The daily state chronicle., 1890-08-16
RALEIGH IN BRIEF.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS IN AND
AROUND THE CAPITAL.

AROUND THE CAPITAL.
Short Items of News Gathered on the
Fly by the Chronicles Reporters.
"Whom do you think will get the
nomination 2"
The thirteenth session of Morson d
Densons School will open September
1st.
+. VIM. Rawle, of Newark. N. j., was
yesterday appointed a Commissioner OF
Deeds for North Carolina.
There was buzz on the tobacco
market yesterday. New tobacco prlm-
ings sold for $50 per hundred.
The growing interest in horse flesh in
and around Raleigh ought to insure some
good races at the coming Fair.
The new addition to the A. & NJ. Col
lege is handsome structure, and the
institution is more imposing than ever.
The lodge of the order of Tonti, in
this city, has turned over to Mr.. P. A.
Revis. of Cary, $4,000 as benefit for
two weeks sickness.
Raleigh people have looked in vain
for some operations from the land and
improvement company that was to have
been organized here.
Quite a number of county delegates
arrived in the city yesterday and were
hard at work among their friends in the
interest Of special favorites.
There will be mighty buzz on the
streets to-day. County politics are
about as lively and interesting as they
have ever been known to-day.
The coming of the various conventions
to Raleigh for the next two or three
weeks will emphasize what the CHRoNI
GLE has been saying about the needs Of
large auditorium.
The executive Office has offered a re
ward of 5000 for the apprehension o
Robert Lee Smith, who is charged will
the killing of Thomas Sharp, in Davi'
county.
A gentleman was hard to remark on
street car yesterday that horse lin
didn't quite come up to an electric line
A gentleman near him remarked tha
electricllines were operated cheaper AM
more satisfactorily than horse lines.
The executive committee of the Stat
fair has ordered that the fair ground
be put in good condition, and work
to begin very soon. They have ais
passed resolution permitting the CO.
ored people to hold their fair in th
grounds this year.
Official notice has been given to th
effect that there will be meeting of tn
directors of the Oxford Orphan Asylur
in Oxford on Tuesday, Aug. 26th, fc
the purpose of electing a Superinter
dent OF that institution to succeed d.
Dixon.
Somehow the streets the pave
streets Raleigh do not present th
clean, neat appearance that one migf
reasonably expect. There is too muc
trash, too much dirt and dust always @
them. Here is something for somebod
to remedy.
Last night about eleven o'clock,
negro boy passed by Whiting Bros
clothing store and just as he passed
smashed in one of the windows with
heavy umbrella. His object evident
was to return and rob the window. b
his little scheme was caught on to, ar
this morning he is reposing in the loc
up.
A street car got all over mule on Il
red line yesterday. The mule thoug
he was scared and was making nigh
to do. He fell down. The reins bro
and the driver fell back from the brak
The car ran on the mule ran over Sol
of his legs and one leg got caught in t
spokes of the wheel. Then the c
couldn't move and the mule could
kick, and the whole business was fina
gotten straight. The mule was skim
little and the Car got the paint knoe
ed off in some places.