The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-29
IN AND. ABOUT THE CITY.

IN AND. ABOUT THE CITY.
There were 176 bales of cotton on
the Raleigh market yesterday.
Mayor Powell yesterday sent Calvin
Rogers to the roads for thirty days for
being drunk.
The city market vii BID closed today
from IL to 4 O'Clock, on account of
Thanksgiving day.
The Fortnightly Review Club will
meet with Mrs. William B. Grimes Sat-
urday afternoon at o'clock.
The Thanksgiving debate will begin
tonight at 8 o'clock sharp, at the Acad-
envy of Music. The public is invited.
On account of Thanksgiving Day, the
Seaboard Air Line freight office and
warehouse will be closed today after
10 o'clock.
The date of the marriage of Miss
Mamie Norris, of this city, and Mr..
Henry Coles, of Atlanta, is set for De-
cember 81.
The Kentniss Club will meet with
Miss Eliza Busbee on Friday after
noon instead of Saturday, as was an
nounced in yesterdays paper.
Messrs. Miller e. Uzzle will move
their music 3store from the Pullen
Building to the new Raney Library
Building on December 1st.
At the recent meeting of the Ladies'
Hospital Aid Association, it was decid-
ed to endow a cot in Hex Hospital for
another year. The cot is already oc-
cupied. .xIfrT In
Marriage license was yesterday
granted to Mr. W. L. johnson, of Pitts
boro. and Miss Mary L. King, of this
place; Mr.. j. w. Mimms and Miss
Katie Pearce.
An amateur minstrel performance is
to be presented December 6. Rehear-
sails have been going ON for two weeks,
and it is said fine singing will be a
feature of the prformanc.
The Legislature which meets in JAN
uary, will be composed as follows:
Senate: 80 Democrats, Republicans
and 3 Populists: House: 101 Demo-
Gratis, IL Republicans and 2 Populists
The Shaw University team left this
morning for Norfolk. Va, on a special
car on the Seaboard, where they will
play today with Howard University of
Washington, ID. G.. The Raleigh team
was accompanied by Prof. Bruce, of
the faculty. The team is a strong one
and expects to win the pennant.
Rev. w. f. Walker, who is pastor of
st. Joseph A. NJ f. Church. in Dur
ham, N. c.. has been appointed to ST.
Paul A. M. E. Church. in this city. He
arrived in the city yesterday after
noon and will enter upon his work at
once. All the members are requested
to be present tonight at the Thanks
giving class meeting.
Frost occurred as far South as Will.
mington yesterday. The weather was
generally fair throughout the entire
country. Snow fell in Michigan and
there was rain in a limited portion OF
the northwest. The temperature is
lower in the southern States east OF
the Mississippi, but in the central val
lev region, the weather is warm.
The States attorneys in the $10,000,-
600 tax assessment case of the corpor-
alton commission against the railroads
must prove actual fraud in the assess
ment of other property. They declare
that the railroads are now only half
valued, and cite the case of the Will
mington and Weldon, which, they say.
was assessed by the commission at
ST., 100000. yet was sold to the Allan
tic Coast Line for $1S,000,000.
An attorney who attended the re-
cent term of Nash court. says that the
trial of George Griffin and wife
brought out a most heart-rendering
state of facts. Griffin married the
second time. and ill-treated his chill
dren by his first wife. shutting them
up in an clubhouse, and letting four of
them starve to death. He was found
guilty of manslaughter and sentenced
to twelve years in the penitentiary.
His wife was sentenced for six years.