Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-07-27
LOCAL BRIEFS.

The recently constituted City
Board of Health are very active.
They will have some important
warnings in tomorrow mornings
ARGUS.
AFTER Congress shall have con-
vened and outlined its tre-d of legis-
lation it is thought that business
will materially and permanently i'm
prove all over the country.
THE O Of the Goldsboro rifles
at the target shooting at Camp b.
CART, at 100 yards range, averaged
16; at 200 yards range 134., SO men
shooting. This is a fine record.
The best evidence that the Sher-
man law will be unconditionally res
pealed at the extra session of Cons
gress is furnished by the hedging of
the erstwhile advocates of condi-
tional repeal.
Mr.. Geo. G. Royal returned home
Thursday from his two weeks visit
to the Worlds Fair, and is enthusI-
astic over the grand exposition. Mrs.
Royal, who accompanied him, re-
manned to visit friends at Asbury
Park.
On Saturday of this week the
Board of County Justices will meet
in this city for the purpose of elect
ing a successor to Mr.. W. F. Kornes
gay, resigned, as chairman of the
Board Of County Commissioners.
The wittiest comment we have
seer on the financial depression o.
the time-and with lots of truth in
its from the Atlanta Journal,
which says: 'The scarcity of money
is easily explained. 1t got tight and
was run in"
We are glad to know that the
newly constituted Board of Health
of this city, whose health ordinances
were published in these columns
several days ago, are actively inter
esting themselves IN the fulfillment
of their responsible duties.
MEssRs F. W. Hilker and R. D.
Holt went down to Wilmington
yesterday morning as delegates from
the G%oldsboro Fire Department to
the annual meeting of the State
Fireman's Association which con-
Vened in the "city by the Sea" last
uight.
THE comet which made its ap-
pearance in the heavens a few days
ago has since been receding at the
rate of several million miles a day.
l was probably afraid OF being
C ptured and put on exhibition at
midway Plaisance" at the Worlds
Fair.
The Sunday School excursion Of
St. Paul church has been abandoned
altogether, and Mr.. Il. R. Robinson,
its popular superintendent, has
decided to arrange a picnic for
the school which will probably
be held at Salem church sometime
next week.
FROM all sections come enCou
aging..reports of the crops since
the recent seasonable weather SET
at. Let us hope that all losses
will yet be regained and that on,
fBrlner friends will be blessed
with gracious harvests in the Fail.
THE free silver cranks, who, g
little while ago, were bowling tol
conditional repeal of the Sherman
law, have surrendered with sur
prising grace. The agility with
which they have abandoned an I'm.
tenable position is enough, in fact
to excite admiration.
Mr.. Jno. l.. Borden, of the pop.
nlar furniture firm of Royal & Bor.
den, who has been on an extended
and highly satisfactory business tril
through the Southern States, has re-
turned to the city, and they are now
very busy shipping off goods to fiji
the extensive orders with which ht
was favored on his trip.
DURING their extended trip to tn,
Worlds Fair Messrs. Sol We'll, O.
Il. We'll & Bros, and Sol Elm.
stein, of the Einstein Clothin!
Company, combined business will
pleasure and made extensive pur,
chase of goods for their re
srective business houses in thi
city, which are now receiving an.
displaying these goods for the trade
THERE will be an address at Wood
land Academy on Saturday, Jul,
29th at 1890 a. ~. by l.. L. Hobbs
President of Guilford College, after
which will be a basket picnic. Prof
Hobbs Is very scholarly, aud will
no doubt, give and entertaining ant
instructive talk on the subject o.
Education. Everybody is enyite,
to bring a basket There will ais,
be a SILVER medal contest at tn
same-pface and date as above at 8.3,
p. m.
The travel towards Morehead still
continues very large daily, and al
who go are charmed with the mag
: ni6cent breeze there, the super
sailing, the splendid fishing and tn
altogether satisfactory accomoda