Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-07-14
STATE NEWS

diiIiOet every ndii opPiiOoeioAo
como for a place in our "home' for
homeless, destitute ones Oh, how
painful to say tive a take no
more" Friends, kind friends, in
the name of sweet charity, we
pray you to come to our relief.
Raleigh Chronicle: Senator and
Mrs. Vance will remain at Wrights-
vile for about two weeks, and then
90 to Morehead for two weeks
The health of Senator Vance has
been much benefited already by
his trip to Wrightsville- This will
be heard with pleasure by every
man. orna and child in the
State.
Smithtield Herald: Mr. Thomas
Manning OF Ingrams' township
died suddenly at lis home on Sun
day aight. He retired as well as
usual and the night being warm
m..de a pallet or the floor and lay
down. His wife called him in the
morning and he failed to answer
and she went to him and found
him dead.
AshevilIe Citizen: The carpet
ing Of the First Baptist church was
completed this morning. The car
peting is body Brussels, and really
beautiful. There arc over 700
yards in he piece, making the
largest carpet in Ashevilie. 1t is
in keeping with the beautiful in
terror of this edifice and lends a
very pretty effect.
Winston Sentinel: Mayor g.
ton, of Salem, sold a piece Vi .cai
estate this week at a good profit.
On December IS, 1886, and nine-
tenth acres of land near the r, q
D. Railroad track in southeast
Winston for 1854. On Tuesday last
he disposed of the same piece OF
property for s3,27O. In addition
to this the Mayor realized 800 per
year off ofthe property from rents.
Hickory Press and Carozinsan:
Deputy Marshal 81. W Jones made
a raid Thursday and captured
Henry Poteet, near Jugtown, who
was running an illicit distillery.
He gave bond. Friday another
arrest was made and Samuel Lavel
was brought from South mountains
for a similar offense. Both distil-
leries were destroyed and the
liquor confscated.
St~atesville Landmark: Light
ming struck a tree in the yard of
Mr.. Sam Moore, near Amity, in
Chambersburg township, last
Thursday night. The tree stood
near his grsnary and the building
caught fire and a wire clothes line,
running from the granary to the
smoke>house, carried the current
to the smokeshouse and set it on
fire also. Both fires were extinguish'
ed before any damage was done.
Winston Sentinel: Mr. J. K,
Johnston, Of Deck, Stokes county
was here to-day and reported that
a large green parrot was killed by
a young and unframed bird dog
of his own place yesterday
The parrot must have strayed
from his cage and gotten lost in
the Stokes forests. 1t was tame ano
made no resistance to the dog. On
each leg was q ring, one pearl ane
the other brass. On both were
incribed the date, 1874.
Raleigh Chromicze: Miss Dors
Baker, the fourteen year ole
| daughter of Mr.. Louis P. Baker
who came here from Frederick
Maryland, last December, died thl
week at the residence of her father
on South Wilmington street, afte
a few weeks illness of typhoid
fever. The kind hearted people
in that part of the city wer assid-
uous in their attentions to thu
young lady and to her distresset
: family. The body of Miss Bake
was placed in a vault at the cit,
, cemetery until autumn, when i
: will be taken to Frederick.