The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-02

SHERWOOD HIGGS & CO.-Hints For the
Opera House.
IN AND ABOUT T he CITY.
The Fisherman's Luck Company
went to Louisburg yesterday.
Mr.. E. Hugh Lee has sold to NJ. c.
n. Blue, of Aberdeen, his beautiful
bay horse.
Mr.. Chas. d. Mills, of Franklinton,
delegate to the Republican con-
vention is in the city.
The Kentniss Club will meet with
Miss Adelaide Snow on Thursday af-
ternoon at ) o'clock.
The Capital Club will give its May
german on the night of Thursday,
May 3rd.
Mr.. J. S. Wynne goes North today
to buy machinery for the Melrose
Knitting Mill.
Sheriff D. l.. Phelps OF Washington
county, brought two convicts to the
penitentiary yesterday.
The curtain will go up at $50 to-
night at the performance of The Char
latan at the Academy of Music.
DR.. Warren Vines Hall. of Washing
ton. Ex-Assistant Commissioner OF
Labor Statistics, is here, attending
the convention.
Sanitary Inspector T. p. Sale has
sent out final notices to the delin-
quents for sanitary, license. The fine
for failure to pay is S25.
The Republican State convention
will meet in Metropolitan Hall 1t Will
be called to order at noon today By
State Chairmon Holton.
The etire force at the penitentiary
were paid off yesterday by Treasurer
Worth. The aggregate of the salaries
for April amounted to $1,354.75.
Parties who have marked off seats
for De Wolf Hopper tonight will
please call for them before o'clock
IOOdN. L lie OeDldnu LOT StdtS Is great
and i'm the rush may be sold again.
Yesterday in the Superior court, the
entire day was given over to the hear
ing of the suit TO recover the Fuquay
Springs property, and the case not
yet gone to the jury.
Yesterday an old negro man named
P1tfII MnpOnn 1 a
wagon in which he was driving, and
painfully injured. The accident took
place on Halifax street
The Cary High School will hold
commencement exercises May 18th
and 18th, Prof. j. Il. Carlyle. of Wake
Forest, will deliver the address and
preach the sermon.
Maj. Baylus Code, Secretary to Gov
ernor RUSSELL had the misfortune to
stick a nail in his foot yeste Gay, and
received a severe wound Be will be
Laid up several days.
A committee has been appointed to
receive subscriptions TO the Raleigh
Athletic Association, which has been
recently organized. The stock is go
ing very rapidly and the prospects are
that the amount needed will shortly
be raised.
The Edenton correspondent of the
Norfolk Nirginian writes that paper:
THE launch party given by Mrs. }. A.
Woodland last Friday evening in hon
or of Miss Eliza Busbee. of Raleigh,
n. c., was very enjoyable outing to
all on board
The Southern Railway now num-
bers with its supplies" hams, meal
and other rations, which are sent to
stations where the ''scab" operators
cannot get board TO board the men
sent TO Selma sometimes a go pri-
knDt there on the siding
for several days.
The ladies of ST. Luke's Circle
Kings Daughters will run IN eXcur-
sion to Fuquay Springs. on the Mills
road, on Wednesday, May 9tn, for the
benefit of the Home for aged women.
Fair round trip, adults 80 cents, chill
dren 25 cents. If the weather is in
clement on the 9th the excursion will
be run on Friday, the 11th.
Negroes continue to move out of
the State. From the Eastern part of
the State they are going further
South. From this section they go to
New York and New Jersey From the
West they are going to West Virginia
/. to work In the mines and on the rail
roads. Several hundred negroes. both
men and women. have left the State
the past winter and this spring.
Mr.. Robert c. BEDFORD suffered from
slight stroke of paralysis yesterday
morning while on his way to Messrs.
Myatt and Hunters store. where he is
employed. He was affected while in
front of the Citizens National Bank.
A carriage was summoned and he was
carried to his home on South Sails
bury street. where. at last reports. he
was resting well.