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

ker Sunday night and carried off
about 200 pounds of meat and so
pounds of lard. Henry Battle
was arrested but was discharged
for want of sufficient evidence.
A. J. Salisbury, postmaster at
Clay Court House. West Va. is
missing. He left a few days ago
with Mrs. Wick Cross, a hand
some young woman. It is e
ported he is short about 81, 600
in his accounts, He leaves a wife
and three children.
GoLDSBORo is the best all
round town we know of. There
are fewer loafers on the streets a
smaller number of DRINKS and
downs reported than any town of
similar size in the State. And
while we are not on aboom there is
lots of work going on in a small
way. The building Of the to-
bacco ware house and the annex
to the Eastern Hospital for color
ed insane has caused to be en-
ployed a large number Of work
men and soon work will begin on
the building of the Orphans
Home.
THE Raleigh News & Observer
of yesterday contains three col
umnS on the question of bloom
ers. 1t seems to be worrying
the minds Of some Of US nightly,
for our part we r against
them, and we hope none of our
Southern girls will ever don
them.
The girls with short leg bIoomers on,
Are causing much comment.
Old maids they talk of dress reform,
And we poor men lament,
Lament to know what girls will do
Without the long tailed jacket,
Cause pants you know they wear out so
you'll have to stand to stop it,
Then comes the patch 10 coat to hide,
The bloomer girl when ere she rides.
THE Board of Aldermen met
last night and decided to let the
City headquarters remain where
they are now. To fix up the
building recently rented of Mr..
Borden, for the Steam Fire En-
CINE Company quarters. The
Board have acted wisely in the
matter. The Borden building is
a very good place for a fire en-
CINE house but no fit place for
quarters for a city like Colds
boro. It may have done years
ago to have crowded the whole
together in one building, but not
now. Goldsboro is widening
out and the principal Office Of the
city should be in keeping with
the surroundings. We are glad
the matter is settled and con-
graduate the Board on this act
ion.
FROM the Newbern Journal
we see that Miss Nellie Cobb
will teach in the Newbern Col
legiate Institute this coming
scholastic year. The following
we clip from the Journal: 1.-The
entire faculty of the Newbern
Collegiate Institute has been
made up and Prof. Mendenha!l
has been very fortunate in his
selections. Every member OF
the faculty is of high standing in
the special department for which
she was chosen. It is compos-
ed as follows: Mrs. A. B. Fer
rebee, Primary department;
Miss Nellie Cobb. of Goldsboro,
intermediate departments; Miss
Blanche Hutchinson, La Grange
Music department, Vocal and
instrumentaD; Miss Jennie Stein
helper, Fayetteville, Stenegraphy
and typewriting; Prof. Menden-
all, Academic department.
ALLEN Earl, (coD was shot by
some unknown person at his
house in the Pinkney section.
about eight o'clock Monday
night. Allen and his wife ha6
Just retured home from pulling
fodder, and found that some one
had entered their house anC
plundered about, breaking up al
their crockery, and leaving it ii
a pile on the hearth. Allen Wen
to the we'll and while drawing
water was shot from behind by
some one hid in the corn, with
shot gun loaded with buck shot
one went through his right arm
near his shoulder, anothe
through his wrist and anothe
through his hand, while a fourth
went in his right thigh
The wounds are very painful
but not considered dangerous
Allen has no idea who shot him
or what motive prompted it. Thi
is the second secret attempt Q
murder which has occurred i
Wayne county in the last fou
months.