Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-08-29

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what stage his battle is in now.
GfEANINGS.
Items OF Interest Clipped from our
State Exchanges.
Mrs. Stuart W. Cramer died in
Thomasville Wednesday morn
ing. She was a native of
Maine
Prof. Reinhart. of Thomas
vile, will go TO Morehead City
10 teach, says the Fayetteville
Baptist.
Charlotte News: Mr.. ]. W.
Goodwin, who haG been seriously
sick for some days with typhoid
fever died last night.
Lippard Bros. Of Concord have
received about all the machinery
for their new roller mill and are
placing it in position,
Writ A. Chesterman aid Co..
Of Richmond. arc making head
way on their work on the big
cottoe mill at Roanoke Rapids.
Che passenger and freight de-
pot was burned at Bessemer
City Wednesday morning. 1t was
struck by lightning. Loss ST.
5000.
Ed. Poteat and Henry Mathis,
of Burke comfy, started home
together, both very drunk. They
fought. Poteat was found dead
in the bushes. Mathis is III
Jail.
The town Of Clinton votes a
school tax of 60 cts on the 500
valuation Of property and $3.50
on each poll. This is said TO be
the heaviest school tax ever
voted in North Carolina.
Rev. t. N. Ivey. of Wilson's
will preach the annual sermon
at the District meeting Of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society, to be held in Jackson,
the second Sunday in Septem-
Der.
Raleigh Press: The little dog
fad is growing in popularity,
Ladies are even catching on to
the idea. Bull TERROR pups are
in demand in Raleigh and in fact
the demand is many times
greater than the supply.
The freshet in the Cape Fear
river is running off now. The
Wilmington Review says the
water has not been high enough
to injure the the loWland river
crops and the farmers are begin
ming to believe they will escape
damage by freshets altogether
this year.
Two men from Charlotte went
to Iron Station, carrying with
them a valise, They hired q
team and went out in the coun-
try and buried the contents of
the valice which proved to be a
well developed baby. They re-
turned home with the valice full
Of apples.
New YORK, Aug. 23.-The di-
rectors Of the Southern Railway
met yesterday and ap~
proved the lease of the North
Railroad. The Direc-
tors appointed Josiah T. Hill,
Secretary of the company in
place of w. A. Q. EWens, re
signed.
Col. R. W. Wharton planted
this year 25 acres in tobacco and
is now engaged in harvesting
and curing his crop He has al
ready cu1ed % barns and has Is
more to cure. The crop will av-
erage about 800 pounds per acre.
and is valued at 5000 says the
Wilmington Messenger.
A man in Person has been al
Squire for 80 years and one in
26 years. Still another
n Wilkes county, Mr.. j. L.
W Wilmington for SO years and
las never missed the annual
Meeting Of the Magistrates in all
.hese years. He can now ride
Sbout and go where he pleases
without assistance.
Rocky Mount Argonaut: It is
With much regret that we an
lounce the death of Capt. Tur-
Ter W. Battle, of Cool Spring,
Idgecombe county, one of the
most prominent gentlemen of
his section. Capt. Battle was
the Goth year. He was stricken
With paralysis last Monday and
lied yesterday morning, aged
. years.
The Stockholders Of the N y |