The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-07
CITY IN BRIEF.

= The W, c. +. L. will meet this after
NOON at 4 D. m. A full attendance Is re-
quested.
One convict was yesterday brought in
,,o,, watau-a county by Sheriff w. II.
Galloway. ~
The wv. B." of ST Agnes Guild, will
.,oat with the Misses Trapier at their
nome on Saunders street, this (frlday) al
terroon, at five o'clock.
dance will be gwen tonight by the
Eurhrosyne German Club, complimentary
10 The Misses Cra.ge. OF Salisbury. VINO
are visiting in the city.
-Ime \. and Nj College and Guil1ord
College will play a game of ba seball sat
vrday, May Sth, at p. m. Admission
* cents. Ladies free. Both teams in
fine condition.
DIR. !. A. Faison, who Wednesday re-
signed his position as first assistant phy
sicisn at the Insane Asylum, mas not yet
decided where he will locate for the prac-
tice of his profession.
THE Board of Directors of st Luke 8
Home" will meet to-day at IL O'Clock.
Evcry member is urged to be present. 1t
is Also donation and reception day. All
contributions thankfully received.
Mr.. n. w. Powell, OF Raleigh, was
In the city last week. He was up look
ing at our farming lands with the purpose
Of moving to our county. We hope he
will come among us.-W ilkesboro enron
icl.e
Quite a number Of Raleigh Baptlsts
Yesterday went down ito Wilmington 10
attend the Southern Baptist convention.
Among them were Rev. DIR. Simms and
wife, Rev. J. T. Belts, Rev. DR.. Carter
and wife, Mr.. John r. Ray, Capt. L. b.
Moseley and Rev. II. M. Jordan.
Governor Russell accepted the special
invitation Of the Ladies' Memorial Asso-
citation here to participate in the Memoir
Iaa exercises next Monday. A salute Will
be fred by the cadets at the South gate
Of the capitol during the procession to the
cemetery.
n The University of North Carolina and
the University of Georgia will meet on
the diamond in Atlanta this afternoon.
Both teams have good records for the
present season and great game is ex-
pccted. On Saturday both teams go to
Athens and a second game with the Tar
Heels will be played. The intercollegiate
debate between Georgia and North Caro-
Tina will takep lace Saturday night.
The Atlanta Journals special cores
pondcnt Mt the Southern Baptist conven-
tion writing from Wilmington, says:
"From Greensboro to Wilmington the
country reminds one strongly OF FLORIDA,
with its scrub oak, sandy soil and hang
ing moss. The scenery is picturesque.
Notwithstanding the fairness of the land
pcape, everything looks green and fresh.
The sweet-scented honeysuckle grows
all along the track, and here and there
the lilac trees are in full bloom, and the
air heavy with their perfume"
Chief Marshal Stronach has sent SUI
perintendent Mebane to be present next
Monday and participate in the Memorial
Day exercises As Mr.. Mebane leaves
to-day for Guilford county to attend
the annual meeting of the North Carolina
Glasses Of the German Reformed
Church, he was compelled to decline the
invitation. He will not return to the city
for several days.
One marriage license was issued yester-
day. That was colored couple: Henry
Norwood and Fannie Edwards.
The Euchre Club will be entertained
this evening by Miss Mamie Simmons, at
her home ON Fayetteville street.
]. Mr. A. s. Barbec, recently elected
Mayor of Chapel Hill has been in Raj
eigfl tins week receiving the congratula-
tons of his friends. Mr. Barbee is one
Of the oldest subscribers to the News and
Observer, having started with the Senti-
ael when it was edited by the late Rev.
VIM. IL. Pell, and continued under all
changes of management. He is a DEM
ocrat Of "the straightest sect" and lives
in confidence that the people will restore
the party to power in 1898.
Mr.. W. r. Kenyon. who has sold his
Sneresf in tue Tribune and resigned as
business manager OF that paper, VIII
leave this morning for Chicago. Ills
wife will go with him. The friends they
have made during their short stay III
Raleigh regret to see them leave the clty.
It is Mr. Kenyon's purpose to take va
cation before entering journalism again.
He is a practical newspaper man, and
before coming to Raleigh successfully
conducted a newspaper in the West and
at Hendersonville.
Virginia Evans, a colored woman, was
Yesterday sent to the roads for thirty
DAYS by Justice Barbee. 1t seems thai
Virginia has been reversing the usual or
der Of things by beating her husband.
News reached here yesterday that Mrs
Cooper. of Breyard, daughter Of Sherlf
Page, is seriously ill. Her brother, Mr
r. w. Page, has gone to Brevard TO at
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