The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-22

Local data for Ralcigh yesterday:
Maximum temperature. IS: minimum
temperature, 10; total rainfall 044 in.
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
.'Fisherman's Luck" at the Academy
OF Music tonight.
st. Lrke's Circle viii meet at the resi-
dence of Mrs. G. d. Arthur, on Dawson
Street, this afternoon at O'Clock.
Invitations have been received here TO
the February dance at the University
of North Caroia tomorrow night.
This being Washington's birthday,
Sunday hours will be observed at the
postoffice, and all the banks will take
holiday.
The Seaboard Air Line Band (36
piecces) passed here yesterday afternoon
on its way TO Southern Pines for the
Gala Day exercises there.
The body of Miss Gertrude Eat1uan.
who died at Pilot Hill Tuesday was
taken to Asbury today for interment.
The funeral was held at Ephesus church,
at that place.
The Schumann Concert Company will
play here Saturday night, at metropolitan
Hall; also Il matinee will be given Sat
urday afternoon at $3.50. A special price
of p cents is made TO school children.
The Cooperville Brick Company, of
New York, has decided to establish 1t
plant in this county, on the Raleigh ana
Cape Fear Railroad, with a capacity of
10000 brick daily. Property has been
purchased.
The committee on the Vance statue
is notified that the life-sizo model would
not be ready for inspection until March
1st If there is rot another postpone
ment the committee wilt go to Washing
ton that day.
Jackson Johns a cOlored man, aged
IS years, who came here ten days ago
from Auburn and was stopping with a
colored family on the Fayetteville road
died Tuesday. His body was carried
TO Auburn for interment.
battalion Of the Agricultural and Me
chanical College will parade in front OF
the Governors Mansion They will
make fine showing with their new band
and drum and bugle corps.
Invitations have been issued for the
marriage OF Mamie Alice, daughter of
Walter Harris of this city. to Bennett
Miller. on Wednesday evening, March
9th, at the residence of the brides pa
rents. Reception from $50 10 HOO.
Four new recruits for the Fourth Ar
tilery, u. S. A., now stationed ut Fort
Wood, y. Y. left here yesterday. They
were Joe Bragassa. Clyde Faison and
Thomas Lanier. The Fourth Artillery
is now considered the crack regiment
in the United States
Rev j. W. jenkins, financial agent for
the Methodist Orphanage here, suggest
that the second Sunday in March. or
on circuits the nearest convenient there
10. he fixed as "Orphanage Day and
that special collections be taken in the
churches and Sunday Schools for this
purpose.
Quite a number of young men from
this city went 10 Southern Pines yester-
day afternoon to take part in the Gala
Day exercises there. They will return
tonight Among them were Col. +. y.
Olds, Irwin Jones. James o. Litchford,
W. IL. King. Watkins Robards, DR.. j.
NJ. Aver. A. P. Bauman, Allen Higes,
Andrew Syme and Chas Kelvin, Jr.
Mrs. Patterson. daughter of ex-Presi-
dent Andrew johnson, is 10 donate land
for a park to surround the grave of the
ex-President at Greenville. Tenn. and
asks that the national government ac-
sumo control of the park. President
Johnson was born in Raleigh. and spent
his early life here. The house in which
he is said to have lived in still standing
on Cabarrus street. From here he went
TO Tennessee.
The remains of Thomas Edwards. who
went to Cuba as a volunteer in. Com
pany 3 (Goldsboro) First North Carolina
regiment, during the Spanish-American
war and who died there of fever, have
been transported by the Government ana
reached Goldsboro from New York
by express Tuesday afternoon. This
morning they were given military fun
eral by his comrades i'll arms from the
armory of the company in the Arlington
Hotel The interment was made in VIII
low Dale cemetery.
For LaGrippe and Influen
"a use CHENEYS EXPEC
TORANT.