The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-31


walters. formerly with w. II. and r. S.
Tucker and Company, has accepted
position at Heller's popular shoe store.
-FOUR YEARS OF SERvICE.-Next
Sunday Rev. A. NJ. Simms will celebrate
the fourth anniversary of his passionate
Of the Tabernacle Baptist church. of this
Gty.
THHY. W. c. T. U.-There will be
meeting of the Y. w. G. Il. U. this after
noon, at the headquarters. Members are
requested to meet promptly at $50
o'clock.
ST. LUKTS HOME.-All money
for inmates and all donations for
st. Luke's home will hereafter be sent to
Mrs. Mofitt, Fayetteville street, the
treasurer Of the Home.
HOSPITAL AID ASSOCIATION
The regular monthly meeting Of the
Ladies' Hospital Aid Association will be
held in the Supreme court building this
afternoon at o'clock.
WAS 1T A CANCER.-The tumT re-
Gently cut from Gov. Russel's face is
being examined under microscope by
Drs. Battle and Hubert Register, to frd
out whether or not it is caneerous.
WHITE-CAPS ARRESTED.-New
reached Raleigh yesterday that two men,
one named Phillips and the other named
Hamilton, had been arrested at Rocky
Mount as being in party of whlte-caps.
CAUCASIAN MOVING.-The eau
casian begins today to move from the
Pullen building, on Fayetteville street,
to the Academy of Music building, on
will no
the paper this week.
SUMMER RESORT CLOSED.-The
summer resort Of the Annanias Club, at
the Union depot is closed for the season.
The Grand Prevarieator has asked the
government to erect a little room around
the mail box to be used by the club dur
ing the winter months.
THE FIRE DISTRICT.-No build
ing is allowed to he erected orsrepaired
in the fire district without permission
from the Fire committee. There is fine
of $25 for repairing without such per-
mission. The fire district boundaries are
Salisbury, Morgan, Blount and Davie
streets.
CAPITOL SQUARE.-The paving on
the north-side of Capitol square has been
completed. Yesterday the convicts moved
to the Fayetteville street entrance and
began grading. 1t is to be doubted
whether the brick paving improves the
walks, but asphalt or gravel would have
been a very great improvement.
FELL FIFTEEN FEET.-Clyde Rol-
Inns, four year old negro boy, while
playing on second story piazza on
Morgan street, opposite Martins stables,
Sunday morning, fell to the sirewalk and
broke his thigh. The distance of the
fall was about fifteen feet. The boy
has been taken to the hospital.
HEAVILY FINED.-Yesterday the
mayor fined two white man-Charles
Gooch and Ben Pike-$15 and costs for
disorderly conduct in the Academy of Mu-
sic last Friday night during the minstrel
performance. 1t is to be hoped that this
heavy but just fine will put stop to dis
orderly conduct such as has been wit
messed at both theaters this season.
NEGRO EXCURSION-The was
big negro excursion here yesterday from
Concord. The train arrived here at 1
o'clock. It consisted Of thirteen cars,
one for white people and IL for negroes.
There were SIS people on the train. The
event of the day was game of ball be-
tween the Concord and Raleigh teams
at Athletic Park yesterday afternoon.
GRAND LODGE TO MEET.-Mr.
j. G. Drewry, secretary of the Grand
Lodge of Masons, has called a special
communication of that order to be held
in Durham September 4th, the occasion
Of the laying of the cornerstone Of the
public library building in that city. The
most prominent citizens Of the State
have been invited to be present and the
occasion will be memorable one.
THE NEW PAPER.-The Raleigh
Daily Times, the new afternoon paper,
made its appearance yesterday. 1t is
neat four-page, six-column paper, half
the size of the News and Observer. 1t is
filled with fresh local news, bright and
well edited. In their announcement the
management make no promises, but say
that they will claim support simply and
soley upon the merits Of the paper.
RED MEN.-Last Saturday evening,
in the Jr. O. U. A. M. hall in Pullen
building, a council Of the Improved Or
der of Red Men was organized by the
Great Chief of Records of Virginia, Mr..
Ira I. Holt, of Norfolk. The following
officers were elected and installed: w.
e. Faison, sachem; Hill e. King, senior
sycamore; r. V. Denton, junior saga
more; ]. M. Bishop, prophet; J. e..
Bridgers, chief of records; NJ. r. Haynes,
keeper of wampum. The council will be
known as Osceola Tribe No. 1, I. o. r.
M. Over forty names were on charter
list.
A NEW LACY.-Mr. B. r. Lacy.
cashier of the Dime Savings Bank, was
the happiest man in town yesterday and
Sunday, new boy having arrived at his
house Saturday night. He is precocious
youth, and ten minutes after he, was
born told his father he wanted to be an
engineer. That pleased Ben so much
that he Immediately named the boy
Tom Allen Lacy, after Tom Allen, one
Of the best engineers that ever run a
8. A. L. train. That boy is destined to
be the grand mogul of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, and his father
thinks that is bigger than being Presi-
dent Of the United States.