The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-30
CITY IN BRIEF.

The last of the Peace Institute girls
left yesterday for their homes.
Governor Russell has appointed DIR. J.
D. Spicer, of Goldsboro member of the
State Board of Health.
Mr.. j. S. Wynn returned yesterday
evening from a business trip to New
York, Philadelphia and Hartford.
Mr.. J. c. L. Harris represents the peni-
Tertiary in the shit brought against it
by Mcdowell colinty for fifty convicts,
and which is to be heard at Lenoir on
the 18th before Judge Hoke.
The May Bulletin of the Agricultural
Department has been shipped by the
public printers in Winston and will be
mailed from here tomorrow.
Curator Brimley, of the Museum, was
buoy yesterday with his 800 pound leath-
er-back turtle. The 12-feet saw-fish will
not be mounted until tomorrow.
Richmond. via Selma, Wilson, Rocky
Mount and the city of Petersburg, with
the Ia bernacle Sunday School. Tuesday,
june Sth, will be "a delightful trip. One
section returns the same day, the other
Thursday. Low round trip rate 1926.
A special car will be attached to the
early morning train leaving here next
Wednesday in order to accommodate per-
sons wishing to attend University COM
mencement. This train leaves Chapel
Hill at $3.50 D. m.
The Y. w. c. T. L. will hold a very
important meeting at their headquarters
Monday evening at > o'clock, which
all the members are most urgently re-
quested to attend. Matters of Importance
are to be considered.
Prof. Massey and Mr.. J. G. l.. Harris
will this week go down to Southern Pines
to inspect the experiment farm there and
report to the Agricultural Board which
meets here on June 10Th. One week
earlier, June 9th the college board meets.
Metropolitan Hall will be released for
the coming season and bids will be opened
by the finance committee of the board of
Aldermen June 3rd. Mr.. Meares' lease
expires this summer. 1t is probable that
he will release it.
Gov, Russell yesterday appointed the
following trustees of the A. and Nj. col
lege. (colored), at Greensboro: Chas. q.
Lane. of Ashevile: John G. Benbow, of
East Bend, and l.. G.. Caldwell, of States
vile.
The commencement exercises of the
Raleigh Male Academy will be held next
Friday. Judge Walter Montgomery will
deliver the annual address and Mr.. j.
w. Bailey will present the Nesbitt Ken
drick Medal to the successful contestant
Rev. n. S. Jones and family left this
morning for Raleigh. During his pastor
ate here Mr.. Jones won a host of admir-
ing friends. He did some splendid work
for Broad Street Baptist church in rails
ing money sufficient to pay off every dol
lar of indebtedness due by the church.
He is a good preacher, an earnest and
faithful pastor and the Sentinel bids him
God speed in his work for the Master
Winston Sentinel.
Among the Raleigh young ladies who
leave this week to attend the commence
ment at the University are Misses Lilly
Hoke. Mary Turner. Elizabeth Hinsdale,
Fannie Hoke, Adelaide Snow, Rosa Bat
tie, Mary Jones, Josie Craige and Eliza
Busbee. The majority of these young
women will be present at the President
Reception on Tuesday evening and the
Sneior Ball on Wednesday evening. Quite
a party will leave Raleigh Thursday af-
ternoon to attend the final German at the
University and will return to Raleigh on
Friday to attend the Capital City Clubs
German complimentary to the Univer-
sity boys.