Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-12-05
TIE ARGUS,
DAILY AND WEEKLY.
LOCAL BRIEFS.

opera House on the 18th OF thl:
month.
New subscribers to the daily
and weekly ARGUS are rolling il
rapidly. THE ARGUS invites
your consideration as an adver-
tising medium, reaching the
homes of the thrifty and bring
ing sure returns.
THE death of Mrs. Thos. Nc.
Gee, who has been critically il
for some time, occurred Tues
day morning at her home in Mt
Olive. The bereaved husband
will have the sincere sympathy
of many friends in this city in
his irreparable loss.
4 The sudden death of Miss
n Peninah Rose, sister Of GOOD
friends Frank, Rufe and Joe
Rose is reported from their home
in Fork township. She was 81
years of age and was beloved by
all who knew her. Her death
was due to apoplexy.
AND now Mr.. Jno. NJ. Gran.
than comes to the front ard de-
mands the chrome for the lar
gest turnips vet grown in this
vicinity, and unless larger ones
than have yet been reported
to this Office are Forthcoming.
he will take the laurel for this
year.
WE regret to chronicle the
death of little Nellie, the in~
teresting 2 year old daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Stevens, OF
Grantham township, which oc-
Cured at tleir home last Friday.
The funeral was held on Sunday
and the interment made in the
family burying ground, on the
plantation of Mr.. j. A. Stevens.
It is we'll with the child.
IT is truly commendable in the
W. & w. authorities that they
have increased their published
reward to $500 for the apprehen-
sion of the culprit who attempt
ed to wreck the Shuofy train
near this city last Friday night.
The Board of County Ccmmis~
sioners at their meeting to-day,
also did a commendable act in
Offering a reward of $50 for the
same thing.
THE laying of the corner stone
Of the Davis Monument will take
place in Richmond in May next,
at the time Of the annual meet
ing of United Confederate Vete-
rams. The citizens of Richmond
are now making arrangements to
care for the large number of
Veterans that will attend. It
will be a great day. The Colds
boro Rifles will be on hand to
represent Goldsboro on the mem
orable and immortal occasion.
IT was a real pleasure to his
many friends here to greet in the
city Wednesday Mr.. Walter Peter
son, Of the Atlantic Coast Line,
with headquarters in Whining
ton, who with his young bride,
returning from a bridal trip to
the Atlanta Exposition. stopped
over to spend Thanksgiving with
his parents, Capt. and Mrs. j. E
Peterson. THE ARGUS wishes
the happy young couple long
life and abundant JOY and pros
perity always.
AS the result of Saturdays
cooking contest between the lit
tie girls of the city and county
under ii years of age, on the re,
nowned Bucks cook stove at Mr..
w. H. Higgins hardware store,
little Miss Helen Pittman, the 6
year old daughter of MI. and
Mrs. S. Pittman,. of this city,
Won the prize-a beautiful little
nicklespIated Bucks stove. The
little girls we're only known by
numbers, and the several lady
judges, who carefully inspected
all the numerous piles of bliss
cults and awarded the paize, were
as much surprised as was little
Helen delighted when She
the smallest girl in the
crowd-responded to the prize
member. Every one of the
numerous visitors who inspected
the cooking exhibit a thor
oughly impressed with the supe-
rior merit of the Bucks" and
in no feature of the exhibit were
the winning merits of this excel
lent stove SO manifest as in the
operations of these little girls,
whose bircuit were par excel.
lence.
Attempt was made Friday nigh
by some unknown parties tc
wreck the ''Shoofy" train from
Wilmington, just beyond the city
limits. The spikes and side
plates were removed from one OF
the rails, and if the train hac
come upon it a wreck woulo
surely have followed; but fortu
nately a colored man, who fires
for the Enterprise Lumber Com
pany, near by, observed
the work going on, an6
making his way around the
place, tagged the train with q
lightwood torch before it ap,
preached the danger spot. The
Drivate car of Mr.. Harry Wal