The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-10
CITY IN BRIEF.


sandance of the members rs requested.
NEGRO DAILY PAPER.-The first
sony Of the DAILY Record" published AT
Wilmington, was received mere SUNDAY
Tt claims to be the only negro daily
newspaper in the world. 1t is neat
newsy and well printed
HOG KILLS A COW.-A large 70
land China boar hog Sunday killed hne
Jersey COW at the insane asylum by cut
ting her in the abdomen with his tusks.
This ferocious hog is one of the same
stock as the one killed at the asylum last
winter. weighing 100 pounds.
TROLLEY WIRE DOWN.-On
Sunday night between ~ and II O'Clock
the town clock kept striking in an erratlc
sort of way at irregular intervals, as II
some one were trying TO turn IN nre
alarm. The cause of it was that the
street car trolley was down at the curve
near ellis foundry, and in falling had
struck the fre-alarm wire.
MUST BUILD NEW BARNS.-"I
have never seen such crops in my lfe
Thy are far ahead of any that ever was
grown in the State. All rcops are hne,
cotton and everything is splendid. We
will have to pull down our old barns and
build new and larger Ones" said Maj. j.
M, Crenshaw, one of Wakes most pros
perOus farmers, who was in Raleigh yes
terday.
REVIVAL NEXT WEEK.-It is prob
able that revival meeting will be start
ed at Swain Street Baptist Mission next
week. 1t will be conducted by Rev. A. l..
Belts, the city missionary, and Rev. A.
r. Love. They have just closed a fine
meeting at Baptist Centre church, near
Clayton. There were quite number OF
conversions and several accessions TO the
church.
NOT so GOOD.-Mr. Willard Mial, of
Marks Greek township, was in town yes
terday. 1.-THE crops right in my section,
he said, "are not so good as in the Au-
burn section or north of us. The rains
have missed us lately. If the seasons are
good till October we will make good
crop, in spite of the fact that the season
is two weeks late. That makes a big diff
ference. in North Cardinals crop"
PUT 'EM IN THE PEN.-State Sen
ator Lee Person, the colored Senator
from Edgecombe, who is in Raleigh, said
yesterday that if his bill to put parties IN
danger Of lynching in the penitentiary
had been passed by the last Legislature.
there would have been no trouble about
the Vance county man. 1t was good
idea. and if Lee is reelected to the Senate
and will introduce his bill again, the
Democrats will pass it for him. They will
be in the majority then.
SAWED HER COW OUT.-Mr. W.
q. Douglass has gone to Southern Pines
TO appear in a suit growing out of the
recent troubles there about impounding
stock found running at large on the
streets Mr. Douglass represents wom-
an who went openly and sawed down the
nound to take her cow out. The new law
il very unpopular with the country people
and the town has had much trouble in en-
forcing it.
SAMPSON BAD OFF.-Representa-
tive johnson, of Sampson, who was in
Raleigh last week, says the huckleberry
crop in Sampson, Duplin and Bladen is al
most a complete failure. This crop re-
suires no outlay except for gathering;
finds ready sale at a good price; and
means big things for the people when the
crop is good. There is a tradition that in
the old times parents put bells on their
children and turned them out to live on
walls in Sampson, the population will be
,ess at the next census.
OBERLIN WHITE CAPS.-The
youn negro men who are charged
with whipping the holiness" preacher,
Rev. Jacob d. Jones, in Oberlin Friday
night. were not tried yesterday, the trial
being postponed until next Mounday, on
account of the absence of one of the prin-
d. "a 10 hon
il does come. Several of the alleged
white-caps are also indicted for interfer-
ing with religious worship on the night
of February 10. This latter Indictment,
however, will probably be droppedin view
of the peculiar character of the Rev.
Jones' theology.
SEABOARD SCHEDULE.-The pro
posed new schedule on the Sea
board affects principally its vestibuled
trains. 1t is proposed for the train from
Portsmouth to Atlanta to make the trip
IN the daytime, leaving Portsmouth
about IL o'clock. The train from the
other direction will arrive here at about
the same time as at present, but be run
on a slightly faster schedule. 1t is also
proposed to put on a ''shoo-fy" train from
Raleigh to Weldon and one from Weldon
to Portsmouth. Some of the officers Of
the road favor these changes, others op
pose them. Nothing has been defnitel.
decided.
PRAISED BY A PUPIL-Edito
Bailey, of the Biblical Recorder, write
this week: Mr.. Hugh Morson has tn
announcement Of the Raleigh Male AGA
denny in this number of the Recorder
AS former pupil of the Academy unde
Mr.. Morson, we desire the privilege c
saying that he is the ablest teacher c
boys and young men that we have eve
known. His work has had ample test
mony in the stands his pupils have take
at Wake Forest, Trinity, Davidson an
the University, as well as in the bus
ness circles here in Raleigh. He is
capital disciplinarian, thorough, pain
taking, conscientious and splendid
equipped teacher. We commend b
school without reservation"