Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-10-29
LOCAL BRIEFS.

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Barfeld, aged As years, oc'
Cured at his home in Union, S
G. He was a former residence
of this county and has severa
relatives near Mt. Olive, who
have the sympathy of the COM
munity in their sore affection.
THE Rocky Mount Agricul-
tural and Mechanical Fair will be
held next Wednesday. Thursday
and Friday, and round trip tick
cts will be on sale, from Oct. "a
TO 3Oth, with limit to Nov. 2 for
$1.85, including admission to the
fair, and tickets will be on sale
from Oct. 90 to 80, with final limit
to Nov.2.for 81. 80. A special train
will be run on the Goth. leaving
here at s a. m, and returning at
O5 p, m.
Mr.. A. B. Grantham, of New
ton Grove, one of the mos: esti>
mable citizens of that section of
Sampson county, was in the city
Monday. and his host of friends
here, while glad to see him out
again, are panied that he is now
a crippl for life. He was thrown
by a MI lie in July, while on his
way to attend Evangelist Crump-
ler's meeting at Clinton, and his
thigh was broken in the fall. He
is just beginning to get about
again.
A BLIND horse attached to a
wagon and driven by a colored
man attracted a large crowd on
Walnut street on Monday by
kicking the wagon ferociously and
running up on the sidewalk and
against the wall of the Odd Eel
lows building and throwing the
driver out of the wagon. The
horse was hitched up a second time
and finally broke the wagon TO
Eieces and had to be led from the
scene.
Mr. r. D. Holt. the old origi-
nal fox md coon hunter, came in
on Monday with his twentieth
coon this season. weighing Is
pounds. He also showed a reps
resentalive of the ARGUS on a
porcelain dish an o'possum
dressed and weighing 81 pounds.
BY the aid of his celebrated dogs
Fannie" and BLACK" his table
is furnished at all times with
o'possoms and coons. Mr.. Holt
is now IN possession Of the finest
coon and o'possom dogs in East
ern North Carolina and he claims
tc be me champion hunter of
this section.
JUST four days from to-day is
election day. Just four days more
in which for Democrats of Wayne
county and of Goldsboro to work
for the success of our ticket at the
polls. 1t should be a time of I'M
firing, constant energy. All other
topics should be laid aside; all
other business be forgot; and every
Democrat in county and town
should give the entire time-not
to wordy discussions and heated
arguments, but to calm, earnest
persuasive work with any whom
he may know that are wavering or
in error.
THE ''opening" at the mills
merry and fancy goods store of M.
E. Castax & Co. some few weeks
ago is still fresh in the memory
of the aides of this city and the
new styles exhibited then were
so popular as to creates a demand
that was unexpected when their
fall stock was selected: and now
Mrs. l.. III. Castex has gone
North a second time to make adj
ditional purchases, which will ars
rive ard be on exhibition at their
fashionable dry goods emporium
on west centre street next Fri
day. This day is set apart as a
second Opening" and it is ex-
pected that additional new fab
RIGS and fashions in great va
riety will be on display.
THE death of Mrs. Patsy
Edwards, mother OF MIR. John w.
Edwards, occurred at her home
in this city Saturday night at
11:30 o'clock, after a protracted
illness, in the 9th year of her age,
She was a sister of the late ven.
cradle Isaac Williams. of Greene
county, and a most excellent woa
man in all the relations of life.
Her funeral was held from her
late home Monday morning at II
o'clock, conducted by Rev. F.W.
FAIRIES, of the Presbyterian
church. To the bereaved family,
three sons and Due daughter,
the ARGUS extends GIFTS sincere
coincidence in their great sorrow
and irreparable loss.
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