The news & observer., 1897-07-29
CITY IN BRIEF.

CITY IN BKlEF.
The Raleigh Cotton Mills Yesterday
received five car loads of cotton from
New York.
The Deaf and Dumb school at Morgan
ton is to open brick yard soon on It's
own property.
The Ladies' Exchange will serve
Brunswick stew and barbecue to-day
from IL m to 2 p. m.
ST. Luke's Home Social will be held
tonight from Z to 10 o'clock at MIR. Joe
Rlake's. on West Morgan street. Music
especially of interest.
The North Carolina Liquor Dealers.
Distillers' and Grape Growers Associa-
ton is called to meet at Durham on the
24th, 25th and Goth of August
r. Robert Gatling, of this city, suf-
fered a slight stroke of nervous paralysis
at Chapel Hill ON Tuesday, but it was
slight and he quickly recovered from 1t.
Let everybody remember the lawn
narty to be given at Mr.. ID. T. Moore's
Thursday evening, for the benefit OF
Central NJ. f. church. All should as
sist these ladies in their noble work.
The Progressive Farmer, organ of the
State Alliance ridicules the County Off-
GERS convention, at Morehead Clty,
saying it is school to practice now
to get office and hold it without slipping
a cog"
The report that one OF the county con-
nroyed to be untrue A convict was taken
proved to beu ntrue. A man was taken
sick on Person street and carried home
in wagon by two men with guns. This
gave rise to the report.
An entertainment by children will
take place this (Thursday) night at $50
o'clock, at the residence of Mrs. ID. ii.
Young. for the benefit of the new church
Of the Good Shepherd. nice programme
has been arranged. Admission, includ-
ing cake and cream 10 cents.
There is considerable complaint of the
electric lights. Besides burning dimly
they often go out and sometimes stay
ont for several minutes. The Light
committee of the Board OF Aldermen
should see to it that contract lights are
Furnished the city.
The Central Association of the Baptist
church is now in session at Bethel
church, this county. DR.. ]. w. Car
ter. G. NJ. Allen and several others from
Raleigh are attending. Miss Fannie
Heck, Mrs. J. w. Carter and Mrs. A. j.
Ellis went out yesterday morning.
Jesse Snathorly, Confederate soldier
from Montgomery county. in 1864 saved
the life of a Federal soldier during
battle in which the woods had caught
fire. He provided the wounded man
with water and gave him his name. Now
comes the sequel The Federal sends the
Confederate $500 as a gift.
The annual meeting of the Farmers
State Alliance will be held at Hillsboro,
August 10th. Efforts have been made
to have the date changed, on account Of
the school.tax election, which will be
held that day, but President Graham
decides against any change.
If you need shoes. better buy them
now. The new tariff bill has put duty
of Is per cent ON all hides-for the bene-
fit of the leather trust. The new sched-
ule puts up the price Of heavy sole
leather-the kind the poor man and his
family wears-a little more than 2 cents
a pound.
News comes from the Western part
of the State that terrific rain fell in
some sections there last Saturday night.
Tt was especially heavy in Cherokee
county, where it wrought great destruc-
tion of property and several people bare
ly escaped with their lives. The streams
were swollen higher than they have been
before in 50 years.
Sheriff r. l.. Nichols, of Mcdowell
county, yesterday brought Alb Long,
negro who murdered a young white man
at Marion about a month ago, to the
penitentiary. The negro was convicted
of murder in the second degree and SEN
fenced to thirty years at hard labor
There is considerable feeling in Nc
Dowell on account of the sentence.
Many believed that the prisoner should
have been hung but the defense pleaded
that there was no generalization, hence
the verdict Of murder in the second de-
gree.
Gov. Russell yesterday received an in
yitation to attend the annual dinner Of
the Connecticut Society Sons of the
American Revolution, at New Haven,
Conn, on February 22nd next, in COM
memorat ton of the birthday of Wash
ington. The attendance Of the Govern.
ors of the original thirteen States, the
invitation says, has been suggested as
a proper and interesting feature Of the
observance of the day, and to inaugural te
this idea it has been decided to invite
six or seven Governors of such States
representing different sections OF th'
country to participate at the next din
ner. To obviate the possibility of othe
engagements this invitation is sent ou
thus early.
London, July 2S.-A special dispatch
from Athens, received this morning say
4lo4 41,a C,,lfon hoe iucfruptnd Tawfi-