Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-06-04
LOCAL BRIEFS

HIS many friends are glad tt
see at his post of duty City ClerE
L. III. Balm, who has been quite
feeble for the past week.
DIR. ] M. Parker has recently
moved into the new dental par
lar that has been fitted up fo1
him over Miller's drug store.
MISS Norma Bonitz. of Lynch
burg, is in the city, visiting Miss
Daisy Smith. Her many friends
are GLAD to- have her among
them.
DURING the month Just closing
there have been eight burial per
mits issued by the city; six color
ed and two whites, all of this city.
THERE have been thirty three
cases disposed of by Mayor Hill
during the past me nth, and fines
imposed to the amount of SO. 90.
Mr.. j. M. Lane. d former resi-
dent of this State, but of late a
resident OF Chicago and the
West, is on visit 10 relatives
and old acquaintances in this
section.
THE Confederate Veterans of
Thos. Rutfin Camp will hold a
basket picnic at Mt. Carmel
church, this county, the second
Thursday in August, to which
all sons, daug ghters and friends of
veterans are invited.
THE Home Life In urance
Company of New York recently
paid $50. 900, the aggregate
amount Of the policies held on
the life Of the late Hamilton Diss
ton. This company is represent
ed in this city by Col. A G.
Davis. who is general agent for
this State.
The closing exercises Of Vine
Hill male Academy, at Scotland
Neck, with which our young
friend Mr.. David M. Prince of
this county is associated as teacher,
will come off on the 3rd and 4th
of June. The Literary address
will be made by Mr.. w. w. Kit
chen, of RoXbore, n. {.
MISS Lizzie Allen arrived from
San Marcial, New Mexico, where
she had been on visit to her
uncle. She reports that she
missed tho destructive storm in
St. Louis by just one train. If
she had been on the evening
train instead of the forenoon she
would have encountered the
whole force Of the tt rrific storm.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Haywood
Dali, Of Snow Hill, NC; have is
sued invitations to the marriage
of their daughter Miss Carrie, 10
DR.. Charles O'Hagan Laughing~
house, of Pitt county. on We'd
nesday morning, June 10th, at
Z o'clock, in the M. E. Church at
Snow Hill. Both the contracting g
parties have a wide circle of adj
miring friends who take great
interest in the coming happy
event.
The news that Paderewski has
been compelled to cancel all his
English engagements, owing tC
nervous prostration, brought or
10
prise to those of his friends il
this country who are aware of the
effort that it cost the great plan
ist to sleep. It is said that, while
at his hotel in New York, hs
never retired until morning, ant
that one of the duties of his sec
retary was to play either whis
or billiards with him until tn,
pianist felt that he could finall,
get to bed with sume chance o
sleeping.
SINCE the recent escape of tn
prisoners from the jail in thi
city the iron doors have bee
swinging wide open, but they wer
not destined to stand in this con
dition for a great while. Dur
ing last week there wer
lodged behind its bolted bars, thre
prisoners, all colored. The frs
one was Stephen Whitley, who wa
Esentenced to six months on tn
county road at the last term c
court, and who had been hire
out by the sheriff but failed t
give satisfaction and has return
ed. The second was J. Ell Roberts
of the White Hall section, VIII
was lodged in Jail to await tn
next term of court for shootin
az woman, who he says, was
witch. It is asaid that he
crazy. The third is a colore
woman by the name of An
Hardy, fro ~ Boston, who drew
pistol on a white man of tL
neighborhood, and is in jail
answer the complaint at the ne1
form of eOurt