Hill to carry all to the campus
and return for ten cents each way.
There is much complaint of boisterous
Il
Monday night by boys and young men.
Ladies who went out to witness the sham
battle found the disorder so great that
they left without witnessing that inter
esting contest. No doubt this unsIcmly
conduct was due to thoughtlessness and
will not occur again.
The copy" for the life certificates
for public school teachers, which are
to be issued under the new law, has
been sent to the public printers. As
soop as they are printed they will be
sent to the county supervisors, who are
to be elected July 9Th. The date for
the examination of teachers for the life
certificates is July Sth.
1t has been suggested that the city
purchase blood hounds for the capture
OF criminals. The many petty burglar
les have strongly impressed some people
with the view that the city needs dogs
Of this kind to track criminals. Properly
trained blood-hounds would no doubt
be valuable addition to the police de-
partment
Mr.. Darius Eatman, of Oxford, who
was editor ia chief OF the Hellenian, the
University annual, and who graduated
this year at the head of his class of forty
eight members, was in the city yesterday
stopping at the Marlborough. Mr.. Eat
man has had several offers of Professor
.bips for next year, but has not ~ yet
decided where he will settle.
Monday the Executive committee of
the Board of Trustees of the Agricultur-
al and Mechanical College has a meet
ing. 1t is an adjourned meeting and
number of important matters, which were
left with the committee by the Board,
will come up. The salaries of two or
three officers are to be fixed, several Of
fcers elected and some assistant instruct
ors chosen.
The Governor yesterday appointed the
following directors on the part of the
State for the Soldiers Home for term
of one year, beginning March %, 1897
the date of the expiration of the old com
mission; A. B. Andrews, of Wake; J. S.
Carr of Durham; w. G. Stronach, of
Wake; j. A. Ramsay, of Rowan. Mr.
Stronach has been president of the Sol
diers' Home Association ever since its
formation.