Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-07-04
GLEANINGS.
Items of Interest Clipped from our
State Exchanges.

The receipts of cotton this sea-
son up to date in Raleigh are
So. 800 bales for the correspond
ing date last year, %, 629.
Mr.. John Nichols, secretary
of the State Fair, paid out last
week over So, 900, but only so
cents on the dollar is being paid,
Sampson Democrat-Mr. A. F.
johnson shipped a lot of green
corn to a Richmond produce
house last week. He received as
net returns 35 cents in stamps.
The Henderson GoldleaJ says,
during the thunder storm Mon
day afternoon lightning struck
the Presbyterian church steeple.
1t made a streak down one side
tearing off several shingles and
splitting up the sheeting, besides
working considerable injury on
the inside. The damage thus
done has been put at 800.
The Winston Salem Sentinel says
the trial of Baxtor Shemwell for
the murder of DR.. Payne, will
begin at Lexington next Monday
July let. Mr.. @. R. Watson,
who is to appear for the Defend
ant, went to Lexington a few
days ago to begin preparations
for the trial. He entertains very
little trouble in securing a jury
out Of Davidson county.
Charlotte News: Mr.. Hugh
Reid, of Mecklenburg. is the
owner of the champion mixer.
The COW is young and of ordi :
nary stock, yet at each milking
she gives six gallons of milk.
1.-The farmer who reported the
case to US says he has often
heard of COWS giving six gallons
per day, but not six gallons at a
milking. However that is the
undoubted record of Mr.. Reid's
young COW.
The Franklin Press learns that
an interesting suit in Swain
court last week was brought
to inyalidate the marriage of
Prof. II. W. Potter and wife.
mfr. Potter is the Cherokee In
diana school and married the
daughter of the late chief N. J..
Smith. While she has Indian
blood in her veins, it was shown
lin the court that she is a white
woman in the eyes of the law
land the marriage was legal and
valid.
The Fayetteville Observer says
a reliable gentleman Of Il told us
YESTERDAY Of a marvellous but no
doubt true incident. He said
that while fishing the other day
he saw a black snake, about four
feet long, poke its head into the
hollow of a tree, then pull it out,
turn deliberately around, back
it's tail into the hole, and after a
little skirmishing, bring out
three young rabbits in the coils,
1.-The gentleman killed the snake
land two of the rabbits scamper-
ed off, the other one having been
[crushed to death,
The Durham correspondent Of
the Charlotte Observer writes:
1.-The assessors and tax-listers of
ICaswell county are cutting down
all valuations about fifty per
cont. for the purpose it is alleged
of escaping State taxes e, get
ting rid Of paying more than one
half their proportional part to-
ward the support of the State
government. The levy for
county will be insufficient under
this reduced valuation, but they
propose to borrow money to
meet this emergency and pay it
back by a special levy after
times improve.
Charlotte Observer: Mr.. Dan
iel H. Byerly died at his resi-
fdence this morning at 1 o'clock.
Mr.. Byerly has been paralized
for some years. Mr.. Ross
Thorn died yesterday morning
at his home in Paw Greek after
several weeks illness. He was
les years Of age.-Mr. Ferris,
IA well-known citizen of ballard
|Creek, died Friday evening near
Derita. His death was very sud
den. He suffered with asthma.
lon coming in from the yard he
sat down in a chair and in a few
minutes fell over dead.
The Greenville Reflector says, a
few days ago while clerks in the
store of J. G. Cobb & Son were
opening a bag of coffee they
found a bill of money. 1t is a
Brazil bill and quite a curiosity
The design of the bill is hand
some and very much on the or
der of United States bills, though
|slightly smaller. The denominas
ton of the bill is one milrie, re-
presenting in our money a value
Eof SIS cents. Same of the words
ION the bill, especially the written
signatures. were faded, yet most
of them were very distinct. The
bill was issued while Brazil was
an Empire
The Cincinnati pork-packing
frm Of Cir,orn1 G, ~ oo1;.~ol