The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-17

winds. Sunday fair and continued coi
Local forecast for Raleigh and vicinit
TO p. M: Saturday: Fair; cold wav'
Local data for Raleigh yesterday
Maximum temperature, 45; minimum
temperature, 30: mean temperature, A
total rainfall, trace.
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
The State Board of Agriculture Wi
hold it's next meeting on March 7th.
The Philologian and Clio literary socie
ties of Elon College will hold their mex,
annual public debate on April 18th.
All the sugar naples and young trees
in Nash Square have been nicely boxed
and are now protected from the sun.
Auditor Aver has completed his re-
port, all except the Introductory letter
That will be ready within few days.
Increase in the tobacco acreage is
reported from Johnston county, but the
cotton acreage, it is said, will be about
the same as last year.
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has four fertilizer inspectors out at work
They are: r. G. Russell Ell. W. Lind
say, E. w. Morris and s. S. Norris.
Mr.. Ed Teasley, we'll known here as
an aged employee at the undertaking
establishment of John w. Brown. is crit
icany i'll at his home on West street.
The railroads are preparing to pave
the sidewalk fronting the Union depot
property on Martin street. The brick
We're placed on the ground yesterday.
1t has not been definitely decided, but
It is likely that Commissioner of Agricul-
ture Patterson will hold his next Farm
er's Institute in Guilford county, within
the next two weeks.
Prof. Riddick, of the A. & NJ. col
lege, yesterday went down to Clayton
to survey some water power property on
the river near there. 1t is proposed to
erect a cotton mill on it.
1t seems that the best shows here this
season come on Saturday nights. There
was ashore Acres Town Topics and
perhaps one or two others. And now
tonight we have "A Texas Steer"
AT the criminal court In Wilson next
week j. j. Jefferson will be again tried
for the murder of Capt. Barnes. He
was tried, convicted and sentenced some
months ago, but the Supreme court gave
him a new trial.
1t is said that in Edgecombe county
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robberies being almost nightly occur
rences. No doubt the highwaymen who
held up Mr.. Laughinghouse are mem.
bers of this same gang
Samuel Yellowdy. colored employt
Of the Seaboard Air Line, died yester
day morning at his home on North
street. He was 81 years of age and
has worked at the Raleigh and Castor
Railroad shops for the past 35 years.
Mrs. c. G. Daniels, who went with
the Wilson delegation last Tuesday to
Raleigh, was probably the only lady
present who voted for Bryan in 1896
She cast her vote at Cheyenne, Wyo.,
where she was living at that time
Wilson Times.
Miss Jennie Lee, daughter of Capt
and Mrs. j. w. Lee, will this afternoon
entertain number of her friends at
her home on the corner Of Jones and
East streets. She IS lie of Raleigh s
brightest and most popular little girls.
The mayor had three cases on his
docket yesterday. Walter Harris, Jr..
colored. was fined 1926 for assault on
Richard Robson, another negro. Mamie
Jones (col), was fined S5.25 for disor-
derry conduct. A bootblack who was ar
raigned for slapping another bootblacll
was dismissed.
Mr.. Eugene Jackson, who has been
residing in Raleigh for about one year
died Thursday night at his home
corner of Saunders and North streets
after an illness of two years. He came
to this city from near Rogers Mill, this
county. The body was yesterday taker
back to the old home in the country fol-
burial.
A copy of the Daily Gazette, published
III 1okohoma. Japan, was received here
yesterday. 1t bears date of January
10Th, and tells of the arrival and pa
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United States Volunteer regiment, on
their way to the Philippines. This is a
colored regiment, and one of the cap
tains In it is James Hamlin (col) OF
this city. Another of its officers is
Lieut. George Taylor (col.), also of this
city. Two Raleigh colored men are also
privates in it. They are VIII Aston
and Will HILL
"He plays well that wins" Hoods
Sarsaparilla wins the victory over dis
ease because it possesses genuine cura-
tive power.
Some people spend a lot of money
practicing economy.
For Whooplng Cough use
CHENEY'S EXPECTORANT