Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-08-31
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Miss Ly dia Fryer, of Faiscn, is
10 the city visiting Miss Mamie
Gully.
Miss Anna Lyman is at home
again from a visit to relatives IN
Wilmington.
MISSES Georgia and.sue Borden,
who have been to the Worlds Fair,
returned home yesterday.
Miss Louisa Hui, who went
with a party of friends TO the
Worlds Fair and has subsequently
been ylsitir & relatives in Hiilsooro,
returned home yesterday,
MKssRs. w. 7. Ho'lowell, L, E.
Pridgen, j. Will. Winslow and Jno,
G. Miller are at home again from
the Worlds Fair and report a
most enjoyable trip.
QUITE a phenomenon in the shape
of a triple ear OF corn, grown IN the
garden of MIR. w. Z. Lane, was LAID
on our table yesterday and attracted
considerable wonderment.
The rate is $3.50 for the round
trip to No+eolk on the excursion
that leaves this city Tomorrow and
which promises to be both largely
patronized and higly enjoyable.
In the Raleigh last week
Mr.. George D. Benefits fine horse
sBrave Boy" brought off the highest
prize, trotting it in 2:34}, with Bill
Chapman, his trainer, in the sulky.
Mr.. D. E. McKinne, of Prince
ton, who possesses business sagaclty,
en- enterprise aud energy, aud for which
he has received liberal remuneration,
pal l The ARGUS a pleasant call yes
terday.
The brick-work on the new annex
to the Eastern Hospital, near this
city is completed, and adds yet more
commanding appearances to that I'M
posing and valuable State Institution
for the care of the coloIed insane.
MISS M. Eliza Robinson, who has
been spending her vacation at her
home in this city, left yesterday
for Barlow, Fla to resume her
duties on the fact lty Of Summer
lin Institute, of that place.
TIE very desirable farm of Mr.
Hugh Humphrey adjoining the farm
of Mrs. Asher Edwards has been pur-
chased by the latter gentleman:
which thereby gives him an I'M
broken tract ef 800 acres adjoining
the city and in high state of cultiva
ton.
AT a special meeting of the Board
of Education yesterday, Mr.. W. G
Bregden was given the county app
pointment from Wayne county te
the A. & M. College, and Miss Mary
Pearsall was awarded the appoint,
ment to the Female Normal a
Greensboro.
MASTER Bonnie Hood won the
price for proficiency in Prof, Smiths
school of penmanship for the frs
session. The next session of his
school opens at the Graded schoo,
next Tuesday morning at $50
o'clock. We are glad to know thai
he is being well patronized.
WE had the pleasure of greeting
in this city yesterday the genia
countenance of Mr.. w. Fl. Osborne
manager of the Kelley Institute a
Greensboro. He is registered at The
Hotel Kennon, and came down tt
cur city to attend Capt. Galloway
lecture last night.
The death Of Mrs. Markham, {
venerable and we'll known lady o.
this city, occurred at her home her,
Wednesday night, and the funera
was held yesterday afternoon from
the Baptist church, of which sh,
had long been a devout member, Rev
g. J. Nelson officiating.
HIS many friends hele were GLAD
to greet in the city yesterday ant
see him looking so we'll, Col. Jno. P
Cobb, who, accompanied by two oil
his daughters, vas en- route for
few days sojourn at Morehead City
whence they will return here for
visit to relatives and then go or t.
Chicago to take in the World
Fair.
AN exchange has planted boil
of its number los on the platform
that the man whowill take a news
paper and get mad when asked t.
pay for it can't be a good Chris
tian. There may be exceptions +
this dictum, but if you will go t
church to-day and think serlousl,
about your sins, you will com
mighty near agreeing with tn
country editor.
The Wilson Mirror says. .sTha
sparkling jewel Miss Minnie Sic
cumb, whose splendid virtues are a
radiant as the stats at night, an,
whose presence is as refreshing an
delightful as flowers in May, for sh
is most royalty endowed with a
those attributes of loyeliness tia
invest her with those exqIisit
charms which steal down into th
heart and evoke the sweetest homage
is IN a Yisit to relatives in Wilson.