Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-01-10
governor was to-day engaged in

revising IL.
The new service of the South
ern railroad between Goldsboro,
this city and Durham is a great
convenience to the public. All
the trains came in on time to-day,
the first day the schedule Vent
into effect.
J. Mr.. Josephus Daniels. of Wash
ington, is here. It has been ru-
mored that he would resign his
position and come here and take
charge of his newspaper. This
Mr.. Daniels does not deny out
right, but says that he will re-
turn to Washington within two
weeks. 1t is said mis- paper will
next Monday be enlarged to eight
pages.
The Supreme court meets here
early in February, the fourth.
The familiar faces of Chief JUS
tice Shepherd, Justice MacRae
and Justice Burwell will be sadly
missed.
Late this afternoon Wimberly,
the murderer, was arraigned be-
fore Judge Starbuck in Superior
court. He plead mot guilty"
and a special venire was ordered.
The vanire will consist of one
hundred men.
Mr.. w. E. Christian, formerly
city editor of the NeWs d Obser-
ger, arrived this afternoon. He
will be n of the reporters of
that paper during the Legisla-
ture.
The funeral of Mr.. B. L.
Perry, who died here Saturday
afternoon, was held this morning
from Christ Church, at II
o'clock, Rev. DIR. M. M. Mar
shall conducted the services. The
funeral vas very largely attend
ed.
The weather mere is warm and
pleasant. 1t now seems that the
weather during the present term
Of the Legislature will be plea
SAINT, a strange thing for Raleigh.
Several theatrical attractions
are booked to appear here soon.
Among them are Uncle Toms
Cabin" and Mrs. Potter and Bel
lew. This is the first time that
Uncle Toms Cabin has ever been
brought South. The papers have
been steadily giving it a black
eye. The posters are sensational
in character.
While Butler is non-committal
as to his preference as to who
shall take the short term Sen
atorship, it is rumored that he is
strongly in favor of Pritchard.
One reason for this belief is that
he appointed as the city editor of
the Caucasian Mr. G. It. Bailey, a
very strong Pritchard man. In
deed he has. it is said, the job of
running to a great extent,
Pritchard's campaign.
MI. W. G. Douglass has, as
has been said all along he would,
declared that he will make no
fight against the action to be
taken against him by Seawell.
Mr.. Douglass, it will be remem-
bered, was last week appointed
solicitor of the seventh district.
Col. Hinsdale, counsel for Sea-
well, will bring an action; Mr.
Douglass will not resist. So this
much mooted matter is settled.
Yesterday afternoon a colored
man was brought here to Jail
charged with an ordinary misde-
meanor. He was put in Jail on
warrant issued by Justice E. T.
Scarborough, Of Marks Creek, in
which township the man Ed.
Barham, resides.
This morning, however,, it
leaked out that he was charged
with a much greater crime than
that at first reported; in fact, one
of the most horrible and fiendish
of crimes-burning his infant.
He is in Jail to-day and this is
his story:
The mother of the murdered
infant, "Manda" Bunch, some
time ago had Barham arrested
for being it's father. He was ac-
quilted, however, and says that
the next he knew of the case was
when he was arrested on Friday
morning and charged both with
having attempted to perform a
. criminal operation on the mother
and with having murdered the
child.
The story of the woman says
that she, Barham being in the
house, had killed the child and
that Barham had put it in the
fire and burned the body. The
woman was the only witness, but
her statement vas verified as to
the burning of the child, as its
bones we're found Friday in the
fireplace at the woman's house.
Barham says that he was not 10
two miles of the wOman's house
at that time and that he can easily
prove an abb.
People who come from Marks
Creek say that the woman has
an unsavory reputation while
Barham is a good, hard working
negro. There is no testimony
against him except that of thu
woman, who, as stated above
confessed to having killed the
child. She is now in such {
delicate condition that she can
not be, as yet, brought to trial.
Mr.. N. M. Lawrence, Superin