Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-08-16
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Jay, dnu DC puSucu TO early com
pletion.
THE Board of County Commits
SlOnerS, at their last meeting,
decided to run d fence through
the court house square. from Nil.
l. f. Dortch'S office to the Jail, in
order to prevent horses from in
jurIng the shade trees. This is
a step in the right direction,
AFTER the first side of this issue
had been printed large size
press was broken and we We're
unable to get it repaired until
this week. hence the delay. We
hope our patrons will be so in
dulgent as to tolerate the absence
of this weeks issue and make the
inevitable less notifying.
THE word Alabama is from the
Indian dialect and means there
we rest" This, evidently, had
prophetic origin, and now the
prophesy is fulfilled in the grand
victory achieved by the Demo
cratic column in the defeat of
Kolb and Populism in that State
last week-and they can now
rest from their labor.
THE sudden death of Asa
Exum, a well-knoWn colored
man of this city. who was sexton
of the Goldsboro Baptist Church,
,,.na I.- ,,n~Eo,, 100, -
Little Washington, while in the
act of rolling a Whoclbarrow of
wood up a side alley. Heart
disease is supposed to nave been
the cause. His funeral was held
yesterday.
IT was q rssl disappointment
to every one shat the venerable
Mr.. and Mrs. Harper could not
attend the Bentonsyille Bazaar
last night. as published. Mr., l..
d. Giddens went all the way to
Bentonsville for them. Thursday.
in an easy carriage; but he found
the beloved old couple too feeble
to take the long ride, SO he had
return without them.
Work on Mr.. John T. CHM S
new two-story dwelling. on John
street. is progressing rapidly.
and will be completed in a few
days. It presents a handsome
appearance. and will be a very
desirable residence. Goldsboro
is certainly making rapid strides
in the matter of erecting nice
residences.
ONE of the very best schools
for girls in the State is Peace
Institute at Raleigh. The next
session bids fair to be the best,
so far as the teaching force is
concerned. in its history. There
are twenty teachers in the vari-
Gus departments. A new con-
servatory of music has been add
ed, with two experienced di-
rectOrS.
AN exchange says d farmer
was seen the other day shearing
a sheep from the tail towards
the head; when asked why he
had reversed the rule, he said.
Il voted for the Third party last
year and [ have ever since been
ashamed to look d sheep in the
face" This gentleman is not by
himself. There are scores o.
others in just the same fix.
MESSRS. w. e. WOoten. a
brother, and Richard Wooten, q
cousin of Mrs. M. E. Bizzell. are
here from Kenly, Ala, visiting
relatives in this section. and they
are fresh from the Alabama cleo
ton. They say it was the utter
humiliation of Kolb and Popu-
llsEe in Alabama and that it was
a clean, fair. sweeping victory for
Democracy. They say that Pop
again in that State. And so will
it be in North Carolina when we
shall have licked them in Novem.
Der next.
EVERY day we are adding new
subscribers to the WEEKLY
ARGUS, and many old ones who
strayed off from us in the politi
cal ordeal of the Farmers
Alliance and under the TEN
porary influence of Third party
vagaries, are coming back to u.
and confessing their error
and are being forgiven. Yes
the peple r. getting right again
the principles of Democracy
are triumphing everywhere; tn
Democratic party is in powe
and the country is safe. Let u
all be joyful.
THE venerable Mrs. Dian
Green, mother Of Mrs. j. W. Ga
lick, of this city. Mrs. DR.. Gee
. L. Kirby, now of Raleigh, an
Mr.. Geo. d. Green, of Wilson
and who is the oldest lady citi
zen of Goldsboro, has been Wis
tied with another stroke of pa
ralysis, at the home of her daugh
ter Mrs. Gulick, and is now ly
ing in a critical condition. He
daughter Mrs. Kirby is wit
her, as is also her son
Mr. old'Green. The good lady
hosts of friends in this cit
are deeply sympathetic wit
her in her severe affection, an
wish her an early and safe dc
liverance, although her extrem
age, and the fact that she ha
been helpless for nine year
from a former stroke, bates tn
breath of hope and thrills tn