Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-08-20
TIE ARGUS.
DAILY AND WEEKLY.
LOCAL BRIEFS,

Tears sprinkled across life's
highway settles the dust of sor-
row.
Mr.. Geo. w. Brown, foreman
of this Office, is confined to his
home by fever illness.
Mr.. w. r. Cooper, a tobacco
buyer of Durham recentaly los
Gated on this market, has taker
board with Mr.. S S. Hardison.
MESSRs Best & Thompson are
having the front of their double
stores on Walnut street repaired
and other improvements made
that add greatly to their appear
ance.
Mr.. C. G. Smith, the clever
and accommodating freight
agent of the A. & N. @. r. r.,
left to day with his family to
visit relatives and friends in
Asheville.
THE ARGUS is requested to
state that the person that took a
gentleman'S coat from the Farm
ers' Tobacco Warehouse will cons
fer a favor on its owner by leav-
ing the same at this Office.
Mr.. Theo. L. CHM, after
spending the vacation at his
home 10 this city, returned to
Oak Ridge Institute to-day to be
present at the opening Of the ses>
sion of that school at an carly
day.
President Cleveland has ac-
copied the resignation of United
States District Attorney Watts,
of West Virginia, who has been
nominated for Governor of that
State by Democrats on d silver
platform. :
JUST twenty years ago, at the
Centennial Exhibition in Phila
delphia. American art was en-
riched by the production Of the
temporarily famous butter bust
of ''Iolanthe." Now a European
chemist has discovered a process
by which statues a be made of
cheese so treated that, after
moulding, the figures become har-
der than granite. If Horace were
alive to~day he would sing, Il
have erected a monument more
enduring than Limburger,"
which, even unhardened, is the
strongest Of all dairy products.
THOSE wise astronomers who
are familiar with the planets of
the solar system tell US that
there will be an eclipse of the
moon at II o'clock next Saturday
night. The noon will be in the
shadow over three hours. With a
night favorable DIS far as clouds
are concerned, the eclipse will
be an interesting one. 1t is the
only one Of four of the year that
is visible to this part Of North
America. About three quarters
of the moons disk will he OBJ
scured.
THERE we're heavy ''breaks' of
tobacco on the floors of both ware
houses in this city to-day. Some
of the arrivals are from long dis
tances and they bring their to-
bacco here On account of the rep
utation for high prices that the
Goldsboro tobacco market has al
ready established. The number
of buyers on this market makes
competition brisk and thus the
planter gets the full value of every,
leaf sold here.
The number of railroad en-
ployes killed in the United
States during the year ending
June 80 was 1872, and the num-
Der injured, 25, 996; passengers
killed, 40; injured, 1915. The
number of passengers killed is
remarkably small. being only
one out of each 2, 984 ,732 carried;
and only one injured to 216, 651
carried. Liability of pass Q gers
to accidents is better shown in
fact that II. 696, 743 passenger
miles were accomplished for
every passenger killed, annd s.
131. 977 passenger miles for every
passenger injured.
THE distressing news comes
from Pikeville township of the
death of Miss Patience Smith,
the amiabie 19-year- old daugh-
ter of Nh. and Mrs. Erastus
Smith. It has only been a short
while since this paper printed
the sad news of the death of a
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Smith and
now their parental hearts are
wrung with grief on account of
the untimely death of their beau
tiful and lovable daughter yes
terday. Them many friends
throughout the county, where
they are well>known. deeply
sympathize with them in their
second sad deprivation of loved
ones, and commend them to
Him who doeth all things
well".
Have we a State Church in
America? Of course WEI haven't.
When Mr.. John D. Rockefeller
smiles unctuously and dips his
hand into the nublic pockat in