Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-02-06
Vol. XVII.
LOCAL BRIEFS


old armor days, the knight often
used to talk through his helmet.
MRS. W. T. Gardner. who has
been visiting her daughters in
Durham for several weeks, has
returned to her home in this city.
THE schedule Of the Smithfeld
train has been changed. 1t now
leaves about 6 o'clock in the af
ternoon and returns shortly after
o'clock in the evening.
If Chicago, after winning the
convention, shall despoil the Wis
itors it will be remembered that
Jacksonlan Democracy frsC
taught that to the victors belong
the spoils.
Justice Pryor, of the New
York Supreme Court, has de-
cided that police have no right
to throttle and force man under
arrest to have his picture taken
for the Rogues' Gallery.
General Weyler's reputation
for severity may do the Spanish
Government more harm than
good. It seems to have had an
effect in this direction already on
the Congress of this country.
Taking the earth's population
at the beginning of the next cen
tury may answer the frequent in
quiry. What is the world COM
ing to? by afording the reply
that it is coming to its census.
HIS many friends here are glad
the greet the safe return home
of Mr.. Leslie We'll, who has been
touring in Europe since June,
and has devoted his time to spe>
cial study as we'll as s;ght-see-
ing.
Miss Lennie Flowers, Of Bethel,
N. c., who has been spending
a few pleasant weeks in this city,
the guest of Miss Alice Holland,
left Saturday for Smithfield, on a
short visit to her aunt Mrs.
S. Renfrow, of that place.
If Drury College, Missouri, is
too pious to accept a gift of
81, 900 because it is offered by a
brewer, we can refer Mr.. Busch,
of St. Louis, to several other ed
ucational institutions which will
accept his gift and ''thankee,
too"
The A. & N. G. R. r. will run
special trains at cheap excur-
sion rates from this city to New
bern every day and return dur
ing the week of Newbern's great
mid winter fair, which begins
February oath and concludes
February Goth. 1t is always the
finest fair in the State.
MRS. J. II. Hollowell, Of Dens
yer, Col, formerly Miss Viola
Perkins Of this county, who has
been visiting her many friends
and relatives in this section, left
for Greensboro Friday, where
she will spend a short time visit
ing relatives and friends, and
then with her three little chill
dren will start for the far West
again.
THE death of Mrs Joseph
Mason, most exemplary Christ
ian woman and a devoted wife
and mother, occurred Friday, of
pneumonia; at their humble
home, on the farm of Maj. H. l..
Grant, near this city. where Mr..
Mason is an overseer. She was
a devout and Jealous member of
the Goldsboro Baptist church, as
is also her husband. who with
several small children survives
her.
"THE finest in the State" is
the general verdict of the travels
ling public as regards the Hotel
Kennon, of this city. It's accom-
modations are unexcelled and its
cuisine is superb. Its chief cook
is the well-known William Girls
void, colored, who the Rev.
Sam Jones says is the finest he
has ever encountered in all his
travels; and the Reverend Mr..
Jones is a capital judge of we'll
cooked meal, as we'll as of human
nature-that he hits SO hard in
its perYerSe ness,
WITHIN a very short time two
different and bold attempts have
been made to burglarize the res
idence of Mr.. j. J. Street, on
William street. The second att
tempt was made one night last
week, about II o'clock, after the
family had retired, Mr.. Street
being absent, at his mills at
Dover. The would-be burglar
climbed a tree near the roof Of
the back part of the house, and
passing over the roof he came to
one of the back windows of the
second story of the main resis
dence. He succeeded in opening
the blinds and removed two
panes of glass, unlocked the win
dow and attempted to raise It,,
when stick used as all additional
safety precaution fell TO the
aoor, startling Mrs. Street in the
room below, who went at once
to investigate and the burglar
ran across the roof and ciiln bed
down the tree. Our police cans
moi, ho too viuilant AFT this season