Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-07-16
LOCAL BRIEFS

LONAA DN1E1O
MRS. w. FL. Kroneberger, of
Baltimore, Md. is in the city on
a visit to her sister Mrs. t. H.
Balm.
Mr.. J. D. Howell, who has been
ill with a fever for a week, has
recovered and is at his place of
business again.
THE 6~>year>old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jno. T. CHM, who has been
confined to his bed for a week,
is able to be out again.
Mr.. G. G. Jones. a Southern
Railway employe. is spending a
vacation on the farm at his old
home near Swepsonville.
Mr.. A. B. Willingham. pro-
prietor of the Goidsboro Tobacco
Warehouse, IS in the city making
arrangements for the opening of
the warehouse for the coming
crop.
EDITOR Jno. T. Britt. of the
Oxford Public Ledger, was in
the city to>day en- route to the
Press Convention at Wilmington
and paid the ARGUS Office a
pleasant call.
MRS. W. H., Smith returned
to day from a two weeks sojourn
at the Atlantic Hotel at More
head, and her many friends
will be glad to know that her
health is greatly improved.
Mr.. Tuo. F. Fort, of Balti>
MORE, who is on a brief visit to
his father Mr. Wiley B. Fort, of
Pikeville, was in the city to-day
and was greeted with real pleas
ure by his many friends here.
THE dance by the Cotechna
Cotillion Club of Snow Hill will
take place Thursday evening of
this week at Oak View Park
House. The honorary managers
are Capt. Swift Galloway and
DR.. J. E. Grimsly.
THE contract for superintend-
ing the construction of the Or
phan home has been let to MIR.
r. B. Bassett by the Powhatan
Lumber Company. Mr.. Bassett
has taken hold and the work
will be pushed forward rapidly
to completion.
THE death of Leu Sanders,
colored, wife of Will Sanders, a
fireman on the Atlantic Coast
Line, occurred at her home in
this city last night from consum>
ption. She was 10 years old and
was the neice Of Alderman
Stevens. The funeral was held
this afternoon from the First
Baptist church. colorHd, OF which
she a an exemplary member,
and the interment was made in
the colored cemetery.
HER many friends in this city
will learn with real pleasure thai
Miss Kate Galloway. who lef1
here about a month ago to enter
John Hopkins Hospital on pro
baton for a position as nurse.
has been awarded a place anC
was 'complemeuted very highly
On her qualifications for the
position. She will now speno
three years in the Hospital, a
the end of which time she viii
bear the title of a professional
nurse.
THERE has been filed a peti,
ton for a mandamus in the Su'
periof court by counsel rep
resenting the owners of the pro,
perty through which the eastern
extension Of Ashe street runs
condemning the property ant
asking that appraisers be APP
pointed to determine the DANA
ges. It is said that if damage
are allowed in this instance Their,
would be several other suit
brought for damages where TIT
recent Fusion Legislature ex
tended the corporate limit
into farm lands.
A terrible cyclone passed owe
Spring Hill, a small village i
Halifax county, Wednesday wit
fatal results. Several house
were wrecked and many tree
were blown down. Mrs. Hard
ing was caught by a falling tire
and was instantly killed. 1t
learned that one Or two othe
people were killed. The storl
struck the little town with terri
BILE force and the damage is cor
siderable.
The Southern Tobacco Con
pany of Greensboro has file
articles of Incorporation befol
the clerk of Guilford Superie
court. The corporators are: {
A. Smith. John Fl. White and
G. Lea, and the capital stock
$12, 900, aud can be increased
$25, 600. They will m%anufactul
chewing and smoking tobacco.