The state chronicle., 1892-05-31
City News.

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The senior class at the University this
year has sixteen members.
In week the street cars ought to be
running to Brookside park gate.
Mr.. John s. Hampton, Sr.. is very
sick at his home on the corner of West
and Hargett streets.
One of the interesting local events of
the week is the closinsof the Raleigh male
academy, next Friday.
TIL mas w. Folsom of New York
city was yesterday appointed commits
sioner of deeds for North Carolina.
The soiree by Prof. Almonds dancing
school will be given tomorrow evening
instead of this evening, as heretofore.
Yesterday Mr.. G. G. Stone and Mr..
Walter Parker returned from Danville,
Va, where they spent several days very
pleasantly.
The Edenton street M. E. Sunday
school has arranged to 60 to Clarksville,
Va, on it's annual excursion and picnic
next Wednesday.
The grounds at Wake Forest college
have been put in attractive shape, and a
number of Improvements of the buildings
have been made.
The commencement exercises at Chowan
Baptist female institute at Murfreesboro
begin to-day, Rev. R. Vandeventer, of
Henderson, preaching the baccalaureate
sermon.
Mr.. Dughi, who served cream &C., so
attractively at Mr.. George Heck's arbor
party, and at other social gatherings
here this season, goes to Chapel Hill to-
day, at the request of DR.. Winston of
the University, to provide the delicacies
there.
Prof. Almond has decided to hold
another session of his dancing school in
this city, and requests all those who de-
sire to Join the class to meet him at his
dancing hall this afternoon at o'clock.
Governor Holt has ordered special
term of Rutherford superior court, for
the trial of civil cases, to begin July 25
and to continue two weeks or until the
docket is cleared. Judge Hoke will
preside.
This evening that pleasant social organ
ization, the Cyclone club" will visit
Peace institute in body, at the special
invitation of the young ladies. The club
has thirty members, all we'll known
young men.
BY the middle of June the big new fiji,
ter for the water works will arrive, and
much work will be done there, in put.
ting it in position. Quantities of pipe
and some valves of very larger size have
already arrived.
Among yesterdays arrivals at the
Yarboro we're: E. K. Wright, Wilson
L. p. Snipes, Jonesboro; William H
Long. Greenville; E. Hunt, Milton; R.
T. Cochran, Weldon; w. E. Weatherly
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Mr.. j. r. Barkley returned yesterday
from trip through Nash and Franklin
counties. He says the corn crop is mag
nifcent and the acreage very great. Oat
look we'll and there is a big crop. Cot
ton is clean and chopped out.
There is need of funds for paintin.
and white washing the buildings at tn
soldiers home. Mr.. w. G. Stronacl
has in hand a plan for a pleasant Jun
party, with some special features, fo
purpose of raising the necessary sum.
This year the Methodist local preach
ers' conference meets here, the date beln,
July 2O-24. Rev. Alexander Walker, o
Durham, will deliver an address o.
Suburban Work for Local Preachers,
and Rev. T. l.. Troy, of Trinity college
will speak on ''Colportage Work"
Yesterday the commencement exercise
at the Thompson school and bushes
college, at Siler City, began, Rev. s. {
Turrentine, of Winston, preaching th
commencement sermon. To-day Rev
DR.. Crowell, president of Trinity college
delivers the literary address.
Sunday night the kitchens on tn
premises of Mr.. L. H. Emory and Mr.. .
A. Baker on South Salisbury street nes
provisions carried off. At the Bake
kitchen the thief took out windov
and at the other place got in through
door.
At Oak Ridge institute the commenc
ment began Sunday, the annual sermc
being preached by Rev. Oscar l.. Martil
pastor of the First Baptist churcl
Anderson G. H., 8. G. Yesterday Il
gymnasium classes gave an exhibitiC
and the annual concert was given in II
evening.
The postoffice department has as Y
failed to put route agents on the Sc
board Air Lines Sunday trains, for VIII
reason is not known here. Sunday NOR
ing the mail was sent to the train fro
the postoffice. but there was no OF
there to receive it. The result is tn
the people along the line of the Raleis
& Augusta and Raleigh & Castor ra
ways do not get letters or papers un
Monday.
July there will he some bicycle rae
at Greensboro, in which some Ralei.
knights of the wheel will enter. A.
wheelmen in the State are invited. N
Fitzsimmons, of Greensboro, is mana
ing the affair, but will not race unle
challenged. 1t is understood that N
Neill Spence, of Raleigh, desires to ra
with Fitzsimmons, and Mr.. C. G.. Sto
will be glad to enter against Greensbor,
crack lightweight, Mr.. McAdoo.
Yesterday a negro went to the store
Cross e. Linehan and called out the c.
ored porter, saying he intended to thra
him. The porter went out on the sic
walk, accepting the challenge, but so
after the fight began the challenger
treated into the store. There the fight "
renewed, show case broken and Gle
then knocked the challenger out of t