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

There will be band concert at the
Park tonight at s o'clock And you
are specially invited to be present.
A granolithic pavement Is being put
down on Fayetteville street in front OF
Alfred Williams & Co.'S bookstore.
Mr.. G. l.. Bunting, who comes to Raj
eigh to succeed Mr.. Aston as travelling
freight agent of the Southern Railway,
is at the Carrollton.
A big protracted meeting is in pro-
gress at Macedonia Methodist church IN
Swift Creek township. lit began Sunday
with a sermon by DR.. j. c. Kilgo.
The State Treasurer yesterday re-
ceived from Cuba bid for the State
bonds to be sold on August 10th for
purchase of the penitentiary bonds.
Major Martin, of the State Treas
urer's office, yesterday paid off the en-
ployes of the penitentiary here for the
month of July. 1t took about 1850.
Mr.. T. c. Sturgis, depot ticket agent
for the Southern, has gone to Iowa on
a business trip During his absence Mr..
Tom Green will take his place at the
ticket window.
Mr.. J. J. Foller, of Baltimore, who
has moved to Raleigh to open a tailor
IL, 81, hos a
Henry Building. He comes to Raj
eigh highly recommended.
Mr.. C. W. Lambeth was yesterday
knocked down by bicyclist and badly
bruised. Fortunately no bones Were
broken or serious damage done. The
rider of the bicycle was also thrown and
hurt. taaaiI
Miss Martha Thompson died yester-
day morning at 5:45 o'clock, at her home
on East Martin street, in her fifty third
year The funeral will be held this
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock from the resi-
dence.
Quite number of delegates from
the Eastern part of the State passed
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TO Hillsboro to attend the annual meet
ing of the Farmers State Alliance. held
there this week.
Mr.. William lofts, who sustained an
injury by falling at Amanda Dunston's
restaurant on Friday, was painfully hurt
about the head. He is now con
fined at home No bones are broken
mi hf, RI b4.s
Carpenters began work yesterday
morning charging the offices of the
Corporation Commission. For the pres
ent the partitions in the clerks office
only will be torn out. The size of this
will be increased about one-third
People from Wilson say that about
three times as much tobacco will be sold
on that market this year as last year.
1t is estimated that last year there was
sold about 100000 pounds the first
the figures are put at from 100000 to
100000 for the first four days.
Governor Russell's residence in Will
mingtOn was sold at private sale last
Nttks LIE nave DPp1 III
progress for several weeks, it is stated,
but not until Saturday was the trade
made, Mr.. Forney j. Gooding, fore
man of the Hilton Lumber Companys
plant, is the purchaser.
Col Olds has been weighing public
men with the result that he linds that
four of North Cardinals public off
Gals weigh 1,130 pounds. Governor
Russell leads. His weight is given as
$40. The commissioner of immigration,
John w. Thompson. weighs 275. J. C.
L. Harris 265, and Il. X Bruner 245.
Two young White men were arrested
Mt Morrisville Sunday and brought here
and lodged in Jail, charged with lar
ceny in Snithfield. They are Lawrence
and Charles Evans, of this city. Im-
nediately they were arrested their
father went to Smithfield, compromised
the matter and Sunday Afternoon they
were released.
Mr.. W. Y. Churchwell, Of Wilson, has
enlisted at the recruiting office here for
service in the United States volunteer
army. BY an arrangement with CHER
lhuSicldH Zoe lie VIII he assigned TO DaDQ
service with the Doth infantry. now
recruiting at Atlanta. With this regi-
ment the North Carolina First regiment
band has enlisted for service in the
Philippines Mr. ChurchweiI goes from
Raleigh TO Asheyille and thence to At
lanta. He viii play the slide trombone
in the band.
President Winston, Of the A. and NJ
College, will leave for the North this
week, to visit schools similar to the col
lege here. He will be gone several
weeks. On his return ne will move his
family here from Chapel Hill, that is
his wife and daughter His sons have
all entered school The oldest. Hollis
Taylor Winston, is a member of tile
senior class Mt Annapolis and is this
summer cruising on the coast of Maine
the next son, Patrick Henry Winston
viii enter the sophomore class at the
University of North Carolina, and the
youngest, Lewis TAYLOR Winston, will go
to Horner's School at Oxford.