Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-09-05
GLEANINGS.
Items of Interest Clipped from our
State Exchanges.

Asheville Citizen: The letter
from Senator Marion Butler call
ing attention to the fact that the
first and left battles of the Revo-
luton were fought in North Car
DINA has had it's effect in a par
tial promise 10 have the old
Liberty Bell come back through
North Carolina from the At
lanta Exposition.
Wilson Observer: We have
just been informed that the man
found dead on the railroad last
Monday morning was a tobacco
grader from Richmond, Va, who
was on his way to Lucama. His
name was J. H. Crocker. He had
been working in town at a bar
bacue stand before he was killed.
The freight train on the Ra-
leigh & CASTOR r. r., between
Henderson and Weldon was
wrecked Thursday. The train
broke, and the rear end ran over
the front, down grade and wreck
ing several cars which piled up
in a big mass. No one was hurt.
The passenger trains were de-
layed several hours.
Wilmington Messenger: A
citizen of Wilmington, who went
up the Cape Fear river on bust
ness a few days ago, was chased
for fifteen miles by moonshiners
who took him for a revenue Of
fcer. He tells US that he made
a harrow escape and that he does
not care to monkey around in
that part of the country any
more.
Wilmington Review: Cards
are out announcing the marriage
of Mr.. John H. Render and Miss
Elese Marie Bissinger, both of
this city. The wedding will lake
place at 6 p. m. Wednesday, Sep
TENDER 18th at ST. Paul's Evan
gelical Lutheran church. A re-
ception will be held at Germania
hall Thursday evening October
3rd.
Portsmouth Star: Mss Blair,
a young lady from Durham, N.
c., while bathing at Ocean View
yesterday afternoon, went out
beyond her depth and had a mar
row escape from drowning. Her
screams for help attracted MI.
James Luck, of this city. who,
with the assistance of two col
ored boatmen, succeeded in res
cuing her.
Raleigh Press-Visitor: Mrs.
P. D.. B. Arlington called at the
Press -Fisitor Office yesterday af-
ternoon and said that if Brother
Worth does not stop talking
about not paying her committee
that it will be necessary to de-
clare the Treasurer's Office va
cant as he is assuming the pro-
negatives of the Supreme Court
and the Legislature combined. .
Raleigh News and Observer:
Jerry Simpson drank some cham
paigne the other night at Topeka
and when twitted about it said:
ut is a part of my purpose to Sc
cure some of the luxuries of life
for the common people. He
succeeded that time, but with
true Populistic instinct monopo-
lied for himself the luxuries he
says he is trying to get for the
common people.
Asheville Citizen: N. Plamon-
don, who has given a great deal
of attention to mineralogy ir
Western North Carolina, showed
the Citizen to-day a nugget thai
has been pronounced by assayers
to be native metallic zinc. The
existence of zinc in this State, he
says is denied by scientists. ane
this specimen is the only on
ever found. The nugget was
found in Western North Caro-
lima.
Winston Sentinel: The Raj
eigh correspondent of the Char
lotte Observer says that the pa
pers filled with the Governo:
state that DR.. W. L. Hill, 70
whom a requisition has beer
issued, seduced his cousin il
promise of marriage. Where re
liably informed that the plaintiff
in the case is not a cousin of tn
defendant, and that no kinshi]
whatever exists between them
The friends of DR.. Hill ask tina
public sentiment be suspende'
in the latter until the case
passed upon by the Court.