The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-30

Local data for Raleigh yesterday:
Maximum temperature, 81: minimum
temperature. "A; mean temperature. 80:
total rainfall, 0.
CITY ITEMS.
AT last the city is putting down pave
ment on the west side of Nash square.
Mrs. Buford, sister of Mrs. T. r.
Purnell, died yesterday at her home in
Winston.
The Executive Board of the peniten-
tiary yesterday completed its work and
adjourned.
The weather man predicts storm
of indignation from the farmers, to-wit,
a cold wave.
The regular meeting of the w. G. T..
u, will be held at the Executive Nam
sion this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Mr.. w. A. Gattis received last night at
the Seaboard Air Lime depot car load
of melons for the jobbing trade.
A lawn party and musical was given
at Mrs. Hecks last night for the benefit
of the Baptist Female University.
The first car load of Florida water
melons will arrive here today. They
are consigned to Mr.. w. A. Gattis.
Miss Effie Hinson and Mr.. loan
Wood. both of this city. were married
yesterday, Rev. e. c. Glenn officiating
Major Harry L. Rodgers, paymaster
of the United States Army, is ordered
to pay the troops at Fort Caswell on
June 3Oth.
Mrs. Wiley Broughton died Wednes-
day night at her home near Wakefield.
The burial took place yesterday, Rev.
A. D. Hunter preaching the funeral.
Judge Simonton is expected i'm New
York from his foreign trip on July 4th.
He will go to Flat Rock. N. c. He is
reported to be in much better health.
The funeral of Mr.. VIM. johnson. who
died yesterday morning at Rex Hospi-
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o'clock at the First Presbyterian church.
Penitentiary claims TO the amount of
$939.4S were paid yesterday by the Stat.
Treasurer. They were properly made
out before being presented due January
LIST, 1884,
The trolley party which was to have
been given last Monday night by the
Ladies Auxiliary Of the Presbyterian
church will be given next Monday right.
Cars leave the capitol at $50 o'clock.
The holders of stock in the defunct
Southern Building and Loan Associa-
ton will be glad to hear that dividend
checks for ten per cent dividend are
being prepared. This will bring a neat
sum to Raleigh.
The jurisdiction of Train Master III.
A. Williams, of the Norfolk division OF
the Southern, has recently been ex-
tended to include that portion of the
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley between
Savannah and Mt. Airy and its
branches.
At meeting the other might, members
of the old Asheville Light Infantry who
served in the First North Carolina regi-
ment during the late war. adopted reso-
buttons in which Governor Russell and
some of the officers of the regiment were
severely gensured
Miss Flora Creech, Governor Russells
stenographer, will be succeeded by Mrs.
E. w. Sawyer, of Wilmington. Miss
Creech win be Collector Duncan's ste
nographer. This is IA great compliment
to Miss Creech. BY the change she Sc
cures an increase of salary from $500
to $500 year.
The liquor men of Trenton, Jones
county, have brought an action for an
injunction to he issued against the Off
Gals of that town to prevent them
from closing the bar-rOOms there. A
few weeks ago "a mapority of the voters
at Trenton decided for local option, but
the liquor men charge that there was
irregularity in the election, and they
want it tried over again or not tried
at all. The action will probably be
heard before Judge Bryan in a few
weeks.
Auditor Aver finds it no easy job to
carry out the section of the Machinery
Act directing him to get from all COR
porations doing business IN the State
list of their stockholders, to be furn-
ished to the sheriffs of each county.
There are some 600 or 700 corporations
in the State and their stockholders vary
i'm number from to 200. 1t will thus
he seen that To make out Il list of these
names by counties in an immense task.
II has made II necessary for the Auditor
to temporarily employ two extra clerks.
Train Master J. NJ. Turner, Oh behalf
Of the Seaboard Air Line. has secured
from Judge Brown an order. returnable
July 9th. at Morehead City. To the
Hygiene lee Company III. Bayer 4
son. of Charleston, =. c.. tn show cause
why the Scaboari should not he given
further lime 10 ME ITS appeal from the
Judgment of Wake Superior court. Civ
ing the ice company 100000 damages
for the burning Of its plant here. The
complaint sets forth that the negligence