The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1883-11-24
4 DEAL. OF GOSSIP

DEAL OF GOSSIP
That Comes to ..The Chronicle. about
People and Things from all Parts of
the state.
Talk has been heard of the possibility of
one of the popular landlords of Greensboro
coming 10 Raleigh.
Col. |. J. Young shrugs his shoulders in
the presence OF 1.-THE boys " and says, ~
am the great Civil Service Reformcr.'
The necessity OF another hotel in Raleigh
causes so very much comment by an classes
of people that somebody ought to shut
up" or To put up the money for il.
The three men you are surest To see any
day you choose to get on the North Caro-
lima train west OF Raleigh. are Col. Thos.
NJ. Holt, Mr.. Julian 5. Carr and Mr.. Z. A.
Wiley, of Durham.
One pleasant feature of the State Exposi-
ton next year will be the visits of large
number Of emigrants from North Carolina
to their old homes. An unprecedented
number has been here this year.
1t was agreed by company Of gentle
men at the Marlborough House tins week
, that Senator Vance looks ten years older
than he did two years ago-a judgment
that THE CHRONICLE begs leave TO dissent
| from.
| Praise of Governor Jarvis a speech
| maker is on evcrybody's lips When he
| orator that he has kept L ever since The
| colleges will take the hint next summer per
| haps.
| Surely, whatever we need, we suffer no
lack of political orators Call the roll OF
the distinguished men from all parts Of the
State who went to speak for Mr.. Tom Skin
ner. What an oratical time we shall have
OF it next year!
John Leary, the President of the n G.
Industrial Association (colored) is the son of
an ''old issue'' free negro and was taught
the alphabet by lady in Fayetteville (who
I Is still fivifg.t Loa,y hos ncver foFgcstca
her but remembers her with gratitude.
Ifthe stories of false alarms about burglars
which have been given in the State since
the burglars disappeared and OF the anus
ing attacks that have been made on cows
and old spinning wheels were collected, il
would be series of interesting and brave
narratives
A company of gentlemen in this city re
Gently advised a traveller, who wished TO
see "everything worth seeing in n. c.. to
visit the churchyard at Tarboro wherein
DR.. Cheshire has for so many years spent
his leisure time in making such a variety OF
successful experiments in tree culture.
One morning not long ago, while Judge
Ashe was eating at railroad hotel not n
| hundred miles from Greensboro, he saw a
dish before him with six chicken legs and
nothing else on it. ''Captain," said the
Judge, turning to the conductor I" how do
you suppose they caught that chicken, it
! had so many legs"
Two Sundays ago smoking drummer
found himself in town without cigars. He
visited three drug stores trying to buy one,
but was refused by every one OF the rclig-
ious druggists. He took the afternoon
train for Greensboro and said as the train
moved away: For religion and bad
whisky this is the boss town."
How very easy rough waters are to ride
over after al! Not many months ago the
telegraphers were our masters and nothing
else was talked about as much as their
strike, and today the change Of time sue
ceeds the weather in the casual conversa-
ton. Before a great while we will all
speak of II o'clock as naturally as we now
whistle through the telephone.
II is we'll to say good word for General
James Madison Leach in these days OF his
melancholy retirement. Be it said, then,
that it was frequently remarked at Wei
don that he resembles Senator Voorhees,,
though he is not as tall, nor as large and
perhaps hardly as handsome--especially
since the period OF his political deformity
An English resident OF Wake county
complains OF the Southern lack OF pune
tuality. He went to the Colored Fair to
near senator ' ancc tWnOm ne nau never
hearCD. Nobody could inform him at what
time the Senator would speak, or whether
he would speak at all. ''The Queen her
self'' remarked the old gentleman with a
certain loss OF good humor, . is never ten
seconds late to fill an appointment
Stock farming in the West seems to have
an exceedingly cheerful outlook. Much has
, been said even this far away from home
about the recent cattle fair at Newton.
Three prospecting gentlemen Of New Eng
. land, who gave THE CHRONICLE the pleasure
Of calling, are now in Buncombe, Burke and
Catawba examining the opportunities for
, making investments in stock farming. III
. our mountain friends send butter to Texas,
: they ought to excel the Texan Ianchmen in
raising cattle.
Continue Urging. 1t Must be Done.
From The Ieocky MD<ra Reporter.
The Supreme court being court Of ap