The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-25

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IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
Miss Rosa E. Terrell is quite sick at
her home on lakewood avenue.
'SThe Christian" will be presented
here at the Academy of Music during
March.
The next years $4,000 bond money
for street improvements will be available
on March LIST.
The Johnsonian Club will meet with
Mrs. Herbert w. Jackson Friday after
neon at o'clock.
Chapter No. Z, ST. Mary's School
Guild, will meet this afternoon at Miss
Lizzie Ashes at 4:30.
This being st. Paul's Day services
will be held at the Episcopal churches
at 10 O'Clock this morning.
Sheriff Page has made his Lass cal
to tax payers to come forward and set
tie. Those who are wise will do So ami
save costs
The Mormon elders who have been in
Raleigh during the past year preaching
their doctrine, claim to have made
number of converts.
Miss Sally Dortch will entertain the
Euchre Club this Thursday evening at
the home of DIR. t. d. Hogg on North
Wilmington street.
Company yesterday afternoon was well
attended. Raleigh is, in fact, getting to
be pretty good matinee town.
There will be a meeting of st. Luke's
Circle of Kings Daughters at the home
OF Mrs J. W. Foy on Harrington street
at $50 this Thursday afternoon.
Mrs George W. Thompson entertained
a number Of her young friends at cards
Yesterday evening. The event was com
plimentary to Mr.. and Mrs. B. w. Ba-
ker and Miss Baker.
Superintendent W. G.. Stronach says
there are now on file 60 applications for
admission to the Soldiers Home. There
is not sufficient appropriation to pay
for the maintenance of these.
A special convocation of Raleigh
Chapter No. 10, A. f. and A. NJ, Will
be held this evening at 7:30 o'clock for
work in the Past and Most Excellent
Master degrees. Companions requested
to attend promptly.
The State Prison yesterday sent car
load of convicts to Aberdeen. They
will be employed on John Blues rail
road, the Aberdeen and Rockfish It is
understood that work on this road is
to be actively pushed during the spring
season.
There are now 155 insurance compa
MES that have complied with the Craig
law for DEMONSTRATING foreign corpora
tons and that are prepared to do bust
ness in North Carolina. The percentage
of those who have refused to comply
is practically not worth considering.
Soto Sunetara, the japanese phantas-
list and juggler, will appear at the Acad-
envy of Music, Tuesday night, February
9th. This is one of the attractions in the
Peoples Popular Entertainment Course.
and the box sheet will be opened at the
Bobbitt- Wynne Drug Store Friday morn
inf nine O'clock, February End.
Superintendent Mebane has written
to all county superintendent of public
instruction asking that copies of the
questions used in the examinations last
October and also in any private eXamina-
lions that may have been held be sent
him. This he has done to ascertain
what standard of scholarship is maintain
ed in the several counties.
The Petersburg correspondent Of the
Norfolk Landmark writes that paper
under date of the 23rd: 'Mr. and Mrs.
Edwin Grey Rirdsong, of Raleigh n. c.,
were in the city today en- route home
after bridal tour North. They were en-
tertained here by relatives, and left
tonight for home. Mrs. Birdsong was
formerly Miss Annie Earle Niemeyer,
daughter of a prominent citizen of the
Tar Heel State"
Mrs M. A. Johnston, the financial
agent of st. Luke's Home last week.
visited three towns, Louisburg, Graham
and Lexington. The citizens of all these
places responded generously to her APP
peals in behalf of the institution, she
represents. AS q result she collected
quite a nice sum. Among the contrib
utions was one of seventy-five dollars
from Mr.. L. Banks Holt. Mr.. l.. A.
Carr, of Durham has this week given
fifty dollars.
Tuesday morning at 5:57 an officers
special pulled out of Monroe with w. II.
Harding at the throttle and Captain
d. B. Jones as conductor. The $50
miles from Monroe to Raleigh was made
in three hours and seventeen minutes.
but there were delays of twenty-one min
utes, leaving the running time only two
hours and ffty-six minutes. This is at
the rate of 511s miles per hour. When
the long distance is considered and the
fact that freight engine with small
wheel was used manned by a freight
crew, the run is considered very remark