The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-28
CITY IN BRIEF.

Miss Enid Smith, of Peace Institute
will sing at the morning services of Eden
ton street church to-day.
\ bicycle belonging to Prof. G. NJ.
Pritchett, was stolen from the sidewalk
in front of the Capital Club Friday
night.
A Robson county man, Rich Lilly,
has gotten relief. He is to succeed Mr..
w. NJ. Walker as janitor of the Supreme
court building.
Efforts are being made td build a
chapel at the Soldiers Home. About
$500 is already in. band and it is desired
to raise $500 more.
There will be an old-fashioned negro
baptizng at the colored Blount street
Baptist church this morning at 8 o'clock.
Everybody is invited to attend.
Work will begin this week on the new
car shed at the power house of the Raj
eigh Electric Company. 1t lis claimed
that the cars will be running within an
other month.
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday
as follows: G. ID. Stell and Obelia Mas
sey: w. III. Hobby and Eva Johnson.
Both couples are white and all the parties
live in Wake county.
Sheriff Wilcox, of Pasquotank county,
yesterday brought two convicts to the
penitentiary-on of them for three years
and one for one year. The three-year
convict is only twelve years old. They
were convicted of larceny.
A tract of land in House Greek town
ship belonging to the Mrs. Grady Blake
estate, was sold at public auction at the
court house door yesterday at noon.
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by Mr.. George L. Tonnoffffski for $500.
The news comes here from Washington
that Adjutant General Cowles is an APP
plicant for the position of Minister to
Greece, the place now held by Professor
Eben Alexander. General Cowles has
many warm friends here who hope that
he may be successful.
A private letter announces that Col.
and Mrs. John s. Cunningham, who left
here Wednesday afternoon, reached home
safely. Mrs. Cunningham stood the trip
remarkably well. Her many friends here
hope that she may soon entirely regain
her usual good health.
A RACE between the Seaboard and
Southern afternoon trains from here to
Cary has become an almost daily oc-
currence-and a most exciting one, too,
to the passenger. But two trains run
ming side by side is attended with very
great danger, and the engineers have
been ordered to desist from such con-
tests in the future.
Tom Bailey returned from Washington
yesterday morning. He says the News
and Observer was al wrong about his
going to the National capital in regard
TO the postofiice here. He says Mr.. Bus
bee will be kept in office here until his
term of four years expire, and that it
was a much more important matter that
took him to Washington.
Plans for the proposed $4,000 Capital
Club building, on the corner of Martin
and Salisbury streets, have been about
completed. The designs of a Massa-
chusetts architect have been accepted
but the money necessary to begin the
work has not been secured. An effort
will be made at once in this direction.
The revival meeting which has been
going on for the past two weekes at Ely,
worth Methodist chapel, resulted in
twenty-five conversions and accessions
to the membership. This church. which
is situated near the Pilot Cotton Mills,
is only about three years old. and yet,
1t has a membership of about $50.
Rev. II. III. Whitaker is, and has always
been, its pastor.
Mr.. Fl. K. Hodges, one of the Skinner
boilers in the last Legislature, was here
yesterday on his way from Washington,
where he has been with Mr.. S. 7. Car
row, who wants the post Of
fee at Washington, n. G. Mr..
Carrow is an cid line Re-
publican, and is said to be endorsed for
the position by both Skinner and Pritch-
ard Mr.. Hodges thinks it still looks
very much like 'prnell for Federal
Judge. He says Judge Timberlake has
been in Washington. the past week urg
ing his claims to the place as a POpulist,
but that he stands very little chance of
getting it.