The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-09-18
TOWN AND COUNTRY
LOCAL LACONIcS PICKED UP HERE AND
THERE BY OUR EAGLE-EYED
REPORTERS.

Barnum's circus will be in Raleigh
in October, it is said.
Mrs. Maj. J. F. Harris has gone to
New York to spend awhile.
The toothsome scuppernong, most
delicious ofall grapes, is now plentiful
in market.
Miss Mollie Gill, of Franklin county,
is visiting Miss Mittie Wester, in town
this week.
Mrs. w. O.. Shannon has returned
from pleasant trip to New York and
Philadelphia.
A beautiful line of neck-wear has
Just been opened at Barnes, Stainback
Il Co.'S. Step in and look at it.
The supply of old tobacco is about
exhausted. The breaks now are COM
posed almost entirely of the new crop.
The brick double tenement of Mr..
J. b. Owen, opposite the Presbyterian
church, is rapidly nearing completion.
The rain, the rain. 1t has fallen in
torrents during the past week. and still
the heavens seem to be weeping over
us.
Mrs. Alexander Sprunt and children
are home again after spending good
part of the summer in the mountains
of Virginia.
\ good young pony, suitable for
driving to pheton or light buggy, is
offered for sale. Gentle and well
broken. Apply at this office.
As will be seen by advertisement
elsewhere three dwelling houses, hav-
ing from two to five rooms each, are
for rent. Apply at this office.
The Hettie Bernad Chase theatrical
company, which is billed to appear at
Burwell Hall Monday evening next, is
said to be one of unusual excellence.
The biggest advertisement of any
Henderson firm that ever appeared in
a newspaper will embellish full page
of the GOLD LEAF soon. Look out
for it.
Gillian Hart spent some days in the
Scotland Neck section last week. 1t Is
no body's business but his own what
he was doing down there, and we don't
propose to tell.
Bright and beautiful was yesterday
after such an ugly evening before. Our
young friend Owen Davis could not have
wished for more suspicious wedding
day so far as the weather was con-
cerned.
\ circus with real live elephant
and the usual cage of monkeys. is
doing" Eastern North Carolina. 1t is
Washburn & Arlington's-and Eliza
beth City and Edenton are the points
it strikes first in this State.
See notice in another column for {
meeting of the stock holders of thu
Shocco Springs company. at the cour
house Monday next, at 9 O'Clock a. m
Business of Importance to be transact
ed. 4 full attendance is desired.
The many friends of Mr.. Samue
Burwell the successful young travelln!
salesman for thinner & Cos. celebra
ted brands of chewing tobaccos, Pc
tersburg. Va, are pleased to see hin
here after an absence of severa
months.
Davis & Rose have got in many o
their new fall and winter goods, ant
show the largest and best assortmen
of dry goods, shoes, hats, milliner.
goods, &C., this season that they hav
vet offered the people of Henderson
and the surrounding country. Go ant
see them.
The card of Mr.. w. S. Walden. con
tractor and builder, appears in anothe
column of this paper. AS competen
and skilled workman he is too wei
known for us to speak. His specially
as advertised, is building stair rails,
class of work in which few carpenter
are experts.
The finishing touches have been pu
on Mr.. J. B. Ovens new brick to
bacco prize factory on Montgomer
street. 1t is a splendid building il
every respect, admirably suited for tn
purpose for which it is designed. MI
X. W. Coghill, the contractor, has don
his work well.
The first car load of iron pipe for tn
Henderson water works arrived Satur
day by the Richmond and Danville raj
road. The preliminaries have all bee
made and the company have only bee
waiting for the material to begin actiiv
operations upon the construction of til
system. AS soon as the material is a
IN position it will be put in place as raj
IDLY as possible. The principal delay ha
been in waiting for the pipes and ms
chlnery to be made.
The tie that binds is the wedding rim.
ana the shoe that lasts is sold by Davi
K Rose.
Pure house paints at
apr. 40 o. J. w. ANDERSON & Co, g.