The daily state chronicle., 1891-02-04
BALE IL IN BRIEF.
LOCAL H OPENINGS IN AND
AROUNL THE CAPITAL.

sbort ytcms of News Gathered on the
Fly by the Chronicles Reporters.
There are at present about / 900 bales
Of cotton on the platform.
Revenue receipts in this district for
the month of January, were $S1 800. 80.
Geo. F. Uzzle, ESQ is building five
handsome new cottages on Saunders
hill.
A stray mad dog bit hog near Green
Level church and the hog is now raving
made.
T.E. Floyd, sheriff of Robson county,
brought five convicts to the State pris-
on yesterday.
II you want to see Raleigh 60 ahead
be sure you attend the mass meeting to-
night.
Work has been resumed on the new
colored A. M. Z. Church, corner Of Har-
rington and Edenton streets.
The directors of the North Carolina
railroad met here yesterday. They de-
clared an annual dividend of per cent.
The Soldiers Home bill comes up in
Senate to day at IL o'clock. Every one
interested in the measure should be
there.
There were thirty three marriage Ii
censes issued in Wake county for the
month of January, IS white and 10 col
ored,
The article in yesterdays CHRONICLE
on the charges of tobacco warehouses,
was written by Mr. D. Il. Gill, and not
Hill as was printed.
A. L. Smith, Asst Inspector General,
was yesterday appointed by Gov. Fowle
to succeed Inspector General F. 81.
Cameron, who has resigned.
The anpual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the North Carolina Home Insur-
ance Company will take place at their
Office over Briggs II Sons store to-day
"wednesday at II o'clock.
B. B. Winborne, Esq, of Hertford
tells us that Mr.. Jas. L. Anderson, Rep
resentative elect from his county, is still
quite unwell. He fears that Mr.. Ander
Sdu W III uOO Dt dUlC w ItdCu lldlclSl
duriLg the session.
A handsome portrait of Judge Archi
bald d. Murphey was placed to-day il
the Assembly Hall of the Murphey
Graded School. The portrait is gift O
Judge Murpheys grand daughter, Mrs
B. @. Worth, of Wilmington, and i
quite an addition to this institution.
Representative Upchurch, of Wake
brought to the State Museum curiosit,
yesterday in the shape of lightwoo,
knot. 1t was picked up by the old col
ored nurse of the late distinguishes
Matthew i. Yates. 1t looks very mucl
like sea sht II, and is quite curiosity
Capt w. @. Stronach yesterday re
ceiyed from the Ladies' Aid Society o
Charlotte, $3S 20 for the benefit of tn
Soldiers Home. OF this amount Mrs
Stonewall Jackson contributed five dol
lars. She cannot forget the veteran
wounded while following the trenchan
sword of her immortal husband.
The Mendelssohn Quntette Club
which has several times before com
pletely charmed our people, will appea
here again on next Tuesday evening. |
is said to be better equipped than eve
before; and if that is so, there is not
man, woman or child in Raleigh bu
what will pronounce it the greatest mu
steal feast of the season.
Three cities have offered inducement
to the Educational Committees of tn
Geueral Assembly to establish the Colo1
ed Agricultural and Mechanical Colleg
in their midst. Wilmington offers cas-
and land to the amount of $4,000, Ra
eigh offers dormitories and recitatio
rooms at Shaw University, and Winston
Salem, the Twin-City, comes up wit
$4,000.