The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-09

total rainfall, o inches in twenty -four
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IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
The Corporation Commission will re-
sumo its sitting on Thursday of this
week.
The early marriage of Mr.. Cameron f.
MacRae to Miss Fair Payne is an
nounced.
There will be meeting of Capital
Hose Company tonight at 500 O'Clock.
Election of officers.
The stockholders of the Commercial
and Farmers Bank will be held at the
bank at noon today.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the aleigh National Bank will be
held at the bank at noon today.
Thus far $50, 100 have been paid out at
the State treasury on pensions. There
remains of the fund about $4,000.
Sheriff Page was engaged the better
part of yesterday in settling the State
taxes with the county commissioners.
The roof is now being put on the
Museum annex. The building will hard
ly be ready for use before March the
first.
All the members of the Rescue Circle
are requested to meet at Mrs. James
McKimmon's at four O'Clock this after
noon.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Raleigh National Bank will be
will be held at the bank at eight o'clock
tonight.
The hearing in the fertilizer rate case
of the Carolina Central will be resumed
at 3 p. m. on Thursday of this week.
The road will put on more witnesses.
The L. OBJ. Branch Camp will meet
this (Tuesday) evening at 1870 o'clock
in their new hail. The meeting will be
an interesting one and "a full attendance
is expected.
The spiral stair way in the Supreme
COURT nDrdTy has DeeH CODlpiSleuy dli ottS
the painting of the new wood work put
in in consequence of the change in the
room.
A very important meeting of the Min
istering Circle of Kings Daughters will
be held on this Tuesday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. ALT. A. Thompson, at
4 o'clock.
The sheriff will today present to the
grand jury a list of liquor dealers in
Raleigh and those who have not paid
their tax will do well to remedy the omis-
sion early in the day.
Superintendent Mebane said yesterday
that he has already received twenty re-
plies to his letter sent out to the mayors
of towns asking for information as to
schools in the towns.
Mr.. James Richardson, son of NJ. T.
N. Richardson, of this city, who is In
Co. X, 18th regiment, at San Juan,
has been promoted and is now an ac-
countant i'll the company.
Mrs. W. H. Vernon died at her home
in Portsmouth, Va, Sunday morning at
5 O'clock, after a short illness. Mrs.
Vernon was the sister of Mr.. w. j.
O'Brien, president of the Southern EN
press Company, and also the aunt OF
Mr.. j. II. Wahmann, of this city.
Mr.. w. r. UIrey, Chicago, is spending
sometime here. Mr.. Ulrey is the owner
of Smiths island at the mouth OF
Cape Fear River on which the Tilted
States fort stands. He has had con-
siderable controversy with the govern
ment as to the title of the island. SO
soon as that is settled it is the purpose
of Mr.. Ulrey to convert the island,
which contains 5000 acres, into "a game
preserve.
Mr. Phil II. Andrews, assistant post
master at Raleigh, had yesterday a, GU
riosity in the shape of a Lafayette dol
lar. 1t has representation of Lafay-
cite on horseback and on the reverse
side is the head of Washington and La
fayette. They are coined by permission
of Congress "by the youth of the United
States in honor of General Lafayette"
Only $4,000 will be coined, and they
are to be used to build a monument at
Paris.