Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-08-01

Items of Interest Clipped from our
State Exchanges.

circles occurred at Asheville on
Saturday when it became known
that J.. w. Starnes, nominee OF
Citizens" against the straight
out Democratic ticket in the
State municipal election has
been arrested for buying votes.
The Statesville Landmark says
that Miss Eulalia Cornelius, of
Iredell, will establish a school.
of music in Asheville. She is an
accomplished musician. She
graduated from the Boston Con-
servatory of music, afterwards
studied in Germany and has later
been teaching in Wisconsin.
North Carolina Presbyterian:
On the afternoon of the 21st inst.
the Sunday school of the New
Hope church celebrated its first
anniversary by having a very
pretty as well as profitable exer-
else. The reports showed that
it had grown from a school OF
twenty-seven to one of eighty.
seven members; that twenty-five
of it's members have made a pro-
fession of faith. twenty of which
had connected themselves with
Newhope church.
Cumberland county furnished
the parties to an Interesting
SANDER suit last week. The
Observer says that a young lady
accused a young nan of saying
that he heard another young
man say he could hug and kiss
her as much as he pleased. Both
of the young men were made de>
PENDANTS. The case was dis
missed for want of sufficient evil
dence. If the evidence had us
titled it, there ought to have been
a bonviction or the ground that
lit is wrong to kiss and tell"
says the Clinton Democrat.
Durham Herald The West
Durham cotton factory now en-
ploys about 500 operatives and it
Is said when the new addition is
completed it will employ at least
a thousand.--Mrs. Paul OLSON
met with a painful though not
serious accident Monday after
noon. She had some homemade
wine in an air tight beer bottle.
and was holding it up to the
light examining it, when the
bottle exploded, apiece of glass
striking her between the eyes;
cutting her face in several
places and fracturing a bone in
her nose.
Wilkesboro Chronicle: Rev.
Mr.. Barber, who has been I'M
we'll for some time had a very
narrow escape one day last
week. In taking his medicine he
accidently got hold of the wrong
bottle. which contained a mix
ture of liniment, chloroform and
other medicines Tut fortunately
he discovered the mistake before
taking d full dose. DR.. Hough-
ton Was Immediately sent for
and administered medicines to
his relief. Mr.. Barber has re.
covered from the shock and we
are glad to state, is much better
than he has been for some
time"
Monroe Enquirer: Mr.. D. Q.
Orr, a successful farmer O.
Vance township. has made three
crops of oats from n sowing
In the fall of '92 he sowed al
acre and a half of oats and reap
ed from it ffty-aozen bundles
After harvest he turned the
stubble. expecting to plant the
land in ORR the next year, but {
good stand of oats came up anC
at harvest he reaped forty-two
dozen bundles. After reapins
the second crop of oats the lane
was planted in corn and O. gooe
crop was gathered. Last fail
another good stand of oats came
up and at harvest time twenty
eight dozen bundles of oats were
reaped. The land is now il
corn and promises a fine crop.
Washington Messenger W.
see in the Corsicana DemocTa
that Edward Call, brother of ou1
townsman, Rev. W. H. Call who
moved to Texas some years ag'
is making quite a reputation 70.
himself in his adopted State
A colored boy was drowned il
Tranter's creek about a mile be
low Addinton's mill. Sunday af
ternoon.--A gentleman from
Hyde informed US this morning
that in the last year or So, ar
tesian wells have been bored il
different parts of the county, an
the water obtained is the yer,
best and has wonderful medeci
nal qualities, one man. he said
who was in the last stages O
Bright's disease abandoned al
medicines and commenced the
use of this water and he believes
he would be a we'll man.