The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-17
PERSONAL.

Collector Simmons has gone to Colds
boro.
Mr.. III. E. Bonitz returned to Whining
ton yesterday.
Mr.. J. r. Brewer returned to Wake
Forest yesterday.
| Mrs. William Woollcott is quite i'll at
her home on Newbern avenue.
Governor Russell returned yesterday
morning at 2:15 from Wilmington.
Major w. e. Deulin, who has been VS.
morning for his home in Gates county.
Mrs. v 3. Swepson's condition shows
no Improvement. She rests very quietly,
| however.
Judge II. G. Conner, who has been at
tending Referee Zollicoffer's court, went
to Wilson yesterday.
Mr.. w. r. Tucker has returned from
short visit to his family at Sweet
Springs, West Virginia.
DR.. Abbott has returned, so all the
| Railroad Commissioners are present eX-
cept Maj J. w. Wilson.
Mrs. ]. J. Rogers, of Apex, is in the
city spending few days with her moth
er, Mrs. J. NJ. Mewborne.
Major w. e. Dulin, who has been Wis
Iiting Captain Roberts. returned to his
home in Washington, d. c., Yesterday.
Mrs. Arnold Borden, of Goldsboro,
was i'm the city yesterday to enter her
daughter, Miss Annie-Belle, at Peace In
stitute.
Mr.. Guy Bunch went to Greensboro
Yesterday to stand the civil service eA-
animation for the position Of railway
mailing clerk.
Mr.. L. B. Bynum, Superintendent OF
the Odell Manufacturing Company, at
| Rvnums, in Chatham county, spent yes
terday in Raleigh.
Superintendent G.. S. Mebane went to
High Point yesterday to participate III
the exercises at the opening OF the pup
lie schools there today.
Miss Kate Jefferson, who was mere 10
witness the Towler-Barber nuptlals, leIt
Yesterday for Salem, where she is STU
dent in the Salem Female Academy
Miss Bessie Lewellen, of Raleigh, and
niece of our greatly esteemed towns
man. Mr.. J. Il. Edwards, is attending
tho Oxford Seminary.-Oxford Ledger.
Miss Mollie Higgs returned yesterday
morning from Boston, Waterbury, Ne"
York and other Northern cities, where
she has been for the past three months.
| Misses Elizabeth and Sarah Cheshire,
who have been spending the summer IN
Charlotte, Hillsboro an Bowman
Bluff. returned to Raleigh yesterday
morning.
Miss Marjorie Taylor left yesterday
morning for the Kinsey Seminary at
Wilson, where she will pursue her studies
for the coming session. She left TO the
,sorrow of her many admirers.
! Supt. John Il. Smith has returned from
a visit to the State farms in HallfaX ana
Northampton counties. He says the cot
ton is being picked rapidly, but the crop
was greatly reduced by the drought.
| Col. 3. Cameron spent yesterday IN the
CITY. He says that his crop has been IN
ijured by the dry weather, but there have
been two rains in Durham county since
Raleigh was thus blessed. The tobacco
crop is about thirty days earlier than
lusual and there is no danger of the frost
catching it this year.
Mrs. w. \. Habel and son have re-
turned to the city after Il very pleasant
visit to her friend, Mrs. NJ. L. Harris,
of I.incolnton. and other places of inter-
est in the western part of the State.
She was accompanied by Misses Eugema
Harris and Daicie Reinhardt, of Lin
colnton, who have returned to resume
their studies at Peace Institute.
Attorney General Walser left yester-
day for Statesville. He will return in
about ten days. He says that if he had
been present at the meeting of the coun-
lcil of state he would have opposed paw
ing the capitol walks with brick, and
says, further, that he has written asking
~
of the fence around the capitol square I'M
| til he can be present, as he wishes to
oppose the proposition. Is he trying to get
iup a reputation as an obJector!
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