The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-01
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Sheriff Ellington, of Johnston county,
was here yesterday with patient for
the insane asylum. He reports good
crops in his county.
The Corporation Commission meets
tomorrow, when it will hear the eX-
ceptions of the Seaboard to the cot
tonseed and hull rate.
1t is reported to State Veterinarian
Curtice that Mr.. W. l.. Taylor, of Bull
lock, Granville county, has lost five
cows of splenic fever. The number sick
was not reported.
The Abbott Beddingfeld case for the
office of Railroad Commissioner will not
be advanced ON the Supreme court dock
ct, but it will probably be the first
case taken up when the Fourth district
is reached.
This morning at the First Baptist
church Mr.. Fred De Vault will sing "A
Dreams of Paradise" At the evening ser
vice Miss Alice Jones and Mr.. u. Ii.
is my Light" by Dudley Buck.
Curator Brimlly has been re-arranging
the votive guns in the State Museum
and the result is a highly pleasing dis
play. Efforts viii be made to add short
ly several speciments that the Museum
has not been able to get up to this time.
The Southern's cotton platform at
Selma caught fire yesterday morning
about O'Clock and some eight or ten
bales were burned. There WAS much
cotton on the platform, but the flames
were extinguished before they could
spread to it,
James Hamlm (colored) of this city,
who has recently been appointed
captain in the United States Army,
will report to Lieut.. Settle here tomor-
row morning for duty. lie will prob
ably be assigned for sometime to re-
cruiting work.
Exhibitors were at work at the Fair
grounds yesterday tix.ng mp booths and
stands. This is the first time in the his
tory of the lair that exhibitors have be-
gun preparations ut the grounds nearly
three weeks before the opening. and indi-
Gates the interest that is felt i'm the fair
this year.
Rev. John T. Abernethy, of the North
Carolina Conference, is dangerously i'll at
Enfield His SON. II. A. Abernethy,
manager of the University Press Com
pany. Chapel He'll, passed through yes
terday having been called by Il telegram
that Mr.. Abernethy has been umconsci-
Gus since Thursdty His son did no
know the nature of the trouble, but sus-
pected uramic coma.
Capt. ]. Frank Morris, who is well
and favorably known here, will tomor-
row take charge of Mr.. j. w. Browns
undertaking establishment in Durham.
Capt. Morris has bought a half interest
in the Durham branch of the business
and will succeed Mr.. Strickland as its
manager. Capt. Morris is one of the
States best young business men, thor
-oughly up-to-date in the undertaking
business and deserves success.
People are beginning to wonder how
they ever enjoyed riding before the rub
her tired wheels came into use. Nearly
every new vehicle you Sc now is equipped
with them. We call special attention to
the page advertisement of ). 5. Me-
Ninch & Co.. elsewhere in this paper,
Agents for the Whitman & Barnes
Easy" Rubber Vehicle Tire. 1t will
be interesting reading to all persons in
tereSted in such matters.
Unfortunately for the farmer, but
very fortunately for the buyer, the
fake kilograms about the wonderful
advance in the price of cotton at Liy-
erpool Friday did not reach here un-
til nearly all the cotton on the streets
had been sold Such few bales as
were for sale were Immediately taken
for about an eighth more than had be-
fore been paid. One dealer went
around and bought up every bale he
could get anywhere for seven and an
eighth.
Yesterday Lillian, the 1itc1e daughter
of Mr.. Greston Spence, had a very mar
row escape. She was playing at the
corner of Martin and Dawson streets
and ran into passing vehicle, driven by
Capt Smith. keeper of the Federal
cemetery. Though he stopped the horse
almost Immediately she was knocked
down and sustained a severe flesh wound
on her forehead from the horses hoof
Her escape from death was almost
miraculous.
The Kenntniss Club was very de-
lightfully entertained on Friday after
noon by its president, Miss Sadie
Smedes Root. The main object of the
meeting was to re0rganize and select
books for the coming year. Two new
members were elected. Delicious re-
freshments were served, and the mem
bers left feeling that if each future