The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-31
PERSONALS

fERSONAiAS
Mr.. Wheeler Martin. eli Williamson.
| is ;ss the Park
Mrs James \. Briggs is visiting friends
| in Wake Forest
NJ Perrin BuSbee yesterday returned
from Chapel Hill.
| Mr. A. Leazer has gone to his home in
| Maeresvile for few days,
Mrs. W. ii. Hollemsn is confined to
| her room with sickness.
Mr.. K. y. Hackett. of HilkesborO. is
attending the Supreme Court.
| Miss NJ. A. Rogers of Winston. is in
l the city. stopping at the Park
i Col. \. +. Andrews yesterday went
Il East on his private palace car
i Miss Gibbs is in the city. the guest Of
| her sister. Mrs. +. MI Simmons
Senator John W. Atwater and wife.
Eof Chatham county. are in the city
l Mr.. Logan Terrell ias gone to New
Orleans to engage in business there.
Rev. W. B. Morton. Baptist pastor of
/ Roxboro. spent yesterday in Raleigh
| Editor Joseph t.. Robinson. OF the
/ GoldsborO Argus. spent yesterday in the
| city.
| Mrs. James E. Shepherd has returned
from a visit to her sister. Mrs. Crabtree.
in Goldsboro.
Col. A. G. Davis and Editor Robinson.
of the Argus. of Goldsboro, were in the
| city yesterday.
| Mrs. Russell. who has been on visit
to Wilmington, returned to the Executive
Mansion yesterday.
| Maj. Jos. j. Martin. of Tarboro. is
here. He wants to he postmaster ut his
place again. it is said.
| Miss Mamie Simmons yesterday re-
| turned from visit to friends i'll the East
| ern part of the State.
| Mr.. and Mrs. George Gatling have re-
| turned from an extended "Trip to Mexico.
and are stopping at the Marlboro.
Rev. w. Il. Morton. of Roxboro. waS
| here yesterday on his way to LouiSburg
where he preached several years ago.
Willie. the two year old sou of Mr.
| VIM. G.. Martin. is very sick at the
home of his father. Ill North Blount
| street
Mr.. Henry Blount, who delivered his
| famous lecture. Beyond the Alps Lies
lItaly.' mt Cary last night. spent yester-
day in Raleigh.
Mrs. w. V. Williams and children. of
Goldsboro. are in the city visiting her
/ =. vi. W.
North Salisbury street.
Rev. Thomas Dixon. of New York. is
in the South on lecturing tour. He
lectured last night at Chester. Monday
night he was at Macon. Ga.
Maj. j. w. Wilson returned to the city
yesterday after few days visit to his
home in Morganton. He says the noun
tains of Western North Carolina are Gov
cred with snow.
Judge III. G. Ewart is in the city. on
his way home from Newbern, where h,
has been holding an extra term of the
Criminal court. He will leave here for
Asheville to-day.
Mrs. L. j. Switzerland and Mrs. Brad
ley Saunders, of Wilmington. mother anC
sister of Mr.. I. r. Switzerland. are Wis
iting at the residence of Mr. Switzerland
on Hillsboro street =
DIR. ID. H., Abbott, the new Railroad
Commissioner, arrived yesterday after.
noon from Washington. He says he did
not go there in the interest of any spe.
cial man, but to look after the division
of spoils in the First district generally.
Mr. /. h, Mebane, representing W. G.
Mebane X Co. of Greensboro. manufac
turers of the George w. Childs cigar
~ M the city. 1t IL gratifying to know
that their business is rapidly expanding
and that their sales at all points in the
State are increasing.
lev. +. TX. Law, of Lumber Bridge
was IN the city yesterday. He saws that
matters are moving on smoothly in his
section. and the people are in bette,
condition than in many years He think,
we are going through an Industrial reyo
luton. which the politicians too generally
attribute to Congress.
Mr.. Henry Blount. the orator. editor
and lecturer, was here yesterday ON his
way to Cary. where he lectured last
night before the citizens, and students
OF the very excellent school there. Mr..
Blount is man of the most tender SYM
pathies and vivid Imagination. His hui
NOR is rich and spontaneous. AS a word
painter he is hardly second to Talmage.