Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-07-18

Items of Interest Clipped from our
State Exchanges.

OACA OAduly says GIdU d. uldJOT-
lty of the Winston Salem people
favor free coinage.
A Populist school committee
in johnson county employed an
auctioneer to let out the public
school to the lowest bidder. It
was knocked off at about $12 a
month.
Chas. J. Merrimon, son Of the
late Caief Justice Merrimou and
a brother to B. H. and w. B.
Merrimon, was married on June
20 to Miss Marie Mclean of
Brooklyn, N. Y.
In Montgomery county, dur :
ing fight between two brothers
Pink and Frank Williams, their
mother attempted to take a re-
volver from one, when she was
shot in the abdomen and killed.
The Morganton Herald says the
State hospital has purchased SO
acres of meadow land from Maj.
Wilson, paying therefor about
3 1000. The land will be i'm
proved and used as a part of TIE
hospital farm.
From the Statesville Land
mark: Capt. ]. A. Cooper was
notified yesterday that. Iredell's
$15, 900 of 5 per cent. bonds in
the Southern Railway company
had been sold. They brought
985. This disposes of all of Ire
Chatham Blade: We are pain
ed to announce the death of'Mrs,
w. F. Watson, aged 80 years,
wife of Rev. W. F. Watson,
which occurred here last Sun
day night at the resinence of her
father, DIR. John Shaw.
Jacksonville Times: Mrs. W.
M. Rawls, of Onslow county, is
the mother of Is children, - of
whom are living, and has Sc
grandchildren, 70 of whom are
living, Is great grandchildren, IL
of whom r living Her age is
78 years.
Statesyille Landmark: Messrs.
J. K. Morrison & Son and a party
at Newton r shipping a car
load of chickens to Washington
City every ten days. A car load
is about 8,OOO-4,O 900 of which go
from Statesville and the remand
er from Newton.
Newborn Journal: Anegro by
the name of Edward Watson was
arrested here last Sunday
through the fundamentally of a
colored detective on the charge
of incendiarism. being implicat-
ed in some of the fires that has
scourged Kinston. Catch them
all.
Rockingham Rocket: Mrs. Lucy
Mcdonald, aged Is years, died
suddenly at her home in Wolf
Pit Township on Monday morn
ing last. She was sitting at the
table at breakfast, apparently in
her usual health, when suddenly
her head dropped down and she
expired in a few moments.
Raleigh Wsdtor: After the
election last year the Republi-
cans declared the Populists did
not cast over 80, 900 votes in this
State. The Populists have had
little to say about this, but they
at last speak and say Senator
Butler has election returns
which show they cast no less
than 60, 900 votes.
Wilson Mirror: A prisoner in
jail for trial on charge of some
petty offense, unwilling to allow
the county to house and feed
him all through the summer and
autumn made escape through the
roof and down the overhanging
branches of the majestic oak
which stands near by.
Lenoir Topic: On the last day
of March Mr.. I. F. Green of
Globe. died under suspicious cir~
cumstances. He was blowing in
the field when his wife came to
him and gave him a glass OF
cider. Shortly after he drank
the cider he was taken sick and
the next day be died. Solicitor
Spainhour has ordered the body
to be taken up and examined.
Charlotte Observer: Marshal
Allison and party got home Sun
day from their trip North. Mr..
Allison went back to Albany and
saw Hollnnd. The latter was
then in the shirt packing de-
partment, but was to be promot'
ed to the Office in a few days. He
said none of his friends would
have recognized him ten feet off.
he was SO altered by the shaying
off his moustache and hair.
Bakersville Enterprise: The
most important suit that has
ever been tried in Mitchell coun-
ty will come up next court, to
wit, Luchran, Coruth and others
against Linville Improvement
Company and Cranberry Iror
and Coal Company, involving up
wards of 100. 900 acres of land