The state chronicle., 1892-07-21
NEWS OF THE CITY.
There arc now "A county convicts.

There arc now A county convlcts.
The first grapes shipped from here
went north yesterday. They are ripen-
ing nicely.
The removal Of the electric light poles
and wires is in progress III verlous parts
of the city.
The Governors Guard leaves this af
tcrnoon at 80 for Wiightsville for the
cncampment.
On the plantation of Mr.. Thos. Howle,
three miles from here, there are four per
sons sick with typhoid fever.
The present session of the Methodist
local preachers conference is the 23t.
The first was held at Durham in 1870.
Near Wade, Cumberland county, dep
uty collector Hall yesterday captured an
illicit distillery owned by one Fam, and
destroyed it.
Workmcn are putting up the big gates
at the West end of the train she'd at the
new passenger station. There will be |
four Of these gates.
The democratic county convention
will DC held August 2, ann will nominate
county officers and elect delegates to the
congressional convention.
This afternoon the Wake Forest col
red baseball club plays the Raleigh club
at the baseball park Monday there will
bc coorcd excursion from High Point
and the club from there will play.
Work has at last begun on the paving
Immediately West Of the Hillsboro street
bridge. A drain Of terra Gotta is being
put in and the work of putting down
the Belgian blocks will begin during the
week
The office of NJ .Josephus Daniels
new paper. the N"tth C"roljnH", will be
in the lI"llcman building, in the office
now occupied by the Aetna insurance
COMPANY Material is now being put in
the oIlicr.
MIR J. Turner Morehcad and secretary
). F. Telfair, of the State geological
board, yesterday examined the accounts,
etc, of State geologst Holmes, who was
present. They will make a report to the
iul board
While on his way to his home on East
Johnston street Tuesday night, Mr.. F.
\. Hatch, machinest at the Il. Il G.
shops, fell into ditch at the corner Of
" ANOlIH odliSDuly anu W Col oOHuoIOD
streets, and broke an arm.
There will be meeting of the perma-
ncnt general committee on the centen
nial celebration of the city of Raleigh al
the mayors Office this afternoon at SIX
O'Clock. Every member is wanted
There will be an election of p' rmanen,
chairman and secretary.
Yesterday Charles Jones, Mary Russell
and Lucy Kennedy, all highly colored
were taken to the convict stockade anC
will serve thirty days on the roads. The,
kept disorderly house in Raleigh anC
Tuesday night the police pulled thu
place and bagged these parties.
The responses to the appeals of Col. f
ID. Hall for funds for the Veterans en-
Campment are 50 numerous, being from
all parts of the State, that success is as
surcd. The encampment begins Angus
IL. Some funds have been sent by pei
sons in other States. Thirty of the in
mates of the Soldiers Home will atten
the encampment.
The question is asked why hog pen
are allowed inside the city limits? Is
because the aldermen have not tn
courage to pass an ordinance agains
what is certainly a great nuisance? Al
there not hog pens in a block of the cal
ltol square. Is not the present Ordinant
regulating or pretending to regulate no
pens, violated every day in the year?
Mr.. Hall, of Winston, an architect
much taste, has prepared at the reque
Of the Worlds Fair board design an
plans for the North Carolina building
Chicago which will be submitted at
meeting of the board here tomorrow
The design is from stately old resident
in Lincoln county and will afford amp
and convenient space for exhibits.
Mr. A. Bauer, the architect of the il
stitution for deaf mutes at Morganto
arrived here yesterday. He says the bas
ment and most of the first story is u
The character of the work is excellen
Work will stop in about month, as
that time the funds in hand will be e
hausted. Only about $50, 900 has
lar been appropriated for the building