Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-09-17
LOCAL BRIEFS

patent medicine vender, who has a
panacea for call aches and palms,
and call the ills which the human
family is heir to-"
Mr.. T. T. Oliver, a shrewd
financier and business man of
Pine Level, was on a business
visit to this city Tuesday, where
he owns valuable real estate and
has well placed investments.
Mr.. J. W. Rhodes and Bill
Griswold, one of the best cooks
in the State, have opened a restaur-
ant next door to the Law
Building, where ''meals at all
hours will be served.
IN case there is no rainfall bes
tween now and Friday morning
all the principal streets of the
city should be sprinkled. If this
is not done the clouds OF dust
will almost suffocate the immense
crowd.
OSCAR, the z year old son of
Mr.. Levi Edwards. who lives
near Princeton, fell from a cart
loaded with cotton one day last
week and received a fracture of
the skull that caused instant
death.
AS a result of a drunken frolic
in this city Saturday night
one negro received some bad
flesh wounds from a knife
in the hands of another negro
aud the city Golfers were swelled
to the amount of 50 and costs this
morning.
On reaching his Office this norm
ing, DR.. Thos. Hill found on his
table a boquet Of flowers Of the
r~arest, richest and most delicate
odors, the gift of some of his pa
tients, and for which he desires to
express his appreciation.
ALTHOUGH the weather has
been very dry recently and to-
bacco is not in good condition to
be handled, yet the receipts at our
warehouses continue heavy from
day to day and the prices paid are
such as to give satisfaction in
every instance.
WE regret to chronicle the
death at her home in Snow Hill
of Mrs. John D. Griswold. She
was a most excellent woman. a
fond wife, a loving mother
a conscientious christian. She
leaves a husband and three chils
dren, a wide circle of relatives
aud many friends to mourn
her loss.
THERE are heavy shipments of
fresh fish daily over the A. & N.
G. r.. r. from the waters of
Eastern North Carolina. Extra
express cars 7 kept constantly
on hand in this city to accommo-
date the great quantities that bear
marks of destination at several
points in this State and in Vir-
ginia, South Carolina and Georgia.
The infant daughter of MI.
and Mrs. L. 6. Waddell died Mon
morning at S o'clock, after a
lingering illness, aged 5 months.
The funeral was held from the
residence, on Slocumb street,
Tuesday morning at 10 O'Clock,
Rev. F. D. Swindell, P. E., Of
floating.
IT is not often that such a valu-
able collection of books is offered
to the public as that to be seen at
Hills drug store. Should any
one desire to make selections for
the cultivation of the mind, no
more varied assortment of higher
grade literature could be obtained
from any source 1t is an op-
portunity to offer a feast to the
mind at a small expense without
the worry and care and trouble of
making the preparation.
THE ARGUS, containing an &C
count of Mr.. Bryan's reception
and his speech will be issued at
- O'Clock on Friday and will
number &, 1000 copies. Newsboys
will be employed to dispose of
them to the tremendous crowd
that will be here ON that day. If
O are a merchant and want to
be represented in the advertising
columns of this paper, you had
better make application at once.
The Atlantic g. North Carolina
Railroad have posters out an
nouncing that a special train will
leave Morehead City at 4 o'clock,
a. M, next Friday and arrive at
Goldsboro at $3.50 O'Clock a. m.
Fare for round trip from More
head 81. so. All their available
coaches, including six fiat cars,
will be employed in bringing the
people here, and the indications
are that even then there will be q
great many left behind who are
anxious to see and hear Mr.,
Bryan.
THE mammoth cotton gin oil
the Go1dsboro Oil Company has
been completed and is now doing
the work of four or five ordinary