The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-24
CITY IN BRIEF.


The Rev Mr.. Harper, of Durham,
preached at the Central Methodist church
last night.
The work of trimming up the trees
in the Capital Square has been about
completed.
The First Baptist church Sunday school
leaves this morning for Chapel Hill at
7:3O o'clock. 1t will return tonight at 8.
The eight new cottages now being con-
structed at the end of Blount street, near
the Pilot Mills, for employees, are nearing
completion.
Mr.. III. A. Williams, master of trains
of the Raleigh division of the Southern
Railway. is to move ais office from Dur
ham to Greensboro.
The Sunday school of the Christian
church will leave the church at Z o'clock
tomorrow morning and will be conducted
by Rev. J. l.. Foster, pastor, to Rand's
MILL
The directors of the Institution for the
Deaf and Dumb will meet Monday night
TO complete some business left over at
the last meeting.
The Grand Lodge of Masons meets
to-day at Oxford. Messrs. n. B.
Broughton, r. H. Bradley, John G.
Drewry and others have gone to OXFORD
to attend 1t.
A number of Raleigh's young people
picniced yesterday at Taylor's pond.
They were chaperoned by Mrs. Claude
Barbee and Miss Margie Taylor.
The county commissioners will meet to-
morrow to complete the revision of the
jury list and elect a member of the
County Board of Education in place of
Mr.. Thos. III. Briggs, resigned.
One convict was placed in the penlten-
tfary yesterday from Guilford county. He
goes up for four years. An Indian,
named Nick Fad. was brought from
Swain county. He was convicted of
manslaughter
Mr.. L. L. Brown, gardener on the
Biltmore estate and a horticulturist of
wide experience, has been appointed to
a position at the State Experiment Sta
ton at Greensboro, and will go to the
scene of his new duties the first of Sep
TENDER.
A delegate appointed by Governor
Russell to the Gold Mining convention.
at Denver. wrote to the Secretary of
State Yesterday. asking if he would get
any pay from the State for going to this
convention. The Secretary replied, no.
that each delegate was even expected to
pay his own expenses.
Only one more week remains for giving
in taxes. If they are not given in during
the month of June taxpayers are liable
to Indictment. The law was made so
by the last Legislature. large pro-
portion of the taxpayers of this town
ship have not yet listed their property.
They would do we'll to attend TO this
matter at once. as it will prevent future
embarrassment.
Splendid crop reports are coming i'll
from all parts of this county. Since the
warm weather set in the season has been
all that could be desired. All growing
crops are doing finely and the best Of
weather for harvesting has prevailed.
The cotton crop will be the largest in
many years.
1t is a fact not generally known that
two of DIR. Motifs sons have recently
got relief under the present State adj
ministration. One is a stewart at the
penitentiary and another is assistant
physician at the insane asylum.
Matilda Worth was the star offender
in the Mayors court yesterday morn
ing. 1t seems that Matilda, for some
reason is not fond of Robert Taylor so
when she found him in an alteration
with a woman on the street, she crossed
over, joined in the row without either
provocation or invitation and administer
ed a sound boxing to Taylor's ears. For
this the Mayor fined her $5.25. She
promptly paid it.
The New York Journal of Commerce
says: at is announced by First Vice
President A. B. Andrews that the man
agement Of the Southern Railway has
decided upon a simple plan for relieving
the pressure of traffic on the line between
Greensboro and Charlotte, n c., without
going to the expense of constructing a
second track. The Southern now owns
the % miles of the Midland North Caro-
lima Railroad between Winston-Salem
and Mocksville. and will extend the road
some 20 miles to Mooresville, where con-
nection will be made with the Atlantic
Tennessee and Ohio division for Char
lotte. A large part of the through
freight would be sent over the proposed
new route"