Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-07-05

THE sudden death of Mrs.
Eliza A. Witherspoon, the veneer
able mother of our esteemed
friend and townsman Capt. Wal
ter S. Witherspoon, of the r. &
D.. R. R. passenger service, oc-
Cured at the home of her son in
this city some time during Fri
day night; her daughter who was
sleeping in the bed with her
awaking about 4 O'Clock y~ester-
day morning and making the
sad and startling discovery
that her mother was dead.
The deceased was 70 years of
age and had been in feeble health
for several years. but was in uu-
usually bright spirit Friday and
partook of a hearty supper that
night. She must have died with
out a struggle, Of heart dis
ease. She was a most estimable
christian woman and a consistent
life member of the Presbyterian
church. Her remains were
taken to Hillsboro, her old
home, yesterday evening for in
terment, accompanied by her
sorrowing family. who have the
sincere sympathy of our entire
community in their sudden be-
reavement.
EVERY week that rolls by
there is some kind of building or
repairing going on in Goldsboro,
and our city continues to show
up to q better advantage in bus
mess circles as wells as looks,
and we still go forward, despite
the cry of hard times. But there
is one thing that spoils the looks
of this town and that is the num-
Der of old unoccupied buildings
that are to be seen on some of our
principal streets that have be-
come an eyesore to everybody,
and especially SO when located
near any Of our handsome resi-
denceS, which is the case in many
places. These unsighly build
ings have been standing in this
condition for years, most of the
time unoccupied owing to their
delapidated state, and they mar
and detract to such an extent
that the more beautiful Struc-
lures are made to appear at a
great disadvantage. These bull
dings, most of them, are owned
by men who are able to replace
them with beautiful cottages or
stores, as the case may be, and
they ought to fix them up or sell
out to somebody at a reasonable
price that will.
THERE was cOmmOtiOn and
CONSERVATION on Walnut street
yesterday morning in the local
ity between East Centre and
John streets. A colored man
from the country brought a me
dunn sized bull yearli'4g to town
to sell, and while he was nego-
tiating a sale to n Of our butch
ers and had about closed a bar
gain for $500, the yearling "got
insulted at the city," as the dar-
key said, and cavorted around
and raised such a dust that he
soon broke the rope that held
him and made off into the back
yard of the vicinity by the Bap-
fist church. There he paved
and beloved and brought acrowd
of at least 200 spectators, and
the CONSERVATION spread SO rap
idly and the police appeared SC
numerously at every turn, that
the country negro could not stand
the situation any long and APP
preaching the butcher he said,
BOSS gimme four dollars fol-
him as he runs and he's you1
yearlin'." The four dollars was
promptly paid and the darkey as
promptly left the scene, and the
butcher appeared with a new
rope to apprehend his new pur-
chase: but with the numerous
suggestions and the various eff
forts to secure the rampant year
ling the latter scattered the
crowd in a .jiffy and made out tt
Walnut street and off for the
country. He was pursued by
policeman Miller and shot in /;
/ back lot on the suburbs.