The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-01
CITY IN BRIEF.

The Mayor yesterday sent Thomas
JenkTas. an Apex coon, to Jail for cary
ing essncealed weapons.
The Secretary of State was yesterday
busy sending out the new VOL 1l9) SUI
preme s'oIlrt Reports to those entitled 10
them
The Governor yesterday appolnted
three notaries public. as follows: VIII
liam H. Gathrie, Durham; Daniel w.
Baker, Lewiston; NJ. G. Miller, Rock
well
Ice cream and cake on sale to-day at
The Women's Exchange. The ladies' IN
s.hxrr.x have & number of other articles
sur san, and ask for the patronage OF the
public
Mr.. w. C. Douglass has received an in
vff>4ien from Prof. Brogden, of Dunn,
Harneff county, to deliver the literary
address at the closing OF his school on
Nay list
There was the smallest travel on the
xvo railroads here yesterday in a long
fine. The trains for a long time have
hen crowded, but yesterday there were
very few passengers.
III Il understood that Gov. Russell will
,uuOiuf either Mr.. r. G. Rivers or MT.
@ Il. Ray as the successor OF MI. Kemp
Merritt resigned, on the Board OF Dlrec-
Surs of the Blind Institution.
Marriage license was yesterday issued
to Mr.. Joseph Ship, of Durham, to
-1aiss Geneva Barbee, of Wake. During
{ fhe month of April 35 licenses were is
sued-1G white couples and - colOred
couples.
This q afternoon at four o'clock there will
he a game of baseball between the A. and
N. college and the Guilford College
teams at the Athletic grounds. Admis-
sion. - cents: ladies free. Both clubs
are In good condition.
The Alamance Cleaner says that the
Rev. q. i. Springfield, of Raleigh. is as
sisfing Rev r. C. Hocutt in a protracted
meeting ut the Baptist church at Graham.
dArEe congregations attend the services,
! and nneh Interest is manifested.
The Portsmouth Amateurs returned to
Their MONIES on the vestibule train Thurs
day night after the performance. They
made many warm friends while in Raj
eieh. and yesterday everybody was sing
ing their praises. 1t is hoped that they
may find it convenient to visit the "City
~ Oaks again and that at no distant
day.
The directors OF the Raleigh asylum,
whose terms expired in March, who will
hold over are Messrs. r. r. Gotten, Of
FIT: +. r. Smith, of Wayne; b. +. Boy
kin, of New Hanover, and j. b. Broad
foot. OF Cumberland. The Morganton
directors-Messrs. l. I. Davis and }. Z.
Mills, OF Burke, and J. T. Caldwell, of
Mecklenburg.
Auditor Aver has completed the alb
zfracts and tax-lists for this year and
ssY,ov arr, now in the hands of the State
Printer. They are much more comprehen-
siye than ever before. The abstracts
z,re about one-fourth longer than hereto
fore and the tax-list lis about foot
wider. The State Printer says the list
Ia SO large that there is no machine
south Of Seneca, n. Y, that can rule 1T.
Mrs. Geo. W. Green, wife of Prof.
: Green. formerly of Wake Forest College,
INT now of Canton, China, is in North
= Carolina for the purpose OF educating
her children. Mr.. Green will join her
next year and they will spend some time
in America, resting from their missionary
labors in the Celestial Empire. They
went out under the direction of the
Southern Baptist convention several
years ago, and have been very much
blessed in their labors. Mrs. Green is
now on a visit to relatives in Norris
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