The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-27
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.

IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
The Supreme court yesterday affirm
ed the Judgment of the lower court and
denied the motion of the defence for a
new trial in the case of the State
against Lewis Council from Cumber-
land county Counc;! was sentenced
to be hanged for rape upon white wo-
man and appealed to the Supreme court
upon the ground of newly discovered
evidence. The date Tor his execution
will now be fixed by Governor Aycock.
Messrs S. W. Scoville and Mr.. George
Scoville, of Atlanta managers of the
Hotel Atlantic, at Morehead City, have
been here for several days. They are
maging arrangements for conducting
the hotel during the summer season.
The committee, to investigate the
books of Major Martin, the defaulting
Clerk to the State Treasury Depart
ment will begin work about April 1st.
1t is not thought that the amount of
the populations will be more than $500,
the amount Maj. Martin admits having
taken.
The captions of the acts of the Cen
eral Assembly are ali ready and are
in the hands of the printer, and will
probably be ready by the latter part
of the week.
A meeting was held here yesterday
to organize canning and packing fac
tory. 1t is said that much of the cap
atal necessary has been subscribed. An
expert from Baltimore will manage the
factory.
During the thunderstorm Monday a
large number of telephones were burned
out The telegraph wires are down all
over the South.
Col. F. A. Olds and Douglas Olds have
gone to Florida for few days trip.
They will visit the POINTS of interest,
going down en- the east coast and re-
turning by the west coast.
A number Of new cases for the mus
cum are being made They are for the
protection of certain exhibits that have
been injured from lack of protection.
These exhibits are now being properly
stored. The cases were designed by
Secretary Bruner and Curator Brim-
ley.
The Weather Bureau states that snow
occurred in this State on eight days in
February. Sleet on eleven, fog on six,
solar halos on seven, and gales OH eight.
The average number Of clear days was
sixteen, partly cloudy six, cloudy six
and rainy five.
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Mr.. p B. fGriffis has announced his
candidacy for alderman from the Third
Ward first division.
On next Friday night the Athletic
Association of the A. ana NJ. College will
give an entertainment III the college
chapel for the benefit of the Associa-
ton A program has been arranged for
the evening. consisting of vocal solos,
recitations, slight of hand performances
and the like.
Seven members of the Raleigh base
ball team will reach Raleigh tonight,
Grand will come in next Monday. The
players to arrive tonight are: Ottmer,
from Brooklyn; HaInrtmon, Atz, and
Hannegar. of Washington; Bowden, of
Atlanta; Person, of WaYnesville, and
Sherman, of Brooklyn. There will be
game with Wake Forest Friday.
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The price of cotton remained at s.
Is, IA cents yesterday. Receipts
were light.
The barn, the falling of which injured
Health Officer Sale and several carpen-
tiers working on it, has been rebuilt,
and the city horses are stabbed there
Deputy Sheriff Charles Reid, of Pas
quotank county, was in Raleigh yester-
day with white convict who is to
serve eighteen months for manslaugh-
ter. Sheriff Johnston, Of Wilkes brought
three convicts to the penitentiary one
of whom goes to the criminal insane
department.
News was received here yesterday
that a man named Street Powell was
struck by the Seaboard train No 3S
at Franklinton. 1t could not be learn
ed whether he was seriously hurt or
not. The accident took place about II
o'clock.
NIGHT WAS HER TERROR.
II would cough nearly all night long,