The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-18
CITY IN BRIEF.


in early last night from box %. 1t
was only a chimney on fire in Sawyer's
Bottom.
SHORTEST DAY.-Next Monday
will be the shortest day in the year.
Inc sun rises at 1923 and sets at All,
making the length of the day 8 hours
and "A minutes. On Tuesday Autumn
ends and Winter begins.
HOLIDAY DANCES.-The holiday
germans of the Capital Club will be CIV
en- at the club rooms as follows: Christ
mas german, Monday evening, Decem-
Der 18th; New Years german, Friday
evening, December 31st.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES No. 2,
of the st. Mary's Guild, will give
a Christmas entertainment of the Gov
errors mansion Monday evening, De-
cember 20. Admission will be, children
10 cents, adults % cents.
HELPED ORPHANS.-Thoug kept
busy during the convention that gener-
Gus friend of. the children, Mr.. n. j.
Broughton did not forget them and
gladdened many little hearts with his
short visit to the Asylum.-Orphan's
Friend.
THE NEW OFFICER.-Mr. G. NJ.
Walters, who has been selected as a,
member of the police force, served for
several years with great accepta bility as
deputy sheriff under Captain Mack
Page. He has the experience, capacity
and bearing necessary to make a first
class officer.
ANNUAL SERMON.-The Governors
Guards will meet in their armory at
4 ga nd 70 ha
Baptist Tabernacle in a body at II
o'clock, at which time the chaplain Of
the company, Rev. DR.. A. NJ. Simms,
will preach the regular semi-annual SER
mon before the company.
CONCERT.-Don't forget the Clara
Shumann concert soon to be given here.
I This orchestra has been in constant ser
vice for the past three years, touring in
nearly every State in the Union. 1t viii!
appear in this city at the Metropolitan
Opera House December 22nd. Tickets
On sale at Kings drug store.
STORM NEXT WEEK.-If Profess
,or q. Stockmever, famous Kansas
weather prognostcator is to he believed.
W. will have furious blizzard with dis
qstrnus gales. beginning next Tuesday
and continuing two days. The gale, says
.he professor. will be especially severe
in the northern and central States.
NAY BE CHIEF CLERK.-It lis
SAID that Mr.. Claude gpeckery, son OF
Mr. Oliver FL. DockerEy@will be chief
clerk and deputy In the office of the
.lewly appointed Marsaiaf, Mr.. Henry
@. DockeFy. Though this report has not
yet been verified, 1t is well known that
Mr.. Claude Dockery has declared his
intention of moving to Raleigh to live.
/ FEDERAL BUILDING.-A United
States inspector of buildings under the
control of the Treasury Department,
has been there this week and inspected
the postoffice, revenue and courthouse
building. Not long ago the condition of
the building was condemned by spe-
cial agent as dirty and needing electric
lights and paint.
VERY ILL.-Dr. ]. A. Cunninggim,
presiding elder of the Durham district,
is quite i'll at Greensboro. At'sthe last
session of conference in Raleigh, he was
unwell and told a friend that he did
not expect after he finished up his fourth
year on the Durham district, to try to
take regular work again. Prayers will
go up from thousands of homes for his
recovery.
THE ALDERMEN meeting of
{ the Board of Aldermen. which was to
have been held last night-has been post
poned until next Friday night. When
it does meet license will be granted to
some 30 bar-keepers and groeers to sell
liquor and Mr.. O. NJ. Walters will be
elected to succeed Policeman Faucette,
resigned. Though Turnkey HamiPs sue
cessor mas not yet been decided upon,
Mr.. Marion johnson who is now tenn
porarily discharging the duties of that
position, will probably be elected.
IN ATLANTA.--Miss Jessie Acker-
man, the well known writer and travel
er, who was here last week as the guest
of Mrs. Russell, at the Mansion, has
gone South on a lecturing tour. She
went first to Columbia and from there
to Atlanta where she lectured last night.
Miss Alderman is a prominent club wo-
man, member of the National Press
Association, and prominent in the ma
tional organizations of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union and the
equal suffragists. She is an able lee
turer and at a recent meeting of the
WoIaan's Club in Baltimore spoke to
an audience of 700 women.
FOR SALE.
HotnI hui1diu0 lynoHyu nc tba ENTood.