Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-04-14
LOCAL BRIEFS.

to the glad feast of Easter Sunday.
OUR truck farmers hereabouts
bear their heavy losses by the recent
frost like philosophers and are cheer
ful wlthal.
DR., Kirby Smith and Mr.. F. l..
Dortch, who have been spending
several weeks in South Florida, have
returned to the city.
THERE are several marriages on
the tapis for the next ten days, IN
which some of Goldsboro's young
people will participate as principals.
REV. J. P. Pat, will deliver an
address before the Missionary Soci-
ety, at Salem church, on the fourth
Sunday in April at 3 O'Clock, p, m.
Every ybody is invited to attend.
Mr.. W. T. Dortch returned from
Raleigh yesterday where he was at
tending the meeting of the Odd
Fellows Orphanage committee for
the election of a Superintendent and
Matron.
A CoLoRED man named Noah
Hall, while muchly intoxicated,
missed his footing on entering bar
room on Walnut street Monday and
fell to The sidewalk, striking his
head with such force on the brick
pavement as TO render him uncon-
scious. He was hauled home on a
dray.
TIE meetings at the Baptist
church are continued this week with
increasing interest. A deep concern
was manifested in the great congre-
CATION that assembled on Sunday
night, and there were several profess
sions of conversion. Services each
day at 4 and p. a., to which all
are cordially invited.
The Hebrew feast of the Passover
began Monday evening at sunset
and will continue for seven days,
during which time leaven is forbid
den in every household. The insti-
tuition Of the Passover is matter of
history aud too familiar to need mar
ration. Services Will be held in the
Synagogue in this city during the
continuance of TIE feast, at stated
hours.
The Goldsboro Rifles. at the re-
quest Of the Ladies' Memorial Asso-
citation, have selected from their
ranks Mr.. Jos. E. Robinson, editor
Of The ARGUS, to be the orator at
the Memorial exercises on the COM
ing Tenth of May. The compliment
the high honor, is mex pressibly
appreciated, and it is needless to add
that he will do his best to meet the
requirements of the occasion.
On Sunday Mr.. Arnold Borden
met with quite an extensive loss to
one of his fine strawberry fields on
the northern approach to the city
along the line of the W. & W. r. r.
His plants are yet covered with pine
straw, and spark from passing
locomotive set fire to the straw, and
about two acres of the field was
burned before the fire could be put
out, entailing an entire loss of the
plants in '' the burned district.
Mr.. Jesse T. Hollowell and family,
of this county, left Friday for
High Point, where they will make
their home. Mr.. Hollowell was one
of our best citizens, an industrious
farmer and land owner and an ad-
mirable Christian gentleman. We
regret exceedingly to part with him.
He and his excellent family take
with them to their new home the
abiding good wishes of many friends
in this community.
IT affords The ARGUS great pleas
ure to announce that the committee
have elected DIR. William Cobb Whit
field, of Seven Springs, Superintend-
ent of the new Odd Fellows Orphan
age of this city. The selection is an
admirable one, as DR.. Whitfield, as
physician and business man and
kindly gentleman, is highly fitted
for the duties of the responsible
trust. His wife, too, who has been
elected Matron, is a most excellent
lady.
FROM the Newbern Journal of
yesterday we learn that great havoc
was wrought to the truck crops of
that vicinity by the cold snap of
Saturday and Sunday nights that
did so much damage to truck herea-
bouts, says the Journal: Nearly
all the beans, canteloupes, cucum-
> bers, squashes and water melons are
killed. So are the potatoes. Of
oo,r.o Tho loftor will oor,a oro;p