Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-12-17
LOCAI BRlEFS

York.
The homeward travel for the
Christmas holidays is now in
vogue.
If no more liquor is to be sold
in the Capitol at Washington how
can the Senate or House be as
sured Of a quorum at short notice?
The Kinston Free Press, under
Editor Herbert, exhibited real
newspaper enterprise and ability
in its daily editions during Confer
ence
The Board of County Commits
sioners will be in session again
next Monday in this city, to adj
dress themselves to the ''unfnish-
ed business of their last sitting.
MRS. DR.. Clara Jones, who was
recently elected second assistant
physician at the Eastern Hospi~
tai. is on a special trip to New
York in the interest of that insti-
tuition.
The Southern farmer sometimes
has occasion to growl, but, take
him for all in all, he should be the
most prosperous tiller of the soil
and the most independent in the
world.
Col. A. c. Davis is having a
handsome suite of apartments ar
ranged in the upper story of the
Edgerton building, orne of
Walnut and John streets, where
he will soon open his law and life
insurance offices.
WE see it going the rounds of
the press that a Miss Annie
Pigeon, of Carlo, has sued a far
ME for $50, 900 for breach of
promise to marry. We do not
know who Miss Pigeon is, but she
must be a bird.
THEPE will be d Farmers
Institute opened in this city on
January 4, and continued for two
days, at which all farmers of this
section are Urged to be present.
1t will be conducted by Commits
sioner Peterson, and several
noted specialists will be in at
tendance,
AT the recent session of the
Methodist Confcre nee at Kinstop
a resolution was passed copdem>
ing the invasion of territory by
unauthorized evangeiists without
the invitation of resident minis
tiers, and at the same session
Rev. A. B. Crumpler was located
at his own request
THE congregation of st. John
church will be glad to learn that
Rev. j. E. Bristowe, the beloved
pastor of hat congregation, who
has done such efficient work for
the past two years, has been re-
turned by Conference and will
preach for them at least another
year.
THE weather-first the snow,
with it's consequent bad roads, and
now the rain-has been very det-
rimental to trade for the past two
weeks. But into the lives of towns
and communities, as we'll as indi-
viduals, sssome rain must fall":
and we know that behind the
clouds the sun is still shining,
and, that, notwithstanding these
s'dark and dreary days. that come
and go, we still 60 forward.
A FIRE on Ex-Governor Brog
den's Atkinson farm on the 18th
inst. destroyed 90 stacks of his
hay before it could be arrested.
The field is large containing up
wards of 800 acres, aud the grass
was so thick and dry that the
fire swept over about 200 acres
in a short time and did consld-
cradle damage. The Gov. thinks
that hunters fired the grass by
shooting birds. as they seen
in the field with guns.
THAT cracked bell of the shift
ing engine of the W. & w. IS get
ting TO be a great nuisance-es-
peclally to people of sensitive
nerves in the community as ii
goes "clagging" through town.
Capt. Jenkins, the genial engi-
neer, says he is having a hard
time with the enquiring public
that his fireman is deaf and Capt,
Collier plays off dumb, and conse-
quently he has all TIE questions
to answer. The engineers of the
Southern and the A. & N. c.
clang their bells the louder as
they pass the shifter, as
if to laugh at her in her predic,
ament. But we presume the w
g. W. authorities will not permit
this condition to continue much
longer.
SOME bold thief broke his way
INTO Mr.. Jno. Z. Crows cornel
grocery, onChestnut street Tuesday
night, through n of the real