Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-06-18
LOCAL BRIEFS


paired this week, which will be
a much needed improvement.
THE brick work of the vault
for the First National Bank Of
this city is almost completed. and
some of the furniture has been
placed in the building
THERE is a representative of
the compan. that own the pant
of the Colds. . Electric Light
Company in rs city, looking
after renewing the franchise
which has expired.
II is understood that Mr.. Arm
old Borden will ship his turkeys
North in refrigerator car after
they get through "worming" his
tobacco. They say that young
broilcd tukeys make fine dish.
Mr.. f. A. Humphrey is at
home from Morehead City. He
brought with him some of the
finest m@ckerel ever seen here,
friends. They were the catch Of
trolling expedition yesterday
on the high seas.
Mr.. O. S.Langston, committed
suicide by emptying the contents
of a revolver into his head just
above the left temple last Thurs
day about noon, and lived IN this
PROSTATE condition until O'Clock
in the evening, when death ended
his untold agonies.
We regret exceedingly to
chronicle the death Of MIR. Frauk
Pearsall, of Mt Olive, which
occurred there Thursday even
ing, after a lingering illness, of
consump ion. He was an excel
lent man. greatly beloved by all
who knew him and his untimely
death will be sincerely mourned.
1t is authoritativcly stated that
Speaker Reed will not accept the
second place on the ST. Louis tic
kct. Reed would rather be the
Speaker of ,he House than Presi-
dent of the Senate. Besides, if
the truth be told, he would rather
help to : eat than help to elect
the - man.
THE canons that the GoldSboro
Rifles had out for practice Fri~
day afternoon gave entire satis-
faction. Mr.. Pope, Washington,
of the corps of engineers U. S. N.
assisted in the practice. The
Rifles. ever ready to make
sacrifices TO do honor to
the memory of a Confederate SOL
dier aud TO creditably represent
Goldsboro on all occasions. in
tend going to Richmond when
the corner stone of the mouu
men5 to President Jefferson Da-
Wis is laiG, and they should not
fail of encouragement from all
our citizens.
WITH the repeal of the recent
ordinance allowing bicyclists to
use certain sidewalks in the city,
there was held conference of
the mos prominent riders in
town last night, at which there
was petition drawn up that will
be presented to the Board OF
Aldermen. asking for continued
use of those sidewalks under
very restricted conditions. This
petition was not gotten up with
out weighing we'll the objections
against it, and the Board of AL
dermen could do nothing les;
than give the matter the consid
GRAFTON its Importance deserves.
The proprietors OF the foul
hotels i'll ST. Louis who agreed
originally to accommodate negro
delegates to the Republican
National Convention and ther
backed down, "caved in" OF
Wednesday. AS soon as this in
formation was made public
negro delegate from Texas tool
room at the Southern Hotel
but when he started to enter th
dining room was denied admit
tance and told that his meal
would be served blm in his pri
vate apartment. Thereup n tn
negro left the hotel. A specia
from ST. Louis to the New Yorl
Herald says the colored delegate
are max ng more than the.r shar
of the trouble, because they ar
not reasonable. They are con
tending for equal rights, an
they think to secure them the
must eat at the same table wit
white men. What else di'
the st. Louis Business-Men'
League. the local Committee o
Accommodations. and the Repub
lican leaders expect when the
encouraged the negro delegate
10 believe that they would hav
an opportunity at the conventio
of forcing themselves on th
whites upon terms of socis
equality?