The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-18


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IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
The Seaboard Air Line is preparing for
a heavy Florida travel this winter.
The price for the new crop of cotton
has run up an eighth. 1t is now quoted
from ~ to Is.
The trains had on them yesterday many
students returning to the State Normal
College at Greensboro.
A large number of young ladies ar
rived yesterday to enter. st. MaryS
1t opens tomorrow morning
Deputy Barney Butler, of Rutherford,
brought to the pen yesterday Mack Nc
Donald, sentenced for ten years for man
slaughter
Yesterday an excursion train from the
east passed Raleigh, going to Asheville.
On leaving here only a medium sized
crowd was on board.
number of merchants yesterday
draped the fronts of their stores in
mourning in addition to those who were
mentioned yesterday.
Sheriff T. C. Bond, of BERTHE, was here
yesterday and brought in two convlcts,
one for three years, the other for two
to the States Prison.
The Rt Rev. Joseph Blount Cheshire
will visit st. Ambrose church tonight at
s o'clock and administer the holy rite
OF confirmation. The public is invited.
Yesterday thirty negro women were
sent from the States Prison to Caledonia,
in order that they may be on hand when
cotton picking season begins in earnest,
Sheriff Scott, of Wayne, and ex-Sheriff
Grantham were here yesterday. The
sheriff brought in seven negro convicts,
whose terms ran from one to five years.
There was only one case tried before
Mayor Powell yesterday morning and that
was against Walter King, who was
charged s525 for disorderly conduct in
Pullen Park.
A meeting has been called of the State
Board of Embalmers to be held in Raleigh
September 23rd at p. M, for the purpose
of examining candidates who wish to
stand the examination.
Mr. G.. w. Davis who resides near
Wake Forest. speaking yesterday of the
crops in his section said: Cotton is OPEN
ing as fast as popcorn in pepper, but
the price is what is hurting
A pair of gold trimmed eye glasses were
left on a window-sill at the north end
of the government building Monday The
finder will confer favor on their owner
by leaving them at this office.
The will of Mrs. Bette j. Allen, OF
Wake Forest, was probated yesterday.
Her property goes to her husband for his
life and is then divided. Mr.. N. Y. Gull
ley is named as the executor.
Yesterday morning the capitol was
closed in respect to the memory of the
late President, that being the time OF
funeral service in Washington. The bells
in the city hall tower and at some OF the
churches were tolled.
Dr. f. M Moye, of Wilson, was here
yesterday on his way home from Hick-
DRY. He says that he enjoyed his visit
there very much and established new
chapter of Royal Arch Masons, which
promises to be a good one.
On account of the low rates given by
the railroads and the Presidents fun
eral, many business men and others In
the State have gone to Washington. All
the Seaboard Air Line trains passing
through Monday and yesterday morning
had full, passenger list.
The weather prediction for today is
clearing, cooler, northwest winds, fol
lowed by a period of fair, cool weather
There was a heavy frost yesterday il
South Dakota, Kansas and Nebraska, ant
a light frost in Illinois. The cool wave
last night had passed the Mississippi
heading this way.
Sheriff B. W. Edwards, of Greene, wht
was here yesterday, says that rain il
badly needed in his county. In REGARD
to crop prospects he says SO per cen
crop is liberal estimate. He and hi
deputies, NMessrs. II. r. Carr and w. j
Carraway, who had brought in the pris
oners from Greene, left for Snow Hill
yesterday.
The first five cadets in the order o
merits in the Fourth class at West Poin
for the year ending in June last, accord
ing to the Official Register just published
were: Chas. r. Pettis, of Mississippi
Robert P. Howell OF North Carolina
Robert NJ Campbell, of Maryland; Henri
H. Robert, of Mississippi and Robert {
Richardson, Jr., of South Carolina. TIL
class contains 154 members and the dis
tinction won by the five boys entitle
them to be placed on the Army Regis
ter.
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