Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-05-02
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
The News of a Day as Interestingly Told
BY Our Regular Correspondent,
ARGUS BUREAU.

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=. By Our Regular Correspondents,
ARGUS BUREAU,
RALEIGH, April 30. 1895,
|. The trouble about the city
water has created a stir here
Physicians say here that The
amount of acid that is presen.
will not harm a person in gooc
health, but that, under certain
conditions, the water may be
very injurious.
This morning I carried a piece
of litinus pa per in the Executive
Office and made a test for acio
from water taken from the faucet
there. The paper dad not change
as rapidly as did in Mr.. Burners
office. The Governor remarked
that the executive Office was in
all respects the purest place in
town, but that if 1 tried water
from up stairs in the Legisla-
tive halls I would probably find
it still very impure.
This evening in the Superior
court the librarian contest suit
Will come up peremptorily.
Stamford and his attorneys are
all On hand, but it is the impress
sion that the legislative official
will be downed. The Cram suit.
as [ have informed you will come
up next Thursday.
Deputy Collector Jones and
Mr.. Walker, of the revenue Office
returned late yesterday after
noon from moonshine raid. The
still, a one hundred gallon affair,
was situated on an island in Roa-
noke river. The location was a
we'll constructed house, fitted up
nicely for the convenience of it's
laWless inhabitant. The owner,
a man named House, got wind
Of the raid and left before the Of
fcers arrived. After burning
the house and destroying the
still the deputies had to walk
eight miles over muddy roads to
their buggy. They reached the
island in a boat, but the heavy
rains swelled the intervening
streams.
One convict arrived at the
penitentiary from Gates county
yesterday. He is put in for life,
the charge being a particularly
fragrant case of arson.
Capt. G, B. benson, chairman
of the State Board of Charities,
is a delegate from this State to
the Convention of the National
Educational board which meets
at Denver in July. He says that
the meeting will be a most pleas
ant one and that he hopes other
delegates will attend from this
State. The National board Of
Charities and corrections meets
at New Haven, Conn, in May.
Capt. benson says that this
boards corresponding secretary
says that the progress of North
Carolina along this line has been |
remarkable and that this State is |
now the Pioneer State of the
South as regards public charity.
Confederate Monument Com
mittees are meeting daily and
projecting a thorough organiza-
ton. Gen. Gotten arrived yes
terday. He will be in charge of
the State military and will COM
mence Immediate and active ar
engagements to have many COM
panies attend.
Last evening Solicitor Ed.
Pou and Judge Starbuck were
chatting in a hotel and the Judge
sprung a very good one on John
son, Mr.. Pou's county. He says
that a great PERCENTAGE of people
in that county have Biblical
names. The manner of arrang-
them is what makes the
story interesting. eff you see
a johnson man named H. K.
Jones, for instance" said the
Judge, ''you may be pretty sure
that his name is Hesikiah, as
they call it down there. The II.
stands for Hest; the K. for Kiah."
The same rule applies to many
vnef BIBLICAL names he says.
Mr.. Pou replied that, however
the people of his county might
be named, there was one point
IN their favor; like the Irishman
at a camp meeting. nearly every
one there is "eyery inch a Demo-
Mr.. Frank Stronach to-day
resigned as a director OF the
penitentiary. He took this action
because he is running for alder
man and cannot hold two offices.
The chances are that there will
be six Democrats and six Re- I
on the board. Regis |,
ter of Deeds Rogers resignation
rs a director of the board of an
insane asylum has also been ac-t
h