The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-30
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.

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IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
The regular meeting of st. Luke's Cir
Gle viii NOT be held today.
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Mr. VIM. III. Thompson, former resi-
dent of Raleigh, died in Goldsboro ON
Tuesday.
The market will be closed today from
IL O'Clock to 4. Better do your market
ing early.
Haywood's band went to Durham last
night to furnish music ut the Watts
wedding reception.
The Southern Railways winter SEIZED
ules will become operative December 10
between Eastern cities and Florida.
Mrs. John II. Smith returned home
yesterday from Chatham county, accom-
panied by her aunt, Mrs. ]. A. john
son.
Eighteen of the saloon keepers of Raj
eigh signed an agreement to close their
places of business from 1880 to p. III.
today.
Father Price yesterday received a let
ter from Greensboro announcing the SER
ious illness of Father Anthony, the Cath
Ollie priest there.
Superintendent Mebane who has been
at Greensboro will go to Mt Airy before
returning here. Meantime nothing via
be given ont as to the effect of the school
board decisions.
An appeal in behalf of the orphans at
the Baptist orphanage at Thomasville
was handed to all the local merchants
yesterday, accompanied by paper bag
in which TO put gifts.
Judge Purmell is now writing his opin-
ion in the Cedar Company suit-a case in
equity involving title to about 10000
acres of land in Dare and adjoining
counties. The opinion will be very
lengthy one.
There is an old negro, Austin Deve-
reux, in Raleigh who claims to- be 104
years old. He was a slave belonging
to the Devereux family and claims to be
able to remember incidents IN the Revo-
lutionary war.
A special communication of The Grand
Lodge of North Carolina A. #. and A.
NJ, will be held at Asheville, n. G. today
at o'clock p. M. for the purpose OF
conducting the funeral services % Past
Grand Master Robert Drank Vance.
The Garfield School, c. III. Hunter
Principal, celebrated Thanksgiving by
making quite a large donation of provi-
sions and clothing to the poor, through
the agency of the Kings Daughters. The
children also contributed S1.90 in cash.
When we went to press the old Ar
senal was still standing and Gov. Rus
sell was too busy writing criticisms of
Judge Clark's dissenting opinion to at
tend to its removal, as the law directs.
But then it doesn't really matter. It's
not long till the Legislature meets again,
and then
In saying yesterday that large guam
tity of unsound oysters had been seized
and condemned ion this market as
unfit for use, the News and Observer did
not mean to say in the Market here.
As matter of fact no unsollnd oysters
have been found lin the Market" all of
those condemned have been sold by out
side dealers
Work has begun upon four new
houses on the Yancey property just east
of Peace. Institute. The framing of the
two fronting on Blount street is about
complete. One of these will contain
all
about seven rooms each Two of these
are on Harp street. Several other
buildings are to be erected on this block
very soon.
Seven convicts were brought to the
State prison yesterday. Sheriff Monroe,
of Rowan, brought two negroes sentenced
for murder, one for one and the other
for Is years Deputy sheriff A. J Phil
lips, of Lenoir county, brought two ne
groes, one for two years for larceny and
one for 20 years for murder. Deputy
Sheriff 5. I'll. Terry, Of New Hanover,
brought three convicts, two negroes and
one white, all for burglary. The white
man and one of the negroes have three
years sentences and the other negro five
years.
Mr.. Jasper ]. Beasley, a Confederate
soldier, who died yesterday was not at
the time of his death member of the
l.. OBJ Branch camp. The camp, how
ever, give him the burial of soldier.
I'm bearing the expense. however, the
good people of Raleigh ought to desire
to share with the camp the expense.
Those desiring to contribute will please
send the amounts to Mr.. A. b. Stronach,
whose deyotion TO the veterans and
labors for the camp entitle him to the
gratitude of all who reverence the death
less deeds of the soldier in gray.