Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-02-20
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Items Of interest Clipped
From our State
Exchanges.

noon by Rev. NJ, A. smith.
Rutherford Democrat: Mr.. z.
j. Carpenter has already sold
five car loads of commercial fer>
tilizers, aid the season has not
opened fairly. This indicates a
big increase in the acreage of
cotton in this section this year.
Spring Hope Topic: We are
sorry to chroeicle the sad iutelli-
gence that an engine boiler
bursted about twelve miles south
west of here and caused the in
slant death of three gentlemen,
Mr.. Hagood and son, and a Mr..
Tucker.
Wilmington Star: Messrs. Os-
car Hinton and Theodore Turley
were thrown out of a buggy on
North Front street, near the
p~ostofice, Sunday evening; the
horse running away witt the ve>
hicle which collided with a tele~
graph pole. Fortunately, neither
was hurt.
Washington Messenger: The
Superior court opened this morn
ing with Judge w. S OBJ. Rob-
inson, of Goldsboro, presiding
The charge to the grand jury
was plain and practical. This is
his Honor's first visit to orr city.
The term will be devoted TO jail
cases and civil cases.
Madison Observer: Ex-Sher
iff Thos. B. Knight killed a five
month old shoat a few days ago
which weighed 500 pounds. We
believe this is the best weight
we ever heard of, considering
age. One pound a day for each
day the hog is OLD is heavy
weight, but this would be a little
over a pound and a quarter.
Raleigh Press-Visitor: Tele-
grams received to day announce
the sudden death in New Orleans
last night of MI. Edward I. Pes
cud, brother Of MIR. John S. Pes
cud Of this city. The remains
will reach here Wednesday for
interment. The death of Mr.. Pes
cud will cause genuine sorrow
and regret in this city, where he
was born and lived the greater
portion of his life.
Wilmington Dispatch: Rev. J..
2. King, pastor Of the Second
Advent church, on Castle streets
announced from the pulpit last
night that there would be a meet
ing of the deacons of the church
on Wednesday night next for the
purpose of making arrange
ments to procure a new pastor.
His connection with this church
as it's pastor he said would pros
ably be severe low soon.
Rockingham Index: It is with
sad heart that we chronicle the
the sudden death Of Maj. w. d.
Townsend. On Thursday night
he reJired in his usual health at
his home in this town. Next
morning he was sleeping rather
late and some member of the fam
lily went to his room and tried to
arouse him. Failing to do this,
they called DR.. Steele, DR.. Steele,
is his brother in-law, who lived
next door. He came and at once
saw he was dead. He had been
dead but a short while, and boubt-
less beart-failure was tbs cause.
Newbern Journal:A very good
audience gathered TO hear Rev. J.
j. Roberts, ID. Sunday in Christ
EpiscopaD church. More than
usual interest attached to the
sermon from the fact that the oc-
casion was the tiftieth anniver>
sary Of DR.. Roberts entering
upon the ministry, and his SER
mon just fifty years before was
in the same church-that is, prac-
tically the same, the building
then occupying the site has been
replaced by the present hand
some brick one, the former hav-
ing been destroyed by fire. The
sermon was an excellent gospel
discourse.
If it should turn out that Nan
sen has discovered the North
Pole. the numerous Arctic eX-
plorers who have failed and said
it was impossible, and the idea
of his doing it was d fake" will
feel like crawling into their hole
case of something that
might better have been left pn-
said.
By his recent election as a
member of the Order Pour le|
Merite for Science and Art,
Prince Bismark became possess
ed of all the Prussian decora-
tions. He has also exhausted
all the honors that it is possible
for the Emperor to confer upon
him.
At ~Farmville, Va, yesterday,
the re-trials of the Luneaberg
prisoners, charged with the MUIR
der of Mrs. Pollard, were set far
the March term.
Dissolution Notioe.
NORTH CAROLINA,
Wayne County.
The co~-Dartnership heretofore exist