The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-27
CITY IN BREIF.

cONVICTS.-Four convicts were re-
ceiyed at the penitentiary yesterday from
Hartford county. Deputy w. E.,Jenkins
brought them here.
RESIGNED.-Mr Marshall De Ian
cey Haywood has resigned his position as
city editor of the Daily Times. Mr.. d..
II. Moore succeeds him.
! RESUMES HIS PRACTICE.-Dr.
r. B. Ellis, who suffered stroke of
paralysis some weeks ago, has sufficient
" recovered to be able to resume his
practice.
AFFIRMED.-The Supreme Court
yesterday affirmed Judge Robinson's de-
cision in the Hester-Robertson case, and
young Robertson will now have to go
to the roads and work out his sentence.
InE STUDENT.-The Wake Forest
Student is preparing to issue a SPECIAL
educational edition for the month of De-
cember. Supt. Mebane has been invited
to contribute an article. He is preparing
a paper on the "Duty of Colleges to the
Public Schools"
RAN AWAY AGAIN.-Mrs. Diegel,
the runaway wife, who was caught here
with "Big Ed" Campbell, tried to run
away again from her husband in Green's
boro Saturday. Diegel went to the depot
to purchase tickets, and while he was
away his wife fled. She was caught hid
ing up some steps in Greensboro.
A FLYING RUMOR.-There is a ru-
NOR ON the streets that two of the SUI
preme court Justices will favor sustain
ing Judge Robinson, which would GUST
S. Ohio Wilson from his office; that two
regard the law under which the Governor
is acting as unconstitutional, and that
one is as yet undecided Loge Harris
is responsible for the rumor.
SUPERIOR COURT.-The Superior
Court yesterday consumed nearly the
whole day trying the case of the Hy-
gienic Plate Ice Manufacturing COM
pany VS. the Raleigh and Augusta Air
Line Railroad Company, for damages
for the alleged burning of the ice fac
tory August Doth, 1893, causing a loss
of about $4,000. The case will proba-
bly, consume all of today.
BIG HATS MUST GO.-The article
in yesterdays News and Observer call
ing the attention of the ladies of Raj
eigh to the nuisance of keeping large
hats on their heads while in theatres,
was much commended, by both the male
and female readers of the paper. 1--WE
suffered so much from this big hat nui-
sance," said one young man, that I'll
never take another young lady to a the
atra unless she promises to take off her
hat-for the other fellows benefit"
PREMIUMS.-Ser Hamilton,
who was in the city yesterday. took
many premiums at the State Fair; Ill
fact getting premium on most every
exhibit he entered. There are few more
successful, wide-a-wake and progressive
farmers in the State than this brave
Confederate soldier who lost his eyes in
the service of his State. He keeps up
with all the improvements and sets an
example worthy of emulation TO young
farmers. And he is a good Democrat
with big d.
SWAMP LAND ROAD.-Richard P.
Williams, of Craven county, was here
yesterday to confer with Superintendent
Mebane about the building of a public
road from Riverdale, Craven county, TO
Stella, in Carteret, through the so-called
State ''swamp land" of which there are
some 100000 acres. The special act of
the Legislature ordering the building OF
this road gives the use Of 30 convicts.
Mr.. Williams was the Republican mem
Der of the House from Craven in 1895,
ana was turned down Dy MS party De-
cause he wouldn't turn the city over TO
incompetents. He is well employed if
he viii build good roads.
DECEMBER 1ST.-That is the date
for the session Of the North Carolina
annual conference of the NJ. u. Church,
South. BishoPR. X. Hargrove, OF
Nashville, Tennessee, will preside. 1t
will bold it's sessions in Edenton Street
Methodist church and will be in session
one week. There will be between three
and four hundred ministers and dele
gates present, and in addition there will
be as many more visitors. The confer
ence has not met in Raleigh before in
fifteen years, and it's coming is looked
forward to with interest by all our citi-
gems. The hospitality of Raleigh will
be shown in the manner characteristic
Of the capital city.