Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-01-04

new year. Ii you don't like 1t, you
can't pour it back in the jug.
Mrs. DR.. W. H. Cobb, Jr., of Ra-
leigh, who has been visiting relatives
in this city returned home yesterday.
Me. W. H. Smith, of the Wayne
Agricultural Works, is on a business
trip to Macon, Ga, and other South~
ern points.
No year ever entered on it's career
with wider opportunities than this
of 1894. There is SO much room for
improvement.
Mr., Sol. WE'LL, of Wilmingtou,
assistant U. S. Attorney, was in the
city yesterday, in conference with his
chief, Hon. c. b. Aycock.
Mrs N. S. Wilson and children,
of Winston, who have been visiting
her parents DR.. and Mrs. J. d.
Spicer, left for home yesterday.
HIS many friends will learn with
regret that Mayor B%roadhurst is still
confined at his home 10y ~illnees. We
all wish him IA SPEEDY recovery.
MIR. Murray Borden aud sister
Miss Mable, who have been spending
the holidays at their home here, left
yesterday for their respective schools.
THIS new year of our Lord 1894
is fortunate in being destined to wit
ness the liberation of the American
people from the slavery OF high
tariff.
The funeral of the late Mr.. VIM.
Taylor was largely attended from
the home yesterday afternoon, Rev.
c. a. Jenkins, pastor of the Colds
boro Baptist church, officiating. The
floral tributes were beautiful and
p:ofuse, attesting the esteem in
which he was held and the sympas
thy of the community at his loss.
IT will be quite a surprise to
many in this city and section, and
will be learned with regret by his
many friends, that Capt r P.
Howell has resigned his position as
Cashier of the Bark of Wa,ne,
which went into effect yesterday,
The AR1Us wishes him success any
happiness in whatever avocation he
many devote himself.
THE store Of A. NJ. Shrago, & Co.,
On Walnut street, in full view of the
City Hall and police headquarters,
was burg'ar;z d Sunday night, by
smashing au entrance through the
front window. Several watches,
chains, and welry aud some
dry goods we're taken By the thief,
which Mr.. Shrlgo estiurat. at
between So and SIS.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Williams left
esterday Tor GreenyiIle, N. c., where
Mr.. Williams will represent the res
nowned and popular Southern Music
House Of L ,dd~n & Bltes, of Sa~
Yaunah, Ga, in connection with
other bus ness. He takes with him
and Mrs. Williams the best wishes of
many friends here for success and
pros, Gritty in his undertaking.
MEssRs. E W. F. r. DAVE, and
Ellef H"1sor, Of Montana, who
have been spending the holidays in
this city, left yesterday for Chatham
county, near Moncure, where they
Will engage in gold mining on an
extensive scale, having recently
prospected in that section and se-
cured reservations that promise lu-
cratiye yield to intelligent operations.
PROF. II. f, Hagans, former
principal of the Colored State
Normal school IL this city,
has been elected principal of
TIE Goldsboro Colored Graded
scho l, to fill the vacancy recently
caused, and Mrs. E. E. Smith has
also been Ell, cted to a position in that
faculty. These are both excellent
selections and cannot but rebound
to the good of the school and the in
t~ellectual and moral advancement of
the pupils.
The readers of The ARGUS will
remember a history of an old grey
gander published in these columns
several years ago, belonging to our
good friend and countyman MI. G..
W. Smith, of the Sleepy Creek Sec
ton. The gander, it will be remem-
bered, had been on Mr.. Smiths
plantation for years before the war,
and was grown when he came there;
so that his age at that time could not
be determined. When Sherman's
army marched through 20 years ago,
laying waste in their train and car
|rying off or eating everything, so
that no living animal or foul of do
nestle nature was to be found IN
their wake, this old gray gander ran
the gauntlet of hat devastating
march and though sailed upon, yet
escaped; coming off in the last chase
with a broken wing from a gun shot
in the hands of his Yankee pursuers
and would be captors. And through
the intervening years he has mean
dered with a trailing wing; but he
still lives on the Smith farm; al
though Mr.. Smith says he is begin
ming to "show his age" Mr.. Smith
is now 40 years of age, and the old
gander had been on the farm for
years before he was born.
GOVERNOR Waite has that call out
for a special session of the Colorado
Legislature and thirty subjects are
assigned as reasons for this extraor-
binary performance. It is enough