The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-05
CITY IN BRIEF.

COIION HItS bdiSS VI
cotton were burned at the farm of Capt.
j. ]. Thomas near the city yesterday.
RESCUE CIRCLE.-The Rescue Cir
Gle will meet at Mrs. James Mckim-
mons, Tuesday evening, Oct. 9th, at
o'clock.
THE WATAUGA CLUB.-The reg
ular meeting of the Watauga club will
be held in the office of Mr.. X. b.
Raney at the Marlborough House.
HEBREW HOLIDAY.-The stores of
Hebrew merchants will be closed from
o'clock this afternoon until & o'clock
tomorrow, the occasion being the Jewish
Day of Atonement.
MARRIAGE POSTPONED.-O Owing
to the illness of Mr.. G. Il. Massey his
marriage, which was to have taken place
on Wednesday, October 9th, will be post
poned for short time.
FEDERAL COURT.-Judge Purnell
has gone to Greensboro to hold the Cir
cult and District courts for Judges Dick
and Simonton, at the latter's request.
1t is two weeks term.
ALAMANCE FAIR.-The Alamance
County Fair Will be held October 1916.
Tickets will be- sold from Raeigh,
Greensboro, Charlotte and all the inter-
mediate points at one frst-class fare for
the round trip.
TELEPHONE RATES.-The testi-
mony in the telephone rate case is SO
voluminous that the Railroad Commits
sion will not be able to review it care
fully before the next meeting. AT that
time the decision viii be rendered
REVENUE RECEIPTS Revenue
collections during September were the
largest ever made in this district during
that month. They were $120,002, made
up as follows: Whisl1ey, S13, 1858: Cigars
and cigarettes, SEE, S6S; tobacco, $S0.Ssj9.
MUSICALE TONIGHT. ele-
CANT home of Mrs. w. H. Holleman will
be thrown open tonight, and everybody
welcomed to the musicale. The pro-
gramme for it has not been surpass-
ed by any entertainment ever before Civ
en- in this city.
NO CONNECTS TO LEND. Fifteen
convicts were yesterday taken down to
the Halifax farms to help gather the
cotton crop. Superintendent Smith tried
to borrow fifty conFicts from the county
for this purpose also, but there is nd law
authorizing such a step and his request
was not granted
NEW CORPORATION The s5uth-
ern Pants Company, of Charlotte. was
Incorporated yesterday by the Secretary
of State for term of thirty years The
incorporators are Ed Rintes, John w
Miller, Il. G. Miller, W. r. Foreman.
and the capital stock is $4,000 with
power to increase to $4,000,
THE RALEIGH BONDS.-Air. +. q
Brown, the city treasurer, says that in
quiries are already coming in abont tho
new city bonds that are advertised for
sale. The promptness with which care
full investors interest themselves whom
ever Raleigh appears security for such
shows that few citizens in the conntrv
have a higher credit than the CITY of
Oaks. Mr.. Brown says that neonIe
can bid for the whole amount, $40 01()
or they can bid on only portion Of the
issue, just as they prefer.
FERTILIZER TAX.-The rnitad
States Supreme Court will re-hear Oc-
tober 18th the case Of the Patansco
Guano Company against the State Az
ricultural department, involving the
validity of the fertilizer tax. L. ii Rat
tie, Il. III. Busbee and J. G. L. Harriss
appear for the department; ]. w. Hins-
dale and L. N. Hill for the Patansco
Company. This case was heard before
at the October term, 1894, the annaal
being sent up from the Circuit Conf If
the United States for the Eastern D;s-
trict of North Carolina.
TO HELP WALSER.-Gov Pms
sell has added two more attorneys 70
the four he employs to appear for tho
State at the hearing next week IN the
case in which the Western Union Tala.
graph Company tries to prevent the on
forcement of the Railway Commigsion,s
order making 10 cents the rate far ten
word day messages. The new attorneys
are Col. John w. Hinsdale and M II
G. Douglass. The counsel for the State
now consists of Attorney General walls
er, Chas. a. Cook. of Warren; Fdwards
& Register, of Oxford, and John w
hinsdale and w. G. Douglass of Raj.
eigh.