The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-04-16
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.

~ ANO A0OV AEl VA ~
The cotton receipts on this market yes
terday were 80 bales.
Mrs. Jno. u Smith left yesterday for
Chatham county to visit her old home.
Mr.. c. p Watson. who broke his right
leg some weeks ago, is able to move about
again.
sThe Kempniss Book Club" Will meet
with Miss Sadie Root this morning ut il
o'clock.
The Ola fodrtda Club will be enter
tanned by Mrs. Devereux, at Mrs. Hins
dale's this afternoon at o'clock.
Reports from Apex tell of the critical
illness of Mr.. j. B. Guthrie. father of
Rev. j.. o. Guthrie. DR.. T. NJ. Jordan was
called to see him yesterday
There is in prospect the opening in
Raleigh of a branch office Of the Elkin
Chair factory. Col. A. A. Weisner, of
that company was in the city yesterday
looking after the matter.
Commissioner of Labor ana Printing.
H. B. Warner. is expected to return to
Raleigh Thursday He has been sick at
his home in Lexington for some time. but
is now reported AS being nearly we'll
Mr.. J. S. Bizzell, of Goldsboro, who has
been at Jackson Springs for four weeks,
passed through Raleigh yesterday re-
turning home. He says that large ho-
tel is being built at Jackson Springs and
says the water is the best he has tried for
stomach troubles.
Late Saturday evening a marriage IL
cense was issued to Mr.. j. NJ. Mines, aged
%, and N,ss Cordelia Ray, aged %, both
of Wake county Yesterday license
was issued for colored couple. Ed. w
Richardson, aged "a, and Emma Perry,
aged 10, both of Wakefield.
The State Auditor has prepared blanks
for the tax abstracts for tax settlements,
for pensions and forms for the use of city
clerks in sending in tax statistics. These
are now in the hands of the public print
er and will be sent out to officials in the
various counties as soon as completed.
The sub commission on the selection of
text books for the public schools are
making every effort to be ready with their
report to the State Commission Text
Books. The report is due on the 23rd of
this month. but the number of books to
be examined has been SO great that it
may not be ready.
Mr.. Daniel G. Fowle is in Chicago visit
ing his sister, Mrs. Helen Fowle Knight,
after three years in the Philippines. He
enlisted as a private, soon was promoted
as drill master. and mustered out as
sergeant. winning the confidence and es
teem of his superior officers and show
ing himself a manly and brave soldier,
doing credit to the honored name he bears.
There will be delightful Children's
Concert at the Catholic rectory on Thurs
day and Friday nights of this week. The
entertainment is for the benefit of the
Sodality Society and will consist of plays,
recitations and songs. The children have
been we'll trained by their teachers and
all who attend may expect an enjoyable
evening. The admission is Is cents.
Janitor Straun, with an assistant, is
busy at work securing and cleaning the
granite walls of the capitol This is the
first time such work has been done in
some three years, and it is needed. The
janitor says that the anticipating law
will be rigidly enforced in the capitol and
will report all offenders. Men who spit
had best not do so in the capital. as it
will cost them $500 and more if they
are caught.
Invitations have been issued by Dr. and
Mrs. William Dougald Mcmillan, of VIII
mington, to the marriage of their daugh-
ter, Lizzie Anderson, to Mr.. William
Jordan Martin, Tuesday afternoon, April
both, at o'clock. St. Luke's Episcopal
church, Wilmington. Mr.. Martin is on the
staff of the Morning Post of this city
Before coming to Raleigh he was city edi-
tor of the Wilmington Messenger. Miss
Mcmillan is one of Wilmington's most
talented and popular young women.
Governor Aycock, Judge Francis ID.
winston and Col. p. NJ. Pearsall return
ed yesterday from Pinehurst where they