Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-03-28

Items of Interest Clipped from
State Exchanges.

The N. C. Presbyterian reports
Is additions to the Presbyterian
church in North Carolina.
Columbus Nea0s: The Neaos re-
grets to learn of'the death Of Mrs.
Charity Long, wife of State
Senator J. j. Long, which sad
event occurred at her home near
Eoka last Sunday night from
pneumonia.
Louisburg Times: -Four Gran
vile county Populists have a
card in the last issue Of the Ok
forG Ledger announcing their
withdrawal from the Populist
party. The Fred Douglass bust
ness, they say, is little too strong
for their StomachS.
Newton Enterprise: After a
silence of something over two
years Mr.. Jim Brown, eldest sor
of Mr.. J. M. Brown, of this
place, has written his father of
his we'll being and that he is now
in Guatemala. Mr.. Brown left
Newton when quite a boy about
ten years ago.
Tarboro SoutAerner: The Pres
byterian Church is now vacant.
The pastor, the Rev. J. N. H.
Summerell, who for twenty
years, has SO faithfully served
this church. has gone to Ander-
son, S. c., to take charge of a
large and fourishing church in
that growing town.
Greenville Reflector: Three hun
dred and sixty boxes of shad were
taken by the steamer Neuse from
Roanoke Island on her regular
trip Friday, and sic went back
and got 155 more on Sunday. The
shipment on Friday. was on an
average of Is TO the box, made
27,675 for the one shipment.
Statesville Landmark: 1t was
noised about town yesterday that
a very rich vein Of corundum had
been struck at the mine of the
Acme Corundum Mining Com
pany, two miles north of town. A
shaft has been sunk, it is said,
and at a depth of 100 feet a solid
bed of corundum was struck.
MurfreeSboro Tndec: Since many
of the Popuilsts have turned out
their whiskers so as to look as
much like Marion Butler as pos
sible. Mr.. Willis Beale, The
staunch Democrat. of Harrells-
vile, has had his whiskers trim
med in the New York style and
does not wish to be taken for a
Douglassite.
ASHORE Courier: A note from
Defiance, Trinity township, says
the following thrifty persons
have killed large hogs: G.. NJ.
Rush, one weighing 496 pounds
and one 492 pounds; R. Hoover
one, 3O7 pounds; VIM Long one,
1876 pounds; M. Johnson one, 36C
pounds and one $40 pounds; r.
Gray one 300 and one $40 pounds.
WadesbOro Messenger: In An
son county there are 6 lawyers,
16 doctors and dentists, making
"a members in all of these pro
LESSONS in the county subject tC
the $40 special tax levied on them
by the Douglass Legislature. Oh
the doctors, 6 live in Wadesboro
and the balance in the country.
The lawyers all reside in Wades
borO.
Raleigh Ne1vs Dc Observer: Rev.
Baylus Cade was here yesterday
on his way to his home in Louis
burg. He will probably locate
in Chapel Hill, where he has
bought the outfit of the Univer
sity Printing Company. It is
not known yet whether he will
conduct a newspaper, or run the
establishment in connection with
his church work.
Wilmington Star: The numer-
Gus friends Of DR.. Russell Bel
lamy, son Of DR.. w. J. HI. Bel
lamy, of this city will be glad to
hear that he has been elected
Adjunct Professor of Materia
Medica in the University of New
York. Though but a few years
in his practice, DR.. Bellamy has
already won for himself a high
position in his profession.
Wilmington RevieW: There was
another heavy frost this morn
ing and it may have caused some
damage to some of the young
truck. Strawberries are gen
orally in bloom and where they
were not covered they must have
been injured. It is thought, how
ever, that but few planters al
lowed themselves to be caught
mapping and the crop generally
is safe thus far.
Charlotte Observer: It is not
surprising to learn that the
abandonment Of the State Fair
is under consideration. For a
number Of years it rested upon
the check book Of Hon. Thos. NJ.
Holt, who has spent more money
in one way and another, without
any return, for the advancement
Of North Carolina interests, than
any except a very few people
have any idea of.
Clinton Democrat: It is not