The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-09
CITY ITEMS.

Another case of small pox-the second
case-is reported from Winston.
st. Mary's school has been connected
with the water-works main and sewer
age.
Judge MacRaes name has been sug
gested in connection with the vacancy
in the chair of Law at the State Uni
yersity.
The Raleigh Cotton Mill has done the
handsome thing and donated $lOO to me
textile department of the A. and M.
College.
The Capital Hose Company will give
its annual barbecue Thursday afternoon
in the grove near the pumping station
of the Raleigh Water Company.
Twenty-Five negroes were yesterday
taken by S. ID. Dunavant, contractor, TO
La Crosse, Va, to work on the Rich
mond- Ridgeway Railroad, known as the
Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina
Railroad.
A gentleman from Mt Airy brings
the information that Captain Bolton
of the Mt. Airy company, has been ar
rested there for drawing gun on
negro He could not give 500 bond
and was sent to jail.
DIR. Cooper Curtice, veterinarian of the
State Agricultural Department, yester-
day returned to the city from "A tour
of inspection of nurseries in the west.
He found no nurseries infected by the
San Jose scale, but he found other
pests in some of the orchards he exam
ined.
1t is not generally known that there is
quite an orchard in the capital square.
The fruit trees in the square are:Three
plum, four crab-apple, four chestnut and
four walnut trees. 1t is principally on
the fruit from these, together with the
acorns, that the squirrels in the square
live. All these trees are bearing large
crops this year.
State Treasurer Worth has received a
telegram from the American Bank Note
Company, saying that proof of the
State bonds to be sold on August 10Th
has been sent. 1t will probably arrive
here today. There will. therefore, be
no delay in delivery of the bonds, as
when the 100000 issue was sold several
months ago.
Mr.. L. A. Carr, of Durham, yesterday
returned from Morehead, where he spent
Sunday. He. says there is still good
crowd at the Atlantic Hotel and quite
large party is expected within a few
days from Tennessee. The hotel will
remain open until September LIST, prob
ably longer. Fishing just now is, he
says, very fine.
DIR. Chas. e. Taylor, president of
Wake Forest College, was in the city
yesterday. He is very much encouraged
at the outlook for the college the com
ing year. DIR. Taylor has been travelling
over the State this summer and he
finds large number of new students
who expect to enter college this fall
and nearly all the old students will re-
turn.
A Winston fireman is quoted as say
ing that in his opinion there will be no
more State firemen's tournaments, though
the State Association will meet as usual.
AT Greensboro last week there was much
dissatisfaction with the decisions rem
dered by the committees. Goldsboro
complained at Winston and Winston in
turn complained at Asheyile
The Selma Collegiate Institute, of Sci
ma, Johnston county, was yesterday in
corporated by the Secretary of State. Its
capital stock is $1,000 divided into shares
of par value of $50 ehch The incorpor-
ators are j. w. Wick, Moses C. Winston,
L. III. Whitley. W. I'll. Etheridge. G.
Richardson, ID. Fl. Price, D. III. Graves.
X. X. Eason, Mrs. c. c. Barbour.
Charlie Raines, l.. NJ Hamilton.