Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-31
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Concord Standard: MI. John
L. Miller to-day completed ten
houses for the Cannon Manutac-
turing company. Several of
them are occupied already.
Chatham Record: Mrs. Ann
Aston died at her residence in
this county on last Wednesday
night. aged 81 years. On
last Wednesday Miss Mary How
ard, died, aged 73 years, and
next day her sister Edie died,
aged rs years.
Asheville Citizen: The New
England Cotton Manufacturing
Association, numbering about
two hundred, are inspecting the
Atlanta Exposition. On their
way home they will visit many
of the manufacturing districts on
the line of the Southern railway
and will stop at Asheville.
Beaufort Herald: We under-
stand from parties who saw the
drill of the Life Saving Station
men at Portsmouth that Capt.
Terrell, the new keeper. has his
men we'll trained. With only a
practice of three or four months,
they performed the drill in
minutes and 13 seconds.
Raleigh News and Observer
''Our cotton crop is short only
about IS to 20 per cent" sale
Mr.. w. Fl. McLaurin, a leading
farmer of Richmond county yes
terday. ''This makes the farm
ers more contented and hope
full" he added as he fastened tt
admire some of the Oconeeche'
2-year olds.
Greenville Weekly: Bedmone
Atkinson, confined in Jail as
lunatic, is in the wroag place
He is old and feeble, and his sol
doesn't want him. SO he is con
fined in jail. He may he a fl
subject for the poor house, bu
he is not for the Jail, and it
very wrong to have him thu
confined.
Winston Sentinel: News wa
received here to-day of the dealt
of Mrs. Caroline Cardwell, whicl
occurred at her home. nea
Douglass, Rockingham county
last Sunday. Deceased was Z
years old. She leaves a husband
J. H. Cardwell, who is 81 year
of age. The latter is still quit
active for one of his years.
Wilmington Messenger: TIL
banks channel of Wrightsvill
sound is teeming with blue fish
skates, trout and other fish. Th
trestle at the Hammocks wa
lined with anglers yesterda
afternoon and they drew in tn
the fish by the hundreds. Severs
fine founders were caught. BIT
most of the catch consisted {
fine blue fish.
Smithfeld Herald: Mr.. Barne
Woodard, of near Bagley, wa
in town Tuesday and called t
!, see US. Mr.. Woodland says b
planted five acres in tobacc
this year from which he mad
$3.50. He says the crop wa
/ made with very little expens
/ aud was cured by himself. b
says a number of people wi
raise tobacco in that section neg
7 year. This is the most profits
BILE crop for our farmers.
Newbern Journal: An elderl
{ lady of Newborn, of one of OF
most prominent families, who's
name is withheld only to SAY
her possibly the embarrassmel
: of unsought notoriety, accon
= plished the double-act feat at tt
. Raleigh depot on Thursday
nabbing a pickpocket and h
2 confederate, who had just RI
lieved her Of her railroad tick
and some little valuables /
sleight of hand. The lady fe
the hand of the thief at h.
pocket, and, at the moment 81
: accused him of the theft 81
seemed to catch a glimpse of {
object upon which the innoce,
looking person had put his foo
wbereupon she said: Lift you
foot from my ticket" which
did with some reluctance. wEer
upon she at once recovered b
property. and turned the tv
S culprits over to an official