Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-08-10
LOCAL BRIEFS.

the ouests Of their aunt Mrs incl
Slaughter.
Mr. .Jno. G.. Miller left yesterday
for Raleigh, to Join a party from that
o;tv that starts this morning tor fhe
Worlds Fair.
Miss Carrie Moore has returned TO
bor home in this city from Ashe-
vile and her many friends here are
glad to see her,
MIS-. N. O,Berry and children,
mho have been spending so ne
weeks at the home OF her mother,
near Point Cas~eii, have returneo
10 the city.
WE regre, exceedingly to chFo9-
;c,e the extreme illness OF MIS- ~
M Powell, at their home III 'h,s
o;,v from ever. Her many trlends
wish her a safe recovery.
Mr. Charlie II rst, eldest son OF
n~onnlar and efficient Chief OF
P,liae. is confined to his hcme oy
faver illness, We are sorry to learn'
His many friends wish nm Il SPECIFY
recovery.
WEI greet exceedingly to chronicie
tba nntimely death OF the eStlnaole
vonno wife of MIR. John Iyreh, d
prosperous Young farmer OF ufeehe
COUNTY, which sd event occufrea
Yesterday at 100
ANOTHER driven wei is 'eng dug
at the Go!dsboro Ice FAetory' ana
has already reached the depsh OF
40 feet. j.. is proposed to drive
it on do yn till an inexhaustlele sup
ply of water is tapped, success 20
The enterprise.
Mr.. Henry We'll, VIII" with MS
little daughter Gertrude and little
son Hermann has been taxing IN
the Worlds Fair, is at home agaili'
and expresses the opinion that every
hod, who can, should not fail to
visit the great exposlt'n.
S.NaE his arrival in the city and
hearing of the coming bicycle ca"
niyal that il to be held on his splen-
did ace course here. AIr. Geo. y.
Bennett is taking active interest IN
the event and will aid IN every way
possible to make it a bllilant sue
cess
Sc large and enthusia tic was the
gatheringof ~baeyclists aud pnbltc1
spirittd others on The race course
Yesterday afternoon, AID sacE Lively
interest was manifested IN the Car
siyal that 1t is now safe to say 1t
sill be i grand succ: IS.
The resignation Of Collector
White has b,en sent forw?ld to the
President and his Democratic sues
cessor. Hon. F. NJ. Simmon. who was
in the city yesterday from Washi1 g
ton, d. O., expects his appointment
before the week expires. 1t Is good.
THE first fox hunt Of the season
with the Goldsboro pack OF co..,
which are the finest IN the State
was held yesterday, with Mes<rf
Tnos. Edmnrdsnp and Will Hun
tel" on deck" when the Fbrnsti'
was taken. Tue trail lasted for an
hour and the "chase" for forty
minutes. 1t was hilarious and ex>
citing and the "brush" was a very
fine one.
HIS many relatives and hess
Of friends in this city and s.c@
ton Will regret to learn that Mr..
Lonnie B Sasser, son uf our es-
teemed countyman NJ. A. L.
Sasser, is quite sick with fever at
the home OF his father in Fork
township, having come home from
Wilmington, Wednesday, where be
has been engaged successfully tor
some time past in the drug bust
ness. We all hope that his Illness
may be of short duration and. that
he may be speedily restored to bis
Vonted health.
In consequence of business en-
gagements, which could not be post
pened, we regret to announce that
Col. Swift Galloway will net deliver
his address before Thomas RUM
Camp Confederate Veterans, at the
reunion of the Camp on Thursday
next, on the Life and Character of
Col Thomas Ruffin," in honor If
whom the camp is named. We hope
at some future occasion he will de-
liver HE address which was looked
forward to with SO much pleasure
by the Camp and the public gener-
ally.
The Board of City Aldermen haze
enacted a most commendable ordl-
nance in requiring all hogs pur-
chased in this city to be duly re-
corded, as to marks, &c by the pur.
chaser, and no barbecue vender is to
expose a hog for sale with the ears
cut off or mutilated, in order thai
the original "mark" Of the former
owner may be traced in ease the hog
be stolen. This ordinance has been
enacted because of frequent con
plant from our country friends thai
their hogs are stolen when they
reach barbecning size.
IHE proposed bicycle carnival for
Goldsboro, to come off within the