Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-17

from Oxford Tuesdsy afternoon
at 1 o'clock and were met at the
depot by Neuse Lodge, No. b,
I. o. o. F. They were accom-
panied by his two brothers
Messrs. Jno. A. and George
Wilson. He died of consumption,
after a years illnes IS. He was
an earnest member of the Pres.
byterian church from which his
funeral was held at 3 o'clock,
conducted by Rev. F.. W. Far
ries. Luther was highly es
teemed by all who knew him and
his untimely death is sincerely
lamented. His sorrowing fam
lily have the sympathy of their
many friends in this commun-
ity.
TIME was when people thought
and spoke of Autumn as sombre
and melancholy, the period
''Of wailing winds,
And naked woods,
And meadows brown and sere!'
But for weeks before the woods
drop their leaves, and stand out
beneath the open sky in the mar.
vellous symmetry and delicate
lovliness of bare branches, show
ing perfection of form aud ex-
quisite finish of detail, those
woods have been arrayed in
glory beyond the power Of brush
to paint.
THE Newbern fire depart
ment's reel corps that went to
Atlanta to compete for the cham
pionship of the world, were in the
city Monday returning home. The
boys came out third in the cons
test, and would have been first
but for an accident to one of their
main men who had the coupling
to do. The accident happened
to him in the race aud this pre-
vented his wonted dispatch in
making the coupling. The New
bern boys made the fastest run,
and bring homeGa medal i'll com
memoration of the event. THE
ARGUS has always claimed thai
Newborn has the best fire CONS
panY III the world.
THERE is on exhibition at Mr..
R.A. Creech's new jewelry store.
opposite the Hotel Keunon. a
specimen Of his work that is at
tracing passing attention and
winning universal admiration. 1t
is a model of the lever escape
ment of d watch, and is the work
entire of Mr. Cree"h, and it is of
such unusual originality and per-
lection that the Philadelphia
magazine of horology publishes
a fine illustration of it with the
following complimentary notice:
This beautiful model, made by
Robt. A. Creech, of Goldsboro,
N. c., on the highest lines of the
lever escapement. Any work
man who makes one of these mo-
dels Iuust necessarily master the
lever escapement and all the
mysteries Of lock, impulse, and
draw, as familiar as words Of
two sylables, to the school boy.
This model was made by Mr..
Creech after six months at our
College. He had had no previous
knowledge of the use Of watch
making tools or knew anything
about Theological mechanism"
SUPERIOR court convened in
this city Monday for a one
week term, with Judge Coble
presiding and Solicitor Pou at
his post. The criminal docket.
without hearing from the grand
jury. contains fifty cases, and
this condition p%recludes the trial
of any civil actions at this term,
which will work great inconven-
fence, loss and worry to many
who have litigations pending.
AS long as Justices of the Peace
persist in binding over to court
petty cases, such as have clogged
the docket for the past two
terms, the taxpayers and civil
litigants will have to suffer. The
following constitute the grano
Jury for the term: Messrs. John
r. Smith, foreman, Ed. L. Smith,
A. A. Smith (coD, John V. Min
shew, j. w. Ham, J. L. Pearson,
George MI. Warwick, Matthew
Pope. James G. Collier, w. F
Wolf, n. d Switzerland, Sam
&c. Casey, Ed. Holmes. E. E
Warwick, P. H. Spence, N. D
Gurley, W. J. Game, J. E. Byrd