Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-04-05
LOCAL BRIEFSo


to her home in this city from an eX-
tended visit to her sister Mrs. Thos.
Bond in Baltimore.
Work has been resumed on the
elegant three story corner building
of Mr.. ". 1t. Borden, and will be
pushed to speedy completion.
The Minstrel show, by home tai
ent, III the Or era HOUSE, April 18th,
promises to be d brilliant success,
and should have a crowded house.
LET the good people of our towl
and county take warning from the
recent r'oting in our sister State,
aud be not deceived INTO putting into
power by their ballots men Of like
ilk as Tillman and his satellites.
Mr.. Jas. H. Robinson, who has
been engaged in the receivers office
of the late First National Bank of
Wilmington for the past two years,
is on a visit to his home in this
city.
Mr.. Albert Perkins, who is Ell
gagged with A. G. L telegraph SER
vice near Charleston, was IN a br-ei
visit to his parents here and retr Il
ed Yesterday to his post. Albert is
looking we'll and we were glad to
see him.
The delay in the erection of the
new store on tt e corner of Walnut
and West Centre streets has been due
to want Of brick, which vere delayed
in the burning. But now they ere
being gel yered, and soon tie w,rk
Will be prosecuted vigorously.
The agitation fer the negroes to
deport themselvee to Africa is still
extent. Who knows bnt q of thee
centuries, Father Time and Uncl-
Tom in the ~latter's cabin en- Congo's
bank, may discuss the question Ct re
stricting foreign American immigia-
ton.
Nh. and Mrs. Levi EiEstein. 0
Boston, are II the city, the guests o
their brother a d sister MIR. and Mr..
Sol. Elnstein, They will spend some
weeks in the oit., aud their many
friends lere are glad to have thfm
in their midst again.
Mr.. H. P. Dortch, Deputy Reve-
nue. Collector, went up to Smith
field Yesterday, where, it is SAID, Is
barrels of contraband corn whiskey,
from the same distillery as that seized
in'this city Thursday, Were captured.
The whole lot will be shipped to
Mr.. Dortch's oGice in this city, where,
after due advertisement, it will be
sold at public auction.
MEssRs. r. r. Latham and II. FL.
Grady have formed a copartnership
to carry on the ice business in Colds
boro. They have rented the Meehan
Ice housa. zeal East Centre street
and will open business in a few days.
They will have a free delivery 10 city
custome s and propose to make it
iv ely and to C L and satisfy the
rade.
AS The ARGUS has said before the
farmers are paying more attention to
production aud less to politics this
year than eve beforehand with bet
ter results. AS an evidence of the
results, we haze TO report that Mr..
G.. W. Summerlin, over in Grant
HAMS township, has a sow with a
litter of Is pigs. Who can bea5 it:
Now that the Tariff bill is before
our blouse Of Lords,' let US hope
that speedy action will follow, and
then give the country a rest. With
the Sherman bill repealed, the mi
quitous Fore? bill wiped of the sta
tute books, aud a tariff for revenue
only, a new era of prosperity will
dawn for cur country.
The eighteenth rnnnal State Con-
Iention Of the Yourg Mems Chris
tian Association viii open it's session
in Wilmington to~morrow night.
The opening address will be given
by Rev. H. +. Chreitzburg, of Ashe-
Vile. The whole programme is a
strong one. The local delegates will
be Messrs. G. J. Rivenbark, Giles
Hinson, G. NJ. LeVister, A. u. Kor-
negay and General Secretary Con.
over. Claude Kennedy and Klein
Monroe will represent the Junior
Department.
Hon. F. 4. Woodarl, cf this con-
gressional district, has introduced a
bill providing for a District court
at RaIeigh,'he sessions of which shall
begin the fourth Monday in May
and the first Monday in December,
and transfers Durham, Chatham,
Moore, Pearson and Richmond coun.
ties from the western to the eastern
district. This will be of great con-
yenierce to thousands who are now
Inconvenience by the present ar
rangement,and will further increase,
we are glad to know, the emoluments
of the Eastern District Attorneys
Office.
The competition among the girls of
the Go.dshoro Graded school for the
prize of a S. hat offered by NJ. E
Castex & Co., was very brisk and in
teresting and n~umerously competed
for. TIE judges, after care
full perusal of all the efforts, selected