The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-08
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.

The price of cotton continues at SIZE.
One hundred bales were sold here yes
terday.
No cases were argued in the SUI
prenle court yesterday. Appeals from
the Twelfth district will be called next
Tuesday.
''Esmeralda" will be presented next
week at the Academy of Music by the
Raleigh Dramatic Club. Secure your
seats early.
There will be a meeting of the Mer-
chants Association Monday evening at
8 o'clock. 1t is hoped all the members
will attend.
Mr.. w. j. Young has been appointed
a member of the State Executive Com
mittee of Y M. C. A. An effort will
be made to establish Y NJ. C. A.
here.
1T is said that the postoffce at Car
thage and Southern Pines will become
presidential offices after january 1st,
and will pay salary of $1,100 per
year.
William P. Snow, well known col
ored man, who worked in one of the
barber shops of this city, died yester-
day and will be buried toady at $3.50
o'clock.
The first Musical Recital given by
the students this session will take
place at st. Mary's College tonight
Saturday at p. IN. The public cor
daily invited.
Mr.. John G.. Drewry. of British Co
lumbia, svisiting Mr.. John C. Drewry,
of this city. There is a general SINH
larity in the appearance of these two
gentlemen as we'll as in their names.
Mr.. J. R. Young, Commissioner of In
surance, has notified the Maryland
Casualty Company, of Baltimore, to
show cause why they should not for
felt their charter for violation of the
Insurance laws of this State.
The play Esmeralda will be given
on Tuesday and Wednesday nights,
December 18th and 14th. The indica-
lions are twill be one of the best ever
presented by homie talent here. Don't
fail to go, you can't afford to miss it.
The limit when applications for adj
mission to the examination under the
civil service for clerk and carrier ex-
PRED yesterday. A large number of
applications have been fled The ex-
animation is to take place December
18th.
A private telegram received here
last night from t. Arlington Nickel
vie, announcing the death of his wife.
Mr.. McKelvie left for Wilmington
Thursday night ON hearing of her i'll
ness. He has the sympathy of his
friends here. N
The weather is reported as fine in
the South Atlantic States, where a
frost occurred yesterday. Cloudy
wether prevails along the Mississippi,
the great lakes and the Ohio river.
throughout the North.
! On next Wednesday at II o'clock,
the ladies of the Presbyterian church
will open their bazaar in the store for
merlv occupied by Messrs. Weathers
and Ut1ey in the Edwards and Brough-
ton building. Refreshments will be
served and many articles will for
Christmas presents be sold.
The mayor had pretty full docket
yesterday. Will Adams, for vagrancv.
got thirty days on the roads; Anna
Smith, for affray. got twenty days at
the work house: VIII TAYLOR larceny
of watch, pleced under a $50 bond
to appear at court; John Hubbard,
drunk on the streets, fined 1925.
Fire was discovered yesterday morn
ing in the house of negro man NAM
ed Adkins. on Lenoir street. The
department was called out and the
blaze extinguished in short order The
house caught between the roof and
the ceiling from a defective chimney
The damage done was about 5000. and
was occasioned mainly by the tearing
up of the roof to get at the fire.