Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-02-20
TIE ARGUS,
DAILY AND WEEKLY.
BRIEFS
AFTER the snow-the slush.

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rior Court this week.
Though Nansen has got to the
upper edge of the earth, there's
no danger of either explorers or
explorations falling off.
The birthday of WASHINGTON,
the "Father of his. country
on couAtry, is approaching. What
is Goldsboro going to do about it?
THE popular special sales,
preparatory to moving. r still
in vogue at M. E. Castex & Cos.
The specials tomorrow will be
dress goods, Innings and silks.
WITH a sound money majority
ofi125 in the representative
branch of congress and Grover
Cleveland in theWhiteH House, the
farmers and laboring lei of this
country are safe from the evils
of a deprecated currency for
two years to come, anyway.
The Newbern Fair opens next
Monday, and continues for one
week. Special trains will be run
daily from Goldsboro. Fare for
round trip, including one admis-
sion to the Fair S1.7O on special
train and So 40 on the regular
mail train.
THE fire alarm Tuesday was
caused by the taking fire Of Mr..
Bridgers' Boarding House, near
the Messenger Opera House. The
fire was confined to the boxing
in the caves, and by the prompt
action of our excellent volunteer
fire department was soon extin-.
guiShed.
A CONGRESS fresh from the peo-
pie and chosen upon the currency
issue has voted against the free
and unlimited coinage of silver at
Is to 1 by a majority of 125.
This ought to convince even a free
silver politician of the hopeless
ness of the craze.
A FREE silver organ predicted
a few days ago that the Senate's
free silver substitute for the bond
bill would be defeated by forty
votes in the House. The major
ity against it was one hundred and
twenty-five. This is about as near
as free silver prophecies ever come
to realization.
THE city is to have better
water. The waterworks officials
are expected here within the
next few days to devise ways and
means of serving better water to
their patrons here. They will
either put in driven wells, or one
of the latest flterers. 1t is prob
able they will adopt the driven
well system.
OUR neighbor town of Green
vile, the county seat of Pitt, was
visited by a destructive fire early
Sunday'morning that swept away
half the business houses OF that
place. Ten two story brick stores,
four n story brick stores, the
opera house and eleven frame
buildings were burned. The fire
originated by the explosion Of a
lamp.
THE commodious double store
of Messrs. Switzerland. Brink
ley & Co., under the armory of
the Goldsboro Rifles, on West
Centre street, is in the hands Of
carpenters and painters, ~receiv-
ing an entire remodeling of the
interior, which when finished
will make it one Of the hand
soonest as well as largest stores
in the city.
Hurrah for DIR. Fridjof Mans
sen, if he has discovered the
North pole; and whether he has
or not, hurrah for DIR. Fridjof
Nansen, anyhow! Provided he
has been successful, We hope he
will not stake his discovery off
into claims for his shipmates or
create a Government reservation
or otherwise close it to the rest
of the world. We may need it
for the use Of the Fifty-fourth
Congress.
THE death of Mrs. Sarah
Catherine Galloway, the venera-
BILE mother of Capt. Swift, DR..
w. c., Messrs. John and D, W.,
and Miss Abel Galloway, C
red Tuesday at 2 o'clock, at
her home on John street, oppo-
: site St. Paul parsonage, aged 70
years, 3 months and % days.
She had been in feeble health for
weeks and the end was not un-
certain. During her long life
she had been an exemplary Chris
tian, a devout member of the
Methodist Church, and greatly
beloved by all who knew her.
Ripe in years and rich in good
deeds she has passed to her e
ward. The funeral was held
from the home yesterday morn
ing at IL o'clock.
Mr.. Edgar Sherard, one of the
employees of the Enterprise Lum-
Der Company, of this city, was
seriously injured Monday and
will be incapacitated for some
time for work. He got caught in
some of the shafting and was in