Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-04-30
LOCAL BRIEFS

The rain has been general, and
farmers everywhere are delight :
ed.
MANY in this city and section
will be deeply panied to learn of
the death last week. in Florida,
of Capt. Alexander Faison,
of the goth n. G. Iufantry
G. S. A., eldest son of the
late Col. Thos. [. Faison. Of
Samson county, and a half
brother Of Mrs, nc. w. w. Fai
son, of the Eastern Hospital. lie
was killed on a railroad trestle
by a passing train.
SOME of our readers were dis
posed to take issue with our
special spring poet, j. NJ. H"
during the recent hot spell, on
the ground that he had lost his
reckoning as to the coming Of
sprlng, his annual spring poem
never appearing 1ntil the dan
ger li1e is crossed. Those who
were SO disposed to think that
the delay Of Jim's poem was evi~
dence that he did not any longer
stand in" with the weather bur
eau, will now doubtless change
their way Of thinking.
The annual reunion of Cons
federate Veterans will be held in
the city Of Richmond June 80 to
July 2. 1896, ana at the same
time the corner stone of the
monument to President Jefferson
Davis will be placed. The rails
roads have made the low rate Of
] c7nt per mile, which will make
the cost from Goldsboro TO Rich
mond and return about So. 20. All
veterans who intend going are
requeated to send in their names
to Capt T. II. Balm, so that ar
engagements can be made in re-
gard to transportation and care
after arriving in Richmond.
THE banquet spread in the
spacious dining room Of the Ho-
tel KennonF'riday II 5ht tendered
to the Goldshoro Fire Departs
ment by Messrs. Royal & Bor-
den, aud served ia the best style
of the E1ennon, was an elegant
and highly enjoyed affair, and
was participated IN by the entire
department and a numoe of their
invited guests. That this gen-
erous display Of public spirit on
the part of Messrs. Royal &
Borden is appreciated by the
members of the department is
manifested by the card Of thanks
published elsewhere in this is
sue.
THE meeting next month in
Goldsboro of the Grand Lodge
of Odd Fellows will be the most
important occasion in the history
of the order in North Carolina.
The ceremonies Of laying the
corner store of the main building
of the Orphans Home will attract
a larger number Of Dad Fellows
than has ever assembled at one
timea:n n North Carolina Many
of the most prominent men in
the order from this and other
States will be present. The ads
dress at the laying Of the corner
stone will be delivered by Hon.
G. M. Busbee, of Raleigh. MIR,
Busbee is one of the most proms
inent Odd Fellows in the United
States.
THINGS are not like they were
with the Rep>Pop Fusionists
Time was when Major Grant and
Marion Butler were bosom
friends" pulling together. as
Grant thought, for n utual adj
vancement to fat offices. But the
sequel shows that Butler was
playing the fox in the fable, and
Grant, all unconsciously, the de-
luded goat, over whose head
Butler has leaped to high place,
OF rich emolument and rare with
opportunities of richer ''perqul-
sites. But Major Grant has at
length realized that Butler has
simply made a tool of him, and
last week, as chairman of the
Republican convention, he took
occasion to pay his respects to
Butler in glowing terms of abuse.