Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-06-01
LOCAL BRIEFS.

back to their Democratic mooriDgs
again.
MEssRs. [, W. Slocumb, J.. @.
Slocumb, E. G.. Porter and Master
John Slocumb left yesterday for
Richmond to attend the Davis Me-
mortal services to-day.
How aboat the th%oroughfare
along John street from Walnut
street southwark two squares? Was
it not to be paved, as one of the
main market streets, before others!
THE town of Fremont, this
county, which has been "dry" for
several years, will hold "local
option election next month.
THEbest BICYCLE record in this
vicinity was made on the track
Friday evening by Messrs. E. B.
Borden, Jr., and @. B. Miller, who
scored a run OF 5 miles in 10 min
utes.
Mr.. A. We1ll,-of Wilmington, who
lived in Charlotte during the war,
and WLole home there was a wells
come asylum for President Davis,
when the latter was homeless, was
III the city yesterday.
THE new city ordinances are III
the hands OF our printers aud will
~ near in a few days. In the mean
~ the present city statutes pres
raiI ell violations thereof will
i, dn.v 7iadioated by the Lord
Mayor.
FOLLOWING the destruction last
week of Winston's largest tobacco
tactory-that of P. u hShes "
Co.-by fire. comes the news una
the next largest tobacco iaG,oty
of the town, that Of II, Il. Hey~
nolds, has failed for something 'Fe
one hundred thousand dollars.
IT will be greatly regretted by the
many friends of Miss Foote IN this
city, that she is soon to leave Gold
boro for Wilson, Mrs. S. I. Griffin
having decided to close her mllllS
merry branch store here and centre
all her force IN her Wilson store. 10
this emu she is now offering her
goods here at cost for the next week,
THE police gave chase to a dare
key Sunday who was wanted for
stealing a suit OF clothes from Mr..
Bob Jones, about three weeks ago.
He was on the alert, however, and
"got a move On him" before the
officer could come upon him, and
made good bis escape for the press
ent.
SOME dry goods, purloined from
the store of Messrs. Hall & Edmul de
son Saturday night, were incidentally
found by a passer by, Sunday after
noon, secreted under Il OF the
street bridges OF Walnut street near
the court house. The culprit has
not vet been fully determined upon,
although the police are working up
the case.
Two white men, somewhat intox-
9eated. and rather indefinite and uns
certain as to their names and abodes,
though firally settled upon as being
from the neighborhood of Bull
Head, in Greene county, were
caught in the act of cutting out
the wood holdings of the glass front
of Mr.. L. Z. Giddens' jewelry show
window Saturday night about II
o'clock. The case was adjusted in
the Mayors court yesterday morning
THE remains Of Mrs. Ida M
Poole, wife of Mr. W. R.. Poole
OF Clayton, who died at the home
of her father, Mr.. Jenkins, at Ere
mont. Friday, passed through this
city Yesterday en- route for Clayton
for interment. She had been ia
declining health for a length o
time and her death was not unex.
pected. She leaves several child
rem and many friends TO mourn he.
death.
LuM Keng, the Chinese laundrys
ma of this city, ETuesday applied
to the Register OF Deeds for license
to marry a negro girl; but thu
Register declined to issue the CO
verted document on account Of th'
age OF the girl, who is too young
to contract for herself without tn
coneept,of her parents; and as sh'
is the ward Of her grandmother
her father being dead and he
mother doing service in Washing
ton, ID. c., the licence could not 3
secured, until the mother is hear'
from in writing giving her con
sent. 1t is a novel procedure a
round.
Ii has been suspected for quit
a while that there is an organize
band of thieves-or "hookers"-
that operate along the lines of th
Railroads and that have accompli
ces in every town Of any SIZE wheF
it is likely that they a secure de
airable booty. Officer Swaripger
who never lets a suspicious circum
stance or character pass unaware
scooped a colored man here Mon
day evening tor investigation
and while be was investigator
it was found that the negr
was wanted III Wilmingto
on numerous grave charges. IL
name is Allan Williams and til