Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-04-02
GLRANINGS
Items of Interest Clipped
From our State
Exchanges.

Asheville Citizen: John W.
Sawyer is very i'll with a compli-
cation of diseases at his home,
III Haywood street. His brother,
George Rawyer, of Helena, Ark.
arrived few days ago and is
with the patient.
Washington Messenger: Rev.
Friedrich McDawhorn, a minister
of the Freewill Baptist church,
residing in Coptenea township,
Pitt county, retired as usual Fri
day night, and soon heard a
knock at the door, which he
opened and was knocked down.
dragged into the yard and beaten
into insensibility. There is nc
clue to the assailant.
Rocky Mount Argonaut: Mrs.
NJ. c.. Davenport was married
this morning at 10 80 o'clock to
Mr.. Ports. The ceremony took
place at the residence Of the
groom's father, at Winston, N.
c., where Mrs. Davenport was
called by the serious illness of
her betrothed Mr.. PORTS is in a
critical condition and is not ex-
pected to live.
Wilmington Star: The funeral
Of the late Mrs. August Deume.
landt took place yestesday after
noon at 4 o'clock from st. Pa1l's
evangelical Lutheran Church.
A large congregation was pres
ent at the services, which were
conducted by Rev. K. Boldt. TIE
interment took place in Oakdale
cemetery, beside the remains of
her husband. The grave was
covered with floral offerings Mrs.
Deumelandt died in the fftieth
year of her age.
Newbern Journal: Mr.. John
Humphrey, of Clark's, who took
the first prizs butter at the East
Carolina Fair, was in yesterday
bringing forty pounds, the
amount he made in one week from
the eight COWS he is now milk
ing. Though his dairy is small.
Mr.. Humphrey is carrying on
the business according to ap :
proved plans. He keeps Jersey
cattle; cream is taken from the
milk by a separator in 5 minutes
after the COWS are MIXED, and
the delicious yellow butter is put
up for market neatly stamped,
one pound packages.
Smithfield Herald: Gus Viii
liams, a colored man who lives
near Four Oaks, one evening not
long ago, drank more liquor than
he could carry and so decided to
spend the night in town. He did
not go to a house but stretched
himself out on the ground. It was
one of the coolest night we have
had this winter. Next morning
he was found stiff and, as every
one thought, dead. The matter
was reported the coroner and a
jury of inquest was summoned.
But when they went to the place
where he died he was gone. They
followed him up and found him
in a house drinking coffee. There
was no verdict made out but if it
had been. it would have been a
verdict of mot dead"
Charlotte Observer: It has
been said in North Carolina for
six months past the Republicans
and populist have done all the
talk, the Democrats combining
to saving wood and silence. It is
true. Within two weeks, howe
yer, the Democratic State exe-
cutive committee will meet and
call the State convention. That
done we dare say there will be
prompt manifestation of Demo
cratic activity. Calls will at
once go out for meetings of coun
ty committees, then for primar-
les and county conventions, and
there will be seen all the life that
anybody is looking for up to the
time of the meeting of the State
convention, and of course fol-
lowing it. Reference is made to
these matters now that county
and township committees may
realize that the serious business
of the summer is about to begin
and that it is not too early for
them to begin to prick up their
ears.