The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-19
CITY IN BRIEF.

RAILROAD TAXES.-The Seaboard
Air Line yesterday paid into the State
treasury $4,63O66, State taxes on the
Carolina Central division. Tuesday it
paid S6,20S.2S for the Raleigh and Gas.
ton division.
TOUR OF THE SOUTH.-The "Lit-
tie Jack Homer" company left yesterday
morning for Wilmington, where they
gave a performance last night. From
there they go to Charleston, Birmingham,
New Orleans and thence to Texas.
COLORED FAIR-The Colored State
Fair will be held Nov. 2. Efforts are be-
ing made to make it the biggest Fair
ever held by the negroes in this State.
Charles Taylor, of Charlotte, has been
appointed chief marshal. All fire COM
panies in the State are invited to attend.
NAME CHANGED-The Secretary
of State yesterday, in accordance with
chapter $50 of the laws of 1898, granted
permission to the Crawford Gold Mining
Company, of Stanley county, to change
its name to the United Gold Fields Cor
poration, with all the powers, rights and
liabilities conferred and imposed upon
the corporation under it's former name.
BASEBALL TO-DAY.-There will be
a game Of baseball at Athletic Park this
afternoon The "Puzzlers" (whoever
they may bel and the 'Seaboard Hard
Hitters' ditto are the clubs that will
occupy the diamond. Raleigh's best play
ers will be in the game and some snappy
ball may be expected. The game will be
called at $3.50 o'clock. Go out and en-
courage the boys.
INMENT.-Tomorrow ev-
ening at 8 o'clock in the Third Baptist
church there will be given an entertain
ment by the Loyal Temperance Legion.
No admission fee will be charged, but a
collection will be taken during the even
ing The lawn party which was to have
been held by the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union has been postponed
until further notice.
PLENTY OF LAWYERS.-Gov. Rus
sell has recently employed another law
yer to help fight the North Carolina Rail-
road lease-Mr w. c.. Douglass. In ad-
dition to the Attorney General the fol-
lowing attorneys are now representing
the State in this suit: Judge A. G. Avery,
Judge James e. Shepherd, Judge James
@. MacRae, Messrs. w. II. Day, Philip
w. Averitt, Charles A. Cook and W. G..
Douglass.
NEW PRINTING OFFICE.-The
new annex to the rear of the Academy of
Music is about complete. 1t will probably
be occupied next week. 1t will be used
by the Barnes Printing Company as a
composing room and the basement as a
press room. One of the offices now occu-
pied by them will be used as a store
room, and the other as the Caucasian
office. This prosperity comes from the
public printing.
TOO WARM A NUMBER.-Lizzie
Austin is persona non grata (as diploma
lists would say in the community in
which she resides, She lives just on the
edge Of the Bowery, and even in that
community she is too warm a number.
So her neighbors had her up yesterday
for disorderly conduct. The Mayor Or
dered her to move out-seek a more con-
genial and less respectable atmosphere
and let her go.
HELD UP THE OFFICER.-At
last the people of Southern Pines have
about given up the attempt to enforce
their law in regard to cattle and hogs
running at large on the streets. The
people around the town have quit tear
ing down the pound; they now hold up
every new town officer that is sworn in
and make him take an oath, at the point
of a pistol, to resign. A number of the
raiders are to be tried next week at
Moore county court.