The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-22

to p. m. today. Showers.
Local data for Raleigh yesterday: Max
imum temperature, 6S; minimum temper
allure. Sc: mean temperature, 81. Total
rainfall, .O4 inches in twenty-four hours.
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
Miss Kate Skinner will entertain
the Wednesday Evening Euchre Club
on Thursday night.
\ The Superior Court of this county
conyenes here Monday, Judge w. a.
Hol1e, persiding.
The ball game between the A. and
NJ College and Oak Ridge was post
poned until next Monday afternoon
on account of the rain.
On next Tuesday evening an under
graduates recital will be given at
Peace Institute. Friends and patrons
of the school are invited.
Mr.. w. j. Ramsey. the new CHOIR
leader at Edenton Street Church, WILL
lead in the singing at that church TO-
day.
The libel suit of Rev. t. J. Gattis
against DIR. John c. Kilgo, b. n. Duke
and w. Il. Odell for 100000 damages
will come up for trial this week at
Oxford.
There will be meeting of Christ
Church Chapter of the brotherhood
of st. Andrew in the chapel of Christ
Church on Tuesday evening at
o'clock.
A train made up at Monroe arrived
the regular S. A. l.. mail due at that
hour. The trains on the S. A. L. south
of Monroe were delayed by washouts.
The Buffaloe Cotton Mill of Union.
S. c.. has been organized in that State
with Mr.. o. III. Foster among the in
corporators and officers of the COM
pany.
The Apex News says that @. I. Hra-
son has been nominated for Mayor OF
Apex. He is one of the best Demo
Gratis alive, and will make a good
mayor.
Tickets for "a Mid Summer Nights
Dream are on sale at the Bobbitt-
Wynne drug store. Reserved seats,
75c.; general admission, So; gallery,
CSC. -, 4su;
Mr.. w. w. Jones says that the com
pany he represents has secured the
State agency for Locomotives These
vehicles are run by small gasoline
engine and can make forty miles an
hour on good road The first pur-
chaser of locomobile in North Caro-
lima is Mr.. McNair, of Wilmington.
The Governor has appointed Mr..
John Jasper Coady, and Rufus X. Nc
Harry. of New York, as COMMISSIONS
ers of Affdavits for North Carolina IN
that State. Notices of their appoint
ment were mailed to the clerk of the
court of each county in this State.
The Monday Evening Club win meet
tomorrow evening at the residence of
Mrs. William I'll. Robbins. Subject:
English Historians of the Century"
Papers will be rear by Mr. Alex.
Stronach, DR.. w. E. Dodd and Capt. ).
A. Ashe.
Mr. C. b. Edwards has in his ya"l
Japan walnut tree, which is now in
bloom. The blooms are about ten or
twelve inches in length and are most
pecliar in appearance. Mr.. Edwards
has a Persian walnut tree in his back
yard, but this has never yielded fruit.
The Japan walnut tree has furnished
a fruit that is something smaller
than the English walnut.
The students of the Baptist Female
University, under the direction of Miss
Sophie Reynolds. will present at the
Academy of Music on the night of
April 23rd Shakespeare delightful
comedy, "a Midsummer Nights
Dream" The costumes for this play,
which cost over two hundred dollars,
have been ordered from Boston and
New York city and the scenic effect
will be aided by a special electrical
apparatus.
Secretary of State Thompson yes
terday received the following letter.
Evidently the writer of the letter has
made up his mind to marry a North
Carolina girl:
"Sr: Will you kindly inform me Il
the marriage laws of your State re-
quire the taking out of license of mar
riage. If so. is it necessary for the
applicants to make affidavit as to
their age or place of residence. Also
please advise me as to where the re-
cords of such licenses are kept.
Yours truly,
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Nearly half the men in North Carolina