The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-13
THE WEATHER TODAY.

North Carolina: Rain. followed by
clearing and colder Tuesday. Wednes
day fair and colder; brisk southerly,
shifting to southwesterly winds.
Local forecast for Raleigh and vicin-
ity to p. m: Tuesday, rain.
Local data for Raleigh yesterday:
Maximum temperature, 40; minimum
temperature. 3S; mean temperature, Al;
total rainfall 81.
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
City Clerk Ham Smith was unweli
Yesterday and not able to be in his office.
The regular February german of the
Capital Club was given at the club rooms
last night.
The Baptist Female University now
has 203 students. n new Que came i'll
yesterday.
Mr.. Bryan will arrive here this after
noon ON the Seaboard train from Weldon
due at $40.
There will be a rehearsal of the Old
Maids Convention at 4 O'Clock this af-
ternoOn at Metropolitan Hall.
Subscribers to the Interstate Telephone
service are asked to add to their lists
DR.. Buffaloe's office, No. 43.
1t was just one year ago yesterday
when the big snow here fell 1t was the
biggest snow here in recent years.
While cutting down trees in this county
this week Mr.. Sidney Mills was struck
by a falling tree and his leg was broken.
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The regular meeting of the Ministering
Circle of Kings Daughters, will be held
this afternoon at the home of the presi-
dent.
The railroads have granted a rate of
cents mile one way for return tickets
on account of the Bryan speaking. The
regular rate would be 615 cents
Cotton sold in Raleigh yesterday for
S$l cents. 1t is not far now from 9
cents. There are plenty of men who pre-
diet with confidence that it will go to 10
cents.
The bill to increase the pension of Mrs
Margaret Shipp, widow of Lieutenant
Shpp, United States army, to $50 pel
month passed the United States Senate
last week
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Mayor Powell has gone to Richmond as
a member of the committee to meet and
accompany Mr.. Bryan to Raleigh. In
his absence Alderman j. S. Wynne is
acting mayor.
Mr.. james H. Pou will today speak at
Pttsboro on the Constitutional Amend
ment. Ex-Sheriff Jenkins, a RepAr':can
writes that there will be somebody pres
ent to reply to him.
The penitentiary now has on hand
1,200 bales of cOtton which have been
held for higher price. BY holding it
an advance of about So bale, or SO,
600, has been made.
A protracted meeting is being con
Quoted at the ''rock church, In East
Raleigh by a fourteen+year-old negro
girl. Her sermons are said to be wonder
full discourses and many conversions are
reported.
Mr.. w. III. Penny. who lives near Apex.
last week had his leg amputated on ac-
count of a cauceroUs affection The OPP
GRAFTON was performed by Drs. Moore.
of Apex; Cotton, of Morrisvile and
Rogers, of this city.
Ii is hoped very large and apprecia-
tive audience will be at the Mansion on
Thursday evening ut s o'clock. The ser
vices of the best performers in town
have been promised and fine music is
expected. Contributions voluntary.
1t is hard to imagine an uglier and
more dreary day than yesterday was
here. When it was not raining the city
was dim with fog and everything drip
ping wet 1t is to be hoped for the sake
of the crowd that viii be here that today
will be brighter.
Mr. and Mrs. Egbert H. Love have is
sued invitations for the marriage Of their
daughter Emma Estele to Mr.. James
Matthew Edwards, on Tuesday after
noon, February 10th, ut 3 o'clock, at
their residence on lakewood avenue. No
cards In the city.
The case of the negro woman and her
son, suspected of the murder of Solomon
Moring, her husband us set for trial here
today at II O'Clock, before Magistrates
Honeycutt and Roberts The defend
ants lawyer says it will be found that
Moring, who did not live happily with his
family, has merely gone away.
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In the class that stood the examination
before the Supreme court here last week
for license to practice law, four were
colored men-three of them from Shaw
University. OF these the two in the
senior class failed while the one in the
junior class passed.
The Park Hotel came wonderfully near
being burned last Friday night. Some
Goals fell out of the crate in Mr.. w. f..
Manor's room and burned a big hole in
the floor. Fortunately the fire was on
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